Recent content by Snagglefoot

Did I say $70? It closed at $80 today. It ain't over 'till its over I guess.

According to Gas Buddy the average USA gas price in the USA is on the way back up, maybe momentarily. Mods, I added a screen shot from Gas Buddy to show the change.

The lawn matured and white flowers appeared. I have checked out some info and found the flowers don’t produce seeds until they are naturally dried out. The flower stems are over 3-3/4 high so a cut at that height cuts the flowers off. Here are before and after shots with the flowers present and...

The Argentina Switzerland match just started.

My system is now 14 years old and works as a heat pump from Sept 1 to Dec1 and from March 1 to June 1. It then runs as an air conditioner from June 1 to Sept 1. For Dec, Jan and Feb it rests while propane heats the house.

Forestry roads are fun around here, but if they are radio controlled you had better have one. :oops:

The capacitor failed today after a few weeks of continuous use from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM with an outdoor temp of 86 F. I got two years out of a FOCSPROD 45/7.5 . Although there is not a large bulge, the bottom of the capacitor rocks a bit when sitting on a flat table. In went the same make and...

How are the 3 year old Tesla 3 batteries doing so far?

Dang, too bad. They were one of the last to hold the line

I recently poured a gallon of one year old 87 unleaded that would not start in the lawn mower but would run after a shot of starter fluid into my 2008 Burb. There was about 20 gallons of fresh gas jn the Burb tank. I put a coffee filter in the funnel but didn’t need to. I recall I had some gas...

I had a similar experience last year. We flew out of Halifax to Dublin on a Westjet 737 and returned on a 787. The airlines are probably trying to utilize the smaller planes to match their volume. Only complaints on the 737 on that rather long flight is there were long lineups for the toilets...

I saw some constant cycling going on with my water system with my own water well. It was a very slow leak going on with the well pump kicking in to bring the pressure back up. After checking for leaking at the toilets and taps, I turned off the water pressure at the tap going to the yard...

They can even get some parts for you.

737?

Here is the curve for traded gasoline. It developed a nice head and shoulders and is now on the way up, reacting to developments.