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    Official 2025 Indy 500 Thread

    The rookie pinned several of his pit crew against the wall. One was hurt.
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    Official 2025 Indy 500 Thread

    Larson wrecked out and took 2 others with him.
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    Synthetic oil bad in a lawnmower? Any truth in this self proclaimed experts statements?

    With all of the neglect that most lawn and garden equipment is subjected to, using synthetic oil is the least of the issues they are faced with.
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    Official 2025 Indy 500 Thread

    It has been announced that Team Penske has fired the entire upper management staff of their Indycar team, including Tim Cindric.
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    Gas Water Heater Replacement

    I would also add, that if you are intending to change your anode rod, and flush your water heater in the course of its lifetime, there are a couple of things I would do after removing it from the box, BEFORE you install it. First would be to purchase and install a segmented anode rod, like the...
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    Gas Water Heater Replacement

    This is important to note. Very few water heaters have enough headroom to remove the anode rod..... Assuming you can get it out without moving your water heater. They are heavily torqued in place, and may have some type of sealant that has been baking on for the last several years. I wouldn't...
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    High maintenance costs and lack of fuel strands hydrogen busses

    I have a problem with the whole "electric cars are the future", mantra. LED illumination is the future. 65" flat screen TV's are the future. Cell phones are the future. Because people want them, and they keep getting better and cheaper. And they are far better than what they replaced. EV's...
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    High maintenance costs and lack of fuel strands hydrogen busses

    Toyota messed around with Hydrogen in their Mirai series. It was a big flop. Nowhere to buy fuel, except around the southern California area. And the fuel got insanely expensive when the subsidies ran out. I've never understood the fascination with Hydrogen. It takes more energy to make it than...
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    Official 2025 Indy 500 Thread

    I wouldn't go as far as to call them "slow". They're only 3 MPH off the all time qualifying record of 236 MPH set by Arie Lyandyke.
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    Official 2025 Indy 500 Thread

    I have no idea what would have possessed them to start in with disk grinders and body putty AFTER they went through tech inspection? It's common knowledge you can only alter things like tire pressure and rear wing settings once the car has been approved.
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    Official 2025 Indy 500 Thread

    Today it was announced that the 2 Team Penske cars, (Newgarden and Power), will be moved to the back of the field. (Positions 32, and 33). This because they were messing around with the shape, and the aerodynamic blend of the rear attenuators, after they went through tech inspection. Newgarden's...
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    Removing Heavy Calcium Rings From Toilet Bowls

    Same here. Soft water, but the calcium still manages to find a way to adhere and aggravate.
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    Removing Heavy Calcium Rings From Toilet Bowls

    I have 2 toilets where I had to deal with this. (Yellow / orange calcium rings at the waterline of the bowl). My wife tried all the cleaners. CLR, Lime Away, Rustoleum Rust Remover Spray, Mister Clean "Magic Eraser". Name it. None worked with any satisfaction. So I tried a small Scotchbrite...
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    Gas Water Heater Replacement

    I have never had an expansion tank on a water heater, and never installed one in all of the homes that I have lived in. (5 total). I've had plumbers tell me that most of the one's they've come across, have filled up completely with water, and become useless after that. I figure there must be...
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    The Speed Of Light ??

    At the risk of adding more complexity to an already complex subject. Do the top astrophysicist's in the world have any opinion as pertaining to the pyramids, and their construction? The more I hear about their presiceness, size, and tremendous weight, the more difficult it becomes to believe...
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    Induction Soldering Copper Plumbing Joints ?

    They got a lot of nerve charging over $200 for that thing.
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    Induction Soldering Copper Plumbing Joints ?

    Well it was worth the post. At least we now know it's certifiable crap.
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    The Speed Of Light ??

    I like comparisons. It helps put some of this stuff into perspective. I read that if you could steadily accelerate at 1G, it would take .95 of a year to reach the speed of light. 1G is supposedly what that new 1,063 H.P. Corvette is able to provide. (There are several other supercars that claim...
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    The Speed Of Light ??

    It sure got a set of legs, didn't it? 172 posts and counting.
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    Induction Soldering Copper Plumbing Joints ?

    The way this video shows it, perhaps it's not induction after all. If it were it shouldn't require a warm up. It does transfer heat rapidly once it's up and running. But that price is high if it amounts to nothing more than an electrically powered soldering iron.
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