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    Voyager 1 up and running again! 47 years and 15 BILLIONS miles from earth.

    1) it's "V'Ger" 2)that film is set in the 2270's... so... 250 years give or take? 3) yes, I'm that Nerd.
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    New style of cheap cabin air filter

    same thing for my Buddies 2003 Vibe ( essentially the same car as i'm sure you know). at the time cabin filters for it were like $20, you could get 4 of them out of a $5 furnace filter.
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    How often do fires happen to ICE vehicles, vs Ev's?

    in my 45 years i've seen exactly 2 vehicle fires. one an older Cadillac in the parking lot at work, the other a pickup of some sort along the side of 270 on the north side of Columbus, just west of 315. roughly 2004. I was on my way to my 3rd shift retail job. big bright fire, right in the...
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    Oil filter for 5 year old cub cadet riding mower?

    dad's Cub usually gets 10w30, and a FL910s ( which of course is a 3614) his is a Kohler motor though....
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    Walmart Oil Change Service: "Restore and Protect"

    I've had at least my last 3 changes done at walmart. always just say I need "full synthetic" from memory i've gotten Valvoline, Pennzoil, and Most recently Mobil 1. I'm always secretly hoping for the Castrol, for the simple fact, the Elderly folks who owned the car before me ( I'm the 3rd owner)...
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    Name a Weird Al Yankovic song that isn't better than the original.

    Cuz BOB isn't a parody. it's a Pastiche, an original in the style of another artist, in this case Bob Dylan.
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    2024 Land Cruiser ... Who would buy this?

    just remember, as a 2024 model (that's not for sale in the US), it won't be legal to import for road use in the US until 2049...
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    2024 Land Cruiser ... Who would buy this?

    i wondered if anyone else clocked that....
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    Oldsmobile 442 Concept: A Modern Muscle Car Worthy of Replacing the Camaro?

    not sure of the total percentages, but there's a GM plant just outside Ft.Wayne, IN that builds Silverado and Sierra 1500's https://www.gm.com/company/facilities/fort-wayne according to Wikipedia at least, they are built in Ft.Wayne, IN; Flint, MI; Oshawa, Ontario (Canada), Silao, Guanajuato...
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    I'd like an inexpensive computer for my neighbor

    My brother usually has a few refurbished off lease systems up for sale on Ebay, but I just looked and all he has currently are a few EVSE's ( Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment, A.K.A. Electric car Chargers)...
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    R85515

    quick google search says that's a carquest branded filter? I think they USED to be purolator, but that was about a decade ago... not sure any more...
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    Ordered new Ford F-150, will I ever get it?

    as he said earlier, the GM in that body config is only available with the 4cy engine. no one wants a full size pickup with a 4 banger.
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    Move over Florida! Iowa is ranked the best place to retire - while Alaska, New York and California come out worst

    well, turns out i had the details a bit wrong.. while her mom grew up in Clarinda, the house offered was in Omaha, NE ( grandma moved there after she and grandpa divorced)
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    Last car equipped with an ashtray?

    Just watched a "watch JR Go" video a walk through of the 2024 G-wagen. Has an ashtray and lighter in the back seat.
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    Walter P Chrysler's great grandson "letter to the people, saving Chrysler, a call to action" is Chrysler at risk of going under?

    instead we get a Rebadged Tonale in the Hornet. but the Current Grand Cherokee is based on the same platform as the Stelvio....
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    Dana Closing Local Driveshaft plant.

    not sure if this has hit the wider media yet, but the local Dana Driveshaft plant announced today they'll close the plant by the end of 2025. news article says production will be moved to other plants in the US...
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    Roof Repair - found a good guy

    one of our local Roofing contractors always says in his commercials, " if you call us, We'll call you back" which always stuck me as odd, but...
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    Move over Florida! Iowa is ranked the best place to retire - while Alaska, New York and California come out worst

    dang...Iowa best place to retire?...mabye the GF and I should have taken her Grandma's house in Clarinda ( I think it was Clarinda) after she passed... Her mom offered it... oh well.
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