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When bolts break, you have two choices. Bolt extractors (not much use when the bolt is corroded/seized/frozen) or drill it out. When a bolt is so rusty that it breaks off penetrating oil is not of much use. The last and final option (which often comes up) is to melt out the remainder of the...

One cleaner does not fit all. Windex is good for light purpose cleaning and glass. Simple Green is good for heavy cleaning and degreasing. It's like having a gun, they'll all kill to some degree, some just get it done faster.

Nothing decomposes when its buried under 127 tons of rubble and gets no oxygen, sunlight, or water. Decomposable is a relative term. I imagine that even these new "green" plastic bottles would still be there 10 years later if I threw one in a random field somewhere. And this would be optimal...

The thing is about people like that, they either live to be 90 or die at 50. Unfortunately, he was on the small end of the spectrum. Chain smoking, loads of stress, and little sleep will catch up to you eventually. I read somewhere that 50% of smokers will die of tobacco related illness, and...

But this is not just "potholes". I realize in the Northern states that this is a fact of life. We're talking over 100 potholes in a 1 block radius. What isn't full of potholes is heavily washboarded and heaved. Driving down the road is a constant resonance, something similar to having a tire...

Americans ARE bad at math. I can count 100 times where I've been at a restaurant, when it comes time to split up the tab it very often ends up short, probably not because people are cheap, but because they can't figure it out mentally. Simple way, 15% of $10 is $1.50. So if its $40 - $1.50 x 4...

Sick of em. For whatever weather reason, around here fresh ones are popping up everywhere. The roads seem to be crumbling daily. In fact, I'm having a hard time finding a way to drive to work without driving on roads that are awful. And not just potholes, but cracks, divets, and washboarding...

Anyone have any practical advice for making a toilet flush better? We rent, so we have whatever 60 dollar special the landlord installed. Also the building is old (1920's) so the plumbing isn't great. I find that far too often, dropping a number 2 will stop it cold. This is even with a...

I wouldn't fly American these days anyway. American flies a lot of MD-80 jets, some in such apparent poor shape that they were being investigated by the FAA for substandard repairs. Apparently one of the planes was flown to a maintenance base at low altitude to avoid pressurizing the cabin and...

Sometimes I think that having a large dog that lives outdoors in the warmer months isn't a bad investment. Around here, it's cold and snow on the ground 6 months out of the year, which tends to keep the petty thieves away. Sucks that you got ripped off, at least it wasn't anything major.

This has been talked about over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and...

Nothing changes. Lessons have not been learned. The economy is a bad game of Jenga, and the only ones with enough power to do anything about it (The US Gubmint) just bicker back and forth about which pieces to put back or to take out. Meanwhile the media keeps preaching that the economy is...

What I keep in the car. As little as possible. Some random junk in the glovebox, jumper cables and coolant in the trunk. IMO, No need for a whole survival kit, working on a car on the side of the road is asking to get hit by someone drunk or texting. There aren't many places left in the US...

Although my name appears in the title of this thread, and I initially approved, I have to say: and therefore this thread needs to die.

Ask about service bulletins. There is one that might cover this issue. Acura has a similar one. Basically what happens is that the heater circuit inside the sensor fails due to condensation buildup. The fix is to replace the sensor and re-flash the ECM. The ECM turns the heater circuit on...

Originally Posted By: uplandr Check out this SR-71. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDbQ5xvsrIU That's way too cool! I imagine you would have to be super careful landing it, that thing looks like it cost more than my car!

A good common sense read about this can be found here: Article Link This isn't a car guy, he mostly writes about finance. Sometimes he talks about other things, like this. As far as I'm concerned, I think he nailed it on the head. Throttle overrides and a means to kill the ignition NOW should...

Originally Posted By: benjamming Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit Corn syrup, white flour, refined sugar and white bread are not in our home. Remember-the whiter the bread the sooner you're dead. The only breads we eat are whole wheat. I've heard this (bolded text) from a few folks on here...

I work nights and most often am not home for a proper home cooked meal, so I would often succumb to temptation and just get fast food. But now I'm at the point where I'm just sick of it. Eating it makes you sick and I'm against just about every facet of the fast food business model. Too many...

Originally Posted By: FORD4LIFE Dude I always had so much respect for you as you always have such good interesting posts. Then you post this and think this is funny. I lost all that respect after this post. Just relax. It's not a statement of The Critics character, its just a random post...