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    When to to sell silver and gold?

    Been watching the currant market value, Buyers here get 7%. I'd hate to sell too early only to have it's price double next week.
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    What makes an engine require synthetic oil?

    It it for longer oci? Specific type of timing chain? Any other things? Our 2013 can am calls for a synthetic 5w40 year round. Imo I'd rather use a 10w-40 in it or maybe a 10w-30. Why can't I use a non synthetic in it?
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    Small gas engines won't run on diesel.

    I only run the canned fuel in my small engines because the E10 is all I can get can get from a pump. I bought a gallon of premixed fuel at tractor supply a few weeks ago. Today I filled my weed blower up with it. Would not run. I changed plugs and all the usual stuff. It will run on starting...
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    Help with my future well drilling situation.

    In the past I posted about my well and it's issues. It's currently still pumping but is on its last leg so I'm preparing for that day. I was at a snack bar yesterday. A guy walked over to me and asked if I lived where I do and then said he was there the day they tried to bail my well out...
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    Bbq for breakfast.( Short video)

    Stopped by a roach coach Friday after work brought home BBQ chicken. Saw the leftovers in the fridge this morning and decided to have breakfast on my porch. Chicken and tater tots lol.
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    Update:6+ months on a $2100 Isuzu trooper.

    Yall may remember that we bought cousin casey a 99 Trooper back in January. It had 229000 miles on it and we paid $2100 for it. I figured that $2100 is equal to 4 new car payments so if it lasted 4 months it's a win. Currantly has 236000 miles on it. I did have to replace the non OEM EGR...
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    Not sure how this got into production ( tail lights)

    Followed a newer Chevy a couple days ago. Noticed that it's tail lights resembled something else. Not gonna say what. Y'all can use your imagination.
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    I've got a plumbing problem

    The sink in our front bathroom has not worked in many years. I was pretty certain I knew why but let it be as I'm no Plummer and it's a problem that's bigger than I can handle. Wife decided to call a Plummer out of the blue yesterday. Never told me untill I got home. He confirmed what I had...
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    Desert monsoon rain

    Got our yearly rain this morning 😁. Monsoon rains can show up with no prediction. Never know where it will hit. We got about 3 minutes of heavy rain which is just enough to bring the humidity up for this afternoons 100+ temps.
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    Ups truck broke down in my driveway.

    Guy pulled up to deliver a package. Went to leave and had only neutrals. They sent a huge Peterbilt rotater to get him, Driver was afraid of my road! He asked if I could get the ups truck to a better spot. The idi diesel pulled it with ease in 4 low. In the one pic you can see just how steep...
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    The cost of a 1800radiator franchise.

    I'm looking to find work that is easier on me. I'm a little old now to be in the heat all day. I come home absolutely wiped out after crawling around cars all day long. Plus barely scraping by is getting old. Looked into a 1800radiator franchise. I was good friends with the one we had years...
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    CA real estate ... what 1.3M gets you here.

    Any takers? https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/20045-Dale-Evans-Pkwy-Apple-Valley-CA-92307/17471862_zpid/
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    Any cheap / free ideas to cool a garage?

    My garage is 20ftx24ft. We put insulation on the roof when we reroofed it. No insulation in the walls. It gets unbearably hot in there during the summer. A few years ago I put an evaporative cooler in a window which only pushed the cool air out the whirly bird on the roof without effecting the...
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    Map help; locating old mine locations

    I have an old book with mines and mining information. Say I wanted to find an old abandoned mine. How do I figure out where these #'s are on a map?
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    Wix CAF; instructions very poor

    C'mon Wix. You can do better . This is the instructions I got today with a Wix cabin filter. I couldn't understand what I was supposed to do. There was no words explaining anything. Thankfully there was a YouTube video lol.
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    Gas in Goffs,Ca.

    Little desert "town" on I40 between needles,CA and Barstow, Ca. Anyone want a real desert experience ? LoL Currant prices for diesel and regular gas .
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    5 gallon buckets of oil? Still available?

    I was hoping to buy a 5 gallon bucket of 5w30 or 10w30 from a major supplier name I recognize. Has anyone seen any? I can buy 15w40 in a bucket but no luck finding 5w30 or 10w30.
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    Mounting things to plaster question.

    The walls in my house are plaster I Think anyway. It's like weak cement that turns to powder if drilled. When I hang light weight things I use those plastic inserts you put a screw in and that holds ok. I need to hang something heavier. How do I do that correctly?
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    Disgusting ice cream truck.

    Wife spotted a nice cream truck and made me turn around to go to it. Soft serve not wrapped in paper which is normally ok with me. Now I'm no germaphobe.... But. Walk up to the truck and I got weird vibes. It does not look clean. Grease on the sides, scratches,dents etc. has not been washed...
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    How much per hour should I charge to fix A/C?

    AC jobs at home after work and on weekends. I'm thinking $100 per hour is more than fair. Pep boys and Firestone are nearly double that here and who knows who is doing the job.
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