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  1. Astro14

    *Investors Blog*

    Yeah - I think he would say that his life is busy. He pays attention, works every day, for a couple hours. Then goes fishing. His life is busy, but he works only for himself, he does not punch a clock for anyone else.
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    *Investors Blog*

    It’s a sophisticated technique that requires a great deal of care. Leverage works both ways. It can wipe you out quickly. So, for someone who is carefully investing using it, and fully engaged, perhaps. A good friend, a retired Marine, trades futures and options. Every day. Every day he...
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    Lisle Tools pronunciation

    You must be a hoot to be with - deliberately mispronouncing people’s names and words… “Lisle” is a proper name. It is pronounce exactly the same as you would pronounce “Lyle”.
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    "Screaming" Hard Drive ??

    I’m no computer guy, but I really recommend a SSD. An SSD is a great upgrade. Makes your machine significantly faster, removes the possibility of mechanical drive failure. Samsung includes migration software with the drive, that makes it as easy as following the prompts, to move everything...
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    How do Airliners navigate without GPS?

    The question was - “How do airliners navigate without GPS”. Future tech is a different subject. Ring Laser Gyro, Inertial Nav, ground based navigation aids, are part of the answer to the thread question. Differential GPS was once touted as airliner future tech. That was 25 years ago. Still...
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    How do Airliners navigate without GPS?

    I thought this thread was about airliners. Not smartphones.
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    Lisle Tools pronunciation

    Yeah. It’s pronounced “Lyle”.
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    How do Airliners navigate without GPS?

    It’s been a long time since they used mechanical gyroscopes. A ring laser Gyro, which has fiber optic loops and uses interferometry, has been the standard for a while.
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    New To Me...a car I never wanted.

    I am very sorry for your loss. When my father passed away, I inherited his Mercedes 240D. Not really a car that I wanted, but he had always aspired to owning a Mercedes and this was his first. It was a great car, and I came to really like it. I drove it every day. Sadly, the car began...
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    Hydraulic Oil Filter... Why?

    I would think a filter belongs in the return line. Dust/debris/etc. are created in the system, and this catches it before the reservoir, where system pressure is lowest, but it still positive pressure. A filter in the suction line would inhibit the pump drawing fluid in. A filter on the...
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    Great deals for some one who needs some firepower

    My most recent purchase of a police turn in (a Glock 21) was typical of what I’ve seen in a police firearm. Some holster wear on the slide where the weapon was slid in and out frequently. Some seatbelt/buckle wear on the outside of the grip frame. Somewhere between 500 and 1000 rounds total...
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    Unexpected guest

    There are so many misconceptions in this question, that I encourage you to go take some classes before you purchase the gun. You need to know your own state’s laws, and you need to know the circumstances under which it is both moral and legal for you to use lethal force. A firearm is not...
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    Spooky Action at a Distance, or Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier

    Added to the calendar - I’ll livestream, I hope. 😎
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    Happy Birthday AutoMechanic!!

    Happy Birthday!!🎉🎁
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    How do you keep bolts organized when disassembling things

    A couple of the smallest Amazon boxes with the top flaps cut off. One at each corner for wheel bolts. One for big parts like subframe bolts. Then, a couple of these in various sizes: https://www.grypmat.com/ Long term project? Zip lock bags with a sharpie label.
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    new tires daughter's car

    Then, I stand corrected. All Season is also a category.
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    new tires daughter's car

    That is not a model. Any more than “Levis jeans” is a model. Levi 501 button fly? Levi 550 relaxed fit with a zipper? Or an “Apple IPhone” - which iPhone? A 13? A 15 Pro? That is a description. A category. Manufacturer, and type. Without knowing a model, you have no idea how to...
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    Vehicles with optional engines that use a different viscosity

    It may well be driven by CAFE - it may also be informed by an oil cooler. If one of the engine options has an oil cooler, then that engine won’t see the higher oil temperatures that would require an oil in a higher grade.
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    Which oil for 2003 Chevrolet Corvette?

    Ah, I see…the root of the problem. So many misconceptions. Let’s start here - “0W is like tap water”. No, it is not. That’s not what the 0W means at all. The 0W means that it flows at a certain temperature. At cold temperatures, it is hundreds of times thicker than it is at operating...
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    Tesla Stock

    TSLA earnings report is expected today. I will watch with interest.
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