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    Deer and other animals continuously ramming my car

    Deer and other animals continuously ramming my car Years ago I drove a million miles all after 10pm in the UP no accidents ever. Now even when my car is stopped I have wildlife ramming my car continuously. Latest was punting a bear like a football that jumped in front of my car. I remember...
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    Dumbest reason for arrest

    https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/mother-arrested-after-concocting-drink-son-give-school/story?id=107876249 Definitely not a reason for police intervention, if it was drain cleaner or sulphuric acid, but salt and vinegar who cares? If the kid would have made a yucky drink himself that someone...
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    Can’t access Facebook phone is gone, unexpected error on login and when reporting

    Looks like Facebook is hacked, I can’t even report the account as stolen because the reporting page is broken, let my friends know so if my account does anything scammy My phone is no longer associated to any account. Fun fun
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    Is Dailymotion just a scam app

    Many videos I would watch on Roku or prime seem to leave those platforms and end up remaining on dailymotion Historically dailymotion was a scam YouTube ripoff that would quickly infest you with viruses and spyware. I have read this has changed, is anyone familiar with this site? I notice...
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    Nokian Entyre 2 dry rot issues and extended warranty

    I am curious if anyone has Nokians and experienced the premature dry rot problem? I got some mounted recently and didn’t know this was common on pretty much every Nokian Apparently because of the issue Nokian pretty much replaces them with new Ones at a very low cost, I’m looking for the...
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    Even with 2.5 Million EVs on the road, total U.S. power generation goes down

    Over the last decade and a half we have “electrified “ millions of new/existing homes (moving heating sources to electricity) and have added 2.5 million EVs to the grid. https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/02/the-us-added-1-2-million-evs-to-the-grid-last-year-electricity-use-went-down/ (Despite...
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    Apparently I’m a senior citizen

    (Or someone can’t do math) At least they have the photo right.
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    Windows 10 extremely slow HP Z230 i5-4590 16gb ram 500gb hd

    I have an old HP Z230 tower and a fresh install of windows 10, it’s unbelievably slow at just loading the OS and basic operations, which is strange considering it has 16gb of ram. Graphics were an nv310 which was removed now it’s the onboard Intel graphics . I’ve encountered other machines...
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    What do these new garbage icons at the top of my iOS mean?

    See the gray dude with the little F icon and the photo landscape image over my WiFi, what is this garbage?
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    Antique RCA Systemlink Universal Remote Codes

    I’m looking for a full instructional guide for an Old RCA Systemlink universal remote, it appears to be too old to be on rcas site. Using the online generic guides for entering code search doesn’t appear to work. My remote looks very similar to this (but has the older DBS/Cable button)...
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    Bleh never ending repairs 2001 Dodge Ram 5.2 seized water pump

    I’m not messing with this one, mom has been driving the truck, idler pulley has always been garbage. Truck started making a minor belt chirp sounded like a bad idler, gave her my car until I figured it out. Started it to drop it off 2 miles away and the belt grenaded and the water pump failed...
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    2001 Dodge Ram 1500 2wd 5.2 v8 needs entire front end

    Ditto title, up to about 5 years ago I could buy low mile southern cut off front ends for my Dodge pickup for only about $250 It was the entire front end (sometimes with part of the frame rail) from a wreck on a pallet, tie rods, brakes, springs everything At the time I didn’t think much of...
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    rana grilled white chicken fettuccine alfredo tastes sour

    I’ve never bought bagged Alfredo and this isn’t at all like the canned stuff I make on the stove. Sour and strange, might be odd seasoning or stinky cheese but not good tasting by my book. Anyone have Rana Alfredo before? I took a few bites and hope I don’t get food poisoning, not near...
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    1999 Toro Wheelhorse 71197 17-44hxl drivebelts last a year, gas cap and headlights

    Bleh, more a complaint and frustration Not sure of a good part source for this thing. I need a new gas cap as the one on here was plastic and blew in half when I had a full tank and it sat. Also need a new lightbulb, looks like a 12v flashlight bulb that my father used to get packs of 12 for...
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    Dog Terrified of Drinking Water

    Our 11lb miniature poodle has gone 2 weeks where it won’t drink water, when we first noticed we brought him into the vet, they gave him an IV said he was dehydrated but that he had no kidney disease or any other problems besides some spinal pain near his rear. He was peeing like a racehorse...
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    1999 Toro Wheelhorse 71197 17-44hxl burns oil

    I have been using HD30 in my fathers wheelhorse It doesn’t have many hours but seems to use quite a bit of oil, no burning oil smell. I am switching to 20w50 since I do occasionally need to start in cool weather. Not really sure what could be wrong or could slow down the oil drinking Maybe...
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    Yamaha Sight 115 The 200-300mpg underbone mini cycle

    Have you heard about this underbone motorcycle that drives 129 km/liter? I was doing some research about fuel economy and efficiency and I came across a video on Youtube. I . Yamaha Sight 115 https://www.phwheels.com/bike/Yamaha/Sight-115-SW...
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    Now a serious question, replacement funnel

    My father had one of these, funnel got old brittle and broke off, now mine, old brittle broke off the funnel . Tried using a normal funnel and it sucks, can you buy the odd looking funnel for this thing by itself? None of the off the shelf I find are big enough , also worrisome but when doing...
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    Painting plastic fender on Honda Insight

    Has anyone found paint you can spray at home that actually works? Many folks on the Insight forum use a form of rustoleum because it holds up OK and is an exact match. In my case humidity is never below 60% and said paint needs it dry and it fades away in 2-4 years Car is valueless and...
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    Over 60mpg on T6 5w40

    Looking back at my archives I’ve exceeded 60mpg on a tank in warm weather low speed town situations with my 5mt beater Cobalt several times (hand calculated) Hyper milling and low speed warm weather My car seems to destroy oil at about 1500 miles so I’ve went with T6-5w40, good gas mpg and...
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