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Hi all – I've been reading up on Stoddard solvent, and it seems like a great option for cleaning some machines and even paper (I want to try dry cleaning some dirty paper money). But I'm having trouble locking down exactly what it is, and whether it's always labeled as "Stoddard solvent". I'm...

Drones. Amazon started testing flying drones a few years ago, so I wonder how far out they are this point. A few years is a long time for companies like Amazon, so I expect them to have made significant progress in that span. Maybe by 2025?

The USPS is a coercive monopoly. Coercive monopolies are consistently poor performers in all the areas that we would care about, like efficiency, customer service, innovation, quality, etc. The reasons for these dynamics should be obvious to most people (I'm a social psychologist, so...

Hi all – I looked at Tesla's recommended maintenance for the Model 3, and all it talks about is the cabin air filter, tire rotation/balance, "testing" the brake fluid every two years (not sure if that's a formal thing with a machine, or a Mark 1 Eyeball test), and one other thing I can't...

It sounds cool, though I assume they'll have more options than just the no-advisor scenario. In my experience, dealer salesmen are not useful at any point before, during, or after a test drive. When it comes to vehicle/product knowledge, they always know quite a bit less about the car than I...

I mostly hoped you'd communicate to whomever you were trying to communicate with, since you left everything so unclear, even who you were talking to. There was no way for anyone to do anything, and the browser bit was extremely confusing. No browser will render a huge paragraph any differently...

I still don't know what you're referring to. It you mean the single long paragraph in the original post, that won't be affected by browsers at all. A browser won't add paragraph breaks to text. But I'm not sure what you meant, since "mess" implied something that was broken or jibberish.

@Dave9 Who or what are you referring to? The original post on top, the comment before yours, or something else? I don't understand the bit about two different browsers – what is a "mess"? What would different browsers do?

Good points. I forgot about credit cards. I don't like the network effects squeeze play the banks pull on merchant fees for credit card transactions. I mean Visa and Mastercard mostly. Once they got to a certain size, they could charge exorbitant fees totalling 3% or more. Merchants are...

It's a mystery to me how banks make money in this era, where all their loan activity is. It doesn't seem like banks like Wells Fargo loan to businesses much anymore, at least not small to medium sized businesses. And now the end of the personal lines of credit further removes them from the...

Thanks, I looked but missed the whole Filtration section for some reason. I thought the used oil analysis section was the last section. I wonder if I can move the thread.

The filter measurements aren't listed though. I mentioned that in the post, with a link.

Hi all - - I don't have any experience with changing my own oil and buying filters, and I'm bumping into some issues. Are there any filter size standards? I figured there would be, e.g. "Yeah, I need a 2B filter and my buddy needs a 3C..." If I go to AutoZone's website, they don't even provide...

I don't remember which lake, but South Bend is supposed to suffer from a "Lake Effect" climate. It's unusually cold for Indiana.

Jersey? Where did you get that idea?

How would you handle that? Are Optimas good for extreme cold? I've been seeing mixed reviews lately. People are upset at how they moved the plant to Mexico, and some are saying the quality dropped. I don't know of any primo batteries other than Optima.

Thanks guys. Lots to talk about. On the whole "that ain't cold" theme, know that 90° F is cool and breezy to me, especially if it's during summer. I was in Tempe, AZ for several years, which is slightly hotter than Tucson, and the average low/high in January is 39/69. South Bend is 17/31, which...

Hi all – If you were moving to the Arctic Circle / South Bend, Indiana at the same time that you acquired a 1988 Jeep Cherokee XJ, 4.0L straight six, 4WD, what oil would you use? Chilton's is defaulting to 10W-30. I assume that's what the manual says, but I don't have it. It's cold there, cold...

You threw me there a bit. It's better to run Dex IV (4) or Dex VI (6)? You said Dex IV first, but then said that Dex VI is back-specced for Dex III, which makes me think it's the successor. Thanks.

Hi all – I want to buy and revive a 1988 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4WD 4.0L, and found an old Chilton guide for it. It says that its Aisin-Warner AW4 automatic takes "Dexron IIE/Mercon" ATF. This fluid is no longer available apparently, and there are now lots of numbers beyond II (2, not 11). What...