BTW, I did pay an optional $6.00 shipping insurance when I bought this pump which I’m certain has helped to achieve a fast resolution.

 

Great! 👍

 

Good. They'll probably tell you to toss the first one.

 

So I'm at lunch today and I pay for my food and change is a dollar and something, and the register doesn't have it(probably because I get there right after they open), so the guy, who is the owner, reaches into his pocket to make change and hands me a $2 bill. Wow. I haven't seen one of those in years. I'm glad it wasn't a $3 bill...

And then I'm sitting there eating my shrimp fried rice and bite into something hard. It was either a piece of glass or plastic. At first I wasn't going to say anything, I mean big deal I didn't cut myself or anything, but when I left I did say something to the owner, my only motivation was that if something got broke in the kitchen they need to find it so pieces don't get in everyone's food. Others might not be so forgiving.

I'm loving my newly found View First Unread button.

 

I went back and reread what I saw about Ron Hunt. My feeble mind remembered something different in the few minutes it took for me to relay it. He was voted "The Most Valuable Met" by the fans.

It seems my new favorite button has let me down. It skipped a bunch of posts and just took me to the top of the last page. Guess I'll go back to my old ways.

 

Yes, likely they don’t want this one back but I’ll do whatever they ask.

Mike - Always entertaining to read your posts.

 

Mike - Just curious, did you actually determine what the object was made of? I'd be really concerned if it had been a shard of glass?

Interesting! An Amphicar as a gift for being the fan's choice as MVP, pretty damn nice gift in my opinion!

 

Well, by the time I get done typing it won't be morning anymore, so I'll just say Hi!

Dawn's down the street cleaning house for our neighbor friends and I've been juggling a variety of tasks all morning including taking car of the dogs needs, washing my car cleaning rags, watering the lawn, and finishing up the detailing on the 4-4-2. I just got indoors from finishing up the car a couple minutes ago and I'm cooling off before folding and putting my car rags away.

Need to do my workout here in awhile, and the yard could use mowing. Not sure if I'll get to the yard or not. Also not sure about whether I'm going to go to a Show this weekend, the weatherman is still calling for highs of 96° on both Saturday and Sunday.

Hope everyone is having a nice day and has a relaxing evening. 😃

 

No, at first I thought it was glass, but I think it was probably plastic. The guy looked stricken when I gave it to him. I had to get back to work so I left, I hope he didn't go yell at anyone.

Amphicar Corporation did their best to get their name out to the public. They hosted giveaways such as this, they had a big display and gave rides at the 1965 New York World's Fair, they had a big promotion with Pepsi, lots of staged events. From what I can tell it was marginally successful doing all that stuff. Successful. They sold 4000 cars in 8 years. The end came when Harald Quandt died in a plane crash. Quandt Group were the main backers of the Amphicar and without Harald, the rest of the family had no interest in the Amphicar and pulled the plug.

I just went to see if I spelled Harald's name correctly, and I saw that he was the stepson of Joseph Goebbels. Holy cow.

 

Mike - Thanks for the response about the object at lunch. Interesting history about the Amphicar Corporation, thanks for sharing!

 

Mike - You likely bit into what was left of someone’s dentures.

 

Yuck! No it was clear yellow. Why would someone's dentures be in my shrimp fried rice?

 

Why would anything foreign be in your shrimp fried rice? 🍚

 

Welcome back Jim! I'll be taking the Olds in next week for a review from last year, when I got an estimate on replacing the top. He just wants to go over it again to refresh his memory, then I'll make the appointment to get it done. He'll have it a week. I told hom that I'm trying to schedule it in between cars shows. Off to Purestock tomorrow.

 

Dan - Good luck with the top replacement, I hope the guy does a great job on it for you. Going to Purestock sounds like a blast, hope you have a great time. I'm passing on going to a Show tomorrow, a high of 96° just doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun! I haven't decided on Sunday yet?

 

Got my 2nd (left eye) cataract done yesterday. Now no glasses at all- until I buy a pair of readers for temporary. I have to wait a month untill eyes stabilize then i will get another set of pres glasses. Dan, Oct 5th is on-- barring rain- hope you consider coming!

 

Greg - Glad the cataract surgery went well on your second eye. I hope the recovery goes well and it all turns out like you had hoped after your eyes stabilize. 👍

 

Cost on the new top went up $150. I will bring it in Monday for his benefit, then schedule the replacement. He will need it one week, told him that I was trying to schedule between shows. No Purestock, rain woke me up at 6:30, got up at 7:00, called my buddy at about 7:45, as I planned on being at his place at 8:30. It was still raining, with a bit more on the radar. We decided against it, due to a delayed departure and the fact that the track would have to be dried out. We figured that they would not be able to start until after 12 noon. That would not give them time to finish the time trials in order to match up the cars. They usually finish that up in the morning, take lunch at around 11, then start lining them up at noon. It would have been a shortened event. Ryan Weaver, from Canada, has a '69 W31 that he has been bringing there for about 4-5 years, he posted on FB that he was stopped at Customs, and was not allowed to cross as they considered him to be commercial, even thought it was his Chevy pick-up, trailer and W31. They said he might sell the Olds over here. There was paperwork to be filled out, but well before he could cross over, which they never enforced before, but they are now.

 

Dan - Sorry the rain spoiled PureStock for you guys. That's crazy about the Canadian W-31 and Customs!

 

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Hi everyone.

Long, nice day. Got up early and picked up Mom and we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Then we ran a couple errands and came to my house to "do something." I don't keep a very neat house and why should I. No one comes over, I don't care and Tiger doesn't care. But it irritates Mom even though she is here once in a blue moon. Or less. So today she wanted to come and "help out." So I put in some laundry and she did the dishes. I unpacked a couple boxes and put stuff away. Did some other routine house cleaning, as well as cleaned the downstairs bathroom. She seemed pleased with the results. Great.

It seems to me when I had my first convertible, in the 80s, that tops were about 200 bucks. In 08 I had a top put on a Corvair and it was 1000. I had a top put on a Corvair a couple years ago and I don't remember what it was, but it was more than the last one.

Bizarre that the customs guy thought he was going to sell the W31 once he was across the border. Wonder if he'd have gone to the next guy over if it would have been different. I mean, what stops you from selling the car that you're in once you're across and then fly home?

Greg my Mom had cataract surgery one one eye then the other and now she doesn't need glasses. I call that a miracle. She's been wearing glasses since she was a toddler. So glad the surgery was a success.

Well I'm beat. Housecleaning is hard work. Gonna catch up a little on the computer then hit the sack early. Hope everyone has a good evening.

 

Cataract surgery is interesting. It can replace lenses with corrected ones for good vision, but is so risky it is only done for cataracts in the US; but you do get corrected vision as part of the deal.

Drove to Nashville today, and met with a tech that I had given stereo gear to his broker in June of 24. The tech is a good dude, but it's his hobby job. Solid work though. His broker is a sleeze. Glad he wasn't there. Had a good 1 hour talk with him. He fixed the main product I gave him completely, the second one almost completely, and didn't get to the last two little ones. Fortunately I have spares. Good relationship has been established. The broker doesn't ship and makes bullshit about how fragile stuff is, but the reason is he just puts his tech in contact with more people; the tech has the stuff. Tech told me to just talk to him directly, so it's a good thing now. The tech lives in a nice subdivision in a affluent area. The broker lives in a shitty part of Nashville and is in the music scene. A lot of people in the music scene are kinda slackers, bums, or a little sketchy.

Got back home and took a nap. Glad to be done with those two for a while, if not permanently.

 

John - Say what? Even IOL exchange is performed worldwide.

 

John, the hitch I am looking for is the same one I had on my 71 Cutlass back in the 90's. It bolts on to the frame in 4 places., the 2 rear ones on the rear crossmember and the 2 front ones on the frame rail. I took it off and later sold it. Now I have the small trailer and sorta would like to take it to car events and pull w/ Olds. Let me know if you think you have one. Thanks.

 

Dan, sorry you missed Purestock, you might as well come on Oct 5th!!

 

John, I found the old ad of when I sold the hitch- has some pics.
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...8-69-a-123614/

 

The cedar gate I built/erected ~20 yrs ago needs several good coats of stain/sealer. I used Cabot Australian Timber Oil (Amberwood) then & I guess it has held up pretty good. Relatively speaking for such a humid climate & direct sunlight there was some marginal mildew, mold & small lichens attached to the wood on the North facing sides. I brush scrubbed the wood this morning w/ a mixture of bleach + Simple Green. I'll add a 1.5 oz. container of M-1 Advanced Mildew Treatment to a gallon of the Timber Oil this time which I did not add the 1st time. I add M-1 for all exterior painting & it does an excellent job of reducing &/or eliminating mildew, mold & lichens.

 

I've been following Disturbance 1 for several days. As of today, formation chance has been upgraded. Need a steering committee from the West to send it to the NE.

 

Hi everyone.

Survived Walmart this morning and after a bit of lunch have been doing the odd little chores. In a minute I'm gonna take the battery out of the SRX and go get a new one. Then later on I'm gonna move stuff around in the yard.

Norm I was just reading about the Chrysler air raid sirens. I saw one at the Chrysler museum, though of course I didn't hear it run. I've heard them run in video. They can be heard 16 miles away. They can't run them on the ground because they set the grass on fire. That's a lot of air moving. Anyway, I read that the Navy used to line them up on shore and use them to blow fog out to sea. Maybe you could mount a couple on an airplane and blow the disturbance the other direction.

Bahaha Chris Jaunty just called you out inadvertently. He posted pictures of a car show he went to but didn't include his car, because he said it would be self serving. Myself, I like when you post pictures of your car in the show pictures. A beautiful car is a beautiful car no matter who owns it.

I need some Jamesbo advice, or anyone in the know. I need a Gator-type vehicle that can traverse fairly steep unfriendly terrain. The property my hangar is on has a hill that goes down to the bottom of the property and it's not real easy to walk down. It is full of trees, which is the only way I can get down, grabbing one and then sort of falling to the next and grabbing on, etc. Getting back up is a different story. Anyway, there are rocks, downed trees, tree stumps, gully's, roots, holes, I don't think a regular Gator 6 wheel pickup would be capable. Anyone have any ideas what would get down the slope, and more importantly get back up? Would a tracked vehicle, like a Bobcat, be any better?

Okay break is over. Back to work. Beautiful here and not hot. Have a great day everyone.

 

Mike - Aircraft engines to steer it? Likely require more than several hundred or several thousand. The orange haired guy proposed nuking them.

 

Apparently lens replacement surgery is done for cataracts only in the US. Clear lens replacement surgery is done elsewhere, like Russia.

I have a variant of it. I'll get a picture.

 

You never know, a nuke is pretty powerful. It's like the people who would put out oil tank fires with dynamite. Just blow it all apart.

 

Hi guys,

Well, yesterday was one of those days I'd like to forget, best laid plans and all that. Went downstairs early around 8am to get a few sodas and beers to bring upstairs to put in the fridge and noticed about a 10ft trail of some type of liquid on the basement floor behind the staircase. At first I thought we had a water leak, but quickly discovered it was floor cleaner. Dawn had stored a gallon bottle of floor cleaner on the top shelf of one of those large metal wire type shelving units and somehow it had developed a leak. It leaked down thru the wire shelf unit getting all over a bunch of other stuff and eventually reaching the floor, a real mess! Luckily just a concrete floor down there. I spent about 3hrs with Dawn taking items off the shelving unit, wiping off the things that were worth saving, throwing out others. Nothing of significant value was ruined. After we got the shelving unit emptied we carried it outside and I washed/wiped it down outside while she worked on the floor. What a mess! We never could figure out how the damn bottle got a puncture in it?

This whole episode put me behind the rest of the day. Ended up going out to mow in the heat of the day which was no fun, but I got it done. Then while I was still hot and sweaty I helped Dawn carry up a small computer desk and end table from the basement to the garage that she was just going to give away to just get it out of the basement. The people came today to get it and then decided they didn't want it, not sure why, it not like it's all beat up? Anyway, it's not going back to the basement, it's now in the back of the truck and going to Goodwill tomorrow.

Wished I could have gotten out to a Show this weekend, but I'm really not missing sitting out in the 96° heat yesterday and today. Gonna settle in in a few minutes and watch the Lions/Bears game, and then the Chiefs game, both of which are recording.

Hope everyone has had a nice weekend and has a relaxing evening.😃

 

Most plastic containers are injection molded during manufacturing process I think. Liquid injected into the mold then heated to polymerize. I suspect either: (1) a micro air pocket (void) formed or was present during injection; (2) a micro void was present during polymerization; or, (3) polymerization was incomplete (for any number of reasons)?

 

Two things come to mind. I've come close to damaging hardwood floors with liquids before. I believe I will tile the new house's kitchen. There is a lot to be said about putting things under the main floor instead of on it or in the attic. I have had two condensate drain backups, all about August, in the past 3 years. It would've ruined a ceiling. Instead, I just lost a couple old kitchen cabinets and some cardboard.

The other thing is secondary containment. There is no shame putting liquids in a rubbermade tote. I have a dehumidifier draining into a water jug, but that jug is in a tote. If it overflows, it will start to fill the tote around it.

 

Thanks for the responses guys. Norm, all certainly plausible theories. Especially since it didn't leak when we first got it. John, all good points about precautions that can be taken to avoid damage and/or at least contain such events. Dawn keeps a usable supply of cleaning products in the upstairs cabinets, but we buy in bulk, and those bulk containers are stored in the basement..

 

There is, in fact, a shelf life associated w/ all various plastic containers. Plastic containers are manufactured/designed specifically for the products they store/contain. Obviously, it makes sense HCl (hydrochloric acid) storage containers are different than Dawn liquid detergent, as are the containers used to store H2SO4 (sulfuric acid), HNO3 (nitric acid), etc., etc., etc. Most plastic containers are either cross-linked PE or high density PE (polyethylene) containers & the type is generally applicable to the concentration of the stored liquid. A little more foo foo than a simple answer, but there are differences. As John mentioned, double containment is often the best option.

 

I didn't like the wiring install Duke Energy performed when they installed the electric usage (brown-out) box on the water heater so I re-wired their wiring using (flexible) liquid tight PVC. So much better than the contractor's heavy duty wiring w/ no electrical wiring conduit enclosure. I was relieved to see he used Wago 221 wire connectors which made my rewiring job far easier.

 

Not much going on this evening, so I'll just say Chris what if a mouse chewed on the corner of the container. Though plenty of times I've seen a plastic container just fail, mainly due to age. It gets old and brittle and just can't take it anymore. Hm. That sounds like me.

Mom and I just finished having pizza and my friends(the odd people) called and said they were at the Awful house, and one of our favorite employees was also there and would I like to come over and see her. So I went to Awful house for a little while. It was a nice time. The girl we like moved to midnight shift and starts at 9pm, so I never see her anymore. She has unreliable transportation, so she ended up there early because that's when she could get a ride, and my friends were there having coffee. So that was nice.

Got the battery out of the SRX and my friend said Autozone had a sale on batteries this month. So off I went. There was no sale, and the battery was going to be 280. I said I don't want to buy the whole car, just the battery. Sorry, they aren't on sale and that's what they are. I said see ya. There was nothing special about this battery and I wonder if the price was higher because I said it was going in a Cadillac. I bet if I found another car(like a Chevy) that took that battery it would be less. So I'll go to the battery place I usually go and get a battery. It will probably cost a buck and a half but that's still better than 280.

Got a couple little things to do tomorrow. Can't work too late because I have to get ready for work on Tuesday. Nothing special this week that I can think of, hope it all goes okay.

 

Hi , we had a nice motorcycle ride to this place , and all money of this event goes to cancer research.
This is a video from last year but same place :
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=554193490357618
The 35 year old Suzuki atv have been helpful when we cutting hedges and other stuff Very nice for
the legs to avoid using wheelbarrows .


We had the Huskvarna Automowers for 10 years now and it was one of our best buys , my wife sold her Subaru
and we picked up a nice 2005 Bmw to her instead . We have taken 2 badgers last weeks in our trap so buying this
trap was i good thing , think we had about 10 badgers shoot now.
Meet another -65 98 owner a couple weeks ago , he had a very nice restored car . Not often to se these cars here.