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I bought this battery yesterday, October 30, 2021 at Sam’s Club. Talk about fresh, look at the date code sticker: 11/21

Actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed the director of cinematography on a movie set, and shot and seriously wounded the movie’s director. Baldwin is the leading actor, producer and also a writer of that film. Firearm type, what kind of ammunition it what loaded with, how it is that Baldwin aimed at...

Just the latest in a long string of companies abandoning California.

One of the local dealerships a chain actually and reputable been around >50 years, offers a free lifetime engine warranty on all new and used cars they sell. Used cars have to be It looks a bit like the Valvoline oil engine warranty where nobody on this forum has ever been known to collect on...

Today I restored the headlights on my Gen 1 Toyota Tundra. It was five steps. Clean with 5% solution of LA’s Totally Awesome degreaser and leave wet Wet sand with 2400 grit sandpaper alternating horizontal and vertical passes Machine buff with Meguiar’s Ultimate compound Plastix plastic...

Here’s another great dump find I made last week: a lightly used Ryobi BE-319 belt sander with the dust bag. They sell for $65. on Amazon. It works perfectly even the sanding belt on it is still OK. It has a 6 amp motor. It was left in the scrap metal area and I immediately snagged it.

I saw this on another forum I read. Feel free to move it to the humor section after viewing the dashcam video. It’s a tossup. https://cdllife.com/2021/watch-from-a-truckers-dash-cam-as-two-knuckleheads-who-cant-merge-crash-window-bash-instead/

Here is my 1989 Troy-Bilt mulching mower, model 8654R builtin 1989 by Troy-Bilt Mfg. Co., Troy, New York. I bought it new and have owned and operated it for 32 years. It is a front wheel drive mower. The engine is a 4 HP Quantum Power. This is close to the first run of Quantum engines by Briggs...

Went to the town transfer station and saw this old lawnmower in the scrap heap that was not there a few days ago. I loaded it into the Tundra, why not? I worked on it this morning. It is a 1998 Rally 20” mower made in USA by Frigidaire. It was filthy. The pull rope would not budge an inch...

Over the weekend I re-powered a 1987 MTD model 604 edger replacing the original 3 horsepower engine with a brand new Lifan LF160F-AQ engine. The new engine is 4 HP and 118cc displacement, and comes with a 3-year warranty. The original engine was a tired 3 HP Briggs and Stratton with a broken...

It seems like the 212cc Predator horizontal shart engine would be on sale for $99 for ages, but this season now that I am looking to repower a piece of outdoor power equipment, they are $139 now. That is a 40% price hike. Am I just catching it at the wrong time and they will soon be $99 again...

New registrations for electric passenger cars in Western Europe, annualized Volkswagen, 173,402 Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi, 135,111 Hyundai/Kia, 96,362 Tesla, 96,018 Source: Fortune, February/March 2021 issue, page 44

Sadly yesterday there was a 29 vehicle chain accident yesterday near Oklahoma City, including at least 4 semi-trucks one of them a cattle hauler, and 3 SUVs. One woman lost her life. It was conditions of freezing drizzle and freezing fog. The bull truck went completely sideways. It was not clear...

This weekend the 8 year old York furnace for the second floor was not heating, I noticed the thermostat was set for 65 and was calling for heat but temperature was 61. I want to the basement and the LED was blinking red a 7 flashes. That means lockout condition. I fixed it. I am not a licensed...

I saw a pair of chupacabras about 1/4 mile from my house on Monday. I was driving in the car at the stop sign end of my street. I used zoom setting on the cell phone and could only get the one photo. Fortunate to even get the one photo because the phone was in the dashboard cradle and like I...

This is my experience witht the Noco Genius 5 smart battery charger. I bought this on the Black Friday sale at Amazon for $45.46 which is 50% off the list price. It is a smart charger that outputs up to 5 amps and can charve 12 Volt lead acid batteries, 12V AGM, 12V lithium, and also 6V...

Listening to the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones exhibition fight on talkSPORT. Jones seems to be withering after round 2. It is 8, 2-minute rounds.

I saw the Bersa BP9CC pistol for sale at Sportsman’s Guide for $294. This is a single stack, 8 round, striker fired 9mm carry pistol with 3.3” barrel. Has anyone shot one of these? The truth about guns website reviewed it and said it has one of the best triggers in the business and was very slim...

One of the great innovators of electric guitar, Eddie Van Halen has died.

Stock has lost one-third of its value in a little over a week, after share sales and S&P 500 index snubbing The electric vehicle and battery maker’s stock TSLA, -21.06% plunged 21.1% to close at $331.21 Tuesday. has lost 33.7% since about a week ago...