The Everything Drawer - Everyone has one, right? (post anything - within the rules)

brewmeist said:
I remember telling my son to hit "pound 1" when he was navigating a directory on the phone. He asked, "WHAT 1?? What's a pound?"

I showed him. The smart@#$ said, "Uhh.... That's a hashtag."

"Uhhh... It's a pound. And that's the end of the discussion if you feel like eating dinner tonight..."
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I'm FB friends with my 4th grade teacher. She posted on her FB that she asked her class to create their chromebook login with their name followed by the number sign. She said they looked puzzled and one kid asked what a number sign is, so she wrote it on the board. Then in unison her class said A Hashtag.😆
 
Also, just saw a show about where the name for “Bluetooth” and the symbol came from. Do you know? Another oh my gosh story. Over a millennia ago, a beloved Viking King 🤴


www.bluetooth.com

Origin of the Name | Bluetooth® Technology Website

The story behind how Bluetooth® technology got its name We all recognize the “Bluetooth” brand, but we take for granted its significance and how much it impacts our lives.
www.bluetooth.com www.bluetooth.com
 
Worked a few years with a Guy that walked out of Chosin. He was the ultimate A+ personality and it probably saved his life, fingers and toes.
 
Have these guys gotten a Budget Increase lately?
 

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The bagpipe thread in another forum made me dive into this website as a work break. I keep a list of aspirational travel destinations, just in case a windfall of cash finds me.

Anyone care to melt down their 401k and go on the Royal Scotsman Train? Kilts are optional for gentlemen in the evening.

The Belmond group also runs other luxury trains and properties, right up there with Relais et Chateaux, Leading Hotels of the World and the Dorchester Collection.

Be sure to click through the photo gallery link.

Royal Scotsman, A Belmond Train | Luxury Scotland Train Tours

Step aboard Royal Scotsman to see Scotland in motion through cinematic train tours, thrilling excursions and gourmet delights in the heart of the Highlands.
www.belmond.com www.belmond.com
 
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Wow, how am I not this rich yet? Oh that's right, I'd be too cheap to spend it even if I had it. That's 4500 Euros for a three day weekend in a twin, not even a double room. It would be reeeallly cool though. Really cool.
 
RIP Ronnie, band, and crew.

lynyrdskynyrd.fandom.com

1977 Plane Crash

Several members of the band died in a plane crash that occurred on October 20, 1977, three days after the release of Street Survivors. A chartered Convair 240, N55VM, carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana crashed near a forest in McComb...
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Paul McCartney said:
My mum’s favorite cold cream was Nivea, and I love it to this day. That’s the cold cream I was thinking of in the description of the face Eleanor keeps “in a jar by the door.” I was always a little scared by how often women used cold cream.

Growing up, I knew a lot of old ladies—partly through what was called Bob-a-Job Week, when Scouts did chores for a shilling. You’d get a shilling for cleaning out a shed or mowing a lawn. I wanted to write a song that would sum them up. Eleanor Rigby is based on an old lady that I got on with very well. I don’t even know how I first met “Eleanor Rigby,” but I would go around to her house, and not just once or twice. I found out that she lived on her own, so I would go around there and just chat, which is sort of crazy if you think about me being some young Liverpool guy. Later, I would offer to go and get her shopping. She’d give me a list and I’d bring the stuff back, and we’d sit in her kitchen. I still vividly remember the kitchen, because she had a little crystal-radio set. That’s not a brand name; it actually had a crystal inside it. Crystal radios were quite popular in the nineteen-twenties and thirties. So I would visit, and just hearing her stories enriched my soul and influenced the songs I would later write.
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What are the odds that I would install not one but two starters (on different vehicles) in less than seven days?

The first one was last weekend on my father in law's Ford Ranger. Starter on the bottom (where it ought to be). Jack up the truck, take off the starter, replace the starter (Duralast - new, not rebuilt).
No parts left over. Reset error code. Passes all checks on the computer. Yay!
Start her up. Works better than she ever has.
One hour, start to finish. $155 part. Labor: free.

The second one was my wife's BMW convertible. She says, "I think my battery is dead". I charge the battery. Nothing. I plug in the computer.
Computer says the starter is bad. Great timing though, it went bad in our garage and didn't leave her stranded.
That's pretty great, if you're an optimist like me.
Go get a starter. In stock, this is good!
Oh, lovely! It's on top and UNDER the entire intake manifold. This isn't so good. I don't need the jack for this one, though!
Remove plastic cabin filter cowling.
Remove big width-of-the-engine-compartment cross piece that the cabin filter cowling attaches to.
Remove the air filter housing, mass air filter, and hoses.
Unfasten the power steering reservoir and put it off to the side.
Remove a whole lot of vacuum lines from one side and drape over the other side.
Remove plastic engine cover.
Remove intake manifold.
Remove starter.
Replace starter.
Replace everything else. Hope to God I didn't miss anything.
No parts left over. Reset error code. Passes all checks on the computer. Yay!
Start him up. Works better than he ever has.
Seven (7) hours, start to finish. $288 part (Bosch, of course - new, not rebuilt). Labor: free.

Usually, I espouse the merits of German cars and how easy they are to work on.
Yeah. Not today.

My wife looked at me with that "you're pretty awesome" look though, so it was worth it.
 
THParent said:
What are the odds that I would install not one but two starters (on different vehicles) in less than seven days?

The first one was last weekend on my father in law's Ford Ranger. Starter on the bottom (where it ought to be). Jack up the truck, take off the starter, replace the starter (Duralast - new, not rebuilt).
No parts left over. Reset error code. Passes all checks on the computer. Yay!
Start her up. Works better than she ever has.
One hour, start to finish. $155 part. Labor: free.

The second one was my wife's BMW convertible. She says, "I think my battery is dead". I charge the battery. Nothing. I plug in the computer.
Computer says the starter is bad. Great timing though, it went bad in our garage and didn't leave her stranded.
That's pretty great, if you're an optimist like me.
Go get a starter. In stock, this is good!
Oh, lovely! It's on top and UNDER the entire intake manifold. This isn't so good. I don't need the jack for this one, though!
Remove plastic cabin filter cowling.
Remove big width-of-the-engine-compartment cross piece that the cabin filter cowling attaches to.
Remove the air filter housing, mass air filter, and hoses.
Unfasten the power steering reservoir and put it off to the side.
Remove a whole lot of vacuum lines from one side and drape over the other side.
Remove plastic engine cover.
Remove intake manifold.
Remove starter.
Replace starter.
Replace everything else. Hope to God I didn't miss anything.
No parts left over. Reset error code. Passes all checks on the computer. Yay!
Start him up. Works better than he ever has.
Seven (7) hours, start to finish. $288 part (Bosch, of course - new, not rebuilt). Labor: free.

Usually, I espouse the merits of German cars and how easy they are to work on.
Yeah. Not today.

My wife looked at me with that "you're pretty awesome" look though, so it was worth it.
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I am proud of you too. I did the starter on a 2009 Malibu. One of the bolts holding it on was near impossible to get to (and I have EVERY extension and socket) but I persevered. With YouTube videos, Google and a code reader, one can learn to do almost any repair.
 
Devil Doc said:
Chilton guide books with dog-eared and greasy pages.
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I had a Chitlins manual for every car I every owned up until around 2000, when I'd spend the $300 plus on the factory service manual. The manual on my new F250 is on a DVD. The thing would probably weigh 40lbs if I printed it all out.


Working on cars isn't as much fun as it used to be. On one hand, all the computerization makes it somewhat easier to troubleshoot, but I hate having to take so much tupperware off to get to anything.
 
THParent said:
What are the odds that I would install not one but two starters (on different vehicles) in less than seven days?

The first one was last weekend on my father in law's Ford Ranger. Starter on the bottom (where it ought to be). Jack up the truck, take off the starter, replace the starter (Duralast - new, not rebuilt).
No parts left over. Reset error code. Passes all checks on the computer. Yay!
Start her up. Works better than she ever has.
One hour, start to finish. $155 part. Labor: free.

The second one was my wife's BMW convertible. She says, "I think my battery is dead". I charge the battery. Nothing. I plug in the computer.
Computer says the starter is bad. Great timing though, it went bad in our garage and didn't leave her stranded.
That's pretty great, if you're an optimist like me.
Go get a starter. In stock, this is good!
Oh, lovely! It's on top and UNDER the entire intake manifold. This isn't so good. I don't need the jack for this one, though!
Remove plastic cabin filter cowling.
Remove big width-of-the-engine-compartment cross piece that the cabin filter cowling attaches to.
Remove the air filter housing, mass air filter, and hoses.
Unfasten the power steering reservoir and put it off to the side.
Remove a whole lot of vacuum lines from one side and drape over the other side.
Remove plastic engine cover.
Remove intake manifold.
Remove starter.
Replace starter.
Replace everything else. Hope to God I didn't miss anything.
No parts left over. Reset error code. Passes all checks on the computer. Yay!
Start him up. Works better than he ever has.
Seven (7) hours, start to finish. $288 part (Bosch, of course - new, not rebuilt). Labor: free.

Usually, I espouse the merits of German cars and how easy they are to work on.
Yeah. Not today.

My wife looked at me with that "you're pretty awesome" look though, so it was worth it.
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Wow. I would have to agree, that’s pretty amazing…
 
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