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Post by david78 » Sat. Dec. 11, 2010 8:12 pm

The way I figure -- if I could handle 6 years collecting recycling in the hellhole of Worcester, MA, I can handle laying in the driveway in single digits.
Yeah, but it just ain't as fun as it used to be, is it?


 
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Post by wsherrick » Sat. Dec. 11, 2010 8:21 pm

david78 wrote:
The way I figure -- if I could handle 6 years collecting recycling in the hellhole of Worcester, MA, I can handle laying in the driveway in single digits.
Yeah, but it just ain't as fun as it used to be, is it?
I seem to find these days that naps are a lot more fun than they used to be.

 
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Post by SMITTY » Sat. Dec. 11, 2010 8:27 pm

Death ..... is more fun than working in Worcester! :funny:

 
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Post by 009to090 » Sat. Dec. 11, 2010 8:59 pm

Nice day, down here in NJ today. In the high 40's. I installed new front discs and pads on my wife's Outback. Not those crappy OEM Discs, I got aftermarket Vented, slotted, drilled discs, with ceramic pads. I did this to my Outback this summer, and had such good results, I decided to put them on my wife's Outback too. Only requires half the pedal force as the OEM Discs/pads. My wife loves that!

And I didn't have to lay in snow to do it :D

 
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Post by SMITTY » Sat. Dec. 11, 2010 9:09 pm

Just that alone makes them work better! :woot:

 
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Post by Freddy » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 7:27 am

Cap wrote:The Taco does not seem to be as well built as the Grundfos.
And yet....the Grundfos died after 2 1/2 yrs. Hmmmm

From my experience, either is a good choice. Most will last a long, long time, but every now & then you have one die early. No one knows why!

Ceramic brake pads? And you like them? A friend of mine had some on a car (Chevy?) from the factory. They gave nothing but grief & after warranty replaced them a few times, then ran out, he want to "normal" ones. End of problems.

 
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Post by 009to090 » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 7:30 am

Sunday coffee.
Church breakfast today. BUFFET ! :D :D :D

WOW! Raining cats & dogs here! Jeez, if it were only snow, we'd hav a couple feet!

Time to clean the house, the realtor is showing it to someone at noon....


 
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Post by 009to090 » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 7:35 am

Freddy wrote: Ceramic brake pads? And you like them? A friend of mine had some on a car (Chevy?) from the factory. They gave nothing but grief & after warranty replaced them a few times, then ran out, he want to "normal" ones. End of problems.
Yep, the ceramic pads came with the High Performance discs. WOW, they stop easily! :shock: Been driving them for 6 months now with no problems, so decided to put them on my wife's car.

Ohhhh, there is a break-in period, speed up, hard braking, speed up again, hard breaking again, 6 times in a row, to really get those puppies hot and 'cure' the resin. Otherwise the pads will glaze over and you have nothing but trouble for the next 60k miles.

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 11:53 am

Another self-inflicted delay on the EFM install, I decided to go with all 22 gauge pipes for the stack, but all I could find yesterday was 24 gauge, and even with that I couldn't find any tees locally. :mad: The good part is I ordered all the pieces, and instead of having to piece together 2 foot sections of pipes (the 24 gauge was only available in 2 foot sections) I can get 22 gauge in 2, 3, and 4 foot sections. I also ordered corrugated 90 degree elbows instead of the adjustable leaky ones. I should have everything by Tuesday. I don't want to talk about the cost. :sick:

We had freezing rain here overnight, I heard a county truck slid off the road nearby while spreading salt and grit. Just rain here now, nasty out.

 
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Post by rouxzy » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 12:47 pm

Left my coal heated house of 74 degrees at 4:30 this morning so I could go to work at the nuke plant in Seabrook. Having to go into parts of the plant that are over 120 degrees makes a 74 degree house feel like a/c.
Tom

 
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Post by Cap » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 1:11 pm

Wood'nCoal wrote:Another self-inflicted delay on the EFM install, I decided to go with all 22 gauge pipes for the stack, but all I could find yesterday was 24 gauge, and even with that I couldn't find any tees locally. :mad: The good part is I ordered all the pieces, and instead of having to piece together 2 foot sections of pipes (the 24 gauge was only available in 2 foot sections) I can get 22 gauge in 2, 3, and 4 foot sections. I also ordered corrugated 90 degree elbows instead of the adjustable leaky ones. I should have everything by Tuesday. I don't want to talk about the cost. :sick:

We had freezing rain here overnight, I heard a county truck slid off the road nearby while spreading salt and grit. Just rain here now, nasty out.
John, what are you installing? I thought you were already heating with a EFM boiler? What is a Harman/EFM/GJ Boiler

 
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Post by SMITTY » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 3:58 pm

Was a crazy morning here with people bouncing off one another. Roads were so slick you had all you could do to just stand there - let alone drive! My brother blew through a stop sign sideways. Not a good way to start your day! But at least he didn't hit anything .. or get hit. My buddy who lives closer to the RI border dealt with the same on his short trip to work. I had nowhere to be, so I parked my butt in front of the computer to try and make some money. 8-)

Raining cats & dogs now. Normally I'd tell you how much .. but my roof-mounted rain gauge had a twig jammed in the little see-saw tipping buckets, preventing a reading. Just climbed up there to fish it out. It's never pleasant standing at the peak of your roof with the wind howling & rain hitting you sideways. Plus it's at least a 10 pitch, so not too easy on the ankles either. At least it's 50° out and not 5° like a few days ago. :yes:

On the subject of ceramic pads, my father had them in his truck .. but got rid of them because they made all kinds of noise. He drives pretty slow, so I can guarantee that they weren't broken in properly. Sounds like those ceramics might be a good fit for me. I speed, then jam the brakes wherever I go! :lol:

John, that's one of the reasons I never shop local (that and the sales tax :shh: :angel: ). I usually find what I need online, get it shipped (which still ends up cheaper than anything around here), and I'm done. Plus I don't have to hit the road with all the looney tunes around here.

 
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Post by ceccil » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 4:42 pm

Not bad temps here the last 2 days. All that is going to change tomorrow, back to the cold temps of last week. Icy here this AM, just about fell on my arse walking to my stand for the last day of gun season here. Got skunked this year. Saw plenty but was a day late and a dollar sort each time. Tree is up and the boy is all wound up and ready for the big day. Regardless of the money spent, it's all worth it Christmas morning. :D

Just put pads & rotors on my 2005 Dodge this summer. Just the cheap once since I have been off work here and there for a total of 2 months this year and money is TIGHT. They are working fine except they are squeeling pretty bad. Very annoying. Any ideas.

 
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Post by LsFarm » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 5:10 pm

We have a major storm in the midwest.. storm totals for my home are expected to exceed 8"

I'm in Boston right now,, it's raining.. and around 40.. I'll fly right over the storm in Michigan on the way to Las Vegas..

I just hope I can find and dig out my van in the employee parking lot at the airport on Tuesday morning.. we're supposed to have 40mph winds for the next two days in Michigan.. and temps near 0*...

FUN, FUN..

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Post by 009to090 » Sun. Dec. 12, 2010 5:10 pm

ceccil wrote:Just put pads & rotors on my 2005 Dodge this summer. Just the cheap once since I have been off work here and there for a total of 2 months this year and money is TIGHT. They are working fine except they are squeeling pretty bad. Very annoying. Any ideas.
They are glazed over. Take them off and sand down the pads and rotors. Yeah, I hate that sound :shock:


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