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People will tell you that oil & water don't mix. But, when they are captured under pressure in a coolant system, they make a batter like substance, about like pancake batter. There are o-rings in the heat exchanger that have degraded, or hardend, allowing the oil to bypass into the coolant...

Yeah, you spend too much time thinking about the bureaucracy in the the Military it will really lay you low. Right now there are plenty of things to feel bad about without going looking for more. But, if your a glutton for punishment, it was the Iowa in 1989 that had the gun turret incident...

I lived, & worked in Hawthorne, Nv. in 1983. The base contractor at the time was Day, Zimmerman, & Basil. When the Beirut bombing happened we were spun up to supply the shells for the 16" naval rifles. Each shell was refurbished, & some were rebuilt to penetrate deeper into steel reinforced...

It's a good thing you've got plenty of time, because everything takes more time when your older. As far as whining... Go big, or go home. I want to hear some serious sniveling. You've got the time.

Glock G30S. Everything else goes in my 1 ton ford.

Pretty much the same as Supervisor 42. Towing rendering trucks, & trash trucks. Aside from the fact their usually overloaded, & the frames will fold up on you if you pick the front end off the ground. So, you pick up enough weight to get them to track, but not enough to bend the frame. Then...

Right. I use an old aquarium for most of my work. But any non ferrous substrate, like a bucket, or plastic tub will work the same. There doesn't seem to be a fixed amount, or ratio to the mix of washing soda to water, if the solution seems a little weak, dump some more in, & it will revive...

I use electrolysis to de rust & clean cast iron. And for a cleaning agent, I use Arm & Hammer Washing Soda. Not baking soda, Washing Soda. Its mildly caustic, and non edible. Entirely different than baking soda. As a side note, Washing Soda has many uses. If you want to really get your...

There's a statistical probability you went to school with a fellow named "John". He's in here somewhere. Or, I could be wrong. .

Don't vote for Democrats. Ever. For any office. Ever.

Heavens To Betsy & Goodnight Nurse. Hell's Bells' Two Cats Fighting In A Pillowcase.....

Old school ice climbing crampons hanging off my pack, up on a glacier out of Black Rapids, Alaska. Circa - 1976. In the 1980's I had a dedicated pair of boot that I had installed truck tire studs into the treads for working up on Donner Summit, they did a pretty good job.

Computers... Promises to make our lives simpler, easier, & gift us with more free time. Pity you can't recycle broken promises.

I use an Opera browser on Windows 10. It will work fine with the Opera VPN engaged, but I have to shut off the Tracker Blocker feature for the browser, otherwise the players won't initiate & stream.

I dunno, I feel that way most all the time these days.

Swimming in a nice heated pool would probably work. But you always end up exercising pretty much everything at once, which is good. But after a couple of hours I get really hungry, usually for hamburgers. And fries. And some more hamburgers.

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1797-98

Cisco & Pancho. They were pretty popular in the neighborhood I grew up in. I had a lotta Mexican kids on my street. I'd call him Crisco just to wind them up.

We might try playing that song over PA systems at BLM demonstrations, just to see if it cheers them up a bit.

When I See An Elephant Fly...