Hanging hose
From : jim flaherty
Q: chris thompson wrote a stable windows...... shoot i remember 3.11 being buggy too and it ran on top of dos probably the most stable os that microsoft will ever put out. i still love dos! even in xp i open a dos box for certain tasks. the file manager in windows sucks!! i can do many things unders dos much faster. my company still has about 20 pcs on our production line running dos. .
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From : tom lawrence
miles wrote people are interested in mpg for one reason. to save money. some people ... not all people. buying is to save money. hybrids dont save money. they save some money depending on the manufacturer cost of hybrid option varies and how it is driven. however dare i open this can of worms many forward thinking people that purchase hybrids do so because it saves $$ on fuel. less fuel is burned resulting in lower air/water pollution. this helps with *hidden* costs that you have not factored in like cleaning the water and air tax dollars that have been polluted by combustion engines. another hidden cost is doctor visits insurance/out-of-pocket for allergies or respiratory illness including cancer irritated or *caused* by particulate matter in the air stirred up or created by combustion engines. these hidden costs increase every year. also hybrids require less maintenance. the engine doesnt run all of the time. this doubles sometimes triples the savings over the life of the vehicle. fewer oil changes filter air/fuel/oil. tires on hybrids are typically much smaller and cheaper than its regular full combustion counterpart. to save money and the environment
From : jim flaherty
on sun 08 jul 2007 155741 +0000 chris thompson kf4drr-no-spam-@windstream.net wrote good to know its not an ignition problem which is what it felt like.. otoh id much prefer the diesel type governor if i have to have one where the rpm or is limited but doesnt have the back off stumble.. mac please remove splinters before emailing i agree they could control max speed on a gasoline car much more smoothly with computer control if they would just program it as such. the whole shut the thing off for a second just seems a touch rediculous to me. and a bit dangerous when it happens at speed and youre not expecting it.. mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : bigironram
charles wrote thanks for your help. i have a rule that if it takes longer to fix it than to drop it off and get it back i consider letting them do it. or if i dislike the job for some reason. i will call my local mechanic and see what he says. christophers dodge world is not that far away. charles denny wrote charles thought everyone should know i forgot to mention it is the 6-speed manual. charles wrote i have a 2001 dodge ram 2500 cummins td quad cab long bed and drove to fairplay co from golden co using the cruise control a week ago friday. i stopped at a friends house and when i left the air bag light came on intermittently at first then it was on contstantly. on monday we headed back to golden and when i push the cruise control switch it does not come on. no light and no cruise control. not sure if they are related. does anyone have any advice on getting these fixed is either a dealer only item i tried to check the airbag fuses but they are locked in and wont come out. i turned off the passenger air bag and the light still comes on. this truck has about 110 k miles and is a pretty basic truck. vinyl floor crank windows but it does have a/c and cruise control. come to think of it i need to recharge the a/c about twice a year and the previous owner 2 years ago had the system fixed and rechaged. any constructive advice would be appreciated. thanks in advance charles sounds to me like the clockspring went bad. common problem but the repair requires removing the steering wheel and drivers side air bag. -- chris sounds like chris is spot-on with this info. this is not a difficult repair but if you do it yourself just make sure you unhook the battery negative cable for two minutes before you unhook the airbag. we dont like things to go boom in our face..... denny charles i believe the clockspring is a safety recall so it shouldnt cost you anything. i know shortly after i bought my 01 ram new i received a safety recall notice in the mail and had the work done for free. bob .
From : jim flaherty
on tue 3 jul 2007 210747 -0400 tbone tbonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote on tue 3 jul 2007 080638 -0400 tbone tbonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote on mon 02 jul 2007 202653 gmt snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on mon 02 jul 2007 193054 gmt theguy@whatever.net wrote you cant even begin to make this go away snotroll. studs definately change the amount of friction available on the raod surface over a non studded tire. the tire manufacturers the stud man. and all of the safety information talk about that all of the time. make what go away you maybe you havent done very good with that either. i have lived with and used them for many years on and off since 70s and i know them well. uh......maybe someone needs to let you know that this is 2007. the 70s are like 30+ years ago. technology and knowledge change snotard. at least for most of us that dont chose to live in the 70s. as i have said i have seen tires that are studded all the way across the tread years ago cosco in mt used to stock them but i have never used that style not would i recommand it unless you are in snow and ice all the time. number15 or 16 studs size of them just on edges of tires is a staggered patern is a good balance between traction on ice and wet roads and you would know this to if you really knew what you were talking about rather than maybe reading a thing or two and calling yourself a expert. so.........you are saying that the coefficient of friction is the same for an all rubber tire and one with 15 or 16 studs size of them of course my brilliant friend if that is the case my instructors at the northwestern university school of accident reconstruction totally fucked up their class. either that or you are totally fucked up. and as for being an expert............what constitutes an expert if i could testify in court as an expert would that suffice if so then you are fucked snotard. but i am sure that you will once again run away and hide moron. not trying to cause trouble here but you really are starting to make yourself look foolish. he never said anything about the coefficient of friction or even that the studded tires had the same wet grip as standard ones. his exact words were number15 or 16 studs size of them just on edges of tires is a staggered patern is a good balance between traction on ice and wet roads to me and i would think to just about anyone else would see this as him saying a good balance as meaning that even though there is a traction loss with studded tires this configuration minimizes the loss of traction on wet roads for gains they provide on ice. you need to read the whole thread before you jump in and try to be the referee tom. here is what he said...... i did read the entire thread and simply didnt say anything it the first post. studed tires are good on ice. but absolutly suck on wet pavement. talk about swapping ends. never even remotely have had that problem on wet roads and i have been using them for many years. sounds like his experience and just because you probably didnt have the same doesnt make his a lie or wrong. now i have seen some studded tires that are studded all the way across the tread and i could see where those could be maybe dicey on wet roads. i use ones that have two staggered rows on each outer edge part of tires and with none in center. now here he explains how the ones he uses are not fully studded and have better traction than the ones that are and that makes perfect sense to me. rubber is a flexible product and the studs on the outside of the tread are going to have little effect on the tread in the center and unless you have some data to say that this isnt true then like i said you are making a fool out of yourself. ----------------- thesnoman.com now........talk about making yourself look foolish tom. that happens when you set yourself up to be the judge. dont do that. im simply pointing out facts and dont have the bias of hatred against snowball that you and others seem to have. what you have is the anti hero mentality tom where you just love to be the lone voice against the pack. that is just as much of a bias as anything that you claim to address. more so perhaps. lol where do you get this stuff from he didnt say that his studded tires were as good as conventional on wet roads only that his were not fully studded and that he never had any problems with them. sounds ok to me and definitely didnt warrant the outburst that you gave him which is why i said what i said. im not about to start an argument or even a long winded discussion over it. i simply gave an unbiased opinion on it and do with it what you will even if it means ignoring it. oh come on tom why would i ignore what you have to say i mean it added so much to the whole conversation. lol. well i can understand how you would feel that way - actua
From : tom lawrence
on wed 4 jul 2007 103825 -0400 tbone tbonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote on tue 3 jul 2007 210747 -0400 tbone tbonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote on tue 3 jul 2007 080638 -0400 tbone tbonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote on mon 02 jul 2007 202653 gmt snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on mon 02 jul 2007 193054 gmt theguy@whatever.net wrote how many times do you have to here that this type of studded tire is a good compromise between the gripping power of studs on ice and the loss of traction on wet roads. you do understand what compromise means...right let me explain it to you. while this type of studded tire doesnt have the same gripping power on ice as a full studded tire it also doesnt suffer as badly as a fully studded tire on wet road which is the compromise. i also said before it depends on your driving style if the reduced traction of this type of studded tire is going to adversely effect you under normal driving conditions. tom these friggin studded tires are one thing dangerous. the ones i had were side and staggered they sucked they were dangerous. you talk about traction but ya have to get the damn thing stopped as well. rather than go back and forth over what the idiot said or didnt say go read up on them. or go buy a set for yourself and hold on tight. if you drive it like a sports car and many do then the reduced traction will probably be unacceptable and possibly dangerous but if you drive in a calm manor as in a heavy truck you will probably do just fine with them during the winter months. how did you arrive at this .