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Replacing a tire - on a measuring wheel

I have an old Mianco measuring wheel, found it cheap at a yard sale. It turns out they're still available and very expe...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timothy42bach
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by timothy42bach

Plier Misuse

A kid fell shoveling snow.
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by hoffman54dean
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by hoffman54dean

Rotary Telephones

They still work according to this article written in November of 2022. My parents had a rotary wall phone in the first...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by hoffman54dean
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by hoffman54dean

Is leather easy to clean?

On Tunein from Florida, I keep hearing commericals for Ashley furniture store that starts, Who's been fingerpainting on...
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT Renting a Toyota in a Spanish-speaking country

Renting a Toyota in a Spanish-speaking country Well, the owners manaul for the 2022 Toyota Yaris I've rented is 684 pag...
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

pollution control on most Guat vehicles.

Some of the vehicles, especially chicken buses and trucks, but no where near all of them, belch black smoke in great am...
27 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
27 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

How auto AC works,

My rental, a Toyota Yaris, has a simple heater/AC and sometimes, with the fan on 1, the lowest speed other than "stop",...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

OT. Charles Osgood Was 91

I imagine a lot of posters here heard this guy on Sundays.
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by hoffman54dean
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by hoffman54dean

Stop annoying message

Is there a way to stop this annoying message? Effective February 22, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new Use...
22 comments posted 2yrs
posted by scientist77017
22 comments posted 2yrs posted by scientist77017

O.T. hankerchiefs

How many of you esteemed persons use hankerchiefs? When I look for to buy them, I mostly find bandanas. They are not so...
7 comments posted 2yrs
posted by scientist77017
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by scientist77017

Should I was my rental car

Most roads in Guatemala that I drive on are pretty nice. Even in rural areas, they are 2 wide lanes, one each way, ofte...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Volume control on car radios

My rental car, and likely the next cars I own, have a digital or touch or whatever control interface. That is, there ar...
15 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
15 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Hot water for shoer

They have an insteresting system here in Guatemala at the cheap and maybe not so cheap hotels. It never gets very cold...
22 comments posted 2yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
22 comments posted 2yrs posted by NONONOmisc07