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Re: Chickens are dying every day at Churches, Popeyes and KFC! - Yesterday

you can tell when driving down I-95 when you're entering Florida. billboards advertising peach products change over to those offering alligator products.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: 'wich way did he go?!....'Subway' launches new 'Subway Series' menu [ 12 sandwiches ]..... - Yesterday

will try #4 & #5 but will probably end up back at Jersey Mike's for my chain store subs.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Sand in your engine may be the solution - Yesterday

Quotedeckeda Does this mean I can now ignore the internet ads showing cola being poured into a car’s gas tank? I’m not sure about sand, but could find a funnel I suppose. I always though sugar in the gas tank was a surefire way to kill an engine.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: MBP 14 inch review after a month or so of ownership - Yesterday

does the fan come on in normal, light-duty use? e.g. web browsing, Office-type applications, but not Photoshop the fan regularly cranking up to maximum is what I dislike on my 2012 MBP.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: FBI and MI5 jointly announce fears of China moving on Taiwan and preparing to be sanctioned by the west - Yesterday

Every "China invades Taiwan" scenario I've seen posits simultaneous attacks against US forces in Okinawa & Guam...so economic sanctions would be the least of China's problems.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Pretty cool video about CVT (continuously variable transmission) - 3 days ago

QuoteCary Quotetestcase Several decades ago, a transmission specialist told me that if owners simply did a transmission service once every 20,000 miles, transmissions would be problem free for hundreds of thousands of miles. A transmission service was to basically drain the fluid, drop the pan, clean (or replace) the fluid filter, reinstall the pan and fill with the recommended transmission fluid

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: FDA calls for fall boosters against BA.4/5... - 3 days ago

QuoteRacer X natural protection after an infection is only like 20% of what the vaccine is. looks like I'm getting covid...again. 'cause I bet the BA.4/5 variant will arrive here faster than the reformulated booster

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Involuntary relocation - 3 days ago

Sounds like what Russia has done to tens of thousands of Ukrainians

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Magnum XL?!......'Magnum P.I.' reboot saved { was canceled by CBS ]..... - 6 days ago

would live to see her sister guest star.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Before bedtime, don't forget to set your clocks back 100 years - 8 days ago

QuoteTed King QuoteLemon Drop QuoteBill in NC QuoteLemon Drop Again ignoring long established precedent, this week's SCOTUS horrors include Alito's opinion allowing racially gerrymandered voting districts in Louisiana. And this gem from Kavanaugh, giving all states the right to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians on sovereign tribal lands. The Indians are not happy. Gersuch wrote

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Before bedtime, don't forget to set your clocks back 100 years - 8 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Again ignoring long established precedent, this week's SCOTUS horrors include Alito's opinion allowing racially gerrymandered voting districts in Louisiana. And this gem from Kavanaugh, giving all states the right to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians on sovereign tribal lands. The Indians are not happy. Gersuch wrote the dissent in the Oklahoma case. This is ano

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Buy a car far away from home, drive it back home? - 9 days ago

Leased a Tacoma from a dealer in PA to avoid the "Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC" upcharge. Put the kid on a plane, they flew one-way to pick it up. I had already done the paperwork with the dealer via Fedex.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: not to the max?!....Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years..... - 9 days ago

wait for it in 3...2...1... "Ghislaine Maxwell did not kill herself." Knowing how well the feds maintain prisons, cameras in the section where she's being held are probably still not working.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Trump the seditionist - 9 days ago

State charges are more likely to get him.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Need to add Freon to a closed system Fridge system in Church Vending Machine - 10 days ago

nobody at the church has a connection (sibling, cousin, etc.) to a local HVAC company?

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Micron intros 1.5TB microSD card - 10 days ago

transfer speed versus SSD? could back up my Mac and hide that sucker anywhere...

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: The Onion... - 10 days ago

Anti-Abortion Advocate Excitedly Switches Focus To Shaming Young Unwed Mothers

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Trump will be with us for decades and decades,,,,,,, - 12 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac Being 76 years old, and being as overweight as he is, I don't think the donald is going to make it that long. And he's not that mentally capable already. Yep, when his doctor said "239 lbs." I think he transposed those last two digits.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Graham 1937 Cavalier Supercharged - 13 days ago

But can it be LS-swapped?

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: Pixel 5 - 13 days ago

Quoteheap1 At this point it might make sense to wait until the Pixel 6a comes out sometime over the summer it has a tensor chip like the pixel 6 and 6 pro. It should also be more powerful than the Pixel 5 and the retail price should be around $450. Ditto...looking forward to replacing my 3a with the 6a.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: SD AG Ravnsborg (R) impeached, convicted, and removed from office - 13 days ago

QuoteAllGold You can tell the ones hit by a semi at speed. They are little more than a bloodstain on the highway. But passenger cars usually don't obliterate them like that. I saw one flip a** over teakettle just by being barely clipped by the car passing me at ~80 mph. Rolled up on that car at the next toll station...squashed-in front end, huge puddle of fluid underneath. Hope the conseq

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: First Jetsons type commute to work - 14 days ago

Looks like a great way for the state to disperse any pesky political protestors. Lower the nose, head toward the crowd & watch 'em all run screaming from the eight blades of death coming for them.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: you did it?!....Cosby found liable in sexual battery case brought by Huth..... - 14 days ago

QuoteTiangou QuoteRacer X And when assigning blame in a death, they can assign a percentage. Our local nat gas company was found to be 1% responsible in a wrongful death suit about a decade ago. Split or comparative fault/liability. Rules differ from state to state. Some state courts will hold a party fully liable if they're even 1% responsible for an injury. Some split damages along the

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Solution to inflation - 14 days ago

QuoteRacer X Quotecbelt3 Lol…. That’s the equivalent of a band-aid on a severed artery. “Windfall Tax” is what needs to happen. Coupled with shutting off all forms of corporate welfare, which is the major consumer of tax dollars. Exxon et al. are the super “welfare queens “… the fact that the oil companies are raking in record profits tells me they are gouging. May oil soar t

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: TOTALLY FCKING STEAMED!!!!! - 15 days ago

Demand proof of debt in writing...no more phone calls, all correspondence via US mail.

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Re: Dial 'H' for Hero?!....Volvo has started testing cars with fuel cells powered by hydrogen.... - 15 days ago

Quotebfd Toyota (Murai) and Honda (Clarity) piddled around with Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles for the past few years, but just getting hydrogen for them is non-trivial. And the main source is still fossil resources. So that's really no help at all. If they can move to a biomass/waste and further to technology that'll reliably split H2O, then the sources might be more reliable - until we run out of

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: You better have a leg to stand on - 15 days ago

And successfully putting the free leg through your underwear w/o falling down...

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Re: You better have a leg to stand on - 15 days ago

That's what i've noticed...about older guys at least. Problems walking seem to presage death within just a few years. The latter happened to my dad end of last year. Sadly, we could never convince him to go through physical rehab to keep his ability to walk/balance.

by Bill in NC - Tips and Deals

Re: you did it?!....Cosby found liable in sexual battery case brought by Huth..... - 15 days ago

Cosby won't pay it...I'm sure he moved his assets to some sort of protective trust years ago. Insurance might pay it.

by Bill in NC - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Anyone here on Visible? - 19 days ago

Plenty of groups out there to join to get $25/month. Only caveat is that Visible runs on Verizon native towers only...no roaming as in no voice or text or data. Which is why although I've enjoyed Visible I'm getting ready to switch to US Mobile on a limited data plan because it does have coverage in the large US Cellular area in the western part of my state where my family's vacation cabin

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