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  1. gadget_lover

    there are some Jokes

    The logic is that one man can impregnate every woman surviving the shipwreck. On the other hand, one woman can only begat a baby once a year even if there are 500 available men. And the 'women and "children first" part? Everyone knows that mothers insist on dragging their kids everywhere...
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    I lived my entire life without debt

    In re: equitable divorces... I've divorced twice. I had two children from the first wife. None from the second. I negotiated, and received, full custody of the children in the first divorce since she was wanting to "be free and footloose". She had visitation rights every other weekend and...
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    I lived my entire life without debt

    I did not read the whole thread, so sorry if this is repeated. The basic concept of setting aside money in advance is valid, but it is best expressed as "managing a budget." It works differently than "saving money for 60 months to buy a car". Saving is always noticed as a drain on your...
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    how many mpg do you get?

    I'm amazed that this thread got all the way to Mid year of 2022 without an reports of more than 50 MPG. I bought my 2017 Prius Prime in Oct of 2019 with about 15K miles on it. Since then I drive it either 1000 or 2500 miles a month at highway speeds (~70 mph) . The car shows that I got 59.7...
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    Goodbye OLD CPF Friend From An Old CPF Friend! A Tribute To Greta And History Of A Great Forum!

    Bye Gretta. I was not a founding member, but I recall joining in the very early part of the 2000s. My join date was reset by an inept IT guy who did an update on the software. I really enjoyed meeting all the folks from the Silicon Valley area. They got me into machining my own designs...
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    how many mpg do you get?

    I had my most disappointing mileage last month. I normally can get 50+ mpg on the freeway in my 2002 Prius. [B] Last month I got 27 MPG on a tank of gas[B]. The circumstances were abnormal. It was a 500 mile trip from sea level over several passes that went to 4000 feet and back down...
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    Met two CPF members from China today (in Boston/Cambridge Mass)

    It was easier to recognize CPF folks 10 years ago. After all, someone with several expensive lights on their belt was a give away. I met a guy 400 miles from home at a Burger King in the little town of Weed Calif who was a CPF member. He had lights all over his wheelchair. I had a home...
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    Do you read the instructions first?

    I'll read the manual, especially when assembling things. There may be a reason that you assemble part C before part A, and it may not be intuitive. But when I read the manual I read the first part closely. If everything they are doing is logical and follows the same general steps it's safe...
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    Secret Aircraft

    Dad was a civil engineer. One childhood memory that stands out is standing at a huge table with a stereograph of the area around the Oakland Airport. We were able to pinpoint the top of a telephone pole using a special microscope. Once in focus you could tell it's exact height. It was amazing.
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    Secret Aircraft

    That thing on the skymaster looked really odd. First thought was some sort of camera equipment. Second was a seat for one more passenger. Seriously I can't imagine a piece of equipment that I'd strap to the outside like that. If nothing else, it will play hell with the air flow.
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    EV and Alt Fuel Vehicles, part 10

    I saw a post a few days ago with a chart from Cummins. It seems an 18 wheeler will use 265 HP at 440 ft/lb of torque to drive 65 MPH on flat land without a headwind. Go faster or uphill and the power needs go up, as does the fuel consumption. That's quite within the range of an electric...
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    Be courteous to the judge

    I've had a few dozen tickets over the last 50 years. Several every year was the norm, but I drove a lot and thought it was the law of averages. That and the fact that I was a long haired biker, so I figured that I was being profiled and persecuted. I deserved all but two of them...
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    iPhone X is here;)

    As I understand it... they bypassed that feature by copying the non volatile memory into a software version of the phone. They somehow made a virtual iphone. That let them electronically enter the unlock codes without worrying about the reset nor the time delay. Quite clever. Dan
  14. gadget_lover

    Las Vegas shooting...

    I used google maps to do some quick calculations. Accuracy was not an issue. He was shooting into a 400 x 400 foot area with 22,000 people. According to my calculations, from where the shooter was, he would not have been able to see the ground because the people were so tightly packed...
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    how many mpg do you get?

    Many years ago (2005???) a guy with an early Prius did tests on "drafting" trucks. He recorded the impact of driving close to a truck (a car length or two) and then moved back a little at a time, recording the mileage each time. As I recall, there was still significant value to following a...
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    how many mpg do you get?

    This summer has provided the worst mileage ever for my 2002 Prius. I replaced the main battery earlier this year ** with a brand new one, so it's not related to the battery. It's the two months of heat that demanded air conditioning even after dark. The 2002 model uses the gas engine to...
  17. gadget_lover

    Words to Live By.

    If you have to paint something on a windy day, play it safe. Paint it the same color as your neighbor's car.
  18. gadget_lover

    Things I've learned the hard way . . .(Part 2)

    I don't think you're immortal. I suspect that you are just killing yourself a little bit at a time.
  19. gadget_lover

    how many mpg do you get?

    I drive a 2002 Prius, and I drive it like any car. I am still getting 55 MPG if I do a reasonable speed on the freeway. That includes up and down coastal hills. Drops to 50 mph if I'm driving 70. I drive it so little that the engine seldom comes to temperature, so city driving (2 miles...
  20. gadget_lover

    Real life Sci-fi 2013

    Re: Real life Sci-fi You still have a chance to experience another one. After all, it did not hit you this time. :)

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