Speaking of new diesel cars: A High-Mileage Masterpiece
My '79 diesel Rabbit got 50-55 MPG.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Dec 01, 2008 12:33:47 pm PST #3878 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DavidS - Dec 01, 2008 12:36:13 pm PST #3879 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My '79 diesel Rabbit got 50-55 MPG.
I was gonna say, 50 MPG wasn't unheard of back in the post-embargo 70s.
P.M. Marc - Dec 01, 2008 12:42:24 pm PST #3880 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, my old I-Mark got 40 *with a leaky gas tank* and went back up to close to 60 when the tank was repaired.
Man, I miss that car.
SailAweigh - Dec 01, 2008 12:54:01 pm PST #3881 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Health~ma to your MiL, Cash.
beth b - Dec 01, 2008 1:05:48 pm PST #3882 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
health ma ~~~~ to you MIL , Cash
Burrell - Dec 01, 2008 1:08:45 pm PST #3883 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh Cash, good thoughts for your MiL and family.
Thanks Gud for verifying my very shaky info on diesel engines. I knew it was bad because the nice lady who studies pollution at UCLA told me so, but I didn't remember why.
Sue - Dec 01, 2008 1:54:24 pm PST #3884 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Helth-ma to your M-i-L, Cash.
I lost my December bus pass last night within an hour of buying it. Fortunately, it was at the Transit lost and found this morning, even if that did mean an hour and half round trip to retrieve it.
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2008 2:06:05 pm PST #3885 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. I didn't even know that making root beer the regular way is dangerous, due to the risk of explosions.
When I asked them about the yeast, the man behind the counter gave me a dreadful warning that making root beer with yeast is like making bombs. He said it was too dangerous as the bottles have a high likelihood of exploding. He also said that they had a high likelihood of fermenting the root beer and so it was a very poor way to make root beer. The method he suggested instead was carbon dioxide infusion. This required a carbon dioxide tank and regulator (I borrowed this from Dave) and a cornelious keg, which I purchased from Main Street Homebrew.
amych - Dec 01, 2008 2:09:08 pm PST #3886 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Eh, honestly, the dude at the beer store was either selling more expensive equipment or trolling for newbs. Every bottle-conditioned brew, be it beer, mead, root beer, ginger, or champagne, brings with it a certain number of bottle bombs eventually.
That's "bomb" as in "sudden loud noise from the basement", not as in "homeland security has you on their list".
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2008 2:10:28 pm PST #3887 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I was wondering. Because beer uses yeast, right?