The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

[Boat1]

The manual in this one says 0-20W oil or you'll void the warranty. It's a tough gamble. Void warranty to maybe make the engine last longer??? My concern with light oils is they design the clearances to be tighter in the engine, which means less clearances! But as the engines are designed for lighter oil, they may not last with thicker oil.

My current plan is to run 0W-20 until the warranty is up Then switch to 5E-20 or maybe 5W-30.

The biggest thing is to have shorter change intervals. Currently I've chosen 4000 miles. Since filters and oil are cheap, I might drop to 3000 miles...

Any Tribologists in the house?

From my time in aviation maintenance, I remember it was acceptable, as per the manufacturer, to run different viscosity lube oil for winter/summer.
I've also seen that for marine engines.

 

[Boat1]

I once accidentally deep fried a rubber glove to my hand. No one's life was at stake, I just tried to catch a thing falling in a deep fryer

OUCH!!!

 

[AlexAtNight]

OUCH!!!

I got to spend my lunch break peeling the glove off

 

[Missk_2022]

I got some great grocery deals
Chicken wings and thighs buy 1 pack get 2 free. So 2 each pack fir thighs and 3$ for wings
Bacon buy 1 get one free so 4$each
Potatoes buy 1 get one (the baby fingerlings)
Sargento cheese buy get 1 free plus had a coupon
Plus other stuff
They had pork ribs on sale too but had tenderloins buy one get one last week
I may go ahead and get some later sale til Wednesday

 

[Boat1]

I once accidentally deep fried a rubber glove to my hand. No one's life was at stake, I just tried to catch a thing falling in a deep fryer

You just reminded me of getting 200F water inside of a rubber glove... that's the day I QUIT wearing rubber gloves in heat applications and started bare-handing hot water or oil.... I remember that I couldn't get that sumbitch off my hand fast enough!

 

[Missk_2022]

I dont know of i would have the courage to stick my hand in boiling something or other ..... burns are no joke

I took care of a guy who doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire. Everything burnt but feet because he was wearing heavy leather work boats and his man parts... it was awful.

 

[Boat1]

Soon soon ... heres to hope some crew switch dock supervisor doesnt fuck it all up

Thanks!
They're calling for 14 ft seas this weekend, so hopefully they don't send us out into it before Tuesday crew change.

 

[Boat1]

I dont know of i would have the courage to stick my hand in boiling something or other ..... birns are no joke

I hope you NEVER DO!

 

[Missk_2022]

Boat boat boat
Hi!!

 

[Missk_2022]

I hope you NEVER DO!

U were saving people.... i have sacrificed stuff to save people... mostly my peace of mind
One of these days they will figure out nurses have ptsd

 

[Wonderer67]

I hope that your day is lovely. Say hey to the Little Missus for us, please.

I been down your farm property. Someone, I dunno who, has partially plowed out our second driveway for getting firewood back to up to the farm stand. It’s a mystery.

I have a secret plower!

Meetings at 8 and 9. Now over.

The better half literally just said: “hiya wat!”

 

[Missk_2022]

I dont remember who asked but here is my grandmas bologna recipe

My aunt took credit... eye roll

 

[Wonderer67]

That's sweet of you!
I feel like I should be home too, sadly though, I've got 5 more days.
I'll definitely tell Her you said Hi!

Damn. I woulda thought this hitch was over. Well, at least you’re on the reverse slope.

 

[Wonderer67]

Hola Amiga’s and Amigo’s. Been busy. Hope everyone is doing well. We missed the big snow last week but I hear there’s something brewing for this weekend down south? Of course I escaped to warmer climes but I’m sure my plants will pay the price. That is unless the tribe does their job and brings and covers…actually I just left the covers on from last week, so those should be fine.

Attempted a catch up this morning but it’s futile and time is of the essence. Stay warm if you’re in Dixie and I’m sure it’s still cold up North…I’ll find out today as I have to leave my short sleeves and shorts cove. Damn work weasels (my bosses) won’t just leave me in a good spot!

At least I get to spend time with a rookery of Skyrats this morning…

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Alright Vato’s…need to wander down and see what’s for breakfast.

I’ll leave you with a butchered Jimmy tune…”warm tropical breezes, good wines and cheeses…keeps your ambition at bay…”

——Morning Mex Z——

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Stay where it is warm!

 

[Wonderer67]

-40C and -40F are the same. That's one point I always remember.
Because I don't have to convert it!

We're finally starting to trend above zero F. Right at 0 most of the night, and up to 6F this morning. Although the forecast isn't for much better.

Anyone here ever install a radon mitigation fan/system? Radon isn't a problem, but the fan might solve a problem for me...

We had to put a radon fan and when we got this house. It was 12 years ago though.

Basically, they drilled a hole through the foundation in the basement (maybe a few holes if I remember correctly) and installed a fan to vent it outside. We still get a little bit of a high radon count in our water, but I’m not too worried about it.

It ain’t affected me none!

 

[Wonderer67]

. . .

It’s unmarked territory.

Now sorta marked.

But I have to build our MSR from the bottom to the top!

 

[Wonderer67]

I DO NOT WANT MY FORECAST!

Can I please trade with someone in the southern hemisphere?

We were watching the Australian open the other night, it is a very hot summer there

 

[AlexAtNight]

We were watching the Australian open the other night, it is a very hot summer there

Yes, and if I want to avoid ice on the roads today

 

[Oldermom935]

-40C and -40F are the same. That's one point I always remember.
Because I don't have to convert it!

We're finally starting to trend above zero F. Right at 0 most of the night, and up to 6F this morning. Although the forecast isn't for much better.

Anyone here ever install a radon mitigation fan/system? Radon isn't a problem, but the fan might solve a problem for me...

I had when put in several years ago I probably should have done it myself. What they do is bore a hole through the concrete slab of the basement. As well as the concrete slab of the rec room use pvc piping.It has to be vented above the roof line.

 

[Oldermom935]

-40C and -40F are the same. That's one point I always remember.
Because I don't have to convert it!

We're finally starting to trend above zero F. Right at 0 most of the night, and up to 6F this morning. Although the forecast isn't for much better.

Anyone here ever install a radon mitigation fan/system? Radon isn't a problem, but the fan might solve a problem for me...

 

[subdudeme13]

That stinks…I lost my lemon tree earlier this year…

My Myer Lemon is still OK and a few lemons hanging there. I lost some blooms and some tiny tiny fruit turned yellow. I am covering up every night now just in case. My daughter had ice on her windshield yesterday morning!

 

[subdudeme13]

U were saving people.... i have sacrificed stuff to save people... mostly my peace of mind
One of these days they will figure out nurses have ptsd

When I was in the hospital bed, not allowed to get up, for two weeks, nurses got me thru. There was a nurse that was surprised I remembered her name. I made a point to remember.

 

[subdudeme13]

I been down your farm property. Someone, I dunno who, has partially plowed out our second driveway for getting firewood back to up to the farm stand. It’s a mystery.

I have a secret plower!

Meetings at 8 and 9. Now over.

The better half literally just said: “hiya wat!”

Those are the type of surprises that I enjoy. Happened to me once when I was getting home from a long trip. The driveway was not long but there was no place to park and I had luggage and all that.

 

[dkak001]

From my time in aviation maintenance, I remember it was acceptable, as per the manufacturer, to run different viscosity lube oil for winter/summer.
I've also seen that for marine engines.

Different beasts.

Honestly, we're getting better at surface finished on bearings, and some manufacturing tolerance controls. So engines are tighter now than they've ever been. Lighter oil makes sense, to some degree. (If the old 350 needed 30w50 to make oil pressure, that's what you used! ).

The problem with these new engines (IMO), is the engine oil is also used as hydraulic oil in the variable valve timing actuators. Hydraulic oil and engine oil are different, and cleanliness matters more in hydraulic applications. Bottom line, Clean oil = Longer life. But manufacturers are recommending longer and longer oil service intervals.

 

[dkak001]

It’s unmarked territory.

Now sorta marked.

Going where no man has gone before???