birdmanmike
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Oh, forget it . . .
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MaverickSawyer
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Any pics? Might be able to help you figure it out.
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If its damaged by grinding on curbs, you possibly mean a mudflap.
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What ever you wanted to know about bum targeting and never dared to ask.
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Andy44
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My house has had a history of stupid water mishaps in the basement over the years.
The latest?
The condensation pipe on my heat pump clogged up and unbeknownst to me was overflowing onto the floor inside the ductwork, seeping out underneath and dampening the carpet outside the heat pump closet. I discovered it when I heard a weird dripping noise.
So the root problem has been fixed; the pipe works right again. But there were several gallons of water inside the bottom of the ductwork underneath the unit. I got a cheap shop vac and sucked it all out, then used the vac in blow mode to dry up some of the floor. I have fans running now try to dry up some of the carpet, but likely it will need to be replaced in the next few days, and probably some of the baseboard molding along with it. All because I'm too stupid to check up on things more often.
The A/C has been working fine all along and it's a fairly young unit, so I didn't think about it.
That's the bad news.
The good news is I've discovered that shop vacs can really move some freaking water! I removed the air filter, switched it on, and stuck the hose into the water, and within about 5 seconds the vacuum cleaner was filled with several gallons of water. It happened so fast I thought the vac was defective; a float valve protects the motor when the unit is full so it stopped suctioning, but when I opened it up I was amazed at how much water had just got sucked in. A few trips out the back door to dump the water and that was it.
Reminds me of the explanation of how fast a Saturn V F1 turbopump can empty an Olympic swimming pool, something like 15 seconds IIRC.
Now if I can just hook my shop vac up to a rocket engine...
The latest?
The condensation pipe on my heat pump clogged up and unbeknownst to me was overflowing onto the floor inside the ductwork, seeping out underneath and dampening the carpet outside the heat pump closet. I discovered it when I heard a weird dripping noise.
So the root problem has been fixed; the pipe works right again. But there were several gallons of water inside the bottom of the ductwork underneath the unit. I got a cheap shop vac and sucked it all out, then used the vac in blow mode to dry up some of the floor. I have fans running now try to dry up some of the carpet, but likely it will need to be replaced in the next few days, and probably some of the baseboard molding along with it. All because I'm too stupid to check up on things more often.
The A/C has been working fine all along and it's a fairly young unit, so I didn't think about it.That's the bad news.
The good news is I've discovered that shop vacs can really move some freaking water! I removed the air filter, switched it on, and stuck the hose into the water, and within about 5 seconds the vacuum cleaner was filled with several gallons of water. It happened so fast I thought the vac was defective; a float valve protects the motor when the unit is full so it stopped suctioning, but when I opened it up I was amazed at how much water had just got sucked in. A few trips out the back door to dump the water and that was it.
Reminds me of the explanation of how fast a Saturn V F1 turbopump can empty an Olympic swimming pool, something like 15 seconds IIRC.
Now if I can just hook my shop vac up to a rocket engine...
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mojoey
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Wrong end. If it's a vaguely 'sporty' car, he might have knocked the air splitter, but without seeing a picture of the afflicted plastic bit, it's all speculation.
Quick_Nick
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Neither an air splitter nor what I would normally call a mud flap.
Googling, looks like people normally call it an "engine mud/splash shield/guard".
Just stops junk from getting into components of the engine compartment. I cut the hanging bit off. Should be fine virtually indefinitely, though either replacing it or cleaning out the eventual junk accumulation would be a good idea.
For your imagination purposes: It is (was) a big horizontal sheet of rubber across the underside of the car below the engine compartment, bolted to the fender and probably some other points. One bolt had already come out of the fender, making a corner of the rubber sheet hang down just a little. Then it got all kinds of twisted out of shape and pressed against the tire.
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MaverickSawyer
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Probably also doubles as a fairing on the bottom of the car.
Quick_Nick
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Got around to watching some No Man's Sky gameplay videos.
It's like a first person version of Spore's galactic stage. :lol:
I'll try to hold off on getting it until it's half price in probably six months. We'll see.
It's like a first person version of Spore's galactic stage. :lol:
I'll try to hold off on getting it until it's half price in probably six months. We'll see.
steph
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Haven't heard anything about the physics it uses . Is it star-wars flying? Since there's no time dilation, at the speeds you're going, it shouldn't make much difference.
jedidia
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Not exactly. Playing it right now, and if anything, it's like a first person verison of spore's galactic stage if spore would have been any good. Not enough play time yet to say how well it'll hold up, but first impressions are better than expected, though not quite all I hoped.
Basically, none. If you're looking for any kind of realism (be that physics, chemistry, biology or astronomy), don't touch this game. Think of it as the "Inofficial Spaceman Spiff Simulator" packed into a giant homage to the golden age of scifi.
Thunder Chicken
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I am staying at my sister's house and watching her cat and dog while her family is away on vacation. I must say that a small animal threatening to poop and pee on the carpet is compelling motivation to get up early in the morning and take a brisk walk. I'm not sure who is actually being walked, me or the dog.
steph
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Same stuff here while I'm at my parents' house. They have a labrador. He pulls on the leash like a lunatic (I guess he has some sled dog ancestry :lol: ) He does have an outside pen, but it's way too hot now to keep him in there and he's somehow learnt to open the lock anyway so he doesn't always stay there. But yes, pee and poop are deeply compelling indeed, though sometimes we walk him around, he doesn't do anything, and upon return he happiyl proceeds to pee in the middle of the living room.
Koloss
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In 1994 my sister went to the USA and I watched after her budgie.
On the same day she stepped into the plane both Kurt Cobain and the budgie died. Bad Karma.
steph
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My uncle's parrot used to make noise and become agitated whenever Metallica was playing in the house. But then again, I'm not sure if a budgie is a bird.
Pipcard
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I was looking at xkcd 887 (Future Timeline), and noticed that in 2057, there would be a 150-person Japanese Mars colony.
I was intrigued like I usually am with the ambitious Japanese space plans of the past, especially because it was about Mars and not just the Moon, and tried to look more into it.
But I only found it on EBSCOhost, which hosts academic articles but only through public/university libraries. And it wasn't even available even though I was at a university.
There was only an abstract of the article from October 1990.
edit: I did find something in this document from 1997 along with a very low-res illustration of the Mars colony (page 17 of 44)
I was intrigued like I usually am with the ambitious Japanese space plans of the past, especially because it was about Mars and not just the Moon, and tried to look more into it.
But I only found it on EBSCOhost, which hosts academic articles but only through public/university libraries. And it wasn't even available even though I was at a university.
There was only an abstract of the article from October 1990.
edit: I did find something in this document from 1997 along with a very low-res illustration of the Mars colony (page 17 of 44)
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PhantomCruiser
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German Battleships arrive in World of Warships!
:woohoo:
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Re my Petrol in Diesel episode a few threads above,
Just had the AA(Automobile Association, UK breakdown service) Fuel Assist van around. Rob, the man with the van, drained and re-filled the tank, bled through to the HP pump, and started up.
To my great surprise, its running as smooth as it ever has and the paraffin smell has gone.
The racket it was making, I was sure it had serious damage, but it seems not.
Don't know the long-term of course, but fingers crossed, reckon I've been lucky.
N.
Just had the AA(Automobile Association, UK breakdown service) Fuel Assist van around. Rob, the man with the van, drained and re-filled the tank, bled through to the HP pump, and started up.
To my great surprise, its running as smooth as it ever has and the paraffin smell has gone.
The racket it was making, I was sure it had serious damage, but it seems not.
Don't know the long-term of course, but fingers crossed, reckon I've been lucky.
N.
