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[Urwumpe]

Agree with all that. Some irony that my first trade after leaving school was as a ....car mechanic!
Long time ago, but I did do an apprenticeship till I discovered electronics and got transistorized. Bit safer, and usually cleaner.

Not a good time to happen, but all self inflicted.

N.

Well, still better than driving with nearly 50 km/h over a high curb, because you had milliseconds to decide if you use the left low curbs or the right low curbs, and selected the high curb in the middle as compromise. :facepalm:

Afterwards I had to collect the scattered pieces of my right front fender and solve a large puzzle at home. Interestingly, the shock absorbers survived it.

 

[Notebook]

Well that's a split-second decision, and you did your best. God knows what I was thinking at the time, and in slo-mo.

Anyway, someone always makes a profit...
http://forecourtassistnortheast.co.uk/?gclid=CI3p18yQtM4CFQcq0wodnD4DcQ

N.

 

[mojoey]

Somewhere a Volkswagen specialist mechanic just giggled about the thought of another easy job. (Yes I know it's a Jag, shh)

 

[Notebook]

Good luck to them, its a useful service. Just never thought I'd be thinking about using it!

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Anyway, someone always makes a profit...
http://forecourtassistnortheast.co.uk/?gclid=CI3p18yQtM4CFQcq0wodnD4DcQ

There is a demand, so there is a service. You will never know when somebody will invent "beer as a service".

 

[Notebook]

I thought they already had! that reminds me, serious Stella depletion scenario...

N.

 

[Koloss]

If you can see it, look at arte.tv now, they are streaming Blind Guardian live from Wacken today. :thumbup:

16.20 Uhr - Entombed A.D.

17.25 Uhr - Axel Rudi Pell

18.30 Uhr - Eluveitie

19.45 Uhr - Saxon (Replay)

21.00 Uhr - Tarja

22.30 Uhr - Blind Guardian

0.15 Uhr - Ministry

1.45 Uhr - Testament

(I sadly can't... I have to fetch my new toy for the holidays)

Hey, Blind Guardian! They used to rehearse in the bunker I rehearse today Nice guys.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

It drove about 120 miles after the "event" then the probs started, rough running, then wouldn't start. Breakdown mob got it home. Have to decide on Monday what to do with it.
N.

Gasoline is lighter than diesel so what is left in the tank is probably mostly gasoline. Get some gas containers and siphon all the fuel out of the tank, refill the tank with diesel fuel to dilute the remaining gasoline, and crank it until it runs.

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EDIT: You may need to crank a lot to get all of the gas out of the lines, so you may want to have a friend with another car and jumper cables just in case your battery dies.

 

[Fabri91]

Then again, I should probably shut up about Diesel engines being finicky when our gasoline-powered 1.0 turbo is at the mechanic with what appears to be a blown head gasket. Right after the warranty expires and before the mechanic closes up shop for summer holidays. Sigh.

From what research I did it seems not to be a widespread issue, but a fat lot of good it does us.

 

[Urwumpe]

Then again, I should probably shut up about Diesel engines being finicky when our gasoline-powered 1.0 turbo is at the mechanic with what appears to be a blown head gasket. Right after the warranty expires and before the mechanic closes up shop for summer holidays. Sigh.

From what research I did it seems not to be a widespread issue, but a fat lot of good it does us.

My care is due for a routine check in two days, Sunday it has to do 745 km, I hope all is really as fine as I believe.

 

[Fabri91]

Well, in doubt before any long trip, and in general periodically if possible, check the car's fluid levels. I have the suspicion that we might have been able to catch the coolant leak early.

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, in doubt before any long trip, and in general periodically if possible, check the car's fluid levels. I have the suspicion that we might have been able to catch the coolant leak early.

I wouldn't be too sure there. I checked one of my old cars only a few days earlier and had no issues, suddenly I was out of coolant on the way to work. After work, I tried to refill the coolant with distilled water, but when I opened the tank, there was just a loud hissing sound and the water was back.

Gasket was blown, and exhaust gases displaced the coolant in the tank. A miracle that no coolant line was ruptured by the overpressure.

On the previous car, I had a sudden loss of coolant (LOC) when the coolant pump failed without warning. Instead of attending a ESA workshop, I drove it to the mechanic in the afternoon.

EDIT: Well, I'll get oil exchanged anyway then, so the level should be correct. Luckily I have no automatic transmission...

 

[MaverickSawyer]

That would have been quite a feat, with the diesel nozzle being larger and not fitting in the tank opening.

... That's a thing?

 

[Urwumpe]

Today is the 10th anniversary of the first release of Dwarf Fortress! Apparently it was time for us to get a taste of what we've been dishing out, as we've been showered with crayon drawings through the mail. Thanks to everybody that has played the game, enjoyed the stories and supported Bay 12 through the years. On to the next decade!

Happy Birthday Dwarf Fortress!

 

[Fabri91]

... That's a thing?

It is, at least on this side of the pond. Ford also has a system which prevents you from inserting the smaller gasoline nozzle in the larger Diesel tank opening, but this isn't something mandated by law.

 

[Notebook]

Yes, and it works.
Unless you are so stupid, you think its a dodgy filling station pump and continue putting the wrong fuel in
:facepalm:

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Yes, and it works.
Unless you are so stupid, you think its a dodgy filling station pump and continue putting the wrong fuel in
:facepalm:

N.

Don't be too hard on you - I would likely have done the same one day or the other.

When I drive to Denmark next weekend, my parents already warned me from using the first gas station in Denmark because you need a PhD to use it. Some automatized monstrosity or so. I am almost tempted to refuel there. But refueling in "Wikingerland" sounds much more fun. One road in that industrial district even has the name "Thorshammer". Its just 2 km away from Haitabu. And Elon, it even has a supercharger. :lol:

 

[Linguofreak]

Open up terminal. Working directory is ~/

% vim /etc/ntp.conf

Edit /etc/ntp.conf

Save file. Type ":w!<enter>"

Finger decides that ~ is close enough to !.

/etc/ntp.conf has now been cloned to ~/~

%rm ~^H^H^H^H

Aw crap, that won't work

%vim "~" #To find way of referencing ~/~ that won't resolve to ~/
"~/" is a directory
%vim '~'
"~/" is a directory

@#$%&!

% vim ~/~
"~/" is a directory

% \~
"~/" is a directory

piece of :compbash:

Google

% find . -inum 125279 -exec rm -i {} \;
rm: remove write-protected regular file ‘./~’? y

Finally! Die! DIE! *DIE*!!

 

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37033992
I knew we were good at Technology, but being top in Europe, well!

N.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Just moved over 1000 miles to a new city, luckily didn't completely destroy my car on the way. Especially considering I've done very little routine maintenance.
But I did hit a big piece of tire at about 80mph and it slammed into something on the bottom of the car that is now dragging. Just a bit of rubber that's supposed to be attached to the fender. I guess it's normally a shield for rocks bouncing into the underside (not a car guy lol). It was actually already a bit damaged from grinding on curbs (very low car), it just wasn't dragging or pressed against the tire before.