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I save them for when I need them and forget where I saved them which I guess it what the OP is about.

Glad I'm in the garage on a throwaway MacBook, you fucking fuckers. Nose still hurts though.

You kids get off my lawn. Next time I'm keeping the Frisbee.

"freezing my ass off" Oh, its below 70F? It was 6 degrees here this morning, supposed to be 0 tomorrow morning. Guess what I'm doing? That's right, I'm outside pulling batteries out of motorcycles, trucks, lawnmowers, tractors, etc like they were catalytic converters. I had another request for mirror covers for a Honda CBR1100XX (remember those?) and it occurred to me that they might could be able to be 3d printed.

I’ve installed aftermarket headlamps in Jeeps which come with DRL halos and separate wires to power them. I used a fuse tap and wired the DRL halos to the fuel pump. So, whenever the motor was running the DRLs received power. Completely unnecessary and more of a bling mod then any safety concern. I’ve read this sentence 4-5 times and have zero understanding of what is being said. Is this some wordy hooker/stripper joke? I want my truck to stand out on the road like a fat stripper hanging from the stripper pole?

It's going to Rich today, I'll mark the thread. Been a busy week and forgot.

Re-writing will. Eating more chicken.

Headlights on my Volvo are on always. It does not hurt they go off when you lock the car. Don't have to think about it at all. Headlights always on apparently make my vehicle invisible to police radar. Never got pulled over in Volvo. Like ever. Cops just don't expect Volvo driver to brake any laws, so when they see 87 mph in 60 mph zone on their radar they just automatically dismiss it as equipment malfunction.

For a truck that old, why not use the manual version? You know, that headlight switch, that way you will get the added safety all the way around the vehicle. It has dinger to remind you the lights are on when the key is turned off.

Why not just print a belt? Oh, wait.... printer broke..... Now I get it.

After I download 147 apps, I plan to let siri decide. I will of course let AI pick the color.

I was going to congratulate you on your pregnancy.

If you buy hardware and do much of anything, you end up with 427 allen wrenches from various kits. I have discarded hundreds and hoarded as many. I realized I should just put one in each hardware drawer so I'm not looking for what fits a 4mm bolt when I'm just doing a quick project.

Food seems to be as powerful a temptation as drugs and alcohol to some people.

Went to a restaurant in town for the first time......no menus, have to download an app for the menu, then pay on phone before order is to be made. F that nonsense. Found an actual person, asked politely for an actual menu....got one, then asked to pay with this, me waving a CC in the air. "Ok, yes we can do that for you". I vote with my wallet...food was ok, but service was stoopid, stoopid, stoopid. I won't return.

It's solved now, I think. The missfire under acceleration was fairly bad and it's mostly gone, but there's a hint of it at certain RPM/load conditions. The van is a high mile rusty beater so probably good enough. I theorized that putting my hand or metal objects there was helping conduct whatever energy 'leaks' from the wires or maybe from the terminal in the cap to the wire harness and/or the pickup module in the distributor which happens to be partially on that side of the distributor. I rotated the distributor clockwise one cylinder position so that the distributor harness wasn't pressed against the side of it and that appears to be what it needed.

The biggest problem is remembering that you'll forget and not forgetting to remember to plan for forgetting.

Unfortunately, that sometimes doesn't work with aftermarket wires. There are several cars where there might be a few wires that are within an inch or two of eachother and the aftermarkets might vary by enough to ruin the "match one at a time" strategy. You'll think it's working, then discover that you've run out of wires long enough, then have to go back and see which ones you have to switch around. I typically mark the old ones, lay them out, match the new ones up, then install. If the routing is important, take photos before pulling them.

You probably bought a Ranger wire set, those are in inches, the Mazda needs metric length wires. But in actuality it's probably because it's you, I don't think I've ever had a wire set that was a problem as long as they were installed correctly. And yes, I know that some are a bit finicky and actually have to be installed correctly.

The car stuff you made are ALL in use but when I got around to posting the pictures you’d purposely disabled my ability to post pics so everyone couldn’t see the shoddy work you do. The center console piece didn’t fit. Well, it fit just couldn’t close the lid. I appreciate the offer - I don’t want to burden you or anyone else to start using time, materials and money to make free shit. If you charged, I’d buy 🙂 I didn’t buy them.

I've made some changes, both of you please test and report.

Finally, useful delivery. Groceries? Who the fuck cares. Restaurant…meh, I have a pantry and can live on a can of beans. But last night at 9pm I ordered some project parts from Lowe’s and they arrived at 7am. Fuck yes. Last week I needed something for a project I was in the middle of, and HD had something like a four hour window. Ordered and they were there in less than two hours. No cost if the order is $25 or more, and I think $8 if not.

ForScan discussion, newer truck My wife and I go to meetings each in our own vehicle sometimes. She just trusts the Auto setting. I have to call and tell her to switch on sometimes. Couple beers, don't want excuses for talking to John Law.

Is your claim of added safety evidence-based or anecdotal?

Kinda like my first milling machine projects, to make stuff for the mill. Also got to use the band saw and metal brake/sheer. Now that I've added a lathe I should be able to stay busy making stuff for themselves and each other 🤣

I wanted to buy constant glucose monitors, and while shopping, there was an offer to get them for about the same price as buying direct, but also included an overall consultation and guidance program. I thought sure, I can always learn more, even though I've been on this track for many years. I went through all their processes and consultations, but the end result was really nothing useful. The nutritionist asked me things like, "How many times in a week do you bing on cookies, deserts, or cake?" WHAT?? Never. "....Really, what about in a month?" NEVER. As in never. I had one third of a 70 calorie macaron two weeks ago. "Well, what about for holidays and events?" Goddammit, never. Still never. The nutritional plan they came up was for me to add in more trash than I eat now. WTF. "We find patient compliance is better if we make moderate changes over time." Dude, I told you that I radically changed everything overnight YEARS ago. We're done with the moderation, make me more extreme. Nope. Yesterday I did finally understand the line of questioning, as my T1 brother in law with an A1C of 9 was stuffing Christmas cookies in his mouth like a Kardashian with a black cock. I'm just...beyond understanding of doing this shit. Motherfucker thought a glucose level of 350 was "not a big deal." Jesus. Anyway, as the medical people and I agreed that what I need is diabetes high level consulting and they really only do the basics like telling my brother in law to stop being retarded, they asked me if I'd like to do part time intervention calls for them. They are in India (12.5 hours difference) so US patients have no contact during a big part of the US business day. They want someone to basically talk bingers off the ledge. I also feel dumber and sadder that people keep doing this to themselves.

I got nothin, but Ashely might. And I'd forgotten how much I like arroz con huevo so 'yall are welcome to try 'till you get it right while we're there.

Use tie downs to minimize the gap and a tarp to keep the rain out of it.

I don't actually know how to make anything complicated. This is a download, and you can get nearly anything you need already made.

The ones that come with faucets and spouts go in the back of the bathroom drawers.

If I have a loose one I toss it. Fact is, many of these cast-aways fit perfectly. This is particularly useful when we're talking about 3mm-6mm stuff around the shop, no real effort.

I get asked for permissions to my contacts, photos, etc that make no sense.

I just realized something. The hinge was not SCANNED, it was handmade in CAD. Obviously much easier for a square-ish thing with known edges, not a mirror body. The guy made it without having the turntable, which is a fucking black art. I think he's satan. I told him it was perfect and he was surprised. Dragon for a neighborhood five year old. Also hand made/drawn/whatever. She said she couldn't find a scanner big enough for her actual dragon. He's calling her a racist for all the details missed, like his scaly cock. Fuck, have I been drinking in the shop? Three hour print.

But it was below 60 when I posted that. You certainly could print a mirror cover. It would probably need exotic filaments or at least a high end basic one. (Exotic is not extreme, but just not the basic PLA you use as an everyday tool.) Look up 3D scanning with your phone and try it. If there were a market, it could be sent to a scanner service for $$ and get back a perfect CAD file.

There was a security upgrade that fucked it up. Well it's secure. No spam for sure. Fuckers.

Yep. Phone camera is blessing in situation like this. Not particularly related to this subject, but when doing more involved disassembly Ziploc bags and zip ties are very handy in organizing fasteners. Throw them in ziploc and attach with ziplock to whatever part you just pulled out. Huge time saver when putting shit back together. Especially if you doing it days or weeks later. Because, Bill Clinton voice, "my memory is not what it used to be". 😁 No precious time wasted trying to figure out what screw goes where, etc.

...from my son.