More than that, the anemic sales of the Volt are clearly due to supply
issues, since dealers don't have them in stock and can't get them. The Leaf
is having similar issues. I suspect part of it, like was done with the
early hybrids, is limiting supply so as to work bugs out with committed
early
Points well taken, Tim.
The one thing that nags at me regarding the electric vehicles is how much
gas/coal/oil has to be burned to produce the electricity to charge or run them?
I never see this in the information, and I think it's a very relevant aspect of
the whole electric vehicle thing.
Electric vehicles have a problem - grid-based electricity in the US is
dirtier than just running an economical gas-burner.
Wind power has a problem - wind being an intermittent source of energy,
it only makes sense when coupled with a storage device, but the grid has
zero storage capacity.
Good engine. Not blowby. Original post described the vacuum brings
the stop lever down most of the way, but not the final 1/2 inch or so
travel of the stop lever. Takes very little pressure on the stop
lever to shut it down.
Vacuum at spec ~21 in Hg at the shutoff
Shutoff holds vacuum for
I know this is OT and never had a apple tree before and now I do. It’s a Fuji
and last year we got maybe 4-5 apples off it. This year the thing is so loaded
down that the limbs are bending.
When and how much do I thin the fruit out?
Douglas
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Never used these folks, so don't have history with them, However I stumbled
across their listing and thought it was useful so thought I would pass it
along.
It appears they are in the business of repairing tank sending units that are
beyond repair or made out of youcantgetium oromygodium which
Depending on how much you might want to hack, look for one that supports dd-wrt
or tomato, these will let you control your router and use it for purposes it
may not support out of the box (e.g. functioning as a wireless bridge).
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
Pretty much the greenest thing you can do is buy a non-hybrid used car and keep
it in good running order. Anything made in the past couple of decades is
pretty clean-running, and by buying used you are not creating demand for more
raw materials for manufacturing. Of course that doesn't help
Is this going to end up like GM's EV1 electric cars?
Rory
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Pretty much the greenest thing you can do is buy a non-hybrid used car and
keep it in good running order. Anything made in the past couple of decades
is
Douglas wrote:
When and how much do I thin the fruit out?
I'd like to know too. My semi-dwarves were way overloaded last year.
I don't think another bumper crop of undersized apples this year would be a good
idea.
I'd assume the sooner the better with thinning.
Mitch.
Do you prune your apple trees in the fall?
This is the first and best way to protect against over-production of
undersized, unhappy fruit.
It's an important practice, not only to prevent over-production of
fruit, but to give the tree a good structure and keep the canopy open
enough that light
As I prepare to set up a new wireless network, I am looking at a number of
wireless routers.
I want dual band for sure, and possibly a local USB port, although this is not
a deal breaker. Four Ethernet ports for sure.
I am looking at a Linksys (Cisco) 4200 and a comparable Asus model. Given
I object, the whole idea that electric vehicles are clean is a
manufactured lie.
First, the entire electronics industry uses and makes some of the nastiest
chemicals in history, which stay in the environment for lifetimes, not
days. No natural thing eats them or breaks them down.
Second,
I'm pretty sure that the printing of government regulations is not the
primary cause of global deforestation. Last time I checked, the timber,
ranching and agricultural sectors had something to do with it.
And you forgot about the hybrid and electric-car induced global
rare-earth shortage that
I am very familiar with dd-wrt (used to have an old Linksys 54) but don't have
a need to tweak things.
I just want dual band, gigabit Ethernet on the wired side (I have a Drobo FS
for a NAS) and something that will scream.
A lot depends on where we end up and whether or not it is wired or can
Standard practice, if I remember correctly, is to thin in june AFTER
the natural drop occurs. There is usually some spontaneous fruit
drop in early to mid June, and if that doesn't reduce the crop to
around one fruit per 4-6 of branch, you need to thin manually.
The fewer apples there
The only problem I've every had with a NetGear router was a
lightening strike on my DSL modem. Fried the router, and a port on
two computers.
Not a problem with the router.
Pete
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Points well made.
The housing industry which built city overcowding into our ecology certainly
cut down the forests. And what's a few million pages of IRS and EPA
regulations compared to that?
Mines only pollute under EPA jurisdiction... those in Mexico and China don't
pollute apparently cause
When you see the articles written about comparing hybrids to straight gas
burners, they almost always come out in favor of the non-hybrid car.
There are so many efficient gas burners out there, that if you use good driving
habits and keep them in good order, they will be less expensive in the
Heh.
I live in the lightning capital of the world, (Florida) so I have loads of
surge suppression along with a very good grounding system.
In the 12+ years I have lived here I have never lost an electronic device to
lightning. So far
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 19, 2011, at 1:19 PM,
You miss the whole point of this exercise. It's not about what is
rational, it's about what feeels good! And electric cars feeel
good! And if you have one you can drive around feeling smug that you
are clearly smarter and better than that other guy who does not have
one, and that
Dan,
Personally, I would go with the Cisco/Linksys E2000 and reflash the firmware
with dd-WRT.
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On Behalf Of LWB250
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 10:58 AM
To: Okie Benz
Subject: [MBZ] Wireless
I neither spray pesticides nor use chemical fertilizers. Just a
shovel-full of compost now and then.
I do plant my apple trees as a guild with other friendly plants to help
meet the apple's needs, including perennial nitrogen fixers.
Insectaries like dill, fennel, yarrow, lovage attract
Latest update.
I tried sucking on the shutoff of a core OM603 IP i have and it goes
to shutoff noticeably easier than that last bit of the problem IP
shutoff.
On the propblem IP there is a noticeable change in resistance when
the lever is about 1/2 from completely shut down. This
1. bloom
2. Blossom set
3. pea size
4. 3/8 to 3/4 dia
5 larger than 3/4 dia, By hand only
The first stages can be done with Sevin, or hormone or by hand. Do
not use Sevin during bloom, as you do not want to kill bees, and
honeybees in particular.
I know this is OT and never had a apple tree
Established apple trees seldom (Never) need fertilizer in the
midwest. Don't know about your area, but it sounds like you have
worked to establish a good system, so fertilizer is probably not
needed unless the leaves show a nutrient deficiency.
Fertilizer is probably the most overused,
True.
Over-fertilizing, particularly with chemical fertilizers, also creates
super-abundant nitrogen in the foliage which makes your plants much more
attractive to insect pests. Which then drives you to use the pesticides
in addition to the chemical fertilizers.
Or so I have read.
Lee
I'd go with D-Link, making sure it's a model with an Atheros wireless
chipset.
Atheros just seems to play better with my equipment, and I've had no issues
thus far.
Walt
On Jun 19, 2011 1:39 PM, TE ban...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Dan,
Personally, I would go with the Cisco/Linksys E2000 and reflash
I've been using a Dell flatscreen monitor at work as a 2nd monitor on my
Macbook without issue for well over a year. Recently I've used an Acer
flatscreen at home, also without issue.
The other day I plugged in the dongle with the monitor cable attached and the
Macbook didn't recognize the
Prop the branches up.
Other than that, just make sure you use a good bug oil to reduce
infestation of fruit. If you want to cull, look for fruit that may
impinge on others or that is a tad too small or misformed
clay
Gump - She is green, simple and runs and runs
Cleo - Used by the Queen
Do they lift up first, or pop off the bottom first? Also how does the trim
around the inside door handle come off?
I'm out in town with family, RR window just made a bad noise and stopped moving
about three quarters of the way shut.
Max
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I have recently put a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH into service. It has a USB
port, gigabit Ethernet, comes with an open source OS and works very well.
It is also pretty inexpensive.
Greg
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On Behalf Of
Is it dual band?
Dan
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 19, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote:
I have recently put a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH into service. It has a USB
port, gigabit Ethernet, comes with an open source OS and works very well.
It is also pretty
I don't dispute all the evidence that electric cars aren't as green as
they say they are but one nice thing about them is they produce at least
somewhat less in the way of emissions. Yes, this is offset by the
manufacturing drawbacks, etc. But I am talking about the air that I actually
breathe on
Remove the lock button, the cover by the latch at the rear of the
door. Remove any other obvious trim.
124 panels lift up. The plastic clips break easily, and the glue
holding them to the masonite lets go.
THe trim around the rear latch slides out, sort of after you get the
panel loose.
Actually I caught my own flub here: Going up hills, hybrids are running on
their good old gas engines.
The mpg gauge in our Prius dives down into what appears to be the teens as
we climb the hills.
Brian
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
LWB250 wrote:
Points well taken, Tim.
The one thing that nags at me regarding the electric vehicles
is how much gas/coal/oil has to be burned to produce the
electricity to charge or run them?
I never see this in the information, and I think it's a very
relevant aspect of the whole
Allan Streib wrote:
Pretty much the greenest thing you can do is buy a non-hybrid
used car and keep it in good running order. Anything made in
the past couple of decades is pretty clean-running, and by
buying used you are not creating demand for more raw materials
for manufacturing. Of
Someone posted McMaster numbers for viton fuel line and viton fuel
return line several years ago. I remember it was one of the west
coast Biodiesel users. Was that you, Lee?
Anyhow, If anyone has those numbers handy, I'd like to have them
again.Thanks
They scare the shit out of me because I can't hear them coming and BANG!
there they are (and one hopes there is no bang). Goes also for walking
in parking lots. One came up me last week somewhere, it got me thinking
that for low-speed tooling around they need a speaker on the front with
some
Maybe your vid output fried?
--R
On 6/19/11 2:34 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
I've been using a Dell flatscreen monitor at work as a 2nd monitor on my
Macbook without issue for well over a year. Recently I've used an Acer
flatscreen at home, also without issue.
The other day I plugged in the
http://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/2448654724.html
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True. I can actually recognize the Toyota hybrid sound. Seems the same in
all their hybrid models. Kinda space age-ish.
But yeah. They really do need to have some warning. Reminds me of a
harrowing experience one day when I was passed by an RV on a road with no
shoulder. Was the kind of RV that
Fairly easy:
Remove trim over top of arm rest and remove 10 mm screw.
On rear doors, pry out window switch and unplug.
Unscrew lock button.
Pry off cover over door handle, pull handle bucket back (or
forward, I can never remember which) to unlatch. Unhook pull rod
from latch.'
Pry off
The associations of blind people have been demanding this for as long
as there have been hybrids. They are so quiet that blind people
often step off curbs in front of them, not being able to SEE the car
coming because it makes no noise.
Peter
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Or a playing card affixed so it rubs against wheel spokes, etc. ;)))
Wilton
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From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The Dirty Little Secret
Folks
I'm currently running a netgear wgt624
i think i paid $1 or $2 for it in a thrift store
they probably cost $15 or less delivered on ebay
i've used linksys and i'm sure a few others, but the netgears are easy
to manage using a browser interface, so there's nothing to install on
a
you wrote
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
Date: June 19, 2011 2:34:55 PM EDT
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Macbook Pro no longer recognizes 2nd monitor
Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
I've been using a Dell flatscreen
Since hearing is all I've got, electrics and hybrids are a problem. The
guide dogs did well with the Prius used in training. It was sure quiet, and
even when I didn't hear it, the dog provided plenty of buffer zone for our
safety.
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
That would be a nice fun car! If it was around here, it would be triple the
price!
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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seems high to me.
On 6/17/2011 8:49 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Going to be in Nashville next week so I checked the CL there... found
this:
http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/2440772543.html
Wonder if it'll still be there.
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99 E430, 99 E320. 97 E300, 95 E300,
$300
On 6/17/2011 8:59 PM, aland...@knology.net wrote:
What do you guys think about this. Of course I have no intention of giving $950
for the car.
Thanks
Alan Duff
Knoxville, TN
The Ad:
Mercedes 300 SD - $950 (Knoxville)
A Guide Dog will help, certainly, but if you are trying to get around
without one, hybrids and electrics can be very scary.
They get lost in the surrounding noise in urban settings.
Sorta like the hallway in the Student Center at SIU -- had perforated
ceiling tile ventilation and was
Heck with hybrids, they need to come out with more small 4
cylinder diesel powered cars.
On 6/19/2011 12:27 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
When you see the articles written about comparing hybrids to straight gas
burners, they almost always come out in favor of the non-hybrid car.
There are so many
On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:13 -0400, Rick Hawkins Java macj...@aol.com wrote:
Here's a stupid question, i rarely run an external monitor on my macs,
but HAVE and it works
Was working for me too, for nearly two years.
Have you tested the monitor on some other computer so that you know it
is
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Dan,
Hey. Good to see you again :)
Doesn't answer your specific question, but take a look at the TP-Link
comparable products if you haven't already done so.
Take care and hope all is well.
-Howard
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM, LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
As I prepare to set up a
Dan,
Hey. Good to see you again :)
Doesn't answer your specific question, but take a look at the TP-Link
comparable products if you haven't already done so.
Take care and hope all is well.
-Howard
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM, LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
As I prepare to set up a new
Thanks, figured out that door handle trim pops off at rear, then work it loose
(plastic wedge works great). 10mm nut under there, also pull- rod for door
latch. Ash tray also needs to come out.
Once the latch and trim are out, use that hole to pull up and get the window
seal loose.
As you
Thanks, once I got it off, found that the lift mechanism at base of window
where all the sliding/lifting happens had broken, letting go of the cable.
Pushed the glass up and wedged it into place.
Really rather fortuitous timing, just fixed the AC and todays temperatures were
over 100.
Max
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So, EPC only shows the entire regulator mechanism. looks like I buy the whole
thing or head to the knackers...?
Max
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Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Thanks, once I got it off, found that the lift mechanism at
Brian wrote:
I can tell you that I really like being passed by a hybrid - or especially
an all electric - when I am riding my bicycle.
Trouble maker.
I would love to ride my 1938 Schwinn more, but I live on the outskirts.
mao
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Geez, I go outside for a few hours and you guys go crazy! :)
Electric motors put power to the wheels more efficiently. People who
have electric cars use less energy than people who use gas cars of
comparable size and weight. (Electric cars are also dragging around a
literal ton of extra weight
Tim C wrote:
Why do I want an electric car? Because:
- I drive a very predictable 20 miles round-trip in a day. That's 1
gallon of diesel, give or take, so call it $3.75 +/- $0.75. Using a
relatively-conservative hobbyist conversion 0.5 KWh/mile, I would
spend $1.00 (I pay $0.10/KWh) for
Brian wrote:
Is this custom? Or were these convertibles actually stock? I don't know.
I have three more photos of the car if anyone wants to see them.
Put the other pictures up here, please.
Very nice looking car.
Someone else can speak to whether these are factory made cars or after
market.
Wonder what the mileage on one of those little single-cyl gas deathtrap cars
was...
On Jun 19, 2011 8:27 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Tim C wrote:
Why do I want an electric car? Because:
- I drive a very predictable 20 miles round-trip in a day. That's 1
gallon of diesel, give or
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Tim C wrote:
Why do I want an electric car? Because:
- I drive a very predictable 20 miles round-trip in a day. That's 1
gallon of diesel, give or take, so call it $3.75 +/- $0.75. Using a
relatively-conservative
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Wonder what the mileage on one of those little single-cyl gas deathtrap cars
was...
A Messerschmitt KR200 (two stroke) was said to get 87 imperial mpg, or 70 US
mpg, probably about what you would get with a 1970's subcompact and a diesel
lawn mower engine, or a 200cc
Remember the all-electric RAV-4? Leases terminated and vehicles crushed. And
people who were lucky to get them LOVED them. A few even fought and got to
keep them, albeit without ANY dealer parts backup.
Now we have a gas engine tacked on, and it's called a Prius. I've also heard
it's damn
It looks like a Chevy Dolt can, without using climate control, do about 35 miles
on 13kWh, so your .5kWh per mile was actually conservative.
You mentioned not paying 10 cents, what do you pay?
My marginal cost of electricity is about 22 cents in the summer and 14 cents in
the winter.
It'd
I wonder if they'll start factoring projected road tax into the purchase
price...
Walt
On Jun 19, 2011 9:26 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
It looks like a Chevy Dolt can, without using climate control, do about 35
miles
on 13kWh, so your .5kWh per mile was actually conservative.
You
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
It looks like a Chevy Dolt can, without using climate control, do about 35
miles on 13kWh, so your .5kWh per mile was actually conservative.
Hobbyist numbers, converting by removing gas engines and adding
batteries does not
Looks like part number 210 720 00 42 is what I need, but found that via Google,
not the EPC.
Max
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Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
So, EPC only shows the entire regulator mechanism. looks like I buy the whole
Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes:
It'd still take longer than the batteries will live to pay back the
cost of trading in an SDL on a Dolt with fuel savings. And some of
those fuel savings will go away when they figure out a way to make
electric drivers pay road tax.
It won't be long if
While we can talk about the rational and economic factors of electric vs
dino juice vs hybrid all day long, most car choices and purchases are
emotional, not rational. It doesn' treally matter whether you think your
saving money or the environment - you're going to buy the latest technology,
or
You miss the whole point of this exercise. It's not about what is
rational, it's about what feeels good! And electric cars feeel
good! And if you have one you can drive around feeling smug that you
are clearly smarter and better than that other guy who does not have
one, and
I'd put it in the charging station, and have the stations just report car X
charged for Y hourss using X KW.
That way it wouldn't matter who's charger you used, it'd always bill you the
tax. It would be up to the charge station operator to bill for usage (in the
event that parking garages start
Allan Streib wrote:
It won't be long if EVs catch on in any significant number. You'll be
required to have a special metered outlet installed in the garage (at
your expense, probably several thousand dollars as the electricians will
know a good thing when they see it) and you'll pay road tax
They gotta make up the gas tax somehow. So you pay a premium to fel
good then another tax to make up for the gas you aren't burning and the
pollution you are spewing (from the tailpipe anyway) and pretty soon
your smugness might be a bit less forthright. At least until the rest
of the
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Not me that works in a nuke plant, but nuke is the only way to go, in my
opinion.
Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote:
.092 last month. Nuclear country, thanks Max!
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My kid broke his retainer for the second time this year. It's a very
clean break, lines up perfectly when pressed together. Thinking of
trying to super-glue it (don't think Shoe Goo is the right choice
here). Anyone ever tried this? Just don't know how super glue would
hold up in the mouth.
Etre d'accord!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
On 6/19/2011 6:56 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Heck with hybrids, they need to come out with more small 4 cylinder
diesel powered cars.
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Bring it back, most places fix it at no charge if you ask, or re-cast a new
one.
When my lower broke, I had one re-cast and had them fix the old one as a
backup.
I would NOT try a DIY repair. Your sons health is worth much more than
saving a few bucks.
Walt
On Jun 19, 2011 11:04 PM, Allan Streib
Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com writes:
Bring it back, most places fix it at no charge if you ask, or re-cast
a new one. When my lower broke, I had one re-cast and had them fix
the old one as a backup.
Will call, but last time he broke it they had to make a new one and
charged for it.
As a very uninformed MacBook newby, I start mine by pushing the on button
and immediately
closing the lid on the MacBook. Otherwise the background screen comes up on
the Dell 19 monitor but nothing else. Found this by accident; may be the
way everyone starts their Mac/Monitor.
Gerry
If it's made out of the same pink plastic material as dentures, the ten
dollar denture repair kits at nearly any drugstore make a strong bond if you
mix it well. Be prepared to hold the pieces together for a few minutes
until it sets. Then you can put it in the hot water. If it breaks again
I have repaired a retainer. BTW, I am a dentist. With that in mind, you would
need dental acrylic. This is the pink stuff that denture gums are made from.
However, I tend to agree with the response of not repairing it yourself as
if it is repaired incorrectly (even just a few tenths of
On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:14:27 -0400 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
What good does gigabit ethernet do you when your ISP is maybe 10 Mb/s?
Do you do a lot of file transfers from one local machine to another?
Printing will go faster
Craig
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electric cars use less energy than people who use gas cars of
comparable size and weight.
Charging efficiency is rarely talked about.
A diesel-electric micro-hybrid, where the diesel
was underpowered except for the average fwy requirement,
and only enough battery to get you up to speed a
time
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