What's on your mind?

[Darkpig]

Some friends wanted to play Monopoly but that requires counting. I don't want to count?

[ramrod126]

4 hours ago, steelpanther24 said:

Looks like at least a 2000s era car (or late 90s) and at least you didn't have to take out the exhaust manifold.

 

 

2007 Sonata. Valve cover gasket leak. Twenty bolts, all 10MM, The ones that go into the head are quite long. Only two of them were bad to loosen. Had to employ the cheap man's impact ( hitting the ratchet handle with a hammer). The reinstall was worse. These call for two step torquing, first at 42 inch/pounds then at 78 inch/pounds. I had to go buy a new torque wrench that would go that low. Little  itty bitty 1/4 inch drive thing. Got it at Hobo Frought for 18 bucks.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, ramrod126 said:

Only two of them were bad to loosen. Had to employ the cheap man's impact ( hitting the ratchet handle with a hammer).

   No long breaker bar available huh?

Edited August 13, 2023 by Sir Bron

[ramrod126]

5 hours ago, Sir Bron said:

   No long breaker bar available huh?

 

No way I am putting a breaker bar on a long 10mm bolt that is threaded intro an aluminum head.

[steelpanther24]

9 hours ago, ramrod126 said:

 

 

2007 Sonata. Valve cover gasket leak. Twenty bolts, all 10MM, The ones that go into the head are quite long. Only two of them were bad to loosen. Had to employ the cheap man's impact ( hitting the ratchet handle with a hammer). The reinstall was worse. These call for two step torquing, first at 42 inch/pounds then at 78 inch/pounds. I had to go buy a new torque wrench that would go that low. Little  itty bitty 1/4 inch drive thing. Got it at Hobo Frought for 18 bucks.

Ok I can spend hours in Hobo Frought......so many single use items in there.   I even have a few things that I have been able to use twice or three times!    Cheap and worth it as long as you keep your expectations low   

 

I was stupid and bought one of these kinds of torque wrenches from Autozone rather than the spring/click ones.   Now I get to guess if I am at the right torque, because the needle keeps moving as I shift to look at the gauge.

 

[Alessia Wellington]

5 minutes ago, steelpanther24 said:

I was stupid and bought one of these kinds of torque wrenches from Autozone rather than the spring/click ones.   Now I get to guess if I am at the right torque, because the needle keeps moving as I shift to look at the gauge.

 

[ramrod126]

30 minutes ago, steelpanther24 said:

Ok I can spend hours in Hobo Frought......so many single use items in there.   I even have a few things that I have been able to use twice or three times!    Cheap and worth it as long as you keep your expectations low   

 

I was stupid and bought one of these kinds of torque wrenches from Autozone rather than the spring/click ones.   Now I get to guess if I am at the right torque, because the needle keeps moving as I shift to look at the gauge.

 

Ouch, yeah all mine are clicky including this new one....and it only cost me 20 bucks. First time I've ever used inch/pounds too.

[Guest]

> Damn, had to think hard before realizing that the dog owners and the dog walkers aren't the same thing. I can easily distinguish them in Croatian and Italian but had a problem distinguishing them in English. The dog owners can be dog walkers too, but the dog walkers don't have to be the dog owners.

[Darkpig]

11 hours ago, Evaloves4 said:

> Damn, had to think hard before realizing that the dog owners and the dog walkers aren't the same thing. I can easily distinguish them in Croatian and Italian but had a problem distinguishing them in English. The dog owners can be dog walkers too, but the dog walkers don't have to be the dog owners.

Dog owners should be dog walkers if you want a healthy mutt but there is this thing called capitalism where people with too much money hire dog walkers because they are too lazy to do it themselves. Of course there is also dog sitting where neighbors might take care of your dog as a favor kind of like babysitting and part of that favor consists of walking the dog.

[DrunkenCow]

14 hours ago, steelpanther24 said:

Ok I can spend hours in Hobo Frought......so many single use items in there. 

 

Their 16" ball-joint separators are solid.  Great for cleaning drill press chucks without paying the $100 SnapOn tax.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Darkpig said:

Dog owners should be dog walkers if you want a healthy mutt but there is this thing called capitalism where people with too much money hire dog walkers because they are too lazy to do it themselves. Of course there is also dog sitting where neighbors might take care of your dog as a favor kind of like babysitting and part of that favor consists of walking the dog.

> Dog sitting is a new term to me. We call them dog watchers in our country because only babysitters are 'sitters'. That's a cultural thing, I guess. Thanks for your insight.

[Alessia Wellington]

17 minutes ago, Evaloves4 said:

only babysitters are 'sitters

 

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Alessia Wellington said:

 

[Alessia Wellington]

Now that's what I call 'straightforward'.

 

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[Guest]

57 minutes ago, Alessia Wellington said:

Now that's what I call 'straightforward'.

 

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[Guest]

Triboluminescence................I have wondered about this, saw this vid....

Triboluminescence is a phenomenon in which light is generated when a material is mechanically pulled apart, ripped, scratched, crushed, or rubbed.

It is also known as fractoluminescence and mechanoluminescence.

The phenomenon is not fully understood, but it appears to be caused by the separation and reunification of static electrical charges.

Triboluminescence is common in minerals, and about 50% of crystalline materials are thought to exhibit the property. It is also observed in many noncrystalline materials.

Triboluminescence is caused by the production of strong electric fields along fracture lines with a concomitant electrical breakdown. The observed luminescence is then a mechanically introduced cathodoluminescence.

Triboluminescence is a tribology phenomenon resulting in the generation of light through creating any frictional interaction between the materials.

 

 

 

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[KoolHndLuke]

Went to see my mom finally. I wasn't prepared for it. Most of the time she was pretty much out of it. But a few instances when I said her name or talked about something in particular, she sparked to life a little and looked directly at me the way she always did trying to articulate the words and not able to. It overwhelmed me with memories and emotions. So many times I saw those eyes- defiant, piercing, and at the same time hesitantly trusting and vulnerable.- loving and accepting. I cried. Couldn't meet her eyes for most of the visit. Some part of her is still there...

 

Don't really give a fuck if anybody reads this shit anymore or not. More for future reference anyway- so long as Ashal doesn't mind.

 

Edited August 14, 2023 by KoolHndLuke

[Psalam]

1 hour ago, KoolHndLuke said:

Went to see my mom finally. I wasn't prepared for it. Most of the time she was pretty much out of it. But a few instances when I said her name or talked about something in particular, she sparked to life a little and looked directly at me the way she always did trying to articulate the words and not able to. It overwhelmed me with memories and emotions. So many times I saw those eyes- defiant, piercing, and at the same time hesitantly trusting and vulnerable.- loving and accepting. I cried. Couldn't meet her eyes for most of the visit. Some part of her is still there...

 

Don't really give a fuck if anybody reads this shit anymore or not. More for future reference anyway- so long as Ashal doesn't mind.

 

So sorry to hear this. My mom died slowly of dementia over ten years and more. It sucked. It really sucked.

[KoolHndLuke]

11 minutes ago, Psalam said:

So sorry to hear this. My mom died slowly of dementia over ten years and more. It sucked. It really sucked.

I'd been told by a few friends that you're never prepared for it. I didn't want to believe them. I can't articulate the profoundness of it. I am sorry for your loss.

[Psalam]

38 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said:

I'd been told by a few friends that you're never prepared for it. I didn't want to believe them. I can't articulate the profoundness of it. I am sorry for your loss.

Thanks. It's been years now since I've lost my parents. It's funny. I'll go along feeling fine for some time and then, pow!, out of nowhere, something will remind me and I feel sad all over again. I fear that closure may indeed be a myth.

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Psalam said:

It's been years now since I've lost my parents. It's funny. I'll go along feeling fine for some time and then, pow!, out of nowhere, something will remind me and I feel sad all over again. I fear that closure may indeed be a myth.

 

I am sorry for your losses.

I lost my older Brother in 94 and it is the same for me, time ticks along then a song, a smell, a memory and bang, sad and feeling the loss intensely, and like you closure may be far out of reach.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, KoolHndLuke said:

Went to see my mom finally. I wasn't prepared for it. Most of the time she was pretty much out of it. But a few instances when I said her name or talked about something in particular, she sparked to life a little and looked directly at me the way she always did trying to articulate the words and not able to. It overwhelmed me with memories and emotions. So many times I saw those eyes- defiant, piercing, and at the same time hesitantly trusting and vulnerable.- loving and accepting. I cried. Couldn't meet her eyes for most of the visit. Some part of her is still there...

 

Props to you! I don't know that I could deal with that. My mom was gone a long time ago even though she still lives.

 Peace to you.

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[steelpanther24]

4 hours ago, KoolHndLuke said:

Went to see my mom finally. I wasn't prepared for it. Most of the time she was pretty much out of it. But a few instances when I said her name or talked about something in particular, she sparked to life a little and looked directly at me the way she always did trying to articulate the words and not able to. It overwhelmed me with memories and emotions. So many times I saw those eyes- defiant, piercing, and at the same time hesitantly trusting and vulnerable.- loving and accepting. I cried. Couldn't meet her eyes for most of the visit. Some part of her is still there...

 

 

My brother in law died suddenly a couple of years ago and as my older sister is of an age where her friends are starting to experience loss has said that in some ways, her husband's death was easier to accept and deal with, as she had no image of him deteriorating.   I still believe that it is better to have them for a while longer, I think  that what you have to go through is much worse.  

 

I sincerely wish you strength to endure.

[27X]

Seeing someone die before they actually stop living is one of the worst pains you can feel. Ever.

[27X]

So.

 

nVidia, now fully aware that AMD's construction fuck up with RDNA 4 cannot be solved within a year, has completely cancelled their "enthusiast" class cards.

 

The 5090 you were supposed to get that was going be +130% of a 4090 (not 30, 130, pay attention) is now simply not going to exist, there will still be a die for it, but it's exclusive to AI/Render pipe card concerns. Same for the 5080.

 

The "5090" you'll be paying 2200 dollars for is in fact, going to be a 5070ti, and will be about +55-65% of a 4090. The AMD equivalent will also be cheaper and equally nerfed, though for very different reasons, an AMD doesn't expect to have a "pro gamer" until navi 51... about Q4 2025.