:-)

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:08:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
wrote:

>:-)
>
>John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

Yes. It may surprise you to know that we all assumed you'd get it
back. Or did you think they wouldn't return it to you, instead
choosing to steal it? Anyway, let's see how many hours it takes before
you destroy something else on your long suffering Leaf.


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On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:33:09 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:08:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
> wrote:
> >:-)
> >
> >John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> Yes. It may surprise you to know that we all assumed you'd get it
> back. Or did you think they wouldn't return it to you, instead
> choosing to steal it? Anyway, let's see how many hours it takes before
> you destroy something else on your long suffering Leaf.
>
>
> --
> The real Bruce posts with Eternal September

And it drives SO NICE! 4 new Michelin tires, balances, etc!

It was time for new tires and that pothole made the decision for me!


John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> :-)
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...


The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...

WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!

--
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Greg

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > :-)
> >
> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>
> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)


John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:42:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> > The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
> >
> > WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
> >
> > --
> > Best
> > Greg
> I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)

I say leasing a car is better.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:50:44 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:42:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> > > :-)
>> > >
>> > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> > The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>> >
>> > WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best
>> > Greg
>> I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)
>
>I say leasing a car is better.

Only if you hate money.

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On 2021-03-23 9:42 p.m., John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>
>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>
>> --
>> Best
>> Greg
>
> I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)
>
>

You don't earn enough in a week to pay for your tires, and you have not
worked an entire week in the last 4 months since you supposedly started
working.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:03:43 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-03-23 9:42 p.m., John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>>
>>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best
>>> Greg
>>
>> I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)
>>
>>
>
>You don't earn enough in a week to pay for your tires, and you have not
>worked an entire week in the last 4 months since you supposedly started
>working.

"You can stop saying that now. Thank you." (Jill)

On 3/23/2021 9:50 PM, bruce bowser wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:42:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>>
>>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best
>>> Greg
>> I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)
>
> I say leasing a car is better.
>

Why? If he wore out tires and damaged a wheel, he'd still have to
replace them.

I've had company cars that were leased and it made some sense for
expenses and deductions but that is different. I did lease a car in
1991 as it happened to fit my needs at the time and bought it at lease
end.

My car is 3 1/2 years old and paid for. Had I leased it I'd be making
payments on a new one but I could trade tomorrow and have a lower
payment than the lease offers right now.

Bruce Esq. wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:03:43 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2021-03-23 9:42 p.m., John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>>>
>>>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best
>>>> Greg
>>>
>>> I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You don't earn enough in a week to pay for your tires, and you have not
>> worked an entire week in the last 4 months since you supposedly started
>> working.
>
> "You can stop saying that now. Thank you." (Jill)
>

You can stop sniffing now. Dave's fart wafted it off in the breeze.

On 3/23/2021 9:37 PM, GM wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> :-)
>>
>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>
>
> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>
> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>

$1k tires? Ouch... y'all must like expensive stuff. I'm driving a 1989
Olds Cutlass Ciera that I paid $500 for. Also a 1993 Geo Metro that
cost $600. Drive 'em until they fall apart, sell, and back to
craigslist. No leases or car notes for me! I should note that we don't
have inspections or emissions in my locality.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:19:03 -0400, Michael Trew >
wrote:

>On 3/23/2021 9:37 PM, GM wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>
>>
>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>
>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>
>
>$1k tires? Ouch... y'all must like expensive stuff. I'm driving a 1989
>Olds Cutlass Ciera that I paid $500 for. Also a 1993 Geo Metro that
>cost $600. Drive 'em until they fall apart, sell, and back to
>craigslist. No leases or car notes for me! I should note that we don't
>have inspections or emissions in my locality.

Ah, a fly-over state. And even as you fly over it, you can smell the
stink of the cars.

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:39:57 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
wrote:

>On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:33:09 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:08:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
>> wrote:
>> >:-)
>> >
>> >John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> Yes. It may surprise you to know that we all assumed you'd get it
>> back. Or did you think they wouldn't return it to you, instead
>> choosing to steal it? Anyway, let's see how many hours it takes before
>> you destroy something else on your long suffering Leaf.
>>
>>
>> --
>> The real Bruce posts with Eternal September
>
>And it drives SO NICE! 4 new Michelin tires, balances, etc!
>
>It was time for new tires and that pothole made the decision for me!

No, that makes no sense, John. You're lying, albeit a white lie.
What DOES makes sense is that your inattention damaged a wheel and
tire. And in all honesty there was no need to buy expensive name-brand
tires for what is only a Nissan Leaf. You really did waste money on
those tires.

>John Kuthe, Needs icence revoked...

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:42:37 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
wrote:

>On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> > :-)
>> >
>> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>
>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>
>> --
>> Best
>> Greg
>
>I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)

You should be SAVING that ****ing money John! WAKE THE **** UP.

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:19:03 -0400, Michael Trew >
wrote:

>On 3/23/2021 9:37 PM, GM wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>
>>
>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>
>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>
>
>$1k tires? Ouch... y'all must like expensive stuff.

That's nothing. John spent $120K on a roof for a house worth $100K. If
there's a way to needlessly **** away money, just ask John how to do
it.

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:50:48 PM UTC-4, bruce bowser wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:42:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:37:21 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> > > The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
> > >
> > > WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best
> > > Greg
> > I am EARNING enough money to afford things now! And new Michelin tires are among them! :-)
> I say leasing a car is better.

Paying cash for a late-model used car is better.

Cindy Hamilton

On 3/23/2021 8:39 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:33:09 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:08:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
>> wrote:
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> Yes. It may surprise you to know that we all assumed you'd get it
>> back. Or did you think they wouldn't return it to you, instead
>> choosing to steal it? Anyway, let's see how many hours it takes before
>> you destroy something else on your long suffering Leaf.
>>
>>
>> --
>> The real Bruce posts with Eternal September
>
> And it drives SO NICE! 4 new Michelin tires, balances, etc!
>
> It was time for new tires and that pothole made the decision for me!

If your tires were bad, 4 new ones can make such a difference.
My first van (a used one) needed new tires and I bought 4 new ones soon
after. What a huge difference that made on highway driving. Felt like I
was floating down the highway. Well worth the price!

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:37:18 -0700 (PDT), GM
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> :-)
>>
>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>
>
>The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...

Same as that tile roof on his POS hovel.

>WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:19:03 -0400, Michael Trew >
wrote:

>On 3/23/2021 9:37 PM, GM wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>
>>
>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>
>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>
>$1k tires? Ouch... y'all must like expensive stuff. I'm driving a 1989
>Olds Cutlass Ciera that I paid $500 for. Also a 1993 Geo Metro that
>cost $600. Drive 'em until they fall apart, sell, and back to
>craigslist. No leases or car notes for me! I should note that we don't
>have inspections or emissions in my locality.

I paid all cash in 1990 ($27,000) for a brand new '91 Landcruiser that
now sells for well over $100,000. It runs like brand new and has cost
practically nothing to maintain; one new battery, one new set of
tires, and normal fluid changes... oh, and occasionally air in the
tires. Has a little over 100,000 miles and I can easily get more than
I paid, in fact the mechanics at the Toyota dealership who maintain it
have offered me $50,000 for it. I'd rather keep it, what could I buy
with $50K that would be better... wouldn't even pay for a new tractor.

On 2021-03-24 5:07 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
I say leasing a car is better.
>
> Paying cash for a late-model used car is better.




We always used to buy new cars when we were working and had to have
reliable transportation. Since we retired we have had a few used cars.
We have done well by them. They are usually well rehabbed by the
dealership before sale. No use paying the new car price and the sales
tax on that much higher price. They have been wise purchases.

That being said, I enjoyed get a new CRV.

On 3/24/2021 9:58 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
Has a little over 100,000 miles and I can easily get more than
> I paid, in fact the mechanics at the Toyota dealership who maintain it
> have offered me $50,000 for it.
>
Liar.

Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:19:03 -0400, Michael Trew >
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/23/2021 9:37 PM, GM wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>
>>>
>>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>>
>>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>>
>>
>> $1k tires? Ouch... y'all must like expensive stuff. I'm driving a 1989
>> Olds Cutlass Ciera that I paid $500 for. Also a 1993 Geo Metro that
>> cost $600. Drive 'em until they fall apart, sell, and back to
>> craigslist. No leases or car notes for me! I should note that we don't
>> have inspections or emissions in my locality.
>
> Ah, a fly-over state. And even as you fly over it, you can smell the
> stink of the cars.
>

But that's not why you fly over it, right master?

On 3/23/2021 5:08 PM, Idiot K00Kthe wrote:

> :

**** off, you boring asshole.

John Kuthe wrote:
> :-)
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

In this month alone, you lost your job, car, and hard drive.

John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:33:09 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:08:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
>> wrote:
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> Yes. It may surprise you to know that we all assumed you'd get it
>> back. Or did you think they wouldn't return it to you, instead
>> choosing to steal it? Anyway, let's see how many hours it takes before
>> you destroy something else on your long suffering Leaf.
>>
>>
>> --
>> The real Bruce posts with Eternal September
> And it drives SO NICE! 4 new Michelin tires, balances, etc!
>
> It was time for new tires and that pothole made the decision for me!
>
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

What are balances?

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 6:00:33 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
> > :-)
> >
> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> In this month alone, you lost your job, car, and hard drive.


Most would be crushed but he is frantically ecstatic, lol...

--
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Greg

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 6:01:14 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:33:09 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:08:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
> >> wrote:
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> >> Yes. It may surprise you to know that we all assumed you'd get it
> >> back. Or did you think they wouldn't return it to you, instead
> >> choosing to steal it? Anyway, let's see how many hours it takes before
> >> you destroy something else on your long suffering Leaf.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> The real Bruce posts with Eternal September
> > And it drives SO NICE! 4 new Michelin tires, balances, etc!
> >
> > It was time for new tires and that pothole made the decision for me!
> >
> >
> > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> What are balances?


What he *doesn't" have in his bank/financial account (s)...

--
Best
Greg

On 3/23/2021 10:19 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 3/23/2021 9:37 PM, GM wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>
>>
>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>
>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>
>
> $1k tires?Â* Ouch... y'all must like expensive stuff.Â* I'm driving a 1989
> Olds Cutlass Ciera that I paid $500 for.Â* Also a 1993 Geo Metro that
> cost $600.Â* Drive 'em until they fall apart, sell, and back to
> craigslist.Â* No leases or car notes for me!Â* I should note that we don't
> have inspections or emissions in my locality.

I used to have a 1992 Metro. It was supposed to get 51MPG highway.
It got better than that. It was powered by a 998cc 3-cyl engine.
We blew out one of the the piston rings on one of the cylinders
going 85+MPH on the Turner Turnpike in Oklahoma, so then it was down
to two cylinders. A mechanic told us that those engines are sealed,
and could only be replaced, not repaired, but that the control module
had sensed that the defective cylinder was ****ed up, and had disabled
the fuel injector to it, so now we were down to two cylinders, and the
displacement? Do the math. I hath understanding enough to count. The
number of cubic centimeters of displacement of that little beast was
"Six hundred threescore and six."

Yes. And you would have thought that it would have been the end times
for that little Geo (Geo does relate to Earth), and that there would be
horsemen, rather than horsepower in its future, but that little car ran
for 2 more years like that, and when we replaced it because it wouldn't
pass emissions testing in that condition, I sold it to a junkyard for
$50, where they intended to use it as an onsite vehicle for ferrying
parts around. When we got rid of it, it was still getting spectacular
mileage, and ran well. It merited an afterlife. All true.

In retrospect, I should have realized that the Geo Metro was a *city
car*, and we shouldn't have pushed it to turnpike speeds. We also
shouldn't have driven it out to the Missouri Ozarks, and driven it down
a poorly maintained county gravel road, because it had inadequate
ground clearance, and try as I did to keep one side of the vehicle on
the crown of the road, I punctured the oil pan, and it took several
quarts of added oil to make it back to St. Louis, where we got the oil
pan replaced, yet the beast of an engine made it another year until its
repurposing as a junkyard ferry.

These days, subcompacts sold in the USA are, TTBOMK, invariably powered
by 1.4 liter engines, and no non-hybrid gets anywhere near the MPG that
the 3-cyl Metros and Suzuki Swifts got in the early 1990s. Fiat even
manufactured a turbo 2-cyl that was available in Europe, but not here.

EVs like the Nissan Leaf have their place as city cars, but only as city
cars. Hybrids are great, and plug in hybrids make the most sense for
compact/subcompact cars, but they didn't sell well because of the price.
The prices were high because they were outfitted with too much battery
storage, instead of being sold with minimal batteries, and empty slots
for adding additional battery modules as needed/preferred by the
consumer. That would have made the transition to EVs far more
practical.

Standardized battery modules make sense, and we have a model for that,
the USB 5 volt that has become ubiquitous. Proprietary, oddball
batteries and charging systems need to go away, as do the extant
variations of USB plugs--one standard for 5V, and one standard for 20V
connectors would save a lot of time and trouble.

For those of you who have read this far, I probably won't be posting
here much for a while. I have a lot of other things toward which I need
to devote my time and attention. I got my first Covid shot yesterday,
and it's time to refocus.

--
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tested on laboratory animals.

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:56:01 -0500, BryanGSimmons
> wrote:

>I used to have a 1992 Metro. It was supposed to get 51MPG highway.
>It got better than that. It was powered by a 998cc 3-cyl engine.
>We blew out one of the the piston rings on one of the cylinders
>going 85+MPH on the Turner Turnpike in Oklahoma, so then it was down
>to two cylinders. A mechanic told us that those engines are sealed,
>and could only be replaced, not repaired, but that the control module
>had sensed that the defective cylinder was ****ed up, and had disabled
>the fuel injector to it, so now we were down to two cylinders, and the
>displacement? Do the math. I hath understanding enough to count. The
>number of cubic centimeters of displacement of that little beast was
>"Six hundred threescore and six."
>
>Yes. And you would have thought that it would have been the end times
>for that little Geo (Geo does relate to Earth), and that there would be
>horsemen, rather than horsepower in its future, but that little car ran
>for 2 more years like that, and when we replaced it because it wouldn't
>pass emissions testing in that condition, I sold it to a junkyard for
>$50, where they intended to use it as an onsite vehicle for ferrying
>parts around. When we got rid of it, it was still getting spectacular
>mileage, and ran well. It merited an afterlife. All true.
>
>In retrospect, I should have realized that the Geo Metro was a *city
>car*, and we shouldn't have pushed it to turnpike speeds. We also
>shouldn't have driven it out to the Missouri Ozarks, and driven it down
> a poorly maintained county gravel road, because it had inadequate
>ground clearance, and try as I did to keep one side of the vehicle on
>the crown of the road, I punctured the oil pan, and it took several
>quarts of added oil to make it back to St. Louis, where we got the oil
>pan replaced, yet the beast of an engine made it another year until its
>repurposing as a junkyard ferry.
>
>These days, subcompacts sold in the USA are, TTBOMK, invariably powered
>by 1.4 liter engines, and no non-hybrid gets anywhere near the MPG that
>the 3-cyl Metros and Suzuki Swifts got in the early 1990s. Fiat even
>manufactured a turbo 2-cyl that was available in Europe, but not here.
>
>EVs like the Nissan Leaf have their place as city cars, but only as city
>cars. Hybrids are great, and plug in hybrids make the most sense for
>compact/subcompact cars, but they didn't sell well because of the price.
>The prices were high because they were outfitted with too much battery
>storage, instead of being sold with minimal batteries, and empty slots
>for adding additional battery modules as needed/preferred by the
>consumer. That would have made the transition to EVs far more
>practical.
>
>Standardized battery modules make sense, and we have a model for that,
>the USB 5 volt that has become ubiquitous. Proprietary, oddball
>batteries and charging systems need to go away, as do the extant
>variations of USB plugs--one standard for 5V, and one standard for 20V
>connectors would save a lot of time and trouble.
>
>For those of you who have read this far, I probably won't be posting
>here much for a while.

To be honest, I skipped this far. Car talk... meh.

>I have a lot of other things toward which I need to devote my time and attention.

You have to renovate your son's new house.

>I got my first Covid shot yesterday, and it's time to refocus.

That's a side effect I hadn't heard of. Does a covid shot make you
lose your focus?

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On 3/23/2021 6:42 PM, Asshole Loser K00Kthe wrote:

> I am

NOBODY CARES, SHIT-FOR-BRAINS! DROP ****ING DEAD!

GM wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 6:01:14 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:33:09 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:08:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>> Yes. It may surprise you to know that we all assumed you'd get it
>>>> back. Or did you think they wouldn't return it to you, instead
>>>> choosing to steal it? Anyway, let's see how many hours it takes before
>>>> you destroy something else on your long suffering Leaf.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> The real Bruce posts with Eternal September
>>> And it drives SO NICE! 4 new Michelin tires, balances, etc!
>>>
>>> It was time for new tires and that pothole made the decision for me!
>>>
>>>
>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> What are balances?
>
> What he *doesn't" have in his bank/financial account (s)...
>

That's probably true.

On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 6:12:22 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
....
> >>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> >> What are balances?
> >
> > What he *doesn't" have in his bank/financial account (s)...
> >
> That's probably true.

I meant an alignment! $120! And it's sweet! I'm about to run down to the grocery store n the RAIN! :-)

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...

On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:25:57 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe >
wrote:

>On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 6:12:22 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
>...
>> >>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>> >> What are balances?
>> >
>> > What he *doesn't" have in his bank/financial account (s)...
>> >
>> That's probably true.
>
>I meant an alignment! $120! And it's sweet! I'm about to run down to the grocery store n the RAIN! :-)

You're going to drive in the RAIN? You're insane, man! I might have to
call you Evil Kineval in future.

>John Kuthe, Daredevil...

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On 3/25/2021 7:25 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 6:12:22 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
> ...
>>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>> What are balances?
>>>
>>> What he *doesn't" have in his bank/financial account (s)...
>>>
>> That's probably true.
>
> I meant an alignment!

What you *probably* meant was they balanced the new tires and did an
alignnment.

$120! And it's sweet! I'm about to run down to the grocery store n the
RAIN! :-)
>
> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>
Oh goody. Do try not to hit another pothole. You might also try using
the headlights and the windshield wipers and paying attention.

Jill

On 3/24/2021 8:10 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:56:01 -0500, BryanGSimmons
> > wrote:
>
>> I used to have a 1992 Metro. It was supposed to get 51MPG highway.
>> It got better than that. It was powered by a 998cc 3-cyl engine.
>> We blew out one of the the piston rings on one of the cylinders
>> going 85+MPH on the Turner Turnpike in Oklahoma, so then it was down
>> to two cylinders. A mechanic told us that those engines are sealed,
>> and could only be replaced, not repaired, but that the control module
>> had sensed that the defective cylinder was ****ed up, and had disabled
>> the fuel injector to it, so now we were down to two cylinders, and the
>> displacement? Do the math. I hath understanding enough to count. The
>> number of cubic centimeters of displacement of that little beast was
>> "Six hundred threescore and six."
>>
>> Yes. And you would have thought that it would have been the end times
>> for that little Geo (Geo does relate to Earth), and that there would be
>> horsemen, rather than horsepower in its future, but that little car ran
>> for 2 more years like that, and when we replaced it because it wouldn't
>> pass emissions testing in that condition, I sold it to a junkyard for
>> $50, where they intended to use it as an onsite vehicle for ferrying
>> parts around. When we got rid of it, it was still getting spectacular
>> mileage, and ran well. It merited an afterlife. All true.
>>
>> In retrospect, I should have realized that the Geo Metro was a *city
>> car*, and we shouldn't have pushed it to turnpike speeds. We also
>> shouldn't have driven it out to the Missouri Ozarks, and driven it down
>> a poorly maintained county gravel road, because it had inadequate
>> ground clearance, and try as I did to keep one side of the vehicle on
>> the crown of the road, I punctured the oil pan, and it took several
>> quarts of added oil to make it back to St. Louis, where we got the oil
>> pan replaced, yet the beast of an engine made it another year until its
>> repurposing as a junkyard ferry.
>>
>> These days, subcompacts sold in the USA are, TTBOMK, invariably powered
>> by 1.4 liter engines, and no non-hybrid gets anywhere near the MPG that
>> the 3-cyl Metros and Suzuki Swifts got in the early 1990s. Fiat even
>> manufactured a turbo 2-cyl that was available in Europe, but not here.
>>
>> EVs like the Nissan Leaf have their place as city cars, but only as city
>> cars. Hybrids are great, and plug in hybrids make the most sense for
>> compact/subcompact cars, but they didn't sell well because of the price.
>> The prices were high because they were outfitted with too much battery
>> storage, instead of being sold with minimal batteries, and empty slots
>> for adding additional battery modules as needed/preferred by the
>> consumer. That would have made the transition to EVs far more
>> practical.
>>
>> Standardized battery modules make sense, and we have a model for that,
>> the USB 5 volt that has become ubiquitous. Proprietary, oddball
>> batteries and charging systems need to go away, as do the extant
>> variations of USB plugs--one standard for 5V, and one standard for 20V
>> connectors would save a lot of time and trouble.
>>
>> For those of you who have read this far, I probably won't be posting
>> here much for a while.
>
> To be honest, I skipped this far. Car talk... meh.
>
>> I have a lot of other things toward which I need to devote my time and attention.
>
> You have to renovate your son's new house.
>
I'm doing very little of the actual labor. He's watching me do
repairs so he can do the rest. Today, I changed out a GFCI outlet,
but now he knows how. Most of my work over there will be outdoors.
Same thing here, and the rental property next door. Yesterday I cut
down lots of little trees, ivy and these nasty bush honeysuckles. I
cut them down, then drill a hole into the trunk and put in undiluted
Roundup. Were going to get all three yards looking lovely.

My son's back yard already has an apple tree, a peach tree, a sour
cherry tree, a red raspberry patch, blueberry bushes, and an asparagus
patch. I've already added black raspberries and blackberries, and
sowed tomato seeds directly into the ground. The peach and apple trees
have blossoms, and the blueberry bushes are budding out.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/361781...57718521847140

We're also doing a lot of work on our back yard, including having a
truckload of compost dumped on it. Before we bought the house, previous
owners had used a bagging lawnmower, and had put out the grass with yard
waste, which resulted in the back yard having only a thin layer of soil
over the gravel put down when the house was built in 1925. We're also
going to do simple repairs on the outside, spot tuckpointing and
scraping and repainting the wood on the windows, which has been
neglected for several years, including removing the storm windows,
painting and reglazing them and putting them back on. Plus, this year
I'm going to stay on top of keeping the apple trees in the front yard
sprayed. We planted a variety that has delicious apples (Pixie Crunch),
but which are very susceptible to a disease called Cedar Apple Rust that
is endemic in this neighborhood. Planting that variety here was a
mistake, but the trees are large and will be healthy and productive as
long as they're sprayed regularly, which I didn't do last year.

We're also removing the bush honeysuckles and all of the trees other
than the fruit trees (sweet cherries, a sour cherry, a plum and a peach)
and the one huge maple tree in the back yard of the rental property next
door. We're also going to change the rental terms, such that I will
assume responsibility for lawn care, and we will share use of that yard,
meaning that we will also share the harvest from the trees, and I'll be
putting tomatoes into the extant raised bed that I put in at the request
of a previous tenant. Next door also has grape vines that were put in
15 or so years ago, but never tended, so they have great roots, but need
hours of careful pruning to produce grapes worth harvesting.
>
>> I got my first Covid shot yesterday, and it's time to refocus.
>
> That's a side effect I hadn't heard of. Does a covid shot make you
> lose your focus?
>
What it has left me with is arthritis in my neck. Obviously it was
already there, but it was never noticeable until after having Covid.
Another thing is that the previous store director scheduled me just
enough hours to get my tasks done and keep my average hours high enough
to get the bargain priced health insurance, but the new one wants me to
work close to 40 hours, and has given me additional responsibilities to
increase my workload accordingly. It's not what I wanted, but she's the
boss, and they're well within their rights to schedule me up to 40
hours, and my hourly pay rate has more than doubled since I started
working there 5-1/2 years ago, so I guess I have no right to complain.
As I assume you know, able bodied persons are not eligible for
*socialized medical insurance* until age 65 unless they are poor--which
means both low income, and not having tangible wealth--so it looks like
4-1/2 years more of working full time.

I swore off Facebook last August, but I've spent a lot of time on this
NG since then, much of which has been engaging in the pettiness of
personal conflicts, and that's where I'm altering my "focus." I'm not
leaving, but just disengaging from the flame war crap, and recouping
that time and energy to devote to stuff that I should have been doing
all along.

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--Bryan
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tested on laboratory animals.

On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:26:02 -0500, BryanGSimmons
> wrote:

>On 3/24/2021 8:10 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> I have a lot of other things toward which I need to devote my time and attention.
>>
>> You have to renovate your son's new house.
> >
<...>
>>
>>> I got my first Covid shot yesterday, and it's time to refocus.
>>
>> That's a side effect I hadn't heard of. Does a covid shot make you
>> lose your focus?
>>
>What it has left me with is arthritis in my neck. Obviously it was
>already there, but it was never noticeable until after having Covid.

If there is a connection at all, then the shot (the jab, as they say
here) has at least made it worse and you may have discovered a new
side effect.

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On 2021 Mar 24, , Sheldon Martin wrote
(in >):

> I paid all cash in 1990 ($27,000) for a brand new '91 Landcruiser that
> now sells for well over $100,000. It runs like brand new and has cost
> practically nothing to maintain; one new battery, one new set of
> tires, and normal fluid changes... oh, and occasionally air in the
> tires. Has a little over 100,000 miles and I can easily get more than
> I paid, in fact the mechanics at the Toyota dealership who maintain it
> have offered me $50,000 for it. I'd rather keep it, what could I buy
> with $50K that would be better... wouldn't even pay for a new tractor.

I´m astounded that your belts and hoses have lasted thirty years. I´m
more amazed that you have only gone through two batteries in thirty years.
Good for you.
I´ve been continuously running Toyotas since the late `70s and one for 27
years. They run cheap and are great vehicles, but I´m not as fortunate as
you have been.

Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Mar 24, , Sheldon Martin wrote
> (in >):
>
>> I paid all cash in 1990 ($27,000) for a brand new '91 Landcruiser that
>> now sells for well over $100,000. It runs like brand new and has cost
>> practically nothing to maintain; one new battery, one new set of
>> tires, and normal fluid changes... oh, and occasionally air in the
>> tires. Has a little over 100,000 miles and I can easily get more than
>> I paid, in fact the mechanics at the Toyota dealership who maintain it
>> have offered me $50,000 for it. I'd rather keep it, what could I buy
>> with $50K that would be better... wouldn't even pay for a new tractor.
>
> I´m astounded that your belts and hoses have lasted thirty years. I´m
> more amazed that you have only gone through two batteries in thirty years.
> Good for you.
> I´ve been continuously running Toyotas since the late `70s and one for 27
> years. They run cheap and are great vehicles, but I´m not as fortunate as
> you have been.
>
>

Popeye has a midas touch

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:58:35 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:19:03 -0400, Michael Trew >
> wrote:
>
>>On 3/23/2021 9:37 PM, GM wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:08:26 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>
>>>
>>> The tires are worth more than that piece of crap Leaf...
>>>
>>> WHOOSH goes what remains of your money...!!!
>>
>>$1k tires? Ouch... y'all must like expensive stuff. I'm driving a 1989
>>Olds Cutlass Ciera that I paid $500 for. Also a 1993 Geo Metro that
>>cost $600. Drive 'em until they fall apart, sell, and back to
>>craigslist. No leases or car notes for me! I should note that we don't
>>have inspections or emissions in my locality.
>
> I paid all cash in 1990 ($27,000) for a brand new '91 Landcruiser that
> now sells for well over $100,000.

1991 Toyota Land Cruiser Value - $253-$1,124 | Edmunds.

I think you got the decimal point in the wrong place.

-sw