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Post by Phil on Mar 24, 2009 13:36:44 GMT -5
[Repeating from months ago] Blond Phil! Blond Phil! I don't know, being Polish has enough dumb stereo types, I'd hate to be blond and Polish all at the same time. |
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Post by Mahnarch on Mar 25, 2009 1:37:57 GMT -5
You could be a triple threat: Polish. Blonde. and get a tatoo on or near your face (neck, perhaps?)  Gah! I hate kids who do that! "Yeah. Good luck finding a job with a law firm, kid!" |
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Post by Blastgirl on Mar 25, 2009 2:05:52 GMT -5
Based on something Phil said a few blogs earlier I doubt he would do that.
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Post by Phil on Mar 25, 2009 12:58:24 GMT -5
Tattoos on the head and neck just don't sit well with me.
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Post by Jason O'Lewa on Mar 25, 2009 20:56:14 GMT -5
my dad tasted oil today. it was so funny
my grandmas car was parked in a spot and we moved it to get something to the back and
there was a spill my dad felt it and said I dont think its oil it could be brake fluid then he licked his finger said no its not brake fluid I dont think its oil either I forget what he said it was though
i just laughed at him for tasting it.
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Post by Blastgirl on Mar 25, 2009 23:20:33 GMT -5
YUK!!!! PHIL!!!! Why did you taste something that leaked from a car?
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Post by Mahnarch on Mar 27, 2009 3:31:26 GMT -5
Heh! I salute you, Phil.
Not many people are willing to take things to task like you or I. [Me and you.]
What most people don't realize is; you can tell a lot about a car's situation by the spot, smell and taste of a leak.
Let's say Demona came to my house and said that her car started acting funny on the way over.
First, I'd lift the hood and check for any steam/smoke.
Next, I notice some liquid dripping from the right rear of her engine.
It's steaming so I don't want to touch it.
I crawl under and see that it's semi-translucent.
Mahnarch: "When's the last time you had your coolant flushed?"
Demona: "I don't know. 6 years ago....?"
I taste the fluid - it's sweet to the tongue.
I verify it's coolant; even though it's lost it's green color.
Inspecting further, I see that there is a hairline fracture in her heater core line that could've been missed by anyone else if they only thought the "colorless leak" was water.
It's a process.
Guys understand.
It's not like we're filling shot glasses full of grease and oil and toasting each other every day.
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Post by Phil on Mar 27, 2009 13:50:04 GMT -5
Well, power steering fluid and brake fluid look about the same on the ground. If you feel it P/S fluid is a little slimier and brake fluid dries your hands a bit but not at a touch, so I had to touch it to my tongue. And it was brake fluid. Its my mother's car and it recently had new brake hoses put on and the copper washer wasn't sealing so I replaced it.
Sometimes those don't seal and I remember my father saying you should reuse the old ones because they are fit to the bolt and not just universal washers.
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Post by Mahnarch on Mar 28, 2009 20:27:23 GMT -5
I've had luck with the copper washers in my years but, you have to make absolutely sure that the contact surfaces are clean and free of burrs.
I'd always use brake cleaner and a terry cloth.
It'd be nice if they'd figure out how to just make it a bubble flair connection, though.
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Post by Phil on Apr 2, 2009 13:57:38 GMT -5
Sometimes the washers in kits the opening is larger and they don't fit the bolt as tight. Its fixed now though. Jason is still laughing that I tasted the brake fluid.
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Post by Mahnarch on Apr 2, 2009 22:04:34 GMT -5
You should initiate him.
Take him out to the garage and start showing him what's what under the hood. And how what should smell/taste when it's normal and when it's bad - if you can.
Pretty much, if it makes you jerk back and want to puke....it's bad.
Unless it's differential fluid or it's posi-lock additive.
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Post by Mahnarch on Apr 12, 2009 15:20:45 GMT -5
Why did you disable comments on this one? I could've helped out. What's it cost fer a pirate to pierce his ears? A Buckaneer! What's a Pirates favorite restaurant? ARRRRR-by's!! A Pirate Captain walks into a pub with a steerin' wheel stuffed down the front o' his pants. The barkeep says, "Hey, you got a steerin' wheel in yer pant!" The Captain says, "Aye! An' it be drivin' me nuts." I had one about the captain's parrot but, I can't seem to remember it at the moment. |
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Post by Blastgirl on Apr 13, 2009 0:08:10 GMT -5
PHILIP!!!!!!
You got a ticket and you go on and do a driving video? That's why we love you.
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Post by Phil on Apr 13, 2009 14:11:53 GMT -5
Hey. Mahnarch, I've actually gotten some phone calls from presumably neighborhood kids with some of my skits so I didn't want to open the door for them to spam that blog.
Good jokes btw.
Yeah Blastgirl I was not looking at my dash as I'm often not and they got me. The speed limit on the 219 highway lowers from 65 yo 55 just before it comes into a populated area and I was still going 72 so says the officer I really wasn't looking at my dash. I was in control of my truck and there wasn't anybody with a fair distance either way and I wasnt' looking at my speed and Mr. Easter trooper showed me his lights.
But he did me a favor he gave me the ticket for not turning my hazard flashers on when I pulled over. That's not a moving violation and it's not a court appearance just a fine.
It's probably going to cost me 100 or so but s speeding ticket would have been worse.
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Post by Blastgirl on Apr 13, 2009 21:40:32 GMT -5
I think a lot of that has to do with your attitude when they address you. If you're sober and show a good attitude they probably go easier on you than if you deny the charges or act rough towards them.
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Post by Mahnarch on Apr 13, 2009 22:40:41 GMT -5
Whoa! "Not turning on the flashers" is an offense?
Pffftt! Troopers around here get slapped in the face if they try to pull that crap!
Country Sheriff's shoot you for doing 2mph over the limit.
I haven't watched the vid yet, cuz TV is on but, I will shortly.
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Post by Phil on Apr 14, 2009 16:26:13 GMT -5
It's not something you would normally get a ticket for but the cop found a loophole way not to give me a ticket for 17 over.
I appreciated that.
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Post by Mahnarch on Apr 15, 2009 1:16:11 GMT -5
"Appreciated".....
Heh. I find it funny when people say, "Thanks" to cops when they give them a ticket at a lesser fine. Or a fix-it ticket.
It is good that they do that at times but, people have to realize that the cops were out, snooping, and found you in violation of some obscure law (i.e., bumper is 1/8 of an inch too high, etc.) and "Thank them" for only giving them a warning when a cop will do a U-Turn in the middle of an intersection just to give you a ticket for DOING THE SAME DAMN THING!!!
A cop will roll through a STOP sign in order to give you a ticket for ROLLING THROUGH A STOP SIGN!
A cop will clock you at 17MPH over the speed limit while he's sitting in a speed trap.
......how fast did he have to SPEED to catch up to you in less than 2 miles?
Assuming the speed limit is 55 and you are doing 17 over = 72mph.
That means you are traveling 5,343 feet per minute.
In two minutes that's 10,687ft
In order to cover 10,687ft in two minutes from a dead stop he would have to accelerate (assuming a 0-60 speed of 4.68 seconds) up to and maintain a speed that I'll come to shortly.
60 = 5,280ft per minute equaling 10,560ft in two minutes.
Not enough to catch you.
[Complicated math entered here that I can't seem to find Alt keys for]
In order to go from 0-60 and catch up to you before he put on his lights = 98mph.
Who's more dangerous?
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