Today I Learned (TIL)

Ashyukun (Robert) said:

TIL that there is a tire company (presumably Chinese) that makes a tire that fits the E46 that is called the MuchoMacho....

Despite the fact they're likely crap (as they're REALLY cheap...) it's really tempting to get a set just for the laughs of having them on the car. Plus- they're stupidly cheap.

If I'm not going crazy, there was a Challenge car last year (Audi? BMW? that had a set of these with the Much Macho lettering painted in white

wae said:

TIL that apparently my wife made hard boiled eggs.  Which explains why there were two half-full containers of eggs in the fridge.

Apparently it was not helpful to consolidate the two.

My wife pencils HB on the top of any she hard boils. Has saved us all a few times. 

Greg Smith (Forum Supporter) said:

wae said:

TIL that apparently my wife made hard boiled eggs.  Which explains why there were two half-full containers of eggs in the fridge.

Apparently it was not helpful to consolidate the two.

My wife pencils HB on the top of any she hard boils. Has saved us all a few times. 

Spin them.  A hard boiled egg will spin very well as they are a solid.  The raw egg will quickly slow down and wobble about as it's a two density liquid.

KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter) said:

Greg Smith (Forum Supporter) said:

wae said:

Spin them.  A hard boiled egg will spin very well as they are a solid.  The raw egg will quickly slow down and wobble about as it's a two density liquid.

Also, if you spin a raw egg, stop it with you finger then quickly let go, it will keep spinning for a few rotations.

TIL that Caterpillar D2 and D4 fuel filters are literally cylinders of yarn. Today I Also Learned how to change fuel filters (there are four) on a Caterpillar D4. 

NickD said:

TIL that Caterpillar D2 and D4 fuel filters are literally cylinders of yarn. Today I Also Learned how to change fuel filters (there are four) on a Caterpillar D4. 

Old oil filters were also, even on cars the old canister style ones. I have a customer with and 87 Peterbilt 359 with a V8 cat and it has two or those, my guys HATE changing them cause there's no good way to do it.

newrider3 said:

KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter) said:

Greg Smith (Forum Supporter) said:

wae said:

Spin them.  A hard boiled egg will spin very well as they are a solid.  The raw egg will quickly slow down and wobble about as it's a two density liquid.

Also, if you spin a raw egg, stop it with you finger then quickly let go, it will keep spinning for a few rotations.

I just held them up to the light.  A raw egg is translucent while a hard boiled one is completely opaque.

After I sorted them out, I broke out the kitchen sharpie and put a little H on each hard boiled one.

kazoospec said:

Datsun310Guy said:

Sexy tires need special rims.  
 

"Back in the day" this used to be the guaranteed first answer to any "What wheels should I get for my Miata?" thread.

You would get a lot of gay attention, not that that's a bad thing.  

(TIR) Today I realized I want and need an old Army jeep and a Triumph Spitfire.

spitfirebill said:

kazoospec said:

Datsun310Guy said:

Sexy tires need special rims.  
 

"Back in the day" this used to be the guaranteed first answer to any "What wheels should I get for my Miata?" thread.

You would get a lot of gay attention, not that that's a bad thing.  

spitfirebill said:

kazoospec said:

Datsun310Guy said:

Sexy tires need special rims.  
 

"Back in the day" this used to be the guaranteed first answer to any "What wheels should I get for my Miata?" thread.

You would get a lot of gay attention, not that that's a bad thing.  

Might get heterosexual attention from women into a wheel of dicks.

In reply to Stampie (FS) :

Ain't that called running a train? No link. Don't want banned....

TIL that there is a tarantula migration in Colorado that occurs yearly. No. berkeleying. Thank you.

Today I learned that bamboo stumps don't rot.

berkeleyers.

In reply to NickD :

We get them around here all the time. Friendly things usually. Pick them right up. Friendlier than the snakes, anyway. Scorpions are the real shiny happy people. 

NermalSnert (Forum Supporter) said:

(TIR) Today I realized I want and need an old Army jeep and a Triumph Spitfire.

Get two jeeps and lower one, you'll have 90% of the Spitfire experience with fewer of the negatives.

In reply to barefootskater :

IMHO they're certainly less scary than tarantula hawks. Although those are pretty chill if you don't look like a tarantula.

barefootskater said:

In reply to NickD :

 Scorpions are the real shiny happy people. 

I despise scorpions, even though I've never seen one that wasn't in a glass cage.  They're vile things.

Snakes, spiders, etc, no problem most of the time.  But scorpions need to die.

In reply to Stefan (Forum Supporter) :

Ha! I understand Triumphs though. TIL: There are no Marlin model 336w's to be had anywhere new. None. Maybe after deer season.

wae said:

After I sorted them out, I broke out the kitchen sharpie...

TIL People have kitchen Sharpies

In reply to Duke :

Lots of nasty creepy crawlers out here. Almost everything will run away hard and fast. Except scorpions. They seem to always go straight into attack mode. Luckily most of the local ones are quite small. 

Duke said:

barefootskater said:

In reply to NickD :

 Scorpions are the real shiny happy people. 

I despise scorpions, even though I've never seen one that wasn't in a glass cage.  They're vile things.

Snakes, spiders, etc, no problem most of the time.  But scorpions need to die.

 

All they want to do is rock you like a hurricane.

Scott_H said:

wae said:

After I sorted them out, I broke out the kitchen sharpie...

TIL People have kitchen Sharpies

And if my kids wander off with the Kitchen Sharpie one more time, they'll get to post "TIL: What it feels like to have my fingers hacked off with a dull spoon".

Not that it's a point of contention in my house or anything....

Appleseed said:

Duke said:

barefootskater said:

In reply to NickD :

 Scorpions are the real shiny happy people. 

I despise scorpions, even though I've never seen one that wasn't in a glass cage.  They're vile things.

Snakes, spiders, etc, no problem most of the time.  But scorpions need to die.

 

All they want to do is rock you like a hurricane.

They are very much bad boys running wild

In reply to Appleseed :

Well played, sir.

I remember reading somewhere that no one in the band knew English and they learned to sing that song phonetically.  Not sure if true.