Recent content by Alan_Hepburn

I just finished looking through the site - no problem accessing it.

Just hold a compass near the wheel and pull the pin - the magnetic field will affect the compass needle...

We tow either the wife's 2022 Jeep Wrangler or my 2020 Jeep Gladiator.

Just a minor clarification: amps don't get "pushed" by a source; they are "pulled" by a load.

Probably depends on state laws: for instance - in states with motorcycle helmet laws if a passenger is not wearing a helmet then the passenger gets a ticket, and the driver also gets a ticket; if the driver gives the helmet to the passenger, then only the driver gets the ticket.

I've been able to do that ever since the start of the WWW - simply scroll by anything that didn't interest me... :)

Electric buses have been around for over 70 years - full-size buses receiving their power from overhead power lines.

I read this morning that clearing has been put on hold due to a high pressure gas line under the bridge wreckage...

Of course, there are exceptions to every rule: we bought a used 2017 Jeep Wrangler JKU in 2019 - paid about $24K for it. Then, at the end of 2021 we decided to sell it and got a quote from Vroom for $32K - a week later they picked it up and handed us a check! Allowed us to get a 2022 model to...

Garmin uses a company called HERE for their maps.

Customer: But it has a lifetime warranty! Company: Yes, but it's dead now...

Yeah, we like profit! Like I said our house is valued around $890K - we bought it in 1977 for the princely sum of $37.5K! As for property taxes: we are protected under the old Prop 13 rules so our taxes are around $2K per year - houses in the neighborhood that are NOT protected by Prop 13 have...

I got my CB license in the mid-70s and it's a 3X4 (KFG2616).

I'm KFG2616 on CB and WRQD845 on GMRS...

Case in point: we own a house in San Jose, Ca: 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1000 square feet, on a 5000 square foot lot. It currently is appraised for $890K and if we weren't protected by Prop 13 limitations we'd be paying almost $10K per year in property taxes. We've been looking at places in Tennessee...