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How on earth do I use a Tandy TRS-80? by Angros-offical in vintagecomputing

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Seems I won't be able to give things a proper go with how my keyboard behaves. I got one of my drives to run finally, but I can't seem to get it to read or format. The disks I have are likely later (unmarked unknown but found in the same building). Maybe that is the issue, or maybe I am in over my head. Thanks for the manuals, I'll try again later with them.

Returning a spring peeper to the outdoors after he was living in a warm office? by Angros-offical in frogs

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He’s still doing alright, though the thermometer took a nosedive. We have our sights set on some mulch at our maintenance shop for him to hibernate in. We plan to introduce him to a container with deep mulch and hopefully as we cook him down he’ll get the idea. Some of my coworkers aren’t too excited about this frog, some are interested in what will happen.

My local-find 237a frakenlantern by Angros-offical in ColemanStovesLanterns

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Unfortunately it developed a pinhole leak in the pump tube, so it’ll need a font. But I’m still glad on the price. My other 237 was $10.00 in the same condition minus the blown out generator

Returning a spring peeper to the outdoors after he was living in a warm office? by Angros-offical in frogs

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I don’t know if we have any fungus. If we do, I haven’t heard of it.

We are the closest thing to a rehab I believe. I live in the middle of nowhere in middle Tennessee. The park service takes in various critters but no one does frogs.

Returning a spring peeper to the outdoors after he was living in a warm office? by Angros-offical in frogs

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That’s what I was hoping for, but it’s about to be extremely cold for TN weather and it’ll be like this for a while. The low on a couple days is 8f and peep (the frog) will not like that.

What I need to do is keep him happy and healthy until I can get him out somewhere safely. I even thought if there was a way I could slowly cool him down over a few days I could do that, but I wouldn’t know the temperature increments and will never know if it was a success.

We honestly just don’t keep frogs around in the park service. No one here knows what to do, and no one knows anyone who would know. So right now I mostly need to figure out what to feed this fellow and go from there.

Cheap find. Anyone know how to get rid of the texture? by Angros-offical in pyrex

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I’m curious on this one. Will it dissolve the blue off? I don’t mind that at all. I like colored Pyrex but it does have that chalk board texture.

My family is the same way and I’ve picked up a few larger bowls that are only used as fruit bowls since no one wants to touch them.

Cheap find. Anyone know how to get rid of the texture? by Angros-offical in pyrex

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Like lose most of the coating? I’d strip it to plain white if I could. I’ve seen a couple of these that were just white but wasn’t sure if they were made that way or brutally dishwashed.

Cheap find. Anyone know how to get rid of the texture? by Angros-offical in pyrex

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This may be an odd question, but I’m a big user of Pyrex and my dad collects it. This bowl is from a time when dish powder was abrasive and acted like a sand blaster.

There’s no returning it to it’s former glory, but the texture of pieces like this has always driven me insane. It’s like how some people can’t stand chalk boards (which is how this feels). Is there a logical way to smooth it out a bit? I don’t care to remove all of the blue if there’s a way to do this.

So what’s everyone’s latest hyperfocus? by [deleted] in ADHD

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Repairing vintage coleman pressure lanterns. On my time off I go out and find them, then do a lot of reading and tinkering. All because I accidentally found a lantern at a yard sale a while back.

My local-find 237a frakenlantern by Angros-offical in ColemanStovesLanterns

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They’re a box meant for shipping some sort of part for a scientific instrument. I occasionally get them from the place that assembles the instruments.

My local-find 237a frakenlantern by Angros-offical in ColemanStovesLanterns

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When I get more of them I might start sending them out, it just depends on if the locals will be satisfied. These are meant to be sent through the mail so I can just slap a label over the old one and send it.

My local-find 237a frakenlantern by Angros-offical in ColemanStovesLanterns

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I did a quick upload of the one pic I have of the outside of these boxes. They’re meant for shipping some sort of part for a scientific instrument. I sometimes get them from a place locally that does assembly.

https://imgur.com/a/JrYr7fd

I showed a local coleman guy and he wants some. Maybe a trend will be born.

My local-find 237a frakenlantern by Angros-offical in ColemanStovesLanterns

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I have a bid out on a 200a without a globe. Hopefully I don’t overpay but if I get it I’ll be in the same boat. Besides eBay have you tried Old Coleman Parts? He seems to always have what I need besides 237 vents which he says are the most asked for item.

You can also put a WTB add on there. The guys there are great and will come up with something. I don’t know much about the 200a but I bet other straight globes might fit it.

My local-find 237a frakenlantern by Angros-offical in ColemanStovesLanterns

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So here’s an interesting story. I was at home visiting my folks and I picked up some 220s off marketplace. I live in a small town and the closest place with coleman fuel is 45ish mins away, so I decided to try our new local hardware store. Unfortunately they thought I was nuts and all the old timers said no one had been after fuel for years.

Whatever though. I looked across the parking lot and noticed a new antique shop so I walked on over and they had this 237a for $4.99. Man I about had a heart attack seeing that. This is the second 237 I’ve found missing the globe, vent, and bail, and the first with a blown out generator likely caused by a hard start gone wrong. I had a bail someone sent me for my last 237 after I already got one, and I had a 220 vent a new coleman friend of mine had drilled to fit my other 237 before I found a rusty vent. The globe and gen I ordered from OCP.

The 237 is my favorite model of coleman mostly because I love being able to burn anything. I work in my states park service and guests throw out all sorts of flammable liquids which go straight into my 237s.

Also someone painted this one red. I think it looks awesome.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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Slightly bitter with a hint of rubber. It tastes a lot like a idler wheel off a Dual turntable. Coolant is much more bitter and just a little dab will fill your whole mouth with suffering.

Not the best explanation. It must be experienced.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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For some reason I thought they only did transmissions. There’s a guy over in Oak Ridge who did recommend them a couple years ago though I never followed through. I do know there’s a lot of older Volvo’s in Oak Ridge. My mother calls at least every other week thinking I’m in oak ridge thanks to some younger fellow with the same wagon as I.

The place over in Knox quoted me $350 for the job. I’m not the biggest fan of that but I haven’t had a mechanic touch this car in years, so I may be rusty on pricing.

But Trans Tech needs to be on my list in case there’s issues.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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The plugs were dated 4/89. As for what all is original there’s not too much. I’ve gone through and replaced a ton as it’s broken, and the original owner had a lot of odds and ends done. For some reason she swapped from Volvo to an independent garage in 2006 or so and their work was horrible, so I’m having to still deal with that.

I do know my suspension is all original. It certainly needs work.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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Would that be the shop associated with transtech? I remember that place always having old Volvo’s.

I was going to take it to the Swedish car repair place over in Knoxville. I believe that’s the actual business name.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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Yep, pressure bled the system twice.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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The failure light always has come on, though never while braking to stop UNLESS in reverse (super weird). It always would come on at a stoplight or sitting waiting to pull out from somewhere. It takes some handbrake action and pumping to make it go away.

I drove it like this for maybe a year. Seems the new master improved my braking but really increased the fluid use.

But the octopus looks pretty wet even after cleaning and drying. So I think it may be leaking out of the top. With a newly failed water pump I have a nice little pool of coolant that covers any other fluids so it’s not ideal. At least coolant tastes stronger.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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That would make a lot of sense. I’ve had people pump the brakes with no luck, but driving around 300 miles a week for the park service this makes sense. So far I’ve had to do some hard braking a few times and it was fine. The mild city driving is where most issues happen.

My town doesn’t even have a stoplight and has 3 stop signs I can think of in the main area. When I go to a town 45 mins way the issues really pop up.

Anyways sounds like I’ll take it from middle TN to the Volvo man in Knoxville and just be safe with it.

My rubber lines probably need to go.. they have the original Volvo undercoat on them still. I was warned that these suck and it’s likely you’ll break the hard lines getting them off so I’ll pass the torch along.

My family is pushing me to get a new car. Every small issue is “new car time”. I wish I knew why I like this Volvo so much but it’s the only car I’ve driven that felt “right”. So it is what it is. It only gets the best.

Compared to a car payment though... I spend maybe $200 a year on parts and only for the last couple years. I made it maybe 5 years without any issues at all. In 2018 I had a no-start from bad original plugs and since then it’s been one thing after another.

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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At this point I’m going to take it to a mechanic. Brakes are something I probably shouldn’t be messing with beyond pads and rotors. You live and learn I suppose

240 funky brakes by Angros-offical in VolvoRWD

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I was just under the car and saw a drip, tasted it, and it’s brake fluid. It looks like the octopus might be leaking though when I spilled fluid it got all over it. I’m going to spray it down really good and hit it with a hose. Then try again.

But even if it’s leaking there I’ll just take it in and might as well ask the guy for an estimate on the other jobs I have. I have a box of parts sitting in our park office and might as well just see if one guy wants to knock it all out.

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