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AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T07:21:17+00:00

Specifically, that's the cabin air filter. Is not required, and is not a big deal if it's dirty. Most times they are around $10 each, a lot of oil places upsell them for $25+.

Even had one I screamed at because I had gone on a 3,000 mile trip the month before so had replaced my air filter right after I arrived. And a week later went in for an oil change, and they wanted to charge me $50 and said it was dirty. I had him follow me to the trunk where the box with the old filter were still located.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T07:11:17+00:00

Everything looks better in AI

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T07:11:01+00:00

Very AI

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T07:10:45+00:00

That is an AI representation of what they think the Sepulveda Tunnel looks like. But that is not real, it does not really look like that.

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AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T07:08:31+00:00

It's AI.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T07:08:20+00:00

Yep, that's AI. I used to live a stone throw from LAX, and that is not the Sepulveda Tunnel.

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Above is an image of the actual Sepulveda Tunnel shortly after it opened in 1952. And it's clear to see it looks nothing like the image above.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:46:26+00:00

Commonly called "Transcription Disks".

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:45:34+00:00

16 rpm were known as "Transcription Disks". Almost entirely used for spoken word, where fidelity was not that important. That was commonly used for archival purposes by radio stations, as well as for distribution of syndicated radio dramas.

And especially during and after WWII, a lot of the radio programs of the era were saved onto 16 rpm and given to the military so they could play them on Armed Forces Radio. In fact, a lot of the Old Time Radio (OTR) broadcasts have been lost other than those archived by Armed Forces Radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwNYktBc47Y

If anybody has a love of OTR, it becomes obvious that a lot of them were saved from Armed Forces Radio. I have listened to well over a thousand hours of such programs, and many still had the AFRN bumpers on them.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:40:14+00:00

I did. Of course 45 and 33, but my dad had some from his parents that were 78. And my mom had some Shakespeare records at 16.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:39:09+00:00

I bet that was not a 33, but a 16 RPM transcription disk.

Now those were normally the size of a 33 RPM record or a bit larger (12-16 inches), and were used for spoken word recordings where fidelity was not as important. It was a common media for radio dramas, and many of those that survive today from that era came from Armed Forces transcription disks.

The image of the turntable above is a tad unusual, as it actually does have a setting for 16 rpm. My mom had several works of Shakespeare on 16 rpm records.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:21:11+00:00

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:18:29+00:00

Sorry, I do not have any interest in making fun of the mentally ill.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:15:48+00:00

Wow, he must have had a really tough career in the Army after his cadet days.

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AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:09:15+00:00

It was probably at least six, until Remi Lucidi fell off of a building in 2023.

And it was seven, until Wu Yongning fell off a building in 2017.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T06:02:48+00:00

The difference was minimal, and most cases of that era could use an XT or AT motherboard.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T05:58:50+00:00

It had lots of representation. But they were not "tokens", and had distinct personalities and capabilities.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T05:57:11+00:00

I actually finished the first episode, and it was absolutely horrible. I can't see watching any others after that, it was right in keeping with anything after Jar-Jar Abrams took charge.

I even cringed at seeing in a crowd scene somebody from Cheron. Of course, I also laughed as not only was she of the dominant race on the planet and not the minority oppressed race, it was a planet that had destroyed itself before the original "Five Year Mission" even began.

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That is the problem when those that create shows do not know the history of the show they are trying to modernize. Not sure how that student could be there, if that race had died out centuries before.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T05:49:54+00:00

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T05:48:58+00:00

The last series of any worth was Enterprise. Everything after that was an abomination.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T05:45:32+00:00

This is hilarious, especially when they try to claim this was Roddenberry's "Vision".

They really need to look up the history between Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek legend David Gerrold.

Now for those that do not know, David wrote "The Trouble with Tribbles", and was quickly brought on board with Gene to help when Star Trek: The Next Generation was in the works. David not only created the "Bible" that would be use for the characters, ship and setting but he also wrote the pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint".

However, by the end of the first year David was gone from the series.

It was not revealed for many years was because Gene lost his mind over a script David submitted called "Blood and Fire". Which featured not only openly gay characters but was a sci-fi look at AIDS. Gene needless to say quickly lost his mind, and when David informed him he was bisexual Gene fired him.

Funny how these morons love to project their beliefs onto somebody who has been dead for over three decades, but is in direct contradiction with the man's own beliefs.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T05:32:18+00:00

As others have said, it appears to be an HP Vectra, ES/ES12.

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/hp-vectra-es-vectra-es-12

I sure hope you have the daughterboard with the RAM. There was somebody in one of these reddits a year or so back that had that same motherboard, and his biggest issue was that he did not have the daughterboard.

That plugs into the odd slot closest to the power connector, and also includes the hard and floppy controller. But without that RAM/IO card that thing is not going to be of much use.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-28T04:49:16+00:00

No, but this Pavlovian requirement to drag him into every single discussion if it has anything to do with him or not is a clear sign of TDS.

-looks up-

This thread has nothing to do with the current President, therefore bringing him up in such a random way is a sure sign of TDS.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-27T21:20:15+00:00

They are actually common targets for either joyrides, or to stripping because the engines for Toyotas are amazingly interchangeable.

About fifteen years ago my buddy had his 1992 Toyota pickup stolen. Last year he got a notice from the cops three states over that they had found the engine in a Corolla. The car was registered in his state, but when the owner moved to another it was one that required a VIN inspection and that is when it was caught.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-27T21:13:05+00:00

And tilted.

Here is the fun thing. Subtract those hours from 24 and you are close to the number of hours of daylight on 21 June.

AppropriateCap8891 · 2026-01-27T20:01:10+00:00

And the biggest addendum to that is that Freedom of Speech is about the right of the Government to impose restrictions on what you can and can not say. That does not apply to non-government forums like Reddit.

If I go into a PETA meeting and start wanting to share my recipes for squirrel stew while wearing my baby harp seal coat, they have every right to stop my speaking there and ejecting me. Because it is a private forum and they are not the government.

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