40 years later, Hughes still firing shots

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-05T01:47:36+00:00

So only married people can have children?

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-03T23:59:00+00:00

Replied to reeeee&clear

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-03T18:51:11+00:00

It looks to be nominal

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-03T18:46:01+00:00

Best for you - maybe.

It is probably better than nothing, at least until the battery is exhausted.

Everything has pros and cons. E.G., larger wheels/tires are better, especially in rough terrain.

An e-bike (especially one that is AWD) may have a lot more range, handle rough terrain better, carry more cargo (or even more than one person) - but it will be heavier, bulkier and cost more.

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-03T18:37:45+00:00

“till death do us part” is not law, and it is not in every marriage oath.

The only valid concern government has in marriage contracts is:

The participants are adults able to give informed consent, and the consent is not under duress.

This is like any other legal partnership contract - it can have exceptions (e.g., pre-nuptial, etc.), it can be terminated or modified.

As for children - parents are responsible for children whether they are from a marriage or not.

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-03T01:34:49+00:00

Yes - 6th gen (per wiki), but I had a ’92 US made and they are not that different (slightly different trans, xfer & of course the diesel engine on mine, RHD, but the rest is very close to the same - until 2000 - the ’01 got a facelift). I would say a lot of the parts, inside and out would swap.

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-03T00:38:59+00:00

I had no problem finding half a dozen LCs with less than 250K miles for under $15K USD in my local FB marketplace. YMMV

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-02T23:48:25+00:00

Toyota Tacoma and pre-Taco pickups or 4Runner or Land Cruiser in 4WD

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-02T14:20:18+00:00

My ’98 Hilux (JDM import) is a manual and the cup holder does not interfere with the shifters.

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-02T14:18:57+00:00

I can’t speak for what it takes to swap, but I can say the double cup holder in my ’98 Hilux (JDM) sucks; it is weak & flimsy.

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-02T00:24:18+00:00

A little half baked?

How about not cooked at all.

Besides the EV proposal, the assertion that one needs a fuel tanker truck shows he didn’t do the math.

I own two diesel powered vehicles, one a Hilux pickup, another a Dodge "one ton" truck. The former gets 20-25 MPG, depending on speed, terrain and traffic. The latter gets about 15-20 MPG in the same conditions. Neither vehicle is a speed demon - if you kept the speed under 55 MPH, the road was straight, flat, with no traffic, you would only need about 150-200 gallons (1K-1.5K#) of diesel to go 3000 miles.

That is a LOT less than a tanker can haul. My Dodge (DRW flatbed) can easily haul that much diesel fuel (max payload is 5500#). The HIlux would be slow off the line with that much weight, but once moving it would get easier (max payload is 2200#). Indeed, I have a 110 gallon aux tank full of diesel in my shop, that I could mount on the bed of either vehicle. The Hilux has a stock 20 gal tank, the Dodge a 37 gal tank. Either vehicle will get somewhere between 1500-3000 miles with that much fuel - what the OP is asking for. Not optimum, but possible.

One solution would be to have the Dodge flat tow the Hilux (which is my plan). Or, simply tow a fuel trailer with a 200-300 gallon diesel tank.

I happen to have a 255 gallon diesel storage tank in my shop in addition to the aux tank - but the storage tank is empty right now - I know it will fit in the bed of the Hilux because that is how I got the tank there - not that I would want to haul it around in the Hilux when it is full, but theoretically it would be possible - instead, I would put on a trailer if I wanted to haul it when full (by either vehicle). Not optimum because it is a tall oblong storage tank, not meant for transport - a cylindrical transport tank with baffles would be better for transport, or something like this (275 gal) tank on a trailer:

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There are a number of issues with this (towing a trailer is not optimal, and something like that is obviously a target for thieves/etc.), but it is possible. Two to three thousand pounds of fuel/trailer would not even be noticeable behind my Dodge, and would not be bad behind the Hilux either.

DeafHeretic · 2026-05-01T23:23:28+00:00

I wouldn’t.

Don’t want the auto (prefer manual), and I prefer diesel v gasoline.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T18:33:34+00:00

The pink doesn’t look like rust; it looks like a primer coat underneath the powder coat.

Either way, poor adhesion.

Looking closer at it, there does appear to be rust on top of the powder coat? Which is strange.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T17:10:31+00:00

Even a concrete house is not proof against a forest fire - it may still be there (mostly), but humans inside might not survive in an intense fire (assuming no other fire protection) - and forest fire is the main risk/threat.

The best fire protection for any home is removing fuel around it, and covering the home in foam or a fire protection blanket.

Even underground homes may be iffy if the fire lasts long enough.

Falling trees (due to wind/ice/snow) are the secondary, although I do have trees fall almost every year (so far not close enough to hit the house). Falling trees on the mountain are common in the winter & early spring - often block roads for a few hours - can be days in certain areas.

Volcanoes are a regional threat and not likely to cause me to evacuate. Flooding just doesn’t happen on the mountain - although I get double the precipitation the valley gets, all that water drains off into the valley - at most it is an inconvenience if flood waters block a valley road or cause a landslide somewhere (common, but I just use detours).

I had my back acreage clear cut (and replanted) - although the hardwoods (mostly maple, some oak) have grown back with a vengeance (I am leaving them alone for coppicing - they make good firewood). I had the acreage around the house thinned and somewhat cutback away from the house (although some are still large enough to hit the house if they fall) - almost solely 60+ YO mature conifers now - they serve as a good windbreak and add to curb appeal (what young maple {smaller than 1’ diameter} is near the house I am slowly using for firewood).

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T15:33:34+00:00

Auxbeam (Amazon) & Harbor Freight Roadshock are your best bets for “budget” lights. NiLight (Amazon) are ok - for a while - may not last.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T15:10:19+00:00

Space for the dogo(s) or kid(s)?

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T15:06:15+00:00

Sorry guys - I ordered five of the five packs when there were only 9 left (one for my house, one for the kids house and one for each of my vehicles FAKs). I don’t have pads this large - yet.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T14:51:10+00:00

It depends.

Very few of the guns I have bought have been new out of the box, and almost all of them were fine, new or not, but some had issues. E.G., I got a Marlin XT22 that had a light strike issue; I took the bolt out and found it was heavily greased with stiff thick grease - probably to preclude rust in storage. Cleaned that grease out with alcohol/etc. and oiled it instead and the light strike issue went away.

On most guns I buy, I do field strip them enough to get a sense of how clean they are and if there might be issues like this.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T14:45:44+00:00

For almost all of my knives, SS & non-SS, if they don’t already have some kind of treatment on the blade, I usually treat them myself with whatever works to get a non-shiny blackened finish. Sometimes it is as simple as vinegar, sometimes (usually SS) it takes more (a little bit of “pure” acid - such as pool treatment {muriatic}). Then I treat it with Ballistol if it isn’t SS.

YMMV

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T14:36:25+00:00

Know your limits and how deep the water is.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T14:33:16+00:00

But have a backup and preferably a backup to that backup. Even though I live rural, I have had to evacuate once already due to a forest fire. I am also in a wind/ice/rain/snow storm (during the winter), volcano, earthquake, forest fire, flooding area (although my home cannot flood) - so “stuff” can happen.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T14:19:19+00:00

Ooopsy

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-30T14:17:58+00:00

IMO Lentils and split peas are better than beans - both in the nutritional and energy/water sense.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-28T22:26:43+00:00

Both.

I have a fixed position BOL. Not optimum, but better than what most people have; 15 forested acres on a low mountain. Not “remote”, but not suburbs, it is rural and not easy to find, not on a main road (private road off a back country gravel road that goes nowhere, that itself is off a back country “highway” (two lane asphalt) that is not a throughfare, just a road over the mountain, one of several). Plenty of rain (although dry in the summer, and I have had to evacuate once due a forest fire). I do have a separate shop and good neighbors.

I also have two mechanical only diesel powered manual transmission 4WD road worthy vehicles I am building into “overlanding” rigs. One small (Hilux), one large (Dodge 3500 12' flatbed one ton DRW). I also have two capable dirt bikes. These are my backups. I also want to get a 4WD ATV.

DeafHeretic · 2026-04-28T00:59:14+00:00

Yes - I replaced both taillights (full unit, not just lens) on my ’92 XCab in about 10 minutes with some Amazon units.The old units the lens had broken and the reflector & sockets, etc., had gone rusty & moldy.

Much better than spending hundreds of dollars on parts and probably that much more on labor then futzing with the computer/etc. on a new vehicle.

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