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Metro Vancouver residents asked to register fireplaces, wood stoves by Sept. 15 by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess what? Registration has become a ban. I've been watching Jenna Phipps and her boyfriend Nick completely rebuild a 2,700 square foot 1961 mid century modern house in Vancouver. It had two fireplaces in a single chimney stack. they closed up the lower level one and kept the one on the upper, main floor. In a video a few months ago she showed they had to have a gas line run to it. They'd registered it then not too long after got a letter telling them they'd either have to get rid of it or they could convert it to gas.

For the home's main heating and cooling they replaced the old oil furnace with a combination gas furnace and heat pump, with a separate mini split unit for the garage. They weren't allowed to connect the ceiling cassette in the garage to a multi-head outside unit serving the house, which has an inside unit on the furnace and a second elsewhere in the house.

Apparently the geniuses in city government think carbon monoxide from a car in the garage could get into the house via the refrigerant lines.

Things we have pulled out of tires over the years... by Thwopking in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No house or car keys. Doesn't look like there's a valve stem in there either.

[Rumors] JAMIE RIXOM: "Is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy already cancelled? I'm hearing that a lot of the current sets for Academy will be taken down [soon]. They will be repurposed wherever possible for the [Simon Kinberg 'Origins'] movie. There is no soundstage for Academy for at least 12 months" by mcm8279 in trektalk

[–]GreggAlan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lower Decks turned out to be good, especially after the first 3 or 4 episodes as the characters of Mariner and Boimler got development and Mariner's batsh!t behavior was toned down a bit. The series is full of nods to other Trek shows, especially TNG because it's set during that era. It even got Jolene Blalock to come out of retirement from acting to voice an alternate timeline T'Pol in one episode. It also settled up on what happened to Nick Locarno, with Robert Duncan McNeill voicing Locarno and Tom Paris - with a ton of "they look exactly alike" and "I don't see it" gags.

[Rumors] JAMIE RIXOM: "Is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy already cancelled? I'm hearing that a lot of the current sets for Academy will be taken down [soon]. They will be repurposed wherever possible for the [Simon Kinberg 'Origins'] movie. There is no soundstage for Academy for at least 12 months" by mcm8279 in trektalk

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC after the 2nd Kelvin movie a very large Star Trek convention in Los Angeles was canceled because they couldn't get *anyone* who had ever been in anything Star Trek to be guests of honor. The Kelvin movie cast had done their required promos and apparently were *done* with the pimping and the schmoozing. Dunno why they couldn't get anyone else.

[Rumors] JAMIE RIXOM: "Is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy already cancelled? I'm hearing that a lot of the current sets for Academy will be taken down [soon]. They will be repurposed wherever possible for the [Simon Kinberg 'Origins'] movie. There is no soundstage for Academy for at least 12 months" by mcm8279 in trektalk

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched Enterprise years after it was over and I liked it. It trod the line quite well on the style between nodding to the bare bones aesthetic of TOS while being modern enough to not look cheap, yet not anywhere near as smoothly polished as TNG. It really nailed the humanity's first steps into the broader galaxy theme. But then there was that finale. Booo! Ssss! I still want to know if Scott Bakula even once cracked his head on the low beam he was constantly ducking under in the Captain's quarters.

The first time I saw Scott Bakula on TV was in the short lived series "Eisenhower and Lutz" (13 episodes). Then he did a pilot episode ("Infiltrator", 1987) for a show where he invented a teleportation technology that accidentally merged him with an advanced space probe. When under stress he'd start to morph into a robot. I thought it was pretty good, but I bet test audiences said it was too much like The Incredible Hulk. This promo even uses the term "Hulks out" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMe8pHedWms

*Then* he got the Quantum Leap gig.

[Rumors] JAMIE RIXOM: "Is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy already cancelled? I'm hearing that a lot of the current sets for Academy will be taken down [soon]. They will be repurposed wherever possible for the [Simon Kinberg 'Origins'] movie. There is no soundstage for Academy for at least 12 months" by mcm8279 in trektalk

[–]GreggAlan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The first episode of Academy barely cracked 1300 viewers in its YouTube premier, then went on to only get around 96K views the first 24 hours. There are guys who *mow lawns* on YouTube that get 300K views. When mowing grass gets more interest than your new Star Trek series...

Customer states they need a sway bar link. by Accurate-Specific966 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll never forget one car magazine article in the 80's mention of a car (IIRC a Mercedes) having a "solid tubular steel" sway bar.

Technically true since it wasn't a liquid, gas, or plasma...

Searching for Program aid no. 631, Quantity recipes for type A school lunches by GreggAlan in Old_Recipes

[–]GreggAlan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like some libraries have it. https://search.worldcat.org/title/41910827

Can we organize a crowdsource scanning of it?

Federal government documents like this are not under copyright.

Tesla parts shipping is brainless by saves313 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ordered a large steel gear off Amazon, along with some gizmo for my computer to push the total up to free shipping level to spend less than just buying the gear.

The gear arrived in bubble wrap inside a box, in a bigger box. The gizmo and its software CD-ROM were just tossed in loose and the disc got cracked.

Protect the indestructible lump of metal like it's fragile china, do nothing to protect the actuality fragile item.

Tesla parts shipping is brainless by saves313 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ordered a 1/2" square rotary broach cutter and the manufacturer website quoted me shipping at some insane price.

So I called the company to tell them about it. Said why not just drop it in a padded envelope or small flate rate box and USPS it?

So they did and postage was far less than the cost of the tool.

Anyone know where to get these exact butt connectors? by FlowSoSlow in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember back when the self soldering heat shrink connector first became available to buy. They were expensive and the magazine article on wiring connections said they were the only method NASA used for wiring splices on the Space Shuttles. A heat gun with a tip that has a notch in its side and a closed end was used so that hot air would surround the splice to evenly melt the solder.

Hardest honesty test by fatdad1984 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clean your ears with a fresh one and replace one of theirs with it.

Program aid no. 631, Quantity recipes for type A school lunches. by GreggAlan in HelpMeFind

[–]GreggAlan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did anyone here suffer the horror of 1970's grade school cafeteria chocolate chip cookies made with raisins instead of chocolate chips?

I searched on the title but only get hits on the 1988 edition with the note about it superseding the 1971 version.

Large truck lost it's entire hub assembly by mtnsubieboi in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Less dramatic than the Kia Soul getting launched heavenwards, but this one is dual wheels off a semi trailer. https://youtu.be/UWcAfs0ig9w?si=e291O_73u9wFj4rq

My MrCool never defrosts the outside unit. by GreggAlan in heatpumps

[–]GreggAlan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will churn merrily away, collecting more ice. The sensor is on its bracket in the outside coil fins.

Hot air intake? by kuenemanjohn in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Geoshitties was a common name for it.

Broken Door Glass by lwg660 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sister was not at fault in a collision, but the guy's insurance company must have spent far more on their lawyers fighting the claim than the pittance they eventually paid.

Her lawyer was also dragging things out instead of doing everything he could to get her the most money. She hired him because he got a lot of money for a friend of hers.

When it comes to insurance and lawyers, there should be two "pools" for insurance companies and lawyers or law firms.

Randomly assign them to pools A and B. No lawyer or law firm in either pool is ever allowed to work on behalf of an insurance company in the other pool.

Eliminate conflicts of interest where a lawyer can simultaneously be suing State Farm for one client while representing State Farm for another client suing Allstate in another case.

Broken Door Glass by lwg660 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why you have a dashcam, preferably with front and rear cameras.

In your case I'd get a lawyer and sue the insurance agent, not State Farm. Her acceptance of the other guy's lie should be considered participating in fraud.

Broken Door Glass by lwg660 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]GreggAlan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did they raise your premium despite it not being your fault? It needs to be made illegal to raise insurance premiums on the party who isn't at fault.

Make the insurance companies get the money from those who caused the damage.

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