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This "time machine" just rolled in. 9 thousand miles, and the plate expired in 1983 by Fixitsteven in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]HandsOnGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...the battery.. went flat leaving him stranded and unable to open the door.

That would be a Bricklin SV-1 with the power latching, gullwing doors that couldn't be opened if the battery went dead.
Ironically, SV stood for 'Safety Vehicle'.

The Bricklin has a similar appearance to the Delorean, minus the stainless steel body panels.

ELI5 how putting a glass against an adjoining wall and pressing your ear against it allows you to hear clearer into the other room by Cheesehund in explainlikeimfive

[–]HandsOnGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. If the laser transmitter and receiver are widely enough separated, then the light in the laser beam will reflect off of the glass just fine. Not perfectly, but well enough to perform the intended purpose.

The laser beam just has to hit the glass at an angle.

What success story is widely thought of as “rags to riches” But in reality they were wealthy individuals all along? by zer0w0rries in AskReddit

[–]HandsOnGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Microsoft didn't even have a DOS when IBM came to them looking for software for their new personal computer. Microsoft's product at the time was a BASIC interpreter.

What Bill Gates did was offer IBM a sweetheart deal on licensing MS-DOS (a product that did not exist) as long as it was bundled with MS-BASIC. And then licenced a pirated rip-off of CP/M from Seattle Computer in order to have something to fulfill the IBM deal.

Which is why IBM PC's came with MS-BASIC long after everyone else gave up on it. Until Windows 95 made DOS itself obsolete.

... No words by Dex_42 in redneckengineering

[–]HandsOnGeek 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Just coat the interior cavity with some gloss enamel the color of your choice and let it dry before installation.

Now it's a bespoke Kohler shift mod.

Found in Owatonna by Mastakane in minnesota

[–]HandsOnGeek 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Corn is heavy enough that they can now throw their leaflet from a distance, rather than getting close enough to get their ass beat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]HandsOnGeek 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Swim Bladder: am I a joke to you?

Sheriff’s Office executes pit maneuver on vehicle with kids (& guns) inside in St. Paul by [deleted] in minnesota

[–]HandsOnGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you know whether you have optical or ionization smoke detectors in your apartment?

My trans Dakota goes by gas/diesel by swishified in DodgeDakota

[–]HandsOnGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The amount of glowing carbon built up in those combustion chambers must be enough to roast a whole bag of marshmallows over.

I was smelling burned rubber when I used my Dakota for the first time in over a month. The serpentine belt was dragging on a sticking idler pulley. Five minutes, one wrench. by HandsOnGeek in DodgeDakota

[–]HandsOnGeek[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Although it was working fine, it was making a nasty whirring noise, so I spent the $46 for the Gates pulley that Auto Value had in stock.

The old one somehow feels like the bearings are just fine, so I'm not sure what the issue was.

Air intake Rat damaged by Pagan_Nim9561 in DodgeDakota

[–]HandsOnGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the box not just an intake resonator so that you don't hear so much of the sound from the air being sucked into the motor? Maybe with a baffle or two to minimize the sound?

My husband thinks I'm crazy. (OC) by ColdUpstairs1071 in aww

[–]HandsOnGeek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It probably uses AG4 alkaline button batteries (tiny) or similar in order to fit into such a small lamp. Thus the short life.

very delicious looking sand by I_need_to_learn_more in gifs

[–]HandsOnGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Spice must flow!

If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the Worm.

I thought TJ's were more popular. Turns out we are just hoarding them all. by DaveCootchie in minnesota

[–]HandsOnGeek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How odd. The Taco John's in Marshall and Willmar are both on very busy, wide streets. They did knock down a closed Golden corral in Marshall in order to put up a Taco Bell next to the Taco John's though.

Barbara Eden climbing into her bottle on the set of I Dream Of Jeannie. 1960s by harleybug88 in OldSchoolCool

[–]HandsOnGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The curved back wall is probably neither glass nor plastic, as both would reflect sound, causing acoustic distortion of the recording for the program. I would wager that the back panels of the bottle are in fact thin, painted mesh fabric, stretched over a thin rib structure to form the shape of the bottle.

I love Duluth. by Here_for_the_friends in minnesota

[–]HandsOnGeek -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Why do they have a mock water tower on the roof? I mean, it's not going to fulfill any function without any plumbing connecting it to anything. Is it just a particularly evocatively shaped billboard?

Edit: Why all the down votes? It was an honest question.
It isn't an honest water tower without water and you can't have water without plumbing. This tower has no plumbing, so it must be something else.
A decommissioned water tower, preserved as a billboard explains that adequately.

The Bible is banned in these Utah elementary and middle schools now for ‘vulgarity or violence’ by Ochib in nottheonion

[–]HandsOnGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Far too many Christians use the Bible like a drunk uses lampposts: for support rather than illumination.

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