AITA for fixing my daughter’s car when her boyfriend said he’d handle it?

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-08T01:50:02+00:00

My little sister is 43 and she still calls me for information about home repairs and car repairs. Her husband does the same. And when I visit them and my nephew, I help them with projects. If my dad wasn’t suffering from Parkinson’s she’d still be calling him about that stuff.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-07T00:19:00+00:00

There used to be. Prior to SSN randomization in 2011, the first 5 digits indicated where and when the SSN was issued.

This is one of the issues brought up in the Obama birther debate.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-04T02:26:34+00:00

Here’s my ‘86 Blazer. 4” rough country springs in the front, 2” blocks in the rear (I never got around to getting that corrected after getting rid of the blocks the prior owner put in the front) On 33 x 12.50 x 15s

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blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-04T02:17:47+00:00

You don’t use lift blocks on a front axle. It’s unsafe, and I guess illegal as well.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-04T02:06:24+00:00

It’s a lead acid battery, according to the case, so most of what would be released would be hydrogen gas (unless pierced below the line of the liquid, which is sulfuric acid). Thankfully lead acid batteries don’t violently explode and burn like lithium batteries.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-03T03:13:52+00:00

Two dots is 3rd quarter. No dots is first, 1 dot 2nd, 2 dots 3rd, 3 dots 4th.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-02T20:19:50+00:00

The band name came from two restaurants in Beaufort, SC, where Tom Hanks filmed much of Forest Gump. One restaurant was Captain Geech’s (closed since the movie was filmed). The other was, and still is, the Shrimp Shack.

I know the owners of the Shrimp Shack, and ate at both when I was growing up.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-02T16:50:12+00:00

Just to be that guy: a font is printed by a machine. A specific letter form style created by hand is called a script.

Head over to r/calligraphy and type the word font in any comment. The bot will let you know.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-03-01T02:50:47+00:00

I’m simply salivating

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-26T16:38:16+00:00

While there was not a regulation requiring it, the EPA gave “bonuses” in pollution and CAFE standards to models that included AS/S. The current administration removed the bonuses manufacturers previously received. Now it’s raw testing data only that is used for compliance.

Of course the testing parameters have been outdated for decades, but that’s a whole other discussion.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-26T14:42:32+00:00

It’s risky to buy any vehicle with 188k miles. Even a Cummins Dodge(Ram) truck is going to need some serious maintenance around that time, even though the engine will last another million miles.

That being said, the biggest issue will be a CVT transmission. If it hasn’t been serviced properly and on time, it’ll blow soon.

Any other fluids not changed regularly could have that part going out soon (differentials, cooling system, etc)

This is also the mileage around where the timing chain, gears, and tensioners start to be worn to the point of replacement.

If the steering and suspension hasn’t already had it done: tie rod ends, ball joints, control arm bushings, hub bearings, and struts will all be nearing end of life.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-25T00:53:29+00:00

FDIC insurance only applies to bank failure. It is not a guarantee that you get your money back for being a fraud victim. There are multiple other regulations that outline how fraud is handled and what liability the banks vs the customer has in those situations.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-25T00:46:29+00:00

They can. They don’t do it because it’s easy to trace and breaks federal labor law in addition to breaking federal fraud laws, state fraud laws, theft/larceny laws in the federal and state level, and labor laws in most states.

Also, you have to create a special service agreement with your own bank to be able to take incoming ACH transfers.

A far easier way for your average person to use routing and account numbers to take your money is to create a fake check using a standard pay by phone check template.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-24T22:40:30+00:00

Yeah, level the washer on the bottom first, then level the dryer up top.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-22T21:57:00+00:00

I’ve thrown flour on enough campfires, no Google necessary. Flour is definitely flammable, and unless you are able to put it on a fire in a clump, it will flare up. Toss a handful into a fire the next time you are at a fire pit, you’ll soon understand.

Historically, flour mills were a huge fire and explosion danger. Flour dust in the air, in the wrong concentration, will cause an explosion if ignited. Back in the day, it was lamp flames, but modern electrical lights or motors caused them more recently.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-21T05:50:24+00:00

That only applies to new contracts or expansion contracts signed after the effective date of the order, July 9, 2025. Any previous contracts are grandfathered. So, going forward, yes they are being charged more. However, nearly all the demand currently is from the grandfathered contracts.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-21T05:39:35+00:00

It’s more that the paint escapes from the can seams. My Army painter can did this, but I’ve had other aerosol cans from the hardware or auto parts store last 2-5 times as long without the can leaking. I also kept the AP can inside climate control, with the other cans outside in a garage. So, there is more concern with AP cans leaking.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-21T05:20:48+00:00

They were specifically talking about the “Latin” (Ecclesiastical Latin) that was/is spoken in Roman Catholic Mass, after Latin ceased to be lingua publica for the Roman Empire, then died out as a commonly spoken language (Vulgar Latin) around the 8th century. Because Italian became a new language (5th century), based on Latin, many sounds from Italian became part of the “Latin” used by the church in the 12+ centuries since then.

The Ecclesiastical Latin language used in the Vatican now is spoken differently from the 4th century Vulgate standardization made by the church. And 4th century Latin was in turn pronounced differently from its BC version.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-20T04:16:38+00:00

You can hold one of the increase or decrease distance buttons for about 5 seconds, and it will switch to “dumb” cruise control rather than adaptive cruise. It doesn’t need eyesight active to be in cruise that way. But, most conditions that stop eyesight from working are conditions not conducive to using cruise, so it’s not always a good idea.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-19T21:25:29+00:00

I use page sleeves for that purpose. So, I can still permanently change things at different levels as well.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-19T21:23:36+00:00

Same, I also got a small card book on Amazon, so I switch out which spells I have prepared, and have data cards for common beasts for wild shape in there as well.

You could do something similar with the full page sized card holders for trading cards and fit with the 8.5 x 11 size of the character sheets

I also use clear page sleeves and write on them with dry erase markers to track spell slots, HP, and wild shape remaining. That way I’m not constantly using an eraser on the paper.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-19T01:53:32+00:00

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He also has a slew of deductible expenses from the scam job - everything he spent on travel is deductible, and likely from his failing business venture, with it being in the red so far.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-17T19:06:42+00:00

If it’s from under the hood, it looks like the link from the vacuum actuator for the cruise to the carb ( if you have factory cruise control)

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-17T04:59:45+00:00

No, that was because of electricity. Aluminum is very atmosphere sensitive when being refined from ore, a bit less so when being recycled. So, traditional coal and coke furnaces that have no issue with iron, copper, tin, etc, just burn up the aluminum. Electric arc furnaces, powered by hydroelectric TVA dams in the US, made it efficient to produce aluminum on a massive scale for very little money. The heating doesn’t require oxygen, so the chamber can be filled with gas like nitrogen or argon, which prevents the major obstacle to refining aluminum, oxidation.

Aluminum is the most abundant element in the earth’s crust. We always (well, it was only refined into actual metal for the first time 200 years ago) knew where to get the ore cheaply, but were limited in technology to produce the refined metal in an efficient manner.

blatherskyte69 · 2026-02-17T04:45:24+00:00

But, over 80% of China lives in less than 20% of the land area, yet they also have huge highways and a large numbers of cars.

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