Today I Learned (TIL)

This weekend I learned that a 2021 Honda CRV will not allow the cruise control to be set higher than 90.  That's probably for the best.  

TIL how the Model T magneto is designed, sandwiched between the engine and transmission. That's pretty robust looking. Honestly, it kinda looks like Honda IMA.

In reply to Sonic :

Were you borrowing Angry's secret test track?  

Mike (Forum Supporter) said:

TIL how the Model T magneto is designed, sandwiched between the engine and transmission. That's pretty robust looking.

And it will shock an entire high school physics class at the same time. Ask me how I know.

TIL that a HPFP can rip its hold down bolts apart if it locks up.

I was looking for a magnifying glass and was like, wait, I have a phone with 10x zoom, let's use that resource.

At least, I don't SEE any evidence that the bolt had been weakened from a crack.  The bolt broke 2 or 3 threads down from the top of the boss it threaded into and ripped those threads right out.

TIL that Ike and Tina covered Whole Lotta Love.

While going through things in an effort to get my Dad's affairs settled, TIL that the file folder labeled "Purchases and Receipts" contains the hospital bills for the birth of myself and my siblings and the purchase agreements for family cars back into the late 60's. 

In reply to Karacticus :

So, your dad considered you a purchase?

In reply to Karacticus :

Kelly’s Heroes

In reply to Karacticus :

I have my dads same file.  1955, 1968, 1984 Oldsmobile.....

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Brittle failure started at 10 and 5 o'clock.

914Driver said:

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Brittle failure started at 10 and 5 o'clock.

Me too, man.  Me, too.

In reply to 914Driver :

Thank you. And Pete for the original post. I am glad I see very few failures these days, I am still fixing 40 year old ones

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

How stretched is the timing chain now???

VolvoHeretic said:

In reply to Karacticus :

So, your dad considered you a purchase?

At least I didn't find my folks marriage certificate in the same file. 

And the next one--

TIL that my birth certificate says I was born white, and so does my sister's-- we're the oldest and youngest of three. 
 

My parent's and my brother's (middle child) don't. 
 

I can understand why that wasn't on my parent's, as I'm pretty sure they'd do their best to be sure only white babies were born in 1939 or 1940 in Barton County, Missouri.

Now my brother, I just don't know. 
 

TIL that apprentice boy 2, not the one I'm paired with, is a Mexican Mennonite. I knew there was something interesting going on there but I never would've called that

Karacticus said:

And the next one--

TIL that my birth certificate says I was born white, and so does my sister's-- we're the oldest and youngest of three. 
 

My parent's and my brother's (middle child) don't. 
 

I can understand why that wasn't on my parent's, as I'm pretty sure they'd do their best to be sure only white babies were born in 1939 or 1940 in Barton County, Missouri.

Now my brother, I just don't know. 
 

Mongrel story

Yankee moves to Virginia in the early 60s and deals with snappy answers to irrelevant questions.  Bonus: including on government security-clearance paperwork

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

That was a great read, thanks for posting. 

Peabody said:

TIL that apprentice boy 2, not the one I'm paired with, is a Mexican Mennonite. I knew there was something interesting going on there but I never would've called that

I had a teacher that was a Cuban Quaker.

Duke said:

Peabody said:

TIL that apprentice boy 2, not the one I'm paired with, is a Mexican Mennonite. I knew there was something interesting going on there but I never would've called that

I had a teacher that was a Cuban Quaker.

These names sound like they were made up by Stan Lee.

In reply to eastpark :

It get's better. They dress like Mennonites, eat traditional Mexican food... and speak German

In reply to Peabody :

That has to be a more interesting accent than the guy who I bought a Thunderbird from, who was born in Ireland and moved to Georgia as an adult, then marinated there for a few decades

Yesterday I began building new planter beds for my garden and decided to go with recycled plastic beams instead of wooden posts. It so far has been really interesting and nice to work with; I chopped it on a 10" carbide saw and it weighs half of what the wood would, and during cutting it only smelled like fresh tires. No molten smell, no issues.

There is a guy named Terry O'Reilly who does podcasts,  usually about marketing.  He's really entertaining, and today's episode was about  marketing contests gone wrong.

TIL that Pitbull has a great sense of humor, and honor, I guess.  Walmart and some caffeine strip company set up a contest where the Walmart that got the most follows on Facebook got a Pitbull concert.  Some dude in Boston started an "Exile Pitbull" page, and a fly-in only town in Alaska with 5000 people won by a ton.  Pitbull went up there in his jet, after picking up the guy who started the exile deal, and charmed the E36 M3 out of a whole town.