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Sounds like maybe an old post office was being torn down and they found stuff underneath/behind/inside some old equipment/furniture!

That's my running assumption.
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just brew it! wrote:
Sounds like maybe an old post office was being torn down and they found stuff underneath/behind/inside some old equipment/furniture!

That's my running assumption.

I've also heard of cases where a postal worker was hanging on to mail instead of delivering it. Maybe a retired postal worker just died and they found old undelivered mail in his/her house.
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I've also heard of cases where a postal worker was hanging on to mail instead of delivering it. Maybe a retired postal worker just died and they found old undelivered mail in his/her house.

Could speculate all the way to Speculator, NY (yes, it's a real place; drive through it often) and not ever figure it out. The mystery just makes it better. Dad's problem now is deciphering the 8 pages of handwritten text. With Mom gone it'll give him something to do out there.
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Wed May 06, 2015 8:06 am

And SpaceX has successfully pulled off the pad abort test of the Dragon spacecraft. In true geek fandom, the dummy aboard was named Buster.
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Wed May 06, 2015 8:24 am

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And SpaceX has successfully pulled off the pad abort test of the Dragon spacecraft. In true geek fandom, the dummy aboard was named Buster.

Sure about that?

SpaceX wrote:
There will be a dummy on board the spacecraft, but despite popular belief, his name is not Buster. Buster the Dummy already works for a great show you may have heard of called MythBusters. Our dummy prefers to remain anonymous for the time being.


Personally, I would have named him Neil...

e: of course, this was a very cool test, and it's great news that everything went well.
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Wed May 06, 2015 8:28 am

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Captain Ned wrote:
And SpaceX has successfully pulled off the pad abort test of the Dragon spacecraft. In true geek fandom, the dummy aboard was named Buster.

Sure about that?

SpaceX wrote:
There will be a dummy on board the spacecraft, but despite popular belief, his name is not Buster. Buster the Dummy already works for a great show you may have heard of called MythBusters. Our dummy prefers to remain anonymous for the time being.


Personally, I would have named him Neil...

e: of course, this was a very cool test, and it's great news that everything went well.

Well then, several other websites have some 'splainin to do.
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Wed May 06, 2015 9:07 am

It was a fantastic test with everything sequenced right, but there is some concern about whether the capsule got as far off shore as was expected. Close to apogee there was a call of "Slightly below nominal" and during descent a "Hold tight everyone" so that may indicate an issue. Also https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/sta ... 4651243520
Dragon 2 Pad Abort test ended about eight seconds early (under performance?) - but the point is to save the crew, and they would be safe.
 
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Wed May 06, 2015 9:12 am

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It was a fantastic test with everything sequenced right, but there is some concern about whether the capsule got as far off shore as was expected. Close to apogee there was a call of "Slightly below nominal" and during descent a "Hold tight everyone" so that may indicate an issue. Also https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/sta ... 4651243520
Dragon 2 Pad Abort test ended about eight seconds early (under performance?) - but the point is to save the crew, and they would be safe.

It was under full chute for more than enough time to fully decelerate (there was a "terminal velocity" call), so good there. I know that if I were in the thing all that tumbling around during chute deployment would require a large barf bag.
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Wed May 06, 2015 9:30 am

Random question that doesn't really deserve its own thread - anything i should look out for / want to avoid in the 2015 WRX? Looking to trade in my fit for one and have "omg racecar" goggles on right now that might make me overlook potential faults
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Wed May 06, 2015 9:35 am

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notfred wrote:
It was a fantastic test with everything sequenced right, but there is some concern about whether the capsule got as far off shore as was expected. Close to apogee there was a call of "Slightly below nominal" and during descent a "Hold tight everyone" so that may indicate an issue. Also https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/sta ... 4651243520
Dragon 2 Pad Abort test ended about eight seconds early (under performance?) - but the point is to save the crew, and they would be safe.

It was under full chute for more than enough time to fully decelerate (there was a "terminal velocity" call), so good there. I know that if I were in the thing all that tumbling around during chute deployment would require a large barf bag.

Yeah, I think the deceleration time was good. The concern with reaching the right height would probably have more to do with getting a safe distance from a malfunctioning rocket, though, so if they missed that mark, NASA might not accept it for manned missions.

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Wed May 06, 2015 9:36 am

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Random question that doesn't really deserve its own thread - anything i should look out for / want to avoid in the 2015 WRX? Looking to trade in my fit for one and have "omg racecar" goggles on right now that might make me overlook potential faults

Your best bet is to head over to the forums at nasioc.com and apply a large reality filter. One must remember that WRX ownership skews fairly young, so the S/N ratio may not be the best.

The only issue I have is that if it's not a stick, it's a CVT. No one has any good data on the longevity of a CVT hooked to a motor with that much torque (and can be modified to greatly increase that torque by a box costing $500 from Cobb Tuning) combined with average WRX driver driving style.
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Wed May 06, 2015 9:47 am

Would be getting stick.
Will do some digging, I know the 2015 WRX uses a very similar FA20 (different cams iirc, and obviously the turbo giving it an extra 65ish hp) to the BRZ/FR-S so will do a bit of digging there too for any shared 'gotchas'
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Wed May 06, 2015 10:03 am

I do know that with the change from the EJ25xT to the FA20T, oil needs have changed drastically as well. My '02 WRX didn't spec full synthetic; now it's mandatory for my '10 LGT. That FA engine also specs thinner grades than the EJ and keeping quality in thinner grades means extra $$.
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Wed May 06, 2015 10:06 am

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I don't care for automatic flush toilets for a similar reason though -- if the sensor is a little out of whack they keep flushing every time you shift on the throne. Even more annoying if it's a violent flush that tends to splash the water around... that's cold! :o



I found that a little bit of toilet paper (folded over if its particularly thin) draped over the IR sensor works pretty well for keeping the thing from flushing.

Of course, if the sensor is mounted in the wall, you're probably SOL there. Pun not intended. Maybe carrying a small roll of electrical tape is good for such a case?


Also, I've only been to O'Hare once and I'll admit I loved it. Of course I'm the kind of person that loves airports, loves running around taking as many pictures of planes I can, and occasionally has to run away from airport staff telling me to stop. :D The last time I was at O'Hare I had Grumman F4F hanging from the ceiling and the explanation of the airport renovation plans to keep me busy.
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Wed May 06, 2015 10:14 am

I'm in the process of trading in an 05 Impreza 2.5RS and going to an Electric Soul. I looked at getting another Subaru but it just wasn't as reliable as a Honda. If Honda made an AWD Accord I'd be taking a long look at that. The TLX AWD is a nice dream but too expensive. The main thing about my Subaru is the local dealer has terrible mechanics and the independent Subaru specialist is well over an hour away.

Issues I've had with the car over 10 years:
Wheel bearing - 1 replaced and I think another is on the way out.
Plastic speedo drive gear in transmission stripped - required dropping the transmission and splitting the case for over $1000 labour to fix a $20 plastic part. A bit of a redesign to make it accessible without opening up the transmission or make it a metal gear would help.
Oil seals on ignition tubes through head leaked and cooked one spark plug, needed to helicoil the plug to fix. Again a bit of redesign to make the tubes longer to the seal is on the outside and you have an external leak that's obvious rather than an internal that does head damage would help.
Plastic elbow inside torque box broken loose. It's held by plastic rivets that have just broken off.
Rear wheel shock leaking.
Rusted out fuel filler neck - dealer spent 2 hours of labour diagnosing including using a proper smoke machine but couldn't find the leak that was setting the check engine light. They wanted to spend another 2 hours of labour dropping the fuel tank to hunt for it. I said no, took the car back and found the leak in 10 minutes by getting my son to blow in a hose while I sniffed and listened.
Headlights needed restoring as plastic got foggy.
It burns oil.
Oil leak on rear of engine needs engine out to fix - again fix is quick once out but the labour to pull the engine is big.
 
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Wed May 06, 2015 10:20 am

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Also, I've only been to O'Hare once and I'll admit I loved it. Of course I'm the kind of person that loves airports, loves running around taking as many pictures of planes I can, and occasionally has to run away from airport staff telling me to stop. :D The last time I was at O'Hare I had Grumman F4F hanging from the ceiling and the explanation of the airport renovation plans to keep me busy.

Parts of O'Hare not seen by people heading to Terminal 3 from the subway.
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Wed May 06, 2015 10:28 am

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gbcrush wrote:
Also, I've only been to O'Hare once and I'll admit I loved it. Of course I'm the kind of person that loves airports, loves running around taking as many pictures of planes I can, and occasionally has to run away from airport staff telling me to stop. :D The last time I was at O'Hare I had Grumman F4F hanging from the ceiling and the explanation of the airport renovation plans to keep me busy.

Parts of O'Hare not seen by people heading to Terminal 3 from the subway.

Yeah, it is frikkin' huge. More like a small city with airplanes parked all over the place than a "normal" airport. :wink:

On short flights it feels like you spend nearly as much time taxiing to/from the gate as you do in the air...
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Wed May 06, 2015 10:31 am

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Parts of O'Hare not seen by people heading to Terminal 3 from the subway.


Oh, I see...you're saying I got to see the cool touristy stuff that isn't in your travel path. Gah. Sorry.

Though for a moment, I was trying to figure out what you meant....like you were stuck in the underground parts of O'Hare not normally seen by people. You know, because you got arrested. :)
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Parts of O'Hare not seen by people heading to Terminal 3 from the subway.


Oh, I see...you're saying I got to see the cool touristy stuff that isn't in your travel path. Gah. Sorry.

Though for a moment, I was trying to figure out what you meant....like you were stuck in the underground parts of O'Hare not normally seen by people. You know, because you got arrested. :)

You have to go in the front door to see all of the good stuff, then take the shuttle train to your terminal. The only times I've seen Butch O'Hare's F4F is when flying United. Since flying United today is like riding a cattle car to the old Chicago Union Stock Yards (with the same end result), I avoid United and take JetBlue.
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Wed May 06, 2015 10:46 am

It rained hard here recently along with strong winds. My remote UHF VHF Radio Shack antenna amplifier got flipped upside down by the wind and then filled with water. End result is that the tuner section of my 32" Toshiba Regza TV is fried. TV still works for all other functions but tuner section is toast. Guess I am gonna be looking for a new board for this TV. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
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Wed May 06, 2015 12:38 pm

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On short flights it feels like you spend nearly as much time taxiing to/from the gate as you do in the air...

At JFK (unavoidable if flying JetBlue) one gets to taxi over the main road link twice from terminal to runway.
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Wed May 06, 2015 3:09 pm

Bought a tow-behind cart for the lawn mower a couple of weeks ago from Sears. They gave me a great deal because it was "open box", as in the parts were lying on their warehouse floor. Go to construct it last weekend and find I'm missing the most important part, mainly the part that links the axle to the cart. Call the "missing parts" number Monday in the instructions and I get Agri-Fab. OK, no worry, they're big in this market space and obviously boxed the kit for Sears. I tell the nice midwestern lady (gotta work on that accent, luv) of my issue and you can almost hear her shrug and whine about what Sears has done this time. Shipping address is arranged and all seems good.

Working from home today and get a call from Agri-Fab. The part I need is specced in black for that particular cart, is out of stock, and is on long backorder. I ask if it might, praytell, be available in any other color. Nice lady on other end says only other possibility is orange. I tell her it could be any color of the rainbow as long as it fits and makes things work. FFS, who buys a dump cart to tow behind their lawn mower based on the color scheme.
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Wed May 06, 2015 4:44 pm

Besides, spray paint exists.
 
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Wed May 06, 2015 5:29 pm

Hey, you'd be surprised. I once had a person throw a fit because the back panel of a filing cabinet wasn't quite the same color as the sides (said they, I couldn't tell).
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Wed May 06, 2015 5:33 pm

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Besides, spray paint exists.

Personally, I think the orange will set off the black nicely. That said, even though I spent last week in Chicago, it didn't make me a Bears fan.
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Personally, I think the orange will set off the black nicely. That said, even though I spent last week in Chicago, it didn't make me a Bears fan.

A "Bears" fan? I'm not sure those exist.
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Wed May 06, 2015 9:14 pm

Orange and black? Are you sure you don't mean a beaver fan? (OSU!) :wink:

Not that the engineers here have anything doing with the sports department. :lol:

Note: When I say OSU, I always mean Oregon, not Ohio. We need to create a botnet and blast Ohio State Univ off the map, in terms of SEO. Then again, maybe not. But I've had worse ideas. :wink:
 
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Thu May 07, 2015 12:08 am

Nah, somebody will come along with an SCO scheme to take care of the SEO muddle caused by the botnet. Besides, the best thing to come out of Chicago was not Orange and Black but Black and White, as in 'The Blues Brothers'.
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Thu May 07, 2015 1:21 am

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Nah, somebody will come along with an SCO scheme to take care of the SEO muddle caused by the botnet. Besides, the best thing to come out of Chicago was not Orange and Black but Black and White, as in 'The Blues Brothers'.

Chicago-style pizza and hotdogs rank right up there too. If forced to choose between Chicago-style pizza and the Blues Brothers, I think I'd take the pizza!

(OTOH we also gave the world Chicago-style politics and corruption. Just like the pizza and hotdogs, we had to do it bigger and better...)
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Thu May 07, 2015 6:01 am

Chicago-style hotdogs are just not appealing to me. The Blues Brothers are awesome. Chicago-style pizza (specifically Lou Malnati's) is excellent. Lou's is the best thing about living in Chicagoland, IMO.
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