60+ year old thread.

Weird no warning at all.

At least it went at home, and not out somewhere it would have been a bigger hassle.

 

Batteries can be fickle. My son had a WallyWorld battery in his Jeep Cherokee (1yr. or so old) and we were upstate. He went out to go to the store and nothing. I went out and if I didn't see it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it but he took a wrench and put it across the pos. terminal to the neg terminal and not even a spark at all. Generally you will get some spark. We pulled the battery and went to WallyWorld to get a new battery. After putting the battery on charge for 1 hour and I watched as the shop person put the battery through a load test and it passed. We put the battery back in his Jeep and it started and he ran it for another year and a half. He picked up an Optima red top at a junk yard that he had no idea how old it was but he ran that in his jeep for almost 6 years.
I guess it's a crap shoot when it comes to batteries.

 

When I had the holes drilled in my head two years ago, the truck had sat for 5 or 6 weeks, causing the clock to get off. Funny.
Duane

 

That's good
I usually go about 8 years on batteries in my fleet

 

Guess I'd best look out. My truck is 10 years old with the original battery. At least I believe it is. I bought the truck when it was about 3 years old and haven't replaced the battery yet.

 

I reckon Ken is right.

 

Just got back from a root canal. I think a shot, a beer and a nap are in the plan. Might as well start my weekend.

 

Morning CODs

 

Gary: So sorry to read you had a heart attack. Keep doing what the docs want you to do and get well quickly.

Finally got back from vacation and back to getting things done. Started to assemble a grill station from HD. Caught it on sale at a pretty decent price. I did not expect too much and I was not disappointed. Sanded all the wood and applied the pre-stain conditioner today. Tomorrow starts the staining process and fabricating some wooden supports to make the grill station sturdier. I also need to paint the rear door tomorrow. I try to paint the door frame every 2 years. The door, actually an atrium door, is almost 30 years old at this point.

 

Good morning Cod's and Cod's.


Golf day today.


Seems like everyday there is something to be done......and very little of it is work.


Enjoy the day.

 

Still waiting for a new evil bay seller to understand why he has to wait for my funds to hit his PayPal account. Been filling him in for six days now. The bay said they sent him a email explaining their new seller policy. He somehow got my personal email today and said he still didnt have the funds and gave me his PayPal addy. Ignorant or scammer?
When while, back at the ranch. Won a hard to find lantern this morn off the bay. Not many more I want, gotta stop this spending every month. Most of my months income is going to the credit card this month.
Duane

 

You are living the good life Rob! Work is so over rated.

Welcome to the club. My outgo is more than my income. SIGH

 

Names NOT Rob

 

We may not know what his name is but we know not to call him Rob.

Don't mess with Texas or a Marine.

 

Around here calling someone Rob is a safe bet.

 

Any single syllable name is good with me....signed Pete

 

yep, I wanna be like Cal as well as Ken

 

Evening all:

Where's that report button, that is definitely a threat! NOT!

 

Sorry, My only defense is a senior moment.