tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post3780453425415672487..comments2024-03-27T08:30:30.519-04:00Comments on Not of this World: Technical DifficultiesEd Bonderenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-44728223265571706662013-09-12T12:59:52.499-04:002013-09-12T12:59:52.499-04:00My favorite.My favorite.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-80055786288384680852013-09-12T12:35:58.186-04:002013-09-12T12:35:58.186-04:00Love that shot of "Cali".Love that shot of "Cali". roseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948630176877454789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-5303168721612613922013-09-02T09:48:51.587-04:002013-09-02T09:48:51.587-04:00Not zero work.
Lots of belly rubbing, tussling, pi...Not zero work.<br />Lots of belly rubbing, tussling, picking up the logs she drags off the firewood pile before I can mow.<br />Clean up the mud and hair she leaves in her bedroom (the utility room).<br />But the LOVE! There are days when she can't be bought off with a biscuit when I'm to beat to play with her.<br />She must be paid attention to!Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-28507798609029904492013-09-01T19:06:20.770-04:002013-09-01T19:06:20.770-04:00You are missing the obvious. The boat needs atten...You are missing the obvious. The boat needs attention and more work than a few trips a year are worth. But your fur child waits patiently to give more than she takes! There's LOVE in those eyes and zero work required.lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-63917963332205329152013-09-01T12:48:29.173-04:002013-09-01T12:48:29.173-04:00Once bitten twice shy.Once bitten twice shy.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-48874323379607725762013-09-01T12:15:12.656-04:002013-09-01T12:15:12.656-04:00Yep, you got bit by the Ethanol mixture... NEVER l...Yep, you got bit by the Ethanol mixture... NEVER let any Ethanol mix set for a long period. Better to dump it.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-35798731027692911412013-09-01T12:15:10.540-04:002013-09-01T12:15:10.540-04:00Yep, you got bit by the Ethanol mixture... NEVER l...Yep, you got bit by the Ethanol mixture... NEVER let any Ethanol mix set for a long period. Better to dump it.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-85990030248166230262013-09-01T08:44:05.951-04:002013-09-01T08:44:05.951-04:00Thanks, Angel. Yeah, she is.Thanks, Angel. Yeah, she is.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-55859184530514443952013-09-01T08:43:27.267-04:002013-09-01T08:43:27.267-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-81728756280801587652013-09-01T00:23:57.529-04:002013-09-01T00:23:57.529-04:00good luck with the boat..cute doggie!!!:-)good luck with the boat..cute doggie!!!:-)WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-49049968079732880322013-08-31T21:13:12.526-04:002013-08-31T21:13:12.526-04:00thanks, Z.thanks, Z.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-65700301943265657962013-08-31T21:12:48.112-04:002013-08-31T21:12:48.112-04:00No Mas!No Mas!Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-2734950539844156592013-08-31T21:00:46.358-04:002013-08-31T21:00:46.358-04:00Excellent is right!! Great post!
I love your line...Excellent is right!! Great post!<br />I love your line..."something with 'miracle' on it"! :-)Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-73385343486352198412013-08-31T20:49:11.143-04:002013-08-31T20:49:11.143-04:00I guess there's just no such thing as too many...I guess there's just no such thing as too many government ideas, huh? Excellent post!Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388694472897425202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-70837317991536333652013-08-31T20:29:01.458-04:002013-08-31T20:29:01.458-04:00That's an ethanol-water solution, not mixture....That's an ethanol-water solution, not mixture. Sorry. <br /><br />As ever more water is drawn into solution, the ethanol switches from being the solvent to being the solute. Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-65094056123709696012013-08-31T20:00:04.394-04:002013-08-31T20:00:04.394-04:00Jess: of course.Jess: of course.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-90957459815632957652013-08-31T17:05:09.254-04:002013-08-31T17:05:09.254-04:00The solution is to beat politicians to the point t...The solution is to beat politicians to the point they pay attention, end the subsidies of ethanol and allow the free market to solve the problem. <br /><br />As far as the environmentalists: they can go suck eggs.....organic, of course. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-9128909141204484292013-08-31T14:55:25.632-04:002013-08-31T14:55:25.632-04:00Yes, I've got a lot of chemistry in my academi...Yes, I've got a lot of chemistry in my academic background, but woefully bare of it professionally. However, there are some things you never forget. <br /><br />Yes, ethanol is the key to creating an immiscible pair. Oil and water do not mix remains the problem. Ethanol, though polar, by itself will mix fairly well with non-polar gasoline (oil). But it's great affinity for water will cause it to attach to any moisture. As the molecules of EtOH come near the surface of the fuel, it will attach to H2O vapor and create an EtOH/water mixture. Eventually the water content will be so great that the EtOH will separate and give you the immiscible region. Of course that ethanol/water mixture is too nonflammable, hence the problem.<br /><br />That's something the powers that be must be fully aware of, hence my inclination to my giving you my first answer first. Ethanol works like Leftists who force their ways into all our institutions claiming discrimination and red-scare tactics wherever they met resistance. As they themselves then insisted on letting in more useless flacks (useless water), for reasons well-known to the destroyers of Western civ ("Hey hey/ ho, ho/ western civ has got to go") all our institutions work about as well to do their reasons for existing as your engines.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-18751291672587964392013-08-31T13:28:07.701-04:002013-08-31T13:28:07.701-04:00I don't wonder anymore.
But the problem in thi...I don't wonder anymore.<br />But the problem in this case was long disuse allowing absorption of moisture.<br />I've been encouraged to use the old boat gas in my car in small amounts to dispose of it (I've 12 gallons in the garage).<br />But high amount of ethanol will destroy some critical elements in older (perhaps newer) vehicles fuel systems.<br />It's known to dissolve pickup tubes in chain saws for instance.<br />Premium has lower percentages of ethanol.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-85520914324202336792013-08-31T13:23:58.519-04:002013-08-31T13:23:58.519-04:00Spotter: We'd have to apply the ether first :)...Spotter: We'd have to apply the ether first :)Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-58492569563453953272013-08-31T13:23:03.463-04:002013-08-31T13:23:03.463-04:00Pasc:
I appreciate your philosophical approach to ...Pasc:<br />I appreciate your philosophical approach to the query.<br />I actually deleted a phrase I had in there about needing the FDA (Ethanol: food or drug?) to protect our vehicles healthy intake, but we don't need another regulatory agency. But maybe we do here.<br />More to the point, Pasc:<br />Am I remembering faulty that you know chemistry?<br />Would it work like I thought it did?<br />Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-13870467682807432162013-08-31T12:35:21.029-04:002013-08-31T12:35:21.029-04:00Makes you wonder what all that ethanol is doing to...Makes you wonder what all that ethanol is doing to the engines in our cars...diamond davehttp://davestuff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-76560170903352767282013-08-31T12:00:34.381-04:002013-08-31T12:00:34.381-04:00Hmmm. Perhaps we can adapt Ed's methods. Devis...Hmmm. Perhaps we can adapt Ed's methods. Devise a multistage means to flush all our institutions of the bad gasbags.Spotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-31288807172466323932013-08-31T11:48:25.413-04:002013-08-31T11:48:25.413-04:00No rocket science needed.
Observe that doctors o...No rocket science needed. <br /><br />Observe that doctors once took an oath that states "first: do no harm." The postmodern philosophers <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724093451/http://www.pascalfervor.com/Commentary/Geoff-Vaccines_Kill.html" rel="nofollow">convinced the Med schools</a> not to do that anymore. Few people (other than yours truly) noticed let alone squawked. <br /><br />Thus it was inevitable that other less directly lethal forms of "do no harm" would be eradicated.<br /><br />A whole lot more than our vehicles are screwed up. Postmodernism: the philosophy of death. Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.com