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He was calling newer cars those that recommend 0w20 or 0w16 vs those whose manuals recommend 5w30, so I’m thinking by “newer” he meant 5-10 years old. I don’t think he had the cars of yesteryear that used 10w40 or 20w50 in mind. He didn’t say engines are blowing up, but oil consumption is on the rise.

I would think the quality of the oil (maybe synthetic vs dino) would be a bigger factor than the viscosity. Probably barely measurable, but every bit counts when the EPA is sniping at you. I’m not sure if I buy my mechanic friend’s theory about running thicker oil from the beginning, but I know for certain that an engine that already uses oil will use thinner oil more quickly. Back in the day, I had a Ford Ranger with bad rings. It would foul a plug in three months. I switched to 20-50 and the oil consumption slowed somewhat.

I’ve always changed my own oil and there is always a definite difference in the appearance of the oil that came out vs. the oil that goes in, whether it’s 10w-40 or 0w-16.

My Tacoma is American made and it’s the best vehicle I’ve ever owned. My wife has a Canadian made RAV4 that is too new to conclude it will be a long lasting vehicle, but so far, so good, and I have little reason to believe it won’t be reliable. 4Runners are still made in Japan. A mechanic friend swears that newer vehicle engines generally don’t last as long due to thinner oil being used nowadays, which he believes offers less protection (unless you floor it immediately after starting when it’s 10F outside) and burns easier. He told me he sees newer vehicles using oil sooner and his solution is to switch to 0W-30 or 5W-30. The problem often goes away for another 50-100k miles. He believes if we still used 5W-30 from the get-go, this trend wouldn’t exist. Older Toyotas (15-20 years ago) used 10w-30 or 5w-30. My wife’s RAV4 says to use 0W-16. I didn’t even know such watery oil existed.

I got only one. It took me a few seconds to realize that it wasn’t my alarm. Then my concern became my wife not waking up and listening to her raise hell because she thought work was calling me in the middle of the night again.

Another heartless bastard here - as of this morning, I have Amber alerts and public safety alerts turned off. Do blue alerts fall under public safety alerts? And what time was that anyway?

That song was his masterpiece.

Yes, I think that’s what he was asking, and my answer would be yes. That is pretty much the point I made earlier - only 10% extra is probably not realistic. I’ll pay 10% extra all day to buy American if the quality is as good as or better.

I think CMP recently announced they are venturing into more conventional gun sales. This may be part of that.

If it is the same quality (assuming both are decent quality), I'm still paying the 10% to help Mary Sue in TN have a job vs. some third grader in Zingzang Factory No. 38.

Channellock claims their pliers and screwdrivers are 100% American made, while they claim their sockets are made in Taiwan and wrenches are Spanish. I assume they are telling the truth. I started having problems with Craftsman pliers years ago (while they were still supposedly American made) and got a couple Channellocks. I never looked back. All their stuff is affordable (a bit more expensive than the cheap Chinese stuff, but way cheaper than Snap-On etc.). I am no mechanic and use them for basic stuff (screwdrivers/sockets/pliers/wrenches), but they have held up well. I think they fill the role of old-school Craftsman tools.

Hand tools are one example - it's easy to flip over the package and see where it's made. Used to be, there were American made options that were more expensive but still affordable, but now it often comes down to China or sky-high American stuff. Channellock tools are an exception, but some of their stuff is made in Taiwan. Some tools in Lowes, Home Depot, etc are made in Taiwan. I'll take Taiwan made vs. Chinese eight days a week.

I sometimes go out of my way to avoid buying anything Chinese, but sometimes, it's unavoidable. Occasionally, China makes superior stuff.

Except cars lol

I bet a lot of Americans would pay 10% extra. The problem is that American made goods are probably typically much more than 10% extra.

My friend’s father is 88 and still works full time. Two guys I see at the range a lot are 79 and 84 and can probably do anything I can. The 84 year old guy told me women over 50 can’t keep up with him. I didn’t ask for details. These three fellows all have two things in common - they have always stayed moving or into something and they are not overweight. On the other hand, my uncle could have lost a pound or 50 and he just flipped channels after he retired. He ended up with cancer, diabetes, bad knees, heart trouble, and lots of other stuff. Genetics and injuries often play an uncontrollable part, but as I get older, I plan to keep these observations in mind.

Speaking of tv…

We had two animals (for lack of a better term) at work who got kicked out of the Po Folks on Summer Ave. I’ve never seen humans eat like those two. Po Folks had an all-you-can-eat chicken special and after an hour or so, refunded my two co-workers and asked them to leave because there was a church youth group due soon and if the pace continued, there would be no chicken for them. They may have eventually been single-handedly responsible for the demise of Po Folks.

JB Hunter Fred P Gattas Woolworth Woolco TG&Y And I remember when Target sold guns.

Most of the big shipping companies cover loss up to $100 with no extra charge. Additional coverage incurs a fee. I don't know how much your ammo was, but SG probably ate the cost of it minus $100. You may be fortunate that they refunded your money at all. They could have refunded you only $100, since you didn't purchase additional insurance. Some smaller companies will tell you it's between you and the shipping company. Ebay sellers are bad about this. I'm not saying this is right, but it happens every day.

I don’t care to see Nichols getting pummeled, but I would be interested in bodycam or dashcam footage of whatever he was allegedly doing that got him stopped in the first place. I suspect we will see that on Dateline in 10 or 15 years.

Along with gun, bullet, powder, charge, OAL, etc, write down the temperature (when chronographing). Some loads will slow down or speed up depending on the temperature.

Apples and oranges. If drug users pull out drugs and start using them, that is illegal whether they are in your place of business or not (at least around here). If it becomes legal to use, I bet you can still ask them to leave. After all, there are “no smoking” “no drinking on premises” and “no shirt no shoes no service” signs. On the other hand, possession of a gun itself is not automatically a crime.

I think that is essentially what the bill accomplishes as written. I would rather see resources and attention spent on this instead of, or at least before long gun carry. This needs to be in place BEFORE long gun carry is ever passed. After permitless carry passed, gunbuster signs went up all over the place. If long gun carry is passed and gangsters start strutting around Wal-Mart with AKs, I expect a BUNCH of businesses will post and the “removal of the offense” ship will have sailed forever.