Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Powering up

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Powering up

Power back on at 10:01 AM. All the meat in the freezer is still rock solid frozen; had dry ice in the fridge so that's okay. Listened to night talk shows from dusk to dawn for 4 days and here's what I learned. The smartest thing I ever said in my life is, " ... it's probably not a good idea to begin by asserting that virtually all elected Democrats are liars. But what the hell." Except I'm removing the qualifier "virtually."

I need a "Top Gear."

Rodger the Real King of France 8/31/2011 11:31:00 AM 19 Comments

"If the number of Islamic terror attacks continues at the current rate, candlelight vigils will soon be the number-one cause of global warming. "
Argus Hamilton

19 comments:

Anonymous said...: Missed you!
Tim; 8/31/11, 11:37 AM
Anonymous said...: running down to the hut depot to buy a propane powered whole house generator?...just sayin.
RAK; 8/31/11, 12:06 PM
I-RIGHT-I said...: "By way of preparation I yesterday bought a new spark plug for my generator, installed it, pulled the cord 20 times with no result, and said f'it. I forgot to buy gas anyway."

Your outside air temps were not too bad. Here it's been low 100's for weeks. When I read that comment I thought to myself he'll be sorry the gen was down. But then I thought, I don't even have a broken gen and Obama is going to shut down our power plants. So that day I got the biggest quietest Honda I could afford. That virtually assures there will be no hurricanes near Houston this year but the Obama plan to punish Texas is still in the works. F'em, I'm ready.; 8/31/11, 12:06 PM
James Hooker - The Real King Of Spain said...: I thought you had been dethroned.; 8/31/11, 12:31 PM
toadold said...: It really doesn't take long for TV to lose it's charm these days. A relative gave me a small TV with an HD converter box about a month ago. I lasted about three days with it. On one hand I'm not real current with local news, on the other hand my blood pressure stays lower and I am less likely to make non-commercially available devices to express my opinion to the local commies.; 8/31/11, 1:01 PM
Spunky Texan said...: Welcome back Roger!
Glad you made it through the, um, winds OK!; 8/31/11, 1:37 PM
mostly cajun said...: been there, done that, yadda, yadda...

And I am darned happy that you're okay. glad to have you back.

MC; 8/31/11, 2:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Glad to have you back sir.

PO2 Madams; 8/31/11, 4:10 PM
el bocopro said...: Re generators:

I got a Honda Blackmax 8450 that's a hard-startin moofer. REAL picky about gas, too . . . gets all uppity if it's stale.

After it's been allowed to sit idle for a few months, it digs in its heels and refuses to start, even tho I make sure to drain the fuel lines and all that when I shut it down.

Found that the only way to start it is remove the air filter and spray in a little throttlebody or carb cleaner, makin sure the gas is pretty fresh, and it starts right up with that volatile stuff in the intake.

Sometimes it quits after a few seconds, but another blast and restart normally convinces it I'm not in the mood to screw around with it.

Prestone or Gumout sprays work pretty well for that.; 8/31/11, 4:41 PM
I-RIGHT-I said...: "After it's been allowed to sit idle for a few months"

Ya can't let it sit for more than a couple of weeks with that ethanol crap in it, even if you drain it the stuff is still in the lines and the carb. I'm told to run it dry before it sets but I think I'll just crank it up every couple of weeks like I do the rest of my gas powered tools.

I've been told that "Sea Foam" is good for what ails them too. Damn ethanol crap!

There is a way to remove the ethanol from your gas but it's a pain in the butt. Google it if you're interested.; 8/31/11, 5:34 PM
toadold said...: I prefer the Sea Foam also, I've tried Stabil but the Sea Foam seems to work better at least for garden equipment and motorcycles.; 8/31/11, 6:51 PM
el bocopro said...: Yeah, this particular Honda has a very accessible screw at the bottom of the bowl, so I pull the line off at the filter, collect everything (gravity feed), then open the screw and drain the bowl.

Runnin it dry doesn't always get all the fuel outta the tankon the BlackMax.; 8/31/11, 6:54 PM
DougM said...: Why not just go to the top of the main tower, launch the kite into the lightning, and throw the third switch?; 8/31/11, 7:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Try going to the local fuel distributor. Here, we can buy non-ethanol gas at the local distributor. Also, sometimes at the nearest gas station to the lake.

mary; 8/31/11, 7:48 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: I actually got it running after replacing the spark plug, but in about 3 minutes it was spitting out so much smoke I could literally not see anything, and neighbors were running over to see what was happening. I drained the fuel tank, changed the oil, but could not get it started again. I came in and took a nap.; 8/31/11, 9:33 PM
Anonymous said...: Rog, I have a BMW K1100, one of the finest road bikes ever built, but if I let it sit on its sidestand for a week, well, you could hide a panzer division behind the smoke cloud. After a few minutes though, it burns off. Every single K-bike has the same issue. Oil leaks into the cylinders when it sits on a lean. It doesn't effect the performance a bit.

Casca; 8/31/11, 10:12 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: Casca - I wish I could go back to that point, but the smoke was so unbelievably heavy that people from around the corner and down the street rushed over to see what was burning. Now it flat won't start which makes me wonder if I didn't blow a seal by overfilling the oil? While I can - or could before all the crap was added, tear a car engine down and rebuild it, I have never been able to fix small engines? Too bad, because there's a fortune in it. I have that on my bucket list. Come on over and have a go.; 9/1/11, 8:45 AM
Anonymous said...: Rog, as much as I'd like to hustle up to Terpville and really F it up, I'm not allowed to leave the man-cave until after the playoffs, except for emergency resupplies.

Casca; 9/1/11, 10:04 AM
Juice said...: That dog looks like a lion!
Must need to keep plenty of dog cookies on hand. :); 9/1/11, 6:48 PM

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