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  1. Turtle

    Football lunacy

    I can't make fun of a simple typo without you snapping back with an insult? Oh-kayeee. Nevertheless, the question is a legitimate one. Seems to me that both a tax cut and a tax break reduce taxes in some way. It also seems a lot of different terms that are synonyms with each other are getting...
  2. Turtle

    Football lunacy

    Tell us, Mr Fudd, what is the difference?
  3. Turtle

    Football lunacy

    Whether the government SHOULD have that money in the first place is a separate issue. A tax break is, in fact, a subsidy. It's technically called a tax expenditure, which is government spending through the tax code. They can collect the tax and then give it right back, making it a subsidy in...
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    Lucas oil stabilizer and below zero temps

    k1 = 0.61 + 0.0082*temp - 0.0000417*temp2 k2 = 0.61 + 0.0082*ccatemp - 0.0000417*ccatemp2 newcca = k1 * (cca/k2) You need the CCA rated temperature (which is zero for the base), and the current battery temperature, and the battery CCA as stated on the battery label. The easiest way for most...
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    TSA saves flight

    Best quote from this incident: "She took my monkey’s gun!" Second best quote from this incident: "TSA officers are dedicated to keeping the nation's transportation security systems safe and secure for the traveling public. Under longstanding aircraft security policy, and out of an...
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    CARB sued by OOIDA (Finally)

    I don't know if you remember, but 20 years ago or so in Ohio, when they raised the tolls on the Turnpike for trucks, a lot of the trucks took to running US 20 across the state instead of the Turnpike. The mayors of all those little towns along US 20 were livid, because of the increased traffic...
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    CARB sued by OOIDA (Finally)

    The suit with the best chance of winning is the one filed by California Construction Trucking Association (formerly the California Dump Truck Owners Association) who filed on the basis of the Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAA). In 1980, Congress deregulated the trucking industry...
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    Cargo Vanning in Sub-Zero Weather

    I insulated the voids in the walls and ceiling with board foam and spray foam, then covered everything with Reflectix. I have a permanent bunk with a sleeping bag on top, but I usually open the bag and sleep uncovered. Once in a while I'll pull the flap over on top of me, but not very often. I...
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    Lucas oil stabilizer and below zero temps

    The definition of the Cold-Cranking Amperage (CCA) of an automotive battery is the amount of current a given battery can deliver for 30 seconds at zero degrees F without dropping below a specified cutoff voltage (manufacturer-specific, but usually 10.5 volts). The value of CCA will change...
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    Lucas oil stabilizer and below zero temps

    NAPA batteries are made by Exide. Basically, all automotive and truck batteries in the US are made by two companies: Johnson Controls and Exide Johnson Controls makes Duralast (Autozone), Diehard (Sears), Kirkland (Costco), Motorcraft (Ford), AC Delco, Interstate Battery, and some of the...
  11. Turtle

    It's a Merry Christmas Month

    There are 28 vans, Sprinters and yellow Penske trucks at The Detroiter. If it wasn't so cold I'd think I was in Laredo.
  12. Turtle

    It's a Merry Christmas Month

    Yeah, I'd much rather talk about, you know, pickles and shorts.
  13. Turtle

    It's a Merry Christmas Month

    I know the difference between a "B-4" and a "B4" but apparently not everyone does. turn, turn, turn
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    It's a Merry Christmas Month

    So, when you said, "Receipts are available upon request," you weren't quite clearly exactly honest about that? But I was kidding, which you should have been able to tell if you had clicked the links, because what difference it makes is there's no such thing as a B-4 Espar heater. Well, at least...
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    Jailed for a 5 cent theft

    Have you seen the outfits these baby seals wear when they go clubbing these days? Wow.
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    It's a Merry Christmas Month

    Nope, just that one. Well, maybe another one. Your blower motor died after just one year? OK, that's more rhetorical. It's just odd that it would go out so soon. Your answer does present quite a conundrum, however, as since you've been there at least twice, and have seen the shelves chocked...
  17. Turtle

    The ELFERS DID IT!

    Elf on the Shelf revealed to be part of secret NSA spying program
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    Religious dudes and dudettes - a Judas question

    You don't hear God through His Word? Through the words and actions of others? Through the circumstances in which you find yourself? Through that inner voice of peace that tells you whether or not you are on the right path? Every Christian I know will answer yes to every one of those questions...
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    Jailed for a 5 cent theft

    Doesn't really matter, since he attempted to, and admitted that he did.
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    Jailed for a 5 cent theft

    He admitted that he was there without permission, and did not have permission to plug his car into the outlet. He also admitted, to the police and in a television interview, that he was plugged in for about 20 minutes. He also admitted that he had been told that he wasn't allowed on school...
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