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Messages - randyo

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...if maybe you've bit off more than you can handle?

I have.....
1st time I slid under my VW bus to do the valves.
Stig

I always found it easier to pull the motor and do the work on a bench

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General Discussion / Re: just learned easy approx. Celsius > Fahrenheit
« on: November 22, 2024, 05:29:47 PM »
that is pretty much my temp range as well, for a real ride (min.100 miles), although I meandered one day from Joplin, MO to Vivian, LA and saw 110° +, my coldest wasn't a real ride, just a test spin up to the corner & back, total 1 mile, -25°f  COLD AIR = FREE HORSEPOWER, other than that, a ride around the pond (Lake Winnipesaukee) at -15°f  on my little red nekid '99 SV650.   

20 years ago I wrote a program to translate Fahhrenheiit to Celsius and the other way also. That was before such was easily found on the Internet for quick translation as it is now. I even included checks for the absolute minimum temp possible. Since then I always remember that every 9 deg F is another 5 deg C. I actually always knew this but after writing that program I didn't have to think about it anymore. I just have to remember where to start. I usually start at 32F = 0C and go from there.
-13F = -25C
-4F = -20C
5F = -15C
14F = -10C
23F = -5C
32F = 0C
41F = 5C
50F = 10C
59F = 15C
68F = 20C
77F = 25C
86F = 30C
95F = 35C
104F = 40C

This is the entire range of temps that I currently ride in. Though I'm beginning to question that first lowest temp for riding as I get older.
My ideal riding temp is 77F (25C). Notice that 68F to 86F (numbers reversed) is 20C to 30C.
Just a few thoughts that make it easy for me to remember and translate on the fly. If I can remember the increments I can easily guess in between temps close enough.

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General Discussion / Re: just learned easy approx. Celsius > Fahrenheit
« on: November 22, 2024, 04:31:48 PM »
or x 9/5 + 32 and get the exact conversion

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General Discussion / Re: our first snow!
« on: November 21, 2024, 11:58:59 PM »
we don't have snow in our forecast till Friday next week, but this is New England, a lot can change between now and then.

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General Discussion / Re: Honda scooter on credit card
« on: November 15, 2024, 05:47:36 PM »
no customization necessary, distant relatives


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General Discussion / Re: vanity of Vespa owners is humourous
« on: November 15, 2024, 01:18:24 PM »
I never understood flush mount turn signals, or even clear lenses w amber bulbs vs amber lenses w clear bulbs

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General Discussion / Re: Scooter rider surrenders to Mother Nature
« on: November 14, 2024, 07:22:38 PM »
my yard is a forest


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General Discussion / Re: Veteran's Day
« on: November 11, 2024, 06:18:52 PM »
never served myself, but my dad did, in the Navy '44-'46 on a fast attack transport, his most notable battle was the Battle of Okinawa. lucked out with kamikazes with bad aim

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: operating squirrel condo - Question randyo
« on: October 28, 2024, 12:25:18 PM »
I grew up in a big, old house that had squirrels chew their way into the attic and I clearly remember scratching sounds in the 2nd floor walls as a kid. To this day I 'may' aim the car at the little tree rats when I see them in the street...

we had bats in our attic, used to have bats in my barn where I live now, but haven't seen em in several years, I think they got wiped out by white nose syndrome

I got mice in the walls in my house, not so much in the summer, but as cold weather, I should get a cat again

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: how do you make coffee?
« on: October 25, 2024, 03:58:19 PM »
my Dad drank instant coffee when I was growing up..my Mom prepared it for him in the morning and after dinner. I had to do a search to see just exactly what instant coffee was and how it was created! Surprisingly it was invented in 1890.

my parents drank instant when I was growing up, for the most part, Sundays sometimes they would use the percolator. After I left home, at some point they switched to ground coffee in a drip coffee maker

I made coffee in a drip coffee maker up till about 5 or 6 years ago when I discovered Cafe Bustelo instant, I have mixed cocoa with my coffee for at least 30 years, and tried several brands, turns out I like Walmart the best the right amount if sugar and milk solids in the powder, most other brands are way to sweet

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: how do you make coffee?
« on: October 24, 2024, 04:56:09 PM »
one spoon Cafe Bustelo instant, two spoons Walmart hot cocoa





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General Discussion / Re: NSR: operating squirrel condo - Question randyo
« on: October 20, 2024, 10:56:08 PM »
I've only had 1 experience with black squirrels, on a camping trip in Quebec along north side of Ottawa River, they were so aggressive, we ended up eating in our car, couldn't eat at the picnic table, squirrels were right there chattering and stealing off our plates

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: operating squirrel condo - Question randyo
« on: October 20, 2024, 04:44:53 PM »
Grey squirrels far outnumber the indigenous Reds* here now and from my experience I'd say more than one nest per tree is unusual.  As Randy surmises, maybe nut stores?  As for nuts & fruit I've noticed that many of our Hawthorns are loaded with berries this year.  In the old days, when I was a lad, this was taken to be an infallible sign of a hard winter to come.  Somehow I doubt that holds good these days?

* I'd have to drive about 4 hours from my house to see one!

grays outnumber reds where I am too, but the dividing line where reds start outnumbering grays is not that far north of me. Primary food source here is red oak acorns, next would be beechnuts. But mostly, I have chipmunks.

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General Discussion / Re: NSR: operating squirrel condo - Question randyo
« on: October 18, 2024, 02:11:52 PM »
no clue, especially black species, we only have grays & reds here in NNE and I only have a few grays in my yard, never seen more than 1 nest in a tree. I do know that they store acorns everywhere, and maybe the multiple nests are only nut storage

fwiw, we are having a phenomenal acorn drop this year, ground covered so that you can't see the ground anymore, over an inch deep, = next summer a lot of squirrel road kill, more turkeys and more coyotes

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General Discussion / Re: most viewed mural on the planet this summer?
« on: October 15, 2024, 05:32:34 PM »
Is that the place where immigrants are eating pet cats?

I don't see any cats, not even feral cats, I prefer Guinea pigs anyway, more tender and tasty

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