Caged Needle Bearing and Axle Care...

Right. My Grandpa lost a brother that way. I never understood it when
I was in shop class because our saws,
lathes, etc produced very coarse sawdust - it wasn't likely to stay
suspended in the air for any length of time. But
some of that sawdust is fine powder ....

 

Keep a pencil handy in your tank-bag for this (then you can write the
ODO on your receipt, and you can see what sort of mileage
you're getting. I've noticed that in NV & UT I get better mileage ...
must be the gas!)

 

My sis who used to manage a credit crad dispute unit assured me that the
vender is always responbile to verify that the person using the
CC is authorized to use it. (If you think about this, it is the only
way the system could work: those who are able to verify must be held
accountable for verifying or they'd slack off ... even more than they do
now.

Again. I think the gas station is liable for the money in the case of
the stolen card.

 

Oh, I was even suggesting that some of its properties make
gasoline less useful as a solvent than the alternatives.
It was designed for something else, I think...

 

It was originally designed as a cleaning fluid.

http://sewing.about.com/library/sewnews/library/aafabr14.htm

 

I don't think that's what petroleum engineers are aiming at
these days.

 

Right, now their biggest profit is making shirts, shoes, cell phones,
coffee cups, furniture, McDonald's Big Macs* and any other plastic
products.


*I believe a Big Mac is entirely petroleum products and by products
consisting of a styrofoam "bun", yellow plastic "cheese", brown plastic
"meat", etc.

 

the CC companies knock a few pennies off the transaction rate for each
piece of customer verification. a human verified signature with photo ID
check is gold. next step down is asking for full billing address and the
4-digit extra number. then just full billing address. then just zip.
since the first few aren't exactly practical for a unattented gas pump,
they take what they can get.

 

Negative Jr.Pudknocker... it's about what's known in the mind... accomplished
with heart and enacted as life...

My kneesliders had aleady touch down racing in the Old Highway 40 Race Donner
2001...
http://www.fox302.com/userdata/netters2/files/ShopPics/RC45KneeDownH40Race.JPG

We rode together in 2003...
http://www.fox302.com/userdata/netters2/files/ShopPics/MtHamiltonHorde.JPG

Larry L
94 RC45 #2
Have a wheelie NICE day...
Lean & Mean it in every corner of your life...
If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
V4'S are music to the seat of my pants...
1952 De Havilland Chipmunk...
Yank and bank your brains loose...
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Exactly. I take my business elsewhere they they pull junk like that....

Basically, all the credit card companies attempt to intimidate merchants
into getting as much "verification" as possible. But with the card
present, it's *guaranteed* payment to the merchant with or without
"verification."

Merchants fall for this to varying degrees--some ask for nothing.
Others will ask for ID, carefully match signatures, etc. I've noticed
over time that it's the "bad" parts of town that usually have the most
"verification" going on...no one has ever asked for any kind of
"verification" at pricey restaurants or upscale stores. But walk into
the Nasty Neighborhood store and try to buy a t-shirt and watch what
happens....

BTW, same applies to traveler's checks. Payment is guaranteed to
merchants; no exceptions. They are like bearer bonds. But almost all
merchants demand picture ID/driver's license and write down numbers,
etc. because AmEx (and others) have intimidated them.

 

The right cleaner is Stoddard Solvent. Used to be able to buy it in bulk
at the service station, but no more.

Fortunately, you can still buy it as Charcoal Starter. Spray bottle is
convenient, too.

Ted Crum
1988 K75c

 

Is parts cleaner solvent just Stoddard's solvent? I've used both and knew
they were very similar, but didn't know they were one and the same.
I used to buy mine at Standard stations that still had service bays.
They'd have these old hand-crank square tanks over in the corner with
stuff like Solvent #1, kerosene, etc, and you could buy each for about $2
gal bulk. I probably still have a couple gals laying around here,
someplace. Before I made the post you replied to, I called our best
auto parts store and they quoted about $8 gal (yikes!). I also know
that most companies that sell motorized parts washers (the sink,
motor, and barrel) usually include a local provider that will sell in
bulk and provide recycling. Lord knows this stuff is undoubtedly now
considered a toxic substance (what isn't!? .

nb

 

I don't understand what the problem is here. Keying in your zip code
is a small price to pay.

I had a credit card stolen--apparently right off the counter at
Orchard Supply. I realized it was missing only the next day, and
called up to cancel it. By that time there were just over $100 in
charges, and all of them were for gas.

Apparently the guy filled up his car and some of his friends' cars.
Why? Because gas stations were (then) the only place you could use a
credit card without any verification whatsoever.

So whether it's the gas stations' idea or the credit card company's
idea, can you blame them for wanting to protect themselves?

 

One slice at a time. How much more info do you have to give up for
the right to pay the cc companies?

Quit frankly, I couldn't give a flying fsck about protecting them!
They spend hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying for ...and
getting!... laws that protect themselves. I'm more worried about the
laws protecting me from them!

nb

 

A small price to pay for what, $3.00 gas? Bah. I'll go elsewhere.

Anyway, I was really just grousing about the fact that I couldn't key in
my zip code without removing my gloves, slowing down my hyper-efficient
fueling routine.

I'm one of those crazy gasoline-soaked dumbasses (just connecting the
threads here) that fills up while sitting on the bike. Wasn't that a
DoD Squid purity question at some point? I know, future Darwin award,
blah-de-blah.

 

A small price to pay for what, $3.00 gas? Bah. I'll go elsewhere.

Anyway, I was really just grousing about the fact that I couldn't key in
my zip code without removing my gloves, slowing down my hyper-efficient
fueling routine.

I'm one of those crazy gasoline-soaked dumbasses (just connecting the
threads here) that fills up while sitting on the bike. Wasn't that a
DoD Squid purity question at some point? I know, future Darwin award,
blah-de-blah.

 

A small price to pay for what, $3.00 gas? Bah. I'll go elsewhere.

Anyway, I was really just grousing about the fact that I couldn't key in
my zip code without removing my gloves, slowing down my hyper-efficient
fueling routine.

I'm one of those crazy gasoline-soaked dumbasses (just connecting the
threads here) that fills up while sitting on the bike. Wasn't that a
DoD Squid purity question at some point? I know, future Darwin award,
blah-de-blah.

 

A small price to pay for what, $3.00 gas? Bah. I'll go elsewhere.

Anyway, I was really just grousing about the fact that I couldn't key in
my zip code without removing my gloves, slowing down my hyper-efficient
fueling routine.

I'm one of those crazy gasoline-soaked dumbasses (just connecting the
threads here) that fills up while sitting on the bike. Wasn't that a
DoD Squid purity question at some point? I know, future Darwin award,
blah-de-blah.

 

Well if Moonshine won't kill you... neither will solvent...

Larry L
94 RC45 #2
Have a wheelie NICE day...
Lean & Mean it in every corner of your life...
If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
V4'S are music to the seat of my pants...
1952 De Havilland Chipmunk...
Yank and bank your brains loose...
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/-xlax-/
http://home.comcast.net/~netters2/
http://www.fox302.com/index.pl?s=vg&user=netters2

 

And with that, "Larry xlax Lovisone" suddenly disappeared from
usenet...