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I've never seen ZZ Top. Last time I tried, they were opening for Jimmy Buffet. I bought expensive scalped tickets to be close. This fat dude walks out, yells 'its good to be in Republican country' (this was Dallas) and play some awful country music. As it ended, it dawned on me. ZZ Top had cancelled
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Pink Floyd in Aus - Delicate Sound of Thunder, about 1984.
Was amazed by how much gear they brought. Gilmour stated in the press that they brought the whole show, even though that meant they weren't going to make any money.
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That's a tough one!
I've been to quite a few great gigs, but I'd say the most rewarding was Nightwish in 2005.
They kicked butt and it turned out to be the one and only chance to see them with Tarja Turunen in my country.
The very first Stratovarius gig I saw in 1997 and the Gods of Metal festival in 1998 in Milan were also great.
Latest but not least, in 2018 I saw Epica during the Unicorn Festival in Vinci, and the location was simply awesome! Just out of the medieval city centre, on a clearing with small hills on the sides. We went there by motorbike and both the whole experience and the concert were super!!!
Awesome metal trip you had btw!!!
I always skipped Wacken cause camping is not really my thing, but I kinda regret it (I'm also 50 and won't probably go, like ever)!
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but not in practice. - Anonymous
A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. - B. Bryson
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Sunn0))), at The Asylum, Birmingham, UK, 10th December 2009. There are clips on YouTube, but they can't do justice to a) the atmosphere (full of dry ice), b) the volume, or c) the overall spectacle that can be achieved by a few blokes dressed up in robes with one playing guitar, one playing bass and one vocalist - that's right, no drums. This clip does highlight the alarms being set off, either by the smoke machines or the subsonic vibrations, but can't convey coming home from a gig being able to hear, but unable to stop shaking, for some reason...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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Led Zeppelin, May 1973 at Dallas Memorial Auditorium.
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Grateful Dead concert one hot summer day in 1981 at the Cal Expo fairgrounds in Sacramento Ca. I especially liked the wet T-shirts in back at the free showers. A lot to see.
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Time for an oil change.
This engine wants Full_Synthetic 0W-20
This is the oil I used last time (i.e., Mobil 1)
I welcome...
- Opinions
- Advice
- Suggestions
- [[Referrals / Links]] to other knowledgeable sources
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Buy a bicycle.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Too cold.
Bad weather this time of year.
Significant slip and fall Hazard.
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It's available in 0W-20, so it'll be fine.
I don't scrimp on oil changes: I always do them with a filter change at the recommended mileage interval or or earlier. Oil is what keeps wear down, and that extends the life of the engine. Cheap oil is cheap for a reason - and that ain't compatible with long engine life!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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My old girl is approaching 50. She's got an old B-Series block and I haven't moved her onto multigrade yet. she has a 15W in now, and [I can't remember exactly] a 15 or 20 in the summer.
It's not such a hardship as the oil's normally leaked out before it's time to change
veni bibi saltavi
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The tolerances were lower in those days - particularly in British car and motorcycle manufacturing ... "close enough to get it out of the showroom" would do.
I've had a few "self changing" motorcycles over the years as well! (Mind you, I had one Honda where the gearbox dogs were so worn it changed down when you closed the throttle.)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Oil is the cheapest thing you can put into your vehicle.
Did a little mechanic work today.
Put a rear end in a recliner!
JaxCoder.com
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Yeah, right, I've been to Vegas...
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No it isn't. Banana skins. Into the gearbox.
Not that I would ever have done such a thing during my days restoring and selling old cars...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I lived in Murray, KY for many years and at the time it was the used car capital of the US and my landlords career was cutting odometers. I heard he finally got caught and had to pay a bunch to stay out of prison.
Did a little mechanic work today.
Put a rear end in a recliner!
JaxCoder.com
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Don't cheat on the oil.
Use exactly what the manufacturer specified. Preferrably of a reputable brand.
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The lower number is how viscous it is cold, the higher number is how viscous it is hot. Slight variation in number won't harm your car. If your car is older,you probably want a more generic number anyhow
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Mobil-1 or Valvoline Synthetic, and Wix oil filters. Whatever you do, don't use Fram filters - they suck bigger'n a bucket of ticks.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Mobil also has an oil filter which is matched to that oil.
Would you choose Wix over Mobil for the filter ?
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I've never used a Mobil-1 filter, but Wix is a known quantity. All my car buddies use either Wix or Motorcraft. Since I don't know what kind of car you have, I went with Wix as a recommendation. I have a Ford, and use Motorcraft filters (I buy them by the case).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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It comes down to the quality of the oil bypass system in the filter. When you floor the gaspedal, oil filters are spring loaded to bypass when the pressure gets high enough so that the engine isn't starved of oil. Fram oil filters (to be fair, all this information I'm citing is from 25 years ago, but last time I looked at one it was the same) simply have a metal flap that bends and it can end up staying open all the time. The better oil filters have a coil spring mechanism that's more reliable. You can normally tell by the weight of the filter or by looking inside.
Fram filter insides here[^]
Wix (probably under a few brand names) here[^]
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I've always used Mobile 1. Love it.
Just be careful about the change of seasons. If you live somewhere hot you may need more than 0-20W for summer (Our old cars in Australia would run 50W in summer - but those cars had merely heard the term "machining tolerances")
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Mine takes that one as well, is it a Nissan? You can safely go 10,000 km or more maybe even 15,000 km on that oil even though they say 8000 km.
I work for an Oil Analysis laboratory we test used oil for wear metals and oil health.
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Fever905 wrote: is it a Nissan?
Honda
Civic
2017
Can't figure out which engine it is; but I believe it's the one that uses 4.4 Quarts of oil
(Bought it used, worried and hurried)
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