Use of primitive tools

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:44:59 -0700, the infamous Steve Ackman scrawled the following:

They c) Blew it all the way around.

It would also appear that not one of them ever had a Cub Scout or Boy Scout session, and none of them spent any time with their dads in the shop or hardware store. That's truly sad.

-- Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:19:50 -0800, the infamous "Michael Koblic" scrawled the following:

Yeah, how many men (or women) here have received a new knife and haven't tried every single blade on it to get a feel for it? I always did the very day, if not hour, that I received/bought one.

Today's technology and world are very different than what we grew up with, but, still...

No doubt deadly under many circumstances.

I hear that the new MREs are all either tearable or pull-tab-to-open and self-heating (if heating is needed) Mike. I've only seen pictures of the new stuff.

-- Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.

Because the goons at the EPA decided that the EFI Map can't flow at the rates you need when the engine is bored, stroked, hot cam, forged pistons,supercharger and running on 108 Octane racing gasoline with a shot of Laughing Gas at full throttle.

Carburetors don't ask questions, they just do it. At least till the EPA and CARB say they can't anymore.

Well, that's fine after you get it running. But you still need a working battery and starter and alternator. The battery and starter motor will probably survive an EMP, but you only get it started so many times without a working alternator or other charging method.

And parking at the top of a steep hill every time works fine for a while - till the first time you dump the clutch and stall it someplace dead flat for miles in every direction.

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jsw

Crank start...

Blink blink...huh???

Gunner

"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone. I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout" Unknown Usnet Poster

Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls. Keyton

The EMP creates a high voltage spike but unlike lightning it carries little energy, The heating power that fries semiconductors when the EMP has turned them all on comes from the battery. Curve tracers, hipotters etc that apply and measure similar breakdown voltages aren't destructive because their output current is limited to very low values. I built a machine once that zapped production high voltage diodes with up to 40,000V to verify their Peak Reverse Voltage, limited to a microamp by a large vacuum tube.

That's a simplified civilian explanation. If you are curious the ham radio community knows a lot more of the unclassified details.

jsw

That is why FI is better. The system does ask questions like how hot is it. How lean, how rich. EFI maps can be changed to suit the engine.

A carb rigged on a newer car would do little to help you out in that situation. Steve

The problem is exacerbated by the tendency of judges recently to offer signing up for the military as an alternative to a prison sentence....

Hope This Helps! Rich

A Diesel. Riiiiiight.... After you. Bring friends.

Not that hard, I have three crank start diesels, plus one that starts by heating a steel tube and then tossing the flywheel over and another that starts by using a blank shotgun shell!

Oh and one small generator (3500 watts)that is a pull start diesel. (actually came from a Home Depot!)

They were out of their element.

Look at the can, look at the knife, pick up the M16 and shoot a few holes in it.

Strafe it from a WWII era fighter?

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LOL Very loud JD

The "safety cut" can openers I'm familiar with don't cut anything - they uncrimp the can top so you just lift it off. They're hard to find, but I like them better'n anything, including (especially?) electric openers.

Joe

Deja vue all over again :-)

Mark Rand RTFM

International UD9 - got one - it crank starts just fine with one person jumping on the crank.

I guess you've never actually used one of these. The "safety opener" cuts through the crimp, leaving a rounded edge on the can *AND* on the lid. I have two, one manual and one electric.

The one I have (safety cut) cuts. Didn't realize how the cans were constructed until I got one.

They work pretty well on the pull-tops too, they really annoy me. If you open them as intended it is hard to swab out everything. I'm sure most people don't bother with that...