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Well that’s not the whole story. They get a Christmas bonus if they have worked long enough, I’ve heard. They earn Paid Time Off which they can use to be paid. If the store is open they can work voluntarily or not. I don’t work there so I’m just thinking about it, not experiencing it. See...

The tire issue is an odd manufacturing decision in my opinion. My BX1870 also has a slightly shorter wheelbase so the larger tires from the BX23XX series will fit but as you say the fronts(?) may interfere with the mower deck as reported elsewhere. I haven’t been bothered by the slightly smaller...

I have a BX1870 similiar to the 1880 you are thinking about and live in the Lakes Region. My drive is steep up to my house and like you we get wet heavy snow. I had the rear tires loaded with RimGuard™ at Pete’s Tire...

My experience has been very different. I’ve worked with engineers that have come up with the most unique but common sense solutions that saved money and proved reliable, servicable and inexpensive. I’d suggest it may be their backgrounds combined with their education. I’ve lived in a rural...

I also did a linear actuator and a motor rotator I bought on Amazon. I enjoyed the build of a box with up/down and side/side DPDT switches all powered from an SAE plug I use to attach a battery maintainer. One winter later I’m happy and probably saved $2K with an afternoon’s design/build...

To get the buckets apart just put the air gun on your compressor line and shoot some air between the sides of two buckets- poof off it comes! As for the hammer and sword- I’ll leave those to other superheroes!

Sorry my old brain burped up the wrong river..... It was the Cuyahoga River! Thanks for the heads up. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/

In general you need to have lived in the 50’s or before to realize the unbelievable change in our surroundings for the better, due to all the regulation. Smog and unburned hydrocarbon stink was rampant in many small cities and all large ones, raw sewerage flowed in even small rural streams and...

I don’t believe the prices you all are talking about. Ford Lightning qualify for the $7500 tax credit don’t they? Here are the MSRPS; How in the h3ll can a dealer ask $100,000 for any lightening? What is the dealer doing to you?

In the middle to late 1960’s I pumped gas at a discount 24 hour station that was the cheapest in our area. Much of that time it was about 30¢ a gallon. A hamburger at the new McDonald’s was 18¢. A 10 oz coke in a returnable bottle was a dime (after you gave the bottle back for 2¢) Compare those...

My experience in NH yesterday was quite different. I arrived at our poling place with some stalwart supporters out and a private car with a huge candidate sign on top parked in a lot overfilled with voters. The line was out the door literally. I decided to come back latter and asked a pole...

I too used that same seat motor. It is perfect. After install I bought two beer bottle coozys and weatherproofed both the seat motor and the linear actuator I used to lift the chute angler. I know your controller is a better solution but I cheaped out and used a project box I had and two DPDT...

What does “repair costs” mean? I assumed it meant what it cost when a customer dented or bumped the car and it needed work. I doubt any of the EV’s will need much of any maintenance during the time the rental company owns them. Maintenance is what seems to be assumed here. Which was it? NOTE...

I just returned from a short trip to PHX where I was offered a Polestar or Bolt instead of the 2 door compact at the same rate as they did not have the cheap cars prepped. The Polestar was NLA when I got downstairs to drive off so I got a 2023 Bolt EUV. Nice car, powerful, large enough for 4 but...

"There is plenty of proof out there that even N-95 masks have very limited effectiveness. Masks are a "feel good" thing." True, mask usage reduces Covid transmission by 12%. I know that is not great but along with keeping clear of people, not touching my face and using a sanitizer when eating...

I just had to fly to AZ and back for the weekend (long boring story) and since I caretake my wife with Alzheimer’s I wore an N-95 mask for the entire time I was among people and ate in public at a table about 12 feet from anyone. Purell and everything else too. I can’t be incapacitated. I’ve had...

Remember and watch “On Any Sunday."

I’d like to broaden not hijack this thread. When I was about 10 we had a Farmall A tractor and a set of plows among other implements. That was before 3 point hitch equipment. I remember my Dad not being able to remember or figure out how the plows attached. We were standing among a bunch of...

BTW most kids couldn’t then either! I used to say it took 15 minutes not 5 to pull the VW engine but even that got me free beer whenever I had to do it. As for the average kid then, I had four different “helpers” over about as many years and not one knew which way to turn a bolt to loosen or...