The Random Question Thread

Thanks all!!!

Cruiser said:
step 1: open the freezer and take generous amount of ice
step 2: put ice in a large beer jug
step 3: pour yourself your favorite beer
step 4: lay down on your favorite chair and turn on the TV
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Tonight was sponsered by Guinness. No ice tonight, but other times I do ice the brew.
 
It depends. If you get mail delivered to your door and see the guy/gal everyday you can give him/her a small present (coffee gift card?). In my case I walk out to a multibox mailbox and get mail from there. Barely see him/her, except when I get an occasional oversized package that needs to be delivered to the door. So it would be awkward in my case
 
porkandbeans said:
Who here gives a Christmas gift to their mail man (or woman). Chime in if you do or do not.
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I never see my mailman. We have those community mailboxes with like 15 boxes. When I have seen him on occasion, he rarely even waves.....so no..no christmas gift.
 
I just got 2 Starbucks gift cards for my mailmen(we have 2 guys on the route). I receive many packages through out the year and they take a good care of my parcels all the time.
 
My mail comes straight to the front door, but I rarely see the carrier. We usually give a treat type gift we have laying around. (I like to have plenty of store bought candy/cookies type gifty packages around and unassigned for impromptu distribution.)
Today, my wife exclaims that we have to give him something today.
 
porkandbeans said:
Who here gives a Christmas gift to their mail man (or woman). Chime in if you do or do not.
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I always give either case or gift cards to DD/Starbucks to my garbagemen , mailman , hairdresser. When I used to live in Manhattan I didnrt have the Gmen or Mailmen but my doorman and super always got $$$ from me. It's just a little sign of gratitude we can show them after a long year of hard work and service to us.
 
I also give a Christmas gift to pretty well anyone that provides a service to me or our household. It is usually a monetary gift and a card.
 
I was reading on the K&N engine air filters and our cars.
I've run into some comments saying that the excessive oil will throw off the MAF sensor.

How do I adequately oil the filter without having too much oil to mess up the sensors?
 
g0ldm4g3 said:
I was reading on the K&N engine air filters and our cars.
I've run into some comments saying that the excessive oil will throw off the MAF sensor.

How do I adequately oil the filter without having too much oil to mess up the sensors?
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Clean the filter with the K&N recharge kit. Lightly spray the filter with the oil. ONLY till it turns light red...no more.
 
g0ldm4g3 said:
I was reading on the K&N engine air filters and our cars.
I've run into some comments saying that the excessive oil will throw off the MAF sensor.

How do I adequately oil the filter without having too much oil to mess up the sensors?
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Be conservative, a little oil goes a long way on those filters. I also dab it with a paper towel to remove excess.
 
I'm wrapping my license plate frame to a gold color.
I have my new heat gun plugged in my bedroom.
Every 3 times I turn off the heat gun, a spark shows.. inside the heat gun. Then I smell a somewhat burnt smell. Is this normal..?
 
If it's a new heat gun, than the smell is normal, it will go away. I just turned off my heat gun(bought at Harbor Freight tools 1 year ago) couple times and it produce the spark inside as well. I guess it's normal, wrapped the whole car and much more with this Heat Gun:smile (2):
 
Yeah I bought my heat gun last night from Walmart... It's a cheap yellow Wagner model

Sent from my SGH-T999 2
 
Heat guns are made this way. Princeton University Lab Safety Manual:

The power switches and fan motors are not usually spark-free and can pose a serious ignition hazard. For these reasons, heat guns should never be used near flammable materials including open containers of flammable liquids, flammable vapors or hoods used to control flammable vapors
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sir21 said:
Same here. Cheap heat guns do that. Just make sure you unplug it when finished
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zebra555 said:
If it's a new heat gun, than the smell is normal, it will go away. I just turned off my heat gun(bought at Harbor Freight tools 1 year ago) couple times and it produce the spark inside as well. I guess it's normal, wrapped the whole car and much more with this Heat Gun:smile (2):
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Great information guys !!! After seeing what GetLuckiFx did with his rear diffuser and Aaron with his interior in the G35 regarding using carbon fiber I have a heat gun on my " Buy List " soon and knowing the above most certainly helps !!! Thank you :smile (2):
 
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