2000年5月2日 · “Ethyl” gasoline corresponded to “premium” gas nowadays. The difference was the addition of tetraethyl lead to the gas, which boosted octane and also protected the engine against wear (the lead plated onto the cylinder walls, and being soft, was easily scraped away by the piston rings. The end result was better compression.)

2005年9月22日 · I have a vague memory of gas stations many years ago (50’s, 60’s) offering up “ethyl” leading to the common phrase in the title. (Back in those days you actually had a person whose job was to put gas in your car and you told him how much.) But what was it? Cecil’s recent classic column on gasahol said that they started adding ethanol but that wasn’t until the 70’s …

2006年12月28日 · I was watching “I Love Lucy,” and Ricky and Lucy are getting a car to go cross country. Lucy says “the back seat of the car is empty so come with us.” Ricky thinks Fred should pay for half the gas. But Fred and Ethel and even Lucy come back with the argument "Why should we pay anything since the back of the car goes where the front goes and they are going to …

2025年1月5日 · BBBOO: Most gas stoves nowadays have an electronic ignition so no pilot light but if you have a match/lighter to light the burner the gas will work to cook. BTDT (once I figured it out), which is why I try to keep a matchbook or two stashed around, for candles/oil lamp/stove cooking in an outage.

2025年3月14日 · We have built an amazingly powerful (fast) spaceship, which we have been using to traverse the great void. We have visited most of the galaxies in our supercluster and made mundane and awesome discoveries. Now we venture beyond the supercluster and approach a far distant galaxy, crossing a vast empty region. As it turns out, the galaxy we are …

2009年12月16日 · I was watching “Father Knows Best” a few days ago and Bud asks his friend over to dinner, he clinches the deal by saying “My mother is fixing roast beef,” which seems to impress his friend, a girl. Today I noticed on “Leave It To Beaver,” Wally did a similar thing when he asked a girl to supper. He emphasized “We’re having roast beef?” I also seem to recall …

2014年8月22日 · I know, the number is defunct and will not work; hasn’t worked in years. But I can’t remember it, and it’s going to drive me crazy until I do.

2013年1月28日 · Not sure how to judge the dangers of breathing manganese gas. Oh wait here’s the manganese wiki. In biology, manganese(II) ions function as cofactors for a large variety of enzymes with many functions. Manganese enzymes are particularly essential in detoxification of superoxide free radicals in organisms that must deal with elemental oxygen.

5 天之前 · So people apply to @Ed_Zotti, {it use to be @TubaDiva}. They may have you fill out the application. You might not hear back for a while. When we need a Moderator, both those applications and suggestions from the current staff are considered. Often some feelers are made. Ed reviews the posting history and solicits opinions from the moderators. If things look good, …

2014年9月21日 · I’ve done this a few months ago on my mom’s Amana gas stove(20 years old). Burners are held in place by two screws per burner–problem being, pots boil over through the years, screws rust. Original screws are rather small Phillips head. Head is so rusted you can’t get a screwdriver to remove. I had to drill one with a screw extractor bit. It was labor intensive. …