On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, Mark wrote:

> Dude, ever tried a shovel? As I recall they work just fine, they give
> you a good workout and they have a zero "carbon footprint".

At 50 YO, with almost 1/4 mile of driveway, I think I'll stick to the
blower. And, IIRC, Mark is a little older than I am...

>
> On Feb 28, 6:22 am, "mark_digital©" <976-...@comcastnot.com> wrote:
>> Hey! Westfield Home Depot has Ariens snowthrowers. I didn't have much
>> time to browse because I was there for something else. They *look* like
>> smaller units than what you want. I turned a few price tickets over.
>> $499 and $699.
>>
>> I have a cement driveway and I have a big problem with sunlight not
>> melting the snow fast enough. My 10 hp snowthrower is over-kill for the
>> light dustings we were getting. And when it does snow heavy I have to
>> contend with packed down tire tracks. I'm tempted into looking at the
>> electric shovel/thrower. I wonder how well it does with slush because
>> icing/freezing over is my biggest problem.

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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, Mark wrote:
>>
>>> Dude, ever tried a shovel? As I recall they work just fine, they give
>>> you a good workout and they have a zero "carbon footprint".
>>
>> At 50 YO, with almost 1/4 mile of driveway, I think I'll stick to the
>> blower. And, IIRC, Mark is a little older than I am...
>>
> By only three years. I blew out my knee lifting a 25 cu.ft refrigerator. I
> siphoned a lot of leaded gasoline in my time too. Hence the arthritis.

How does leaded gasoline cause arthritis?

Jeff

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:13:28 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:

> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:rviFh.11263$tA1.5200@trndny02...
>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, Mark wrote:
>>
>>> Dude, ever tried a shovel? As I recall they work just fine, they give
>>> you a good workout and they have a zero "carbon footprint".
>>
>> At 50 YO, with almost 1/4 mile of driveway, I think I'll stick to the
>> blower. And, IIRC, Mark is a little older than I am...
>>
> By only three years. I blew out my knee lifting a 25 cu.ft refrigerator. I
> siphoned a lot of leaded gasoline in my time too. Hence the arthritis.

Not good!

For some reason, I thought you were MUCH older than me!

Thank God I ain't got Arthritis yet! I have a bad shoulder from getting
thrown off a dirt bike when I was 21, but it's nothing a couple Crown and
Cokes can't fix!

Hey, we're going to the 7 O's in Sunderland one of these weeks. We were
going to go tomorrow, but if it's snows I think we'll bag it (it's an Open
Mic), so we'll probably head there next Thursday. We're going to try to
get on stage around 10 PM. If you fell like going out and hearing a REAL
band, let me know, and I'll let you know when we're going. It's on Rt 116
in Sunderland, the other side of U-Zoo...

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> "Jeff" <news@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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>> "mark_digital©" <976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:rviFh.11263$tA1.5200@trndny02...
>>>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, Mark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dude, ever tried a shovel? As I recall they work just fine, they give
>>>>> you a good workout and they have a zero "carbon footprint".
>>>>
>>>> At 50 YO, with almost 1/4 mile of driveway, I think I'll stick to the
>>>> blower. And, IIRC, Mark is a little older than I am...
>>>>
>>> By only three years. I blew out my knee lifting a 25 cu.ft refrigerator.
>>> I siphoned a lot of leaded gasoline in my time too. Hence the arthritis.
>>
>> How does leaded gasoline cause arthritis?
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Lead can deposit in the bones. It replaces bone tissue with lead deposits.
> It can cause arthritis or just sit there and do nothing.

It is true it can be deposited in bones, but artritis in the joints. The
joints are lined by cartilage. If you do a search on lead and arthritis, you
don't find much. I doubt that leaded gasoline has anything to do with your
arthritis, especially after all these years.

There are far more chemicals in leaded gasoline than just tetraethyl lead.

Jeff

Is that what they mean when they say, get the lead out?

My grandfather taught me how to siphon gas, without sucking on the hose.
Get a hose that is twice the length of the filler neck, lower the hose all
the way down into the tank, place you finger over the end of the hose, pull
it out to a level well below the tank, remove your thumb. Whola, the trapped
gasoline starts to run all by itself LOL


mike

"mark_digital©" <976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote in message

>>> By only three years. I blew out my knee lifting a 25 cu.ft refrigerator.
>>> I siphoned a lot of leaded gasoline in my time too. Hence the arthritis.
>>
>> How does leaded gasoline cause arthritis?
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Lead can deposit in the bones. It replaces bone tissue with lead deposits.
> It can cause arthritis or just sit there and do nothing.
>

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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> Is that what they mean when they say, get the lead out?
>
> My grandfather taught me how to siphon gas, without sucking on the hose.
> Get a hose that is twice the length of the filler neck, lower the hose all
> the way down into the tank, place you finger over the end of the hose,
> pull it out to a level well below the tank, remove your thumb. Whola, the
> trapped gasoline starts to run all by itself LOL
>
>
> mike

Is that LOL instead of SOG (spitting out gas??
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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> Is that what they mean when they say, get the lead out?
>
> My grandfather taught me how to siphon gas, without sucking on the hose.
> Get a hose that is twice the length of the filler neck, lower the hose all
> the way down into the tank, place you finger over the end of the hose,
> pull it out to a level well below the tank, remove your thumb. Whola, the
> trapped gasoline starts to run all by itself LOL

My dad has a little pump that plugs into the cigarette lighter. It takes
3/8" or 1/4" tubing. And they have special hoses that have a bulb and valve
that lets you manually start the flow of fuel or whatever.

In science class, I learned never to siphon anything with my mouth. We used
siphon dangerous chemicals and various kinds of microorganisms. If you
siphon that stuff down, you will be bring something back up.

Gasoline is not something to fool with. It has a depressive effect on the
central nervous system. And it contains many different organic compounds.

Jeff

> mike
>
> "mark_digital©" <976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote in message
>
>>>> By only three years. I blew out my knee lifting a 25 cu.ft
>>>> refrigerator. I siphoned a lot of leaded gasoline in my time too. Hence
>>>> the arthritis.
>>>
>>> How does leaded gasoline cause arthritis?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
>> Lead can deposit in the bones. It replaces bone tissue with lead
>> deposits. It can cause arthritis or just sit there and do nothing.
>>
>
>

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:33 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:

>
> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:13:28 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:
>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:rviFh.11263$tA1.5200@trndny02...
>>>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:55:37 -0800, Mark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dude, ever tried a shovel? As I recall they work just fine, they
>>>>> give you a good workout and they have a zero "carbon footprint".
>>>>
>>>> At 50 YO, with almost 1/4 mile of driveway, I think I'll stick to the
>>>> blower. And, IIRC, Mark is a little older than I am...
>>>>
>>> By only three years. I blew out my knee lifting a 25 cu.ft
>>> refrigerator. I
>>> siphoned a lot of leaded gasoline in my time too. Hence the arthritis.
>>
>> Not good!
>>
>> For some reason, I thought you were MUCH older than me!
>>
>> Thank God I ain't got Arthritis yet! I have a bad shoulder from getting
>> thrown off a dirt bike when I was 21, but it's nothing a couple Crown
>> and Cokes can't fix!
>>
>> Hey, we're going to the 7 O's in Sunderland one of these weeks. We were
>> going to go tomorrow, but if it's snows I think we'll bag it (it's an
>> Open Mic), so we'll probably head there next Thursday. We're going to
>> try to get on stage around 10 PM. If you fell like going out and hearing
>> a REAL band, let me know, and I'll let you know when we're going. It's
>> on Rt 116 in Sunderland, the other side of U-Zoo...
>
> Thanks for the invite. If it's a night we can make it, we'll be there.


It ain't happening tomorrow! We figure, if it's lousy weather, it ain't
worth it! If we were getting PAID, it'd be a different story!

Perhaps next week, if it doesn't snow for a THIRD Thursday in a row!