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Leo

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Jan 10, 2021, 12:58:49 AM1/10/21
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For some reason that I don´t understand, Our email now comes with a "Word
of the Day". I don´t resent it and am seldom stumped. Today I was.
Without googling, how many of you know the word "gelid"? Be honest when
you raise your hand.
I don´t live in a gelid climate, so maybe that´s why I didn't know the
word.
Brrrr! It´s positively gelid out there!
Nope. Not once in my life have I heard that expression.

leo

GM

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Jan 10, 2021, 1:03:10 AM1/10/21
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I vaguely remember seeing it long ago -- is it the sort of climate or temp that Ed lives in...???

I have not yet looked it up...!!!

--
Best
Greg aka 'Honest 'Injun'


Thomas

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Jan 10, 2021, 7:23:52 AM1/10/21
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Never heard it. 22f now.

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 10, 2021, 8:15:49 AM1/10/21
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During winter I arise to gelid weather most every morning, it was
+12ºF here this morning, which compared to typical winter temperatures
here we are in a heat wave... we'll soon be in the minuses and I will
be thankful for my car's oil pan heater.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gelid
Yes, being a crossword puzzle addict I see "gelid" often.

Ophelia

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Jan 10, 2021, 8:36:41 AM1/10/21
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"Leo" wrote in message
news:0001HW.25AACF1301...@News.Individual.Net...
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Nor have I!

I looked it up:

What does gelid mean in English?
: extremely cold : icy gelid water a man of gelid reserve — New Yorker.

I like new words but don't like icy cold:))


Bryan Simmons

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Jan 10, 2021, 8:47:33 AM1/10/21
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I hate this cold shit. Yesterday was a day off, and I spent half of it sitting in
this stupid chair, eating too much, and just fucking around on the internet.
4-1/2 years to retirement, then we're outta here. At least it hasn't snowed,
other than a light dusting, which is bizarre for StL.

--Bryan

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 10, 2021, 8:47:55 AM1/10/21
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On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 7:15:49 AM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jan 2021 Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >For some reason that I don´t understand, Our email now comes with a "Word
> >of the Day". I don´t resent it and am seldom stumped. Today I was.
> >Without googling, how many of you know the word "gelid"? Be honest when
> >you raise your hand.
> >I don´t live in a gelid climate, so maybe that´s why I didn't know the
> >word.
> >Brrrr! It´s positively gelid out there!
> >Nope. Not once in my life have I heard that expression.
> >
> >leo
> During winter I arise to gelid weather most every morning, it was
> +12ºF here this morning, which compared to typical winter temperatures
> here we are in a heat wave... we'll soon be in the minuses and I will
> be thankful for my car's oil pan heater.
>
Having one of those installed is a good investment if one lives in a place with
"gelid" winters. You should also run top quality, low viscosity, full synthetic
motor oil.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Castrol-Edge-Extended-Performance-0W-20-Advanced-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-Quarts/563331326
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pennzoil-Ultra-Platinum-5W-20-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-Quart/55291207
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mobil-1-Truck-SUV-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-0W-20-5-Quart/559561393

The worst engine wear, by far, occurs when starting an engine that hasn't
been started for several days, especially if the engine oil is super cold.

--Bryan

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 10, 2021, 2:22:57 PM1/10/21
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 05:47:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 7:15:49 AM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2021 Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >For some reason that I don愒 understand, Our email now comes with a "Word
>> >of the Day". I don愒 resent it and am seldom stumped. Today I was.
>> >Without googling, how many of you know the word "gelid"? Be honest when
>> >you raise your hand.
>> >I don愒 live in a gelid climate, so maybe that愀 why I didn't know the
>> >word.
>> >Brrrr! It愀 positively gelid out there!
>> >Nope. Not once in my life have I heard that expression.
>> >
>> >leo
>> During winter I arise to gelid weather most every morning, it was
>> +12慚 here this morning, which compared to typical winter temperatures
>> here we are in a heat wave... we'll soon be in the minuses and I will
>> be thankful for my car's oil pan heater.
>>
>Having one of those installed is a good investment if one lives in a place with
>"gelid" winters. You should also run top quality, low viscosity, full synthetic
>motor oil.
>
>https://www.walmart.com/ip/Castrol-Edge-Extended-Performance-0W-20-Advanced-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-Quarts/563331326
>https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pennzoil-Ultra-Platinum-5W-20-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-5-Quart/55291207
>https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mobil-1-Truck-SUV-Full-Synthetic-Motor-Oil-0W-20-5-Quart/559561393
>
>The worst engine wear, by far, occurs when starting an engine that hasn't
>been started for several days, especially if the engine oil is super cold.
>
>--Bryan

With an oil pan heater the oil is never cold when starting, I also add
a can of dry gas to deal with condensation. For the diesel tractors
besides the oil pan heaters I add anti gelling compound to the fuel in
winter. I simply plug in the oil pan heaters an hour prior to
starting, and I have no problem starting but I let the motor run until
the gauge says fully warm. The only problem in cold weather are the
hydraulics, I don't have a heated place for the tractors, so once
started I let them idle for 15 minutes so the hydraulic fluid can
circulate until it warms. It cost a whole lot less to buy a heat gun
than a heated garage... the heat gun does a good job of heating the
hydraulic transfer box, just that I need to be outside in frigid
temperatures for some fifteen minutes waving the heat gun, it can get
too hot... the heat gun cost about $25, a heated barn would cost about
$100,000, plus heating fuel costs. I've been getting by some 20 years
with the $25 heat gun. It costs a whole bunch less to get out there
about 20 minutes earlier to get things going. Once diesel tractors
are warm they can run forever regardless how cold it gets. I mostly
need to warm the hydraulic fluid until the snow plow operates
smoothly. If I needed a fleet of tractors I'd consider a heated barn,
but we only have the two and in winter we only use one for plowing
snow. I paid $47,000 for those two tractors nearly 20 years ago,
today I can easily sell them used for twice what I paid. We couldn't
live here without those tractors.

Snag

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Jan 10, 2021, 3:35:26 PM1/10/21
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We've been in a deep freeze (for us/here) for the last few days .
What a great time for my car to decide to run shitty . So I've spent
several hours diagnosing and repairing in these gelid temps . I did get
it fixed , one new coil (it has 3) and a set of plug wires (also 3) and
all for under a buck and a quarter ... A "real mechanic" would have
charged at least 4 times that .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

Hank Rogers

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Jan 10, 2021, 4:08:53 PM1/10/21
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A coil and plug wires for $1.25? Did yoose buy those at Popeye's
auto parts?


Snag

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Jan 10, 2021, 9:03:11 PM1/10/21
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On 1/10/2021 3:08 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Snag wrote:
>> On 1/10/2021 7:47 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 7:36:41 AM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "Leo" wrote in message
>>>> news:0001HW.25AACF1301...@News.Individual.Net...
>>>> For some reason that I don´t understand, Our email now comes with a
>>>> "Word
>>>> of the Day". I don´t resent it and am seldom stumped. Today I was.
>>>> Without googling, how many of you know the word "gelid"? Be honest when
>>>> you raise your hand.
>>>> I don´t live in a gelid climate, so maybe that´s why I didn't know
>>>> the
>>>> word.
>>>> Brrrr! It´s positively gelid out there!
>>>> Nope. Not once in my life have I heard that expression.
>>>>
>>>> leo
>>>> ===
>>>>
>>>> Nor have I!
>>>>
>>>> I looked it up:
>>>>
>>>> What does gelid mean in English?
>>>> : extremely cold : icy gelid water a man of gelid reserve — New
>>>> Yorker.
>>>>
>>>> I like new words but don't like icy cold:))
>>>
>>> I hate this cold shit.  Yesterday was a day off, and I spent half of
>>> it sitting in
>>> this stupid chair, eating too much, and just fucking around on the
>>> internet.
>>> 4-1/2 years to retirement, then we're outta here.  At least it hasn't
>>> snowed,
>>> other than a light dusting, which is bizarre for StL.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>>
>>
>>    We've been in a deep freeze (for us/here) for the last few days .
>> What a great time for my car to decide to run shitty . So I've spent
>> several hours diagnosing and repairing in these gelid temps . I did
>> get it fixed , one new coil (it has 3) and a set of plug wires (also
>> 3) and all for under a buck and a quarter ... A "real mechanic" would
>> have charged at least 4 times that .
>
> A coil and plug wires for $1.25? Did yoose buy those at Popeye's auto
> parts?
>
>

That's $125 ...

Mike Duffy

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Jan 10, 2021, 11:44:57 PM1/10/21
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:34:59 -0600, Snag wrote:


> [...] my car [...] new coil (it has 3) [...] set of plug wires (also 3)

What kind of car? I looked on the web and there are several new cars so-
powered, but new ones would likely all be 'electronic'.
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