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Got an ebay order delivered today and when I opened the box it had yellow/aged newspaper around the chips.
Carefully unraveled the newspaper and it was dated Nov. 24, 1963 and the headline was about Pres. Kennedy assassination. Who would keep newspaper that long and if so, and in this case a memorable date who would use it as wrapping?
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Someone who hoarded the papers in '63 thinking that someday they would be worth something, only to find out 60 years later that 1000's of people did the same thing, and now the papers are worth as much as the packing peanuts they are now replacing? 
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assassination + chips. hmmm, I would test the chips for poison. Your entire story is giving me the heebie-jeebies now. 
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Our cat Oreo gave birth to two kittens on 20th April. Even today, nearly 50 days after birth, these two kittens are suckling on their mother.
Of course we're feeding the mother cat well, but is there any optimal time when these kittens should be separated from their mother cat? Surely the mother cat cannot supply her milk indefinitely, isn't it?
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there a variety of opinions about this; the mother's teats may not dry up for 6 to 8 weeks. weaning should be a natural response by the mother. [^]
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I think the mothers usually cut them off when their teeth get too sharp for comfort.
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Just say what you see ...
See? Sounds like C
a lout unfit ALOUTUNFIT
to manage (anag)
change!
FLUCTUATION
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Front pair: 32psi, 42psi.
Rear pair: 20psi, 60psi. That could explain the harsh-and-floaty ride quality.
I know nobody ever cares or even checks courtesy cars, but ... you'd think a garage would at least check occasionally. 
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I trust that the offside pressures do not suggest anything about your weight. 
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Thankfully not - I'm a comfortable 22.2 BMI.
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According to the NHS I am 24.7. A bit more exercise required I think.
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Do you mean tyres ? 
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No, I was tired of the whole car shortly after starting the engine ... 
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I thought y'all used the metric system? Shouldn't you be measuring in kilopascals or bar or some such nonsense? 
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We Europeans do, he's no longer European though.
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I think in PSI, but I set the tyres in bar. Go figure, I can't!
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Well, my tireshop owner inflated my tires at 3 bar. No wonder I had a bumpier and less gripping car about 6 months after I bought it, it's when I changed to M+S tires.
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The correct pressure setting(s) is normally on a sticker on the door pillar these days - I believe it was standardised some years ago?
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You would think this is the correct pressure. The problem is it's not. The correct pressure is always somewhere between the door placard sticker pressure and the maximum sidewall pressure on the tire.
For those who remember the Ford Explorer rollover fiasco a couple of decades ago, Firestone flat out stated that the door placard sticker on the Ford Explorer set the tire pressures so low that as soon as you put four adults in the vehicle you had overloaded the tires from a safety standpoint.
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The differently intelligent mechanic uses the maximum pressure stated on the tire itself.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I know nobody ever cares or even checks courtesy cars, but ... you'd think a garage would at least check occasionally. 
For free?
That's not how capitalism works, is it? Maybe find a competing garage? 
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OriginalGriff wrote: 20psi, 60psi.
That's really both extremes, to the point of being seriously dangerous. One could easily just fall off the rim taking a curve too fast; the other could easily blow out hitting a pothole. Is the dealer trying to kill you?
If that's the sort of maintenance they're willing to put into their own courtesy car, you have to question what they'll be doing to yours.
Point it out when you bring it back to them.
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I pointed it out to them by email when I spotted it - and that the tyre pressure warning light hadn't gone out when I fixed 'em.
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Note to self: carry a tire pressure gauge when renting a car and check before driving off.
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