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Bob P.

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  1. Denso parts are also used in BMW cars, for ex. air conditioner compressor and alternator.
  2. Listening to mechanics at a dealership is like believing everything you see on the internet - self serving on their part. BTW, a Denso starter is just a starter made by Denso, a japanese company. They are very good heavy duty starters. In practice, the less COLD starts/stops the better for the engine. There is no difference for a warm engine though, but there IS a difference in fuel savings.
  3. Nope, the engineers took that into account and "beefed up" the solenoid and the starter accordingly. I do find the feature annoying and contributing to a feeling of lack of control over the vehicle. But then I feel the same about automatic transmissions! I drive a 6 speed manual.๐Ÿ˜‰
  4. You haven't been to the Olympic Stadium in Montreal for the worst sound. ๐Ÿค” Since even the best of indoors is bad, I won't attend any DC presentation at an enclosed stadium.
  5. Thanks. Fran sent me a personal note responding to this, saying pretty well what you have said.
  6. Are you saying that you haven't seen all of these shows live? I find that hard to believe. Or, are you saying that these are you favourites? BTW,beside the 1972 Blue Stars, I have seen all of the others live.
  7. Agreed, but then I don't attend any indoor DC contest, because the sound is so bad. Even if held in San Antonio, which definitely is much more interesting than Indy, I would not attend. The last DCI chamionship I have attended was 2007 Pasadena, which definitely is way more interesting than Indy.๐Ÿ˜‰
  8. Yes to Blue Stars. Drill was terrific and fit the music.
  9. If you mean 'habillement' or clothes, then you are correct. It covers both costume and uniform. Costume is a broader term, which includes uniform as a subset. If I were to wear an army uniform to a costume party it would be considered a costume. I don't understand why costume is considered pejorative. DC has always been donning costumes, they just happen to be military uniforms for the most part.๐Ÿ˜‰
  10. Either on the road to Buffalo for our last contest or on the road back to home near Montreal after some 7-8 contests during our annual DC tour which would have started in Little Rock AR. Sigh, not this year.๐Ÿค’
  11. As a humble Canadian, I cannot (will not) comment on this!๐Ÿ˜ท
  12. Well I guess that I am even older than you. As a process engineer, I first used Fortran 4 with punch cards. Moved to APL later. Still have my Texas Instrument Ti 81 or is that 61?๐Ÿค’
  13. I didn't know that you were a doctor!๐Ÿ˜‰ Oh crap, its the engineer in me.
  14. Naw! Engineers designed robots and every body knows that engineers aren't human, but super-human!๐Ÿค’
  15. When I said Bb-F bugles I meant that all the bugles were in the same key Bb, with the single piston giving F, thus analogous to the G-D bugles, later G-F. I am not talking about comparing old arrangements rewritten for new instruments comparisons, but real comparison between a Bb/F line and a G/D(F) back in the 1960-70's. Back then nobody heard the difference nor commented on them. Because of the chromatic limitations of the one piston bugle, arrangers had to use the higher end of the bugle range to get effects they wished, which tended to make the sound brighter and characteristically "Drum Corps" , whether using Bb or G bugles. One should compare "yesterdays" G lines with yesterday's Bb bugle lines and not G lines of yesterday to today's any key lines.
  16. So lets compare those G bugles to 1960'-70's Bb piston/rotor bugles. Scout House for example. Nobody ever noticed the difference back then. In Canada (especially Quebec) Bb-F bugles were used by many corps and those corps also produced that special "Drum Corps" like sound. It was the arrangements for limited bugle ranges that gave the unique D&B sound, not the key of the instruments.
  17. Light people can also have a high BMI. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Do you know how tall Jong-un is? After all, BMI is only a ratio not another way of saying heavy. ๐Ÿ˜ท
  18. I have a small 5 watt solar panel attached to the battery which serves nicely to top up the battery during the day, if parked outside, of course. No need for a battery conditioner with the solar panel and its portable with no need for a 120 v power source. Of course, booster cables are standard equipment for cars in GWN.๐Ÿ˜ท
  19. I know that we (Dips) did a colour pre in '72, but no colour in '73. I think that colour pre was not mandatory in '73, but what would I know since I can't spell colour.๐Ÿค’
  20. Covid-19 is called that, not because it is the 19th version, but because it was discovered in 2019. So a covid-20 might appear and affect the DCI 2021 season. What will the WH call that version of covid - Corona 2?
  21. No, "have a real chance to be" does NOT "limit" nor "modify" the meaning of any of the statements following, therefore is not a qualifier. But since you seem to want to have the last word about semantics, you win! The DCI season in 2021 will be different, probably for the better, in spite of our discussion about the final outcome of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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