Bob P.
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16 hours ago, keystone3ply said:
Denso is the only parts I use on my Toyota. A little more expensive but great products!
Denso parts are also used in BMW cars, for ex. air conditioner compressor and alternator.
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On 5/20/2021 at 3:04 PM, rpbobcat said:
Not exactly.
I'm in the process of buying a new car.
The issue of how the auto stop function affects an engine's components was a big concern of mine.
What I found out was that different vehicles use different technologies.
They go from a basic "beefed up" starter. solenoid, to something called a Denso Starter.
From everything I read, and found out from the mechanics at dealerships, auto stop/start doesn't do all that much for fuel economy.
They all said , no matter how much better the starter or solenoid are,
the less stops/starts, the better for the engine.
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.
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On 5/13/2021 at 9:07 AM, Terri Schehr said:
I read somewhere that this auto stop function wears out engine components. 🤷♀️
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.😉
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On 8/22/2020 at 1:22 PM, keystone3ply said:
I guess I use to feel that way, but now that I'm older & attending more shows across the country, I like most of the indoor venues* due to unpredictable weather. If I'm flying or driving, I'd rather not put out all of that money to risk a chance of losing it all for inclement weather. I had trips planned to Detroit, St. Louis, & Indy by air with another driving trip to TN, ATL, & NC. There were only 3-4 outdoor shows planned. Three of those same shows on the 2018 experienced delays but were able to continue.
There's no way I would spend the ticket, hotel, food & flight monies on those trips to attend those shows in an outdoor venue. I guess I'd stay at home & watch Rocket Mortgage commercials; and drink. Plus, the show designers have really capitalized on incorporating the indoor venues for some incredible "general effect" moments. I'm definitely getting older, but my experiences include teaching/arranging for a drum corps in my younger years & band directing for some 30 years. I am older & sometimes miss the sonority of the G bugles, but I also love the warm timbre of the Bb horns & how well they perform "in tune" centering the overall pitch. Today's DCI product is just incredible & I hope we get to experience it in 2021.
*With that said, the worst indoor stadium for sound is in ATL; Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
You haven't been to the Olympic Stadium in Montreal for the worst sound. 🤔 Since even the best of indoors is bad, I won't attend any DC presentation at an enclosed stadium.
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1 hour ago, Rudy Wiedoeft said:
yeah, I vaguely remember that. Wasn’t that held at Franklin Stadium in Philly? If you were ever in that stadium you know what I’m talking about.
Somehow, I have Buffalo in mind.🤔 At any rate I saw that one too.
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9 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Not sure if Fran posts here anymore. His early experience was NJ Jr corps 71-76 and Sunrisers Sr corps 77-82 (if I remember what I just read on his account). After that many years of announcing for DCA shows. Don’t think he ever attended DCI Finals, at least never saw him mention it.
So I’d guess he never saw these shows...
Thanks. Fran sent me a personal note responding to this, saying pretty well what you have said.
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On 4/17/2017 at 9:30 PM, Fran Haring said:
2014 Blue Devils
1993 Star of Indiana
2006 Cavaliers
1965 Chicago Royal Airs
1969 Yankee Rebels (DCA)
1968 Long Island Sunrisers (DCA)
1972 Blue Stars
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.
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6 hours ago, Poppycock said:
Wasn’t planning on attending Championships. Indy is so stale, vanilla and boring!
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.😉
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5 hours ago, KVG_DC said:
Blue Stars last year was fantastic.
A second for Animal Farm too.Yes to Blue Stars. Drill was terrific and fit the music.
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2 hours ago, skevinp said:
Habiliments
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.😉
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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.🤒
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On 7/17/2020 at 6:59 PM, Jurassic Lancer said:
Yes, I disagree.
Could it be that other countries are opening up because they have responded much better to COVID than we have? IMO, as a nation, our response has been nothing short of inept.
As a humble Canadian, I cannot (will not) comment on this!😷
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6 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
And we all know the worlds most famous engineer is..... Dilbert
I’m the old Unix programmer shuffling along with beard, suspenders and saying “here’s a quarter, buy yourself a real computer” except I don’t wear suspenders... everything else yeah... including the Unix 😈
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?🤒
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4 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Lol and they have those computer brains which are programmed and maintained by people like me.... oh crap...😆
I didn't know that you were a doctor!😉 Oh crap, its the engineer in me.
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23 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Gotta love Kenny Brocklesteen...
Robots are so much smarter than humans.
Who designed the robots?
Humans.... oh wait.... 🤭
Naw! Engineers designed robots and every body knows that engineers aren't human, but super-human!🤒
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6 hours ago, Mello Dude said:
To a point. All the upper brass are actually alto voicing. The instruments were also all in the same key witch changed the fundamental overtone series. The differences between a G mello and an F mello may seems small but the sound is a lot different at least when I play and switch between them. The differences between a G sop and a Bb trumpet are huge. What I notice is that when old music is re-written for new instruments they sound flat or down a partial.
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.
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On 6/6/2020 at 3:52 PM, ironlips said:
When one considers that this was 50 (!) years ago, it's even more impressive. These were middle and high school kids, instructed by the incomparable Sandra Opie, later a premier brass adjudicator and Hall-of-Fame member.
These horns had only one valve.
Listen to the 2 and 3 valve lines of the 80's and '90s, particularly Phantom, Blue Devils and Cadets to hear what evolved from what Sandra and the Rebels initiated.
Avoid the temptation to compare to today's brass sections. They are a different breed of cat.
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.
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17 hours ago, garfield said:
I did it your way. May 5, 2014, after 2 years of vaping with a controllable vape pen. I dialed down the "hit" and bought one-degree less nicotine in the liquid each time I went. One day it dawned on me that I was just sucking down vapor with no nicotine and I just put the vape pen down. Never touched another cig.
I can't express to you how much differently BETTER your life will be once you quit. In all regards but, personally, walking past the smokers outside offices and social settings is the most gratifying because I WAS them. I LIVED that life. I slayed that beast and cut the addiction.
You can, too. It's just that simple: YOU CAN, TOO. Keep going. Don't give up. Keep trying. Never stop trying.
And never admonish yourself for cracking. Simply, one foot in front of the other; START AGAIN.
You can do this. You know you can.
Says the man with a pipe in his mouth! 🙄
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2 hours ago, keystone3ply said:
I'm so impressed with any kitten that can haul Kim Jong-un with his BMI.
Light people can also have a high BMI. 😉 Do you know how tall Jong-un is? After all, BMI is only a ratio not another way of saying heavy. 😷
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22 hours ago, Continental said:
Most of the local taxi drivers here have a battery charger in their trunk. It cost $20, but it was very helpful at times.
It was really convenient once when we had a snow storm and I saw that snow removal signs were posted in my area - and had very little time to shovel my car out on the road before the snow plows arrived (and towed your car away to the tune of $200). I turned the key only to hear the "click, click, click." I had roadside service with the manufacture, but when I called them the wait was 24 hours minimum.
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.😷
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2 hours ago, HockeyDad said:
Last year of mandatory color presentation was well before 78 or 79. Might have been 73 or even 72.
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.🤒
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2 hours ago, Poppycock said:
I realize how important this virus is to some, but now we're getting to the point where governors are shutting too much stuff down with authoritarian rule.
My concern is that there is a real possibility that civil unrest may lead to violence, and that violence leads to someone getting injured or killed which may start civil war. People with nothing have nothing to lose.
Then why and what are they protesting if they have nothing to lose?!
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43 minutes ago, keystone3ply said:
No it's not. A POTUS adviser stated that It's not COVID-1 but it's COVID-19. It's the 19th version of the Coronavirus.
Therefore, it shouldn't effect the DCI model. #StayOnTrack
Disclaimer: This is not a political statement but political humor? Or is it?
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?
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7 hours ago, cixelsyd said:
Per Merriam-Webster, qualify means "to limit or modify the meaning of". That is what the phrase "have a real chance to be" does.
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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Best Classical as performed by a Drum Corps
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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PR - 1997 The Ring - Wagner