Recent content by Oldgoat

Another idle question. How do you all keep the helmet window from frosting/fogging up in real cold weather. I take the wife's hair dryer and let it run on low when the helmet if off. Works well, but can cause friction if it isn't kept clean. Oldgoat

Thought about one of these nwew solar powered submersibles? Heard a lot of good things about them.

Flourescent light is dangerous.. I worked in offices lit by flourescent light and after 30 years, most of my hair fell out. Got some teeth missing and arthritis. Must have been the lights because I am only 74 years old. :D :D

More years ago than I like to remember, we did all of our haying by hand with one team of horses. We mowed with a five-foot sickle mower, raked with a 12-foot dump rake and stacked with two guys with pitchforks onto a hayrack. Then it was off to the stackyard where the hay was stacked again by...

We were plagued with flat tires caused by debris left from tearing down buildings and holes from some mean sagebrush, I called a bunch of tire shops in the city and found a serviceable coates tire machine for $300. It needed a bit of welding, but it worked just fine and is still in use some...

I spent many years in the oil industry. On the doiwnstream side(refining and marketing) the EPA promulgated regulation after regulation on refineries so that the cost of keeping up with them was more than the business was worth. We closed some refineries and sold others to companies that...