Recent content by RCinNC

I think the second figure from the left is meant to symbolize the futility of man's existence. That's really the only conclusion I can draw from a totem whose arms are so short that he could never reach his penis.

I hear you there, ZigZag. "Chaos Fatigue" is a very real thing. All you can do is disconnect and go for a ride.

Yeah, that's the same one I watched, the one that was reposted on the New York Post site. That looks more like about 40' from the bridge surface to the water than the 20' that was in the Post headline. I've been in floods, and watched a lot of flood footage from all over, and I've never seen...

Grateful Dead-A-Doodle-Do!

Anyone here know American Sign Language? The position of the fingers made me think of that.

I've been watching some of the video taken in Texas, and I've never seen river levels rise that fast. I watched one that was reposted by the New York Post; it doesn't identify where in Texas it was taken, but you can actually watch the wave of flood water sweep down the river and then the river...

The attached photo is from page 6-11 of the owner's manual. Whatever it may be doing after you start it isn't really important as far as the sight glass goes, as long as the oil level light isn't coming on while the engine is running. And it's important to remember that the oil light...

Well, I'll be damned. You'd think that a craft that could enter our atmosphere from space would be a little more flame retardant. Thanks for the update, Checkswrecks. I looked it up on line, and learned about the Futuro homes that were marketed in the late 60's. There were only 100 sold in...

Some years back I was in the Outer Banks where, amongst all the multimillion dollar beach houses, I saw this choice parcel of real estate: I don't know why it was there, or what it was for, but there were a couple of alien faces staring out through the portholes.

So, my significant other and I were taking a nice July 4th ride through the hinterlands of rural North Carolina today, and we pass something standing along the road that made us both go "did I just see that??". I swung around and went back to the spot and it was gone from the side of the road...

My guess would be no. I can't say for sure because I haven't studied the issue, but my guess is that the Yamaha extended warranty is not actually a manufacturer's warranty; it's a service contract provided by the manufacturer or someone in partnership with the manufacturer, wherein the owner...

There's actually no federal law that compels manufacturers to maintain a parts inventory for any particular model for a specified period after the model is discontinued, at least not in the US. That's something the auto makers do of their own volition. In the US, the legal requirement for...

Next month my car is due, and Randolph County is one of the few counties in NC that still require an emissions test. Let's hope the '07 Camry is up to the task.

Hardly very glamorous, but I got my bike inspected today (NC requires an annual safety inspection). The highlight was the tech saying "wow, that's a lot of miles!".

I don't know if I'd call it reasonable, but I change my fork oil every two years, along with the clutch and brake fluid.