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HELP! I'm being surrounded by idiots.
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OhBrother Wrote:Those concrete slabs look old and ratty. They should be replaced. It's called being pro-active. I bet if they let them sit there until they cracked you'd bitch too.
Maybe the auto part store was just out of the single pack. Did you look elsewhere?
I'll give you the dog poop issue.
Are you a automobile engineer? How do you know theres' not a reason for that hole.

Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes the only idiot is that guy in the mirror.

Ok, I'm sure I'm up to 6 now. You get to guess who the 6th idiot is.

So by extension of your logic we should get rid of everything that's old and subject to your defined criteria of "ratty"? In my opinion the concrete has withstood time well and has a beautiful, well aged "patina". The concrete slabs have been there for probably 50 years. If they have not cracked yet what makes you think there are going to crack anytime soon. As I said in the OP "they have withstood the test of time". Yes, concrete can deteriorate from the effects of acid rain but this process is very slow. Odds are that if they have survived the last 50 years they will survive another 50 years just fine. There is however a better chance that the new concrete will either be adorned with gang grafitti or crack in a relatively short time. There are sidewalk squares on the same area that are in much worse condition that did not get replaced (see pictures below).


The auto parts store, ADVANCE AUTO PARTS on Belvidere and Lewis sells only the assortment pack. I asked and was told that by the clerk. No more single freeze plugs...period. The point of my story was relative to that particular store and not whether a single freeze plug was available anywhere else on Planet Earth.

It would have been nice if the police officer told the guy to go clean up the poop.

I am not an automobile engineer. For one to assume that to understand a single techinical aspect of mechanical engineering such as the relative strength of a threaded fastener that one has to be an "automotive engineer" should serve as direct evidence of stupidity. That implies that one can only expound on, or possibly have knowledge of, only the subject matter that person holds a degree in. again, stupidity at it's finest. I am a machinist and inventor and I have repaired, designed and built many many things throughout my life. I have dismantled and re-assembled entire automobiles. Motor mount bolts are usually grade 5 or 7. I can see no known reason for intentionally weakening a motor mount bolt by creating one with a hollow center. The only advantage that I can see is that after the bolt breaks off ( by virtue of being weakened by said hole) there is already a hole for the "easy out" (do you even know what an "easy out" is?).


The most abundant element in the universe is stupidity.... Francis Vincent Zappa

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HELP! I'm being surrounded by idiots. - by Danno - 09-19-2009, 10:17 PM
Re: HELP! I'm being surrounded by idiots. - by Danno - 09-20-2009, 12:30 PM

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