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EODguy 08-07-2024 01:02 AM

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guntherrex 08-07-2024 08:08 AM

I guess sandblasting is a regular occurance there :D

EODguy 08-07-2024 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by guntherrex (Post 1240331)
I guess sandblasting is a regular occurance there :D

Definitely.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to get the talcum powder type dust out from under my touch screen but it's in-between the inner and outer screen! [emoji854][emoji854]

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rwilson 08-07-2024 11:15 AM

reminds me of west texas back when I worked the oil fields. Dust rags soaked with oil. empty glass bottles in the house half full with sand, etc.

EODguy 08-07-2024 11:30 PM

So we have some new folks on compound.... People are stupid and don't think about walking their dog in the afternoon!!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fb9c38be7d.jpg

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X5chemist 08-08-2024 07:29 AM

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Your winter temps are here. :(

My house side has a sidewalk. I can't stand to see peeps walking their dogs in the afternoon. As for poop, I pile it up at the edge of my property line. Someone picks it up or they walk on it. :wow:

EODguy 08-08-2024 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by X5chemist (Post 1240358)
Your winter temps are here. :(



My house side has a sidewalk. I can't stand to see peeps walking their dogs in the afternoon. As for poop, I pile it up at the edge of my property line. Someone picks it up or they walk on it. :wow:

The rule here for kids is 110f to 105f play in the shade, below 105f they can play in the sun.

It's already cooling off as now temps are only at 115f daily.
My intake temperature (at the highest) was 162f. Almost didn't need a key to start the engine... [emoji1787][emoji1787]

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workingonit 08-08-2024 01:45 PM

dust storms made it to DFW, back in the late '50s
 
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Originally Posted by rwilson (Post 1240333)
reminds me of west texas back when I worked the oil fields. Dust rags soaked with oil. empty glass bottles in the house half full with sand, etc.

I remember a few towering dust storms blow thru my neighborhood in SW Dallas, during the Texas drought of '57-60 (maybe later); my grandparent's house two houses down was our residence when the storms blew through, because they had A/C, and could close their windows, but my Dad had only a swamp cooler + attic fan, so he couldn't close all the windows in the sweltering heat.

Cousins visiting us (a family reunion, pre '60), during that era, talked about how bad it was in their towns of Monahans, Wink, Pecos, and Odessa, and I could see for myself, when my mother took me and my brothers to Midland (talk about a sparsley vegetated...no trees or grass to speak of...oiltown), for two weeks in 1960, to visit her sister, a secretary for Mobil Oil.

Not only did I get a duststorm, but a heavy thunderstorm, later, provided a lightning strike that set a huge oil tank (a couple of blocks away from my aunt's apartment) on fire, and the smoke plume towered over the city for days.

My X5 is a veteran of visiting the West Texas oilfields; previous owner #1 (I'm the third owner) was an oilman, and he used the X5 to visit the fields. Mostly flat lands traveled, and at highway speeds to get there, is probably why my X5 still is mechanically in good shape (at 211k miles, but the Aux fan just died the other day), though previous owner #2 did a lot of work preparing the X to hand over to me, in trade for my '66 Chevelle drag-car.

Perhaps we need another duststorm to blow thru today, to impart the current population with the knowledge of what our ancestors went through, on a regular basis, just a few generations ago. Not to mention the Dust Bowl era of the 1930's.

EODguy 08-16-2024 12:41 PM

The Mike Tyson Fuel station in Riyadh... [emoji1787][emoji1787] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7255c25f04.jpg

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EODguy 08-20-2024 09:20 AM

Today's intake temperatures (startup & after 120kph) at 15:00

Hottest was 73c at intake a few years ago...

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