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Piggyback rides… who’s the piggy?

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  1. MtnDood says: 87

    Probably not doing it for the money… maybe he just enjoys your company (and your sexiness).

  2. matalexwolf says: 85

    As I work mainly from home, I have know need for a car presently. I enjoy cycling to keep fit as with seeing friends and family. If I need to get someplace quickly I will call up Ronnie the Terbonater taxi man who is most reliable. Also have good train network to London, 25mins or less. All being said, thinking of buying a new car soon as I love driving the B roads so a sports mid engine will be the go. Love to kick the back end out when PC Plod isn’t about :smile:

  3. Sometimes, though, I DO not save gas. Today, I drove 95 miles round trip to Mt. Charleston so that I could escape the 100+ F heat in the Las Vegas Valley by hiking the Bristlecone Trail, which is a 6.1-mile loop trail between 8700 and 9400 feet altitude. I figured it would be 75 F or 80 F up there. And sunny! Boy, was I wrong! It began to get windy. The wind brought in a cold chill from the black clouds that were piggybacking the Spring Mountain peaks. Then it began to rain. Then it began to hail. And thunder! I was already a couple of miles into the trail, and standing under ponderosa pines with lightning possibly afoot didn’t seem wise. So I bucked up and walked and walked, the raindrops smearing my vision through the pair of glasses i wear, the hailstones bouncing like popcorn off my head. I got drenched, and then I got even wetter… But I finished the trail in just 2 hours and 20 minutes. Why did I tell this story? Oh, yeah. I used about 5 gallons of gas so that I could fight off rain, wind, hail, and chill. Now I’m back in my little humble abode. And it’s hot and sunny. I miss those wonderful little hikes. I’m off to the gas station…..

  4. I’m trying to be a lot less feisty. That saves gas.

    • Capman911 says: 83.1

      Your comment to me on the Leeches video. :smile:

      There are too many guys on this site. Marina is trying to reel in some gals by creating “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants.

      Your right Lividemerald. More furnishing catering toward the feminine side would maybe help by getting some more ladies to join the site. It would also help if their comments wouldn’t be chided by the other members who disagree. I can see disagreeing with someone, but make sure you do it proper that the person does not feel offended by the other persons comment. I have seen at least 4 females leave because of comments that they had made and it didn’t suit someone so they were picked on for it. I think a little more kindness would help on every ones part. Discussions are creative thinking and people learn from them, but if a person feels like they are going to be ridiculed by each comment they make then they will leave. Sorry t take up so much of your time, but thanks for listening. :smile:
      Mike

  5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4&NR=1 Here’s another one, Marina, you might just want to pick one up sometime.

  6. I’m lookin’ up how to make a water-car and am going to make one so I don’t have to pay for gas, but that I can go fetch some water and put it in my car and drive that way. No, no, that won’t do. I’m actually thinking of getting an air-car that runs solely on air. Like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcCyEKYwTos check that out, Marina.

    Sincerely innovative,
    Shawn M. Norris

  7. rioedison says: 80

    hello im a new subscriber and really need help for this word “suffocate”
    thankyou.

  8. Hello Marina! :-)
    When I look at your videos, I wonder why nobody asked you about marriage so far… :-) )

    Dirk

  9. For short trips to the store I walk but for longer trips I ride my Quarter Horse Fritz!

  10. someone has probably already said this but, you can get a piggyback ride from me any day Marina

  11. Well shiver me timbers! sounds like horse feathers to me…..

  12. wawaweewa says: 75

    I want to know why they call the viewing of a dead body before a funeral the “wake” The person is dead not awake! What the hell? Thanks :twisted:

  13. James says: 74

    The video is at 26 at the moment but at 24 has 40,613 views. Do you thin k the new vid may be up before midnight?? GMT

  14. And i have another request: where does the word “Robot” come from and what does it means :cool:

    Thanks :oops:

  15. Hey Marina… i was wondering :?: what is the different off a beer and a lager..

    Thanks Marina.

  16. chelsea says: 71

    the word: Rainbow
    the phrase: what goes around comes around :grin:

  17. sniperskaya says: 70

    Marina, glad to see you’re saving gas! Sorry, but I don’t worry about the gas prices, so I’m not doing anything. I have a request: how did the phrase “I don’t cotton to that” come about? Since cotton is a plant and a fiber used in clothes, I don’t see how “I don’t plant/fiber” that” makes any sense, do you?

  18. tryant says: 69

    :idea: Piggyback would be interesting for sure,but,carrying a sweet lady “Piggyfront” sounds *much* better to Me!

    Sorry Folks,I tend to revert to My teen years on occasion.

  19. James says: 68

    Piggyback has another usage.. For when you go outside someones house and use an unsecured broadband connection. I did it once when i was on holiday to go on hfw.com

  20. James says: 66

    Does anyone know what marina does for a job? I cant see how studying words all day can make any money?

  21. wetsuit5 says: 65

    HotForWords,

    That was a very nice video. :razz:
    From your clues yesterday I was totally baffled as to the “Pick a Pack” connection. :roll:
    Like the starfish and the can of spam and riding the pig’s back. Great illusions. :lol:
    The opening picture really looks like your choking Kobe, :eek:
    But Oh My, Marina is becoming an elitist. :oops: Piggy Back to Star Bucks. :???: (Hope it’s not one that’s closed)
    At least let the neighbor break out a rickshaw. :wink:
    Even the ancients had multiple folks carrying around in the chair. :cool:
    Oh, I get it, your economizing on the neighbor power. :wink:
    And what about the rest of us who can’t detruncus the real trunk cause we ate your whole birthday cake? :razz: Gonna be more than a couple of bucks. :???:

    To save gas I’m doing a couple of things besides complaining.
    I ride a motorcycle whenever the weather permits.
    And I building and experimenting with the water car and HHO.
    The technology is real, you really can run a car using water as a fuel. :twisted:

  22. geronimo says: 64

    I’m not saving gas, I am using as much of it as I can before we run out! Why save fuel? When it is gone then there will be no more polution. All you are doing is prolonging the polution. Besides with all the global warming it causes, it will open up new places to drill for oil when all thoses usless glaciers, are gone. I bet the north pole is hiding lots of oil, and then the oil drillers can have a nice climate to work in. With global warming we won’t be cutting down as many trees for fire wood, and will be using less fuel in general for warming us up in the winter. Remember that the northern most part of the hemesphere was once a tropical area. So it will be again, thanks to us gas burners!! Hooray for us!! We are the real heros! :lol:

    • geronimo says: 64.3

      I know I spelled pollution wrong and said “thoses”. Oh well

    • Now thats the best solution I have seen yet.

    • Oversimplification of the perceived positive(?) effects of our corporate addiction to oil is great since we’re the only species on the planet. After all, who needs all those pesky other plants and animals anyway? We’re the only ones that matter because we can REASON and God is on our side. Rest assured there’ll still be plenty of wildlife as far as those nuisance species that thrive on human civilization are concerned: rats, crows, ants, fleas, lice, cockroaches, and mice (among other pests).
      Wow, you really must tell all the scientists your great discovery before they succeed in arresting the galloping climate changes!

      Then I woke up.

      I have a Natural Science degree, and a degree in Environmental Conservation (with honors), so I have actually studied some of this stuff and a couple clues have been offered me. Here they are: the effects of warming will include massive climate and weather-pattern changes such as droughts and desertification in areas which are now well-watered, as well as huge die-offs of major stands of forests (for just one example, trees can’t migrate, so when the environment changes even a little, they’ll no longer be within their natural comfort/rainfall/temperature range and thus become weakened and far more susceptible to pest invasions and virulent diseases) taking with them all the wildlife that are so well-adapted to live among them. The loss of forests will forever change the transpiration balance that affects humidity and rainfall levels planet-wide. Flooding, erosion, dust storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes will multiply exponentially, and (this is the BIG what-if—–>) there will be changes in the thermohaline subsurface ocean currents, of which we really have NO idea what will ultimately be the result. We can look back into the geologic and paleontologic records to see what these changes brought in the distant past, but that only gives us the tip of the proverbial iceberg. In fact, there has never been such a rapid rise in the amount of greenhouse gases as there is currently. The fuse is lit; some of us are trying to put it out before it reaches the bomb, but most of us just stand back and watch because we “can’t afford it” or “don’t want to get involved.” Global ice age or global desert, which is better? That’s where it’s heading, toward one of those two and we won’t know which until we get there. I kind of like it in between, where we are now. Don’t be duped. These are the good old days, my friends. Remember them well, because they won’t be back.

      Sorry to be such a downer. But science isn’t just about a bunch of liberal treehuggers. The planet is choking on our fumes, and it’s getting ready to get way uncomfortable on our asses because of it. If I didn’t care about my friends, why would I waste my time telling you all this?

      • 30 years ago the scientist were scaring everyone with global freezing, now it’s warming. I will never believe that humans have the ability to warm or cool the earth and only time will prove me right. Remember the ozone crisis? How about Y2K? More brilliant scientist hard at work. The minuscule rise in temperature in the last 100 years has not been caused by humans. Even one of the founding global warming scientist who came up with the whole global warming recently admitted that the test they have been conducting is showing that they may have to rethink the belief of human cause. The world has it’s problems I don’t believe in intentionally ruining it, but this warming trend is completely beyond our ability to change since we are not the cause. I know you think this is a fact and I am an idiot, but everyone said the same to me when I laughed at them for the other previous mentioned hoaxes. I hope you know I was just making a joke in my comment that you responded to. But, on the other hand don’t be taken in so easily. Look up the global freezing scare of the 70’s.

      • No need. It was based on the discovery that the timing of past ice ages have followed a regular 11,000-year cycle that had to do with Earth’s axis being tilted 23 degrees and the “wobble” it occasionally experiences during the course of its travel through its orbit. And that we were overdue for the next one. That doesn’t mean the next one is imminent, just that there was a pattern. I’ve spent too long in school studying my ass (okay, my arse) off to discount it all as hoax. Believe whatever you want. It won’t make any difference to the truth. Y2K? Bacon over the trail. The ozone “scare” resulted in much higher incidence of skin cancer (ask any Australian oncologist) and a huge rise in the sale of sunscreen. I’ll be willing to bet those with skin cancer don’t think it was a hoax.

        Bottom line is that the 35 years that have elapsed since the 70s were but a microsecond in global time and what happens in our piddly lifespans won’t prove you or me right (one can only hope), but just give us plenty more opportunities to argue. I, for one, prefer to agree to disagree with you on this one because I like interacting with you and all the others here at HFW. So I’ll let it lie and allow time to pass. One thing I can guarantee: our grandchildren will know who was right by the time they get to be our age. Meantime, we’re way off subject! Thanks for your well-thought-out responses, geronimo. It’s good to know you’re using your analytical powers to do some critical thinking on this subject, regardless of how I might view your conclusions. Now back to work. There’s a lesson I have to watch.

        Peace and safe journeys, my friend. Trust me, I hope I’m wrong about all this.

      • I read an article that stated that not only does the Northwest Passage open up a couple of months every year now, but that in the near future, nearer than previously thought possible, the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free. As for me, I’m not worried about global warming. it’s already 115 F in Las Vegas, so I say, “Bring it on!” :roll:

  23. prospero811 says: 63

    I do not know what I am doing to save on gas.

    :lol:

  24. mittheman says: 62

    Upset. A term used to deescribe an underdog that defeats a winner. Man O’ War only lost one race to a horse named Upset. Since then the term Upset has been used whenever an underdog defeats a winner. Which brings up my next word, underdog??

  25. David says: 61

    Hi Marina,

    What have I been doing to save on gas? hmmm?

    I told my neighbors that I am following some ancient Native American values. My uncle was up visiting the “Natives” in Bella Bella, near Bella Coola, which is in the Haida area of the British Columbia coastline of western Canada. They state, “Indian’s don’t cut grass!” Kinda saying it’s another “dumb whiteman thing”. That said, I can no longer see or use my gas lawnmower since the grass is so high it somehow “disappeared”.

    The other thing I started doing to save on gas was stop eating cans of cold beans… along with the three cloves of garlic, 4 boiled eggs, two cups of sauerkraut and a 6-pack of beer. I used to do this late at night before I went to bed.

    I got myself a 4 foot long Mexican credit card from a website called…
    gaspricessucksosuckthis.com. They claim that if you dip one end into richcar’s gas tank and suck hard you become Jose Hood… the Spanish robin hood. Quite a marvel idea. It’s a handy hose to siphon gas with no strings attached.

    Cheers!
    David

  26. James says: 59

    Marina, I am making a video about spoonerisms and one of them ends up in me swearing.. Can I please use the you saying “james, with that language you are staying after school for detention” at the end of the video. I will do the editing now and depending on what you say I shall use it or not. Thanks
    James
    XX

  27. okay4now says: 58

    HwK: I haven’t driven a car (or ridden a ‘Hog’) since May 20th–all Metro & walking…

  28. skullzy says: 57

    what does the word prosperity mean and where did it originate?

  29. What’s the best movie speech from a pure wordsmith point of view? That is, placing more emphasis on the use of words as opposed to the pure potency of the oration.

    For me it has to be the V Speech from V for Vendetta.
    :arrow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Q0dfrbr10

    :?: On the subject of ‘V’, what is the correct translation of the Russian word ‘Vozvrashcheniye’? It’s the title of one of my favourite films, ironically quite sparse on dialog. The translated version is titled ‘The Return’ but often the title is changed rather than translated when releasing in other markets. Also if it’s not too much trouble does anyone have a phonetic spelling, as I wouldn’t be too confident of my current pronunciation.

  30. sadowski says: 55

    Oh mistress of all words great and holy, I beseech thee to enlighten this poor soul and explain to me what the origin is of the phrase by-and-by!

    Thank you, and may the great dictionary in the sky bless you a thousand times over.

  31. Bob says: 54

    quote of the day –> :arrow:
    “Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things.” – Epictetus 55-135 A.D.

    Men are not disturbed by things, they are excited by them.
    He who dies with the most things, wins.
    What men are disturbed by, is women’s view of their things.

  32. jdett78 says: 53

    Hello,

    when I seen you on fox news I was hooked. I made that statment on my profile and that got me thinking “hooked” I woundered where did that come from? any idea? John

  33. sexygeeky says: 51

    Hey Marina! I have a question for you! It’s not really a Word orgin, but i was wondering where the symbols for Man and Woman came from. You know, the ones with a circle and a cross on the bottom for girls and a circle with an arrow on the top right for guys. I’d really love to know!!! Thanks!!

  34. koalabear says: 50

    Yeah the server is back again. :grin:

  35. mepluspb says: 49

    I have a word request.. surprise :razz:

  36. Actually the word is misspelled it’s hypermill as in hypermilling…..lol

  37. Almost forgot; saving gas, I am keeping the ole jeep tuned up, slowing down, and learning to hypemill……………

  38. I have a new word request; how about “wedgy” lol

  39. Bob says: 45

    I save gas by staying home and watching hotforwords all day. :cool:

  40. foxbow15 says: 44

    i’ll give piggyback rides for free :grin: lol

    I don’t drive hehe :) just my mtb,I drive about 300-500 kilometers a week on that thing for free :razz:

  41. Marina ! Why did’nt you explain GULAG ? From GLAVNOIE UPRAVLiENIE LAGIERIEI “General Direction for Camps”. I know it’s difficult to translate it into English.
    GOULAG is something like POLCAMP for “Political Camp”. It’s like FBI or CIA nothing more.

  42. jnaples says: 42

    Is there anything you won’t do to get some coffee?

  43. koalabear says: 41

    If Marina does a video on “1337 speak” I wonder what message she will have on have her tshirt?

    http://flickr.com/photos/28204470@N00/49242499/

  44. I’m driving an electric car, but I keep running out of extension cords every time I try to leave town.

  45. roadrunrnch says: 39

    GUYS,
    Check out this video from the sultry Marina video phase.
    I must say, I miss those videos. The New and Improved Marina is very good, but those videos are ((:twisted:)) good.
    ………..BEST OF MARINA……….

    ……………………

  46. Chemikal says: 38

    also, gratz for making the full screen option work on HFW website also! :)

  47. Chemikal says: 37

    woohoohoo! lolololol for a moment I thought Marina was wearing dippers, at 2:18 =))
    Piggyback riding… kids… => Dippers! Hey, it could have happened, haha :P

  48. geronimo says: 36

    As a child growing up in Riverside Ca. we raised pigs and had two breeder pigs Henry and Hazel that weighed 500 pounds each. We use to ride them around like horses all around the farm. We used their ears like reigns and they didn’t seem to mind.

    • Capman911 says: 36.1

      We rode goats G. They didn’t mind sometimes and sometimes they would butt us off. So we made a goat cart just like a buggy. harness one up to it and away we would go. Many things one can do on a farm to have fun. The funny thing about a male goat, he will stand and pee all over his own front legs. We ended up smelling the same way by the end of the day. :lol: :lol:

  49. tomcarter says: 34

    Marina,
    11:09 pm Jul 31, the youtube/hotforwords page is messed up. Clicking the video name, in order to rate or comment, directs you to either youtube/user or back to youtube/hotforwords, not to the video (last night the link should have been youtube/watch?v=9hc1_GgKLRk, which I got to only from the Most Watched Video page) I don’t knwow the path now. If we can’t get there, we can’t rate you 5 stars. Last night was the same.
    -

  50. labbatt78 says: 33

    I save gas by bike riding but I use 1/4 of gas to go from my house to Indiana then back home almost every week.

  51. silverfyre says: 32

    Dear teacher,
    What is the origin of the word TROJAN???…….as it is well known as TROJAN HORSE……n y is that called a VIRUS??? :neutral: :???: :grin:

  52. athoorth says: 31

    Dear Marina, I wish there was a way for me to save on gas, but unfortunatly living in the middle of nowhere with no public transportations the only means of traveling for me is to takr the car *sigh*

    And I also do a lot of driving at work, but atleast the company is paying for that hehehe.

    Best wishes, Ath, I’ll see you in the rear-view mirror,

  53. leonard says: 30

    To save on gas—I’m eating less beans and cabbage.

  54. “Bodkin”
    I know it is a medieval word word for a sharp “needle” or “Knife” the word is used in many of Shakespeares plays describibng a knife. Perhaps the most famous being in the “To be or not to be” speech in Hamlet.
    What I would like to know though is its root. I have only been able to find out that it possibly has ancient an Celtic root. Input PLEASE

  55. senior says: 28

    To save on gas I do two things. (1) walk places and (2) take the bus and/or train. Since I started this in March I have had to purchase gas for my car twice where as before it was every two weeks.

  56. seesixcm6 says: 27

    Dear Marina, I’d give you a piggyback ride, and you’d even pay me a couple of dollars, too! I rated your videi five stars, as I did your appearance on the O’Reilly show. For your homework assignment, I drive much less, now. I make a shopping list before shopping to prevent additional trips for additional items. I walk more often, now, even though most shopping sites are far from my condo.
    A few weeks ago, I said I was going to learn Russian by watching Boris and Natascha cartoons. I’ve actually spent more time trying to learn the Cyrillic alphabet. (I could say “It’s Greek to me.”) On your boards, this lead to a tangent about the moose and squirrel who were in the cartoons. So here are my first Russian words: “Moose and squirrel” are called: лоси и белка. I think that is pronounced “losee ee belka.” (No, I won’t translate some of the crude words I see on these boards.)
    Your dear student, Seesixcm6

  57. Marina says: 26

    Get ready for website to die in 2 minutes! O’Reilly airing again!

  58. sheppy1 says: 25

    What about “Knock on wood” i never did understand that one

  59. nickrza says: 23

    What about “dime a dozen” When were someone says, girls are a dime a dozen. Where did that come from :smile:

  60. roadrunrnch says: 22

    WOW,
    Maybe I missed it but, not one offer to be the piggy and haul Marina around town???
    I could rent Her a horse. Maybe the horse and buggies days are on their way back.
    Bill has a new “spot” in the works, no doubt. Marina’s piece went very well.

  61. thxeleven38 says: 21

    Dear Teacher:

    Some of the activities car drivers are doing in and around Washington D.C. to save fuel costs.

    1. Mounting huge electro magnets on front bumpers,
    Don’t know where the drivers are getting the electrons.
    Maybe they drive hybrids.

    2. Many people are scrounging the streets carrying gas cans and houses, seems to be a politically balanced group. Some prefer cars with Obama stickers and others McCain. Cars with Hillary don’t seem to have the problem.

    3. Some drivers are putting their transmissions in neutral and are getting pushed along by the following traffic.

    4. Since congress is out of session the methane collectors have gone underground. They may have switched their operations to NASA headquarters.

    5. NASA has placed an administrative request for a multi-billion dollar project to construct a flexible pipeline to Titan which will substitute for drilling in ANWAR or on the continental shelf. The word on the street has the project named ETMETRECL,(Et-met-tree-cal) for extraterrestrial methane reclamation. Sounds like a real big stinky government tax payer rip off.

  62. i-spy says: 20

    Hey marina tell where the world slut came from :-? :wink:

  63. i save on gas by eating fewer

    Broccoli, brussels sprouts
    Asparagus, carrots
    Apricots, raisins
    Cauliflower, radishes
    Bananas, prunes
    Sauerkraut
    Pan fried or deep fried foods
    Rich cream sauces and gravies
    Eggplant
    Bran, nuts, popcorn
    Tuna
    Cabbage, celery, cucumbers
    Prune juice
    Kohlrabi, rutabaga, turnips

    otherwise, i’d stink up my posts…

    annudder :cool:

  64. CaptainJack says: 18

    Save gas?!?! Thats easy. I can go for a months without burning a drop indirectly. I bit my upper lip and donated my car. Ouch that hurt! I use the bus (Its like having a personal chauffeur and the buses have free Wi-Fi) Electric street car (train). If I need a car I can rent one from Enterprise Rentals. Or I can use http://www.zipcar.com/ $9 an hour at $50 a year. My favorite ride is a brand New Lincoln Town Car Signature 4-DR w/ personal chauffeur. Best thing about using Seattle Towncar Service, is its cheaper than a damn taxi cab. I will be buying a new Segway now that I heard the prices are lower. They went from about $7k to $5k. 20mile range on a single charge. I also like to use my feet. Yes they do work. People seem to forget about them. Last time I checked the get good gas mileage. I sometime like to take off the rubber tires and run them barefoot on a wet sandy beach. You know where the wet sand squishes between your toes. Now thats fun. The only thing that would top that is to have someone you can walk with.

  65. hello marina 5* :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i was thinking pack horse pack mule something like that that was a good one :grin:

  66. Capman911 says: 16

    Really great video. We need more Kobe playing around while you do the videos. I am retired so I don’t work so I don’t drive. I only drive when I need to. The most I have spent lately was on diesel fuel for my tractor. It was $25.00 to fill it up. Ok what does pick a pack have to do with piggy back :?:
    Mike

  67. Maia Marina, Nice white shorts there at the end, this message brought to you by three blind mice

  68. blueskies13 says: 14

    Marina i saw you on O’Reilly tonite you were great but why O’Reilly ?. well any way i am glad there is no piggy in piggy back and for my home work i will be offering free piggy back ride to pretty girls from class to class on campus the only problem i am not a student and if you are ever in loiusiana write me and i will carry you around.”i think O’Reilly is the piggy LOL”

  69. pagedoll says: 13

    I must say, I think that is the coolest jacket I have ever seen! …me likey. :smile:

    • Capman911 says: 13.1

      Do you want me to get you one. You can put it on your pillow at night and dream. Hey pal, hows it going. I see by the weather you must had some pretty bad storms yesterday. We get them every afternoon because of the heat. My son went to four house fires yeasterday afternoon from lightening stricks. Man I feel so envyious not being able to fight fire anymore. But we leave it to the younger generations now. You and Pagy take care and enjoy each other.
      Mike

  70. Pick a pack, had us all goin’! :mrgreen:

    Homework:
    Started a business venture with some locals
    to produce biodiesel from cooking grease.

    The real numbers won’t show a payback
    for at least six monthes, but then it’s all
    gravy.

    I usually walk, I’m close to everything.
    There are a LOT more people riding
    bicycles than ever.

    My little pick ‘em up truck only gets
    20 miles/gallon since the last formula
    change (down 20%).

    • melikadothechacha,

      melikadothechacha replied on July 31st, 2008 9:59 pm:

      Capt. Jack has a good eye!
      Didn’t notice the starfishy!
      OR the short shorts! Dang!
      Even though it’s a video, I :smile:
      still look you right in the eyes. :mrgreen:

      My eye has save my former boss over $100,000 in engine replacement. I found a turbo colling tube leak on our starboard engine that no one was able to find for weeks. I found it in 15 minutes. The fault was of Caterpillar Inc. The tube was not quality stainless steel that ended up rusting. It would squirt out water onto a very hot engine and would instantly evaporate, leaving no evidence of any problems. It the tube had completely failed the turbo would have melted and engine losing cooling pressure. Well I don’t have to tell you what would happen next. :mrgreen:

      I can find a needle in a hay stack if I had a photo of the needle. I seem to have an ability to recognize breaks in patterns. Its a good talent to have if you ever need to break any cryptography. :grin:

  71. Hey Marina,
    Just wondering. How did your appearance on the O’Reilly Factor go? I missed it on T.V. by 30 min.

  72. neanderthal says: 10

    Gratz Marina on breaking 90 Million Total Video Views on YouTube!!! I know I account for at least 237 of those views not counting videos I’ve watched more than once.

  73. smokey36bear says: 9

    Unfortunately, like most Americans, laziness is a factor. It must be, because I haven’t seen any drop in the number of cars on the road. Not only that I’m seeing more and more trucks and SUV’s (imitation Jeep) on the road. Although the price for gas has dropped, here anyway, by 20 cents in the last three days. I guess the short answer is not as much as I should.

    • This reminds me of the movie WALL-E. Good example of where we are headed. The oil companies are banking on this. I think they could get away with $7 a gallon and still people will continue to drive.

      • We’ll probably buy foreign versions
        of the old Chevette, and AMC Gremlins
        and Pacers, since American auto makers
        are turning out gas guzzlers!
        Honda, Suzuiki, Toyota, Hyunai, Mazda
        all unheard of as auto makers in USA
        until GMC, Ford, etc. forgot how to
        make cars right (forget about superior!).
        Go to an old car show to see what
        quality work used to look like before
        cheap plastic was extensively used.
        Now, designs are so flawed, cars
        don’t last as long as the car loans
        to pay for them! What can you do?
        As a consumer, not much – Ralph
        Nader is dead, and whoever replaced
        him is bought and paid for.

      • buzzword says: 9.1.2

        um… the rumors of ralph naders death are greatly exaggerated.

    • buzzword says: 9.2

      yeah, but the numbers are in and u.s. car manufacturers are hurting. now that it’s important to their bottom line they may start changing. slow though, remember how ford figured out how much it would cost them to fix the problem with exploding gas tanks and decided that it wasn’t worth it. that just paying off the lawsuits would be cheaper. american no how, er i mean know how.

  74. neanderthal says: 8

    To cut back on fuel usage, I switched jobs cutting 40 miles round trip and started working from home 1-2 days a week. Then I negated most if not all the savings by buying a RRS SC. Oh well… Guess I need to work from home more!

  75. tayljim says: 7

    my back’s for rent
    a five star performance

  76. chevolay says: 6

    I’m getting a flying squirrel and a moose to pull my sled.

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