Saturday, October 26, 2013

What will they teach our kids in the future?

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In my history class, I've learned about Caveman, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Roman, Renaissance, Industrial Revolutionary, WWI, WWII, etc. I was just wondering, about a hundreds or thousands of years from now. What do you think our kids will learn about? Petroleum? Internet? Etc?


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Great question. Very thoughtful.
This era will be known as the "computer revolution."
It has changed everything in world society just as the industrial revolution did in the 1800's.
It will be known as the communication era - the time when world cultures began to merge through common communication via the internet as you have already surmised.
It will be known as a time when the world moved towards a common language - or perhaps focused down to three or four languages such as English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, and Spanish. [The French will always speak French, but they will know a second language as well.]
Thousands of years from now there will be one common world language, but for this century the history will show that several languages emerged from the hundreds of world languages formerly spoken and written.

This will also be known as a time of growing global consciousness regarding the environment - else we will not be around a thousand years from now to write histories.
It will be known as the century of planned population control - or again, the future will be bleak.

A hundred years from now the War in Iraq will seem a small thing - a limited skirmish hardly worth a footnote. The loss of US troops over five years does not amount to a single large battle of the American Civil War. Although the loss of each individual serviceman or woman in Iraq over the recent five years matters a great deal to us now, in the USA we lose ten times more people every year to car accidents. When historians look back, Iraq will seem a small incident.

This will also be the century that people switched form gasoline powered vehicles to electric modes of transport or possibly hydrogen powered vehicles. The Middle East only started pumping out oil a little over 100 years ago. In the next 100 years, that resource will be gone.

Food will always be an essential, the USA will be crucial for world supply.

One other thought - chemotherapy as we use it now for malignant diseases - will be considered medieval and as barbaric as bloodletting looking back 100 years from now.
Older people will still die with cancer, but people must die of something to make room for younger generations. Cancer treatments - for the many varieties of cancer - will be more specifically targeted at the cancerous cells. Cancers will be detected earlier and, hopefully, many types of cancer will be prevented. Lung cancers would decline by 80 to 90% in the next 20 years if everyone would stop smoking right now.

100 years ago, cancer was #8 on the top ten killer list compared to #2 now. Relatively few people worldwide smoked a pack of cigarettes a day in 1908.
100 years from now, cancer will still be #2 following old age related cardiovascular disease, but the relative numbers of cancer deaths will be much lower - - IF we work on the global environment and health habits such as smoking.

In the year 2108 we will look back and say the 1990's were the peak years for lung cancer deaths related to the peculiar old habit of smoking a drug known then as tobacco. The kids will be revolted by the the idea that people actually sucked addicting, carcinogenic smoke from burning vegetation into their own lungs. There will be nothing "cool" about smoking.

how can i make a remote control car go faster?




warlooker


i brought a small remote control car about less than $20.00 hoping i can make it go faster.
how can i make it go faster i want to put a battery in so the motor can spin faster and oil my gears.
but is there any other way to do it.
thank you guys for helping.



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For $20.00 you can't expect to get much more out of the car. It's not really built for speed at that price. Basically, this is a kids toy. There is a huge difference between remote control cars for kids and remote control cars for adults. The complexities of the cars have a very wide gap. Kids cars will run on just a few AA batteries. RC cars for adults feature full miniature engines. Lots of the popular motor kits run on fuel such as gasoline or nitro. Others run on large battery packs that are essentially beefed up versions of kids toys. These cars require just as much maintenance as a real car, since they have all of the same components (plus all of the radio transmitting gear!) to deal with.

So you may want to save up and get your moneys worth by opting for petrol, nitro or electric models. The fastest engine choice that you can find is a nitro engine. Nitromethane is an alternative to regular gasoline, and runs much better for RC cars. It is usually heavier, and therefore more cumbersome on the handling of the car. However, if you are going to be on a fairly straightforward and tame race course, it is a great choice and will provide a huge speed. The only down side is that nitro engines are known for wearing down faster, and breaking at a higher rate. If you use a nitro engine frequently, you can almost expect it to break after intense usage. It is a good idea to have an electric engine that you can swap it out with when the need arises.

The other parts of the car are equally important when you are aiming for absolute fastness. If you are you going all-out on a project, you should expect to spend quite a bit on components like wheels and axels. Usually you want to get wheels that are extremely firm and light. If you have the opportunity to go out to a hobby store and test out a few different components, you will be able to decide exactly what you want based on experiencing it first-hand. This is the best way to shop for anything, and the same goes for remote control cars. Since the parts are usually highly swappable, you can directly compare one with another by trying them in quick succession.

If you arenât a very technically inclined person, the thought of picking all of these parts might not sound very fun. However, you might not have to go through this process. It is possible to buy kits that include all top of the line parts, and are quite easy to assemble. With these you wonât get the high level of customization that you would get out of building a regular home-made car. Being able to choose all of the parts separately is a great benefit, although 90% of the time you can replace individual parts if you decide that you want to go for something that is of a higher quality or a little bit faster than what you had before.

All of these things really add up. If you have one part of a car that doesnât perform as well, the entire thing will be affected. Therefore you need to choose your parts carefully to have the best remote controlled

Could a catastrophe render helicopters unusable (any air vehicle)?

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Yea


Is there some sort of catastrophe that could somehow mess up electric magnetic fields and make it so that helicopters, airplanes, and other air vehicles cannot actually fly properly?

Scientifically, could that even happen? Just wondering.

What about ground vehicles, like cars and motorcycles, I'm not sure how this would happen... but could it happen?



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A high altitude atomic explosion will generate an electromagnetic pulse or EMP that will shower a large area below it. It has been estimated that two or three such explosions could blanket the US.

This scenario was the basis for the fictional book "One Second After" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Second_After After the book was released there has been discussion suggesting that the effects of an EMP may not be as dramatic as offered in the book.

Another source for an EMP is a solar flare. A particularly large one happened in 1859 known as the Carrington event. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/aisha-gani/are-we-prepared-for-a-sup_b_1328072.html

Volcanic activity can also promote lightning which can cause a more localized EMP event.

There are other man made EMP devices. http://syzygyastro.hubpages.com/hub/Wave-Guided-EMP-Beam

The current TV program "Revolution" proposed a lack of electricity due to self replicating nano particles in the air. This is perhaps a bit more fanciful. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/tv/story/2012/09/17/revolution-somber-premise-shows-its-promise/57791716/1

The Electric Car , a dream?




James Wrig


Many of the dealerships are sold out of the leaf, what can we do to get these cars built faster? could building Electric cars in Britain save it from bankruptcy? and get British people working more instaed of letting immigrants take most of the production work??


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Electric cars are a dream and a vision of the future without polluting vehicles that rely on foreign oil for their power. They are a dream of quiet, clean and affordable transportation. They are the dream that will allow us to electrify roadways and manage traffic flow for many more vehicles than we can have on our present roadways.1

Nissan, the owners of the Leaf, are making the dream a reality by building factories in the US (Smyrna in Tennessee) and the UK (Sunderland) that are expected to open in 2012. These factories along with the plant at Oppama in Japan will increase production to meet the existing and future demand.2

The amount of production work being taken by "immigrants" is perhaps another issue best taken up elsewhere. If we go back far enough most of us came from somewhere else.




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How to produce electricity for electric cars?

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Samantha


1. List and discuss your best guess of a mix of sources of fuels or other means to produce the electricity needed for the electric cars by 2013.

2. What are the environmental impacts/pollution of making electricity by the methods suggested above.
You people are ridiculous.



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hundreds of small rodents running on small wheels

How much does an electric car cost?




mobleez


How much does the average electric car cost?
How much does it cost to charge one?
Does it cost any extra to run and keep?
If anyone knows just how much a car costs to own (buying and keeping) that would be brill.
Thanks



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How much does the average electric car cost?
There are limited options for buying an electric car from a major manufacturer at the moment (Jan 2013). Tesla Model S $50,000 and up, Nissan Leaf $34,000, Mitsubishi imeiv $29,000, Smart ED $25,000, and a couple others I forget about.

How much does it cost to charge one?
Since they're tiny, the smart car or the imev will consume about 250 watt hours per mile. So take your local utility rate to figure out the fuel cost. Example: 10¢ per 1000 watt hours (Kwh) means 10¢ will take you about 4 miles. 10¢ ÷ 4 miles = 0.025 (2¢) per mile. The larger tesla or the leaf will consume about 300whpm.

Does it cost any extra to run and keep?
No. Electric cars don't need belts, spark plugs, oil filters (or oil anyway), engine coolant, radiators, and a host of other maintenance hassles. The lithium batteries will need to be replaced every 10 years (ballpark).

If anyone knows just how much a car costs to own (buying and keeping) that would be brill.
An electric car costs about 1/7 that of a gas car for fuel (electricity vs gasoline) Also, an electric car costs â that of a gas car for upkeep and maintenance, even after battery replacement is considered. I'm not sure what you mean by "brill".




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Monday, October 21, 2013

What are some good foods to bring for a long road trip?

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Q. My kids and I are moving permanently to San Diego from Alaska and driving the whole way as non-stop as possible. I just want to know what are some good foods to bring or cook and bring for the move to San Diego because I don't want to spend too much money at restaurants. Do you have any suggestions or recipes? My four kids are all teenagers.


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Your getting great ideas here, let me add one.
We refer to some types of food as JAW food, just add water. And they include everything from instant soups and oatmeal, cous cous, hot drinks, cup 'o' noodles. gather up all your JAW food, usually it doesn't need refridgeration and won't go bad. then invest in one of those super fast teapot water heaters that plug into your car lighter. or you could splurge and get an inverter for your car and then you could run electric applicances off your car battery (yup, like a coffee pot, hot plate and laptop) they aren't too expenisve and being able to use electric applicaes on a long trip can be great!

Some of my other favorites are jiffy pop on a campfire. I carry V8 in cans cause I know I don;t tend to eat enough veggies on a road trip. Drinks like ensure can help a lot and again don;t have to be refidgerated, but you'll want at least one cooler with ice to chill them before you drink. Dry meat, salmon strips and crachers are filling. And although its not 'real' cheese it travels great, velveta. Nuts and trail mix are filling and take up less space then bags of chips. Also scam a supply of little ketchup, mayo, mustard, soy sauce, whatever condimnets you use from restruants before you go, they travel better then the big full jars.

Also for cheap eats, roadside farmers markets and food stall can be great finds. Avoid gas stations, they are over priced and carry junk. And with a little time online you might be able to find fairs and festivals along your way, they would make a nice rest stop and usally have all kinds of interesting, cheaper the restaraunt foods. And in a pinch you can always eat for free on Sundays at any Hari Krishna temple.

What are the solutions to our mounting energy crisis?




Diggy


We all know gas prices are high. I think they will only get higher, save some dips in the off-season. The issue is all the energy we use, not just our cars. Some say alternative fuels. Is it possible to simply switch over to ethenol? No. Should we be thinking about the way we live, our infrastructure, public transportation, how far and often we drive?

The cost of heating and cooling our homes will also continue to rise. Is there significant wind and solar technologies as an alternative? Nuclear, coal, hydro? What do you think?



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The problem isn't our ability to produce energy--the technology is there. Nor is switching our cars to alternative energy a problem--although ethanol is not the solution--electric cars are.

The usual immediate answer is that electric cars aren't practical. In point of fact they are--and we could have been producing them for decades; the first workable electric cars were around 100 years ago (NO, I'M NOT KIDDING)

So where are they? That brings us to the real problem: special interests. We do not have alternative enrgies--we are dependant on foreign oil--for the simple reason that special intersests--mostly the fossil fuel industry--have actively blocked changes in policy and access to markets for alternative technologies.

As to the rest of your question: we have a growing solar and wind power industry--both are commercially competitive. Nuclear is an option that merits careful study. Coal is not a viable long term option--it is not carbon-neutral (its worse than oil, in fact). Ethanol is viable--but the problem is scale: how much farmland can we shift to this, along with all the fertilizer, etc, before the ecological impact outweighs the value. Besides, ethanol is not cheap.




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what is the most enironmentally friendly car company?

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mike s


I'm looking to buy a new car and want my dollars to support the greenest car company out there. I've heard good things about Renault, Toyota, Honda... Any insight is much appreciated. Oh and I live in Spain if that makes a difference of any sort.


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How about Spain's new electric folding car ? >> http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/4695-spain-to-manufacture-folding-electric-vehicle-in-2013.html

What car do you drive and what is your dream car?




Michael


With dream car I mean a realistic practical car that you get for free, but maintenance, gas etc is all on you.

My current car is a 2007 Lexus IS250, my dream car is the new BMW M5 in Monte Carlo blue.

I'm considering buying the older 2006 M5.
You still get a V10 instead of V8 with that one, so that's a big plus.


What about you?



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I drive a 2013 Honda Civic and my dream car was the Acura NSX but now I want a Tesla electric car. With several solar charging stations nearby, I would "refuel" free for life!!!!!!




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What kind of R/C truck would you recommend for a 10 year old?

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I'm 14 and I have a T-MAX 2.5. I want something for my brother that is pretty fast but isn't 40+mph. I don't want to get him a T-MAX or Revo because he'll just blow it up, jump it off a cliff, or make it fall into the creek. Would the electric Stampede be alright? What would you suggest?


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Car Guy is right, for a 10 year old don't spend a fortune on one until he gets older. The high tech ones need too much maintenance for a kid.

How does Tesla Automotive help the environment ?




HeartThrob


I keep hearing that Tesla is making the environment a better place because it's taking cars with IC engines off the road.

Well energy cannot be created -- it can be transferred...... so the energy has to come from somewhere right ?

Okay, so people plug in the cars to derive their fuel source from a socket in their house. The power source can be traced back to a power plant burning coal or fossil fuel ( IC engine based powerplant which uses LNG).

If energy is energy, doesn't the same quantum of energy taken for all those cars that would have been on road come from a fossil fuel burning power plant instead of a gas pump ?

Imagine me kicking a 10 ton ball. Let's say I have EAT a ton of food to have the strength to do so. And it takes 100 units of energy to do so.

Now that 100 units is needed to kick that ball 5 feet regardless of whatever is being used. So instead of me kicking it, imagine a robot kicking. This robot still needs 100 units of energy. And it will get it from where ? it will poof out of thin air ? No...it'll get it from the coal that's being burned in a power plant which is producing energy that's transmitted to the robot wia copper wires over a grid.

So what's with the hype around Tesla ?
READ EDIT:

I don't want answers that beat around the bush about how great tesla is, so forth and so on... yada yada yada...look at the answer of the first replying individual, his username is "In Science We Trust" .

I DONT CARE about how much boot space a tesla has. All I want to know is, how does putting a Tesla on a road use any less fossil fuel than a ICE based car. With a tesla you're using power from coal based power plants. With an ICE car youre using refined crude oil from under the ground.



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You question is almost as stupid as your username and photo. The energy efficiency for any moving vehicle, whether powered by an electric motor, an internal combustion engine (ICE) or a hybrid design, comes down to overcoming energy losses sustained during operation. The losses can be classified into two categories: road-load and energy conversion. The design engineers at Tesla Motors have incorporated groundbreaking innovations in overcoming both types of loss. If youâre driving one of the new Tesla S Models you immediately become aware of this as your car quietly rockets from 0-60 mph in just over four seconds, covering a quarter-mile in about 12 seconds (reaching 108 mph).

This is definitely sports car performance but contained within a beautifully-designed luxury sedan. The carâs sleek look is a major contributing factor to overcoming road-load loss a perfect marriage of form and function. Overcoming Road-Load Losses

Road-load loss includes the forces that cause a vehicle to expend energy for purposes other than propelling it forward, such as:
â¢Wind-resistance (drag)
â¢Gravity (vehicle weight)
â¢Rolling tire resistance
â¢Mechanical friction caused by bearings, brakes, drive shaft and hubs

To overcome these road-load loss obstacles, primarily in an effort to extend the driving range of the Tesla EVs, design engineers went to work to build extremely aerodynamic, lightweight bodies that are shapely, slippery, and really look good too. High-performance, low rolling resistance tires are used and all moving parts are made of materials and constructed to be as frictionless as possible. Energy Conversion Losses

Energy conversion is the process of delivering power from an energy source to the drive wheels that ultimately propel the vehicle. Lithium-ion battery cells are used in Tesla EVs because of their superior energy density. Although some energy is lost to heat in the battery pack, the extreme efficiency of the Tesla EVâs powertrain (the motor and the drive inverter) allow for near 90-percent efficiency.

Compare this to your typical gasoline-powered car with an efficiency of about 35-percent and the difference is astounding. Even hybrids donât come close to this level of drive-efficiency, since they are also dependent on a gas-powered engine. Nearly two-thirds of the power produced by an ICE is lost as excess heat created during the combustion process.


For more detailed info, see this:http://www.teslamotors.com/goelectric/efficiency

As for the reason for the hype... when it comes to what matters - how it looks, drives, features and functionality it is a screaming HOME RUN. What has it got? Looks... Incredible performance (0 to 60 in less than 5 sec)...great handling (due to extremely low center of gravity),... a beautiful and well designed computer interface.. an amazing amount of cargo space. No kidding, it's over 55 cubic feet! When you think about how Tesla has replaced a huge, inefficient, polluting, noisy engine with hundreds of moving parts that can wear out with a motor smaller than a beer keg and battery pack on the bottom, isn't it a huge Duh, this is way better?! The Model S is absolutely the coolest car on the planet.

Additional info
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists... "Nearly half of Americans live in regions where driving an electric vehicle means lower global warming emissions than driving even the best hybrid gasoline vehicle available. Over the lifetime of an EV, the owner can save more than 6,000 gallons of gasolineâa significant contribution to U.S. energy security. But our nationâs reliance on coal-powered electricity limits electric vehicles from delivering their full potential. Only by making improvements to our electricity gridâby decreasing the use of coal and increasing the use of clean and renewable sources of electricityâwill electric vehicles deliver their greatest global warming and air pollution benefits."

"To meet the challenge of climate change and reduce our nationâs dependence on oil, continuing to run our cars and trucks predominantly on oil-based fuels is not an option. On the other hand, electric vehiclesâcoupled with clean and sustainable electricityâare important parts of the solution."




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Sunday, October 20, 2013

Electric Shock on Car?

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Grampa Han


Hi! My car was vandalized again last night by my neighbors. Although I don't have evidence but I know it's them. Just the same, they first made deep scratches on my car, then, a few weeks later, maybe kicked the plastic cover of my plate number causing it to crack big time, then just a couple of weeks ago, punched a concrete nail on the wheel, and last night, made two very deep and long scratches on my doors. Its irritating but we can't do anything as we don't have any garage in the place we're renting at. And relocating is definitely out of the question and the budget. Security alarm has already been installed but it doesn't help much. When I was a kid, I touched a jeep my uncle was repairing and got zapped a little.

Question, is there such a way to do this on my car wherein the "zapper" gets activated when I set my alarm on? If you could point me to a DIY site to do this or any suggestions to do this will be highly appreciated.
Thank you! I think installing that camera might work long term. Could you point me to a website that has it or, what do you call that kind of camera? Thanks!



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You could rig up a transformer to go from120v ac to 12v dc and run wires out to your car. If properly connected, anyone that touches metal on your car gets zapped. The video camera option is better though. If the person(s) are caught, you can take them to court and force them to pay for the repairs.

Can you help me find the appropriate heater for this area?




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We will be doing some DIY projects in our garage this week. It will be anywhere from 20-40° outside. The house is all brick and fully drywalled but is not heated. It's a larger 3 car garage; our house plans say it's 750 sq ft. It is insulated just like the house and has 2 west facing windows, so it does stay several degrees warmer than the outside temperature w/o any heat.

I am not needing it to be toasty warm, though that would be nice, just wanting to knock off the chill, so that when we are using the tile wet saw, etc. our fingers don't get numb and we are not miserable.

I also definitely do NOT want anything I have to fill with kerosene and prefer not to have to buy propane cartridges for one. So I guess that leaves electric and oil filled sealed units? Also on a budget and would like it to be $75 or less. Obviously I want a safe unit as well, as we will have it on while working for several hours in another part of the house. No kids to worry about so it does not have to be a cool to the touch unit or anything. Also, I once knew someone that had one of those bullet/ tank shaped heaters that blew MAJOR air. Are those expensive?

Any help w/ a heater for this area would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Thanks to the first two answers. Where can I get a milk house heater? Is that what is shown on that Wal Mart link?



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I answered a similar question last night so I copied and pasted it down below. You'll get the point:

Almost all electric heaters will turn off if you tip them over, but I'd still be nervous to leave one on. If you don't live in a very cold location like Minnesota, I think a heater like this will be good. I have used one for years, and I would be comfortable leaving the house with it on.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7768641

Read the reviews at the website.

It's called a utility heater or a milkhouse heater because they were originally used in barns. The wires don't get glowing really red like with some heaters. Because the heating coil and fan are inside of a tin box, it doesn't have to turn off if it is knocked over. It won't start a fire. That's why I like it. You could kick it around if you wanted. It's not noisy at all. Certain heaters will rattle loudly and irritate you although others are nice. It doesn't blow a great amount of hot heat so it wouldn't be super great if it was 0 degrees outside. You might want to buy two. It has a thermostat so it will cut on and cut off if you want (unless you turn it all the way up). Go for it; you won't regret it.




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How do you deal with an unhappy neighbor?

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TimorousBe


Everytime we see her, she critisizes something about our house (which is very well kept and has been nominated for gardening awards in the past).
Examples: she wants us to take care of leaves that have fallen from our tree into her yard. (However, they were maple leaves and our tree is a walnut)
-we left for a week with the AC running and she called the cops because she was worried it would catch her house on fire. (she was ignorant of the fact that we had all new electric put in the house.)

There are dozens of stories like this.

We have tried ignoring her, but she's taken to sitting in her back yard and catching us when we go to the garage. I'm starting to wonder if we should try a different approach (should I bake her cookies or something?) Or just keep ignoring her and pray that she has a fatal heart attack sooner rather than later? Or should we start getting agressive and commenting on the little things she does that annoy us?
I want to add that we have been very nice to her (shoveled her sidewalk when her kid doesn't come over, etc.)
Other neighbors have had the same problems. They've all moved, citing her as a major reason.



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You could take several approaches here, but being nice clearly will not work in this case. These are some strategies that I'd consider.

1. Shock & awe) Always keeping it legal, start doing the same but several timesfold. She doesn't like your garden? Call a neighbor meeting to discuss hers and how it is affecting your property value. She called the cops bacause she was woried of fire hazard? Call the because she's old and you haven't seen her and think might be dead (you may even call that boy of hers and say you're worried). Leaves have fallen...? Rake yours and "forget" them in a mount right beside her yard on a windy day. Do a lot of out door cooking. If you have kids, ask them to play out side and invite their friends over, if you don't, use your grandsons, if you don't have any in the family, borrow from someone. NEVER do anything nice for her. No baking, no shoveling, no nothing! And, if you can - within your right - do any thing to make her life harder, please do so: like leaving the car parked in a way she has to do that extra something to get in; get the paperboy to throw her newpaper out of reach or in the rosebed etc. Be agressive!

2. The Shining Gaze) Start acting a little crazy. Rent some Nicholson DVDs and practice the looks in front of a mirror. If you happen to talk to her, tell some made up story about some situation in which you were commited with road rage and drove some SOB biker right off the road. If you or your husband are a war vet, talk about some horrible stories and killings (be graphic) and start screaming at night. Display sudden outburst of rage and alternate them IMMIDIATELY with extreme softness. Oftenly, let her see you gaze at her, lost in your own thoughts and with a very subtle smile.

3. Legal Up) This is boring and not fun at all, but... contact a layer, by having called the police, she has already supplied you with one evidence of her harassment. Now you have to start collecting more.

4. Black Magic) Okay, this probably won't work, but you might be able to scare her enough to give her that fatal heart attack.

5. I know you are, but...) Everything she does to you you do it back.

No matter what means you chose to deal with this hag, it is important that you enjoy yourself doing it.

What Food Did People Eat In The 1950's For BreakFast? And What Were Their Standards Of Living?

Q. I Have To Write A Report On the 1950's and i need to know how they lived (average size of house, Cars or no Cars, Etc.) And What They ate, and did for jobs.


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You need to watch Leave it To Beaver:)

Yes they had cars
They lived in the suburbs in modest size homes 3 bedrooms living room dining room 1 bathroom nice yard with a garage. TV was around the garage door opener had been invented. Dad worked and mom stayed home and had a plate of cookies ready for the kids after school. It was the American Dream time. They had electric washers and dryers.

There were beehive hairdos, nylon stockings, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, denim jeans were becoming popular, leather jackets, letter highschool jackets, scarfs and berets, cats eye glasses, pencil skirts, pony tales with bangs, slicked back hair for guys.

Young people were called youths not teenagers

Music was just beginning to branch into Rock and Roll but there were still people like Perry Como and Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole but there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash

There were drive ins, diners, and drive in movies, and soda fountains, and car hops

There was James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando , Tony Curtis, Cary Grant * Charlton Heston, Grace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor in the movies

TV dinners were popular and trendy and acceptable in the 1950's Basically they ate what we eat now. Lots of packaged food started coming out around this time.
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50sfood.html

Cars were a really big deal they tricked them out and raced them and they were muscle cars and made them cool to the teens
They were status symbols to the grown folk
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BUNguyenI


I watched the documentary "Who killed the electric car" the other day. I'm not sure what really happened, nor do I care about much except the fact that I really really want an electric car. Do they even sell a single one anymore?
The reason I want one isn't only because of the environment or the outstanding gas prices, it's because I feel that it's the 21st century and we have this new technology, yet we spend all of our efforts on an already ancient energy source when we could already go electric! I hate the crap people spew out that "gas gives people jobs" and nonsense like that. It's called adapting to change and increasing efficiency. Fossil fuels and petroleum aren't efficient anymore



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They are available today - in fact, I already drive one - there are lots of choices for electric cars, and more on the way. Electric vehicles can have performance as good or better than gas-powered cars, and they cost a lot less to operate (only a penny or two per mile.) Why don't we all know about them? Why do so many people 'know' wrong facts about them? Good question!
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First, the inexpensive ones:
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Electric vehicle conversions (a gas car converted to run on electricity) are generally pretty inexpensive, and can be had for as little as $5000. You won't get the latest technology, so you'll have a limited driving range. But a conversion is a great way to 'get your feet wet' in electric vehicles. This is the sort of car I drive. It does freeway speeds, accelerates and handles fine, and looks like a normal car. I charge mine up at work so I have enough juice to run errands on the way home. Here's a link:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car
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How about new tech electric cars? If you don't need to get on the freeway, you might like the ZAP. The ZAP is only $10,000 brand new. It's very cute, but tops out at about 45mph. It's not much bigger than a motorbike. Link:
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http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=188
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How about the ultimate EV? Take a look at a modern electric car:
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com/models/fleet.html
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The Phoenix electric pickup truck - using new, advanced Altairnano batteries (based on research from MIT) - can:

-Travel up to 250 miles per charge
-Carry 5 passengers plus cargo at 95mph.
-Charges batteries in as little as TEN MINUTES.
-Has batteries that last 250,000 miles (never need replacement.)
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Now, as to performance - you can't beat the Tesla electric sports car - it does 130mph, and 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds. Driving range is 250 miles:
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What, if any, technology needs to be developed further for us to be able to drive rechargable electric cars?




ferg400


Why can't I go to my car dealer and buy an electric car with an enviromentally friendly battery, that has approximately the same power to weight ratio as my current car, and that I can drive all day and recharge overnight?
Which technologies still need to be developed further to allow this to happen?
I thought we already had the technology to do this. Am I wrong?



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Electric vehicles are available - they are just a little hard to find. But this is an exciting time for electric cars. Don't listen to the naysayers here - most peoples' impressions of this technology is based on 30-year-old electric cars. Technology does not stand still! Take a look at what a modern electric car looks like:
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http://zapworld.com/zapworld.aspx?id=4560
http://phoenixmotorcars.com/models/fleet.html
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The ZAP-X has a 350-mile range, a top speed of 155 mph, puts out 644 horsepower, charges in 10 minutes, and has a battery pack that should last the life of the car (better than 250,000 miles.) The Phoenix uses the same Altairnano Nanosafe li-ion batteries, and is a real car - being built right now for fleet use. Prices for hand-built cars are $60,000 for the ZAP-X, $45,000 for the Phoenix. These prices could fall a lot when mass-production becomes feasible.
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But you don't even have to spend lots of money if you want to try out an electric car. Freeway-capable EV conversions (normal cars converted to electric) can be found for as little as $5000. Link:
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http://squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car
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This is the kind of electric car I drive. Electricity to drive it only costs me about a penny per mile! And EVs do NOT pollute very much, despite what powerplants may burn. More info in that above link, and at the links below.
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what were those race track toys with the electric cars?

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Bee.


its a older kids toy and they were different electric cars, i use to have them but cannot remember what the hell they were called.


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slot cars

How does the electric race track toy work?




TenMan


You know, you probably got one when you were a kid or your child asked for one (depending on our age). So its a hard plastic race track that you plug into the wall, with normally two grooves in it to place the cars that have little needles coming out the bottom. I have no clue where to place this question, if you have a better idea let me know.


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The cars have little electric motors. The power for the motors comes from the track. On either side of the guide slot in the track are metal strips that carry the electric current. The car has a pin that goes in the slot, but that is just to guide the car. There are a pair of metal tabs or brushes on either side of the pin. These tabs come in contact with the metal strip in the track and pull the power from the track to run the motor. The amount of power going to the track is controlled by a hand-held throttle control. The more power the faster the car will go. If the car loses contact with the metal strips in the track, the motor stops.

All of this power is low voltage DC current so is harmless if you touch the metal track strips.




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Is it legal to drive with your kid in a Baby Bjorn carrier?

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reagan1861


I always wondered, and then I saw on some tabloid progam that the guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers was driving around with his kid strapped to him in a Baby Bjorn carrier. Is that OK? Since you would have the seatbelt on, technically the kid is belted, too. Or is it illegal? What if the airbag went off? Of course this guy was driving an electric car, so probably the max speed is like 10 MPH.


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100% illegal. All children under the age of 18 must be seatbelted in their own seatbelt (can't share) and children under 4 years old and 40 lbs must be in a state approved carseat. Children under 1 year old and 20 lbs must be rearfacing in the carseat.

What kind of R/C truck would you recommend for a 10 year old?




rulekeeper


I'm 14 and I have a T-MAX 2.5. I want something for my brother that is pretty fast but isn't 40+mph. I don't want to get him a T-MAX or Revo because he'll just blow it up, jump it off a cliff, or make it fall into the creek. Would the electric Stampede be alright? What would you suggest?


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Car Guy is right, for a 10 year old don't spend a fortune on one until he gets older. The high tech ones need too much maintenance for a kid.




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What should I ask of my parents for Christmas?

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Chetty


I'm a guy, I'm 16, I love sports and video games, I have a car, yet I'm stumped on what to ask for Christmas. My parents don't like spending a lot of money on things so I need ideas no matter how stupid they are. Please help.


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16 eh? I can't remember what I wanted for Christmas then. But I'd go for the following:

-An ipod (could be the small ones, then get a aux cord for your car and bam! all your music in one spot)
-An electric shaver (I got one, but have yet to use it, I'm kinda afraid to)
-New video game? (L4D2-xbox360, the new mario game-wii, Modern Warfare 2-ps3, just my personal favorite)
-Frolfing stuff! (If you like golf, its pretty much that. Except you throw frisbees for to the hole. Sounds kinda dumb but it's actually pretty sweet)

Those are a couple of things I'd want, I think. I dunno I was 16 5 years ago so I'm not sure what's cool with the cool kids now.

What music do you listen to while you ski/board?




Muzie


I like all music. When i want to ski just for recreation and not sport, i listen to music, but nothing seems work. What do you listen to?


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I'm a freeskier, and have a few playlists i like to ski to.. I also like to have music while i am warming up or doing off-snow training... Usually I have to wake up super early in the morning to get ready, ect., so i like to have good songs on hand. here are a few ideas, of not so much music to ski to (although they could be used for that), but a bit more 'pump-up' music:

Good Pump-Up Songs- for earlier in the morning/later in the evening when you are just getting ready, in the car, after a long day ect.:
-Dead End Street by the Kinks
-Remember the Name by Fort Minor
-Friends by Whodni
-Outro by M83
-Waka Waka by Shakira
-ANY MUSIC BY XAVIER RUDD!!
-ANY MUSIC BY BOB MARLEY!
-BON IVER music!!
-Magic Show by Electric Owls
-Don't Bring Me Down by ELO
-Dubstep Pumped Up Kicks (yeah, i know its overplayed, but... lol)
-Michael Jordan Theme
-Summertime by New Kids on the Block

Good Pump Up Songs:
-Lose Your Glamor by Whole Z
-LUV by Janet Jackson
-Footloose
-Sandstorm by Darude
-I'mma Shine by YoungBloodZ
-Danza Kuduro by Don Omar


Thats just a couple i could think of off the top of my head, but hope they come in handy!!
Have Fun SKIING!! :)




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