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imidazol97

Replacing the Mustang?

explorerx4

@oldfarme50,
You should invest in a smart trickle charger or battery maintainer.
Starting with a low charge can cause some systems to not initialize correctly.

henryn

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:

My brother was moved to cardiac ICU last night. He coded twice and in their attempt to revive him, they broke 3 ribs. He is having difficulty with his depth perception and his peripheral vision in his left eye.

Things are not looking positive right now. I can’t drive up there due to my back problems - 5 hours of driving on the Turnpike and I-95 is out of the question. I am praying he pulls through! 😩

Sorry about that. Hoping for the best.

+1. Hang in there Mike, and best wishes to your brother.

explorerx4

Mike,
Hoping the best for your brother.

henryn

jmonroe1 said:

henryn said:

explorerx4 said:

Mustang needs a new battery, so I went to remove the old one(9 years old) today.
First step disconnect the negative terminal. Couldn't get it to budge until I used an old drum brake spring tool to pop it off the terminal. The positive side was a little easier.
Cleaned some junk off the positive end and reamed out both connectors..
I had put some felt pads around each battery post, but I think I'm going to skip it when I install the new battery. The battery I took out has a red plastic ring that sits on top of the battery around the post.

Wow, I remember when that tool cost $3.95. I still have mine. Glad I didn’t lose it.

jmonroe

I inherited one from my father. Not quite as new and shiny, but still gets the job done.

explorerx4

I doubt if I will change the battery myself on any newer car. Too many things can go wrong.
Easy to fry some component or other.

qbrozen

henryn said:

Back when I was married, long ago in a galaxy far far away, we had quite a bit of trouble over car keys. My wife would accumulate all of the car keys in her purse. The second time I found myself stuck at home with no keys to either car, we implemented a new rule. I put up a "key hanger board" with hooks in the kitchen. All car keys were placed on the hooks. All car keys, every time.

I still do that today. No more searching for car keys, or house keys, or the padlock on the storage building, or the riding mower, or ...

We have that. Guess who doesn't use it.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarme50,
You should invest in a smart trickle charger or battery maintainer.
Starting with a low charge can cause some systems to not initialize correctly.

I had one and lost it. (Or one of the jackals that float in and out of my basement pilfered it). My remaining trickle charger goes on the Sebring which definitely wouldn’t start without it.

I think the Ford battery has reached the end of it’s useful life anyway. I hear you about the systems not initializing. When the car started the low fuel icon came on. I thought somebody had siphoned my tank until the gauge started rising back to normal.

snakeweasel

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

@jmonroe1 said:

So your really hoping they send it out to a shop that knows what they’re doing. It sounds like your shop didn’t grow up with drum brakes which is probably what your emergency brake system has.

jmonroe

Nope disk brakes all around. Looks like the caliper went bad. They are replacing the calipers for the back and not charging for a new rotor and pads.

That’s what happens when you go to places that do the typical “hang and drop” brake jobs. They don’t install a caliper kit that at least consists of new guide pins and rubber bushings for the caliper. At best they MIGHT lube the pins and bushings and even then they probably use chassis grease that deteriorates the rubber bushings. You are supposed to use silicone grease that doesn’t attack the rubber bushings. On top of all of that they are more than likely doing this with dirty grimy hands which transmits grit to the grease.

Doing brake jobs on cars with calipers today without doing any caliper maintenance is akin to doing a brake job years ago on cars with drum brakes without doing it using a hardware kit to replace the return springs, hold down pins and other parts for the self adjusting mechanism.

While cars with calipers are low maintenance they are not maintenance free for life. Parts that live in that environment will not last forever.

I do this work myself so I know what is being done. I don’t expect everyone to do their own work but everyone should understand that when you’re getting a cheap brake job you’re not getting done what should be done and what is recommended by the manufacturer.

jmonroe

The thing is calipers will go bad eventually even with the best of maintenance. Since this car is an older car with 100K miles well faded from the rear view mirror I am not all to surprised that they needed replacing since last year was the first time the pads had been replaced. The front calipers which has had the pads replaced multiple times are doing well.

explorerx4

@oldfarmer50,
Even my old Mustang has had the airbag(there's only 1), light go on and blink out a code if I started it with a low charge.

stickguy

7 years on a car that sits a lot is definitely pushing your luck on the battery. Got your moneys worth out of it.

imidazol97

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

Nope, bad idea. That would change the centrifugal force of the earth which in turn would lower the gravitational pull on our bodies. The skinny folks would be flung off into space and only unhealthy over weight folks would be left. Therefore, only unhealthy genes would be reproducing. The earth would never return to normal again.

Whew, I think I said that right.

jmonroe

No such thing as centrifugal force. It's momentum in a straight line for objects on the
surface of the earth and gravity serves as a centripetal force pulling them toward the
center of the earth due to their combined masses. This force keeps the objects from
going in a straight line out into space as the world turns.

Damn, we have another one in here.

jmonroe

Another what?

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

I just started the Mustang for it’s monthly battery charge. It almost didn’t start. Might be the year to think about a replacement.

......or a trickle charger, for $30 bucks.

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

@Mike, my thoughts and prayers for your brother. If he’s half as tough as you he’ll be fine.

jmonroe

+1 I'll join JMonroe1 this time....since I couldn't say it better)

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I just started the Mustang for it’s monthly battery charge. It almost didn’t start. Might be the year to think about a replacement.

......or a trickle charger, for $30 bucks.

See post above.

jmonroe1

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

@jmonroe1 said:

So your really hoping they send it out to a shop that knows what they’re doing. It sounds like your shop didn’t grow up with drum brakes which is probably what your emergency brake system has.

jmonroe

Nope disk brakes all around. Looks like the caliper went bad. They are replacing the calipers for the back and not charging for a new rotor and pads.

That’s what happens when you go to places that do the typical “hang and drop” brake jobs. They don’t install a caliper kit that at least consists of new guide pins and rubber bushings for the caliper. At best they MIGHT lube the pins and bushings and even then they probably use chassis grease that deteriorates the rubber bushings. You are supposed to use silicone grease that doesn’t attack the rubber bushings. On top of all of that they are more than likely doing this with dirty grimy hands which transmits grit to the grease.

Doing brake jobs on cars with calipers today without doing any caliper maintenance is akin to doing a brake job years ago on cars with drum brakes without doing it using a hardware kit to replace the return springs, hold down pins and other parts for the self adjusting mechanism.

While cars with calipers are low maintenance they are not maintenance free for life. Parts that live in that environment will not last forever.

I do this work myself so I know what is being done. I don’t expect everyone to do their own work but everyone should understand that when you’re getting a cheap brake job you’re not getting done what should be done and what is recommended by the manufacturer.

jmonroe

The thing is calipers will go bad eventually even with the best of maintenance. Since this car is an older car with 100K miles well faded from the rear view mirror I am not all to surprised that they needed replacing since last year was the first time the pads had been replaced. The front calipers which has had the pads replaced multiple times are doing well.

The industry accepted practice is to lube the caliper guide pins (bolts), if they are not corroded or rusted, around 15K miles or once a year whichever comes first, regardless of pad wear. If the pins are corroded or rusted they should be replaced at those intervals. Again, regardless of pad wear. To be honest, I don’t adhere to this regimen but that is what is recommended.

I don’t get much more than 26 or 27K miles out of my front pads (I’m sure our poster buddy @roadburner doesn’t even get that much ) so when I change the front pads I do the caliper maintenance work then. BUT, I use this time period to do the caliper maintenance work on my rear calipers even though my rear pads last much longer than the front pads.

If your rear pads didn’t need replaced for 100K miles the caliper maintenance was way past due and having problems at that mileage shouldn’t surprise anyone. You were on borrowed time for a long time. Count yourself lucky. I’m too paranoid to expect my luck to last that long. That’s why I do preventative maintenance on my calipers.

Good for you.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

Nope, bad idea. That would change the centrifugal force of the earth which in turn would lower the gravitational pull on our bodies. The skinny folks would be flung off into space and only unhealthy over weight folks would be left. Therefore, only unhealthy genes would be reproducing. The earth would never return to normal again.

Whew, I think I said that right.

jmonroe

No such thing as centrifugal force. It's momentum in a straight line for objects on the
surface of the earth and gravity serves as a centripetal force pulling them toward the
center of the earth due to their combined masses. This force keeps the objects from
going in a straight line out into space as the world turns.

Damn, we have another one in here.

jmonroe

Another what?

Picky technical person. So far it’s just you and @Snake.

jmonroe

imidazol97

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

Nope, bad idea. That would change the centrifugal force of the earth which in turn would lower the gravitational pull on our bodies. The skinny folks would be flung off into space and only unhealthy over weight folks would be left. Therefore, only unhealthy genes would be reproducing. The earth would never return to normal again.

Whew, I think I said that right.

jmonroe

No such thing as centrifugal force. It's momentum in a straight line for objects on the
surface of the earth and gravity serves as a centripetal force pulling them toward the
center of the earth due to their combined masses. This force keeps the objects from
going in a straight line out into space as the world turns.

Damn, we have another one in here.

jmonroe

Another what?

Picky technical person. So far it’s just you and @Snake.

jmonroe

Great. First I was ragged for GM products and now for the Laws of Science.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I just started the Mustang for it’s monthly battery charge. It almost didn’t start. Might be the year to think about a replacement.

......or a trickle charger, for $30 bucks.

See post above.

So, you have one charger on the Sebring, and one is missing so you can't buy another one?
It does sound like you need a new battery, but if you buy one you may want to still use a trickle charger, make sure you don't lose all the settings, which could be expensive to reprogram.
Maybe the battery would last longer too....if kept charged.

I saw on the news gas is worth so much thieves are drilling a hole in the gas tanks of cars, and draining the gasoline into a tank. It is easy and fast.

snakeweasel

@jmonroe1 said:
The industry accepted practice is to lube the caliper guide pins (bolts), if they are not corroded or rusted, around 15K miles or once a year whichever comes first, regardless of pad wear. If the pins are corroded or rusted they should be replaced at those intervals. Again, regardless of pad wear. To be honest, I don’t adhere to this regimen but that is what is recommended.

I don’t get much more than 26 or 27K miles out of my front pads (I’m sure our poster buddy @roadburner doesn’t even get that much ) so when I change the front pads I do the caliper maintenance work then. BUT, I use this time period to do the caliper maintenance work on my rear calipers even though my rear pads last much longer than the front pads.

If your rear pads didn’t need replaced for 100K miles the caliper maintenance was way past due and having problems at that mileage shouldn’t surprise anyone. You were on borrowed time for a long time. Count yourself lucky. I’m too paranoid to expect my luck to last that long. That’s why I do preventative maintenance on my calipers.

Good for you.

jmonroe

I have taken cars up to 200k + with the same type of maintenance with no issues with the calipers. This car I am hoping to make it a moon car, more than halfway there.

jmonroe1

snakeweasel said:

@jmonroe1 said:

The industry accepted practice is to lube the caliper guide pins (bolts), if they are not corroded or rusted, around 15K miles or once a year whichever comes first, regardless of pad wear. If the pins are corroded or rusted they should be replaced at those intervals. Again, regardless of pad wear. To be honest, I don’t adhere to this regimen but that is what is recommended.

I don’t get much more than 26 or 27K miles out of my front pads (I’m sure our poster buddy @roadburner doesn’t even get that much ) so when I change the front pads I do the caliper maintenance work then. BUT, I use this time period to do the caliper maintenance work on my rear calipers even though my rear pads last much longer than the front pads.

If your rear pads didn’t need replaced for 100K miles the caliper maintenance was way past due and having problems at that mileage shouldn’t surprise anyone. You were on borrowed time for a long time. Count yourself lucky. I’m too paranoid to expect my luck to last that long. That’s why I do preventative maintenance on my calipers.

Good for you.

jmonroe

I have taken cars up to 200k + with the same type of maintenance with no issues with the calipers. This car I am hoping to make it a moon car, more than halfway there.

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The highest mileage car I ever had was my ‘80 Park Ave. It had 117K miles on it when I moved back to the Burgh from SC in ‘97. The tranny was starting to slip and I could have had a shop drop a rebuilt unit in it for less than 400 bucks back then. I shouldn’t have let the family talk me out of doing that.

Even though that car was old it had no rust because I had it Ziebarted when I bought it used in ‘83 and I kept up with the yearly Ziebart touch up applications except for the years I lived in SC (‘92 to ‘97).

jmonroe

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

Nope, bad idea. That would change the centrifugal force of the earth which in turn would lower the gravitational pull on our bodies. The skinny folks would be flung off into space and only unhealthy over weight folks would be left. Therefore, only unhealthy genes would be reproducing. The earth would never return to normal again.

Whew, I think I said that right.

jmonroe

No such thing as centrifugal force. It's momentum in a straight line for objects on the
surface of the earth and gravity serves as a centripetal force pulling them toward the
center of the earth due to their combined masses. This force keeps the objects from
going in a straight line out into space as the world turns.

Damn, we have another one in here.

jmonroe

Another what?

Picky technical person. So far it’s just you and @Snake.

jmonroe

Great. First I was ragged for GM products and now for the Laws of Science.

Well, for being a GM loyalist you deserved it. However, you can’t be blamed for knowing the laws of physics, I don’t think.

jmonroe

roadburner

I have yet to replace the battery in the X1 or the 2er; I did install a new one in the Clubman a couple of months ago when the low battery warning popped on. I keep the Club Sport on a BMW/CTEK trickle charger. Speaking of the Club Sport, I drove it to work today; the only annoyance is a blown L/R speaker. I have an OEM replacement so just I'll bite the bullet sooner than later.

roadburner

jmonroe1 said:

The thing is calipers will go bad eventually even with the best of maintenance. Since this car is an older car with 100K miles well faded from the rear view mirror I am not all to surprised that they needed replacing since last year was the first time the pads had been replaced. The front calipers which has had the pads replaced multiple times are doing well.

The industry accepted practice is to lube the caliper guide pins (bolts), if they are not corroded or rusted, around 15K miles or once a year whichever comes first, regardless of pad wear. If the pins are corroded or rusted they should be replaced at those intervals. Again, regardless of pad wear. To be honest, I don’t adhere to this regimen but that is what is recommended.

I don’t get much more than 26 or 27K miles out of my front pads (I’m sure our poster buddy @roadburner doesn’t even get that much ) so when I change the front pads I do the caliper maintenance work then. BUT, I use this time period to do the caliper maintenance work on my rear calipers even though my rear pads last much longer than the front pads.

If your rear pads didn’t need replaced for 100K miles the caliper maintenance was way past due and having problems at that mileage shouldn’t surprise anyone. You were on borrowed time for a long time. Count yourself lucky. I’m too paranoid to expect my luck to last that long. That’s why I do preventative maintenance on my calipers.

Good for you.

jmonroe

Actually, the Condition Based Service system in the 2 Series is estimating I wont need need new front or rear brake pads until the car hits 110,000 miles. It's probably due to the upgraded M Sport brakes. In addition, it has fixed calipers front and rear.

oldfarmer50

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

@jmonroe1 said:

The industry accepted practice is to lube the caliper guide pins (bolts), if they are not corroded or rusted, around 15K miles or once a year whichever comes first, regardless of pad wear. If the pins are corroded or rusted they should be replaced at those intervals. Again, regardless of pad wear. To be honest, I don’t adhere to this regimen but that is what is recommended.

I don’t get much more than 26 or 27K miles out of my front pads (I’m sure our poster buddy @roadburner doesn’t even get that much ) so when I change the front pads I do the caliper maintenance work then. BUT, I use this time period to do the caliper maintenance work on my rear calipers even though my rear pads last much longer than the front pads.

If your rear pads didn’t need replaced for 100K miles the caliper maintenance was way past due and having problems at that mileage shouldn’t surprise anyone. You were on borrowed time for a long time. Count yourself lucky. I’m too paranoid to expect my luck to last that long. That’s why I do preventative maintenance on my calipers.

Good for you.

jmonroe

I have taken cars up to 200k + with the same type of maintenance with no issues with the calipers. This car I am hoping to make it a moon car, more than halfway there.

My highest mileage vehicle was the 85’ F-150 that was a hooptie when I bought it but lasted 12 years until the rust caused the cab to collapse at 259k. It did drive to the crusher though.

I’m not a fan of Ziebart. I had our 74’ Charger done and it still rusted to heck within 10 years. I’ve also seen some YT videos of how it can actually make frame and undercarriage rust worst because it cracks and allows moisture to infiltrate and be held against the metal.

I use Fluid Film or WD-40 in my doors and rockers on cars that see salt. I’m too cheap to get the annual full underside spray.

laurasdada

I traded my '13 XF with the original battery; 7.25 years, forgot the mileage...
Good thoughts for Mike and his brother.

roadburner

I got over 10 years out of the OEM battery in the Club Sport. It was working fine but I replaced it as a precaution as BMW batteries of that vintage had a reputation for working fine and then suddenly going Tango Uniform with no warning.

roadburner

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

carnaught

@abacomike , thoughts and prayers for your brother.

roadburner

Hoping for the best, Mike.

laurasdada

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

You do associate with the most interesting people. As a public servant, I imagine you'll be returning the citizen's belongings to her on your way home.

Nice that you get paid to attend these Mensa meetings.

ab348

laurasdada said:

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

You do associate with the most interesting people. As a public servant, I imagine you'll be returning the citizen's belongings to her on your way home.

Nice that you get paid to attend these Mensa meetings.

Our biggest online platforms enable this sort of idiocy.

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/internet-meth-underground-hidden-in-plain-sight/index.html

jwm40517

My record for miles is 286.286 on an 1993 Ford Aerostar we had from 1994-2009.

jmonroe1

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

If she had a credit card in her wallet someone could hit it for some stuff if there are any dishonest folks in your dept. Then she’ll sue you for doing that.

jmonroe

stickguy

and she would win. rightly so.

oldfarmer50

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

One of the younger guys at work was telling us that his sister was kidnapped by her boyfriend at knife point over the weekend. She tried to break up with him and he flipped out. Made her drive him to a bridge where he said he was going to jump off. When she didn’t try to stop him he continued to make her drive around. At a convenience store she managed to bolt out and lock herself into the store bathroom. The guy was kicking at the door and screaming he would kill her. As the employees called the police he ran back outside, slashed all her tires and began ripping all the wiring out of the car. He then ran off.

The police located him at the train station where he knocked out a cop. He was finally captured hiding under somebody’s backyard deck.

He’s now in jail under medical care because he took a whole sheet of LSD during his rampage.

Under NY bail laws he’ll be released as soon as he’s medically stable.

What a world.

tjc78

@jwm40517 said:
My record for miles is 286.286 on an 1993 Ford Aerostar we had from 1994-2009.

I’ve only owned three cars that had over 100K

79 Continental; 180K (could have been 280K)
99 S10; 110K
04 Grand Marquis; 105K

Other than that I don’t think I’ve put more than 40K on anything I’ve owned.

stickguy

I don’t remember all my old beaters, but as an “adult” highest miles was my 3.2TL. Bought with 140k, sold at about 175k. But was family since got it from my sister.

cdnpinhead

oldfarmer50 said:

What a world.

Sounds pretty woke. What's not to like?

28firefighter

oldfarmer50 said:

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

One of the younger guys at work was telling us that his sister was kidnapped by her boyfriend at knife point over the weekend. She tried to break up with him and he flipped out. Made her drive him to a bridge where he said he was going to jump off. When she didn’t try to stop him he continued to make her drive around. At a convenience store she managed to bolt out and lock herself into the store bathroom. The guy was kicking at the door and screaming he would kill her. As the employees called the police he ran back outside, slashed all her tires and began ripping all the wiring out of the car. He then ran off.

The police located him at the train station where he knocked out a cop. He was finally captured hiding under somebody’s backyard deck.

He’s now in jail under medical care because he took a whole sheet of LSD during his rampage.

Under NY bail laws he’ll be released as soon as he’s medically stable.

What a world.

"And that's how I met your mother."

snakeweasel

ab348 said:

laurasdada said:

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

You do associate with the most interesting people. As a public servant, I imagine you'll be returning the citizen's belongings to her on your way home.

Nice that you get paid to attend these Mensa meetings.

Our biggest online platforms enable this sort of idiocy.

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/internet-meth-underground-hidden-in-plain-sight/index.html

Not to mention South Dakota and their idiotic campaign.

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

One of the younger guys at work was telling us that his sister was kidnapped by her boyfriend at knife point over the weekend. She tried to break up with him and he flipped out. Made her drive him to a bridge where he said he was going to jump off. When she didn’t try to stop him he continued to make her drive around. At a convenience store she managed to bolt out and lock herself into the store bathroom. The guy was kicking at the door and screaming he would kill her. As the employees called the police he ran back outside, slashed all her tires and began ripping all the wiring out of the car. He then ran off.

The police located him at the train station where he knocked out a cop. He was finally captured hiding under somebody’s backyard deck.

He’s now in jail under medical care because he took a whole sheet of LSD during his rampage.

Under NY bail laws he’ll be released as soon as he’s medically stable.

What a world.

I was going to ask about bail...

I recall when my older (much older) sister was having trouble with one of her derranged boyfriends.
Veteran. i recall when he shot her cute little fluffy doggie.

imidazol97

Shoulder replacement--4 weeks after.

My wife had ability to raise her arm almost straight up at the 3-week checkup
with the surgeon. He seemed really surprised, since that's beyond the 6-week
range from lowest to highest he said most people regain after the reverse replacement.

Today her PT measured her at 140 deg, the maximum raising that arm. She's very
relieved she'll have essentially normal use. Now if the pain would go down because
she really push the effort at the therapy sessions. But the doctor had indicated that's
what the pain pills were for. The more you do the more it will talk back.

I can't say enough for the physical therapy experts, hers and mine. I had 6 sessions on my shoulder
a few weeks back. He said I had an impingment. I never really asked what was being
impinged, but it would hurt like bone pain at times upon movement. 3 weeks and
I'm back on the slow recovery track with little discomfort.

imidazol97

My son's credit card sent alerts today while he was in work, because someone had tried to charge $0.00 at a SW New Mexico nonexistent gun store. Why would they try to charge $0.00? He can't find
any indication of the gun store by the name that was used.



Of course, he's getting a new card number from the issuer. But he had booked flights,
Hertz, and Hampton Inns with the old number just last week int he Dallas area.

driver100

I am still in Florida. This morning I saw a F-150 pickup truck that was pretty rusty, the rear bumper was all rust. The rest of the truck was white but looked pretty shabby. There was advertising on the truck.....swimming pool care. Fair enough, but I couldn't help thinking, if that's the way the guy keeps his truck, how much care would he give to my swimming pool? The truck wasn't this rusty, but it was the closest I could find as an example;

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

My son's credit card sent alerts today while he was in work, because someone had tried to charge $0.00 at a SW New Mexico nonexistent gun store. Why would they try to charge $0.00? He can't find
any indication of the gun store by the name that was used.



Of course, he's getting a new card number from the issuer. But he had booked flights,
Hertz, and Hampton Inns with the old number just last week int he Dallas area.

Could they have been testing to see if it worked?

roadburner

oldfarmer50 said:

roadburner said:

We had arraignments today. One of our defendants(a frequent flyer) emptied out her pockets at the metal detector and put a meth pipe in the tray with her other belongings. When she saw what she had done she ran out the door leaving her wallet, and license behind- as well as her meth pipe…

One of the younger guys at work was telling us that his sister was kidnapped by her boyfriend at knife point over the weekend. She tried to break up with him and he flipped out. Made her drive him to a bridge where he said he was going to jump off. When she didn’t try to stop him he continued to make her drive around. At a convenience store she managed to bolt out and lock herself into the store bathroom. The guy was kicking at the door and screaming he would kill her. As the employees called the police he ran back outside, slashed all her tires and began ripping all the wiring out of the car. He then ran off.

The police located him at the train station where he knocked out a cop. He was finally captured hiding under somebody’s backyard deck.

He’s now in jail under medical care because he took a whole sheet of LSD during his rampage.

Under NY bail laws he’ll be released as soon as he’s medically stable.

What a world.

In my county the judge wouldn't release that knucklehead If I asked him to- never mind a defense attorney.

A bill was introduced in the KY legislature this year to make it harder to keep violent and repeat offenders detained prior to trial. It was defeated, thankfully.

stickguy

I heard that sometimes thieves run a $1 charge through to make sure it works. Then they move on to real purchases.

at least when they shut down the old number everything rolls over to the new card. I had to do it once and they were fine with accepting pre-existing recurring charges (like your netflix or ezpass, as long they were getting paid before the card was compromised.

sda

Unfortunately this is typical around 4:30 pm, gridlock on I-77S. It takes me an hour and 20 minutes to travel 28 miles home .

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

I am still in Florida. This morning I saw a F-150 pickup truck that was pretty rusty, the rear bumper was all rust. The rest of the truck was white but looked pretty shabby. There was advertising on the truck.....swimming pool care. Fair enough, but I couldn't help thinking, if that's the way the guy keeps his truck, how much care would he give to my swimming pool? The truck wasn't this rusty, but it was the closest I could find as an example;

The only explanation is he drives the truck into the pools to give it a real cleaning with a bumper attachment. Pool chemicals are known to attack pickups. No one can accuse him of not sacrificing personal possessions for his job.

jmonroe