At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Explain this concept of changing the bed linens.

When (not if) you remove the sheets and pillow cases from the bed to wash them, then you put another set on. Although it would be actually better if you left it bare to air out. In fact, it would be good once a year to set the mattress and even the box spring outside during the day so the sun can clean it with the UV rays plus airing it out. Putting it outside can end up killing any mold/mildew on it - even if you do not notice it.

The little dust mites living on the bed feed off dead skin cells and use the human sweat as a source of water. Those dust mites can aggravate asthma.

I hope that helps.

Plus, if it takes 5 minutes a day to rearrange the bedding (Mom: "Make your bed!) so that the bedding looks nice, if you do not do that you could save 5 minutes a day. In 6 days that is half an hour. Over a year, that is over one full day.

Putting the mattress outside when it is -30º or colder will also do in the dust mites within half an hour ...

Does it get that cold in San Diego?

Winnipeg, yes it does even without any windchill. Keep a cooler or two in your trunk as a free extra freezer . . . [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




When (not if) you remove the sheets and pillow cases from the bed to wash them, then you put another set on. Although it would be actually better if you left it bare to air out. In fact, it would be good once a year to set the mattress and even the box spring outside during the day so the sun can clean it with the UV rays plus airing it out. Putting it outside can end up killing any mold/mildew on it - even if you do not notice it.

The little dust mites living on the bed feed off dead skin cells and use the human sweat as a source of water. Those dust mites can aggravate asthma.

I hope that helps.

Plus, if it takes 5 minutes a day to rearrange the bedding (Mom: "Make your bed!) so that the bedding looks nice, if you do not do that you could save 5 minutes a day. In 6 days that is half an hour. Over a year, that is over one full day.

Putting the mattress outside when it is -30º or colder will also do in the dust mites within half an hour ...

Does it get that cold in San Diego?

Winnipeg, yes it does even without any windchill. Keep a cooler or two in your trunk as a free extra freezer . . . [:D]

[RangerJoe]

Yes, the snow will keep it from freezing solid.

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




When (not if) you remove the sheets and pillow cases from the bed to wash them, then you put another set on. Although it would be actually better if you left it bare to air out. In fact, it would be good once a year to set the mattress and even the box spring outside during the day so the sun can clean it with the UV rays plus airing it out. Putting it outside can end up killing any mold/mildew on it - even if you do not notice it.

The little dust mites living on the bed feed off dead skin cells and use the human sweat as a source of water. Those dust mites can aggravate asthma.

I hope that helps.

Plus, if it takes 5 minutes a day to rearrange the bedding (Mom: "Make your bed!) so that the bedding looks nice, if you do not do that you could save 5 minutes a day. In 6 days that is half an hour. Over a year, that is over one full day.

Putting the mattress outside when it is -30º or colder will also do in the dust mites within half an hour ...

Does it get that cold in San Diego?

Winnipeg, yes it does even without any windchill. Keep a cooler or two in your trunk as a free extra freezer . . . [:D]

I was doing field service years ago up in Burlington Vt. I brought my tool box into the hotel everyday. One of my co workers left his in the trunk. He gets to work, opens the trunk, lifts the handle of his tool box and the whole thing shatters. [:D][:D]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy



Putting the mattress outside when it is -30º or colder will also do in the dust mites within half an hour ...

Does it get that cold in San Diego?

Winnipeg, yes it does even without any windchill. Keep a cooler or two in your trunk as a free extra freezer . . . [:D]

I was doing field service years ago up in Burlington Vt. I brought my tool box into the hotel everyday. One of my co workers left his in the trunk. He gets to work, opens the trunk, lifts the handle of his tool box and the whole thing shatters. [:D][:D]

I read about the time in Minnesota where they were pounding nails into boards with bananas. These were real bananas like you buy at a grocery store. They just left them outside for twenty minutes. Some people even camped out overnight. It only got down to -60 F which is less than -51 C. When it is that cold and you have been breathing in that cold air with your mouth, don't drink anything hot since your teeth might break off.

Unofficially, it got down to -72 F or -57 C less than 100 yards or 90 metres away from where the cold air was coming from.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




Does it get that cold in San Diego?

Winnipeg, yes it does even without any windchill. Keep a cooler or two in your trunk as a free extra freezer . . . [:D]

I was doing field service years ago up in Burlington Vt. I brought my tool box into the hotel everyday. One of my co workers left his in the trunk. He gets to work, opens the trunk, lifts the handle of his tool box and the whole thing shatters. [:D][:D]

I read about the time in Minnesota where they were pounding nails into boards with bananas. These were real bananas like you buy at a grocery store. They just left them outside for twenty minutes. Some people even camped out overnight. It only got down to -60 F which is less than -51 C. When it is that cold and you have been breathing in that cold air with your mouth, don't drink anything hot since your teeth might break off.

Unofficially, it got down to -72 F or -57 C less than 100 yards or 90 metres away from where the cold air was coming from.

This is why no one sleeps in the cab on the way back from anywhere in New England in winter. Sorry for the highjack hijinks, Cap.

[rtrapasso]

Don't sleep in your cab... and another winter tip:

[rtrapasso]

My next door neighbor had been working on his diesel pickup for months and finally got it running right.

One of his buddies borrowed it, and, being a good friend filled it with gas before returning it. [X(] [8|]

My next door neighbor is now stripping his diesel pickup for parts...

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

My next door neighbor had been working on his diesel pickup for months and finally got it running right.

One of his buddies borrowed it, and, being a good friend filled it with gas before returning it. [X(] [8|]

My next door neighbor is now stripping his diesel pickup for parts...

Don't know how he could do that unless it was a very old diesel truck. The fuel filler pipe for a diesel is too narrow for a gas pump nozzle to fit. If he ignored that during refueling and held the nozzle the whole time, double doo-doo on him!

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Don't sleep in your cab... and another winter tip:

DF2 is summer diesel, it is also home heating oil. If you need to thin it, use kerosene. The DF2 has waxes in it that gel. DF1 has no waxes, it is winter fuel, and it should not gel. In the more southern US, they have a "winter blend" which is a mix of 1 and 2. If you have that and head north, it will gel. The only solution is to put it into a heated garage. That also applies to the reefers on the trucks and semi-tractor trailers. Also for those units, make sure that the cover is closed to keep the heat near the engine and fuel filters.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

My next door neighbor had been working on his diesel pickup for months and finally got it running right.

One of his buddies borrowed it, and, being a good friend filled it with gas before returning it. [X(] [8|]

My next door neighbor is now stripping his diesel pickup for parts...

Don't know how he could do that unless it was a very old diesel truck. The fuel filler pipe for a diesel is too narrow for a gas pump nozzle to fit. If he ignored that during refueling and held the nozzle the whole time, double doo-doo on him!

My neighbor bought a similar truck so he could use parts from the old truck... the dead truck didn't look that old, but he said it "only had about 400,000 miles on it". Maybe the guy filled it from a gas can? Inquiring mines want to know. [&:]

Looking at various diesel forums, it seems like maybe quite a few diesel pickups may have smaller fuel inlets - there are a lot of discussions about putting in bigger inlets so that they can take advantage of using high-flow big-rig pumps at the "gas" station.

EDIT: Supposedly (according to forums), trucks '03 on up have bigger inlets... so if truck was 2003 or later, the "friend" could put in a smaller gas nozzle and messed things up.

[Cap Mandrake]

So I go to pick up Stalker Girl's meds because SHE forgot to do it before SHE ran out and somehow that is my fault. [:)]

Anyway, I realize I left my credit card at the office and I have 3 dorrah in warret. I call SG and ask her to pay for it ahead of time but the pharmacist say "Don't-ah worry onry 2 dorrah".

So I drive in but the total is $3.41. I check for change..a dimme..so I have 3:10. I offer to pay by check but she rolls her eyes. I can just imagine the conversation going on in her head. A total b****.



So she says "Look, just give us the difference at the next visit." [8|]
[8|]

F'ing Rite Aids

[Cap Mandrake]

I am getting behind again. Too much going on.

******April 29***********

Big attack again at Clark 20:1 casualties in favor of the allies. 4000 Japanese casualties

***********April 30**********

I try to run in lads from British 54 Brigade in to Bataan by LCM and LCVP. One AM was wrecked and one LCM sunk but we shot down 2-3 dozen Lillies and Tojos. About 90% of the troops arrived safely.

[Cap Mandrake]

The big effort at Biak in New Guinea was actually an evacuation. About 800-1000 men of 1st Raiding regiment remain and are being beat up badly.

The two Jap divisions NE of Padang hopped on trucks and got down to Padang before all of our guys got out so we laid on a major effort to evacuate the by seaplane

[Cap Mandrake]

***************May 1, 1943(e)**************

New Guinea: JJ gave up at Biak and the KB is South of Mindanao so we start to push u engineers up the NW part of New Guinea to relive Sorong, retake Manokwari and make the Japs thing the main effort will be at Beazelbob, which now has 27K LYB's and tons of shipping.

Jap R-boat sinks a DD at Sarmi, SE of Biak. We had good ASW air cover too.

Sub attack near Sarmi at 92,114

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
DD Strong, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
LST-22

[Cap Mandrake]

After we realize troops were being EVACUATED from Biak, 7th Marine and the Brits go over to the attack.

Ground combat at Biak (87,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4034 troops, 78 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Defending force 877 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Allied adjusted assault: 56

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
7th Marine Regiment
44th British/B Division

Defending units:
1st Raiding Regiment

[Cap Mandrake]

Not really a fair fight...but we didn't invite them to Biak

[Cap Mandrake]

Sumatra:We make a show at Padang (again) to try to draw IJA resources away from the poor Diggers at Padang

Two capable units at Padang. They will have to be reduced if we are to land there.

Night Naval bombardment of Sabang at 44,70

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
DD Meade

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 13
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 2

CL Mauritius firing at Sabang
DD Meade firing at Ichiki Det.

[Cap Mandrake]

Paradrops at Phuket and Langkawaki (island off Malaysia) and Tangjokablockacjaacaacaagihi (South of Medan in Sumatra).

These are designed to force Imperial HQ to find them on the map

[Cap Mandrake]

Padang: Mercifully, 19th Brigade DOES make it across the river and the transport resources have been spent on the other unit fragments at Padang so the damage is not bad.

Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25877 troops, 229 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 907

Defending force 160 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 290

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 290 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Padang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 3

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
5th Division
3rd Raiding Regiment

Defending units:
16th Australian Bde /6
3rd RAF Adv/Sqn Base Force
111th LRP Bde /8

We leave the wounded behind. Another wah crime.