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  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread Lug Studs.

    The pared-down definition returned by Google is (as you'd naturally hope) pretty compatible with the careful Webster's 3rd definition...

    Jan 18, 2026 at 11:36 PM

  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread What are you reading?.

    do frogs prance?

    Jan 18, 2026 at 8:20 PM

  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread Lug Studs.

    Hmm. If I take 'specious' to be obs : presenting a pleasing appearance : pleasing in form or look : SHOWY superficially beautiful or...

    Jan 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM

  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread Solar roof vs TSLA stock.

    I have no compelling interest in auditing them. :) You've convinced me there really was $65k cap gain. Still seems to me the federal...

    Jan 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM

  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread culture shockin.

    Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin' While our knees keep a-knockin' and our toes keep a-rockin' Dance with a dolly with...

    Jan 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM

  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread Solar roof vs TSLA stock.

    Only if we're saying everyone else whose portfolio includes Treasury bonds is an investor in "worthless I.O.U.s", right?

    Jan 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM

  7. ChapmanF replied to the thread Heating not working.

    How was the "is working fine" determination made?

    Jan 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM

  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread Solar roof vs TSLA stock.

    I'm still lost. If $65k was the stock sale income, then the capital gain was ($65k minus what you had spent to buy the stock). And the...

    Jan 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM

  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread Lug Studs.

    Did you mean maybe 'suspicious'? I'm not sure how strong a candidate it is for 'specious'.

    Jan 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM

  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread culture shockin.

    not even an attempt at describing it enough I could decide if I want to click? i guess that's where it ends then

    Jan 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM

  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread NiMH Hybrid Battery Modules.

    I would read "how hard can it be to make NiMH cells?" as something sort of like "how hard for a business with appropriate metallurgical...

    Jan 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM

  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread ABS, Brake and traction control alerts..

    C1249 and C1380 are probably related: C1249 is ECB reporting a problem with the stop light switch circuit, and C1380 is VSC reporting a...

    Jan 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM

  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread What's with this damn light?!.

    When the light comes on solid right away, it is reporting low pressure in a tire (so, the TPMS doing its job). When the light comes on...

    Jan 17, 2026 at 12:55 PM

  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread Autel AP200 OBD Scanner: A big mechanical flaw.

    I've never been a fan of social-media [Like] buttons; they seem to me to commodify the idea of appreciating others' posts in a way I...

    Jan 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM

  15. ChapmanF replied to the thread Techstream EGR Valve Blockage Data.

    For anyone else reading, and thinking I ever asserted "right to repair originated in Boston", for the record: "Right to Repair" as a...

    Jan 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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