ETC(SS)'s Recent Activity

  1. ETC(SS) attached a file to the thread Why you still need cash and how the system tracks you.

    [ATTACH] Indeed. This isn't about having a bunch of Bengies in a wall safe in your house. It's about not NEEDING them in the first...

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  2. ETC(SS) replied to the thread Brake Fluid Explained.

    Brake fluid turns black due to contamination, moisture absorption, and thermal breakdown. I suppose that when my brake fluid goes from...

    Mar 18, 2026 at 5:26 AM

  3. ETC(SS) replied to the thread The connected car scam. You don't own your data.

    The "Pro" model is basically a work truck with a convenience package and a tow package and no On* - thus no LTE cellular module and no...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM

  4. ETC(SS) replied to the thread Brake Fluid Explained.

    I use Mk-1 Mod-0 eyeballs. They're more expensive than $12. Priceless, actually - but I have two of them.

    Mar 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM

  5. ETC(SS) replied to the thread Vaccine provocation.

    Seems to me that if people really knew how vaccines WORK we would not keep getting the Persian Gulf Flu......

    Mar 17, 2026 at 6:17 AM

  6. ETC(SS) replied to the thread The connected car scam. You don't own your data.

    My 2023 GMC doesn't have an IMEI number. No cellular data - no WiFi. No data - until and unless I take it back to the dealer and they...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 5:56 AM

  7. ETC(SS) replied to the thread Coincidences.

    That's my point exactly. If Atomic clocks fail, you no longer NEED to know what time it is. I like Casios. I owned many of them 'back...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 5:23 AM

  8. ETC(SS) replied to the thread Coincidences.

    I'm not enough of a doomsday prepper to need anything but my Apple watch (SE2.) If it breaks I have a backup GNSS receiver for my...

    Mar 16, 2026 at 7:26 AM

  9. ETC(SS) attached a file to the thread First Tornado Watch.

    [ATTACH] I've already had my first two tornado watches for March, and my backup phone/internet is now rated for multiple squall lines...

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  10. ETC(SS) replied to the thread Brake Fluid Explained.

    Another one of Toyota's "lifetime fluids." They're aptly named because they want the average owner to experience a lifetime of car payments.

    Mar 16, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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