The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXXII

Zingston · 03-12-2019, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Cold tempretures can be pretty harsh on idle batteries

As "harsh" as Bill Murray's weed in Caddyshack?

FPenvy · 03-12-2019, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Cold tempretures can be pretty harsh on idle batteries

well aware being my 7th winter with the Z lol

usually i start them more often but maybe it's just time to get a couple more trickle chargers and leave them on there all winter. i always get nervous with those thinking they'll catch on fire while im at work and i'll come home to no cars.

Hotrodz · 03-12-2019, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Even the best doctors/surgeons with the best technology/medical devices cant do a thing when its your time to go.

My mom's fiance had a massive heart attack the week before there wedding. He was taking an afternoon nap. My brother was there he is a fireman and did CPR until EMS should up. He didn't survive either. The statistics show that only about 2% heart attack victims survive with CPR when they have gone into full arrest. The electric paddles work the best if they can be applied immediately.

bunk · 03-12-2019, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

well aware being my 7th winter with the Z lol

usually i start them more often but maybe it's just time to get a couple more trickle chargers and leave them on there all winter. i always get nervous with those thinking they'll catch on fire while im at work and i'll come home to no cars.

Put a timer on it so its on only when youre at home, or at certain times. But I know what you mean, Id have to charge my deep cycle battery for over 12 hours the day before I go fishing. Used to make me nervous the first couple times...

FPenvy · 03-12-2019, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Put a timer on it so its on only when youre at home, or at certain times. But I know what you mean, Id have to charge my deep cycle battery for over 12 hours the day before I go fishing. Used to make me nervous the first couple times...

yea i could do the time thing didnt think about that. i mean the one i'm using shuts itself off when the battery is charged and auto turns on when it drops. i checked on it when i got home yesterday and it was cold and not charging but had the light that it was connected and done.

bunk · 03-12-2019, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Hotrodz

My mom's fiance had a massive heart attack the week before there wedding. He was taking an afternoon nap. My brother was there he is a fireman and did CPR until EMS should up. He didn't survive either. The statistics show that only about 2% heart attack victims survive with CPR when they have gone into full arrest. The electric paddles work the best if they can be applied immediately.

It blows my mind that the number 1 killer in ICU wards is Sepsis, with all the available medicine, experts, and equipment that they have at their disposal. To think that my brother pulled through having sepsis last summer (and renal failure... with no residual effects today)... puts me in awe and thank the big guy above!

bunk · 03-12-2019, 10:17 AM

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Always check online. I've bought parts where the pair were cheaper online than one at the parts store (hubs and struts). Parts stores are only good if you need something critical (brakes, etc) because it quit on Friday and you have to drive to work on Monday. Cheap bastards won't always price match online prices.....

Yeah, for the Z, Ill order online. But I wanted the mount yesterday because I dont see having time to install it in the near future..my garage space will be in use for the next week or so...lol

Hotrodz · 03-12-2019, 10:22 AM

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It blows my mind that the number 1 killer in ICU wards is Sepsis, with all the available medicine, experts, and equipment that they have at their disposal. To think that my brother pulled through having sepsis last summer (and renal failure... with no residual effects today)... puts me in awe and thank the big guy above!

Agreed he is very lucky, I lost my best friend/brother in law to it when he came down meningitis. He was gone in 48 hours. It was tragic as he left behind his wife, my e wife's sister and a 18 month old baby. We all were in upstate NY on vacation. I had left an was at my grandmother's house in MS when I got the call he was in the hospital and on his death bed. I drove 20 hrs straight through to get there. After his family arrived from Phoenix, his wife an I made the decision to take him off of life support. I held his hand while he took his last breath. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. That was in 1995. Life sucks sometime!!!

Hotrodz · 03-12-2019, 10:24 AM

On a positive note I guess. I got three cortisone shots in my feet yesterday. Two in my left and one in the right. Now I feel right as rain again lol.

FPenvy · 03-12-2019, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Yeah, for the Z, Ill order online. But I wanted the mount yesterday because I dont see having time to install it in the near future..my garage space will be in use for the next week or so...lol

oooooooh dammit you just reminded me i need to put an oil order in soon. both cars need a change.

bunk · 03-12-2019, 10:28 AM

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Agreed he is very lucky, I lost my best friend/brother in law to it when he came down meningitis. He was gone in 48 hours. It was tragic as he left behind his wife, my e wife's sister and a 18 month old baby. We all were in upstate NY on vacation. I had left an was at my grandmother's house in MS when I got the call he was in the hospital and on his death bed. I drove 20 hrs straight through to get there. After his family arrived from Phoenix, his wife an I made the decision to take him off of life support. I held his hand while he took his last breath. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. That was in 1995. Life sucks sometime!!!

Ok, its bringing back scary moments..lol.. different topic. Hows your Z coming along??????

mults · 03-12-2019, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

well aware being my 7th winter with the Z lol

usually i start them more often but maybe it's just time to get a couple more trickle chargers and leave them on there all winter. i always get nervous with those thinking they'll catch on fire while im at work and i'll come home to no cars.

This is my 7th Winter as well. When I put mine away in the fall, the trickle charger goes on and I don't touch it until April. Knock-on-wood, the batteries have survived and the car always starts like it's been driven all Winter...

FPenvy · 03-12-2019, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by mults

This is my 7th Winter as well. When I put mine away in the fall, the trickle charger goes on and I don't touch it until April. Knock-on-wood, the batteries have survived and the car always starts like it's been driven all Winter...

yeaaaa i think it's time to start throwing trickle chargers on. i did 7 years and never used one and now it's finally biting me in the ***.

Zingston · 03-12-2019, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

well aware being my 7th winter with the Z lol

usually i start them more often but maybe it's just time to get a couple more trickle chargers and leave them on there all winter. i always get nervous with those thinking they'll catch on fire while im at work and i'll come home to no cars.

I'll leave my trickle charge on for months when I leave town... never had a problem. So how much of a fire risk are these charge devices?

bunk · 03-12-2019, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Zingston

I'll leave my trickle charge on for months when I leave town... never had a problem. So how much of a fire risk are these charge devices?

I dont think theres a big risk. But my deep cycle batteries used to get really warm. Not hot to the touch, but warm like if you left them out in the sun all day warm.

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