Gettin' worked up

b1-66er: https://youtu.be/2gWudPtN6z4?si=3hrm3wg7PozSVl5U

b1-67er: Heating the pool thar way is generally the right idea sort of. It's tough to use heat that's at say 180F (probably about as hot as you want server chips to run), because the delta T relatively low.  So you have to move a lot of water. And pumping costs energy. What you really want is relatively high temperature heat so that a small amount of pumping energy moves a lot of heat. There are some practical thresholds. Regular buna-N seals will get you to about 200F. CHEAP. Slightly more expensive viton seals will get you to about 450 F. Still very practical.  Temperatures above that get trickier, it's expensive to get sealing materials that will survive. But there are solutions. Then there are the solar concentrator guys that are using molten salt as their fluid at around 1000F. They are out of their goddamm minds if you ask me.

They call me, "Bellow Yellow"

Smokey: I've owned this thing for 32 years now.

Left it rotting in my mom's garage for the last 10 years.

Got it all fixed and drivable now.

But want to drive it for a few days before I decide to sell it.

b1-66er: You should.

S: I have someone interested so may just send it on it's way

b1: Where'd you advertise?

S: I didn't. A friend I was talking to knew someone who has been looking for a TR-6 for years

The problem with them (other than the fact that they are unreliable garbage cars) is  when you buy one, you don't know how bad it is.

This one is close to perfect mechanically. Not bad otherwise but not perfect. 

So for a 1974 triumph, on a scale of 1 to 10. This is a 4. And Triumphs top out at 5. 

They are pretty. But it is like a 4 wheeled motorcycle.

You can smell the oil leaking as you drive.

It is part of its charm.

b1: Me: Right. Like a girlfriend who has a lot of polish and curves in all the right places...

... But smokes.

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Dox gotta eat!

b1-66er: "Artificial intelligence software now can read — instantly — chest X-rays for indications of TB or other conditions as accurately as radiologists can."

DENT: Ya. Doctors need to be worried about job security and should vote for a guaranteed minimum wage. $500k/year should do it. 👍