Improvised Block Heater

Well if you want to be picky, I don't think there is any state in the USofA that has never had "snow" as in frozen white stuff that isn't hail. Granted it doesn't last long in several states.

Visit both. One is beautiful mountainous territory with sadly a few too many americans. The other is, well, someplace to live if you have noplace else to live.

I found that using synthetic oil to make a big difference. Car sat all last weekend and started withing 2 secs.. However, without it being plugged in, it took a few minutes to get appreciable heat from what is normally a great heater. (99 Camry).

Vettes are beautiful vehicles. As many posters have pointed out, frugality enables us to indulge in certain area. I have 2 pet cats which technically aren't frugal but, so what?

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Hmmm...

"wish in one hand, s*it in the other and see which one fills up first" -mom

I like to add "pray, hope, want and need" to the "wish side" of it, should i add "resent" to it too? ;)

Alvin in AZ (100% atheist!:)

- Nehmo -

- Charks -

Mountains....180

- Nehmo - I lived in Lethbridge, Alberta for a few months a long time ago. I'd be more than happy to return there, but it's such a small town, I'd be apprehensive about being able to survive economically. A larger city has more opportunities. Thus, Calgary. All I've done with Calgary is pass through (on a trip to Banff), read, and heard about it. But ever since I left Alberta, I've kept abreast somewhat on what's happening up there. You don't have to convince me it's a good place to live.

Why Winnipeg? Well, it's been a while, but once I visited the city. I was much impressed by how _nice_ the people were. I didn't see one sour attitude in the day and night I was there. People were industrious yet not frustrated. The girls were pretty. It's a hard to quantify these qualities, and whether one place or another is good for a particular person depends on a million things. But anyway, I liked Winnipeg.

I'm in Kansas City now. Either place would be a big step up.

Hell, Baghdad would be a big step up for you.

- Nehmo -

- Tyrone -

- Nehmo - I know. It has a lower murder rate, and the government (I mean the former government) was kinder to its people.

Lots of Americans are patriotically brainwashed into believing the US is the best country in the world. But if you compare cities statistically, many in the US are similar to, or worse than, war-zone areas. In Kansas City, Missouri, when I last looked up the stats, an average resident had a one in forty-five hundred chance of being a homicide victim in a given year. I'm actually in Kansas City, Kansas now, and demographically I'm better off than "average", but still, the stats are uncomfortable.

Just so everyone doesn't misunderstand, I was born in Chicago and grew up in Tucson.

After I wrote the above message, I searched and found these:

Kansas City, KS Crime declines:

Baghdad is relatively safe:

Oh, yeah, lots of those car bombs and suicidal terrorists in Kansas City.

statistically,

It is very comforting to know that Baghdad has a lower murder rate than New York City. Based upon those statistics, I think we should arm everyone in NYC with at least rocket propelled grenades.

Don't let the door hit you as you leave. Kansas City is a great place to live. Maybe you should let the door hit you and knock some sense into your feeble brain.

The OP should know better than to believe statistics but he -did- grow up in Tucson. ;)

Alvin in AZ (and way too friggin close to Tucson) ps- like to be closer to Bowie :/

- Nehmo -

- Mark Jones -

- Nehmo - I apologize if you took offense. I'm sure the city has been great for you.

When in the Canadian military back about 1984 we did that all night with one of our diesel trucks when we were camped in the middle of no-where with no electricity. Started it every 2 or 3 hours as per the directions from DND. Worked for us.

You don't have a block heater, you have an oil pan heater. Warming the oil is a good idea, that's why electric dipsticks are available in colder climates, but it won't heat up the block a whole bunch.

Cheers, Lech

When working at the county airport in the 80's, we just left the snowplows running all night during severe weather. They have nice, heated buildings for the equiptment now.