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Woman Attempts to Warm Minivan With Charcoal And Guess What Happened
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| Jason Torchinsky
Posted on 01/08/2014 1:52:01 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Well, to be fair, it did warm up her minivan.
To: DManA
My dad used to do it..........with his semi. Ground clearance is
a bit higher than a minivan. He had an engine block heater, but sometimes the truck stops would turn off the outlets in the lots.
Dad had a small metal bowl he would burn charcoal in to heat the block.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:08:08 PM PST
by
Repeat Offender
(What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
To: Boogieman
don’t think someone won’t try to sell car coats... I heard some cars had bra’s already
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:08:42 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:08:56 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Woman Attempts to Warm Minivan With Charcoal And Guess What HappenedShe won the Darwin?
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:10:32 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:11:13 PM PST
by
Vision
(Tune out, drop back)
To: Still Thinking
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:17:07 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: GraceG
I really can't imagine anyone living in that part of the country without one.
When I first moved from North Dakota to California for my first job out of college, I remember a mechanic being totally puzzled by a plug which fed out of my front grill.
Even those unreliable 1970s era American cars turned over the first time when unplugged from an engine block heater.
In those days, it was roughly $40 in parts and labor to have one installed.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:20:35 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: KarlInOhio; thackney
LOL. This is the first thing I thought when I read the story.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:21:04 PM PST
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
This method works ,but not if done incorrectly.
Better off with a dipstick heater or magnetic oil pan heater.
Better yet, a permanently installed block heater, but that costs money if you can’t install it yourself.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:21:14 PM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Reminds me of the Hispanic family in MA who wanted to BBQ a whole pig during a monster snow storm [3-footer] ...
Put the charcoal in the bathtub and lit it ...
Old ceramic/steel tub, heated the floor boards underneath and caught on fire ...
Burned down the entire 100-unit complex cuz the fire dept. couldn’t get there cuz they couldn’t get thru the 3 feet of snow on the streets ...
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:21:14 PM PST
by
Lmo56
(If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
To: Bratch
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:23:38 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Bratch
I’d hold her beer and watch that anytime.
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Silly Woman. She should just hook up a trailer and tow some fire around like this guy.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:28:14 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Snickering Hound
Annual meeting of women driversTraffic accident involvement rates by
gender
Men had a higher risk than women of experiencing a fatal crash, while women had higher rates of involvement in injury crashes and all police-reported crashes.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:30:05 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
To: Lmo56
That would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.
I figured they’d just go outside, dig the pit, light the fire, through the stones on it, throw the pig in, cover it up, and then come back out in five hours and dig it out of the snow.
That could be fun to do. You have a luau inside while it is a blizzard outside.
To: Repeat Offender
I tell you desperate times call for desperate measures.
Cold starts and diesel engines don’t cooperate. Years past has seen it all and done most of it. A tire burning under a 2000 ford offset diesel tractor engine on a cold morning in a snow storm comes to mind but back then plastic wasn’t prevalent tractor flesh.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:34:28 PM PST
by
Recompennation
(Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
To: RinaseaofDs
I use my gas grill in the garage sometimes during the winter. With a winder open of course.
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posted on
01/08/2014 2:48:23 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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