Brozzettis Pizza. You can only get it in JC, NY and if you haven't had it, you don't know what you're missing. Anyone that wants to come over to my house some weekend, I'll make sure you are treated to some of that and Speedies!
same here. blew a fuse on the circuit board in my computer's power supply, so now I have to use my wifes computer. really stinks that all the decent computer supply places are closed on sunday.
yes, I hate nose hair- especially when something dries on it and hangs there till only a true friend or loved one tells you that it's there. I suppose its' purpose of catching stuff is a good thing, but most anytime I'm in that kind of situation I have a mask available to use.
From AP: SAN RAMON, Calif. Oct 29, 2004 ChevronTexaco Corp.'s third-quarter profit improved by 62 percent as the oil giant continued to cash in the oil-price spikes that are squeezing household and business budgets.
The San Ramon-based company said Friday that it earned $3.2 billion, or $1.51 per share, during the three months ended in September. That compared with net income of $1.98 billion, or $1.01 per share, at the same time last year.
If not for profits generated by since-discontinued operations, ChevronTexaco said it would have earned $1.38 per share. That was a penny above the mean estimate among analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.
ChevronTexaco's shares rose 18 cents to $52.65 during Friday's trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company's stock has climbed by 22 percent so far this year.
Lets go ride bikes!
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Posts: 5436 From: Pittsburgh PA Registered: Jun 2003
From french fryer to fuel tank Group of motorists converts diesel engines to use kitchen oils CONNIE ING Staff Writer
MISENHEIMER - Mark Wienand collects gallons and gallons of discarded kitchen grease from local restaurants, but he doesn't cook with it -- his '98 Volkswagen Jetta runs on it.
Wienand has put 35,000 miles on the Jetta since last April, when he modified the car to run on regular old kitchen grease, or used vegetable oil.
He's driven across the country and talked to people one-on-one about the benefits of "bio-fuels," but Wienand, 31, wants to create a central N.C. hub of alternative fuel users.
Hence, Wienand's inaugural Greasefest.
Over 20 people who drive "grease-cars," or aspire to, gathered Saturday at a small, grassy retreat in Misenheimer, about 40 miles northeast of Charlotte.
Cars that run on vegetable oil are much better for the environment than those using gasoline or diesel. They don't emit carbon dioxide or sulfur compounds, which cause greenhouse warming, and they emit a reduced amount of carbon monoxide, a poison.
Grease-run cars get about 45 to 50 miles per gallon, compared with about 15 to 30 for gasoline cars and about 50 for diesel vehicles.
Drivers said they experienced no drop in vehicle speed, acceleration and overall performance. The only difference, they said, is that the car's exhaust smells like whatever food was cooked in it last.
"Sometimes it's fish, sometimes it's chicken. It's pretty wild," said Leif Forer, 24. Forer teaches a bio-fuels class at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro.
Peter Denz, a computer engineer, modified his family's '79 Volkswagen Rabbit last month to run on grease. He got his first 70 gallons of grease from a Mexican restaurant he frequents in Cary.
"It drives exactly the same, except my exhaust smells really good. It smells like hamburgers," said Denz, 32. "I smell it when I have to stop at a stoplight. Then, the hamburger smell will come forward."
To use grease, the cars have to have diesel engines. Volkswagen and Mercedes are among the few manufacturers that continue to make diesel-powered cars for U.S. consumers.
Wienand modified his Jetta in one day, using an $800 grease-car kit made by a company in Massachusetts.
Grease cars need two fuel tanks: the regular fuel tank that holds diesel, and one in the trunk to hold the grease. For the first and last few minutes of a grease car trip, the vehicle runs on regular diesel or biodiesel, which is a fuel product made from vegetable oil. That's because regular vegetable oil is so thick, or viscous, that it can clog up the fuel injector.
In between, the car runs on regular vegetable oil that has been thinned by heating it up to 200 to 240 degrees Fahrenheit -- a process that takes one or two minutes once the ignition has been turned.
Biodiesel is made by adding a lye and methanol solution to cooking grease and mixing well. The result is a yellow liquid that looks like flat Mountain Dew.
If you make it yourself, biodiesel costs about 50 to 60 cents a gallon; you can buy it for about $1.50 to $2.50 a gallon, Forer said.
"It's a significant (time) investment," he said. Forer said he makes and uses about 20 gallons of biodiesel a month.
Wienand, a professional saxophonist living in Salisbury, said he became interested in grease-cars three years ago, when he read an article about a couple who drove cross-country in their vegetable oil-powered Winnebago, the "Veggie-Van."
In 2001, Wienand bought and modified an '85 Volkswagen Jetta to run on grease and drove to the West Coast and back, hitting major cities like Los Angeles and Seattle.
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Posts: 8882 From: Arecibo, PR Registered: Jun 2000
really stinks that all the decent computer supply places are closed on sunday.
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