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A little nippy ...
On 12/30/17 1:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/30/2017 1:28 PM, John H wrote: On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:33:23 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:35:31 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/29/2017 9:06 PM, True North wrote: On Friday, 29 December 2017 20:32:03 UTC-4, Mr. LudditeÂ* wrote: On 12/29/2017 7:21 PM, Alex wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: Rethinking my early morning Dunkin' Donuts run. 4 degrees F. right now with a wind chill of minus 5-10. Got remote start on that Colorado? Thankfully, yes.Â* This morning I let it run through two complete, 10 minute warm up cycles before I ventured out.Â* Temp had actually dropped another degree to 3. Below a certain temp the remote starter also automatically turns on the seat heater which is nice.Â* Makes a big difference! Â* From what I've read...warming up while sitting idling isn't good for the vehicle or the environment.Â* They say it's better to drive away slowly for the first 5-10 minutes. I have a dedicated long extension cord that I use to plug in the block heater. I bought an electric battery blanket also but haven't installed it yet. An hour before I go anywhere on mornings below -10C, I throw the inside switch that controls 2 of my 3 outside plugs.Â* The Highlander starts easily and warms up much faster. Car manufacturers used to warn about idling a car for long periods because it was bad for the catalytic converter.Â* Don't know if that's true anymore as remote starters in cold climates have become very popular.Â* I don't have a garage and when you use the remote start it also turns on the windshield and rear window defroster full blast. Without that benefit, I'd be sitting in the driveway for a while anyway waiting to see where I was going. In any event I only use it on these very cold mornings.Â* My total drive to and from the local Dunkin's is only 10 minutes and I like doing it without freezing my ass off. I can see why the rest of the world is ****ed at Americans. You ran your car for a half hour to take a 10 minute drive for a cup of coffee and a doughnut. Maybe Uber should deliver doughnutsÂ* ;-) Would that Uber guy be saving a lot of resources? I can really empathize with this. I used to go to a local 7/11 every morning for coffee, when I was stationed at Fort Belvoir. The manager and I would shoot the ****, and the coffee was always on the house. He wouldn't let me pay. Said he really liked having a customer in the place at 5:30 AM. Made him feel a bit more secure. 5:30 am is just about the time I arrive at Dunkin's every morning.Â* The girls there know my voice when I pull up to the order speaker and automatically know what coffees and donuts to get.Â* I gave the morning crew there a $100 tip on Christmas Eve morning.Â* They have to be there before 4 am to receive the donuts that are made and then distributed by truck.Â* They probably have remote starters too.Â* :-) I remember the days when the donuts were made fresh in the store. I don't eat them anymore, but I did read a couple of years ago that the donut dough was frozen and delivered that way to the stores. I use to like the thin, cruller-like, round donuts. Haven't had one in at least a decade.  |
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#3
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A little nippy ...
On 12/30/2017 1:42 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 12/30/17 1:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/30/2017 1:28 PM, John H wrote: On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:33:23 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:35:31 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/29/2017 9:06 PM, True North wrote: On Friday, 29 December 2017 20:32:03 UTC-4, Mr. LudditeÂ* wrote: On 12/29/2017 7:21 PM, Alex wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: Rethinking my early morning Dunkin' Donuts run. 4 degrees F. right now with a wind chill of minus 5-10. Got remote start on that Colorado? Thankfully, yes.Â* This morning I let it run through two complete, 10 minute warm up cycles before I ventured out.Â* Temp had actually dropped another degree to 3. Below a certain temp the remote starter also automatically turns on the seat heater which is nice.Â* Makes a big difference! Â* From what I've read...warming up while sitting idling isn't good for the vehicle or the environment.Â* They say it's better to drive away slowly for the first 5-10 minutes. I have a dedicated long extension cord that I use to plug in the block heater. I bought an electric battery blanket also but haven't installed it yet. An hour before I go anywhere on mornings below -10C, I throw the inside switch that controls 2 of my 3 outside plugs.Â* The Highlander starts easily and warms up much faster. Car manufacturers used to warn about idling a car for long periods because it was bad for the catalytic converter.Â* Don't know if that's true anymore as remote starters in cold climates have become very popular.Â* I don't have a garage and when you use the remote start it also turns on the windshield and rear window defroster full blast. Without that benefit, I'd be sitting in the driveway for a while anyway waiting to see where I was going. In any event I only use it on these very cold mornings.Â* My total drive to and from the local Dunkin's is only 10 minutes and I like doing it without freezing my ass off. I can see why the rest of the world is ****ed at Americans. You ran your car for a half hour to take a 10 minute drive for a cup of coffee and a doughnut. Maybe Uber should deliver doughnutsÂ* ;-) Would that Uber guy be saving a lot of resources? I can really empathize with this. I used to go to a local 7/11 every morning for coffee, when I was stationed at Fort Belvoir. The manager and I would shoot the ****, and the coffee was always on the house. He wouldn't let me pay. Said he really liked having a customer in the place at 5:30 AM. Made him feel a bit more secure. 5:30 am is just about the time I arrive at Dunkin's every morning. The girls there know my voice when I pull up to the order speaker and automatically know what coffees and donuts to get.Â* I gave the morning crew there a $100 tip on Christmas Eve morning.Â* They have to be there before 4 am to receive the donuts that are made and then distributed by truck.Â* They probably have remote starters too.Â* :-) I remember the days when the donuts were made fresh in the store. I don't eat them anymore, but I did read a couple of years ago that the donut dough was frozen and delivered that way to the stores. I use to like the thin, cruller-like, round donuts. Haven't had one in at least a decade. Actually, I don't normally get a doughnut. I get a large iced coffee, cream, two sugars and that's it. Mrs.E. likes having a donut with her large, black, hot coffee and she can afford it. She has trouble keeping her weight up. Me .. I have the opposite problem, so I have to be careful. |
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#4
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A little nippy ...
On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 13:35:22 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 12/30/2017 1:28 PM, John H wrote: On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:33:23 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:35:31 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/29/2017 9:06 PM, True North wrote: On Friday, 29 December 2017 20:32:03 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 12/29/2017 7:21 PM, Alex wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: Rethinking my early morning Dunkin' Donuts run. 4 degrees F. right now with a wind chill of minus 5-10. Got remote start on that Colorado? Thankfully, yes. This morning I let it run through two complete, 10 minute warm up cycles before I ventured out. Temp had actually dropped another degree to 3. Below a certain temp the remote starter also automatically turns on the seat heater which is nice. Makes a big difference! From what I've read...warming up while sitting idling isn't good for the vehicle or the environment. They say it's better to drive away slowly for the first 5-10 minutes. I have a dedicated long extension cord that I use to plug in the block heater. I bought an electric battery blanket also but haven't installed it yet. An hour before I go anywhere on mornings below -10C, I throw the inside switch that controls 2 of my 3 outside plugs. The Highlander starts easily and warms up much faster. Car manufacturers used to warn about idling a car for long periods because it was bad for the catalytic converter. Don't know if that's true anymore as remote starters in cold climates have become very popular. I don't have a garage and when you use the remote start it also turns on the windshield and rear window defroster full blast. Without that benefit, I'd be sitting in the driveway for a while anyway waiting to see where I was going. In any event I only use it on these very cold mornings. My total drive to and from the local Dunkin's is only 10 minutes and I like doing it without freezing my ass off. I can see why the rest of the world is ****ed at Americans. You ran your car for a half hour to take a 10 minute drive for a cup of coffee and a doughnut. Maybe Uber should deliver doughnuts ;-) Would that Uber guy be saving a lot of resources? I can really empathize with this. I used to go to a local 7/11 every morning for coffee, when I was stationed at Fort Belvoir. The manager and I would shoot the ****, and the coffee was always on the house. He wouldn't let me pay. Said he really liked having a customer in the place at 5:30 AM. Made him feel a bit more secure. 5:30 am is just about the time I arrive at Dunkin's every morning. The girls there know my voice when I pull up to the order speaker and automatically know what coffees and donuts to get. I gave the morning crew there a $100 tip on Christmas Eve morning. They have to be there before 4 am to receive the donuts that are made and then distributed by truck. They probably have remote starters too. :-) Good on ya! I've started getting coffee for the Salvation Army folks that say 'Merry Christmas' when I go by. They also get something in the bucket. This year it seems like almost all of them said 'Merry Christmas' instead of the 'Happy Holidays' in the past. |
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