Portable and standby generators

[Perry]

I worry less about what went wrong. (It's called the March Through The Institutions)

I hear so many laments, akin to what you describe. Almost like 317 different perspectives / angles / descriptions on a traffic accident.

What I search for and - so far - have not found, is how to 'stop the rot.'

Anyone here got any ideas that might generate a solution? Or solutions, plural?

 

[Auto Doc's]

This is the world we a living in:

Society is being fed so much bad information by the current internet world that no one actually can distinguish the truth from fiction.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-we-will-bury-you-without-firing-a-shot.942/

 

[Perry]

So . . . another perspective on the problem. One that it seems we can all see.

Why are the / any solutions so well hidden?

 

[Hammermechanicman]

what millennial or younger generation even knows what a manual can opener is.... ahahahahaaaaa

Took the grandkids camping and showed them how to open cans with a P38. Told them how on bivouac in boot camp the 2 most important things in the C rations was cigarettes and toilet paper and never lose your P38.

 

[Auto Doc's]

Took the grandkids camping and showed them how to open cans with a P38. Told them how on bivouac in boot camp the 2 most important things in the C rations was cigarettes and toilet paper and never lose your P38.

The P38 is a GI tool that never wears out, but you don't keep them sharp. LOL

I still carry my P38 on my key ring. We had MREs when I was in the Air Force back in the mid 80's, but it was still handy to have one around.

I still get some funny looks from "green civilians" who have never seen one being used, they think it is some kind of magic toy.

It has saved the day many times for me on camping trips.

For those who are wondering... it is not the plane, it is a small GI can opener that was issued to troops for opening the "C" ration cans back during war time starting around 1942.

Rothco P38 GI Can Opener

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The big brother to that one was the P51:

Rothco P51 GI Jumbo Can Opener

The Rothco P51 GI Jumbo Can Opener is incredibly durable for extended use in rough conditions. Click here to buy the Rothco P51 Jumbo Can Opener.

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[Hammermechanicman]

Boot in '75 we had C rats from before the Korean war. Still had the 4 packs of cigs in them.
MRE = meals rejected by Ethiopia.

 

[Auto Doc's]

The early (dark brown bag) MRE's were questionable, and a lot of troops developed digestive issues if they had to eat them for very long during deployments.

Some of the newer (light tan bag) MRE's are actually pretty decent and the portion sizes are better.

I still have not figured out why back packers and hunters waste their money on them though, they are expensive. Maybe they are trying to think they are "roughing it" or playing pseudo-GI. LOL

 

[Perry]

Nostalgia Plus
When I was in the RNZAF (late 1960s) the emergency ration packs had the same can openers in them!

 

[rhkraft]

Hi Ozcub,

Plenty of Food, Cold Beer and fresh fuel on standby for the generator... Everything else can wait until the conditions get better. I have outages in my area of South Texas at random all throughout the year.

I run my 15 KW Generac once a month for an hour regardless, and I keep it topped off as needed.

Sounds crazy, but I also have a smaller 5500-Watt portable generator sitting beside my larger one. When heat or AC is not needed for any extended period of time. It's all about having a proper 30A to 50A cord adapter. I just cut off the larger breakers in my house power box. It saves a lot of fuel use and excess wear and tear on the larger generator.

Both generators get full oil service twice a year regardless.

I grew up in some "hard times" when a power generator of any kind would have been a good thing to have in my younger years growing up with ice/snowstorms and bad weather in Virginia. At the time we only had a tin wood heating stove along with kerosene lanterns, weak flashlights and candles. Cooking on a wood heating stove was a normal thing during the winter months.

Sounds like you are from my generation prior to home electricity. But then, we didn't need no stinking generator. Keep the wood pile up, the coal bin full, and have a few gallons of kerosene and wind up the Victrola! Oh, and take a heated brick wrapped in newspaper to bed with you.

 

[rhkraft]

I service my Generator and snow blower in the early fall and the lawn mowers in the spring. On the generator, I take out the battery and have it tested for cranking amps. It is programmed to run for 20 minutes once a week. A crankcase heater is also a good idea.