Was that a way to point out what to check, a joke, or something that appeared to work?
Since my mom has messed with enough new age bullshit to make the you know what thread look like a walk in the park, Iāve seen something similar beforeā¦ Intermittent faults are great for creating the illusion of psychic powersā¦ And autocomplete suggested āpsychoticā, so thatās a first were it actually worked better than expected.
Car people, looking for opinion:
Bought my ~vehicle~ 2 years ago.
Tires on it are ~2.5 years old based on the codes, so the dealership probably slapped new ones on. There was still āhairā on them when I bought it.
Problem: Theyāre crappy Summit branded all season tires. This car is set up wonderfully for winter use (awd, decent clearance, low center of gravity, weight distribution damn close to 50/50) but I can just tell the tires donāt meet that level. Plus they are wearing faster than they should (evenly, just fast). Theyāre usable and could easily make it to next spring.
Sometime before winter I want to switch to some much nicer allseasons (goodyear weatherready2s) that should hopefully last closer to 4 years and be a whole lot more stable in a Michigan snowstorm. Got the money set aside already, can have the tires put on given 48h notice.
Thing is I have a 4h one way trip thatās supposed to last a week soon. Do I slap new on now for peace of mind, or do I burn the summits up as much as I can until first snowfall?
Iād keep riding them personally, it doesnāt sound like youāre going to get a lot of benefit from changing them until the snow-y season anyways, might as well wait to start wearing out a new set
Assuming the tread wear isnāt so much that you think the upcoming trip is a concern
That is to say, I would ride them until closer to the winter season, not until they die
I shall run them until I hear word of a good snowfall on the way then.
It shouldnāt be. Where Iām going already had snow earlier this week, but not too much from what Iāve seen.
Yeah, in theory they should last for another 6 months, its just the sub-par winter performance last year combined with even less tread this year I dislike. Iāve only recently started to get some issues in heavy rain.
2nd that, burn 'em up.
Looked at the Goodyears, Seems like a good choice, but Iād make the change closer to winter weather.
I noticed a couple of years ago that my microwave exhibits a kind of unexpected behavior
Tonight, visiting a friendās house I noticed theirs does the same exact thing:
If you open the door just a tiny bit (without the microwave running!), the light turns on and the platter spins, too much or too little and itās just the light, but for some reason thereās this sweet spot where the motor kicks in
Not sure why exactly yet, or how many different microwaves might do it
So now, to those of you with microwaves and free-time:
I just got a secondhand microwave to melt glass and ceramic, and it does that too ā¦ sometimes the door switch doesnāt get quite in the right position and the light comes on and the table turn, but it doesnāt heat up ā¦ 
I got a Hamilton Beech. If you very very carefully work the door, you can hear two different and distinct microswitches click. I assume the first is safety, and the second is light. Thereās not much door movement in between, so youāve gotta really control the door opening to hear them independently.
But nothing spins, just click, click-light.
What are you goofballs doing trying to open the door while your microwaves are still in operation?
This is opening the door while the microwave is not running, which triggers the motor despite the microwave being inactive
Or doesnāt, as the case may be
Way way back whenā¦ When the internet was still a young whipersnapper, there was this website called Unwise Microwave Experiments. I miss those days.
Pretty sure it was on an Angelfire Webring. So yeah, itās been awhile.
OH. HOT DAMN! It still exists!!!
I have a theory. If you assume that the light circuit is connected to the motor as well (both should be on while heating), but that that the safety switch disables the magnetron and the motor.
Then, it becomes an order of operations problem.
If the light switch is closed before the safety switch is opened, it powers the lights (obviously) and the motor (possibly back-fed circuit).
If the light and safety switch both are both activated, then the light powers on, and the motor is cut from the circuit.
For those of you who see this behavior, try listening for the switch click/noise and see if the idea tracks.
Mine has the motor and light on one circuit and the magnetron on another circuit.
The motor/light switch stay open when the door is closed so I get to run the microwave without the turn table ā¦ glass doesnāt like to get super heated from only one side 
Anything but metric; monetary edition:
Only Americans would figure out a way to measure fortunes in containers and swimming pools, and debt in buildingsā¦
Vultures can fly pretty high, and the thought of eating one of those by accident though the windshield of a plane has crossed my mind.
Thankfully, Iāve never had a bridstrike. But it it ever happens, I donāt want to hit a vultureā¦
