These beasties need to be set using a static timing method to TDC where the notch on the crank pulley lines up with the split in the case. You can time them using a timing light, but with the vacuum and centrifugal advance it's really hard to know where to set it at idle, and I can assure you it's not 0 degrees from TDC but somewhat advanced if memory serves. With a standard ignition on a quiet morning I could set the timing with just a crescent wrench (by listening to the arc when the points opened) but once I put the electronic ignition it took just a light bulb across the coil to ground.

But that's just me, Mr cheap-o transportation who had less than $1,000 total invested in his car... I make more money now so I can afford something with AC and reliable heat....

Such behavior may not rise to the level of criminality, but there's no reason why OSU should not feel entirely justified in expelling these students. Expulsion is a consequence of either gross academic misconduct, or severely antisocial behavior that is against university policy. OSU isn't the government and its students do not have a legal right to attend. Otherwise, anyone could just decide they want to go there regardless of admissions.

These students did what others did: they applied and were accepted under the condition that they would behave according to university standards. Expulsion is the university's mechanism of saying that they cannot tolerate such behavior, as in their view, what they did was so egregious that their continued enrollment would be critically disruptive to the campus.

It's unfortunate you don't seem to understand the difference between legal action and expulsion. The latter is like getting fired from a job. You violate company policy, you get fired. End of story.

Wtf is a "metric" ton? A ton is and has always been metric. No need to specify.

It's a no-brainer. We just need to take it to the next level to turn this into a win-win situation. The best practice is to get rid of the low-hanging fruit first. Ping me with an agenda so we can go flag up on this thing

Can we pipe in the sound of squealing tires every time I turn? I want my ride to work to sound like an '80s movie car chase.

My Bug was getting 40+, but didn't quite have the range because the tank was small. No warm up time needed, just pull the choke and go. With the larger oil capacity of the aircooled engines, so long as you didn't over heat it, you can let it go longer than you should (10k miles wouldn't cause too many issues, so long as you drove it often enough to keep it from gumming up).

Uh, no. You're taking a half-remembered fact and mangling it. Almost all of the corn raised in this country is usable for food. However, the fact you are mis-remembering is that most of the corn isn't edible by humans straight off the stalk. Just because you can't eat it without processing doesn't mean it isn't still food. Even discounting corn syrup (which is still food) there is hominy, corn meal, etc. Even the stuff used as animal feed is still part of the food chain and increasing it's price still increases the cost of human food.

Somehow this is Tim Cook's fault. Steve Jobs would never have let it happen. Also it proves the inherent superiority of Android over the iPhone. I just haven't quite figured out how yet. I'm sure somebody will, though.

Is this Western Samoa , or American Samoa? (I haven't been to either one, but I have been in the city with the highest population of (western) Samoans ie Auckland.