Teams
Forum List
Toggle sidebar

Random Thoughts 17: Here we go again.

Status
Not open for further replies.
VeloClone said:
I was having problems starting my single stage Toro for a couple of years. The first start of the year would take about half an hour. After that it was about a 5 minute process. I felt so dumb when I noticed that the primer bulb was split all along the bottom so it was doing nothing. About $2-3 for the part and about 5 minutes of cursing getting the thing on and I was back up and running. Starts like a champ now.

My electric start worked for about 5-7 years and then is started sounding like a grinder wheel so I just stopped using it. The pull start is fine for me. I never checked into what it would take to get the starter working properly again. It is of limited usefulness anyway since it is powered by plugging a short cord into a wall outlet
Click to expand...
My snapper was a one pull. The bigger motor made a big difference. I have to run an extension cord to mine but don't mind since it allows it to fire right away.

What you described is the starter being worn or it moving away from the fly wheel a bit. What mine does now. I need to replace this one (think its the second one) since it doesn't seem to be working right. Last time it was about 90 bucks for a new starter, guessing it has doubled since then.

EDIT: Just checked online and for 70 I can get a new one. Parts getting cheaper is not common.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VeloClone
CycloneErik said:
In the old check printing plant, that's how you found out you weren't getting the new role or promotion. When managers leaked your name out, that was the first hint. It was interesting. When someone would come up to me and say they'd heard about me and that spot, I smiled outwardly while inside I knew it was done and tried to figure out what happened.
Click to expand...
It always mildly frustrated me when people would start approaching me that I was interviewing for such and such role when I had told almost no one.
VeloClone said:
Wanted to "dislike" due to the contents of this post. Also wanted to "win" it due to correct use of "role". I get so tired of people posting something about the "roll" a player is handling. We aren't a bake shop...
Click to expand...
So now I get a meeting tomorrow to explain to someone new why I am doing what I am doing and why I should do what they think I should do.
 
When I bought my snowblower, I asked a buddy who works on small engines and I knew he’d have the info. He told me Poulan and Toro were the most reliable. I bought the Poulan and have not regretted it.
 
SCyclone said:
When I bought my snowblower, I asked a buddy who works on small engines and I knew he’d have the info. He told me Poulan and Toro were the most reliable. I bought the Poulan and have not regretted it.
Click to expand...
I believe toro bought snapper and basically consumed their name.
 
wxman1 said:
So now I get a meeting tomorrow to explain to someone new why I am doing what I am doing and why I should do what they think I should do.
Click to expand...
So at the beginning of the year I got a promotion. Not huge, but nothing to sneeze at either. This past Monday, as I'm closing up my computer around 4:15p, I get a Skype asking if I can show the imtern that's starting this Tuesday the ropes on the basic stuff our team does
Told husband I guess this is my role now...taking care of last minute type stuff.
 
  • Like
Reactions: NWICY
BCClone said:
I have a 1027. Had a snapper before, like a 624, but that didn't throw the snow far enough and in heavy snows like this, I was blowing it twice and in big years, I had some pretty tall banks right along the driveway. My Ariens will clear the house if I'm on the south side of the drive, so that's putting it about 60 foot. Comes in handy when you get lots of snow.
Click to expand...
I have had a Deluxe 28 Ariens for over a decade. Thing is a tank. I feel like it could chip wood.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BCClone
SaraV said:
So at the beginning of the year I got a promotion. Not huge, but nothing to sneeze at either. This past Monday, as I'm closing up my computer around 4:15p, I get a Skype asking if I can show the imtern that's starting this Tuesday the ropes on the basic stuff our team does
Told husband I guess this is my role now...taking care of last minute type stuff.
Click to expand...
Hope it’s worth it ;) Congrats, by the way.
 
  • Agree
Reactions: ImJustKCClone
If hospital's can bill seemingly made up amounts/ charges for my wife's delivery; surely they'll understand when I send them a bill for the doctor/nursing students who were standing in the room during her labor, right?
 
  • Haha
  • Creative
Reactions: ImJustKCClone and NWICY
SaraV said:
So at the beginning of the year I got a promotion. Not huge, but nothing to sneeze at either. This past Monday, as I'm closing up my computer around 4:15p, I get a Skype asking if I can show the imtern that's starting this Tuesday the ropes on the basic stuff our team does
Told husband I guess this is my role now...taking care of last minute type stuff.
Click to expand...
When we decommissioned the Anheuser Busch system it was done in small increments.
I would get emails like "Oh by the way, we shut down these databases and they shouldn't be part of their maintenance cycle anymore" Then I'd have to drop everything to figure out how to make things work without this part of the maintenance window. Of course the maintenance window started at 1am on Sundays
 
wxman1 said:
It always mildly frustrated me when people would start approaching me that I was interviewing for such and such role when I had told almost no one.

So now I get a meeting tomorrow to explain to someone new why I am doing what I am doing and why I should do what they think I should do.
Click to expand...
I've learned that HR people that talk a lot aren't very good about keeping their mouths shut about confidential information.
 
  • Winner
  • Funny
Reactions: BCClone and NWICY
Status
Not open for further replies.

Help Support Us

Become a patron
Top Bottom