On 12/2/2022 9:43 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 12/1/2022 16:36, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>> On 2022-11-28, Leonard Blaisdell<leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Before anyone suggests buying a new battery, this one is two years old.
>>> It just never gets a workout. I may need a new battery anyway. Time will
>>> tell.
>>
>> Time told, I think. After twenty hours, over three separate days, the
>> little lightning bolt on the charger turned green. I drove the truck
>> today, and all seems fine. It rained.
>> Now, I have to replace the rotten windshield wipers. It's always
>> somethin'.
>
> Rain, in the desert??  You don't need no stinkin' wipers.  Just apply a
> coat of Rain-X for the occasional drizzle.  There, I just saved you
> money on all of your future windshield wiper blade purchases.

Michael, believe it or not, it rains in the desert. When I was a kid my
Dad drove us through the Mojave desert towards his next assignment in
Virginia. He had to pull off to the side of the road because when it
started raining it was torrential, blinding rain. This was in the
middle of the desert. (The plus side is, when the rain stopped and the
sun came up over the cliffs in the distance there was the biggest,
brightest rainbow we ever saw.) Yes, even people in Nevada need good
windshield wiper blades.

Jill

On 12/2/2022 21:59, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/2/2022 9:43 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>> On 12/1/2022 16:36, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>> On 2022-11-28, Leonard Blaisdell<leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> Now, I have to replace the rotten windshield wipers. It's always
>>> somethin'.
>>
>> Rain, in the desert?? You don't need no stinkin' wipers. Just apply
>> a coat of Rain-X for the occasional drizzle. There, I just saved you
>> money on all of your future windshield wiper blade purchases.
>
> Michael, believe it or not, it rains in the desert. When I was a kid my
> Dad drove us through the Mojave desert towards his next assignment in
> Virginia. He had to pull off to the side of the road because when it
> started raining it was torrential, blinding rain. This was in the middle
> of the desert.
> Yes, even people in Nevada need good windshield wiper blades.
>
> Jill

My post was intended as humor, but a friend of mine from a car meet
lives in Arizona, and he was complaining that his car doesn't have
intermittent wipers... but rain only sprinkles there, so he only needs
intermittent wipers. Perhaps that depends on the specific climate of
the area. His yard was nothing but sand and cacti.

Michael Trew wrote:
> Rain, in the desert??  You don't need no stinkin' wipers.  Just apply a
> coat of Rain-X for the occasional drizzle.  There, I just saved you
> money on all of your future windshield wiper blade purchases.

Such total bullshit for a semi-worthless product.
I tried it myself once and tossed the rest out.

Yes, the rain will bead up on your windshield. Nice for a parked car but
once you start driving, those beads will spread with the wind you
create. Wipers are necessary during any rain, light or heavy - Rain-X
or not.

I doubt anyone that ever bought this, bought more once they ran out.

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:56:12 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> Michael Trew wrote:
> > Rain, in the desert?? You don't need no stinkin' wipers. Just apply a
> > coat of Rain-X for the occasional drizzle. There, I just saved you
> > money on all of your future windshield wiper blade purchases.
> Such total bullshit for a semi-worthless product.
> I tried it myself once and tossed the rest out.
>
You are semi-worthless. Should you be tossed out?
>
> Yes, the rain will bead up on your windshield. Nice for a parked car but
> once you start driving, those beads will spread with the wind you
> create. Wipers are necessary during any rain, light or heavy - Rain-X
> or not.
>
You don't even drive anymore, you washed up old
excuse for a used to be man.
>
> I doubt anyone that ever bought this, bought more once they ran out.
>
I keep every car Rain-Xed. You aren't just a shitty cook,
but a crappy thinker in general. Maybe it was the paint
fumes.

--Bryan

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> washed up old excuse for a used to be man.
>
>
https://imgur.com/a/w85JdmV Indeed.

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> I keep every car Rain-Xed.

Why, Bryan? You no longer use windshield wipers?
Rain-X is sold in dollar stores now. 3 for a dollar. lol

Maybe you've never driven a real car with a windshield. Still driving
that pink Barbie motor scooter? Yeah, I remember that picture.

On 12/3/2022 12:02 PM, Gary wrote:
> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> I keep every car Rain-Xed.
>
> Why, Bryan?  You no longer use windshield wipers?
> Rain-X is sold in dollar stores now. 3 for a dollar. lol
>
> Maybe you've never driven a real car with a windshield. Still driving
> that pink Barbie motor scooter?  Yeah, I remember that picture.
>
>
>
>
>
Dang, Gary. What's up with the trolling?

Jill

On Sat, 3 Dec 2022 09:56:06 -0500, Gary <g.majors@att.net> wrote:

>Michael Trew wrote:
>> Rain, in the desert??  You don't need no stinkin' wipers.  Just apply a
>> coat of Rain-X for the occasional drizzle.  There, I just saved you
>> money on all of your future windshield wiper blade purchases.
>
>Such total bullshit for a semi-worthless product.
>I tried it myself once and tossed the rest out.
>
>Yes, the rain will bead up on your windshield. Nice for a parked car but
>once you start driving, those beads will spread with the wind you
>create. Wipers are necessary during any rain, light or heavy - Rain-X
>or not.
>
>I doubt anyone that ever bought this, bought more once they ran out.
>
I've seen the stuff work. I don't know if it always works, but I've
seen it work.

--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>

On Sat, 3 Dec 2022 12:25:09 -0500, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On 12/3/2022 12:02 PM, Gary wrote:
>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> I keep every car Rain-Xed.
>>
>> Why, Bryan?  You no longer use windshield wipers?
>> Rain-X is sold in dollar stores now. 3 for a dollar. lol
>>
>> Maybe you've never driven a real car with a windshield. Still driving
>> that pink Barbie motor scooter?  Yeah, I remember that picture.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Dang, Gary. What's up with the trolling?

Asks Jill McTroll.

--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>

On 2022-12-03 9:56 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Michael Trew wrote:
>> Rain, in the desert??  You don't need no stinkin' wipers.  Just apply
>> a coat of Rain-X for the occasional drizzle.  There, I just saved you
>> money on all of your future windshield wiper blade purchases.
>
> Such total bullshit for a semi-worthless product.
> I tried it myself once and tossed the rest out.
>
> Yes, the rain will bead up on your windshield. Nice for a parked car but
> once you start driving, those beads will spread with the wind you
> create.  Wipers are necessary during any rain, light or heavy - Rain-X
> or not.
>
> I doubt anyone that ever bought this, bought more once they ran out.
>

I think I posted about this sort of stuff years ago. When I worked in
the equipment section we had to replace a lot of windshields on plow
trucks because of the snow and slush that was thrown up and blown back
on them. It was loaded with sand and salt and was really abrasive to the
glass. We tried Rain-X or some similar product and it worked like
magic. Rain would slide right off the windshield. Snow and ice did not
stick to it. However, the effectiveness decreased quickly and it needed
to be re-applied. After a couple of applications the glass got hazy.
Then we had to clean the glass thoroughly to remove the stuff. It was a
short lived experiment.

On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 1:03:17 PM UTC-6, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> The battery in my Tacoma has been stone dead for a while. I bought a
> trickle charger, keeping Mother Gaia in mind, and used electricity,
> right out of the wall, to recharge the lead-acid battery in my truck.
> It's working!
> Before anyone suggests buying a new battery, this one is two years old.
> It just never gets a workout. I may need a new battery anyway. Time will
> tell.
>
> leo

Good Job, Leonard! IT WORKED! Yay!

John Kuthe...

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 2:14:37 PM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 1:03:17 PM UTC-6, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> >
> > The battery in my Tacoma has been stone dead for a while. I bought a
> > trickle charger, keeping Mother Gaia in mind, and used electricity,
> > right out of the wall, to recharge the lead-acid battery in my truck.
> > It's working!
> > Before anyone suggests buying a new battery, this one is two years old.
> > It just never gets a workout. I may need a new battery anyway. Time will
> > tell.
> >
> > leo
>
> Good Job, Leonard! IT WORKED! Yay!
>
> John Kuthe...
>
https://i.postimg.cc/tCHCJnRr/Unbelievable.gif

On 2022-12-03, John Kuthe <johnkuthern@gmail.com> wrote:

> Good Job, Leonard! IT WORKED! Yay!

Thanks, John!

On 12/3/2022 9:56, Gary wrote:
> Michael Trew wrote:
>> Rain, in the desert?? You don't need no stinkin' wipers. Just apply
>> a coat of Rain-X for the occasional drizzle. There, I just saved you
>> money on all of your future windshield wiper blade purchases.
>
> Such total bullshit for a semi-worthless product.
> I tried it myself once and tossed the rest out.
>
> Yes, the rain will bead up on your windshield. Nice for a parked car but
> once you start driving, those beads will spread with the wind you
> create. Wipers are necessary during any rain, light or heavy - Rain-X or
> not.
>
> I doubt anyone that ever bought this, bought more once they ran out.

Well, you'd be incorrect. I've bought a bottle more than once. As soon
as you hit about 40 MPH, the beaded water goes *straight* off of the
windshield... almost like "magic". Perhaps you only drove in the city,
too slow, which "blows the water around" and not off of the glass.

This is stupid, and I'm not advising it, but I've owned a number of cars
with inoperable windshield wipers. Rain-X makes the cars able to be
driven in light rain, although I don't drive them in heavy rain. Again,
not smart, but it's a stop-gap until I figure out how to fix the wipers,
or get rid of the car.