From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Dec 5 19:04:48 2009 From: xj-digest xj-digest Sunday, December 6 2009 Volume 01 : Number 3119 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: xj: Re: fsj: Re: the reason I don't make my own... xj: snohomish monster carport... frosted over. XJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeep/xj/ Send submissions to xj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to xj-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to xj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:08:14 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: Re: xj: Re: fsj: Re: the reason I don't make my own... I think that they may have been trying to extract the methanol from the glycerin, my buddy does that as well... you can recover most of it... methanol is the most expensive part of making biodiesel... also one of the most flammable parts... my reason for not doing it has nothing to do with the news... it's because I am not disciplined enough to do all that's involved... :) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, ernest breakfield wrote: # so maybe i missed the start of this, but what exactly is "the reason" # alluded to in the Subject Line? is it that you're afraid if *anything* # happens at your house then NewzCo is going to report it as a Biodiesel # incident? # all i saw was a report of an over pressurized vessel holding a # byproduct of BioD at a commercial production site; accident didn't have # anything to do with what was in it, or Biodiesel itself (since glycerin # is a byproduct of making BioD, not a component of making it...) not sure # why glycerin was being mixed with sulfuric acid, but doesn't look like # BioD had anything to do with the incident. # # pretty much as inaccurate and sensationalist as the other incident # reported in the later link; issue had nothing to do with BioD, but # NewzCo seems to think it's *so* much more interesting if they throw in # the magic word "Biodiesel",... especially since they don't even have to # ever go back and make a correction or retraction! ;-* # # really scary; Dog help us, since so many people actually rely on # NewzCo for information,... ;-P # # # cheers! # e # # # john wrote: # > too funny... the ignorance of the general public, and especially the # > media is overwheling at times... # > # > # > # > ----- # > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold # > http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org # > http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us # > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # > # > # > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Diana Eichert wrote: # > # > # so, I had to chuckle. something similar kept me from getting home # > # one evening back in 2004. # > # # > # http://alibi.com/index.php?story=8501&scn=news # > # # > # The fire happened ~ 1/2 mile from my home, fortunately the wind was # > # blowing the opposite direction. 64 acres of cottonwoods, elms and # > # russian olives burned, air quality was awful for days. # > # # > # The sad thing was the fire happened the day before Pres Bush # > # came to a campaign fund raiser for one of our congress members # > # running for re-election. They stopped air tanker operations for # > # Air Force 1 for most of that day. There were a lot of unhappy # > # voters calling into the local conservative talk show radio shows # > # that morning. # > # # > # On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, fsj-digest wrote: # > # # > # > # > # > http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78444882.html # ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:03:52 -0800 (PST) From: diesel john Subject: xj: snohomish monster carport... frosted over. woke up to frost this morning... http://fotomeister.us/fotos/2009/12-Dec-05-frosty-morning/ALL.html covered the roses with compost I didn't get started on the 4.0L swap in the '00 WJ, but the engine arrived. swapped the tires on the '89 XJ limited: http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/1989_Cherokee_Limited_Dec2009/ALL.html only needs just a bit more tlc... and a windshield. waiting to hear from the guy on the trade for the cj-10a... and of course curtis... wouldn't mind keeping the cj-10a... but once my J10 is here it'll be faster, more comfortable, quieter and a lot nicer... in the driveway right now: '75 J10 hydraulic dump trailer(SJ) '85 Grand Wagoneer(SJ) (son's) '85 300D(123) (son's) '86 CJ-10A - FOR SALE '89 Cherokee Limited(XJ)4.0 - FOR SALE '91 300D(124) '99 Grand Cherokee (WJ) 4.7 '00 Grand Cherokee (WJ) 4.0 - FOR SALE and only 105 miles south... '80 J10 - axle/xfr case donor '83 J10 step side - getting the SD33T/727/NP208 THE "short term" PLAN: '83 J10 stepside - daily Diesel driver '91 300d - wife's grocery getter '99 WJ - for trips '75 J10 trailer - yard support Ultimately I'd like to replace the '91 300D, '75 J10 trailer and '99 WJ for one Diesel GC. Leaving us with two Diesel Jeeps... only about $15-25K and one jeep short of that right now. ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #3119 *************************