u/bladowwww

Hey all - have a Guardian (044563) circa 2009 and it’s been super reliable over the years. Had an oil leak fixed several years ago but other than that just regular battery replacements.

Anyway, went out to manually run it, and where it would normally start, it just made a loud pop/bang. Loud enough that my wife heard it inside the house. I mean it was like a gun shot. It could’ve been a backfire I suppose (runs on propane), but I’ve never stood that close to a backfire to make a good comparison.

After that I waited a few minutes, inspected what I could, fuses, etc. and tried again. This time no bang, but just a low irregular buzzing sound from beneath the panel where the circuit breaker is located (on the right side of the generator when opened).

I have no issue calling someone in to check it out but wanted to see if anyone here goes “oh it’s this for sure” or not before I do that.

Thx!

EDIT… SOLVED: Side of the battery blew out. It wasn’t obvious because it was the backside, and the wetness around the battery was mistaken for rainwater (storm had just come thru).

Hey all - is it acceptable to receive packages via UPS or FedEx to the dorms? I know USPS is allowed but I just don’t trust them as much with more expensive items.

I’ve heard/read it’s USPS only but I thought that was just for overseas.

I’ve been racking my brain for months, maybe even on and off for years. I simply cannot remember any more than this:

1. Female singer (but could have multiple people, maybe even guys doing background vocals).
2. I’m thinking 70s or 80s soft rock/pop.
3. Since I was a kid when this got airplay, speakers were shit and all I’d hear (at least recall) are largely the melodies, however the chorus sounded like “So far I knewwww… gonna be room for anything to happen…”.
4. I also seem to recall hearing “gonna be” or “gonna be it” being sung in the background repeatedly between those two lines above in #3.

I wish I knew more. A couple of songs that remind me of the overall vibe and time period are Baby, Come to Me by Patti Austin and James Ingram… as well as Never Gonna Let You Go by Sergio Mendes (w/ Leeza Miller).

I find it beyond annoying when movies, especially big budget movies, fail at depicting the younger versions of adults (eg. flashbacks or establishing scenes or whatever). Some are close, many are way off.

I just watched Masters of the Universe and young Adam is white and blonde. I guess those were the only two boxes to check. The young version even had a prominent mole on his neck that the adult version did not. Things like that seem easy to fix anyway in post production. If continuity is important, seems they’d fix stuff like that.

There have been tons over the years that I’ve seen and I can’t recall them all, but I mean some where the adult has brown eyes and the kid has blue eyes. Come the hell on. I remember Tom Hardy being young Patrick Stewart in Star Trek… fail. John Cusack looks nothing like Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys but played him in Love & Mercy. Btw I love all those guys, they’re great actors, it’s not a knock on them, just casting.

Totally get the alternative eventually could be some corny AI young version of someone which might be worse… but, it’s so distracting and seems more avoidable.

What are others?

For me I’d kill to hear his take on Lee Van Cleef. His hi hat work and cymbal grabs are stellar.

Dude is awesome and here it’s like he’s channeling Space Farm.

You think we’ll ever see another STP album with Jeff, what with even more Satellite records happening?

To be clear - these are TV shows (and I figure movies are ok too) that were never made, but would be hilarious if they were.

I’ll start… after Saved By The Bell wraps, the show continues as “Saved By The Bell: The Parents”. The show would follow the lives of the main cast member’s parents, not the kids AS parents.

For example, Derek Morris (Zack’s dad) comes home from work one day, wife Melanie (Zack’s mom) coaxes him into cutting the grass before it rains. It rains anyway and he is nearly struck by lightning, injured when falling. Gets rushed to the hospital where he is tended to by Dr. Judy Turtle (Lisa’s mom). While laid up in the hospital, Derek happens upon Frank Kapowski (Kelly’s dad) who is serving as a janitor after falling in hard times. Etc, etc.

Another one - Prison Break ‘61. This show chronicles the upbringing of Brad Bellick, who was the main prison guard in the series. The show explores how Brad came to be such a jerk, while remaining a mama’s boy. Etc, etc.

What you got?

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Just need to crowdsource $237M and it’s ours!