"Erf Day" minus 2

[NHSparky]

I've got spotted owl and komodo dragon steaks marinating in the fridge, used tires piling up for the bonfire, and A/C mounted to counter the heater just to see which one wins.

What plans have ya'll made for "Erf Day"?

[IassaFTots]

Thawing out the manatee steaks, gonna toss em on the charcoal grill in the evening but I have a busy day.  I have a couple of old car batteries and some half empty paint cans that I need to toss in the culvert.  (Last year I tossed em out of my car, on the highway, and ended up getting my car messed up.) 

[BlueStateSaint]

I plan on building a bonfire with 100+ tires soaked in gasoline.  Also, I've got 1000-odd fluroscent light bulbs to have target practice with--lead bullets only!

[Chris]

With my meager resources, I figured I would pick up a new arc welder I need and release some flux and ozone into the atmosphere.

[BEG]

With my meager resources, I figured I would pick up a new arc welder I need and release some flux and ozone into the atmosphere.

Can I get an "Erf Day Credit" if my husband did some welding this weekend on his truck?

[The Village Idiot]

Dang, I didn't win the lotto on Saturday but I was planning to turn the Cul de Sac into a winter wonderland. lol. /s

[zeitgeist]

Whoa, thanks for that reminder heads up.  Got to go get some DayGlo spray paint and get taggin' 420 on the underpasses.

[BlueStateSaint]

Thawing out the manatee steaks, gonna toss em on the charcoal grill in the evening but I have a busy day.  I have a couple of old car batteries and some half empty paint cans that I need to toss in the culvert.  (Last year I tossed em out of my car, on the highway, and ended up getting my car messed up.) 

Make sure that you have holes in the batteries' cells first.  The acid leaches out of them a lot better that way.

[IassaFTots]

Make sure that you have holes in the batteries' cells first.  The acid leaches out of them a lot better that way.

Good call.  I was going to take the used oil reservoirs, because they are filled up.  (Two of em.)  But, I don't want them messing up my car, and I don't have a truck.  So, I will just tug them out to the street and pour em down in the sewer.  I can't do that with the paint or the batteries, because they don't fit in the sewer opening, and I don't feel like prying open the manhole cover.  So the "crick"  is going to get it.  I am sure the coyotes will be pretty happy.   

[Odin's Hand]

3 words: Phosphoric amide herbicides

[NHSparky]

Can I get an "Erf Day Credit" if my husband did some welding this weekend on his truck?

Only if he uselessly burns a few more rods and sets up some "landing lights", say, 1000 watts each, for the guys coming into your local airport.

[Crazy Horse]

I got Arkansas Ivory billed woodpecker cut into strips, flicked a smoke out the window today and now have a fire burning.  I'm gonna open the airlock doors in one lab and see if the 2000sqft area can hold 68°F ±0.5°F

[Chris]

I'm gonna open the airlock doors in one lab and see if the 2000sqft area can hold 68°F ±0.5°F

[BlueStateSaint]

Good call.  I was going to take the used oil reservoirs, because they are filled up.  (Two of em.)  But, I don't want them messing up my car, and I don't have a truck.  So, I will just tug them out to the street and pour em down in the sewer.  I can't do that with the paint or the batteries, because they don't fit in the sewer opening, and I don't feel like prying open the manhole cover.  So the "crick"  is going to get it.  I am sure the coyotes will be pretty happy.  

I remember when I was growing up, my father used to change the oil in my mother's car, and his car, religiously.  Most of the time, we (though usually, he made me do it) pour it into the storm sewer drain that adjoined his property.  (Then, he decided that it would make a good creosote substitute for the wooden fences.)

[IassaFTots]

I remember when I was growing up, my father used to change the oil in my mother's car, and his car, religiously.  Most of the time, we (though usually, he made me do it) pour it into the storm sewer drain that adjoined his property.  (Then, he decided that it would make a good creosote substitute for the wooden fences.)

My G-dad just saved the oil in Coffee Cans.  I don't know what he did with em.  Everything that wasn't being used went into a coffee can.  That is all I know.

[Chris]

I remember when I was growing up, my father used to change the oil in my mother's car, and his car, religiously.  Most of the time, we (though usually, he made me do it) pour it into the storm sewer drain that adjoined his property.  (Then, he decided that it would make a good creosote substitute for the wooden fences.)

You too, huh?  "Here, take this down to the fence line and pour it in the storm drain."

[Mike220]

Between the tiger tartare and polar bear steaks, I'm all set food wise. Cooking on a charcoal grill of course. Going to turn the AC down to 40 and buy a space heater or 20 and turn them up to 90. Going to open the fridge and freezer and leave them open. Turn on the stove and oven (gas, natch) and leave them on. Start the mower and leave it running all day. Turn on every light in the house, and of course, the TV will be on. My car has a flat that I'm too poor to replace at the moment, so I guess I can burn the tire.

I'm sure I can think of other things.

[BlueStateSaint]

My car has a flat that I'm too poor to replace at the moment, so I guess I can burn the tire.

Use diesel fuel as the accelerant.  Makes a lot of smoke.

[NHSparky]

Congratulations for all the great ideas, and welcome to "Erf Day" minus 1!

I'm thinking I might "liberate" a few spent nuclear fuel rods and drag them home behind the car, kind of a "stress/friction test" to see how well they hold up driving down I-95, especially through all the road construction zones.

That should be a hoot.

[Mike220]

Use diesel fuel as the accelerant.  Makes a lot of smoke.

Oh. Good idea. I was going to use whale oil.

[zeitgeist]

Congratulations for all the great ideas, and welcome to "Erf Day" minus 1!

I'm thinking I might "liberate" a few spent nuclear fuel rods and drag them home behind the car, kind of a "stress/friction test" to see how well they hold up driving down I-95, especially through all the road construction zones.

That should be a hoot.

You know how they got rid of all that waste stuff at Maine Yankee?   Molded it into ceramic lobsters an sold it for the tourists to take home.    

[IassaFTots]

Congratulations for all the great ideas, and welcome to "Erf Day" minus 1!

I'm thinking I might "liberate" a few spent nuclear fuel rods and drag them home behind the car, kind of a "stress/friction test" to see how well they hold up driving down I-95, especially through all the road construction zones.

That should be a hoot.

Make sure to toss some cigarette butts out the window while you are driving.  Takes 20 years to decompose, or something like that.

[BlueStateSaint]

Oh. Good idea. I was going to use whale oil.

Once the flames are going, I suppose that the whale oil could be added.  If you really want to maximize your carbon footprint, add kerosene and gasoline.

[Mike220]

Once the flames are going, I suppose that the whale oil could be added.  If you really want to maximize your carbon footprint, add kerosene and gasoline.

Not just gasoline alone. Throw a bunch of styrofoam into a gas tank and stir it up till it's a nice flammable jelly. Homemade napalm! Increase your carbon footprint explosively!

[njpines]

I was thinking of renting a Hummer and driving around to all the parking lots that have the 3 minute Idle warnings posted and sitting there for at least half an hour each with the engine running WHILE tossing cig butts out the window followed by empty styrofoam coffee cups AND plastic shopping bags!  Should be a fun day!!