If I was kind enough to give you anything from Greece or Canada, what would it be?
A vial of water from the Mediterranean Sea and a plane ticket to Edmonton. I want to see my sister.
What's a reasonable hourly labor rate for an auto mechanic, and what factors contribute to that rate?
I’ve paid various pricesm guessing from $50 to $85.example 0: City of San Francisco - 2003 replace doo-dad in transmission, they looked up the “hours to replace doo-dad” in a reate-book or sort, the book said 12 so they charged me 12 hours. It could have taken em 5h or 15h, but they charged me 12 hours. Labor rate was $85/hour.example 1: San Jose 2014, 30k miles ago - Replace head gasket on an inline-6 engine. The shop is certainly all about car repair - the office is a small room filled with parts and whatnot. Headgasket + head rebuild (machined and cleaned) + new oil + new coolant + parts + labor was $1500 total before tax. Dealer would be $3–$4k (I did not even check, quoting those numbers from an online forum). So for the work, guessing even $500 for parts, then $1000 labor for machining, head rebuild, and replacement, I am certain it was more than 10 hours, so less than $100/hour in labor. Guessing 15 hours, thats around $70/hour.As others have said, it really depends. KEy is find a shop that values you, and they’ll take care of you as a customer.
How will Eskimos do cremation?
The Eskimo are the indigenous peopleswho have traditionally inhabited the northern circumpolar region from eastern Siberia (Russia), across Alaska(United States), Canada, and Greenland.[1][2][3]b--souce Wikipedia "Eskimo"The term "Eskimo" has fallen out of use and the indigenous northern people of Canada and Greenland prefer "Inuit" When people think of "Eskimo" they envision people living in igloos, wearing Caribou/Seal clothing and traveling by dog sled. This was true a long time ago but not any more. I spent 4 years working for the CBC's (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Northern Service and had the luck and pleasure of shooting documentaries in a great many Inuit communties in Nunavut, Northern Quebec and the NWT (Northwest Territories) in Canada. This may come as a bit of a surprise:99% of the Inuit population live in modern communities in houses or apartments with electricity, running water, paved roads, Schools, and Hospitals (or Nursing Stations), Dog teams and sleds are mostly used for sport. ATV's and Snowmobiles are far more useful and quick and are the defacto transportation choice up North. Since outside the comunities there are few roads long distances are covered by planes. The Inuit are fantastic friendly people and most are bilingual or trilingual although the younger people use English a lot more. So if somebody requires cremation of their departed loved one they don't have to try build a big fire with no wood on the ice flow to do it, the same options for cremation as exist in Southern Canada exist. I have not been to Greenland or Syberia so can't say first hand what it is like there.
What is the most frustrating part of bow hunting?
For me being a bow hunter there are several frustrating things. Firstly is even though here in alberta there is a very generous season for archery and there are zones that are strictly archery only these zones were created in the 1950s since then the encouragement by the major cities of calgary and Edmonton have swallowed up huge amounts of what was good huntable land. Now there are acreages in the 4 to 10 acre lots all over the place and access to these is like gaining access to a G8 conference, it's not going to happen period as the owners deem these ungulates are their very own pets. Now we see a population explosion of game animals and with that comes huge numbers of highway collisions with wildlife. Along with that there is the influx of lions and bears including grizzlies and wolves. This is a problem created by the very ones who tout the deer as their own pets and even go so far as to feed them. In the area around canmore a number of years ago there were vast tracts of provincial land and that were not supposed to be developed but very quietly the provincial government of the day changed to land use designation and immediately sold those lands to cronies such as a Peter Pocklington for next to nothing then resold to developers and now guess what? NO ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC ANYMORE! Great work by a bunch of greedy bastards who will never have enough. Wildlife management has become more driven by emotions than common sense as well. The so called endangered grizzly bear has been protected (no hunting) for more than 20 years. Now there seems to be grizzlies everywhere. It's not inconceivable that a hunter can lose his game to a bear and it happens. This isn't a Venting session it's just a few frustrations that are shared by myself and a number of collegues. As a whole Bow hunting is a very satisfying experience.
How does the muffler delete mode affect a car's horsepower and torque?
If the car is an OLD car, one built twenty years or more ago, removing the muffler will probably result in a noticeable gain in power at high engine speeds. At lower speeds this will not have any significant effect.oThis will also result in the car failing mandatory emissions testing, meaning the registration cannot be renewed, and also likely result in being ticketed by the police for having a vehicle that makes too much noise and for driving a vehicle that has been illegally modified.On newer cars, changing things on the exhaust system is apt to result in LESS power, rather than more, unless you replace any original parts with high performance parts, properly selected and installed.Simply doing away with the muffler, or disabling the sensors that measure the temperature and composition of the exhaust will force the engine computer into “limp home” mode, which means it will produce LESS power than usual. Warning lights will light up in the instrument cluster, and the computer will set trouble codes.