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SiliconWizard:

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--- Quote from: SilverSolder on April 11, 2020, 10:27:10 am ---The tires do get flat spots from standing, but it is normally "cured" after about a week of driving...

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I tried that but it didn't work. And this was only after leaving the car unused for a couple of weeks. I've read some advice that putting an extra 0.5 bar of pressure in the tyres can help to prevent flat spots.

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Yeah, are you sure your tires were not slightly under-inflated to begin with?
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: coppice on April 09, 2020, 02:40:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 09, 2020, 02:32:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: unknownparticle on April 08, 2020, 07:54:03 pm ---This is one occasion where being an introvert is an advantage!  I spend most of the time on my own anyway, so this situation, in that respect, is no different for me!

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Yes indeed, except that it's bound to make you even more of an introvert in the end. It certainly won't help. But maybe you're already introvert beyond repair, I don't know! ;D

But seriously, I think the situation is going to damage our social skills and behaviors if it lasts, however introvert or extrovert we are.

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You write like being an introvert is a bad thing to be fought against.

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Oh nope. There was absolutely zero judgement there. And "introvert" is pretty vague. That can describe a whole spectrum of character traits. Past a certain degree, that can certainly make things harder in daily life, and as soon as it can make someone suffer, making it worse by isolating them is probably not the best thing they can experience. That was my point. Likewise, damaging people's social skills doesn't seem to be a good thing per se IMO. We are what we are - no problem. But isolating people is probably not going to help anything much except limit spreading viruses.


--- Quote from: coppice on April 09, 2020, 02:40:18 pm --- The only reason to fight against it is to be able to function in a society that persecutes the introverted. As society changes to require less and less direct interaction with others, being an introvert is an unbridled good.

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Persecutes? I may have hit a sore sport here, or something, in which case I apologize. But I think this is a slight exxageration here.
I think by definition, a society is a group of people interacting with one another (else I don't think that would qualify as a society), so you can't blame "society" to favor social interactions. That's what it's all about in a way. But persecuting the introverts? Sounds like a bit much.

Lastly, I think we should make distinctions between things that look related but are not quite.
Being an introvert doesn't necessarily mean being solitary.
It doesn't necessarily mean you don't *need* social interaction - it can also just mean you're not good at it, but would suffer without it. So you may be an introvert but still suffer from this situation.

In the same vein - whether people are introvert, solitary or both, or anything in between, depriving people of their basic freedom of movement is something else entirely. Some may not suffer much from less direct social interaction, or even be kind of happy about it, but being trapped in your own home - I don't wish that to my worst enemy. So let's not confuse different aspects of this situation. IMHO.

coppice:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 12, 2020, 03:37:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on April 09, 2020, 02:40:18 pm ---The only reason to fight against it is to be able to function in a society that persecutes the introverted. As society changes to require less and less direct interaction with others, being an introvert is an unbridled good.

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Persecutes? I may have hit a sore sport here, or something, in which case I apologize. But I think this is a slight exxageration here.

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Persecutes is exactly the right word. Society takes people perfectly content with their own nature, and tries to indoctrinate them into feeling bad about what they are.
Electro Detective:
A warm or hot day drive around will wake up any tyre flat spots,
and then a good bash down the freeway sitting on 80 kph will have them warmed up and rolling like new.
Done this like TOO MANY times, and the battery gets a good consistent revs 14.4v charge too. 

FAILS to watch out for:
Too low or high air pressure, different pressure on each tyre, or one may be punctured = slow leak

Tyre balance and wheel alignment out, causing vibration at certain speeds on the freeway
and or tyre squeals on hard turns or roundabouts

Damaged, bent or faulty wheel rim/s

Wrong type/size of cheap or used tyres for that car

Old battery or low on water,
loose crusty battery connections that 'look ok' is a punter favorite..  :horse:

Red Squirrel:
Well I took the truck for a ride today, got some gas for the snowblower since I was low, and there's a big storm coming tonight. 40cm+ with high winds so that will mean lot of drifts.   Added air to all the tires too since they were a bit low, I had a warning light and kept neglecting it. 


--- Quote from: coppice on April 12, 2020, 04:14:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 12, 2020, 03:37:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on April 09, 2020, 02:40:18 pm ---The only reason to fight against it is to be able to function in a society that persecutes the introverted. As society changes to require less and less direct interaction with others, being an introvert is an unbridled good.

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Persecutes? I may have hit a sore sport here, or something, in which case I apologize. But I think this is a slight exxageration here.

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Persecutes is exactly the right word. Society takes people perfectly content with their own nature, and tries to indoctrinate them into feeling bad about what they are.

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That is true, as an introvert myself I see that a lot.
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