Anyone Watching "Walking Dead" on AMC?

[woolybug25]

Pretty good episode. Weird with the flashbacks of Rick as an old man. What’s that about?

The same nerds that bash GoT for not being “realistic” seem to not watch this show, otherwise they would be on here wondering how they are still driving gas vehicles 3-4 years after the last refinery made gasoline. Lol

 

[Junkhead]

The same nerds that bash GoT for not being “realistic” seem to not watch this show, otherwise they would be on here wondering how they are still driving gas vehicles 3-4 years after the last refinery made gasoline. Lol

And how do they have so much ammo still? They fired off a good thousand+ rounds just breaking windows.

 

[irishog77]

Why not shoot Negan right when he walks out????? No one cares if Eugene is collateral damage.

This.

They had a freaking sniper out there. 2 dudes on the roof were sniped just minutes before Negan walked out. Things like this make this show excruciatingly difficult to watch sometimes.

And like a sucker, I'll be back next Sunday night tuning in to see what happens next.

 

[Irish YJ]

Pretty good episode. Weird with the flashbacks of Rick as an old man. What’s that about?

The same nerds that bash GoT for not being “realistic” seem to not watch this show, otherwise they would be on here wondering how they are still driving gas vehicles 3-4 years after the last refinery made gasoline. Lol

If the apocalypse happened fast, there's a shit ton of vehicles with gas in them left on streets/highways, thousands of gallons in tanks at gas stations, deserted 18 wheeler fuel trucks, and then all the racks/depots. Plenty to go around for the .0002% of the population that's left. And it's not like everyone's road trippin'. If that runs out after 20 years or so, find a bob deuce. My buddy has a deuce and a bob deuce. Those things will run off gas, diesel, and used fry oil (from restaurants). Couple fish fries and you're good to go!!

 

[Cackalacky]

The whole point of that attack was that only Negan needed to die per Rick but he was gonna be the one to do it. H wanted to give the Saviors an opportunity to surrender.

 

[irishog77]

The whole point of that attack was that only Negan needed to die per Rick but he was gonna be the one to do it. H wanted to give the Saviors an opportunity to surrender.

I get that. But why blow up that convoy and set lose all the walkers onto the compound?

 

[Cackalacky]

I get that. But why blow up that convoy and set lose all the walkers onto the compound?

They pulled a govenor and broke their base of operations up. That many walkers will swarm the sanctuay rendering it useless. Rick just put the Savior's out in the cold.

 

[Irish YJ]

Why not shoot Negan right when he walks out????? No one cares if Eugene is collateral damage.

Yup. Biggest WTF of the show.
Second biggest was Gabe. WTF is he thinking trying to save Gregory.

 

[irishog77]

They pulled a govenor and broke their base of operations up. That many walkers will swarm the sanctuay rendering it useless. Rick just put the Savior's out in the cold.

Yeah, but won't that essentially "kill" some of them? I get that the mind game is the hope that those loyal to Negan will turn on him. But some won't and will blame Rick, and then more killing will transpire.

Seems like a sniper shot at Negan would have been the easiest path of resistance and result in the fewest loss of life.

But then a season's worth of episodes would've been lost in the process- ha

 

[Cackalacky]

Yeah, but won't that essentially "kill" some of them? I get that the mind game is the hope that those loyal to Negan will turn on him. But some won't and will blame Rick, and then more killing will transpire.

Seems like a sniper shot at Negan would have been the easiest path of resistance and result in the fewest loss of life.

But then a season's worth of episodes would've been lost in the process- ha

Yes. Haha. Cant kill the cash cow.

 

[woolybug25]

If the apocalypse happened fast, there's a shit ton of vehicles with gas in them left on streets/highways, thousands of gallons in tanks at gas stations, deserted 18 wheeler fuel trucks, and then all the racks/depots. Plenty to go around for the .0002% of the population that's left. And it's not like everyone's road trippin'. If that runs out after 20 years or so, find a bob deuce. My buddy has a deuce and a bob deuce. Those things will run off gas, diesel, and used fry oil (from restaurants). Couple fish fries and you're good to go!!

Gasoline has about a year shelf life, my man. After that, good luck finding thousands of gallons of vegetable oil or cars that will run on it for more than a week.

 

[Irish YJ]

Gasoline has about a year shelf life, my man. After that, good luck finding thousands of gallons of vegetable oil or cars that will run on it for more than a week.

Wooly I used gas that was 10+ years old last year in my lawn mower with zero problems. It was left over from the Katrina shortages. Filled up 5 five gallon gas can when the lines started. I used them up over 2 years after Katrina, but forgot I had 2 other 5 gallon cans (older than the ones I filled up) in another shed. They were tightly sealed, so maybe that's why I had no issues. I also add stablizer whenever I fill up the cans cause I know it's likely one or more cans will sit over winter or longer. My mower is still running strong. I also ignore expiration dates on aspirin.

 

[Irishnuke]

The scenes with Rick standing next to the graves...shit. That's some dark foreshadowing. Probably a flash forward to the season or half season finale.

 

[beryirish]

The scenes with Rick standing next to the graves...shit. That's some dark foreshadowing. Probably a flash forward to the season or half-season finale.

Were the graves foreshadowing? I thought that was live. Hmmm.

Also, makes me wonder what happened to Rick when they show the reflection flickering in his eyes. He looks pretty beat up.

The whole bed thing also has me scratching my head. I thought when I first saw the preview of it that it was him waking up from his coma and everything is normal. he was just dreaming of everything. But now they actually have him walking around with Michonne and Judith. So I don't know what to think.

 

[woolybug25]

Wooly I used gas that was 10+ years old last year in my lawn mower with zero problems. It was left over from the Katrina shortages. Filled up 5 five gallon gas can when the lines started. I used them up over 2 years after Katrina, but forgot I had 2 other 5 gallon cans (older than the ones I filled up) in another shed. They were tightly sealed, so maybe that's why I had no issues. I also add stablizer whenever I fill up the cans cause I know it's likely one or more cans will sit over winter or longer. My mower is still running strong. I also ignore expiration dates on aspirin.

I don't know what to tell ya there, buddy. I know that organic compounds of gasoline start breaking down in a couple months. I've seen bad gas destroy engines. Especially if they got exposed to h2o. I certainly wouldn't put it in any of my motors.

But even if that is possible. An entire world still using beat up cars running on 3-4 year old gas without problems seems unreal to me. But just like dragons in GoT... the entire story is pretty unreal. It's a zombie show. ha

 

[beryirish]

I don't know what to tell ya there, buddy. I know that organic compounds of gasoline start breaking down in a couple months. I've seen bad gas destroy engines. Especially if they got exposed to h2o. I certainly wouldn't put it in any of my motors.

But even if that is possible. An entire world still using beat up cars running on 3-4 year old gas without problems seems unreal to me. But just like dragons in GoT... the entire story is pretty unreal. It's a zombie show. ha

Maybe in this world they thought up something new with gasoline to last...

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[ND NYC]

ramblings...

overall off to a good start
just shoot negan already---has to be a reason--rick wants him to be humiliated publicly--maybe taking polaroid of negan scrambing on the ground--use for propaganda later?
getting tired of the priest, he's gonna get people killed
Dwayne officially on "our side" (great work getting lookout locations)
save your ammo!
what happened to those garbage dump people? they still in the mix?
middle eastern guy at the gas station/7-eleven can the faux-outrage be far behind?
loved Darryls ride blowing up shit esp that walker near the covered box
licorice (and cockroaches) can survive the apocalypse!
almost want simon gone more than negan

 

[Irish YJ]

I don't know what to tell ya there, buddy. I know that organic compounds of gasoline start breaking down in a couple months. I've seen bad gas destroy engines. Especially if they got exposed to h2o. I certainly wouldn't put it in any of my motors.

But even if that is possible. An entire world still using beat up cars running on 3-4 year old gas without problems seems unreal to me. But just like dragons in GoT... the entire story is pretty unreal. It's a zombie show. ha

I over maintenance so perhaps that's why my mower survived lol. One of my fuel/oil mix weed eaters has been acting less than nice lately (I used the old fuel in the mix tank), so I'll mix some new gas and see if that makes a difference.

Quick Q... How do back up generator tanks (underground) last for so long?

 

[Cackalacky]

I over maintenance so perhaps that's why my mower survived lol. One of my fuel/oil mix weed eaters has been acting less than nice lately (I used the old fuel in the mix tank), so I'll mix some new gas and see if that makes a difference.

Quick Q... How do back up generator tanks (underground) last for so long?

Most of those are heating oil. Heating oil is very different from gas or diesel. IF that is what you are talking about.

 

[Irish YJ]

Most of those are heating oil. Heating oil is very different from gas or diesel. IF that is what you are talking about.

Nope, diesel. I've had exposure in the tech/data space to a lot of back up for servers, call centers, etc..

 

[irishog77]

ramblings...

overall off to a good start
just shoot negan already---has to be a reason--rick wants him to be humiliated publicly--maybe taking polaroid of negan scrambing on the ground--use for propaganda later?
getting tired of the priest, he's gonna get people killed
Dwayne officially on "our side" (great work getting lookout locations)
save your ammo!
what happened to those garbage dump people? they still in the mix?
middle eastern guy at the gas station/7-eleven can the faux-outrage be far behind?
loved Darryls ride blowing up shit esp that walker near the covered box
licorice (and cockroaches) can survive the apocalypse!
almost want simon gone more than negan

Agreed.

Not sure what you mean on the bolded though? Outrage from who about what?

 

[Cackalacky]

Nope, diesel. I've had exposure in the tech/data space to a lot of back up for servers, call centers, etc..

Hmmmm, I havent encountered many deisel USTs for backup generators only HO. I am guessing if these are deisel and they are USTs then they are fairly large tanks like thousands of gallons so they can power the call centers and servers?

 

[Irish YJ]

Hmmmm, I havent encountered many deisel USTs for backup generators only HO. I am guessing if these are deisel and they are USTs then they are fairly large tanks like thousands of gallons so they can power the call centers and servers?

Yes, my old office was an insurance company's data center before it was ours. The insurance company/office was also a customer of ours at a previous job. We had to dig the tank up before we could go functional. Also a partner of ours (security monitoring) had USTs for their call center / data center (they have a lot of US gov contracts). They had two incredibly large CAT generators, each the size of a large cargo container.

 

[Irish YJ]

I don't know what to tell ya there, buddy. I know that organic compounds of gasoline start breaking down in a couple months. I've seen bad gas destroy engines. Especially if they got exposed to h2o. I certainly wouldn't put it in any of my motors.

But even if that is possible. An entire world still using beat up cars running on 3-4 year old gas without problems seems unreal to me. But just like dragons in GoT... the entire story is pretty unreal. It's a zombie show. ha

FYI, mixed fresh gas/oil and now running meaner than a junkyard dog. Stale gas was the culprit.

Also talked to my bud with the deuces. He also has family in the ag business. He said his deuces will run off anything, regardless of age. Said that's why he has them (other than driving them in a parade yearly, he's a prepper). He also said it's not uncommon at all for diesel to be stored more than 2 years by preppers. Said his family's tanks often go longer than 2, but they don't go to far past that. Said diesel with stabilizer can be extended to 5 or more with proper storage. I think he was talking about farm diesel, or ag-diesel which is different though.

In short, you were right. None of the cars/tanks/etc would have been stabilized. Diesel would last longer without for 2-3 years. Sooooo they should show them all driving around in deuces lol.

 

[irishog77]

Is there not a Generator thread to take this to?

 

[woolybug25]

FYI, mixed fresh gas/oil and now running meaner than a junkyard dog. Stale gas was the culprit.

Also talked to my bud with the deuces. He also has family in the ag business. He said his deuces will run off anything, regardless of age. Said that's why he has them (other than driving them in a parade yearly, he's a prepper). He also said it's not uncommon at all for diesel to be stored more than 2 years by preppers. Said his family's tanks often go longer than 2, but they don't go to far past that. Said diesel with stabilizer can be extended to 5 or more with proper storage. I think he was talking about farm diesel, or ag-diesel which is different though.

In short, you were right. None of the cars/tanks/etc would have been stabilized. Diesel would last longer without for 2-3 years. Sooooo they should show them all driving around in deuces lol.

 

[irishog77]

FYI, mixed fresh gas/oil and now running meaner than a junkyard dog. Stale gas was the culprit.

Also talked to my bud with the deuces. He also has family in the ag business. He said his deuces will run off anything, regardless of age. Said that's why he has them (other than driving them in a parade yearly, he's a prepper). He also said it's not uncommon at all for diesel to be stored more than 2 years by preppers. Said his family's tanks often go longer than 2, but they don't go to far past that. Said diesel with stabilizer can be extended to 5 or more with proper storage. I think he was talking about farm diesel, or ag-diesel which is different though.

In short, you were right. None of the cars/tanks/etc would have been stabilized. Diesel would last longer without for 2-3 years. Sooooo they should show them all driving around in deuces lol.

Off-road diesel is dyed red, but the performance is the same. It's red and taxed less/differently. If pulled over in a diesel highway vehicle, highway patrol can look at your fuel to see if you're a tax cheat or not and fine the hell out of you.

 

[Cackalacky]

Now that we have settled the gas availability .....

 

[Irish YJ]

Off-road diesel is dyed red, but the performance is the same. It's red and taxed less/differently. If pulled over in a diesel highway vehicle, highway patrol can look at your fuel to see if you're a tax cheat or not and fine the hell out of you.

Just texted my ag buddy.
He said - ag-diesel has a higher sulfur content and/or less refined. That's at least per him. Dyed due to that, plus taxes.

 

[irishog77]

Just texted my ag buddy.
He said - ag-diesel has a higher sulfur content and/or less refined. That's at least per him. Dyed due to that, plus taxes.

It can vary from state to state. Some un-dyed diesel has the higher sulfur content. Some argue that dyed diesel helps lubricate your engine a little better, but I'm not sure there's anything concrete to back that up.

For all intents and purposes, the only difference between the two is the dye. The dyed diesel is cheaper, as it should be- since it isn't going on roads it shouldn't have to pay road taxes. The two diesels perform the same.