Idle speed is still 800 rpms. More than enough inertia to send a piston through an oil pan.
Bluetooth pistons before Bluetooth was even invented. Thatâs just Ford being well ahead of itâs time.
I sense thereâs a comedy element, but Iâm not sure what you mean by a âbluetooth pistonâ.
Bluetooth devices are connected wirelessly. no wires and, in this case, no rods to hold it in place. 
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Put me on the list of people who donât get the Bluetooth joke.
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That piston is now working remotely.
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Iâm going to take a stab at the Bluetooth punch line⊠When something is âconnectedâ by Bluetooth, it is done so without any physical connection; therefore, the piston is also Bluetooth and itâs not physically connected anymore eitherâŠ
In the mean time⊠What do you call a prehistoric striped cat with a bluetooth headset?
Answer: A cybertoothed tiger
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Were you stationed in Germany? . . . I would say West Germany, if it was in 1969
If so, where?
If you are referring to Germany69Army; then letâs look at the Geo-political map at that time. If âGâ was stationed in East Germany in 1969, he would not have been in the US ArmyâŠ( L 
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If we had an Embassy or Consulate in East Germany, the OP could have been there.
On the other hand, could be one of those âI can tell you, but then I would have to kill youâ situations.
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I canât help but feel youâre having a laugh, and you think itâs at my expense
I was well aware of âthe geo-political map at the timeâ when I made my comment, fyi
And both MY country of birth and my momâs country of birth do not currently exist with the borders and names they had at the time we were respectively born . . . lots of people fall in that category, btw 
I actually like you and your comments . . . they are usually quite informative and funny 
But I donât like it when you seem to be lecturing me 
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Well in that case it just needs to be paired again like the other 5.
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I apologize, I did not intend to lecture, I was only making fun of the fact that we did not know which side of the wall, he served on⊠My use of the term âgeo-politicalâ was, admittedly high-browâŠ
So, Iâll try to keep this informative and funnyâŠ
There were two reason I thought this was funny is that my wife is a âDaughter of the America Revolution (DAR)â whose family came to America before the US was a nation and fought in the American RevolutionâŠ
I joking tell my wife I could be eligible for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR or NSSAR) because my family also fought in the American Revolution, but being they are Scottish and fought for the British, I would not a welcome memberâŠ
The other reason is that a long time ago, we were gabbing around the office and recalling who was President when we were born, I was born in 1950 and Harry Truman was President then, it was then that Old Burt stopped by the office and one of the guys asked Burt who was President when he was born. Burt looked around at all of us and said matter of factily, âAdolf Hitler, but we called him the FĂŒhrerâŠâ
We broke out in laughter as we remembered that Burt was born in Germany in the late 1930âs and he lived through WWII and his family immigrated to the US in the 1950âsâŠ
So, if youâve ever watched âShowtime at the Apolloâ you might know who the Sandman is and if these stories were not entertaining and/or funny, Iâll gladly let the Sandman drag me off stageâŠ
PS: this all started with a Bluetooth Piston and whether it could be paired again; at least, I told a âpairâ of storiesâŠ
Thank you!
Weâre all good
I enjoyed your latest story and I look forward to more!
I donât know if you saw the âGrumpy old menâ movies . . . but I seem to remember there was a scene in one of the movies in which Walter Matthau or Jack Lemmon mentioned going on a date with a âdaughter of the revolutionâ
My mom was an exchange student in Albion Michigan around 1958 and she gave a speech to the âdaughters of the american revolutionâ because they apparently sponsored her
I guess itâs a small world
Tricky Dick was still US president when I was born . . . what a mixed bag that guy was, imo
As for Adolf Hitler, wasnât he technically president and chancellor at the same time? Now thereâs a guy who was bed news all around
Unfortunately, Iâm not familiar with âShowtime at the Apolloâ . . . Iâll have to look into that. Thanks!
Did you say you were once stationed at Davis-Monthan?
If so, have they ever had anything like âtoursâ for civilians?
Second hand story, I worked for the VA. There was a guy that during casual conversation mentioned he too served during WWII, the other guy told him he should apply for VA benefits, turns out he served in the Wehrmacht!
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As they say, itâs a small world⊠You were born when Tricky Dick was President and I was stationed then at my first duty station (1971 -1975) after Tech School at Luke AFB, AZ. I was a Jet Engine mechanic then and while the Viet Nam was still going on and parts were scarce⊠I was often sent to the Bone Yard at D-M then to scavenge parts. The Boneyard was not open to the public then, but anybody who could get on base could go to the bone yard, they just did not care then. The bone yard was really little more than a junk yard for airplanes back then. They had this huge sheet of steel that they dropped from a crane like a guillotine that just sliced the airplanes into shreds and the planes were sold for scrap metal then.
Then in 1974, I was a young Staff Sergeant (E-5) and President Nixon was visiting Phoenix for a big rally and the whole base was required to report to the flight line and welcome the President as he exited the plane. He stood on the top of the stairway and waved for just a few seconds, then, all of a sudden, he was rushed done the stairs, into a limo, and there were THREE of them, and each took off with various support and security vehicles and they ran out all three gates. No one had any idea which caravan he was in and the three caravans each took separate routes to PhoenixâŠ
We should have figured something like this was going to happen. For a week previous, all the curbs had to be repainted, every line on the road had to be repainted, it was Hot then and the grass was all dead and brown, so we had to paint it, thatâs right we were out in force, rolling Green Paint onto all the lawns that were adjacent to all three routes the three caravans were taking off the base. Most bushes were also dead, and we had to go into base housing and cut all the live bushes down that the base residents had spent time and money on growing. We then had to cut up the bushes and shove the live branches into the dead bushes⊠Most buildings on base were WWII era and made of wood, one of our additional duties was to cut a âfire-breakâ around every building; it was basically a 24" ditch. If the grass caught fire, the flames would not burn up to the buildingsâŠ
And to answer your question, I was assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB in the late â90s and I retired from there in 2000. At that time, the Pima Air Museum, south of town offered tours through the Bone Yard. Then after 9/11, the base was closed to civilian tours. I have heard that the tours are once again back on. But I do not think you can get out and look and touch, I think itâs just a sit in the bus and get driven around⊠Youâ have to google what there is offered. One word of advice, there are civilian aircraft bone yards too, so if you are checking, be sure itâs the bone yard at Davis-Monthan AFBâŠ
So, you are not ânot familiar with âShowtime at the Apolloâ, it was a talent show like Americaâs got Talent, but it was mostly singing, no acts⊠It the crowd did not like you, and you got Booâd, the âSandmanâ was dressed up like a Hobo with a biggo hook type cane, would come out to much hullaballoo and he would âhookâ you and drag you off stageâŠ
What was the presidents name in 1943?
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It was Joseph Biden, he has not changed his name
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No it wasnât, Joe Biden was born in 1942.
Barkydog was making a joke!
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Yep, when at Eddieâs Place (Edwards AFB) they painted the grass anytime a âVIPâ visited.