Watching this video made me realize I probably put too much downward pressure on it when I have tired to sharpen them in the past. When all you got is muscles and no brains it is hard to resist the temptation to put muscles into everything.
This guy is a guilty pleasure of mine. Probably too obscure of a topic to be generally interesting but the man has talent as a story teller.
You can see the images they are talking about here
The Siege took place in what is now Rome NY. Not really that big of a siege even by American History standards but it has a big impact in shaping what would become New York State.
Phantom loads are things that happen to cars that most local car mechanics don’t know how to handle. The electrical trouble shooting skills in this video are very basic, but some of the information about how car electrical systems work was new to me. Particularly concerning was the point about how modern cars have deliberately undersize alternators that could be killed by bad batteries. All done for emissions reasons of course.