tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post6426874457509277152..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Good VibesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-56505826868880692202017-11-05T07:35:46.120-06:002017-11-05T07:35:46.120-06:00I've never been good with cars. They're j...I've never been good with cars. They're just black boxes to me. I give them input (gas, steering, acceleration, brakes) and they give me output (I travel from here to there) and that's the limit of my understanding. My dad was more like you - he was one of those 50s guys who enjoyed taking cars apart and putting them back together, but eventually the technology just got too much. It's gotten too much for a lot of things, I suppose.<br /><br />We haven't had snow, but for about two weeks here it has been grey and rainy and chill and I love this weather.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-58786421749758466122017-11-04T09:57:53.290-05:002017-11-04T09:57:53.290-05:00There was a time, back, oh, say *&(* years ago...There was a time, back, oh, say *&(* years ago, when I did almost all the work on my vehicles. My mechanic, Tom, helped me diagnose trouble, advised me on processes & procedures, and I paid him an appropriate amount for the value. He also did all the heavy lifting, (i.e., transmissions, internal engine work, etc.)<br /><br />About the time he retired is about the same time I gave up working on cars. Now, I lift the hood & don't see a single thing I recognize.<br /><br />'Tis a bitch, this getting old routine.<br /><br />In other news, Fall arrived last night, rain mixed with snow and wind just to blow the leaves around.<br /><br />Lucy LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-56962304461141563402017-11-03T21:47:29.114-05:002017-11-03T21:47:29.114-05:00Yeah, I'm going to miss him when he retires. ...Yeah, I'm going to miss him when he retires. <br /><br />Of course he's looking for help now, so maybe if this academic thing doesn't work out?<br /><br />No. I would no doubt end up making things happen that would have to be reconstructed later by the proper authorities, and there is no win in that.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-78728388659114842002017-11-03T18:14:56.107-05:002017-11-03T18:14:56.107-05:00A good, reliable, reasonable, & honest mechani...A good, reliable, reasonable, & honest mechanic is worth 10X10 raised to a googolplex power of their weight in platinum encrusted Jadeite.*<br /><br />I had one once. He retired. I have bled for auto repairs ever since.<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />* Jadeite is currently valued somewhere around $3millon/carat, unless the Internet is lying to me.<br />http://www.cnn.com/style/article/jade-supply-influencing-style/LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com