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98 is a really good run, hopefully you got the “tough old goat” genes. Sounds like she’s not ready to surrender.
Nice that the nurses gave her a better birthday - my experiences with hospitals have been generally pretty grim.
Cold exposure injuries like frostbite and hypothermia are eight times more common for unhoused people in Alaska than those with secure housing, according to recent research by the Alaska division of epidemiology.
Cold exposure injuries like frostbite and hypothermia are eight times more common for unhoused people in Alaska than those with secure housing, according to recent research by the Alaska division of epidemiology.
Investigative journaliststate worker getting to the root of otherwise bewildering issues.
so I tried testing the purge valve, which Porsche for some reason from 996 to 997 moved from easy access:
to an inaccessible location behind the alternator and under the intake manifold (had to remove alternator to get to it -- honestly not hard; just annoying):
not only do I break the shitty plastic union for the oil cooler coolant line and chipped my taillight accessing it...
...the purge valve is actually working fine. I guess it's onto smoke testing for a leak between the tank in the front and the valve in the engine bay?
You know what's cool about them: I can turn out of my neighborhood and they are legit off the same street.
I tested holding vacuum again using a manometer this time -- and while it does seemly hold vacuum, and open/close with 12v -- it does in fact slowly leak over time. So I'll be replacing the valve; unsure how I'll actually remove it.
now the question is: do i just buy the valve for $35 or $440 from a dealer with the vacuum hose attached to it... hmmmm
Back in September, my mother broke her neck. She broke the bone at the top of the spine, which is the one that when people dive into a shallow pool and break their neck usually kills or paralyzes them. Not my mom, tough old broad that she is. Today were the final x rays to confirm range of motion and healing progress.
The doctor was shocked to see that she is fully healed, and has more range of motion than most people, even the ones who haven't broken their neck. I have a feeling she may outlive me.
The summer of his first year in medical school, Krauthammer, who was 22, dove off a springboard at an outdoor swimming pool and hit his head on the bottom, breaking his neck and injuring his spinal cord. He lay in the water, legs paralyzed, unable to swim to the top.
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When the signal came, there was nothing subtle about it.
Every radio telescope on the planet redlined immediately. The first short bursts represented prime numbers. Next came simple arithmetic, then basic vocabulary, each transmission richer than the one before it.
Finally, humanity received the most complex message yet. Thousands of mathematicians and ad-hoc internet communities raced to decode it.
“Are you crabs yet?”
Hesitantly, someone, their identity lost in the chaos of those days, formulated a response and broadcast it via a rudimentary but powerful shortwave transmitter.
My son has his first co-op job, one of two required for graduation. He starts Monday, and the plan is to drive out Saturday, stay overnight, and drive back Sunday. The job is in Rockford, IL, an 11-hour trek for us.
The original plan called for him to take the wife's Ford Fusion and use it for the three months he is working. Today, while taking the car in for an oil change, the transmission lines decided they had lived long enough.
I get it. Just as in comedy, timing is everything.
Is the Fusion the one with the rubber timing belt which is immersed in oil and thus disintegrates over time clogging all of the oil passages inside the block and head, or the one with the non-replaceable air filter?
Other than the fact that the car seems to have had a lot of recalls (mostly minor), it's been pretty solid. As to the issues mentioned above, I don't believe it has either one.
21 hours of driving in 2 days is very tiring, and driving through the center of Chicago sucks, even on the weekends.
It is, and it does.
I've put a lot of miles and a lot of long days onto the Ford E-350 platform (in moving van trim), and I find that vehicle to be reasonably comfortable, and not terrible if you're taking your time.
On the other hand, when I moved to Chicago from NYC, I drove the NB. That's a 13 hour haul, and I'm 6' 2". That was not enjoyable.
Hopefully you took Lakeshore Drive for at least part of it, so you can see the one beautiful thing which actually exists here.
Hey Joe, if your house is on the glide path for an approach to O'Hare from Lake Michigan, I flew over you earler. I passed a fart in your general direction just in case...
Hey Joe, if your house is on the glide path for an approach to O'Hare from Lake Michigan, I flew over you earler. I passed a fart in your general direction just in case...
Yeah, if you flew any of the Runway 27 or 28 approaches, then you passed just north of my house. You can definitely see it on a clear day.
If you saw a giant white rectangular inflatable pillow out of the left side (about the size of two regulation soccer fields, as that is precisely what it is covering), I work right across the street from that.
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