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carson
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(How was your vehicular movement?)
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Jan 4 13:37 UTC 1996 |
(*COLD*)
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carson
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response 1 of 236:
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Jan 4 13:39 UTC 1996 |
(...but other than that, not too bad. The other motorists seemed unusually
friendly, which made _me_ unusually friendly. I don't think I talked to
myself at all the entire trip. :) I *really* need to fix my exhaust, but
I think that a temporary patch won't be out of the question.)
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remmers
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response 2 of 236:
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Jan 4 16:57 UTC 1996 |
I shall shortly have to fire up my vehicle and journey east to
Ypsilanti. Not expecting too much in the way of problems. I
notice that that temperature is almost 20 degrees now.
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n8nxf
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response 3 of 236:
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Jan 4 20:46 UTC 1996 |
The lights on our Subaru wouldn't turn off today. Will have to invesitgate
further...
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scg
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response 4 of 236:
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Jan 5 08:47 UTC 1996 |
My mountain bike seems to be working well now, which is nice since it gets
good traction in snow, just as it does in dirt. That said, I haven't been
doing too much vehicular movement, as I've been too lazy to go into the office
and have taken the computers I do most of my work on home for a while.
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carson
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response 5 of 236:
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Jan 6 00:42 UTC 1996 |
(Had to change a tire today. I'm waiting for the flat to thaw before
seeing what's wrong with it.)
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otter
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response 6 of 236:
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Jan 6 03:10 UTC 1996 |
A nice man wearing a blue suit and driving a pretty car with lots of shiny
things on it was thoughtful enough to stop me on my way home from work today
and tell me that I have a headlight out. %^&*#@$%&^&^*&^%&^%$@#$%@@!!!
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scg
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response 7 of 236:
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Jan 6 05:43 UTC 1996 |
Were those shiny things red and blue, and maybe white as well, and rotating?
;)
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carson
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response 8 of 236:
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Jan 6 06:30 UTC 1996 |
(spare tire seems to be doing OK. For that matter, the wire holding my
muffler in position seems to be working, although I need to either
tighten it or replace it with a metal tie.)
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rcurl
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response 9 of 236:
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Jan 6 07:15 UTC 1996 |
Why did being informed you had a headlight out cause %^&*#@$%&(etc)? I
would welcome the information (and be relieved too!).
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scg
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response 10 of 236:
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Jan 6 13:46 UTC 1996 |
Maybe it depends on how one is informed. If one were informed by a guy in
a blue suit driving a fancy car with lots of red, white and blue flashing
lights on it is how one is informed, I can see where it might
be %^&*#@$%&(etc).
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rcurl
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response 11 of 236:
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Jan 6 23:35 UTC 1996 |
OK, I'll be more direct. I presume it was a COP that stopped you. I have
been stopped by a COP because I had a burned out headlight. He said,
get it fixed. I said, thank you sir, I will (and since I had a spare in
the boot, I did shortly thereafter). So, why %^&*#@$%&(etc)?
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mcpoz
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response 12 of 236:
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Jan 6 23:42 UTC 1996 |
Maybe the $^&*#@$%&(etc) came from thinking about changing a headlight in this
unbearable cold?
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wolfmage
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response 13 of 236:
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Jan 7 00:02 UTC 1996 |
I think it was directed more toward the fact that it was a 14 year old cop.
Also, the cops up here, being bored to tears most of the time, like to run
around and stop every equipment violation they see. They then proceed to
call in the OCSD K-9 unit, the Police auxilliary, The Sisters Of The Eternal
Idiocy, and Brownie Troop 712 for back-up. A Gaylord traffic stop looks like a
a Grateful Dead concert with haircuts.
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carson
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response 14 of 236:
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Jan 7 01:56 UTC 1996 |
HA!
(I really need to work on my flat tire, but I just woke up and didn't
feel like dealing with it yet. My drive was, thankfully, uneventful.)
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birdlady
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response 15 of 236:
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Jan 7 06:37 UTC 1996 |
Well, to sum it up, if I knew that I had a headlight out, (which most people
*do* realize if it's dark), being pulled over is an incovenience. Especially
if I'm on my way to work, an appointment, etc. I've been pulled over *twice*
for a headlight and once for a burned-out license plate light.
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carson
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response 16 of 236:
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Jan 7 07:09 UTC 1996 |
(I was pulled over once because my tailights were out. Turned out
that a wire I had running from the battery as a temporary kludge
wasn't connected properly. It was a cinch to fix. Problem was
permanently put to rest once I got the part the kludge was
substituting for.)
(now that I think about it, I've just totally butchered the meaning
of the word "kludge.")
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otter
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response 17 of 236:
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Jan 7 07:48 UTC 1996 |
Losing a headlight is a major pain in the tailpipe:
1) the entire grille has to be removed for access
2) it's -18 degrees outside
3) I cannot use a manual screwdriver (see health conf) and the power one will
not fit where it needs to go
4) this headlight thing happens about twice a year
5) the ink wasn't yet dry on the check for transmission repair (seriously -
it had been less than an hour)
6) I'm a grouch.
<otter remembers that the Quik-Lube does headlights> <otter takes a pill>
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freida
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response 18 of 236:
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Jan 7 08:18 UTC 1996 |
Well, I trekked down the mountain to go to the store...I was virtually the
only person on the road..along with 8-10 " of snow. I made it back in one
piece, but after unloading the car, my husband decided to take it to the top
of my lane because of the 1' of expected snow tonight. He couldn't get it
up the first little hill, so intrepid soul that I am, I got behind the wheel
and drove the rocky to the top of the lane (1/2 mile). Until the plow comes
through the state (dirt) road above, we won't be going anywhere. But it will
be nice once the plow goes through as they will make a wall of snow along the
dropoff...much better than a guard rail! After depositing the rocky at the
top of the lane, I visited Freddy Krueger's house which is about 1/2 way down
the lane and tucked away in the woods. All in all, it was a typical day on
the farm!
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mdw
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response 19 of 236:
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Jan 7 11:11 UTC 1996 |
Hm. In my case, replacing a headlight means a trek to meijers, popping
the hood, & maybe a minute of unplugging & plugging. The only tricky
part is not touching the bulb (it's quartz halogen, so a finger print
would cause the bulb to crack). No tools at all required, except maybe
a knife to open the package.
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mcpoz
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response 20 of 236:
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Jan 7 13:30 UTC 1996 |
In one of my past cars, the right headlight was just in front of the battery
and you had to remove the battery to perform the operation Marcus describes.
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rcurl
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response 21 of 236:
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Jan 7 18:42 UTC 1996 |
On both of our cars the change can be done as Marcus does, but also on
both it is very tight, and difficult to hold, twist and align parts.
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scg
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response 22 of 236:
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Jan 7 18:44 UTC 1996 |
I don't think I've ever gotten a burned out headlight myself, but I remember
several years ago we noticed that one of our headlights was burned out as my
family was driving out of New York, on our way to Chicago. It was really late
at night, so we couldn't just stop and have somebody fix it, so we stopped
and bought a new headlight. Then, after much messing around with it in the
dark, we came to the conclusion that we couldn't figure out how to get the
headlight out in that car. We ended up just deciding to keep going with the
burned out headlight, and then stopped the next morning, once the repair
places were open, and got somebody to change it for us. It ended up requiring
taking off a substantial part of the front grill, as well as maybe the light
next to it. That car died a few years later. I don't know what it takes to
change the headlights in my parents' current cars.
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popcorn
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response 23 of 236:
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Jan 8 14:04 UTC 1996 |
This response has been erased.
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carson
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response 24 of 236:
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Jan 8 15:59 UTC 1996 |
(I forgot: my car hit the 196,000 mile mark this morning. Only 4000 miles
to go!)
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