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05-31-21, 05:34 PM
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05-31-21, 05:45 PM
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The rain has finally stopped here. We recevied 136mm of rain in 3 days. That's usually three months worth of rain. At least we got off lucky and our two rivers didn't flood badly. Further south bore the brunt of the rain: over half a metre in three days. They are going to be cleaning up and rebuilding bridges and roads for while.
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05-31-21, 05:45 PM
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Autumn is just around the corner for your rjones28esque (non-matching) pair of socks.
I was doing it with my dad, so technically four half yards, I guess.
wut
That's only five inches.
I was doing it with my dad, so technically four half yards, I guess.
That's only five inches.
05-31-21, 05:51 PM
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05-31-21, 05:52 PM
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05-31-21, 05:57 PM
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05-31-21, 05:57 PM
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Hey, so remember how Mrs. GeneJockey's beloved 2001 Sienna wouldn't pass smog because one of the Emmissions Monitors for the Catalytic converters wouldn't show 'Ready'? And the dealer said we needed to get new ones at a cost of about $5000, and Toyota doesn't make them anymore so we had to go to a muffler shop, where Muffler Guy told us that might not be the problem at all, and we should go to a Bureau of Automotive Repair referee and see if we could get them to pass us anyway? And then I spent some time looking up the BAR referee program and drive cycles and stuff like that? I got an OBD2 scanner and sure enough, "Catalyst Mon" showed "INC".We decided we needed to spend some time trying to preform the drive cycle maybe 5 times, just so we could tell the BAR. And we've been putting it off because it's a crazy set of instructions.
So, today we're finally ready to do it. We're dreading it, because 1) it's weird and hard to follow the instructions in the real world, and 2) it might not work anyway and we'd have to decide what to do. I go plug in the OBD2 scanner and start the car to warm up. I go to 'Emissions Monitor Status', and scroll through.
No "INC". Huh. SO I go through more carefully. "Catalyst Mon" now says "OK".
Somehow, after months of driving, something in the last week got it to complete. YAHOO!!! Now we don't have to decide between junking it and paying $5000 to fix a car worth $1500!
Now we gotta get the thing smogged before something else goes wrong!
So, today we're finally ready to do it. We're dreading it, because 1) it's weird and hard to follow the instructions in the real world, and 2) it might not work anyway and we'd have to decide what to do. I go plug in the OBD2 scanner and start the car to warm up. I go to 'Emissions Monitor Status', and scroll through.
No "INC". Huh. SO I go through more carefully. "Catalyst Mon" now says "OK".
Somehow, after months of driving, something in the last week got it to complete. YAHOO!!! Now we don't have to decide between junking it and paying $5000 to fix a car worth $1500!
Now we gotta get the thing smogged before something else goes wrong!
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05-31-21, 06:00 PM
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The rain has finally stopped here. We recevied 136mm of rain in 3 days. That's usually three months worth of rain. At least we got off lucky and our two rivers didn't flood badly. Further south bore the brunt of the rain: over half a metre in three days. They are going to be cleaning up and rebuilding bridges and roads for while.
05-31-21, 06:10 PM
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no. not a desert. but a dryish city. We get between 550 - 640mm of rain per year. We are sheltered from the westerly rain by the Southern Alps.
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05-31-21, 06:16 PM
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I mowed one lawn today, and did not enjoy it or find it relaxing, nor did it make me want to mow more lawns.
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05-31-21, 06:27 PM
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Of course, they were closed. But she was willing to take a shot! Now we just have to get there before the Check Engine Light comes on or some damn thing.
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05-31-21, 06:29 PM
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05-31-21, 06:53 PM
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05-31-21, 07:13 PM
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In the motel, just out of Cancun, after driving all day to get here. Now I just have to stay awake until 10, so I can make the 10 minute drive to pick up the little lady. She's so thrilled about her two free checked bags each way. She carries empties up and two fulls back down. What with the drive and the motel each time, those four free checked bags cost $50 apiece, plus the 900 miles of wear and tear on the car. And two days on the road for each flight. And my flights, in and out of Merida, cost less than hers, from half a world away. But I have to pay $30 for my checked bag. I'll try not to mention it to her until she's next talking about flying Southwest. Granted, this was a Covid flight. Normally, she would take the bus to and from. The bus costs something like $10 each way.
05-31-21, 07:19 PM
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05-31-21, 07:19 PM
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Someone in Velo Vol estates is shooting fireworks. 
05-31-21, 07:20 PM
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The southern Alps extend into the southern hemisphere?
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05-31-21, 07:23 PM
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In the motel, just out of Cancun, after driving all day to get here. Now I just have to stay awake until 10, so I can make the 10 minute drive to pick up the little lady. She's so thrilled about her two free checked bags each way. She carries empties up and two fulls back down. What with the drive and the motel each time, those four free checked bags cost $50 apiece, plus the 900 miles of wear and tear on the car. And two days on the road for each flight. And my flights, in and out of Merida, cost less than hers, from half a world away. But I have to pay $30 for my checked bag. I'll try not to mention it to her until she's next talking about flying Southwest. Granted, this was a Covid flight. Normally, she would take the bus to and from. The bus costs something like $10 each way.
05-31-21, 07:28 PM
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35 years ago this area was fishing villages and forest. Now it's four lane highways running heavy traffic 24/7. It's shocking to have lived through that transformation. And even more shocking to have to go out into it in an hour or so.
05-31-21, 07:29 PM
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The local Lebanese grocer had goat feet. At $5.99 a pound I was tempted to try em out.
05-31-21, 07:36 PM
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05-31-21, 07:41 PM
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05-31-21, 07:46 PM
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05-31-21, 08:30 PM
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05-31-21, 10:49 PM
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A friend of mine is redoing the interior of his ol' Poncho. Lookin' pretty nice!
