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Partners in Crime – Joyride
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geeks
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Car update
The Crown is running better than it ever has before. The problem wasn’t the alternator. It was missing six little spring-loaded push pins that bridge the tops of the spark plugs with the coil packs. Having this fixed after trying to figure it out for two years is indescribably liberating. The other car is still in the shop, awaiting new boots for the right side A-arm. Today is the king’s birthday, so everything is closed; repairs will continue tomorrow.
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I want to eat yakiniku with Jack O’Shea
///////////////////////// Oh, enlighten me Wikipedia: Jack O’Shea’s I miss living in Sumoto, five minutes walk from Kobe/Tajima beef in any direction. Paying fifty bucks per filet/sirloin seemed expensive even then, but I have a feeling I’ll never have such easy access again…
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Two batteries, two alternators, one radiator
We’ve been having a run of bad car luck as of late. A couple weeks ago, a cop from Khon Kaen backed into our parked Cefiro and broke off the front license plate holder. Nam saw it happen from the pediatrician’s clinic across the street where she had taken Max for a booster shot. She took it to my pal Ot’s shop and got it replaced (on the cop’s dime, of course). The very next day, I lightly clipped a scooter that was running the wrong way down the street and crossed in front of me as I was waiting to turn out. The young female rider must have known…
