Yeah, but I've honestly found the tradeoff is better, with newer cars being more reliable. It's so nice not having to [expletive] with those starter solenoids in GM cars. Or those "brain boxes" in old Fords.~ Automobiles that you can repair yourself
I wasn't a mechanic, but I tried. In my younger days I pulled engines from Oldsmbiles and Chevy C20 pickups.
Sometimes that's the way it goes.
Those tractors are getting so technical, according to the Wall Street Journal. They're computers on wheels, with blades, sensors, the whole nine yards. I wouldn't want to mess with those, either.
Yeah, there's a few still around.~ Did someone say dependable cars you can repair yourself ? I believe they are referring to my 1971 VW Super Beetle . ``´
The difference between thee and me is that you pulled engines; I pulled engines apart and rebuilt them.
I had someone else rebuild them.
I love the 1971 Beetle! I have never driven one but I have been the passenger in one. My only complaint would be that I was not warm enough in the winter.~ Did someone say dependable cars you can repair yourself ? I believe they are referring to my 1971 VW Super Beetle . ``
The "biggest" job I have done is lap valves in a 1972 Ford LTD Brougham. Other than that, my mechanical stuff I helped my ex-husband replace a couple of motors, but he actually did the fixing part of it.
My husband has a Zune. I have no idea which one only that it is older and he is worried about what will happen when it stops working. He drives a lot for work and enjoys having audio books.
That won't work here in NY. We have an annual inspection, and part of that requires plugging a computer into the diagnostic port under the dash, and if any fault codes are found, the vehicle fails, at least until repairs are made.
Which is why, when I lived in Ohio, and they proposed annual inspections a la Pennsylvania, Texas and NY, I went on the warpath and papered the walls of my representatives' offices.
Check and see whether there's an "Adventist Book Center" anywhere near you. Seventh-day Adventists basically invented the veggie burger, and they still sell them in their church-run stores. I don't know what the current brands are, but they do exist.I was really upset when Boca discontinued its "Boca original vegan veggie burger". They replaced it with some kind of "original turk'y veggie" burger -- it is terrible.
Mr. PushPurr is the main cook in the family, and whenever he didn't want to cook, I could just have that original veggie patty as a quick meal to get me by, in lieu of his yummy meals.
That one is extremely common, and the only way to turn it off is to take it in. As soon as the mechanic accesses the computer it figures out that the gas cap really is on tightly (assuming you've taken care of that part of the problem) and turns the light off.
My late, unlamented (abusive) father-in-law would stick a key in the ignition of his car as soon as he'd bought it and saw the grip off so the key couldn't be removed.Back in the '80's, we had a big ugly Buick for awhile that could be driven without the key and the damn thing talked. Told us the headlights were on, told us that the key was or wasn't in the ignition, told you the tire pressure was low.
I don't trust a car you can drive without a key, so we sold that thing as fast as we could.
And I have a friend who wires any car he buys so that it will start without a key. He, however, also installs a button under the dash. If you don't push the button the car will still start, but as soon as you make a left turn it will stall, generally in the middle of an intersection so the cops will end up investigating. Ingenious.Well, the Flexy Nib finally arrived (when I bought it I didn't realize it would be coming all the way from South Korea). It wasn't the color I ordered, but I could cope with that. The nib that was installed was a standard nib; the flexible nib was included in the package but the standard nib had to be removed before it could be installed. So, I Googled "how to change the nib on a fountain pen" and found a YouTube video. It took some grippy shelf liner from the Dollar Store (marvelous stuff!) so that I could grip tightly enough, but I got the old nib out and installed the flexible nib (which had a tighter radius than either the old nib or the assembly it goes on, which made the installation tricky). The nib and nib assembly is so long that it requires a very deep bottle of ink to fill the pen, and even then only about half the ink in the bottle would be usable because the entire thing has to be submerged.Many years ago I bought two Kohinoor Art Pens. These were wonderful fountain pens. They had a very flexible gold nib, which allowed me to control the width of the line with great precision. I absolutely loved these pens, but when I had the brain tumor I wasn't doing much artwork and they were stored in the basement. After the tumor was removed we had my husband's nephew and the nephew's family staying with us for a year (!) - presumably to take care of me, but they stayed way after they were needed or welcome - and the nephew's wife cleaned by throwing things away. Always my things, for some odd reason. I now have two art pen nib assemblies, two pen holders, and no lids that will screw onto the pen holders over the tips, and Kohinoor no longer makes them. The cheapest I could find on eBay (5 years ago, or thereabouts) was going for $70. When I bought these originally they were something like $15.There's a whole online community of Kohinoor Art Pen lovers who've lost their favorite pens and are unable to replace them. I finally gave up and ordered one of these: Flexy Nib Calligraphy Fountain Pen, which hasn't arrived yet so I still don't know how good it will be.
