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I have to leave the board - and the computer- temporarily. I know that I'm in the middle of discussions with some of you, but I have a couple of pinched nerves that have gone critical, and sitting at a PC makes them extremely painful, so I'm going to give it a rest. BRENDA, SIX and KIKI- take care.

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So, what sockpuppet are we going to see?


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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I have to leave the board - and the computer- temporarily. I know that I'm in the middle of discussions with some of you, but I have a couple of pinched nerves that have gone critical, and sitting at a PC makes them extremely painful, so I'm going to give it a rest. BRENDA, SIX and KIKI- take care.

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Lets see... duz this correlate with any Russian holidayz?

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I have to leave the board - and the computer- temporarily. I know that I'm in the middle of discussions with some of you, but I have a couple of pinched nerves that have gone critical, and sitting at a PC makes them extremely painful, so I'm going to give it a rest. BRENDA, SIX and KIKI- take care.

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Get well soon. Do what I do, drink heavy until the pain goes away

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Get well soon. Do what I do, drink heavy until the pain goes away

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I advise against this.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Your icon seems to be an interesting optical illusion. Did you do that?

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I have to leave the board - and the computer- temporarily. I know that I'm in the middle of discussions with some of you, but I have a couple of pinched nerves that have gone critical, and sitting at a PC makes them extremely painful, so I'm going to give it a rest. BRENDA, SIX and KIKI- take care.

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I have to say - not reading news on the PC every day has definitely lifted my mood! News... so depressing!

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I have to say - not reading news on the PC every day has definitely lifted my mood! News... so depressing!

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Hi all, thanks for the well-wishes. WISHY thanks for the advice. I'm back only briefly ... and that's because I've been living on aspirin and brandy since I last posted. I have to say - not reading news on the PC every day has definitely lifted my mood! News... so depressing!

I'm surprise nobody has created a thread called State of the Union 2018, so I'll remedy that. I listened to both it and the rebuttal ... the only thing cheesier than the SOTU was the Kennedy rebuttal, which was cringeworthy. Dragging some poor Kennedy look-alike up to the podium so he could give a shoutout to smalltown MA was like listening to a high school reunion speech.

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Better things to do.

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Hi all, thanks for the well-wishes. WISHY thanks for the advice. I'm back only briefly ... and that's because I've been living on aspirin and brandy since I last posted. I have to say - not reading news on the PC every day has definitely lifted my mood! News... so depressing!

I'm surprise nobody has created a thread called State of the Union 2018, so I'll remedy that. I listened to both it and the rebuttal ... the only thing cheesier than the SOTU was the Kennedy rebuttal, which was cringeworthy. Dragging some poor Kennedy look-alike up to the podium so he could give a shoutout to smalltown MA was like listening to a high school reunion speech.

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Yeah, It's a picture I must have taken of myself in the mirror during one of my heavy drinking periods. I don't remember ever taking it, but I found it on one of my old cameras and really liked it. I didn't like myself for a very long time and something about this image really spoke to me.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Thanks! First thing: figure out why my car battery suddenly ran down. It's either the battery, which is 5 years old, or the car, which is 18 years old!

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My money is on sparky plugs. Our car was hesitating a couple months before the accident, had the sparky plugs changed, was 90% better.

Or you could have Kiki send you one of her gold bricks and you could buy a newer car. That's what communism is about, right? Not expecting anyone to pay for their own crap??

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A five year old battery could just be bad. Especially if you didn't spring for a decent one. But yeah... it could be a lot of things causing it on an 18 year old car.

I feel for ya Sigs. My car is nothing but problems. I've got a massive oil leak now and I've been quoted anywhere from $550 to $700 to fix the problem. Since I've started working I've had to dump a quart of oil in every two trips to work.

Good 'ole YouTube though... I found a video showing a massive leak in action on my car from right around the same year, and another one on how to fix it. I put some cardboard under the car and sure enough the leak is happeneing on that exact spot.

It's either the oil pump seal, or the pump itself. That's either an 8 dollar fix or an 80 dollar fix. I just need it to warm up a bit and I'm going to tear the car apart to get to it when I have a stretch of days off of work. Fortunately I found out that you can use 10w40 oil in my car, so it's been pretty cheap since I figured that out. It was costing me almost 40 bucks for 12 quarts, but now I can get them for under 20.

There's so many other things wrong with my car now too, but until I get this fixed I'm not dumping any money into it. I'm hoping I can fix it and get another few years out of it.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Oh, I took it in bc it was losing mileage, and asked the mechanic (while they were changing the oil) to dx it for any reason why it might be losing mileage, altho it still seemed to be running well. Maybe some weird air pollution control like the EGR or something. They came back with ... it's leaking oil here, it's leaking oil there, and someplace else and I though HUH??? It's not leaving oil spots on the driveway. And they said ... (I kid you not) That's why the mileage is bad, because the engine has to push air through all the leaks and I thought ... Now wait a minute! I'm not THAT stupid!

But sure enough, AFTER I took it in it seems to be leaking oil ... and leaving oil spots on the driveway. Hmm.... I wonder if they just oiled up some areas just so it would drip.

Anyway, back to car troubleshooting!

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Spark plugs caused your battery to drain?

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Oh, I took it in bc it was losing mileage, and asked the mechanic (while they were changing the oil) to dx it for any reason why it might be losing mileage, altho it still seemed to be running well. Maybe some weird air pollution control like the EGR or something. They came back with ... it's leaking oil here, it's leaking oil there, and someplace else and I though HUH??? It's not leaving oil spots on the driveway. And they said ... (I kid you not) That's why the mileage is bad, because the engine has to push air through all the leaks and I thought ... Now wait a minute! I'm not THAT stupid!

But sure enough, AFTER I took it in it seems to be leaking oil ... and leaving oil spots on the driveway. Hmm.... I wonder if they just oiled up some areas just so it would drip.

Anyway, back to car troubleshooting!

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I'm afraid a bottle of magic liquid isn't going to fix this problem. As far as I know I'm not actually burning anything, but there's oil all over my garage floor and the cardboard just keeps sucking it up. That's only a fraction of what I'm sure I'm leaking all over the roads though. I figure at this rate I'm leaking about a quart every 55-65 miles or so. It's leaking from right about the center of the hood, to the right of where the passenger sits. From the video I watched, that's exactly where the oil pump would be and I guess this is a pretty common problem for my car between the mid 90's to early 2000's.

It shouldn't be a big deal to fix. I'm not really worried about it. I've just never done anything like this before. The most I've ever done on a car was change the tires/oil/spark plugs. I'm pretty handy. I'll figure it out. YouTube is a blessing. What wonderful times we live in.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Oh, I took it in bc it was losing mileage, and asked the mechanic (while they were changing the oil) to dx it for any reason why it might be losing mileage, altho it still seemed to be running well. Maybe some weird air pollution control like the EGR or something. They came back with ... it's leaking oil here, it's leaking oil there, and someplace else and I though HUH??? It's not leaving oil spots on the driveway. And they said ... (I kid you not) That's why the mileage is bad, because the engine has to push air through all the leaks and I thought ... Now wait a minute! I'm not THAT stupid!

But sure enough, AFTER I took it in it seems to be leaking oil ... and leaving oil spots on the driveway. Hmm.... I wonder if they just oiled up some areas just so it would drip.

Anyway, back to car troubleshooting!

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I agree with JSF that you should check the filter. I'm assuming that it wasn't done on purpose though if that's the problem, if you just took it to an oil change place. Or did you take it to a place that does a lot of repairs and also changes oil? That could be a different story.

Seems rather suspicious that you're leaking oil now only after they told you that.



Lost mileage might actually be the spark plugs. Have you ever changed them yourself or know somebody who can do it for you? It's actually really easy to do, so I wouldn't pay somebody to do it unless it was really cheap. I'd also check that your tire pressure is where it should be. If you're running low it's actually good for traction during the bad weather, but you're killing your gas mileage with low tires. The air filter could also be the culprit, but I doubt it. Any place I've gone to get my oil changed always tries to push a brand new air filter on me.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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It was the battery, not the alternator. The car is at least working now.

I can change and gap (if necessary, but not usually) spark plugs myself.

GAWD! Sometimes things break faster than you can fix them! On to the (demand) hot water-heater glitch, which turned up JUST this AM when I wanted to take a shower!

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You might want to look into a battery charger/maintainer or a straight jump box as well, just in case your battery dying was a symptom of something else. A 2 hour charger that plugs into your cigarette lighter could cost as little as $20 bucks and a jump box could run around $70-$80 bucks.

The 2 hour charger is nice if you're at home or your car gets stuck somewhere close to a wall outlet. A jump box is a life saver in any other bad situation though.

At the very least, don't leave the house without a pair of jumper cables in your car.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Signym: "I have to leave the board - and the computer- temporarily. I know that I'm in the middle of discussions with some of you, but I have a couple of pinched nerves that have gone critical ..."

For those with time & self-discipline, Yoga works wonders.

Chiropractors?: the mileage definitely varies.


Just my experience.
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Permanently in the trunk for the last 4 years!! But thanx for the tip!

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