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    Student loans starting to bite the economy

    Originally Posted By: SLO_Town Student loan debt is no different than any other debt. While driving to make my mandated visit to my mother-in-law, my wife and I drove through the Livermore, Tracy, Stockton areas of California. For an entire stretch of 75 miles there was nothing but new road...
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    Need advice from the boys. Girlfriend wants kids......

    Oh boy..... If she strongly wants kids, and you don't, that could be a complete deal breaker OR lead to bad outcomes in the future. Women who want kids are a force of nature (in a good way mind you, I think...) that can't be tamed. If they want kids, they'll have them, with you, or someone...
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    Danger turning radiator petcock too tight?

    You simply need a new o-ring, most likely. You can take the old one to Ace Hardware and get a new one. In fact, on our 2007 Impala, for whatever reason, whenever the petcock is opened, I always get a new o-ring as it almost always leaks after opening.
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    Wilga turboprop bush plane

    Originally Posted By: Pelican Amazing Draco, but are all those HP really necessary? Fuel consumption must be enormous, a real killer for a bush-plane. He says in the vid that because he can fly like 50 knots faster and higher altitude, he actually gets better fuel mileage with the turboprop.
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    Wilga turboprop bush plane

    Found this on Youtube. Has to be one of the coolest planes ever built!
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    1AAuto.com

    I just had the weirdest experience with them. I ordered aftermarket replacement headlight housings and parking lights because they were cracked from a hail storm. None of them fit very well. In fact, I'd say they're about the worst quality aftermarket parts of any kind I've ever seen! So bad...
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    HAIL NO.... Not again!!

    Yup. Called around some more and tried calling back a few shops i called previously, and now all the voicemailboxes are full!
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    HAIL NO.... Not again!!

    I've called every glass shop in town. The wait is months! They're still backlogged from hail storms months ago. The shop I like and have had the best service from in the past said they stopped taking appointments. She said she didn't know when they start taking appointments again, but probably...
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    HAIL NO.... Not again!!

    My car got it this time! Busted side marker light, busted windshield, dented like crazy. Called every windshield company in town - minimum 2 weeks. Guess I'll be driving like a dog with my head out the window.
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    Firefox Quantum 61

    Holy moly! I am impressed! I've been using Palemoon (kind of a variant of older versions of Firefox but a lot of websites don't work anymore with it) for a while now and have been a long time Firefox user, but have shied away from Firefox in recent years because of crummy peformance and...
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    Tomatos and peppers

    Subbed. I also have a "deck garden" in pots this year; 4 tomato plants, 2 zucchini, one yellow squash, and 2 jalapenos. Already harvested a yellow squash, 4 jalapenos, and many tomatoes. I over-watered the zucchini and they almost died.... I know one major change I'm making next year: bigger...
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    Cooling system boiling, no overheat

    Yea, still fixed.
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    Fuel Line

    Originally Posted By: JeffKeryk Yup. What he said. Today's fuels eat the older fuel lines. Don't ask me how I know... That must be why I had to redo all the fuel lines on my old old old Homelite weed whacker. I never even thought of that!
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    Reason For Being Cheap?

    I'm cheap, I admit it. I'm still driving the same car for 20 years! My parents lived checkbook to checkbook on occasion, and it scared me. Plus, it's hardwired into my genes from grandparents and other family members. I like having a lot of savings, it makes me feel better. I don't skimp out on...
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    Cooling system boiling, no overheat

    It was a bad cap. Weird; the old cap was from Oreilly Auto, was about 5 years old I think. Never had a radiator cap go bad! The spring felt stiff on it. But with a new cap, the level sits exactly where it should in the overflow now. Hopefully that solves the heater gurgling!
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    Cooling system boiling, no overheat

    Not boiling over, just the heater gurgling noise.
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    Cooling system boiling, no overheat

    My Corolla had a strange one yesterday. I drove up into the mountains and the initial road out of town, US 24, has a 7% grade. Pretty steep. Done this drive a thousand times without issue. I pulled into a gas station to get some coffee. Came back out, sat in my car, and immediately heard a...
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    Need some advice.

    Originally Posted By: Blkstanger You bought a cell phone for your brothers Girl Friend? What on earth were you thinking? Yea, especially of there was no quid pro quo involved! Just kidding... You're screwed. The phone is gone. If you do most people a favor like this, they will screw you...
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    Volvo GDI cleaning is this correct?

    This is the only reliable before and after post with CRC I could find where someone actually did it with pics. "So I got a chance to do the A, B test of the CRC GDI cleaner today in combination with an oil change. A: Take manifold off, take before photos of valves (potatoes 1 & 2) Install...
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