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I just submitted our 2023 income taxes and I have to say I feel kind of traumatized. Between my wife's disorganized record keeping for her side business and those Byzantine IRS rules, I'm feeling traumatized. Did I mention I'm feeling traumatized? 🤕

I saw this sweet truck for sale, but it feels like the asking price might be just a touch high? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/393397460130429/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

I've been listening to old Car Talk episodes since I found them on Spotify. There's just something about those guys that makes me smile. "Don't drive like my brother!" "Duey, Cheatem, and Howe!" They're also on other podcast platforms, I see.

Argh!!!! I hate RockAuto right now. I ordered a wheel hub and got set a box containing a separate box full of custom machined tapered steel bushings. Somewhere, someone is waiting for some pretty important looking industrial parts and my repair is going to take even longer. RockAuto has...

The powers that be have decided that we need 200 Grizzly bears in the North Cascades. The proposed plans are to start releasing 5 to 7 per year and reaching the targeted population in 25 to 60 years...

I went to go use my Stihl FS85R with the hedge trimmer attachment today and the blades were so gummed up and corroded where they slide against each other that it wouldn't cut. I took it apart tonight and cleaned the blades on the wire wheel and am wondering what is the "correct" lubricant to...

Just wondered what are the recurring songs that you all find running through your heads? The past couple of years since he died, I keep having Tom Petty songs show up in my internal space. Running Down the Dream, I Won't Back Down, Breakdown, Into the Great Wide Open, to name some. He isn't...

Here's a mental game for us to play... What one car (make, model and year range) would you choose if you could never replace it. You can repair it or rebuild it if you can find parts for it, but you can't replace it. To make it interesting, let's say it will start with 100k miles on it, isn't a...

So lately, I've taken to walking about my rural area for exercise and (not to mention escape from the women folk) and I sometimes do it after dark. Usually, everyone has their dogs under control around here, but I'd rather not have to shoot one in case someone's Fido is out and decides I'm a bad...

I got an Aeropress coffee maker a couple of years ago but haven't really used it much. I got it out and used it this morning... Lots of variables involved. How do you like to use your Aeropress?

Just wanting to vent... I was diagnosing a no spark condition on my OBS Ford pickup this morning. After eliminating most other possibilities, everything pointed to the Hall Effect pickup in the distributor, otherwise known as the camshaft position sensor in Ford nomenclature. I pulled the...

Why does my wife throw away toothpaste tubes with a dozen brushes left in it but has six partially used bars of soap by the sink?

I just got a text offering to buy a piece of property from me for about 50% more than the Zillow estimate. Anybody else getting these?

Just came in for a snack from working on our 3V Triton. Doing the spark plugs after 90K miles. So far I've got 3 Autolite HT-15's out without breaking any. The double dose of Gumout Regane (supposedly with PEA) for the last tank may have helped. It may not make any difference but I'm doing...

The battery in my rider has been getting weak and it's due for a change. I charged the battery in it so it would start today so I could use it to pull my garden trailer around the place. Just for grins, I pull my volt meter on it while it was running as I already had it out. I was surprised to...

The Stones have been the butt of old age jokes since at least their Steel Wheel(chair)s tour. It seems they're embracing it now. The Rolling Stones announce tour sponsored by AARP

I'm doing a service on a Ford Sterling rear end and the instructions on the tube of Permatex Ultra Black RTV (I'm out of the green stuff) say to let it set an hour with the bolts finger tight before torquing and then wait 24 hours before adding the fluid. I can't imagine that there is a single...

Trying to figure out a no crank condition on our 08 Expedition. About a month ago it didn't want to start after sitting for a few weeks. I figured it was the battery as it was about 5 years old. It turned out it was dirty battery terminals and started up after cleaning them. Now, after sitting...

I'm looking on Marketplace for a used 4ZE1, but every ad I look at just seems super sketchy. Anybody have any luck buying a used import engine or are they all scammers?

So I get a text from my brother saying his kid over heated his 96 Rodeo and could I take a look? Short story shorter... Its towed to my house, I found a heater hose with a small hole that sprayed coolant over the distributer. I slapped a new hose on it, filled it up with water only to see a...