Daily Archives: March 16, 2021
An Honest Mechanic . . .
While I was out and about this afternoon, I stopped off at Joe’s Hwy 6 Automotive to talk with Joe about getting new struts and shocks for our 2003 Jeep. Although it drives and handles great, we noticed very quickly that it seemed like the suspension was bottoming out on anything larger than a mild bump.
And when I drove into the parking lot, Joe walked out and asked what he could do for me. When I told him I wanted get a price on new struts and shocks, he said, “let me check it out.” And after bouncing each corner of the Jeep several times, he told that my shocks and struts were fine.
I said that that made sense since the previous owners, our friends Debi and Ed Hurlburt, said that they had had the front end completely rebuilt not too long ago, and that included shocks and struts.
But then why did it seem to bottom out like it would if the shocks/struts were bad. So he climbed up the car to take a look, on both sides. Getting up, he said, yeah, everything looks new under there, but the problem is that your suspension just doesn’t have that much play to start with. There’s only about 3” between the bottom and the rubber bumper at the top. So it doesn’t take much travel to make it hit the top bumper.
I told him that I appreciated his honesty, and that he probaly could have sold me new shocks and struts. He said yeah, but the ride wouldn’t have been any better when you left here, and then I would have lost you as a customer.
Nice guy!
In a few days we’re coming up on the 1 year anniversary of our Rubbermaid Storage Shed that Jan and I assembled on our RV site.
It stills looks brand-new, with no fading or warping from the sun. And even with all the rain we’ve had, it’s never leaked a drop.
An excellent product.
This is the latest list of countries who have suspended use of the AstraZeneca CoVid vaccine due to ‘severe side-effects’, and with apparently even some deaths attributed to it.
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Luxembourg
Iceland
South Africa
Norway
Denmark
Thailand
Bulgaria
Congo
Ireland
Romania
Iran
Believe it or not, this is a real live bird.
It’s the rare Great Potoo, also known as the Ghost Bird. It’s found in the southern Hemisphere, with this one seen in Colombia, S.A, my old stomping ground.
Check out the video in the article. The bird’s mouth is enormous.
Thought For The Day:
YUM!
