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Happy Thanksgiving!
2024 has been an especially hectic year. With Thanksgiving drawing near, and it also being my wife’s favorite holiday, I wanted to try to make it extra special for her this year. My wife does all of the cooking for … Continue reading
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I just can’t leave well enough alone
The TJ started making a faint squeaking noise when going over any kind of bump. Anyone that knows me knows that I can’t stand squeaks and rattles. The noise was coming from the tailgate, because of the oversized spare tire … Continue reading
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Today, I was tested.
I had a doctor appointment scheduled for this morning at 8a. It’s cold as hell, so I tried to remote start my truck. It did not start. No lights, no crank, no nothing. I drove the truck 2 days ago … Continue reading
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Don’t ever buy a Frigidaire refrigerator
This is an ongoing saga that is not yet resolved… However, one thing that has been determined is that Frigidaire has the worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with in my entire life. Update: After 35 … Continue reading
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The little timing gear that couldn’t
I needed to replace the water pump and the lifters on my Jeep TJ. The lifters are quite involved, since you have to remove the head from the engine. I decided to do this job in the winter, since I … Continue reading
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Storage saga
A few weeks ago, I noticed that my ZFS array was resilvering, due to a HD failure. This is the first time a drive has failed in my ZFS array, which is a little over 2 years old. My ZFS … Continue reading
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‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving, when all through the house… The DVR was not working; no TV for my spouse.
So the night before thanksgiving, I’m doing some work in my office and I hear, “Dave… The TV isn’t working.” Great. The DirecTV HD DVR in my living room evidently crapped out. It locked up, and upon rebooting it I … Continue reading
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The damn tree
So my neighbor has a large Silver Maple tree in her backyard. It hangs over my driveway and frequently drops large branches on our vehicles. I’ve had lots of dents/scratches in my vehicles over the year, courtesy of this tree. … Continue reading
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How hard is it to manufacture a power button?
So over the last couple of days, I have been building a new VMWare server / NAS in my basement. This involves ordering and assembling probably 50 different components. One of those components is the case that everything mounts to. … Continue reading
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Who does that?
May of 2010 we are in the process of moving from Lansing to Grand Rapids. I have loaded up the Traverse I was driving at the time with boxes, kids and hooked up the camper to haul to the new … Continue reading
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