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Re: minding the little things

fathersez — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:22:54 -0000

Oh yes, it's not be chance that the wise men of our country came up with the saying, "a little by little, a mountain is formed."

Your advice workd both ways. For generating and maintaining good things as well as stopping bad things when they are still "little."

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Get Paid To Drive — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:47:10 -0000

about the long-term, big-picture issues and grand questions about life and history and whether the Jets will win

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Steve — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:57:10 -0000

David, thanks for the tip. That does sound like the problem as they described it to me. They replaced the part because a non-standard resistor had been put in at some point in the car's past (I got it used). They told me they worked 4 hours on it, but only charged an hour since they didn't get my pre-approval before putting in the extra hours.

This shop has been where I've taken our cars for four years and they've done good work and been fair on the billing. One time I had to take one of our cars to the dealership instead for various reasons and ended up paying $250 for, essentially, a new gas cap so I understand exactly what you're saying!

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David — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:15:59 -0000

I apologize as this will be of little, if any help at this point as you already had you're car repaired, but the symptoms you describe (blower motor motor only functioning on high) usually is indicative of a blown "blower motor resistor". This resistor is bypassed in the high position (full 12V to the blower motor, hence no extra resistance). If you're curious, you may want to check out your receipt to see if this part was replaced, and if so you can compare the price you paid to the price on the major auto part store websites. Labor varies from model to model, but usually the labor on this part is an hour or less. I only bring this up due to my pessimism of the auto repair industry and to give you the opportunity to verify that your mechanic gave you a fair and honest price. Of course, it could've been a completely different problem as I have not seen the car in question.

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Writer's Coin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:52:28 -0000

You are spot on with #5. It's so easy to get wrapped up in the politics of the presidency but we don't pay nearly enough attention to the people who can actually help us out with our problems.

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LS — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:57:23 -0000

I think good comparison would be cavity versus root-canal. It's easier and cheaper to fix a cavity rather than wait and have 10 appointments in 6 months to fix one root-canal, let alone thousands of dollars in expenses.

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asithi — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:16:23 -0000

I been putting off going to my dentist for a cleaning. I think my problem is that I do not like my dentist too much, but am too lazy to look around for a new one. You figure I would learn my lesson by now since the last time I put off seeing my dentist for a while, I ended up having to do a root canal.

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bouncing back — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:00:01 -0000

The Jets did win a super bowl in my lifetime (but I was very very young). I guess my question is "Will they win another?".

Great post about keeping on top of things. I just took my car in for a service, caught what could be a big problem early, and all I have left is my yearly visit to the dentist.