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A new update . I am going to stop taking the Prozac as it is making me break out in hives whenever I sweat . Then I itch like crazy . So , no more of those . I'll call the MD tomorrow about maybe trying something else .
It's supposed to get up to 92 here today . Which is way too hot way...
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Now a real blog . So , got the car yesterday . Total amount of repairs , with the labor included , about $13K Seriously , they should have just totaled the damned thing . So , the car feels as good as it ever did . 4 new tires will help with that . I guess I didn't realize just how badly I needed...
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Finally got my car back this morning . More later .

Is water boarding still torture if you do it to a car mechanic ? Still no car . Now they said they put it up to do the front end alignment & the lasers caught something out of whack . So they looked into it & found more parts that needed replacing . Apparently they can't go over the entire car at one time ....
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Afraid I have been even less on the site than usual , due to a combo of odd work hours & discovering facebook . I find the silly quiz's there to be a good way to unwind after work . I STILL haven't gotten my car back yet . Now I'm hearing the middle of next week . Why do these asshats wait for me...
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New post time , been over a week so here goes . Still waiting on getting my car back from the shop The GF is getting more annoyed about it now then I am , but with good reason . My insurance covered the rental car I had at a 80 / 20 % split , with them paying the 80 % up to the...
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It's a birthday post ! Mainly it'll be me raving about the meal I had last night . So if you're not into reading that , move along .
We went to a place in downtown Lancaster called The Belvedere . It's a old hotel / restaurant and has a really neat look to it . I'd been wanting to try it out for years...
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So , if you care to see what a VW GTI looks like after hitting a PA Turnpike guard rail , check out my Formerviking's photos album . They're the first 2 shots there now . To see it brand new , see the last shot in that group . I went to the rental place today & got a different car . The Jeep...
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Wednesday night , while driving home on the turn pike , I lost control of my car in the snow & went off the road . Hit a guard rail ( thank god ) & messed up the passenger side of my car pretty good . I'm ok , just a little achy from bracing for impact . It was one of those " you...
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Ok , new update . Job is still going well . Have spent the last 2 weeks learning new procedures that I'm really enjoying doing . It's a combo of data entry & tracking / checking product that I'm actually finding I enjoy & am quite good at it . It basically is the part of my last job I did enjoy with out the...
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