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I have a 91 Geo Storm that blew a head gasket. I took off the head to find that a head bolt was loose as a whore....then decided that since I was getting the head resurfaced and new valve seals and all that I should probably do the bottom half as well, and good thing, too! My clutch was shot. I ended up getting a rebuild kit, new water/oil pump, timing belt, few bolts. My boyfriend was bored and wanted something to do, so I told him he could clean the ring grooves on my pistons. He soaked them in super clean and etching the hell out them, so I got new pistons too. It's been a slow project. I could have had it done months ago, but I've been pretty lazy. All I have to do now is lift the block/transmission back up into the engine bay and attach the mounts, then pay for the head/fuel injectors and hook up the components. Since I don't have a cherry picker or anything, I ended up taking off the head/air plenum, then lowering the block/tranny to the ground and sliding it from under the car. It's been a fun project, and I know I could have just sold it and got another car for less than I'm paying to rebuild this one, but it's my car and it's a few bucks here and there, vs paying a lump sum for a different car and who knows what I would have ended up with quality wise. This is the most work I've ever had to do for her in the last 3 years, and now I can make sure the maintenance is done great from the get go...

Ha! Funny clip!

i totally thought you would rip me a new one. in hindsight i should have kept my thoughts to myself, but i didn't, so what can i do?

no right wing shit here. seriously, i appreciate your tact.

Thank you.
As the curse goes:
"May you live in interesting times."
Boreing would be nice once in awhile.

Wow, way to show me up on my own blog! jk

Tom Waits' daughter used to live in my town, so I'd see old Tom all the time. He never takes his sunglasses off and is hilarious in avoidance of being recognized.

Hey, thanks for asking!

But firstly, great video.. i'm inspired, perhaps i should make one too! I was struck by the excellent visibility you have there.. there are some great roads around my house in West Sussex but it's heavily wooded around here.. so it's like riding through a tunnel of trees much of time... zero run-off..jeje!

I like the latest upgrade to your Zed! Seeing the pics of you cutting aluminum shims reminded me of a passage from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, jeje! But good to see you have some good weather still! Aqui, hace frio de cojones, jeje! .

I'll update my journal in the next few days! Am today in a hotel, working at my agency's head office.. will be home by Thursday night tho'...

Yay for polished aluminum!!

Looks like it was a very beautiful day.

nope, what's up there?

wow, cool stuff! i don't know why i am on such a Waylon kick lately.......

Truer words have never been spoken.

Thanks!
They're actually not very heavy at all. The main body of them is a very thing silver that is just folded over. The heaviest part is the actual hook.

Well.... that is an aspiration... but in all seriousness i'm not sure how quickly i could realistically enact it. A few months ago i was planning on taking a career break at work, renting out my house, and moving to Madrid... but of course that is all now out the window, so to speak.

Work has taken a more positive turn just lately, and not withstanding having to live in hotels for half the working week, it's pretty much ok. So i'm perhaps not so desperate to bail as i might have been. So... in answer to the question.. i'll certainly be stateside again soon... but i still don't know about a permanent move. But i'm not ruling anything out....

I do need to avoid these euro-chics tho'. They're nuts. Or at least the ones i meet are. It's North & Central & South American girls all the way from now on for me....

They do indeed love a Southern accent. Las chicas espaolas used to go nuts when i put on an Atlanta accent. For serious. Maybe we should swap. You come over here and handle all the crazy euro-babes and i'll come out your way and put the zed through it's paces. The more i think about that... the more i like it... jeje!

Time will tell. at least congress is not filibuster proof All i know is when he said this "We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there." First of all he's got 4 guaranteed years and second of all, where the fuck are we going? That guy can read a fucking telephone book and the crowd goes nuts. Oh well., i'll just continue sticking to my conservative values and principles and take comfort in knowing that i'm not a fucking sheep. And how have you been?

Whoa! Dude, when did I say you were a fucking sheep? That statement was not aimed at you. I was just saying that if nothing else, I can be happy with myself for sticking to my convictions and belief system,etc and not be swayed by flowery speeches and elocution. I wasn't overly thrilled when McCAIN got the GOP nomination. I didn't even vote for him in the primary. As for the white supremacists, I would just assume lock them away along with the likes of Louis Farrakhan and Jeremiah "USKKKA" Wright and the black panther party..I Mean really. They're all the same to me.

Yes, the lastfm.
I gave it a look and will try to set up something.
I was bummed the Rideing I thought that I'd be able
to get in Wed & Thur didn't happen. Small plus I'll
get more than 30 hrs in for the week.
This evening as I was comeing over a ridge there's
a great Western view and the sunset was glorious.

The flat black bike and leathers totally make you look like you should be on your way to Thunderdome.

That was a fun little bike journey you took us on.

Its awesome!

They do that to me too.