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BlogAlmost four months ago, my
supercharger died on my
Cougar. After a long process of yelling on the phone and waiting for the replacement it finally arrived a week ago. Today I managed to assemble a crew and after waiting for a house inspection to get done, we
put it back in. We discovered a rotten battery cable assembly that had to be repaired first, then had to prevent my dad from going to jail (due to a conflict with the owner of my new home) which pushed the completion time back to late evening. The test run was successful, and I wept openly as the boost kicked in. Unfortunately it was discovered that the oil feed line had ruptured, and no parts store that carries it will be open till Monday. Thanks to
Stavos, Zalec and Jaged for the help.
After being
kidnapped by enorym, the mighty Joseph had to face the wrath of
hurricane Charley. After some initial play-by-play reporting, contact was lost with the former TJ Hooker TV series star, current condition unknown.
This photo was taken shortly before contact was lost. The evidence of a close hurricane combined with the lack of vodka does not lend itself to a high survivability rate, but our hopes are with the Joseph and his wife Lavonne. If anyone is near the left turn lane in Whorelando, FL and happen to see the toll booth in tact, please contact this concerned friend. WE LOVE YOU JOSEPH!
Unfortunately for me, I happened across a fellow Cougar owner at
Cougarfest who found a head unit that fit the Cougar beautifully. I have held off on an aftermarket system due to the crazy din and a half sizing on the car, and the lack of interesting available product. Once I discovered that this one not only fits beautifully without any nasty faceplates but plays DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, VCD, CD, CD-R/RW and MP3/WMA-Encoded CD-R/RW Discs I knew I had to have it, regardless of cost. $800 and an e-bay trade later I was in posession of the device and tonight it has been installed. Oh glorious day! To celebrate, my fiance and I watched XMen 2 in the car, sans popcorn.
What to do for dinner?
Shish Kabob of course! Short on skewer holders? Try paving bricks, they work wonders on the grille! With a
master chef at work, the end result has got to be good. Add some vegetables, a few bugs and voila,
happy couple.
AtomicInternet: What have you done with my joseph?!?!
enorym signed off at 10:14:40 PM.
Melissa and I decided there simply wasn't enough monkeys throwing poo in the immediate area, so we decided to go to the
Toledo Zoo to up our poo-flinging chances. The poo-flinging was never observed, but fortunately there were enough other animals to keep us entertained.
Today I had two seperate power outages. One at 10:43AM - 12:01PM, and another 7:59pm - 10:02pm. Both were more than long enough to exhaust the UPS battery on my server, so the website was unavailable for a few hours. While some signs point to a suicidal squirrel that took a dive into a transformer, I'm inclined to believe that once again the Woodward Dream Cruise had something to do with the power interruption. We're getting close to the anniversary of the "
Great Power Outage of 2003" which we all know was caused by the very same cruise. Todays outage was just a warmup for what the cruise ultimately has in store for us. Don't say I didn't warn you.
After returning from vacation to a green pool for the second time in a month, I decided it was time to disassemble my pool. The constant rainy weather (a new Michigan record set for May) and low temperatures kept me out of my beloved $200 pool most of the time and I wasn't getting enough use to justify running it anymore. Unfortunately, teardown was at least ten times more difficult than setup. Getting all the water out of the pool involved picking up the sides (covered with mud and moss) and channeling the water toward the pump intake. After that it was a futile attempt at hosing it down in the same mud I was trying to rinse off. With the pool eventually put away, the tarp came up and I was greeted with various roots and grubs that refused to let go under high pressure water. Total time required: 24 hrs to drain, 10 hours to tear down. On the plus side, now that the pool is down the weather will be hot and humid for the remainder of the summer.
Every year I help organize
Cougarfest, an event I started 5 years ago for new model Mercury Cougars. This year the lead organizers were very committed and I can confidently say it was the best yet. The first day was a meet and greet, followed by a track day involving autocross and drag competitions. Saturday was the main show with lots of modifications being done in the hotel parking lot. As always the best part was seeing the usual crowd and catching up with everyone. Since we owned the entire hotel, every room was open with various types of alcohol for consumption and people went from party to party. I tried my best to keep up but my low tolerance always means I pass out early. Myself and everyone who went are already looking forward to next year.
Photos from the event.
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