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@ Aaron Joel
2024-09-14 21:53:16Just a post trying a new (to me) NOSTR client: Habla.News. Let's not get too long-winded and see how this goes...
But it is intended for "long form" content, so I've got to do something more than a couple of sentences. I was going to test blogstack.io, but kept receiving some error message about a client-side error.
To recap the week, it was a big, old,
meh
I don't remember mentioning in my last post, or maybe it didn't happen until the next day, but have any of you ever had to drive #barefoot in order to lift the clutch pedal off the floor? After changing the water pump on my 4-Runner, I was beset by 2 more problems... one of my own making. Let's get that one out of the way and get the embarrassment over with. When taking off my timing belt for the water pump replacement, I noticed that the timing was advanced 15 degrees. I thought this was a bit much, so instead of finding out what the proper timing advance was, I just set the timing to TDC. Talk about having no power for a few days. I got it set to the proper 10 degrees yesterday, along with replacing the clutch master cylinder.
So I spent a few days this week with no power and very complex shifting procedures in Austin traffic, but that's all now fixed. Next time in "adventures in transportation" maybe it will be whatever is rattling in my suspension or the leak that's just developed under my rear differential... or the heater core.
My goals for Monday now seem a bit ambitious. I've accomplished most of them since then, but Monday didn't have much to show for it except 2 hand-tossed and 1 cauliflower crust pizzas from scratch. They were delicious. I did complete my cover-letter and job application and manage to pick up the boys. Up to today, I've sent applications for more facilities maintenance and landscaping positions, gotten task-rabbit all set up, and am eligible for jobs in the Austin, TX market, and measured and cut the wood for a 3'x3' propagation bed. The chainsaw does start, but is running a little rough, and thanks to my tool shopping is now very sharp... and the car is running a lot better.