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I am woman, hear me roar...5'4". Blue eyes. Blonde -- until it turns grey someday. Have lived, well, lots of places, both in the USA and overseas. As of Jan 2006, have 4 dogs, 2 cats, 3 large parrots and a horse, hence "Zookeeper". 27 years service in the military. Anything else you want to know, ask -- I may or may not answer.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Does anyone do exorcisms for highways?

As far as me and my car are concerned, the Route 15 corridor between Frederick MD and Carlisle PA is cursed. In less than 2 years I have had 2 flat tires, two warning tickets, and yesterday.....well, yesterday, the head gaskets in my engine failed. For you folks who know nothing about engines, this is a very bad thing. Very bad -- engine overheats, lots of steam and smoke, fire potential. And both very expensive and time consuming to fix. Car will be in shop all week, not just a day or two. So in addition to the costs of fixing the engine, I also have the expense of having a rental car for a week.

Bright notes: This was not an instantaneous, catastrophic failure, so there was plenty of time to react and get safely off the road. And I had plenty of time to read -- while sitting in the car over an hour waiting for a tow truck, at the auto repair shop for several hours, at the rental car place....

1 Comments:

Blogger E said...

Well at least you were able to find a silver lining... sorry to hear about the car!

12:44 AM  

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