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Susanna Hoffs - "self titled" (1996 - BMG Records)..yes, the former lead singer for The Bangles- a good rock album, too My Photographs You like photos? I love taking them. Click here, if you wanna see some of my work
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Tuesday, Jan. 06, 2004 - 7:37 p.m. The hillbilly truck doesn�t like cold weather. Just like its owner. This morning was the coldest day of the winter (so far). The overnight low was something like �3�. Not unusual for January, but not welcome either. Whenever it gets this cold, things start to go goofy on the old Dodge. This morning, my starter didn�t catch the first 4 times that I turned the key. When this happens, the most teeth-grating grinding sound you could imagine. This happened once before with this truck, a few years back. I put up with it until it got to the point where I didn�t think I could depend on it finally catching after several tries. It isn�t to that point just yet. Time will tell. More disturbing was what happened to me on the way home from work tonight. I was almost home, and was waiting for the traffic light to change at the intersection in front of the college in town. This is a busy road (actually, it is also a state highway, too). At 4 pm, traffic is basically bumper-to-bumper. When the light changed from red to green, I pushed down on my accelerator. And the truck died. No matter how much I complain about this piece-o-crap, it usually runs. That is about all I can say nice about it. But to just die when I hit the gas? Very unusual. I figured I could just turn the key and it would start. Not this time. I had to kick the pedal a few times, turn the key, and repeat several times before it finally came to life. I had missed the light, and so had the angry drivers sitting behind me in traffic. I pulled up to the actual intersection, and made a right turn on red (no crossroad traffic approaching). Sure that that made the drivers behind me mad, but such is life�. It ran fine the rest of the way home. I parked it at the curb, and revved the engine up and down a few times. It idled fine after each cycle. All I can come up with was that I must have had a few ice crystals in my gasoline, and this caused the fuel line to freeze up for a short time. At least that is what I am hoping. I don�t want to have a fuel pump put on the old beast right now. Too many bills from last month to take care of right now�� I finished editing the photos I took yesterday. They are up and viewable at my Photogra site, if you have the time to kill and the desire to check them out��
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