Category Archives: Life

Pork. Pork. Pork. Pork. Pork. Pork.

We took a 5 hour train and a 3 hour ferry ride yesterday to get from Christchurch to Wellington. The train was great. It had an outdoor viewing car.

Most our pictures are on the digital camera so here are just 2. One is a winery we visited and the other is from our hotel room.

Everything has been running smooth with the olde LeSabre. Its actually running quite well. I haven’t given it a long New Jersey work trip yet but that’ll come soon enough. I’ve done enough around here that I know its definitely … Continue reading →

After a few days of no progress, the mechanic had a breakthrough on Monday. He determined that it was indeed the ignition module. Of course that is the more expensive part of the two but that’s just how things go. … Continue reading →

They have been able to determine that Cylinder #2 is misfiring. They are not sure why yet. They got it to act up a lot today on the road but they can’t reproduce it in the shop. They don’t have … Continue reading →

The mechanic is no closer with knowing what is wrong with the car. He drove it this morning but it didn’t act up. He’s  going to try to get it out again today before the end of the day. Its … Continue reading →

Its been a roller coaster day for the Golden Cloud. The mechanic told me this afternoon that he could not reproduce the problem and that it could have been a rock in the belt or something rubbing. He added an … Continue reading →

It may be close to the end for my beloved 1998 Buick LeSabre. Its been having problems downshifting while going up hills and yesterday the check engine light illuminated. Its currently at the mechanic and I await their diagnostic report. … Continue reading →

I found out today that my local government is raises our Earned Income Taxes by 0.4% to a total of 1.65% as of July 1st. Ouch. Also here’s some information on our state governments PLCB and how stupid they are. … Continue reading →