Get KUMA-phyed!

JJ and I were working on the van together.
“Dad, here you go, ‘the looney nut’.”
“huh?”
First thought was that he was calling me a looney nut. Then I looked at what he was handing to me.
“Son, that is called a ‘lug nut’.”
JJ has a lot to learn, but he is on his way.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/01/20/japan.us.beef/index.html
In December, Japan resumed importing U.S. beef after long absence after the discovery of BSE tainted cows in U.S. BUT, Jan. 20th, there was a shipment from U.S. with banned spinal material. What was U.S. thinking?????
Japan is the biggest beef customer for U.S. I think we buy 2 billion dollars worth of [...]

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I always said windshield is for the sissies. Well, I am now officially joining that group. I couldn’t help it. I found a real good deal on the National Cycle Windshied, brand new, on ebay. $80 shield, I got it for $30.

So here it is. What do you think?

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Stabilizer Bar Link. after 144,000 miles
Lower Control Arm with Ball Joint, guess which one is the factory original.
What a satisfying weekend. Beautiful January sunny days up around 70F. Perfect days to work outside under a car. I changed above two parts. Thanks to our local library, I found a repair manual [...]

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Houston teachers’ pay is now tied to scores of state wide standardized test. When kids make good grade in the test, the teacher will get bonus. How nice that is!
TEST ORIENTED LEARNING – Teachers will, more than ever, have to orient their teaching around standardized testing. Teachers’ will be graded by how [...]

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My engine guard came via UPS. I won ebay auction for it. It is an used unit, but it looks really good for a used one. It also came with a set of pegs.
Since it was a used unit, it did not have the installation instruction. It was quite easy to [...]

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I just heard two news about cats. One cat called 911 to save the owner. The other one survived riding in the wheel well. I have a cat story, too. This is back in 1994 or so.
One winter day, I finished teaching at 2p.m. as usual. I had promised my [...]

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