Ten Cats by Graham Harrop for July 30, 2014

Jack, resting on his laurels….

This Side Up has always wanted this patch of grass!

In my case the left rear shock upper mount is broke and now the shock is loose. I have factory air ride, I just take it slow (under 65 and watch the bumps so I don’t bottom out) The front bearing noise just started, (it’s an 03’ so it’s FWD) I miss my 60 Electra and my 63 Monterey, sooo much easier to work on and cheaper part costs.I know I can drive at least another year on the bearing if I take it easy on the corners from experience. There 3 grade 8 bolts holing it in place and a Jesus nut on the axle end.I’m one of those people who does not panic easily. My friends and partner often tell me I would make a good pilot or lawyer depending on the situation. Personally I don’t see it. Right now it’s a matter of money, and other priorities (like getting caught up on rent and bills) come first. I’ve spun more than my fair share of wrenches on everything from antique sports cars to $1 million+ Fire trucks and have my rolling tool chest in my living room. Much to my girlfriends dismay. My commute is less than 7 miles each way, so it’s not a big worry.Ok onto another subject, I saw this on line and it would be a great thing if we could have these here in the USA! Check them out 2 problems solved at once.

This park? ; ) It’s just gone to the cats!

Good morning, everyone! My new avatar (yes, I finally figured out the problem of why laptop and phone wouldn’t talk to each other) is of Yum-Yum playing hide and seek in the washing machine. I had just thrown in a couple of towels and she thought it would make a cozy nest.

I LOVE that idea that Dream posted! What a great thing to put around towns and cities.

I was reading the postings about cars and repairs. Dream said he’s not the type to panic at a new noise. I’m the one who panics. I might be old and can’t hear the tv sometimes, but I hear every single noise the truck makes. Brad will pooh-pooh me, but it turns out that most of the time I’m right. On this trip, I was taking the luggage cart back to the front of the hotel and he drove around to pick me up. When he stopped, I had a noise and told him I thought it was the brakes. He said no, it was probably just dirt from parking in dirt lots all week. We went to the car wash. Nope, still had a noise. Drove into Cheyenne to the Ford dealerships. Sonofagun – the rear brakes needed new rotors, etc. I had just had the front ones done in Jan but was told the back ones were fine. Guess I should have had them checked before we left. Oops. Anyway, they got fixed and we were on the road 90 min later.

I HATE car noises. And turning up the radio doesn’t make them go away, darn it.

Thanks Ppyfss and Maykitten for your words of encouragement. Turns out I should have taken the “under” as my cat, oddly named, Tabby, for a part Maine Coon, was 13 lbs, 6 ounces for a 3 ounce weight loss since last year and in purrfect health. What I thought was fat was just long fur (which he seems to be enthusiastically shedding right now).

Tire Kitty is cute. Wish I could see her/him better

Jack and Chesney are sign-painters extraordinaire!! They should sign their masterpieces with a ‘gotcha!’ !

The newest Simons Cat.

Castile nut with a cotter pin for securement back-off prevention…

Where in Huntington Beach is the Dog Beach, unless you mean Bolsa Chica? Lived there my whole life, move away, and now they have a dog beach!

I think that the castile nut probably wasn’t the original source of the “Jesus” name… Rather, the “Jesus” name was probably referenced back to the diesel engines that had the linkage from a layshaft to the injector, wherein there was a pin that was held in by a very small clip that the mechanic would call the “Jesus pin”; he had to take his protective gloves off in order to apply this clip to the pin — and if (when) he dropped the clip, he would exclaim “Jesus!!!”, hence the name. Worked on very many locomotives, and this was a common term being used…

LOL! Thanks Happy for another Simon’s Cat!

Chesney and Jack, shame on you!

Gweedo: Tire Kitty looks like our Casper. Cannot tell if his eyes are blue like Casper, tho.

Just watched Simons’ Cat. OMG – I love, love, love it!

Than you, Happy 3, I e-mailed Simon’s cat to some friends, I hope it works!!!

In the case of my Buick, the Jesus nut is held on by torque alone and a series of tiny indentations on the back. An old buddy of mine who has since passed beyond the veil was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He called the castellated nut that held the rotor on the mainshaft above the collective swash plate the Jesus nut. He was told this by ground crews that if the blessed thing ever came loose. Jesus would be the first word out of his mouth!Lo- and behold one day about an hour out of Tahn Son Nhut his Huey lost the darn thing and they went plunging into the jungle with a full contingent of Marines on board. Only 3 of the 10 on board died and he and his co-pilot narrowly missed being impaled in the process.I asked him what he had said when it happened.He replied, “You can be damm sure it wasn’t Jesus!”

Love the ‘boys’ with their little red paintbrushes. Gosh…what a wonderful comic strip.

After watching the Simons’ cat cartoon, I had to waste an entire afternoon watching most of them on UTube. I still have a few left to watch. Had to take time out to get the new fosters settled in for the night. They are just overnighters – getting fixes and shots tomorrow and going to PetCo on Fri and Sat.

Casper does the same thing to us that Tire Kitty did to Ron. BTW – that’s Casper in my little icon in his blue cube. The other one is Dead Misty in her formerly not dead years.

I drive a Prius (‘07). 3 year average gas mileage is 48.3 mpg. In other news…my pneumonia has cleared. the Lyme still plagues me, I’m back on doxycycline for 30 days. Here is my favorite cat photo of the day

HELLO, EVERYONE, ESP. GWEEDO AND BETH! HOPE YOU ARE FEELING BETTER, BETH!

And with that being said,

ALL OF YOU!

You forgot to change the sign to Cats Only! ;)

Thanks, we’ll be down in October. I’ll check it out.

10:58. I could get to China on a slow sled faster.