Car Troubles & A Meme
Dec. 5th, 2005 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsYesterday, while coming up the hill over SR509 that heads south from Seattle, we're driving along and the engine suddenly loses about a quarter of its power and the blinking "Service Engine Soon" light comes on. After a minute the light begins to steady and the car seems to be okay, but the power doesn't recover.
So I take it into the shop and they tell me that the electronic alternator is going, the oxygen sensor needs to be replaced, and I need a complete set of ignition coils and wires. Parts, labor, and diagnosis was outrageously expensive, but they'll let me put it up on a three-months, same-as-cash, have-a-discount plan. I guess we'll survive.
Bleah.
I'll buy this:
Good enough. I remember being inspired to read The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind when I saw Beast reading it in one of the X-Men "Phoenix Saga" comics and he mutters, "Great book. Can't wait to see the movie."
As it turned out, the book was amusing in a Bermuda Triangle, Pyramids of the Gods, crop circles style, but it wasn't science. Still, what a great title.
So I take it into the shop and they tell me that the electronic alternator is going, the oxygen sensor needs to be replaced, and I need a complete set of ignition coils and wires. Parts, labor, and diagnosis was outrageously expensive, but they'll let me put it up on a three-months, same-as-cash, have-a-discount plan. I guess we'll survive.
Bleah.
I'll buy this:
 | You scored as Beast. Beast is an intelligent, politcal spokesman for the X-Men. He has a Ph.D in Genetics and is well versed in literature. He may look like a blue fuzzy monster, but deep down he's very benevolent and logical. Powers: Enhanced strength and agility
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Good enough. I remember being inspired to read The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind when I saw Beast reading it in one of the X-Men "Phoenix Saga" comics and he mutters, "Great book. Can't wait to see the movie."
As it turned out, the book was amusing in a Bermuda Triangle, Pyramids of the Gods, crop circles style, but it wasn't science. Still, what a great title.
