#garfield Logs

Jan 04 2023

02:24 AM rue_mohr: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000251457258.html?
03:33 AM rue_mohr: ok, I got the chain and some neon lamps
06:48 AM rue_mohr: what do you do when you cant sleep
06:48 AM rue_mohr: $200 or so later I have ruemohr.org renewed
08:35 PM rue_mohr: yay fixed the headlights on the truck!
08:59 PM Tom_L: pointing the wrong direction?
09:12 PM rue_mohr: one of the connectors melted off
09:12 PM rue_mohr: I'd picked up a replacment about a year ago
09:26 PM Tom_L: wonder why it melted
09:26 PM Tom_L: wire frayed?
09:51 PM rue_mohr: bad connection
09:57 PM Tom_L: how's that old truck holding up?
10:32 PM rue_mohr: just fine
10:33 PM rue_mohr: I think it drinks a bit more than it should
10:33 PM rue_mohr: ... of everything
10:36 PM Tom_L: cab mounts rusted out yet?
10:36 PM rue_mohr: :/ I should check
10:36 PM Tom_L: i recall fixing mine once upon a time
10:36 PM rue_mohr: I'd be surprised, I'v spilled lots of oil in that cab
10:36 PM Tom_L: jacked up and welded a couple plates under and got new bolts
10:37 PM rue_mohr: did you happen to notice if they ruseted out from the inside?
10:37 PM Tom_L: i don't remember
10:37 PM rue_mohr: I have suspicions about those lots cab corners
10:38 PM Tom_L: i wish they still made a small truck
10:38 PM rue_mohr: yea
10:38 PM Tom_L: even the colorado is way too big now
10:38 PM Tom_L: or whatever the GMC version is
10:39 PM rue_mohr: have you heard of the "chicken tax"
10:39 PM rue_mohr: ?
10:39 PM Tom_L: no
10:40 PM rue_mohr: its apparenyly an environmental rule that makes it so trucks have to be big to pass environmental standards
10:40 PM Tom_L: they are dropping tax on groceries here starting the 1st
10:40 PM rue_mohr: I wonder how long till they do that here
10:41 PM Tom_L: it's gradual here
10:41 PM Tom_L: but it started
11:48 PM rue_mohr: its interesting how its being put upon the government to give people tax breaks when prices are set too high by corporations.
11:48 PM rue_mohr: gives room for the corporations to raise their price by that much
11:57 PM rue_shop3: 1800 lines
11:57 PM rue_shop3: on the stepper