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[ArdWrknTrk]

His parents have told him for almost 5 years they want it gone.
He's now married, with a kid and lives hours away.
His mother is invalid and has to park in the street.

You tell me..

[ArdWrknTrk]

Which filter housing?

That listing looks correct.

[mat in tn]

it amazes me as to how many people do not respect their parents' wishes these days. of course, I am only reading one side of this story and it is referred as you were told. being that as it is. it sounds so familiar. I have my oldest friend who complains about this sort of thing a lot. I am known for being a bit of a hard ass when it comes to this stuff. and not all of my children respect it. but most do. the youngest has a bit of storage still with me, I moved it when I moved, and he has an engine build going for his foxbody here. he is about done with his term as a marine and entering the civilian world in a couple months when he is expected to collect for his new move.
now I can store a few bits of furniture for a young man serving our country even if they didn't send him to the sandbox!

[ArdWrknTrk]

It's a bit of a different situation.
I know that he has kept it there since he bought it.
He can't park it on the street since it's not registered (and at this point would need a full safety inspection -which it won't pass...  

Evidently the "kid" would come by on occasion and drive it around the neighborhood, but it hasn't been started in over 2 years, both batteries are completely dead.

His mom needs a walker and her husband has to help her with the step and door.

The kid evidently has the wherewithal to purchase a house and afford a baby.
But can't be assed to do something with the truck he obviously doesn't care about any more than he cares about the imposition on his disabled mother.

[mat in tn]

right. a good case of "get rid of it or take it with you".

[Nothing Special]

In my trip report thread on the Moab trip Lesley and I just made I talked about how my son, who was taking care of Lesley's dog, Kirby, while we were gone, had to put Kirby down.  Here's Kirby right before we left on the trip.



What I didn't say in that thread was that since Lesley had known for a few years that Kirby's heart was failing, she had thought about what she would do when we did lose Kirby.  She would contact Kirby's breeder right away and get on a waiting list for a female tri-color Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.  So that Wednesday night, after getting back to the campground from Capitol Reef, she found the breeder's web site and sent a message to get on the list.

Turns out it wasn't as long a list as we expected!  Within an hour the breeder had e-mailed back and told Lesley that she had a tri-color female that was available, but was too young to go home just yet, but we could get her on June 29.  Lesley went back and forth on whether that was too soon, but pretty quickly decided that she'd take it as a sign.

So today we picked up Ellie!

[ArdWrknTrk]

RIP Kirby, and welcome to the family Ellie!

It's always hard to see your best friend go  🥲
Lesley looks like she's doing okay.

[Gary Lewis]

It is always tough to lose a pet.  But Ellie is cute and will help fill the hole that Kirby left.  I hope that she just wows you both.  

[Nothing Special]

"Replacing" Kirby so quickly was a little odd for Lesley.  It sort of interfered with the grieving process as she went back and forth between missing Kirby and looking forward to Ellie.  But Ellie isn't replacing Kirby.  Nothing will ever take Kirby's place, but Ellie will make her own place!

And yes, Lesley is very excited about her new puppy!

[ArdWrknTrk]

I never meant to suggest Kirby was being "replaced"

When I had to put my dog down -8-9 years ago- it was the most challenging day of my adult life.
(It was the tail of a long series of tragedies)
I tried to make sure she had the very best day when it came.
I know that I hadn't cried since I was 5 or so, but I wept as I lowered her into the hole and saw her for the last time.

[Nothing Special]

I wasn't taking it that you did.  That came more from Lesley's trying to reconcile the grief/joy juxtaposition.

Sometimes I think we grieve more openly for dogs than we do people.  Not that they meant more to us, but maybe we didn't expect the grief to hit as hard and we're less guarded?

Kirby is the 4th dog we've lost since being married (being married for 34 years and usually having 2 dogs will do that...).  So it's something I've thought about a few times.

[Danny G]

Went down a rabbit hole with York compressors after getting the major parts I needed on order for AC rework. That rabbit hole being mounting a York on the smog pump bracket to act as an aircomprrssor.

[Gary Lewis]

Danny G wrote

Went down a rabbit hole with York compressors after getting the major parts I needed on order for AC rework. That rabbit hole being mounting a York on the smog pump bracket to act as an aircomprrssor.

Did you get it mounted?  Does it work?  I almost did that with Big Blue but then Jim offered me a 3KW inverter and I bought a 110V compressor instead.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Really?

I think it was the advantages of having a holding tank that fits in the bedside and regulators that actually control the compressor running that sold you?!?  🤷‍♂️

[Gary Lewis]

There was that as well.  But I'd also read what needs to be done to the York to keep oil out of the air system and that concerned me.

I could still have put a tank under the bedside, but then would have had plumbing running from the front of the engine all the way back.  And I could have put pressure limit switches on to control the compressor, but I'd have had to buy them - and the tank.

So buying the HF system and taking it apart gave me all the parts with less hassle.  And it gave me the upside of having 110V anywhere I go, which let me brew coffee in a Keurig at 14,000' on a pass in Colorado.

[viven44]

I have been rewatching some Breaking Bad after many years and guess what I noticed this time!

[ArdWrknTrk]

Yep!
Now you need to start throwing pizza's on your neighbor's roof!  

[viven44]

A pizza on the roof "would have been far too humane!"

[ArdWrknTrk]

I don't know where to put this, but I think y'all ought to have a good laugh at my expense.  

I can say with authority that you haven't known disaster until you go to move your toolbox down a goat path and drive it to the next county not realizing where that can of high tack (that you left the lid loose, because you would never get it back off) happened to be hiding!!!   

[Danny G]

Gary Lewis wrote

Danny G wrote

Went down a rabbit hole with York compressors after getting the major parts I needed on order for AC rework. That rabbit hole being mounting a York on the smog pump bracket to act as an aircomprrssor.

Did you get it mounted?  Does it work?  I almost did that with Big Blue but then Jim offered me a 3KW inverter and I bought a 110V compressor instead.

No I hadn't done it... Yet. I know jeep guys do it all the time as you basically get a constant duty cycle pump.

If I did it I would rig a pressure switch and override switch and have a 2-3 gallon tank mounted to the frame under the truck. That way when it was "On" and the tank press was say below 120psi it would engage the clutch and charge the system.

If I go electric then I'll add an ARB unit to the truck.