Another thought on running cheap older cars. My first visit to Canada in 1979 to visit my school buddy who had returned to Canada and was in Edmonton at the time trying to find meaningful work. He was not wealthy and managed on an A&W salary. I had helped him learn to drive and he knew I had som...

Extending any car life past 12 years is greener than buying the most efficient car in the world

People like easy. It's a lot "easier" to buy a new car, never mind the concept of spending xx months working to buy the thing to begin with. Meanwhile, many of us will spend a couple hours a month (if that) working on our cars, maybe $200-$500 a year (if that) using salvage and cheap repla...

I just spent 3 hours with a college friend and we had a great time talking, walking around, and grabbing lunch. I just got home now and it hit me like a ton of bricks: I’m very thankful for today, and him. It’s a good day. I’m also very very thankful for my son, who is a wonderful young man. What ar...

38 years of marriage. My wife is a stage III breast cancer survivor. 33 years in remission.

I got a good education that did not cost me a lot. My parents taught me to work hard. Together these kept me working as a engineer in the same small town for nearly 40 years.
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38 years of marriage
Great kids in Nautic Blue Volvos
Interesting and curious customers in my work life
The Thank you button on MVS

I hate those ratcheting come alongs with a passion. Too much work for a couple of inches at a time For $30 you can get a 1000 pound rated boat trailer winch from Harbor Fright that will smooth pull up your load via cranking and not that dumb donkey back and forth The come-along has a lot more force ...

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same as all/data.

jonesg wrote: ↑27 Jul 2023, 12:04 https://charm.li/Volvo/

same as all/data.

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