In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Originally posted by SignyM:Quote:I hope that points to something definitive SIX.
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Finally rodded out my shower drain tonight. The idea of taking one more shower while standing in my own dirt wasn't appealing on a hot day like today. Got my A/C going today too after mowing the lawn, then went out and helped my buddy's dad again today.
Check engine light came back on, on my way home. As bad as that sounds, it was probably the 2nd best outcome tonight short of being able to pass. That thing hasn't come back on since I cleared the code back in summer of last year. Now I have something to show my mechanic. Maybe I just need the 2nd O2 sensor replaced. He did say that both of them were factory original and I was way past the due-date for new ones.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I was not pleased with my mechanics reply on the phone. "Huh? Maybe you do have a bad Catalytic Converter?"
No thanks. Not interested in throwing up to $1000 more in parts only to fail anyhow. I'm working on some more alternative things that could be the culprit now and taking some rather extreme measures with it right now.
I'll report back on that if there's any good news.
Maybe I'll just blow up the car in a field one day and take a great video of it, letting everyone know how my perfectly functional car was nothing more than a 2.5 Ton paperweight because of ridiculous emissions laws and how I've been forced to waste $200 and two tanks of gas driving it around to try to clear codes when that was more I spent on gas so far just to do that than I spent on gas in the entire year of 2021.
I think that could go viral.
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Back and in from the rain. Yes, it is a soggy Thursday up where I am. No luck at mahjong at all this morning. Just terrible.
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Not sure if I really like "Deadwood". I am watching the 3rd season right now.
Curious what you don't like about it, Brenda.
I kind of thought it was more of a "man" show, but I'm sure plenty of modern women enjoyed it.
It is quite the verbal assault on your ears, isn't it? I don't think I've ever seen another TV show with so much filth coming out of everyone's mouth. I think Timothy and the priest are the only ones who don't use cuss words as punctuation. Calamity Jane probably is even worse that Swerengin.
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It was definitely a verbal assault. I never have. Timothy's character didn't swear hardly. Calamity Jane was bad and she definitely could give Swearegen a run for his money in that department.
I didn't think of it as a "man's" show or "woman's". It's hard to put into words. I found the first season more interesting then in the second to me the writing seemed to take a dip. I felt like bringing the before unseen Mr. Hearst in wasn't really necessary. They should have left him as a shadow figure. Or maybe he should could have stayed in the territory but not in Deadwood. He was used too much.
Also I felt like there should have been a bigger army presence in the camp as it was the 1870s and they were sitting smack in the middle of the Black Hills. More worry from the camp about the Indians even though the push to reservation was well under way.
2nd and 3rd seasons just felt off to me.
I wish I could comment more but I think it was mid 2000's or so when I watched it, so a lot of that has faded from my memory now.
So you've watched the whole show now then? I think there was just the 3 seasons.
I really liked Swerengen's turn in the 3rd season. The writing and acting put into that character and the way that they made me actually really like the guy by the end of the show has always stuck with me. If you've watched all the episodes, you know the one I'm talking about when I was talking about the most extreme thing I'd ever seen on a show, although being a lady you might not quite be able to empathize with it on the same level as me.
If/When you watch the movie, I'd love to hear your opinion on it.
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Well, not quite. I've haven't been able to find the first 3 discs of season 3 at my local library. I will keep an eye out for them.
Not sure if I really found Swearegen more likeable by the end of the show. There was just 3 seasons. But I did find it odd that it seemed to start with him and end with him, I think. I liked Doc truthfully. I was trying his best even when dealing with his own trauma from the Civil War.
I watched the movie as well. But again I'm not to sure about it either. Think I'm wrong. Ian McShane's character died at the end of the movie. I did like his interaction with Trixie and her baby.
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Out for a walk in the dry. Couple of things to do, like return a movie to the library.
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Call from my new doc's office this morning. My thyroid test came out normal, which means it is still stable.
Got rained on a bit when I was out on my walk but all is done for today.
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I PASSED!!!!!!
I reset all the codes first thing this morning and didn't expect that EVAP monitor to clear for days but it did almost right away (which was super strange since I was running on fumes and the drive cycle says to have it at 1/4 to 3/4 of a tank of gas to get it to run).
O2 sensor monitory took a LOOOOOONG time though and I was worried I'd ruined it.
Took a break after filling up and getting all the monitors to clear except for the O2 and CAT monitors, then decided to work on something I had control over and mowed my lawn in the 90 degree sun.
After that, I went out for another drive but was feeling kind of defeated so I was going to call it a day. A mile from my house the CAT monitor still hadn't cleared. When I got inside my garage and put the car in park it was finally clear!!!!
Went right up to the emissions and got my car certified for the next two years.
So what was the trick this time?
I put 300 miles on my car at speeds between 70 and 95 miles per hour over the last two days with 2 gallons of lacquer thinner in a full tank of gas and ran her down to fumes before filling up this morning and doing my drive cycles.
As your mechanic, I do NOT recommend that you put lacquer thinner in your gas tank or drive 20 to 30 miles above the posted speed limit.
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Well, not quite. I've haven't been able to find the first 3 discs of season 3 at my local library. I will keep an eye out for them.
Not sure if I really found Swearegen more likeable by the end of the show. There was just 3 seasons. But I did find it odd that it seemed to start with him and end with him, I think. I liked Doc truthfully. I was trying his best even when dealing with his own trauma from the Civil War.
I watched the movie as well. But again I'm not to sure about it either. Think I'm wrong. Ian McShane's character died at the end of the movie. I did like his interaction with Trixie and her baby.
I think that maybe you missed quite a bit of character development for Swerengen if you didn't see the first half of season 3. :(
I'm not saying that he ever really changed or became a good guy, but I loved how their entire world was changing and a much bigger evil was coming into town and he was there to be a large part of the fight.
(You still might not have even seen the intense episode that I'm referring to either).
SPOILER ALERT!!!! I didn't know that Swerengen died in the movie.
Glad to hear your thyroid test came back good.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, not quite. I've haven't been able to find the first 3 discs of season 3 at my local library. I will keep an eye out for them.
Not sure if I really found Swearegen more likeable by the end of the show. There was just 3 seasons. But I did find it odd that it seemed to start with him and end with him, I think. I liked Doc truthfully. I was trying his best even when dealing with his own trauma from the Civil War.
I watched the movie as well. But again I'm not to sure about it either. Think I'm wrong. Ian McShane's character died at the end of the movie. I did like his interaction with Trixie and her baby.
I think that maybe you missed quite a bit of character development for Swerengen if you didn't see the first half of season 3. :(
I'm not saying that he ever really changed or became a good guy, but I loved how their entire world was changing and a much bigger evil was coming into town and he was there to be a large part of the fight.
(You still might not have even seen the intense episode that I'm referring to either).
SPOILER ALERT!!!! I didn't know that Swerengen died in the movie.
Glad to hear your thyroid test came back good.
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Yeah, I am thinking I may have to put a hold on that part of the series.
Ah, yes. Statehood. Was the want of gold that got that ball rolling. I had to look up when that all happened for South Dakota.
Sorry SIX. I forgot that you haven't seen the movie. Let's say it looked like he died.
It is good. Now, I just need a reup on my prescription for it. I hate doing things over the telephone now with my hearing being so bad. But I think it will be alright. Just have to concentrate on what the doc is saying and get him to repeat himself if I can't hear him.
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Yeah, I am thinking I may have to put a hold on that part of the series.
Ah, yes. Statehood. Was the want of gold that got that ball rolling. I had to look up when that all happened for South Dakota.
Sorry SIX. I forgot that you haven't seen the movie. Let's say it looked like he died.
It is good. Now, I just need a reup on my prescription for it. I hate doing things over the telephone now with my hearing being so bad. But I think it will be alright. Just have to concentrate on what the doc is saying and get him to repeat himself if I can't hear him.
You know, Brenda. I guess I probably should apologize just for the fact that I didn't think about how close to home the topic of the show would be for you. Your ancestry certainly had a lot more to do with the events of that show, at least on the periphery than mine did. From anything I've ever heard about my family, I don't think any of us were here before WWI.
I guess in regards to to that, it's not as if they sugar coated anything or made most of the people in the show out to be great people. You're right about the Doctor. He was probably the only one who really was genuinely good.
It's been so long since I've seen it, so maybe I'm wrong, but I'm thinking that Timothy Olyphant's character was pretty subdued. I remember so many other characters in that show by name to this day, but I can't even remember what the sheriff's name was. I think that it was almost as if they had him play a bland character among all of these very powerful characters so he could be more of an Avatar for the person who was viewing the show rather than a real fleshed out character like he played in Justified. Maybe that's why I viewed it as more of a "Man's" show than a "Woman's" show?
Do you think I might be onto something there?
It is a shame that you couldn't see those early episodes of Season 3 though. I don't remember what you missed, but Deadwood certainly isn't the type of show where missing episodes is a good idea.
Is there any way that you could re-up your scrips online to avoid the hearing issues?
I feel sorry for your hearing loss. Mine is still pretty decent so far, but there will probably come a day where I really regret listening to all of that music in my car with speakers in the trunk that gave you a back massage. The dumb shit we do when we still think we'll live forever.
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Yeah, I am thinking I may have to put a hold on that part of the series.
Ah, yes. Statehood. Was the want of gold that got that ball rolling. I had to look up when that all happened for South Dakota.
Sorry SIX. I forgot that you haven't seen the movie. Let's say it looked like he died.
It is good. Now, I just need a reup on my prescription for it. I hate doing things over the telephone now with my hearing being so bad. But I think it will be alright. Just have to concentrate on what the doc is saying and get him to repeat himself if I can't hear him.
You know, Brenda. I guess I probably should apologize just for the fact that I didn't think about how close to home the topic of the show would be for you. Your ancestry certainly had a lot more to do with the events of that show, at least on the periphery than mine did. From anything I've ever heard about my family, I don't think any of us were here before WWI.
I guess in regards to to that, it's not as if they sugar coated anything or made most of the people in the show out to be great people. You're right about the Doctor. He was probably the only one who really was genuinely good.
It's been so long since I've seen it, so maybe I'm wrong, but I'm thinking that Timothy Olyphant's character was pretty subdued. I remember so many other characters in that show by name to this day, but I can't even remember what the sheriff's name was. I think that it was almost as if they had him play a bland character among all of these very powerful characters so he could be more of an Avatar for the person who was viewing the show rather than a real fleshed out character like he played in Justified. Maybe that's why I viewed it as more of a "Man's" show than a "Woman's" show?
Do you think I might be onto something there?
It is a shame that you couldn't see those early episodes of Season 3 though. I don't remember what you missed, but Deadwood certainly isn't the type of show where missing episodes is a good idea.
Is there any way that you could re-up your scrips online to avoid the hearing issues?
I feel sorry for your hearing loss. Mine is still pretty decent so far, but there will probably come a day where I really regret listening to all of that music in my car with speakers in the trunk that gave you a back massage. The dumb shit we do when we still think we'll live forever.
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It's alright SIX. I was expecting a bigger Indian and army presence than there was being a show about the old West. There should have been more use and or reference to the Dakota and Lakota peoples than there was. That was why I mentioned the army. My direct ancestors, the Shoshoni were another territory over being in Montana. Which didn't achieve statehood until the 20th century. Think I read somewhere around 1922. I know Montana wasn't a state when my grandmother, her sisters and brother were born.
No there wasn't any sugar coating of things. Whores were called whores and the American west was a rough place and a lot of hard people. The men looking for gold and the settlers had to be tough if they were going to stay in the territories. I think the Doctor was a good man.
Since it's only been a few days since I've seen the movie Timothy Olyphant's character was called Seth Bullock but he did seem to be very subdued. Even though I think he was meant to be a more main character to the show.
I think you are on to something. At times it did seem as if you were seeing things through his eyes.
Like I said I can see about putting a hold on them. I'm fairly certain my main library can get
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