First World Problems: All Good Things Have To Come To An End, Usually In Pairs

That my friend is a 1998 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck Hood Latch Release Handle. Why is it there? I have no idea. It could have been a government mandate. It could have been a slick marketing gimmick by R&D. Any way I digress..............

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So anyway. The other day in an attempt to get ready for winter I thought I better get the plow truck going. Oops. It had been awhile. And "Chuck The Truck" wouldn't start.

No problem. I'll get the handy dandy Schumacher Battery Charger out and charge up the not so old Interstate Battery.

The horror when I discovered the earlier mentioned Hood Latch Release wasn't working properly. The hood didn't "pop" so I could access the actual release. Battery, dead. Hood, not opening. Ugh. I cajoled the release. I spoke kindly and friendly to it. I worked and worked and no hood pop. So................

Chuck is a 1998 plow truck with 200,000+ miles. It has dodged deer, trees and other frozen tundra challenges. I had no qualms then to go to the shop and locate Chuck The Truck's new accessory.

Pull the Release. Walk out to truck and pop hood with crow bar. Just because a battery didn't hold a charge.

PS: In case you are wondering about the bug shield. That's another story for another time. Just another First World Problem.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

2 You need to truck to get maple syrup, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 01, 2023 02:03 PM (llON8)

3 My first world problem is grading papers...Always my least favorite thing to do when assessing student work.

Most of them are OK writers, but definitely need some guidance when it comes to structure, organization, and proper citations.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2023 02:04 PM (BpYfr)

4 Ford isn't much better

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 02:04 PM (fwDg9)

5 2 You need to truck to get maple syrup, right?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 01, 2023 02:03 PM (llON

Reason #27 to have a truck

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at October 01, 2023 02:05 PM (aA3+G)

6 It's probably because Chuck wants to die.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (RIvkX)

7 I just read something very disturbing. FTX ceo Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto clique, including ex girlfriend startled rodent Caroline Ellison, had orgies at his luxury Bahamas penthouse

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (vFG9F)

8 my Blazer did that once. I crawled under the truck, reached up in the to narrow to fit my arm space with a vice grip and grabbed the cable to release the hood. Then off to the dealership to get a new cable assembly.

Posted by: StephanA at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (Pd4Md)

9 I had to get into my daughter's old Rav4 by climbing under the car and reaching with an assortment of socket extensions and poking blindly until I finally got the hood to pop. Took about 2 hours. Then I got to start the job that I was getting under the hood for to begin with.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (zYgfQ)

10 At least vehicles in that era were easy to repair.

Posted by: Blago at October 01, 2023 02:07 PM (wMRY8)

11 Time to sell.

Posted by: Always the default answer at October 01, 2023 02:07 PM (NBVIP)

12 Must’ve been one bag ass bug.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 01, 2023 02:08 PM (u73oe)

13 >>> 6 It's probably because Chuck wants to die.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (RIvkX)

Here in Canadia, we are compassionate enough to help with this wish.

Posted by: Justin Castreau at October 01, 2023 02:09 PM (llON8)

14 Are you saying the hood release is electronically activated?

How does that make any sense??

And obviously yeah, you used the crow bar in the wrong spot.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:09 PM (092mq)

15 Get rid of that hood latch and add a couple of hood pins for a classy redneck look.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2023 02:09 PM (vFG9F)

16 Posted by: StephanA at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (Pd4Md)
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How is it you wrote the forbidden word and yet still live??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:09 PM (RIvkX)

17 8 my Blazer did that once. I crawled under the truck, reached up in the to narrow to fit my arm space with a vice grip and grabbed the cable to release the hood. Then off to the dealership to get a new cable assembly.
Posted by: StephanA at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (Pd4Md)

If Chuck was younger perhaps.

He kinda digs the manly crowbar scars.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at October 01, 2023 02:10 PM (aA3+G)

18 Get a can of PB Blaster spray the latch and chase 10 or so drops down the cable into the housing.
Shit's just getting old. Needs lubricant.

Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:10 PM (B705c)

19 Looks like Chuck might have been hosting a family of mice in that door jamb.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2023 02:10 PM (nfrXX)

20 Using a crowbar is a perfectly cromulent solution to many of life's sticky wickets.

*touches side of nose, winks*

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 01, 2023 02:11 PM (8qu4N)

21 Shit's just getting old. Needs lubricant.
Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:10 PM (B705c)

————————

Aaaaaand we’re off!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 01, 2023 02:11 PM (u73oe)

22 Shit's just getting old. Needs lubricant.
Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:10 PM (B705c)

That's what SHE said.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:12 PM (092mq)

23 15 Get rid of that hood latch and add a couple of hood pins for a classy redneck look.

*Naked chick silhouette mudflaps have entered the chat.*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:12 PM (NBVIP)

24 Had the same issue with a 2006 CRV. The hood latch was bent and it could only be opened with a crow bar.

That car was a tank. And the previous owner had some kind of sound system installed. Removed the speakers but kept all the wiring. Buying a car full of post-market wiring previously owned by a Muslim... could have gone worse.

Also, even though it was a Honda, it was actually built in England; which means it had a bunch of oddball quirks that make repairs interesting. The AC died about seven years ago and I decided I could do without it rather than spend $2K on a whole new system (Fck the EPA).

I gave it to my niece two and a half years ago with 206K miles on it and it became her senior year high school party wagon. It would still be running, except during its last service, the coolant didn't get topped off and the head gaskets cracked. Shame, really, hell of a car.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 01, 2023 02:12 PM (9yUzE)

25 Sawz-alls and crowbars fix many things.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2023 02:13 PM (iupH6)

26 Old school VW bugs. Trunk hood won't open, screw around with it for an hour or so, finally get it to open. Secure hood with bungee cord because you can't fit anything worth stealing in the trunk.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:13 PM (0EOe9)

27 Looks like Chuck might have been hosting a family of mice in that door jamb.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2023 02:10 PM (nfrXX)

Host of sparrows.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:13 PM (092mq)

28 I didn't know the hood could separate that way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:13 PM (RIvkX)

29 25 Sawz-alls and crowbars fix many things.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2023 02:13 PM (iupH6)

someone wanted to help a coworker with their muffler issues by removing it with a sawz-all...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2023 02:14 PM (ynpvh)

30 My uncle used to drive a Chrysler Cromulent. Thing could pass anything but a gas station.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:14 PM (NBVIP)

31 I don't think my F,-150 hood release is electric, think it's a cable.

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 02:14 PM (fwDg9)

32 See, if you had bought an EV truck, all you would have to do is keep it plugged in.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 01, 2023 02:14 PM (R/m4+)

33 someone wanted to help a coworker with their muffler issues by removing it with a sawz-all...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2023 02:14 PM (ynpvh)

No more muffler, no more problem.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (iupH6)

34 That's a Wonder Bar, not a crow bar.

Posted by: torabora at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (OUiUM)

35 The year 2000 has come and gone in spite of massive and repeated acts of boomer resistance. Futile though they may have been and without a queen of the hive to coo about it.

Posted by: 80's music fan at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (as3uC)

36 My FWP...
Just who the hell are all these people wanting to link with me on LinkedIn? I'm nobody famous and only know a few that are. Sheesh.
I ignore everyone now.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (uSHSS)

37 How is it you wrote the forbidden word and yet still live??
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:09 PM (RIvkX)

...?
"Cable"?
"Vice grip"?

Posted by: Vanya at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (v27SO)

38 30 My uncle used to drive a Chrysler Cromulent. Thing could pass anything but a gas station.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:14 PM (NBVIP)

I once drove a '72 Chevy Impala. No gas gauge, just low gas light. ALMOST did 10 MPG in the city.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2023 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

39
All Good Things Have To Come To An End

And it's the same with the wildwood weed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2023 02:16 PM (63Dwl)

40 Shit's just getting old. Needs lubricant.
Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:10 PM (B705c)

Like Pelosi's cooter.

Posted by: Would've said Feinstein but she's dead at October 01, 2023 02:16 PM (lR6tR)

41 Posted by: Vanya at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (v27SO)

===
I'll ask the questions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:16 PM (RIvkX)

42 Used to own a 95 Suburban with the same hood release lever. Was on I-75 doing about 70mph thru Toledo, and while fidgeting in my seat to get my lower back to relax managed to hook the lever with the toe of my boot. I heard the "click" as I saw the hood come up a fraction of an inch before the safety hook caught it. Few things in everyday life will jumpstart one's heart as quickly as this.

Posted by: Cowboyneal at October 01, 2023 02:17 PM (DzsA0)

43 I remember having this issue on a different GM and a "hack" solution was finding the cable underneath near the pin that holds the hood down to the latch. You cut the cable and attach a handle to it. You'd have to crawl underneath the car and pull down to release the hood, but it worked.

Posted by: Blago at October 01, 2023 02:17 PM (wMRY8)

44 Wonder Boner > Wonder Bar.

https://youtu.be/YpKtzumUmmA?si=nLl147Erq3MCiCWZ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:17 PM (NBVIP)

45 I don't think my F,-150 hood release is electric, think it's a cable.
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 02:14 PM (fwDg9)

I don't know anything about anything, I just know I was driving a company car some years back. I think it was something like a 2008 Chitvy POS.

Anyhoo, I pulled it in front of the building, which is QUITE busy, put it in park to let out my passenger, and then....

It wouldn't come out of park. Engine still running, the gear shift would NOT move.

Long story short, after pissing off many, the company auto techs finally had the thing towed, and I guess a 50 cent wire fix got the gear shift to work again.

Gotta love Government Motors.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:18 PM (dY8JS)

46 I had a 97 Silverado 1500 with the passenger side suicide, 3rd door. Thing was a tank. Rebuilt 350 running the thing. Well, when it actually ran. Fussy thing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2023 02:18 PM (Q4IgG)

47 Get rid of that hood latch and add a couple of hood pins for a classy redneck look.

*Naked chick silhouette mudflaps have entered the chat.*
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:12 PM (NBVIP)

Don't forget the TrukNutz for the hitch. Big brass ones!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:18 PM (uSHSS)

48 Also awesome is late teens Honda Civic trunk release. Dead battery, so let's get the jumper cables from the trunk, right? Wrongo. Push button release has no power to work. No lock on trunklid for metal key. Remote won't open trunk either. Luckily I was at home and had other jumpers.

Checked the 300 page CIVIC user manual/warning book afterwards. Apparently popping an obscure, concealed plastic cover behind the rear seat headrest reveals a lock that will pop the trunk with the metal key.

Fuck these clowns with flaming chainsaws.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 01, 2023 02:19 PM (rtvN8)

49 38 Early VW bugs, no gas gauge, it was an option. "Okay dear, reach under the set and you'll find this little knob. Okay, that's the reserve switch". "You have me driving this death trap!".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:19 PM (0EOe9)

50 44 Wonder Boner > Wonder Bar.

https://youtu.be/YpKtzumUmmA?si=nLl147Erq3MCiCWZ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:17 PM (NBVIP)

"My Wife would like that!". LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2023 02:19 PM (ynpvh)

51 After pulling the hood release on my 2001 Chevy I pop it by giving it a Fonzi bump front center of hood.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 01, 2023 02:19 PM (ga8qR)

52 Some vehicles have a secret little hidden cable attached to the latch that you can grab and pull to release the hood or trunk if the regular mechanism breaks. Sometimes you have to remove the fender liner or something to get at it.

It's easy enough also to add a piece of wire that you can pull on to release latch and run out the front grill somewhere convenient.

I hope this satisfactorily addresses your first world problem with a third world solution.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2023 02:20 PM (vFG9F)

53 ...?
"Cable"?
"Vice grip"?
Posted by: Vanya at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (v27SO)

There was a regular who, let's just say, managed to go out in a blaze of glory.

Let's see if my comment gets flagged.....

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:21 PM (dY8JS)

54 Old school VW bugs. Trunk hood won't open, screw around with it for an hour or so, finally get it to open. Secure hood with bungee cord because you can't fit anything worth stealing in the trunk.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:13 PM (0EOe9)
***

And...once you got it open, many times it wouldn't latch again once you closed it. The hood was one step above heavy duty tin foil.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:21 PM (uSHSS)

55 Holy blazing smokes! The more things change.....

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:21 PM (dY8JS)

56 Fun fact: Mike Rowe does the narration in the Wonder Boner commercial.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:22 PM (NBVIP)

57 Oh the joys of a hood bug shield. It protects the front curve of my car hood from...what exactly? I think I'll remove the bug shield and enjoy my nice clean hood...with 2 screw-mount holes drilled through it.

Posted by: look whats not at October 01, 2023 02:22 PM (nakGR)

58 Just who the hell are all these people wanting to link with me on LinkedIn? I'm nobody famous and only know a few that are. Sheesh.
I ignore everyone now.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (uSHSS)

Prolly all those people are coming from your Myspace page.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:23 PM (dY8JS)

59 Early VW bugs, no gas gauge, it was an option. "Okay dear, reach under the set and you'll find this little knob. Okay, that's the reserve switch". "You have me driving this death trap!".
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:19 PM (0EOe9)
***

My first car was a '59 VW. No gas gauge. Just a switch on the floorboard to flip to the reserve tank. but the Blaupunkt radio was awesome!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:24 PM (uSHSS)

60 My FWP is I think of many during the week while perusing the threads, put them on hold as OT, and come Sunday......

Posted by: From about that Time at October 01, 2023 02:24 PM (4780s)

61 I knew someone who had a class C RV, looks like a van in front with that little short hood / engine access point. So they had some front end damage but they thought it was no big deal. So they were cruising along on the interstate, suddenly it popped open, flew back, hit the windshield and sprayed everyone with a massive shower of glass.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2023 02:24 PM (S6gqv)

62 "You need to join LinkedIn."

No I don't.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2023 02:25 PM (iupH6)

63 Not a bug shield, it's a gravel shield. Trucks that live where it snows enough to require a plow don't have bugs big enough to require a bug shield. Or do they?

Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2023 02:26 PM (KiuiP)

64 Oh the joys of a hood bug shield. It protects the front curve of my car hood from...what exactly? I think I'll remove the bug shield and enjoy my nice clean hood...with 2 screw-mount holes drilled through it.
Posted by: look whats not at October 01, 2023 02:22 PM (nakGR)

I bought a new truck, had it about 5 months (don't ask), was talked into a plastic coating as a bug shield.

Probably a dumb decision on my part, but I expected to do a LOT of driving at times, in parts of the country that would have the front of the vehicle covered in bugs.

Oh well. Wish I still had that truck.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:26 PM (dY8JS)

65 Long story short, after pissing off many, the company auto techs finally had the thing towed, and I guess a 50 cent wire fix got the gear shift to work again.

Gotta love Government Motors.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:18 PM (dY8JS)

Brake safety switch. Can't shift out of park unless the brake pedal is pushed. Wire/elec operated.

Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:26 PM (B705c)

66 I just read something very disturbing. FTX ceo Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto clique, including ex girlfriend startled rodent Caroline Ellison, had orgies at his luxury Bahamas penthouse
Posted by: fd at October
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It's part of that 'arrogent generosity' or whatever they called the shit his parents were spouting.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 01, 2023 02:27 PM (4780s)

67 Get a truck bra, bruh.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2023 02:28 PM (Q4IgG)

68 Brake safety switch. Can't shift out of park unless the brake pedal is pushed. Wire/elec operated.
Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:26 PM (B705c)

I had to have a car towed to a repair shop once for that stupid problem.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2023 02:28 PM (S6gqv)

69 52 Bud of mine in Ohio, used car guy, got lucky and had the money to get a Honda car franchise going. Mid 70s. Problem was they were so popular at the time. Couldn't keep a car on the showroom floor. In desperation, he took on a Fiat franchise. Bad as that might have been, the zone rep was trying to talk him into selling Lancias. Lancia was proud of having an auxilliary window winder in the glove box for when the power windows failed.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:28 PM (0EOe9)

70 I think I'll remove the bug shield and enjoy my nice clean hood...with 2 screw-mount holes drilled through it.
Posted by: look whats not at October 01, 2023 02:22 PM (nakGR)

Probably gain 2 mpg.

Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:29 PM (B705c)

71 I have to doubt very much that Chuck ever reaches hood lifting speed.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 01, 2023 02:29 PM (4780s)

72 Not a bug shield, it's a gravel shield. Trucks that live where it snows enough to require a plow don't have bugs big enough to require a bug shield. Or do they?
Posted by: Eromero

Short summer, long days, and fast growth. Skeeters the size of crows threatening to carry you away. Can only dare go outside in the winter but then risk freezing to death.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 01, 2023 02:29 PM (ga8qR)

73 I'd really like to buy a new car, I have the $, but I want to keep my old 2001 for covert ops.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2023 02:30 PM (MeG8a)

74 Gotta love Government Motors.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:18 PM (dY8JS)

Brake safety switch. Can't shift out of park unless the brake pedal is pushed. Wire/elec operated.
Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:26 PM (B705c)

Right. But when the wire pops free, nothing will get it out of park.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:30 PM (dY8JS)

75 BurtTC youre braver than I

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:30 PM (RIvkX)

76 70 I think I'll remove the bug shield and enjoy my nice clean hood...with 2 screw-mount holes drilled through it.
Posted by: look whats not at October 01, 2023 02:22 PM (nakGR)

Probably gain 2 mpg.

Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:29 PM (B705c)

Does it whistle?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2023 02:31 PM (ynpvh)

77 43 I remember having this issue on a different GM and a "hack" solution was finding the cable underneath near the pin that holds the hood down to the latch. You cut the cable and attach a handle to it. You'd have to crawl underneath the car and pull down to release the hood, but it worked.
Posted by: Blago at October 01,

That seems like too much work

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 01, 2023 02:31 PM (aA3+G)

78 My FWP is the price of teardrop campers. Hunted and discussed to death; but, finally choose a model. Do the internet hunt for deals and find local. Go see it, yup, it has what we need.
Contact them for price: oh, that price is with financing-only. All said and done price is 20% higher than internet price.
Nope.
Now about that stay on the farm near Corsicana...
Sigh.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 02:32 PM (JI3sB)

79 59 They came with a dipstick to check fuel level, now valuable among the VW folks. Also, die blumenvasen, a small flower holder with a VW emblem.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:32 PM (0EOe9)

80 fd - I am not surprised

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 02:32 PM (fwDg9)

81 I keep fantasizing that my next car will be a much older one, with more mechanicals than electrics. But that'll be it's own set of challenges. Including the inevitable commie ban on older car parts to "nudge" the sheeple out of cars and into electric cars, or boxcars, but mostly boxcars...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 01, 2023 02:32 PM (rtvN8)

82 Something oike, I dunno, a Blazer

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 01, 2023 02:33 PM (rtvN8)

83 73 I'd really like to buy a new car, I have the $, but I want to keep my old 2001 for covert ops.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2023 02:30 PM (MeG8a)

Embrace the word AND

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 01, 2023 02:33 PM (aA3+G)

84 there, I said it! blazer Blazer BLAZER blazeR

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 01, 2023 02:33 PM (rtvN8)

85 Chuck the Truckneh?

When I bought my almost new F-150 a couple years ago, my grandkids #3 and 4 were all excited for me to bring it home. They each had picked out a name. Grandson picked Duke, granddaughter chose Pixie.
I came driving in. Big black F-150. Mrs D said they looked at each other and said at the same time..."Duke!"
The name has stuck.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:34 PM (uSHSS)

86 Lancia was proud of having an auxilliary window winder in the glove box for when the power windows failed.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:28 PM (0EOe9)

Hmmm, passenger window on my car is pooped out. Should be a cheap fix, but the dealer mechanic says the cost includes disassembly, and that ain't cheap.

Oh well, the next owner can deal with it. My son rarely wants his window down anyway, for those brief days between AC and heat weather. Like now.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:34 PM (dY8JS)

87 There's a time of the year near the Texas coast (like Beaumont, or Lake Charles LA) where these swarms of things the locals call "Lovebugs" just blanket the area. I remember driving through one of those swarms once and I had to pull over every 10 minutes and scrape my windshield just so I could see - the bugs could pile up a half inch thick, it's awful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2023 02:34 PM (S6gqv)

88 I have brought this up here before, but maybe we need a car thread (hosted by AOP?) and an aviation thread (Anna Puma of course).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:35 PM (0EOe9)

89 Also, die blumenvasen, a small flower holder with a VW emblem.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

I read that too fast and saw "flamethrower", lol

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 01, 2023 02:37 PM (rtvN8)

90 BurtTC youre braver than I
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2023 02:30 PM (RIvkX)

Every now and then the VPN hits on a banned address. If so, I just reload it.

But it does appear whoever controls these things around here has decided the word "blazer" is no longer verboten.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:37 PM (dY8JS)

91 Blaupunkt is still in business! That's the radio/backup camera that I had installed in the Yukon. Was the only interface I found that looked simple.

I have the right oil fill tube at last. But the oil cap that is supposed to be the right one doesn't seat easily. I may try it without the top gasket. If I can upen the thing before it's installed, it won't do.

And whoever started selling single serve cheesecake is a great human being!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 01, 2023 02:37 PM (Ds/Wi)

92 the bugs could pile up a half inch thick, it's awful.
Posted by: Tom Servo

According to the motorcycle riders I know those 'love bugs' swarm every year. Helmet, visor, and windshield all have to be cleaned often.
If you try to use a towel on the visor you can almost see to the other side of the smear.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 02:38 PM (JI3sB)

93 73 I'd really like to buy a new car, I have the $, but I want to keep my old 2001 for covert ops.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2023 02:30 PM (MeG8a)

I am going to have to replace the wifes KIA here soon. Needs more work than it's worth. Looking at a 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz yesterday. $640/month and having to do full coverage insurance makes it about an even $700. I just can't even but I got to. She's not going to stand for some POS I reserected like I drive.

Probably do it next Saturday.

Posted by: Reforger at October 01, 2023 02:39 PM (zBG2y)

94 in everyday life will jumpstart one's heart as quickly as this.
Posted by: Cowboyneal
=====
Had the same thing happen to me, '61 Buick Special. Had pulled in for some service, they lifted the hood, and I never checked, usually stoned in those times.
Straight onto the highway, as I neared lifting speed I saw the wobbling, next thing I know I'm staring at the hood leaning on the roofline, through a shattered window. Used the rear view to ease myself to the side of the road, couldn't see shit in front of me.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 01, 2023 02:39 PM (4780s)

95 Sapphire radios in old Veedubs were pretty good. I could leave NC and home in on some big blaster in central all the way home to Ohio.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:40 PM (0EOe9)

96 94 Ford had a lot of cars where the hood opened from the rear. Good idea.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:42 PM (0EOe9)

97 "Contact them for price: oh, that price is with financing-only. All said and done price is 20% higher than internet price.
Nope."

Hey AZ Deplorable I recently learned from The Homework Guy on YouTube that if you get 72 month financing by law there is no penalty for early payment of the loan. Ask the RV dealer if you can finance for 72 months and when the payment book arrives pay it all with the first payment.

https://youtu.be/UTi8x7L9S3I?si=OP0pNu-u3--w99r5

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 02:43 PM (NBVIP)

98 "Looking at a 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz yesterday"

Those are pretty slick, I've test driven them.
I have to be able to an upright bass inside.
It limits my choices a bit.
I dunno why, I never do gigs anymore.
That could change, I suppose.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2023 02:43 PM (MeG8a)

99 63 Not a bug shield, it's a gravel shield. Trucks that live where it snows enough to require a plow don't have bugs big enough to require a bug shield. Or do they?

Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2023 02:26 PM (KiuiP)
----
Minnesota State Bird: The Mosquito

Posted by: Ciampino - How do we know 'Dyslexia' is spelled right?.... at October 01, 2023 02:45 PM (qfLjt)

100 Not one mention of baling wire,huh

Posted by: Ben Had at October 01, 2023 02:45 PM (131Ae)

101 I just saw that Mike Lindell's been hounded out of brick & mortar stores by AmEx.
I need to try and buying a My Pillow online

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 01, 2023 02:46 PM (sz2SP)

102 Ask the RV dealer if you can finance for 72 months and when the payment book arrives pay it all with the first payment.

https://youtu.be/UTi8x7L9S3I?si=OP0pNu-u3--w99r5
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Thanks.
I'll run that by the better half and see if she is completely soured on the RV or if she might change her mind.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 02:46 PM (JI3sB)

103 Pull the Release. Walk out to truck and pop hood with crow bar.

That won't look suspicious at all if you get stuck downtown...

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2023 02:46 PM (ptElO)

104 FWP: Speaking of VPNs, recently switched from Nord to Express VPN. Now the damn thing glitches out several times a day. It's getting old.

Not sure why or how. It just does, so I have to reload the damn thing, just to keep the internet connection. Could be the crappy cable provider here, but I'm just too damn old and tired to figure it out.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:47 PM (K6M7J)

105 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 01, 2023 02:49 PM (T4tVD)

106 Nice little bundle of wires on the floor board.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2023 02:49 PM (JxW8M)

107 I just saw that Mike Lindell's been hounded out of brick & mortar stores by AmEx.
I need to try and buying a My Pillow online
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 01, 2023 02:46 PM (sz2SP)

Problem is, they really are crappy pillows.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:49 PM (RNrRd)

108 Had to put new tires on the wife's Explorer. 21" Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season. $400 a pop.

Pain

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2023 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)

109 Nice little bundle of wires on the floor board.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2023 02:49 PM (JxW8M)

That looks like an old bathroom floor mat. I'm guessing he grabbed it from the trash to cover the hole in the flooring created by the shoe heel.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:52 PM (uSHSS)

110 Had to put new tires on the wife's Explorer. 21" Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season. $400 a pop.

Pain
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2023 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)

If it was a motorcycle, you'd only hafta buy 2 tires....

Posted by: JT at October 01, 2023 02:55 PM (T4tVD)

111 Beautiful day out thar.

Posted by: JT at October 01, 2023 02:55 PM (T4tVD)

112 >>> Hood Latch Release Handle. Why is it there?

Because the cable goes forward through the frame, above left wheel well, then curves right to the hood release?
Or the hood release could be placed under the dash and cable run through firewall, left then right and right again.
Avoids two 90s.

I din't know.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 01, 2023 02:56 PM (ga8qR)

113 Square headlights. Man that IS old.

My da used to complain: " Did the properties of light suddenly change?"

Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at October 01, 2023 02:56 PM (QY+6a)

114 Is that a plant growing on the floor of the driver's cabin?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 01, 2023 02:57 PM (V8he0)

115 111 Beautiful day out thar.
Posted by: JT

Sunny and 57 on the beach. Just gorgeous.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 01, 2023 02:58 PM (xv0Yz)

116 113 Square headlights? Remember when you had 60 sumptin for dims and another 60 sumptin for brights?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 02:59 PM (0EOe9)

117 My First World Problem is all the hoops you have to go through to get a ticket for a show or game.

Used to be *haff kaff* you called the venue or went to the ticket office. Order ticket, pay. That was it.

Now, every blessed event sells tickets online through a vendor, and said vendor wants me to open an account, complete with user name and password. All I want is to see a show, not start a relationship.

SOTS.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 01, 2023 03:00 PM (p/isN)

118 You could pop off the plastic molding and take a look at the connection. There might be an easy solution to shortening the cable there.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2023 03:01 PM (JxW8M)

119 Aloha Avery Bawdy.
As usual Noah Bawdy is getting off of their encounter suited butts and doing anything.
Annie Bawdy hiring ?
Charles H. Swartz
2356 Peninsula Drive. Shell Knob MO 65747
(80

202-6030
charles.h.swartz@gmail.com

Mahalo.

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at October 01, 2023 03:01 PM (wet15)

120 Mahalo.
Posted by: Noah Bawdy

Gesundheit !

Posted by: JT at October 01, 2023 03:04 PM (T4tVD)

121 Have to admit, having hood release outside of vehicle just won't work. No car in a city would have a battery in it more than 24 hours

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 03:04 PM (fwDg9)

122 Thanks.
I'll run that by the better half and see if she is completely soured on the RV or if she might change her mind.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 02:46 PM (JI3sB)

I saw a new lightweight, full amenity travel trailer that looks interesting. Happier Camper has a special Camping World version with kitchen and bathroom and versatile layout.

Posted by: Emmie at October 01, 2023 03:06 PM (Sf2cq)

123 >>> Posted by: Noah Bawdy at October 01, 2023 03:01 PM (wet15)

Oh look, another one making $97 an hour online.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 01, 2023 03:06 PM (llON8)

124 111 Beautiful day out thar.
Posted by: JT

Sunny and 57 on the beach. Just gorgeous.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at October 01, 2023 02:58 PM (xv0Yz)

77 and sunny here.

There were days last week when I wondered if I would see the sun again.

Posted by: JT at October 01, 2023 03:06 PM (T4tVD)

125 oh, that price is with financing-only. All said and done price is 20% higher than internet price.
Nope.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

That sounds like bundling and should be illegal.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 01, 2023 03:08 PM (IG4Id)

126 121 A noble battery thief in my neighborhood in Ohio always had a Crescent wrench, as opposed to the thieving bastards that would cut the cables. I guess it made for good carrying handles.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 01, 2023 03:08 PM (0EOe9)

127 It's 85 here in Bourbon Country. Mowed some grass earlier. You can tell fall is in swing. Lots of leaves falling and the grass is getting brown and dusty.

My wife is convinced it will be a harsh winter.

I hate to say it, but we're due for one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2023 03:09 PM (Q4IgG)

128 Gotta have the lawn aerated and then toss some fertilizer on it. Gotta use the blower to clean out the gutters. But, the OAT is in the low 90s and the humidity is only 30% so I guess I’ll stay here under the patio fans and have a cup of coffee and a cigar.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 01, 2023 03:15 PM (YRsIm)

129 @127 --

I've been predicting fierce winters for years. One of these years I'll win. Then I'll lose.

The only good thing about bitter cold and snowfall is that they provide fodder for anecdotes at parties.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 01, 2023 03:16 PM (p/isN)

130 My bug deflector looked similar. A Wild Turkey didn't fly quite fast enough across the road.

Posted by: rd at October 01, 2023 03:16 PM (bA4Fr)

131 Way back in the Before Time, I used to drive a 1970 Ford Maverick.

It was old when I bought it by the way, for $700.

Anyway I was trying to start it and the office parking lot and I couldn't get it to shift out of park. I pop the hood and I saw what I soon realized was the gear shift linkage waving impotently in avoid. Nothing to connect to.

So I called a friend of mine who's boyfriend worked at a diesel truck shop and he told me that cotter pin probably fell out and asked me if I had a bobby pin in my hair. It just so happened that I did and he told me to look for something else that didn't have a mate that had a hole through the end of it and I put the bobby pin through that and spraddled the legs as two fellows from the office watched me in some amusement.

Then I got into the old bucket and drove it home triumphantly. Reminded me of that old scene in The Honeymooners when Alice and Trixie fixed Ed's car with a bobby pin. A couple of days later I went over to the diesel truck Depot and they put in a cotter pin for me at no charge. But that's in the old days when everything was pretty mechanical. Now that everything is wired and electrical you can't do s*** with it.

Posted by: Beverly at October 01, 2023 03:16 PM (Epeb0)

132 Beverly

Didja consult a hardware store about your screen ?

Posted by: JT at October 01, 2023 03:19 PM (T4tVD)

133 My family had a Maverick. '73 I think. Burnt Orange 4 door, vinyl roof six cylinder. Served us well. Survived Hurricane Fredric.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2023 03:24 PM (5gwjl)

134 I remember the first time I drove to the TXMOME the amount of bugs that decided to suicide on my Jeep was beyond belief.

Would a bug deflector really have proven useful?

I would have brought the Jeep to the car wash when I got back up but Nature decided to help me out with torrential rain from the time I left Nashville until the time I crossed over to New Jersey. :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 01, 2023 03:24 PM (nxeh5)

135 I just rented Sisu and maybe will give a play by play here.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 01, 2023 03:25 PM (ybIRR)

136 I saw a new lightweight, full amenity travel trailer that looks interesting. Happier Camper has a special Camping World version with kitchen and bathroom and versatile layout.
Posted by: Emmie

Nice.
We liked the Ultimate Toy teardrop (made by Nucamp but, the only place you'll find 'Nucamp' is on the title. It is abasically an upgraded 12" wider Tab 320 CS C).
Solar, heater, AC, frig, cooler, inside and outside kitchen with TV in both places (don't know why!).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 03:25 PM (JI3sB)

137 Some B-17s flew overhead but now it's back to the Jack London vibe.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 01, 2023 03:27 PM (ybIRR)

138 Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2023 02:21 PM (dY8JS)

Pixy Misa removed the dreaded Blazer filter several months ago.

Most people don't even know of that ONT on a long ago three day weekend that caused the Ewok to go all psycho on the word blazer.

Posted by: rd at October 01, 2023 03:28 PM (4T0B3)

139 Most people don't even know of that ONT on a long ago three day weekend that caused the Ewok to go all psycho on the word blazer.
Posted by: rd

The stuff of legends.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 03:28 PM (JI3sB)

140 I've been predicting fierce winters for years. One of these years I'll win. Then I'll lose.

The only good thing about bitter cold and snowfall is that they provide fodder for anecdotes at parties.
Posted by: Weak Geek at October 01, 2023 03:16 PM (p/isN)

Snowfalls are a thing of the past.

Posted by: Global Warming Cultists, circa 2000 AD at October 01, 2023 03:29 PM (PiwSw)

141 Blazer? Don't ever know 'er!

Posted by: Is this what did it? at October 01, 2023 03:30 PM (PiwSw)

142 The only good thing about bitter cold and snowfall is that they provide fodder for anecdotes at parties.
Posted by: Weak Geek

Forest fires and earthquakes have entered the chat.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 03:31 PM (JI3sB)

143 Mike Rowe has a podcast that I keep an eye on but rarely listen to. He has a fantastic voice but I am not enthralled by his interviews.

One day he should have John Cena on just so everyone can see who has the better voice.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2023 03:32 PM (xhaym)

144 Forest fires and earthquakes have entered the chat.

What am I, chopped liver?
- BLM riots

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at October 01, 2023 03:35 PM (+XIG4)

145 I just saw that Mike Lindell's been hounded out of brick & mortar stores by AmEx.
I need to try and buying a My Pillow online
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 01, 2023 02:46 PM (sz2SP)

They say that when politicians can decide what can be bought and sold, the first thing bought and sold are politicians.

I wonder what it means when banks can say what can be bought and sold?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2023 03:35 PM (xhaym)

146 Last year, and said often was first I saw no snow worth mentioning. And 4 years were split between England and Virginia both still had snow.
This is a El Nino year and we are going to get it good I think.

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 03:39 PM (fwDg9)

147 > I wonder what it means when banks can say what can be bought and sold?
____________

We're basically at that threshold now. Digital banking is a thing. Your paycheck is electronically routed to your bank. You use a credit/debit card to make purchases. Literally everything is on an electronic ledger. Cash is almost a novelty.

I'd imagine all it'd take would be polite ask on the part of FedGov and it would be a done deal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2023 03:43 PM (Q4IgG)

148
What am I, chopped liver?
- BLM riots
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty

you should be chopped up and fed to the longterm jail system.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 03:44 PM (JI3sB)

149 I just read something very disturbing. FTX ceo Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto clique, including ex girlfriend startled rodent Caroline Ellison, had orgies at his luxury Bahamas penthouse
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (vFG9F)

========

It's a common technique used by cultists and revolutionaries to break down the individual and build them as part of a group.

Bill Ayers and the Weatherman Underground supposedly used that psychological trick on their recruits when they broke with SDS.

Posted by: rd at October 01, 2023 03:45 PM (oa32f)

150 What am I, chopped liver?
- BLM riots

You're not seasonal.

Posted by: Weak Geek at October 01, 2023 03:45 PM (p/isN)

151 They say that when politicians can decide what can be bought and sold, the first thing bought and sold are politicians.

I wonder what it means when banks can say what can be bought and sold?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2023 03:35 PM (xhaym)

========

The Mark of the Beast? 6-6-6?

Nahhhhh! That will never happen.

Posted by: rd at October 01, 2023 03:48 PM (oa32f)

152 What's worse is a judge now is a expert in every field so gets to rule over everything with a kingdom authority

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2023 03:48 PM (fwDg9)

153 isN)

Snowfalls are a thing of the past.
Posted by: Global Warming Cultists, circa 2000 AD at October 01, 2023 03:29 PM (PiwSw)

Ha

Hurley, WI laughs at you

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 01, 2023 03:51 PM (aA3+G)

154 First World Problem? Supeman loses it. (45 seconds. NSFW language)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ohnCPGOMTww

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2023 03:51 PM (FVME7)

155 What am I, chopped liver?
- BLM riots

You're not seasonal.
Posted by: Weak Geek

Every 4 years or whenever a GOP is in the oval office.
BLM goes underground while libs are giving them everything they desire.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2023 03:52 PM (JI3sB)

156 bill in arkansas: I have brought this up here before, but maybe we need a car thread (hosted by AOP?) and an aviation thread (Anna Puma of course).

Combine with trains. The Planes, Trains, and Automobiles thread.

Posted by: mindful webworker drops in for a moment at October 01, 2023 03:53 PM (ks21X)

157 Public schools. (1:16)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IHYlajfnNWI

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2023 03:53 PM (FVME7)

158 nood food

Posted by: GL at October 01, 2023 04:02 PM (5fDan)

159 JT:

I went to Lowe's about my windows screen situation and the guy there told me that I could go to Ace Hardware with the frame and they would put it in for a nominal charge and it would be easier than getting into it myself. I do know how to do it but I think they probably do a better job of getting it good and tight.

I have a lot of other window fixes to do

Posted by: Beverly at October 01, 2023 04:09 PM (Epeb0)

160 Late to the party on this, but the usual "trick" to pop a balky hood on these is to slap the hood with your palm on either side, NOT the middle. That will almost always "pop" the hood if the latch is indeed released. I had to do exactly this 2 days ago on a '99 Suburban, and it worked as advertised.

Lube the latch mechanism to prevent this.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2023 04:14 PM (HAQ3Y)

161 FTX ceo Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto clique, including ex girlfriend startled rodent Caroline Ellison, had orgies at his luxury Bahamas penthouse
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2023 02:06 PM (vFG9F)

If you had a luxurious Bahamas penthouse, would you not want to have orgies in it, too? (but not with startled rodents, LOL)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2023 04:17 PM (HAQ3Y)

162 At least on the 20 year old TCs I drive, generally what fails is the plastic bracket that holds the hood release handle assembly to the car. If you grab it you can pull the handle and it opens. The new assembly is like $80 so I figured I would try hose clamping the assembly to the still attached bracket piece cause it is under a trim panel but I never remember when I have time to do it

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 01, 2023 04:50 PM (bOK50)

163 36 My FWP...
Just who the hell are all these people wanting to link with me on LinkedIn? I'm nobody famous and only know a few that are. Sheesh.
I ignore everyone now.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2023 02:15 PM (uSHSS)

Same here. I get (got) a lot of recruiters, but also random people I'd never heard of, or had any reason to connect with.

I solved the whole LinkedIn problem by abandoning my account when I retired. I don't have the password and the recovery email was my old work email. Oh, well . . .

Posted by: a.moron at October 01, 2023 05:23 PM (F6Xpw)

164 160 yep that's how ya do it beat me to it aop

Posted by: MAxIE at October 01, 2023 06:10 PM (twxj3)

165 Bill Ayers and the Weatherman Underground supposedly used that psychological trick on their recruits when they broke with SDS.

Posted by: rd
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Better than the SLA in CA. Their technique on Patty Hurst was to strip her, rape her then lock her in a closet, pull her out of the closet - rinse and repeat.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2023 06:23 PM (07iSR)

166 I recall the bla#er incident. I was there when he hijacked his daughters phone days/weeks later, after the ban hammer fell.

Posted by: sTevo at October 02, 2023 05:12 AM (dLiGu)

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