Reassembled

Well as of tonight my truck is back on the road with everything fixed that I broke. Now Dave is trying to get me a few non-essential components and my Lift Kit.

Off Roading

Well I went 4 wheeling today with a rather large group headed by my mechanic and friend Dave. After we found the meeting point at the wrong gas station, we all met up and headed out to the trail. After about 10 mins Dave got bored and decided to climb a hill which he then started bouncing back down towards me who was coming up behind. Thankfully my truck didn't have to stop him because he thoughtfully rolled it into a few trees. It took about an hour to recover his jeep so we got lunch started and appraised the damage to the jeep. It took about 3 hours to "fix" the rear differential in the Jeep. When we were setting off again my starter got stuck on and melted a battery terminal. This however wasn't a problem because I'm not a normal North American and I have a Manual. We disconnected the power to the starter and pushed the truck down a hill.
However this could not be the end of problems. I having not gotten my Truck dirty yet I saw a huge puddle and decided to go for it. The girls riding along agreed and I hit the puddle at about 60KM in second gear. The end of the puddle wasn't smooth I slammed into the bank and shot the truck into the air getting some good flight for a 3 Ton Truck. Unfortunately the Landing seriously damaged my steering box.
We called it a day an limped out then the 3 trucks that had problems me, Dave and Dan slowly limped home taking an extra 2 hours to get back and ending with me having to tow Dave's Jeep the last leg because I had more power than Dan and Dave's transfer-case and rear diff had both given out.

My truck had the added bonus that if my steering went on the way home it would most likely result in a high-speed roll, so we arranged for space for the girls and their dog's in other trucks for the trip back.

All in all it was a fun trip and it only cost me a steering box, starter motor, and the second starter cellynoid in a week.

Hurried Update

Ok so I have been trying to get my truck ready for a 4X4 trip this Sunday. How ever Thursday when i was going to the shop to install my bushing's my started celinoid died, While I was in a car wash bay too boot. I got pulled out of the was by someone with a jeep and their jeep damn near killed it's clutch doing it. Silas stopped by the car was and we got the truck going again. When I got it to the garage it took a little bit to figure out what the problem was then by the time I had gotten the parts the day was over. Friday got the new Celinoid in and fixed a broken wire, got the truck running, cleaned the carb and tuned it a little. Now because of all this I'm still without a parking break which was supposed to go on yesterday and I'm now gonna give it one last try to get the bushing's on before tomorrow.

RIP Arthur C. Clarke

Today saw the sad passing of a truly visionary man.

Saving Throw Failed

The Devil

You are The Devil

Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession

The Devil is often a great card for business success; hard work and ambition.

Perhaps the most misunderstood of all the major arcana, the Devil is not really "Satan" at all, but Pan the half-goat nature god and/or Dionysius. These are gods of pleasure and abandon, of wild behavior and unbridled desires. This is a card about ambitions; it is also synonymous with temptation and addiction. On the flip side, however, the card can be a warning to someone who is too restrained, someone who never allows themselves to get passionate or messy or wild - or ambitious. This, too, is a form of enslavement. As a person, the Devil can stand for a man of money or erotic power, aggressive, controlling, or just persuasive. This is not to say a bad man, but certainly a powerful man who is hard to resist. The important thing is to remember that any chain is freely worn. In most cases, you are enslaved only because you allow it.

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BeatDown

Well I should have seen today coming a mile away but no, it managed to sneak-up on me. I was almost happy with how things were going until I got to work this morning.
I was given a red light ticket and a letter of repremand to go along with it. Originaly I thought no big deal I'll just pay the almost $300 ticket with the money from my second job this weekend. That job got canceled later in the day. Man I am not warming up to this place at all. I should also point out that the ticket was for me running a red light on Jan 15th 2008, Telus recived the ticket from the police on Jan 29th. However I was not made aware of it's existance until this morning March 6th. How the fuck does it take over a month to say oh by the way you ran a light????

Polar Challenge

Right so I'm sure some of you have seen Top Gear's Polar Special.
Now that was the first car to drive to the North Pole(Magnetic North), now they had the help of Toyota to do this. I however would like to do the same thing only with my Tank. I did a little bit of digging and amazingly that Toyota stock actually weighs 300 pounds more than my truck. So weight is not a problem. My issue is that in about 3 years when I want to attempt to do this the Ice may not be thick enough or far reaching enough to allow me to try this. Ideally I would like to Challenge Clarkson to a race his new Toyota VS my Old banger.