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Hit the junkyard today to get the steering wheel off my old car, which turned out to be easier than expected. Was also hoping to get a better trunk for the Saturn but the lock mechanism was broke on the car I was going to get it off of. Turns out I didn't need to sell my car to the junkyard after all. After getting grief from my dad and uncle about how my car was keeping him from getting the trees cut down. Turns out my dad thought of another excuse to not get them cut down since he couldn't use my car being in the way anymore. Just pisses me off All he ever does anymore is come up with excuses not to get stuff done. Whatever, if another branch falls off that tree and hits the neighbors house she already said she'll take him to court and I hope she does. Hope y'all have a good Labor day weekend

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My Saturn was made there. They were actually good reliable cars till some dipstick beancounter at GM decided to force Saturn to share platforms, engines and transmissions etc... with the other brands and the Ion is what came out of that and ruined the reliability.

Front Row Motorsports might shrink to a one car team or fold the Cup team entirely and sell both it's charter's. Apparently 23XI is either leasing or buying one of FRM's charter's for 2022

JTGDaugherty will shrink to a one car team for 2022, No decision on who the driver will be https://www.jayski.com/2021/08/31/jtg-daugherty-racing-plans-to-run-one-full-time-team-in-2022/ So either Ryan Preece or Ricky Stenhouse jr will be without a ride for 2022.

Its really unfortunate that F1 doesn't postpone a race a day or two in extreme circumstances like this one. They should look into changing that rule. I hope all the fans in attendance got a refund, if not a refund then free tickets to next year's race there.

Saturday night's Coke Zero Sugar 400 turned into a demolition derby in the last 15 laps. Only 3 cars finished the race looking mostly undamaged. Ryan Blaney won the race, Chris Buescher came in 2nd however his finish was DQ'd after an illegal modification was found, Bubba Wallace got his second top five of the season. Ryan Newman got his second top 5 of the season. BJ McLeod and Josh Bilicki both got there first top tens of their Cup Careers. Top 10 1 Ryan Blaney 2 Bubba Wallace 3 Ryan Newman 4 Ryan Preece 5 Tyler Reddick 6 Justin Haley 7 Alex Bowman 8 Chase Elliott 9 BJ McLeod 10 Josh Bilicki Next week is the first playoff race at Darlington on NBCSN.

I'd be heading to the nearest Ferrari dealership with that check in hand, then again could head to the Chevy dealership and buy his and her Corvette's and still have plenty of money left over. Someone bought a house up the road for half a million but the house also sits on 5+acres of land. The management of these apartments is so stupid. Had to make an emergency maintenance call because our kitchen faucet sprung a leak. Maintenance guy installed a new faucet but had to Jerry rig the hoses because the ones that came with the faucet weren't long enough and he couldn't just go to Lowe's, Home Depot etc... to just get longer ones. They can only use what's in the storage shed if it ain't there then you're S.O.L. till they can order it and it gets delivered. And now the Jerry rigged hoses are leaking so got to wait till our regular maintenance guy gets in tomorrow to see if he can fix it.

Well another rumor on Twitter is 23XI racing will be buying or leasing a charter from Front Row Motorsports and FRM will switch from Ford to Toyota for 2022 as another JGR satellite team.

513 as in $513,000 or $51,300? Junkyard came and picked up the Cavalier today . Sad seeing her go. Wish I could have given it to someone for a parts car but the junkyard gave me an offer I couldn't pass up.

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Did ya make out like a bandit? Or did the bandits get you? Found out last month this one guy that has annual garage sales we go to got screwed before the housing boom. He sold his cabin on Lake Erie for nowhere near what it was worth because he had some medical bills to pay. The buyer lowballed him and with Covid lockdown beginning he figured he wouldn't get a better offer so he took it.

Kurt Busch is moving to the 2nd car for 23XI Racing in 2022 will be driving #45 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/08/27/kurt-busch-to-drive-second-car-for-23xi-racing/ with that Kurt will be the only current driver to drive for every manufacturer since his debut in cup. I wonder since this is Kyle and Adam Petty's old number if that means they are getting the charter that RPM is currently leasing to RWR. And the car numbers are moving forward

Woke up early this morning to what sounded like someone dumping buckets of water on the roof. Turned on the local weather radar channel and seen a big blotch if red right above our area. According to the local news In less than an hour we got over 2 inches, possibly 3 inches, of rain, 10 miles west of us got over 5 inches of rain in the same time frame. And the lightning, never seen anything like it, there was so many flashes you could read a book by the light of it. Where we park the cars is sort of a peak in the parking lot luckily so the water never reached our cars, but some of the cars parked in the lower section of the lot had water upto the bottom of the doors. The downpour was so fast that it even moved some of the parking pads into the middle of the parking lot. Glad to hear you're ok Hobie

It was ok getting up there, coming down not so easy, thank god I used to do Yoga everyday which made it easier to balance myself on a not so stable ladder. Biggest yard I ever mowed with a push mower was 3/4 acre, had to stop to refuel the mower up to finish the yard, Lady paid me $40 to do it so not bad for about 2hrs work. She ended up selling the house 2 months after hiring me to mow and the new owners were going to have their kids mow so it was nice while it lasted. You know Roger if you get yourself a goat or two and they could take care of the mowing for ya as long as you can keep them from eating everything else in sight.

We're supposed to have feels like temps in the 100's today. Not looking forward to getting on my dad's garage roof to patch the hole this afternoon caused by the tree branches a few weeks ago. Will be fun since he buried the 16' ladder in there and I can only get too the 8'A ladder. After that the only thing left on the list of my uncle's demands is cleaning my dad's garage out. Only things going back in there is what belongs in there, everything else is either getting sold, trashed or scrapped and if my dad has a problem with that he can bleep to his brother about it. Wife's checking out storage units today for the stuff we have in there. Hobie if you're in that flooding mess, thoughts and prayers to ya.

Hobie did all that rain in Tennessee affect you? Man 17 inches of rain in 24hrs has to be a new record for anywhere in America. Friday we finally figured out what was rattling in the wife's car, turned out the rear shocks were the cause. That noise has been puzzling us and the mechanics for the past few months. I though it might have been a loose exhaust pipe. One mechanic thought it was the bushings. I was able to pinpoint the sound was coming from the left rear while driving around our apartment parking lot. One mechanic went with the wife for a drive and he climbed half into the trunk to pinpoint the source and felt a lot of vibration in the LR shock tower. He put it on the lift and checked the bushings and they seemed fine so he ordered a set of shocks and thank God that was the problem. Now the car is quiet again and we can drive it without worrying if anything is going to fall off and leave her stranded somewhere.

Ryan Blaney stole the win at MIS yesterday. 3 of the 4 Hendrick Motorsports cars dominated most of the race swapping the lead several times. On a late race restart Kyle Busch pushed Ryan Blaney to the lead before falling back to 7th. Ryan Blaney was able to hold off both Kyle Larson and William Byron in the final exciting laps. Austin Dillon was having an awesome race till Brad Keselowski turned him at the start finish line shortly after Stage 2. Top 10 1 Ryan Blaney 2 William Byron 3 Kyle Larson 4 Kurt Busch 5 Denny Hamlin 6 Matt Dibenedetto 7 Kyle Busch 8 Chase Elliott 9 Brad Keselowski 10 Martin Truex Jr Erik Jones signed a 1 year contract extension with Richard Petty Motorsports for 2022 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/08/22/erik-jones-returning-to-rpm-in-2022/ NFL Great Emmitt Smith is adding Nascar team owner to his resume https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/08/21/nascar-emmitt-smith-jesse-iwuji-xfinity-series-team/ will be teaming with driver Jesse Iwuji to start an Xfinity team for 2022.

Oh I know now, boy I got my episodes mixed up . Not going to say though as I cheated and looked it up on the DoH Wiki.

Lulu and Daisy

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If you get the Circle country channel in your area then I can recommend the Dinner Drive with Kyle Petty show. The interviews aren't limited to race car driver's though they make up the majority of the 1st season so far. It airs at 8pm eastern Thursday nights and replays Saturday nights at 8:30pm eastern. You can catch the first episode here https://m.facebook.com/kylepetty45/videos/107011838239506/?_se_imp=0PciTQcTzCkFGArmN

That's crazy what happened with the one coaster at Cedar Point. They're covering their butts too, local news media has been trying to get more info but everyone except witnesses are using the 'No Comment' line. Funny how the piece of debris mysteriously disappeared in all the chaos too. There was more family drama last night. I told the wife if she wants out of all the drama I won't fight her in a separation, i told her one of us should be able to escape and have a happier life. Funny yesterday was a pretty good day; seen an Indigo Bunting at the park, made my peace with having to get rid of my project cars, then my uncle calls and well so much for a good day. Seems my dad failed to mention he was the one that parked the one car behind the garage or that all the bicycles on the side of the garage are ones he brought home or that most of the crap in the garage is his but I guess I'm the fn hoarder so whatever...I just don't care anymore.

Kurt Busch reportedly has two offers on the table for 2022 but hasn't elaborated any further than that. Sunday's Cup Indy RC race was the least watched Indianapolis Cup race besides the 2018 Monday rain postponed race https://www.jayski.com/2021/08/17/indianapolis-tv-ratings-4/ Nascar is reinstating some Covid protocols such as masks and social distancing https://www.jayski.com/2021/08/17/nascar-implements-several-covid-19-protocol-adjustments-beginning-this-weekend/ . So we won't be seeing the media on top of the driver's anymore this year. They'll have to put their phones and mics on selfie sticks again lol. I don't know why but I found it funny seeing all those poles shoved in driver's faces. I just thought any minute now a pissed of racer is going to take one of those poles and either break it or swing it at someone lol. The races are at Michigan this weekend but on NBCSN.