Thursday, June 29, 2006

Retreads/reruns Nothing to watch on tv? Why not watch a rerun of "Ultimate Super Vixens" on Bravo? Only women who've appeared in movies/tv of course. Some of them of dubious "Superness" (The "Bond Girls" are #2? Huh? So Halie Berry gets on the list more than once?) (It was really a promo for that year's X-Men movie (several of the "Vixens" were from that movie.) But at least Emma Peel made it on the list... #15 (And she gets a 'Bond Girl' nod) and then there's Buffy -- who makes it to #3. (Somewhere around here... I thought I had the complete list from when I watched it the last time. Hmmm... here we go... ) 9:25:56 PM    Notes [] Well... that's just spiffy... I was thinking of getting a new iPod and passing the old one down the family tree (The T's Shuffle is apparently kaput. My old 2GB Nano would be a definite upgrade) this week now that the next update (the 8GB Nano) is supposedly delayed until Christmas now (Darn). I have a coupon from Best Buy. 10% off... guess what ISN'T covered by the coupon? Anything Apple (Why? So they don't compete with the new Knoxville Apple store that is opening up this weekend?) (And a bunch of other fun/cool high-tech toys. The coupon is basically good for TV's and stereo equipment. And DVD's-- Hmmm... there are a couple I would like to buy with that kind of discount... ) So... I'm wondering if it'll cover the Palm PDA I was looking at... (Best Buy in Knoxvegas just has the PDA, no accessories so I would have to go somewhere else for those). Or maybe I'll finally get that "The Complete Emma Peel" Avengers boxed set? 8:03:32 PM    Notes [] What the.... Expensive oil/oil pan gasket change today... most of it in labor. How much labor is there in changing out and removing an oil pan to replace a leaking gasket? Well.... To change the gasket in the rear oil pan in my car... you have to unbolt the engine from the car and lift it up (Or so I've been told - my info could be wrong). To change the gasket in the smaller, front oil pan -- remove a piece of plastic and remove a few bolts. Not a big deal at all... Unless... some previous owner/mechanic/yahoo hadn't used a gasket the last time they removed it (which would have been before I bought the car 3+ years ago) but had instead used a heavy coat of silicon gasket sealer INSTEAD of an actual seal. ARGH!!!!! And my current independent mechanic? A very nice guy who insists on real BMW warranteed parts (and won't use the cheap Chinese junk you can get off of eBay) and who doesn't mind an audience while he works if he isn't too busy? Horrified doesn't quite describe his reaction to that little car repair innovation. He spent over an hour carefully removing the silicon and cleaning it all up before putting in a real BMW certified gasket. And... while he was there he checked out the infamous (they (BMW V8's) all do it) loose oil pump bolts and found a couple not as tight as possible but none loose. So much for that adventure... next up... let's have some suspension work done in August... and I really need a new radio (the old one is dying (no sound on the left side) but I don't really want to spend $400 to replace it with the stock BMW radio head unit. Crutchfield has a more modern tune/cassette head unit and 12 disc CD changer for a bit less. It wouldn't be as integrated into the car controls as the current one... but it would be better than what I have now (A BMW branded Alpine setup) 7:43:29 PM    Notes []

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