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Good day gang!

Sunny blue skies with white puffy clouds today and 57° currently. Heading to 59°.

The light humming in the Colorado has grown to a but of a low roar lately , time for hub bearings after 97K. The factory parts retail for 300 bucks each. My cost at the dealer $175 each. I went with MOOG hub bearings at $226.00 for the pair delivered from Rock Auto. Yes, normally I am all GM, but my wallet thinks otherwise. I just have to get another 2 years out of the truck before I semi-retire it. When I retire my last act will be to buy a car, highway cruiser for the out of state runs. Not a Urus, more like a Lexus IS.
 


Got the furnace filter changed. Moved my plant table after moving two unused kitchen chairs to the garage. I even vacuumed today!

I deserve a Bitburger for all that hard work, so I believe I'll have one with, and after lunch. Oh, and bar-b-q hamburgers again for lunch!

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Good day gang!

Sunny blue skies with white puffy clouds today and 57° currently. Heading to 59°.

The light humming in the Colorado has grown to a but of a low roar lately , time for hub bearings after 97K. The factory parts retail for 300 bucks each. My cost at the dealer $175 each. I went with MOOG hub bearings at $226.00 for the pair delivered from Rock Auto. Yes, normally I am all GM, but my wallet thinks otherwise. I just have to get another 2 years out of the truck before I semi-retire it. When I retire my last act will be to buy a car, highway cruiser for the out of state runs. Not a Urus, more like a Lexus IS.
Karl: Remember to check those inner bearings too. Bit me last time with the Nissan. And on top of that, the front diff also needed the pinion bearing. I had 147K on that. I am a Rock Auto fan as well.

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Don't they make the steering/front end parts for Napa's premium line or did at one time?
They may, may have I don't know.
First Brands, which sells/owns many aftermarket parts brands, filed bankruptcy a couple of weeks ago.
I did not know that. In fact, I never heard of First Brands. A lot has changed in the last 20+ years.

Double dealing, and over $2.3 billion missing... Somebody screwed the pooch!
 
Got the furnace filter changed. Moved my plant table after moving two unused kitchen chairs to the garage. I even vacuumed today!

I deserve a Bitburger for all that hard work, so I believe I'll have one with, and after lunch. Oh, and bar-b-q hamburgers again for lunch!

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Got the furnace filter changed. Moved my plant table after moving two unused kitchen chairs to the garage. I even vacuumed today!

I deserve a Bitburger for all that hard work, so I believe I'll have one with, and after lunch. Oh, and bar-b-q hamburgers again for lunch!

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That was the "house" beer on the cruise. I got to really enjoy it since it was free/included with lunch & dinner.
 
I guess the customer base was small. It might be a regional thing.
I actually got like $950 from an action against law firm I had used to try and navigate through some tax difficulties 25 years ago. And then later I got another like $400 when they had money left over. I was flabbergasted. I had given them much more and they basically shrugged and said sorry, we can't help you and would not follow through, but I figured it was a learning experience...

I also got something like $1000 from Apple for some suit about small developers and have gotten one or two small $15-$25 payments from the same suit. More money than I've made with my own apps... They do get $99 a year from me to be in the developer program.
 


I actually got like $950 from an action against law firm I had used to try and navigate through some tax difficulties 25 years ago. And then later I got another like $400 when they had money left over. I was flabbergasted. I had given them much more and they basically shrugged and said sorry, we can't help you and would not follow through, but I figured it was a learning experience...

I also got something like $1000 from Apple for some suit about small developers and have gotten one or two small $15-$25 payments from the same suit. More money than I've made with my own apps... They do get $99 a year from me to be in the developer program.
I received 5-free packets of StarKist Tuna a few years ago in a class action suit!
 
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