Adventioneering

[ May 5, 2007; 09:15 to 11:15. ] From the Mt. Rainier climbing blog:

May 5th is rapidly approaching, and plans to reopen the park on the anniversary of Napoleon’s death continue. The proposed theme involves a grand ceremony at 10 am (think dignitaries, ribbons, etc)… From 10 am to 12, the park entrance fee will be waived, so if you’re a budget minded [...]

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[ July 12, 2007 to July 14, 2007. ] As far as I can tell, this is *the* major western washington star party. For more information, checkout their webite at http://www.tmspa.com/

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Yesterday I worked on the antenna mount for my truck, which has been a cause of various problems. Frankly I am pretty luke-warm to the entire setup, the way I have it, particularly with the ATAS-120. I bought a very beefy mount, but, due to the way the ATAS-120 mounts vibrations and what not tend [...]

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I ordered a new LR steering box, hoses, and pitman drop arm today. The basic story with the steering boxes is that like everything else on a LR, they eventually leak. Usually they don’t wear out so much as the seals, requiring a rebuild. And it is possible to rebuild them yourself, which a number [...]

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Today I upgraded Betty with 6 new Bosch spark plugs and Alex gave Remington an oil change after a spark plug & wire upgrade a few days earlier. I’ve never changed spark plugs in ANY car before. In my previous car they got so bad the charge was arcing off the block. Whoops! “Wait – [...]

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…to every rusted bolt that has ever said no to me. 406 – 1260 lb/ft. Buy Now.

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[ June 28, 2008 to July 5, 2008. ] See also forum thread.

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These days most cars, my Jeep included, come equipped with automated DRLs (Daylight Running Lights). I know that DRLs were included on all new vehicles to reduce the instance of accidents but if ‘everyone is special, then no one is’. If everyone has on DRLs then it’s just like before when no one did.
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No, this isn’t a joke. In one of the more bizarre cross-branding arrangements it turns out that Honda once sold Discos into the Japan market for a while under the “Crossroad” name.

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The newest addition to the Adventioneering Fleet is a 2001 Jeep Wrangler TJ. It’s mine… all mine!

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