THE NUT HOUSE

Lokkje

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@Lokkje So how is Toast settling in?
Indy and Red Lady say Hi!
Toast is a pig. He used to be much more friendly and I don’t know if it’s a phase but he’s rather hostile lately. He doesn’t want me to pick him up and he seems shy. I hope it is a phase because he was very very friendly when I first got him and I try to handle him every day.
 

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Toast is a pig. He used to be much more friendly and I don’t know if it’s a phase but he’s rather hostile lately. He doesn’t want me to pick him up and he seems shy. I hope it is a phase because he was very very friendly when I first got him and I try to handle him every day.
Pay attention with his parietal eye. It only processes light/dark, but shadows from normal hand movement can sometimes spook them.
 

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Yep. Weekends are a state of mind. Days off are way better.?
Well, in my tales from my trip to Y's house I sorta neglected to tell that I had just hit Sacramento on my way home and something happened to my steering column. It became sort of sloppy and I could move the whole steering column up and down, sideways and back. Frankly, at 3 am with no cops around I was driving a little fast, maybe, and it did get kinda weird and scary. I have rack and pinion steering without power assist. For you mechanics, the steering knuckle got tired I guess. So my car is in the car hospital, fixing that minor problem, replacing the 02 sensor and something else that I've forgotten. I live 3 miles from town, have walked it a few times. They've had the damn car since 8 this morning. I want my car...now
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Cathie G

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Well, in my tales from my trip to Y's house I sorta neglected to tell that I had just hit Sacramento on my way home and something happened to my steering column. It became sort of sloppy and I could move the whole steering column up and down, sideways and back. Frankly, at 3 am with no cops around I was driving a little fast, maybe, and it did get kinda weird and scary. I have rack and pinion steering without power assist. For you mechanics, the steering knuckle got tired I guess. So my car is in the car hospital, fixing that minor problem, replacing the 02 sensor and something else that I've forgotten. I live 3 miles from town, have walked it a few times. They've had the damn car since 8 this morning. I want my car...now
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I'm so glad you're alive and kicking. I completely feel your pain with no power steering. Let alone the fact that I grew up around mechanics that liked using me to help. I have small hands and arms and can attach a tool... when they can't.?
 

Blackdog1714

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Well, in my tales from my trip to Y's house I sorta neglected to tell that I had just hit Sacramento on my way home and something happened to my steering column. It became sort of sloppy and I could move the whole steering column up and down, sideways and back. Frankly, at 3 am with no cops around I was driving a little fast, maybe, and it did get kinda weird and scary. I have rack and pinion steering without power assist. For you mechanics, the steering knuckle got tired I guess. So my car is in the car hospital, fixing that minor problem, replacing the 02 sensor and something else that I've forgotten. I live 3 miles from town, have walked it a few times. They've had the damn car since 8 this morning. I want my car...now
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THat is so scary I have been at 60 MPH with a full power steering failure on a Ford SUV and wow you are surely understating the experience!
 
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