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Old Plastic

Old Plastic

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Old things break, especially old plastic things. I came back from a 50-mile ride on my 2001 BMW R1100RT and set about cleaning the windshield, headlights, rearview mirrors, and taillights but the latter wobbled around when I wiped it. The rear brake light assembly was loose. Roseanne Roseannadanna was right, “It’s always something”. Hoping for simple and quick, I looked under the light but no attachment bolts. Phooey. Here is where your life philosophy comes in. My immediate response to…

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Impeller!

Impeller!

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Sunday, April 2, 2018, I spent the day with John Kalinowski, the skipper of Sleigh Ride, the 32 foot Sabre sailboat down in Deltaville VA that I raced on the past two years. We “bent” on the sails (a nautical term for attaching the sails), tuned the rig (equally tightened the stays that hold the mast up using a metal gauge), replaced the fuel filter, disassembled a recalcitrant winch, and replaced an impeller, the rotating rubber piece inside the seawater coolant pump….

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