The Nissan Leaf Gets a New Rear Axle

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Well, I finally have a salvage title for the 2013 Nissan LEAF (Actually I dont have the title yet, but I think they mail it to me. We are far from settled with the insurance company for sure. It has been six months since Angie was rear ended. The following chart shows a very sad and disturbing trend. Insurance companies aren't paying out. It should be criminal. I went shopping for a new rear axle so I can get the car driving again. The rear ended axle was so bent, the car couldn't move. The new one with no connecting bits was over a thousand dollars. The cheapest used ones I could find on ebay were over 500 dollars. I finally scored at a local used parts place for 95 dollars (removed) and with associated bits such as bearings, bushings, parts of the brakes. It took me a concentrated day with cancelled and moved meetings to get the axle replaced and the car running again. The accomplishment felt good. I am now configuring the car with tractor tires and other modifications t...

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I was in Manhattan Tuesday night through Friday evening this past week. I think that was the highest I have ever slept. I was on the 34th floor. I don't think I have ever stayed in a room higher than that. I am not sure though. It was interesting watching Good Morning America on TV and essentially being there at the same time. I ate fish and Thai food. The food was great; surprisingly, I didn't really gain any weight.

I took a project management class at the American Management Association facility at 8th and 48th. The class was good. I met and worked with some interesting folks from around the country. The instructor remarked that our class was a good one. I think she really meant it. We were all very interested in learning. Project Management is an interesting subdiscipline of management. Some companies have a natural culture of project management and others do not. I like project management because the terms used are highly defined, like physics. It is also a suite of techniques, in effect, to reduce or remove politics and improve communication. It is both an art and science.

Back at home we got a new Rooster. Liz and Ken brought him over. He was a pretty rooster. Unfortunately, he didn't last a week. Bonnie found him dead outside after she let them out for exercise. We figure our cat Tioga killed him. We didn't properly introduce them to each other. We figure Tioga saw him beating up on his hens and stepped in to protect the chicks. The rooster of course wouldn't back down in a situation like that and he lost. The rooster's neck was snapped.

It is muddy out there. I mean really muddy. The TV is calling for flash floods and warning aganist travel.

The following pic was taken a year or so ago. I like it. It shows the weather we are looking forward to right now and the common valley fog I like.


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