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As of midnight that day, the local police were giving the ability to chase criminals again in their patrol cars. Well this jack wagon, after calling multiple times threatening “suicide by cop” decided

Totally anticlimactic story about talking to strangers.

About a month ago we were visiting my sister-in-law for the week. Before we started our 5 hour trip home, a friend of my son asked if we could pick up a car for him on the way back. $1,000 for a clean

A tail of who's teaching whom.

Welcome back to Project Subi!! A Father & Son engine swap project on a 2006 Subaru Outback. I tore one engine apart and my son tore the other apart. Parts from the old engine need to go on the new

Project Subi is starting to get serious It must have been a rough ride across the US for this newer 60k mile engine. A couple broken sensors, plugs, but a broken valve cover and camshaft cap plate left

About 6 months ago I bought a 2006 Subaru Outback from a coworker. It had a nasty knock in the engine and sounded like utter crap!! The car is in great shape inside and out, has about 185,000 miles on

The dreaded Check Engine light popped up on the dash… Oh Great, What Now!! The car seems to be running great especially after I cleaned the throttle body. The Check Engine light was on before I cleaned

Having owned this car for close to 14 years, I can honestly say it’s been a great running car. The MPG’s aren’t the greatest but I have never had any major issues with it. Besides typical wear and tear

The local farmers are pretty good about letting us know what they come across when their power goes out. Whether it be a blown fuse, broken jumper wire, or the obvious wire on the ground or broken pole.

Anyone up for a little doggy update? If not… too bad you are getting one anyway. For those that don’t know, the Splatts Fam adopted a couple puppies from a local shelter. These two boys are littermates

It’s been a while since I participated in a good ol’ fashioned Hive Power-Up Day. I’ve been looking at my liquid Hive and I finally got tired of it sitting there doing nothing. I could convert to HBD and

Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to yet another edition of A Day With A Lineman A Day With a Lineman is series about what High Voltage Lineman do and encounter to keep the lights on for our customers. Also some

Yo Hivers!! Welcome back to another edition of A Day With A Lineman! This is my attempt to bring a little light to what is Lineman encounter when building, repairing, and maintaining the electrical grid.

The County Boys were out clearing some drainage ditches on the side of the road getting ready for fall and winter. They have been out there for a week or so working around the power poles without any issues.

Holding back dirt is important, otherwise the rains will cause erosion to wash away much of it and can put the building at risk. So we have taken some time to build a wall to help hold back the run away

Two years ago I cut our Marion Blackberry bush down to the ground. Last year we saw a lot of growth but no berries. This year… well it’s overloaded with berries!! Every couple of days I go out and pick

I’ve been chasing this “clunking” noise in my 2005 Lincoln Navigator FOREVER!! It’s coming from the front and countless times I shaken, pushed, pulled, wiggled… I can’t find it for the life of me. Then

Every two years we bring a company in to test our hotsticks. This is a requirement by OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration). Hotsticks are used to when we work on energized powerlines and

My first car was a total POS!! Ya it looked pretty cool but didn’t have enough power to go over 55mph. 1984 Nissan pickup extended cab, with a 4 inch lift and 33 inch tires. It was silver with a giant