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Street price on regular is still $4.40 to $4.60 a gallon.  Diesel is at $4.10 to $4.20 a gallon

The "clubs" are at $3.96 a gallon for regular

Out early this sunday morning.. Saw this modified HHR chevy in the parking lot of a food store. Workmanship looked DIY to me.

I bought this Harbor Freight floor jack in 2022... It developed a squeak in it last year. As you pump the handle it squeaked some where.  I sprayed various lube products on joints. It would be quiet maybe 2 uses.

So , I took the dang thing apart and used my red n tacky bearing grease on everything I could. Pulled pivot pins one at a time... Grease, re-install the pins. Its quiet again. The joints were very dry, my spray lube was not really getting into much. 

I spoke too soon again.. Prices in our area went up 20 - 30 cents a gallon on gasoline again.  Station near us that was $4.09-9 this morning... Late afternoon , it hit $4.39-9.

Station east of us where I changed out a flat tire on sunday.. Was at $4.59-9 this afternoon when I visited the AutoZone next door.

 

Whacky price changes with the clubs and street prices..  In the area of 2 to 5 cents change during the day.

At least its not 20 cents at a time.. LOL 

Station near us can be at $4.09-9 in the evening.. Next morning it is $4.07-9... By late in the afternoon , its back up to $4.09-9.

Weird I say. 

At the cemetery my wife's parents are in , this chevy 1957 truck rolled in.  Mostly original looking.  I did not bother the older fellow while he visited a grave .

A few decades ago I had a 1957 chevy truck. Front IFS conversion from a 1970 Chevelle.. 454 with T-400 trans, 9 inch differential 2.75 gears.  Kinda miss that truck

This morning was road trip day to the cemeteries to install new flowers on my mother's grave and my wife's parents graves.

On the way home on the freeway we hear a whack - ting noise under the car. Of course in my head I think "well there is a flat tire"  and it was. TPMS lite came on a couple minutes later near our exit.  At a red light I open the door, look back and sure as S the LR tire was very low.

I can report the OEM Honda tire changing tools and jack do work to change a flat tire.  I found the object that put a large cut in the middle of the tread.

First photo shows where the sharp metal stuck in the plastic inner wheel well after it exited the tyre.

2nd photo shows the length of the knife blade shaped object..

Last photo shows the mini spare tyre installed in a convenience store parking lot.

 

We have regular grade gasoline at a street price of $4.09-9 to $4.29-9  this friday.

The "clubs" are at $3.70 today..

Buzz in the news is the prices will go a bit higher still.

Diesel has increased to $4.09-9 to $4.19-9

    

Local stations were at $3.79-9 for a while.. Today (wednesday) the prices jumped 20 - 30 cents. Stations near us that were $3.79-9  are now $4.09-9 for regular.

Diesel is still the same price, i doubt that lasts long.

Some rumbles on the price increase is: Summer blend change over(its not summer here yet)... and the Calliefornia refineries are not operating at capacity .

      

After helping load the truck, I took the profits from that project and went to McDonald's and ate, on the dollar menu. LOL.

Or: the secret senior menu?

 

Discovered (remembered) that there is a wire business here in the valley of the sun AZ.

CE Auto Electric in Gilbert AZ. That near 60 miles away , so shipping is likely cheaper than a drive to them?

It rained cats, dogs, small farm animals here sunday nite.

On Directv SAT service the station FETV has started showing the old Highway Patrol show with Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews.  Of course I am recording the show

Couple photos of Arizona based drag cars at event we attended saturday

Bought this cordless power grease gun a few weeks ago.  WOrks well. A bit awkward to move around under my RV to grease stuff.

Milwaukee brand, 12volt power.

Visited a hot rod gathering this saturday:

A few photos of some cars there..