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Luke in Windsor<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Firehousesubs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firehousesubs</a> , Judy’s choice for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DayeNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DayeNight</a>, prescriptions run, and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/princessauto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#princessauto</a> for a bike carrier for cheap. Afterward we cruised through our neighborhood looking for landscaping ideas because a lifetime of weekly spraying for boxwood caterpillars 🐛 does Not Bring Me Joy. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FridayNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FridayNight</a>

C.A Tale of Two Shitties... [1]I've always done my own seasonal tire changes on my vehicle and my partner's as well. When I first started many years ago, I bought a cheapie 2-ton trolley <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jack</a> from Princess Auto - USAnians can substitute "Harbor Freight" and the story will be essentially the same.But I replaced my vehicle a year and a half ago. The new one rides a little higher off the ground, and has the massive <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wheels</a> and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tires</a> that have become the de facto standard, and my old jack didn't lift high enough to change the wheels on the new vehicle. Being the better part of 20 years newer, the new vehicle is also a lot heavier.So I bought a larger 3-ton trolley jack, with a higher lift height. It's even a real name brand, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Torin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Torin</a>. [2]So anyways... I went to take the snow tires off on the weekend, and the new jack had <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/leaked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leaked</a>, and won't lift properly. So it's sprung an o-ring or other <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/seal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seal</a>, after only using it 3 times (I think). The 20-year-old Princess Auto special is still fine. They sit next to each other in the garage, so it's not storage conditions.Winner: Princess Auto.Then, while changing tires, one lug <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nut</a> was <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/seized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seized</a>. Got out a decent sized breaker bar, and a 1/2" to 3/8" socket drive adapter from Princess Auto - their "pro" "Pro Point" line, yet - put my back into it, and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/sheared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sheared</a> the damn adapter off.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Craptastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Craptastic</a>![1] Couldn't resist, sorry. [3] [2] I didn't say it was a great name brand. [3] Not sorry.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PrincessAuto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrincessAuto</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cheap</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Chinesium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chinesium</a>

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