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[4RE KLR]

BOO hoo

I have been running like a chicken with my head cut off today.

The airbag light on the F250 came on. Wouldn't you know it, it gets inspected this month. Took it to Ford today. The clock spring in the steering wheel is bad. $290.00 later still no worky! Theysaid they have to take out the airbag to get to it.1.5 hours @$ 85.00 per hour. Said only dealers can take out the airbag without deployment. I told him I see body shops do it everyday. He did not think that was funny. Said they could not remove them legally. (riiiiiight)

No horn, No cruise, airbag light is on, and Inspection sticker running on empty for the end of May. BOO HOO

You would think this was a boat, huh

[Ron61]

Steve,

Remove air bag light or disconnect. By pass horn button for now and use a switch with remote so if they push the horn button you can make it honk. Make them cause the air bag to deploy and that takes care of the dealer charge for taking it out.


Ron

[LwCwb]

Like computers, I trust airbags as far as I can throw em.... havent thrown an airbag... or a computer.... only PARTS of computers!

[4RE KLR]

You know I thought of that.

I did just that. I unhooked the airbag light and sure enough the light went out. Only a ding...ding...ding all the time. I tracked down the bell and unhooked it Then a different ding..ding..ding, only much louder all the time. I unhooked that one and the truck would not start.

Called my cousin (more of a brother to me) with Ford. He says "yep, happens all the time. You can't bypass it, if you still need to drive the truck, Period. Tamper with it and the truck won't start" "take it to the dealer. They are the only ones who can fix it." Sounds like a rippoff to me.

I actually unplugged the computer and hooked up a laptop to run the truck. It ran fine, but the guys would not inspect it that way. Waht are you gonna do. They got me this time. They had to order a different part that they said was under the 100K warranty at no cost to me. He said they felt sure that would fix it. Will know tomorrow afternoon.


On a different subject.
Anyone know a decient merchant account provider? Mine seems to be crooked.

[4RE KLR]

Ron

How are you comming with my dog?

[Ron61]

Steve,

Now that I am through laughing about you and your Ford ordeal, I will tell you about the dog. I am having a devil of a time making it look good. I can go into my animation program and change the frames, but the aspect ratio on him is such that to gethim big enough to really see well he looks funny. I am still trying different things and I actually put him on as my avatar for an hour or so, but that one showed up so small I didn't like it.
As for the light thing. I had a friend with a Firebird a few years ago and some light of his came on just as he was going in for his smog check. He turned around and brought it back out here and couldn't find anything at all, but the light wouldn't go out. So he took it to a garage and they worked on it for two days and got that light out but the check engine light I think it was wouldn't go off. They charged him over $500 dollars and told him he had to take it to Pontiac where they had the codes to tell what sensor that was. We called a friend who worked there and he told me how to take a paper clip and connect two of the inputs where they plug their analyzer togetherand then to watch a light and count the flashes. It would flash a few times, pause and flash another number of times. We told him what the number was and he said it is the air filter sensor. Opened the hood and the air cleaner was gone. The guy at the garage took it off and then put it in the trunk and forgot about it as he spent two days trying to find out why that light was on. I told him the next time he wanted his air cleaner taken off to call me and I would do it for $100 dollars instead of $500.

Ron

[flipper35]

Dad had a problem like that and just pulled the bulb out.

[4RE KLR]

I tried to take out the bulb. Then the stupid ding...ding...ding

I treid to trick the truck into thinking the bulb was in place and burning by putting a piece of foil in the connectors where the light would go. Ding..ding..ding...,

I gave up. The stupid truck was smarter than I am. But then again I guess Ford spends hundreds of millions of dollars to make sure we can't bypass a light.

Ron:
That is the same problem I was having. When I would get him small enough to upload he looked like he--. I haven't given up either. I tried to break it down into single frames and seperate the frames. I have managed to do that but I can't get the one I want. If he can't run back and fourth I would like the area where he is wagging his tail.

[blykins]

How about an avitar of a barking dog looking up at the moon...then getting hit by a pellet?

[4RE KLR]

I would like to turn him around. can't figure out how to do that either.

I think he would look better running to the right instead of the left. When I got him tunred around he had a green background.

[4RE KLR]

Brent:
You are going to get me in trouble again

And it was a hail ball. The pellet (s) oh nevermind........


Ron:
How is the little green box working?

[LwCwb]

Along with the dog running to the left, put a pellet like Blykins suggested following him with "Speed Trails," or matrix trails following the path of the pellet.


Better yet, make a big ball of ice fall on his head!

[4RE KLR]

man you guys are bad tonight.

The poor little fellow.

But ,if he starts barking i'll shut his butt up too.


I got some good feedback today. Some of the other neighbors are raiseing cane about it as well. Including one neighbor in a different subdivision.

Kristen:
I know, I know...give me a break! Geeze once a teacher always a teacher. Now I have a complex. Look Mom, Dad can't spell.

[trularin]

Man feel like I am a day late and a dollar short.

All of you are working the dog???

[Ron61]

Steve,

The green box has a fault and they are sending a new one.

Ok, who did the dog for you? I had him almost that size and tried having him go both ways but just didn't like the way he looked. I have never had a problem with resizing frames and such in my animation program before and so I must be missing something and would like to find out what.
To turn him around all you have to to is a flip. It is just the aspect ratio that I was having a fit with. Also I cut the frames at the point he turned and trie having him go right only, then left only, and then just sit and wag the tail but still couldn't get it to look that good. I would like to talk to whoever did it and find out what they did as I don't use the animation program much and really don't begin to know all the secret tricks.

Ron

[Ron61]

Opps, wrong thread but now that I am in here!!!!

Dearest Redneck Son,

I'm writing this slow, because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 miles of your home, so we moved. I won't be able to send you the address because the last West Virginia family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so they wouldn't have to change their address.

This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not
sure about it. I put a load of clothes in and pulled the chain. We haven't seen them since.

The weather isn't bad here It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four days. About that coat you wanted me to send. Your Uncle Billy Bob said! it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.

Bubba locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out.

Your sister had a baby this morning, but I haven't found out what it is yet so I don't know if you are an aunt or uncle. The baby looks just like your brother.

Uncle Bobby Ray fell into a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out but he fought them off and drowned.. We had him cremated, he burned for three days.

Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pickup truck. Butch was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety Your other two friends were in the back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down.

There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much out of the
normal has happened.

Your Favorite Aunt,
Mom

Ron

[4RE KLR]

Tru:
Not everyone, but you are welcome to join in.


Ron:
You are so funny. I like the tailgate part.

Are they going to overnight the green box?

AS for the Dog. I broke it into individual frames and that is the only one I go tthat was clear enough to post. The rest are not even close. I do not know why. I tried to turn him around on my HP 2610 Photosmart but no cigar. The sofware for that machine is awsome. I think I am the problem, not the all in one. I just think he would look better not running toward the line on the left.

Not really a big deal. I would like to have him wagging his tail, like in the running version but I can't get that one either. He is ok like he is. If you have some spare time ok, but don't fret over it. I really did not do anything to him. I just uploaded him into the My pictures area them sent him to the HP2610 (my printer, fax,copier, photo printer) and followed the steps to break down the frames. It really did not work that well, but it looks ok.


Earl:
How about an update!

[hey,littlecobra]

a poster named Durt also uses the little schnauzer. Runs just like yours- doesn't stop and wag its tail.
Cute, tho'.
K

[Ron61]

Steve,

I don't know if they were going to overnight it or not. Haven't been to the post office this morning. Don't know yet if it is the box, but that dog in the yard right next to me has not barked for four days. I keep wondering what I am missing.

Ron

[Ron61]

Steve,

Is this the way that you want him to run?