{"id":57,"date":"2004-11-25T17:47:20","date_gmt":"2004-11-25T17:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=57"},"modified":"2004-11-25T17:47:20","modified_gmt":"2004-11-25T17:47:20","slug":"steve-be-fixed-yay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2004\/11\/25\/steve-be-fixed-yay\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve be fixed! Yay!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This entry was originally part of a separate, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Blog\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blog\">personal blog<\/a>. I&#8217;ve merged them together now to make life easier.<br \/>\nAll the dates that the entries were originally published and posted comments have been preserved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-Well, it wasn&#8217;t the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Clutch\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clutch\">clutch<\/a>&#8230; it was the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Alternator\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alternator\">alternator<\/a>. Or rather the screws that fix the alternator to the rest of the car&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently my alternator was hanging off. They also gave the engine a bit of a spring clean and found that one of my <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Spark plug\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spark_plug\">spark plugs<\/a> wasn&#8217;t working, hence fixing another problem I never knew I had.<\/p>\n<p>Wasn&#8217;t a bad price, a little over 40 English Pounds, including labour and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Value added tax\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Value_added_tax\">VAT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I&#8217;m now also a member of a web ring, the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Leeds\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=53.7997222222,-1.54916666667&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=53.7997222222,-1.54916666667 (Leeds)&amp;t=h\">Leeds<\/a> Blogs one to be precise. Using the little box on the left entitled &#8220;Linkage for Leeds&#8221; you can surf around other <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Blog\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blog\">blogs<\/a> from Leeds. At the time of writing, I think there are 18 other sites in the ring, although I am one of 5 still waiting to be accepted even though I&#8217;ve been accepted&#8230; bit nice to share web space with other people. I like it! All cosy and warm&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This entry was originally part of a separate, personal blog. 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