Woe to the automobile what should belong to me

Last week the 4Runner started acting up again. As it has been no stranger to mechanical difficulty, I didn’t pay much attention, but took it to the shop after it was smoking. It looked to be running hot, so I figured I was in for a new radiator. The problem turned out to be a busted thermostat, but in the process of getting hot, it blew a head gasket. Knowing full well how much repairs have been for that vehicle, I decided it had crossed me for the last time.

I’m now the owner of a 1999 GMC Jimmy, white/charcoal. Pictures forthcoming. Now for the difficult decision: do I move all the electronics from the 4Runner to the Jimmy, or leave it stock?

The 4Runner is sitting around, waiting for a potential buyer who wants to fix it, or for me to scrap it out for parts. *Edit: Sold it.*

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2003 e-mail stats

Courtesy of Steve’s Sublimemail service, here are the email stats for my domain in 2003:

total messages: 70,733
flagged spam: 39,293
percentage spam: 56%
avg daily spam: 108
false positives: 0

I’d say Steve is catching about 75% of my spam before it ever hits my inbox. Of course, he reminds me, it would be higher if I’d submit the messages that make it past the filters. So, if the Mozilla MailNews developers would get on the stick and implement the Redirect option, it would make it a lot easier.

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