What are you listening to right now?

that;s amazing..... they do a lot of chicago songs too.... some people think they do
them better than the original band did..... i might agree on a couple of the songs...
... but not this one.... ;)


Oh, that IS Chicago. LOL. I was like, they sound just like them!
 
Oh, that IS Chicago. LOL. I was like, they sound just like them!
leonid is not bad at sounding similar to chicago... . but they have a long way to go to be as good as chicago in their prime.... ... ..however... they probably do chicago songs better than the original members of the band could do their own songs today.... ;)
 
later today i am going to be helping my dad change out the starter on his wife 2005 avalon
.... basically it will be me doing the actual work under the hood while he watches and tells

me what to do.... (he can;t even bend at the waist while standing right now without severe
pain)
.... so to get ready for this new mechanical adventure i have been watching youtube
videos on changing toyota avalon starters ... ..i think i;m pretty saturated now with the
concept and the process.. .... just waiting now for his wife to bring the car back from
work so we can start on it...... she
has been starting it for the past few days by having
a friend at work or someone at home tap on the starter with a long stick while she
turns the key.. 😖


in the meantime i;m chillin out with headphones on listening to this..... 🎧😎


 
later today i am going to be helping my dad change out the starter on his wife 2005 avalon
.... basically it will be me doing the actual work under the hood while he watches and tells

me what to do.... (he can;t even bend at the waist while standing right now without severe
pain).... so to get ready for this new mechanical adventure i have been watching youtube
videos on changing toyota avalon starters ... ..i think i;m pretty saturated now with the
concept and the process.. .... just waiting now for his wife to bring the car back from
work so we can start on it...... she has been starting it for the past few days by having
a friend at work or someone at home tap on the starter with a long stick while she
turns the key.. 😖

in the meantime i;m chillin out with headphones on listening to this..... 🎧😎


Is the starter accessed from above or below?

I've found on older Toyotas and Hyundais that the starters seem fairly accessible until you try to loosen the second screw. I've changed them and found that one person above the engine and one below makes it easier. Also having a flexible joint in your arms between the wrist and elbow is very helpful too.
 
Is the starter accessed from above or below?

I've found on older Toyotas and Hyundais that the starters seem fairly accessible until you try to loosen the second screw. I've changed them and found that one person above the engine and one below makes it easier. Also having a flexible joint in your arms between the wrist and elbow is very helpful too.
we have to access it all from above.... ..it;s located down at the lower part of the engine but other than the starter bolts itself all the other bolt heads are all facing upward - and there is too much interfence from below by structures that can;t be moved..... ...plus he doesn;t feel comfortable jacking this car up and then me getting under it like i did with the old jeep..... ...that was a major job that took days to finish... .. but looking at what the guys online were doing i;m thinking this will be duck soup compared to that one...... even though at my size i am going to have to climb into the engine practially upside down to get to the starter once i move all the air intake stuff out of the way..... i have a thick moving pad/blanket to drape over the radiator area to rest on..... we also have various breaker bars of different length to get the stuck bolts loose.... (if any are stuck)..... i gained a lot of experience with those working on the jeep....

i;m not sure how good my arm flexibilty is going to be though... . i didn;t think about that.... i have a little bit of limited dexterity in my hands/fingers due to tendon damage i did to myself when i was a teenager.... . but my arms and hands are still pretty strong... (well.. strong for a female that is barely over 4ft 10...) .... i am actually looking forward to this... i think it;s going to be fun plus i will definitely learn things along the way... ..as long as i don;t break something that requires a trip to the auto-shop to fix.....
 
I have had to be listening to "brown noise" to assist me in getting to sleep, and to keep me calm while I am experiencing the inability to breathe. I have tried to listen to "white noise," which is good for my concentration during the day, and even "black noise," during that same time period, which works equally as well.
 
there is a story behind why this song suddenly sprang into my head this morning......
was startng up our coffee machine with newsmax on the tv... .. a congressman being

interviewed used the same words as the first line of this song to describe what his
fellow congressman had done .....and so i am playing it on both the stereo and in my 🎧

headphones to get it out my head .... and yes it;s driving the rest of the household crazy.... 🤪

 
At a trip to the public library a few weeks ago, I discovered there was a long-lost recording of Ella Fitzgerald in Berlin from 1962--one in which she doesn't goof the lyrics to "Mack the Knife."

 
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