I spent the bulk of yesterday replacing the shocks on Arti's car -- a 2007 328i wagon. We bought the car new, and it has about 90K miles on it now. Overall, it's been a great car and still looks and drives very nicely. I've noticed though over the past year or so that it feels a bit "wallowy" in some situations. Usually I felt that in in sweeping turns with some undulations -- the car felt like it was moving around more than it should, and felt less stable than it should. Sounds like the shocks are done!
I found a bee on my car today, so I brought it inside to take some pictures of it. Pictures are from an iPhone 4 and 10x B&L Hastings Loupe....
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In the weather app I use on my phone, there is a map view with configurable overlays. One of the most useful is the Doppler Radar overlay, which usually shows precipitation level on a colorful scale.
One thing I've noticed on the radar overlay is that there is an area in the north bay, near Fairfield and Rio Vista that appears to always have storm-level activity over it.
Today I decided to try something new, since I'm pretty sure I've gone up and down Mission Peak, Mt. Allison, and Monument Peak every possible way now. Looking at Google Earth and talking with Arti, I decided to see how to get up Black Mountain. It's a 2800 foot peak to the west of Mountain View and Los Altos. Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve is the closest park, and provides a great route up.
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And so begins the inevitable reassembly of the PAAS box to read the instructions...
Crepes are surprisingly simple and quick. They don't take any special skill or equipment to make, and they don't need to be prepared the night before.
Here's the recipe we use:
<ul>
<li>1 cup flour</li>
<li>A little more than 1 cup milk</li>
<li>1 egg</l
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