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Well, the news of the Cicada apocalypse has come true in Saugerties, NY, or at least some parts of it. My home is an old property, the house itself was built in 1882 and I’m sure a few of the trees around here are at least as old as the house. I, like most people, […]

Continue Reading Cicadas Brood II in Saugerties, NY 2013

Tags: ants, bugs, Cicada, General, summer

I know I’ve not posted in a long time aside from my Chevy Colorado check engine light complaint in the last post. Things have been pretty busy but I’ve not been doing a lot of yard or house work. I’ve been working pretty hard at work and in my off time I’ve been working on […]

Continue Reading What I’ve Been Up To

Tags: Jon's Hobbies

I have a company vehicle, it’s a 2007 Chevy Colorado. This year I had a CEL (check engine light) indicated and needed to take it in for an inspection. It popped up with a bad purge control valve (that’s a P0443 code on the tester.) as well as a bad crank sensor and a bad […]

Continue Reading Chevy Colorado Check Engine Light Problems Driving Me Mad!

Tags: Auto, check engine light, chevy, DTC, P0171, P0443

My friend’s car was having problems with the headlights and tail-lights/driving lights. The head lights would be on, but the tail lights would be out, or the tail lights would be on but the head lights were off.  When the tail lights were out, so were the dash lights. I researched the cause of this […]

Continue Reading Honda Accord Combination Switch Removal, Repair and Replacement

Tags: 1987 honda, Auto, Car Electric, Car Repair, Honda Accord

It’s once again house centipede season. Every year at about the same time I see a huge increase in interest in these ‘bugs’. This particular centipede gets referred to a lot as a ‘fuzzy centipede’ and while I don’t think it’s fuzzy, it’s long wispy legs can perhaps give the impression that it’s fuzzy. After a […]

Continue Reading It's House Centipede Season Again

Tags: House Centipede, Spring