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As of this moment, I am 42 years old. But if there's anything that I've learned over the last 42 years is that it's more important to not grow up. Grow responsible, but never grow up.

I creak a little more when I move, and my memory isn't what it used to be. But, as long as it stays fun, I think I can go another 42.

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Question for the grease monkeys out there:

Back in February, I got my front rotors replaced. 4000 miles and five months later they're warped. The mechanic who did it said "We'll replace them under warranty only this one time, but no one in Seattle warranties rotors, and I won't do it again. Keep your foot off the brakes on these hills and downshift instead."

I drove my pickup in Seattle for five years, and seven years before that on one set of rotors. This car has never had rotor repair before I bought her, and suddenly they're out in five months? That sounds like bullshit, that looks like bullshit, I call bullshit. But I'm not a professional - is that bullshit?

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Back in the days before YouTube I used to send this song out to folks on their birthday to annoy them. Turnabout is fair play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYaKZfnNmjk

(It's not actually the worst in either song or day. :) )

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Car is being repaired. Front rotors are warped, being replaced under warranty. Back rotors also being replaced, but will keep a very suspicious eye on them. If they go out as well, it's Game Over for the currently unnamed mechanic's Yelp profile.

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Stream comics? Or Stream Ultra Street Fighter IV? YOU DECIDE: http://twitch.tv/jenndolari

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Car update.

So the car got repaired, cost $800, but could have been worse as they went ahead and covered the front rotors under warranty. I asked what he thought may have caused the problem, since he seemed pretty adamant it was me.

His explanation - I drive down Novelty Hill Road. Novelty hill road is a 400 foot drop over three quarters of a mile, a 10% grade. And, admittedly, going down that road, I ride the brakes all the way down. And at the end of the road is a light. He says, riding the brakes down causes the brakes and rotor to heat up, and when at the bottom, if you hit the red lights and don't let them up at all, the rotors don't dissipate heat and warp.

I drive down this five days out of the week, for eight months. It kind of makes sense. Dad says this makes sense. But what do you, the grease monkey at home, think?

Bullshit, or no bullshit?

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I don't do my No Freeway Trips solely because I enjoy them:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/tsa-agents-examine-transgender-dnc-delegate-genitalia-article-1.2727236?utm_content=buffer7c2b7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=TSalinger+twitter