First, Bob Mercer has a few facts for all those South Dakotans convinced that the solution to every problem is slashing federal spending.
Bob Mercer...Biggest source of funds to SD is Federal Government
And for something completely different, a short story about vehicle repair. A friend who lives a few hundred miles from SD drives (when it is running) a 1995 Chevrolet G20 Van. He literally searches for gold and other twinkly minerals. Anyway, the van headlights have been working erratically recently. The first problem that showed up was that he low beams would not come on. Driving with only brights there will lead to traffic tickets in a hurry. He has a back problem from a serious work injury and can't crawl under the dash or under the engine, so he took it to one of the better vehicle repair shops.
They nailed him a healthy chunk of change for the parts and labor and said it was fixed. Friend then took off to visit his son a 100 miles or so down the interstate. He decided to return that night since his vehicle now had good lights. He drove about 50 miles and then lost both brights and dims..total blackness at 65mph except for reflectors along road illuminated by a vehicle behind him. He eased off to the shoulder and flipped the combination turnsignal, dimmer do-it-all and finally the dim lights came on. He drove a few miles and they went out, but then the brights worked until he got off interstate onto highway heading home. The lights flickered off a few more times.
He got the Van back to the shop a few days later and told them that they must have missed something. They checked everything and claimed nothing was wrong. He drove the van to get groceries and turned on the lights. He noticed no left side dim light coming on in the store reflection. About that time the lights started blinking off and on like lights connected to a hazard flasher. He got it back to the shop to show them the recent problem and that he was not dreaming.
The shop called him back later that afternoon and told them they had figured out what was wrong, "Alien beings had taken control of his Van." This morning they called and told him that actually Alien beings were not responsible after all. The new switch they had put in was defective and one headlight had a broken low-beam filament.
*** Stay tuned and beware the aliens and vehicle gremlins--- Doug Wiken
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