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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In the morning I gotta drive an hour and a half to go patch some holes in drywall. Of course it's 2:30 in the morning and I can't sleep. I'm going to be a friggin zombie by the time I start working.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That is mandatory viewing.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh yeah, I remember some pretty cold Halloweens. So annoying getting stuck wearing a jacket.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ah thats awesome. I forgot, yeah I was Batman for Halloween too! I was really into Batman when Batman and Batman Returns were in theaters.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Some of my childhood Halloween costumes were a pirate, a ghostbuster, TMNT Michelangelo but I think my favorite was dressing up as a vampire. Not necessarily Dracula but just a vampire. I did that for quite a few Halloweens. What was your favorite Halloween costume?

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday but I remember exactly how the pizza tasted at Showbiz Pizza in 1987.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Blown caps are the cheat code to getting some really cool stuff for cheap.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I bought these external hard drive enclosures about 2 years apart. After 5 years of operation the 1st one blew a capacitor and now exactly 2 years later the 2nd enclosure blew the same cap. It was power cycling and I knew exactly what it was. All fixed now!

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ok if you end up playing with a taxidermy horse at a rest stop then I'll be concerned. That was also in the dream.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Had a dream last night that I was driving down to Florida in a kei truck with @kinggourd.bsky.social. We stopped in North Carolina to look around an old junkyard and the truck got stolen. Then @origamigryphon.bsky.social had to come and get us.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wouldn't be surprised that strings are being pulled to make sure that Digger flops. And if you go out and actually see the movie you'll see the irony in all of this first hand, which is incredible.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here is where things get interesting. I did see a couple of people leave the theater. Coincidentally most of the negative reviews I've seen posted seem to be from people who like red hats. On top of this, the movie's message isn't exactly what corporations, investors and government want you to hear.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I went into Digger completely clueless about the story, which I think is the best way to see it. I really enjoyed the film, so I was shocked to see the negative reviews after I got home and did some more research. It seems to be a love it or hate it kind of film.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's time to be spooky! Changed my icon from this one I had commissioned 14 years ago by @spooktoons.bsky.social

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Despite my gripes with working on these older cars, it pales in comparison to modern day vehicles which are deliberately designed to be unserviceable. I hate sounding like a Luddite but the automotive industry doesn't want you to hang on to a car for 10+ years. The hell with that!

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My only experience with Porsche is my 1983 928 which is also an engineering marvel. Parts are tremendously heavy duty and overbuilt. Absolutely obsessed with weight distribution and presentation which means things are shoved in inaccessible places. 5 parts need to come out to replace 1.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1970s BMWs are mechanical perfection. Years of research has gone into every screw but and bolt. They were so confident in their work it's also designed to never come apart so when something breaks it's usually a big expensive problem and the part you need is like Latvia or something.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

British Leyland cars are a mechanical oxymoron. Straightforward yet completely backwards. They can make installing the most simplistic part and all day job just because that's the way they've done it for 40 years. Hand built cars designed like hands don't exist.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

European cars on the other hand, you have to get into different mindsets depending on what you're working on. Aircooled Volkswagens are their own thing. A general mechanic can do basic maintenance but you need to eat sleep drink and breathe VWs to truly understand and once that happens your addicted

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Most of the cars I own and work on are older European cars. So working on this 95 Firebird has been a totally different vibe for me. The big jobs didn't feel as catastrophic because everything just makes sense when pulling it apart and putting it back together. Didn't have to think too much about it

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think it's a brilliant movie that is getting deliberately thrown under the bus because higher powers don't like the message it sends to the audience. They want to make sure it flops.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The movie's messaging isn't exactly what the government and corporations want audiences hearing so I wouldn't be surprised that strings are being pulled to make sure that critics slam this movie. Oh the irony!

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh shit, I totally forgot about that! Yeah I did see that too when I was really young. That freaked me out too.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So this evening was going to be the rescheduled rescheduled rescheduled speed dating night. I didn't even bother. I said fuck it and went to the movies instead. Oh and would you look at that, the speed dating was rescheduled. I don't think they have enough people signed up to do this damn thing.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh yeah that freaked me out too. It's crazy how Pee Wee's Big Adventure feels like two totally different movies watching it as a kid and an adult. So many jokes and subtleties that were totally invisible to a child yet it was still entertaining. Now it's even better ha ha.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I caught this randomly on TV when I was real little. Didn't know what it was but as the years passed, I thought I may have dreamt it because it was so weird. Took me 20 years to find out it was real.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was about 4 years old, I saw a few minutes of Poltergeist II on HBO. It was the part where he swallows the tequila worm and pukes out a demon. Scared the crap outta me. I remember not being able to sleep because I kept thinking about it.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I saw Digger tonight. Not a huge fan of Tom Cruise but him and John Goodman were phenomenal. Digger is wild and weird. If you're into the unconventional, definitely check it out.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The movie theater is packed tonight because it's cold, rainy and shitty out.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just when you thought conversation pits couldn't get any cooler.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I discovered my aunt talks in her sleep and she has the ability to ask a perfectly coherent question, crystal clear while out cold. She asked if I called my sister, I said no and was immediately followed up with snoring.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Back home from family stuff out in PA. 450 mile round trip. I'm so beat. Yet driving twice the amount of hours to a convention feels less exhausting. 🥱

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm out in PA staying at a hotel for a family thing. Bunch of people here for a wiffle ball tournament.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's officially spooky time now.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Along with the suspicious EGR valve it looks like the Firebird still has the original ignition wires and spark plugs from 1995. It would have been easier to change them when I had the whole top of the engine off but I needed to draw the line somewhere. I didn't even know if the car ran at that time.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ECU changes the fuel mixture to compensate for when it opens and closes the EGR valve. So if it's stuck the car is going to idle rough because the fuel mixture is off. No check engine light on but I'm thinking that's what it is. Maybe I can take it apart and clean the solenoids in the valve. 🤔

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Put about 150 miles on the Firebird so far. Runs pretty good. Occasionally it idles a little rough. I'm suspecting the EGR valve is getting stuck. It's digitally controlled by the ECU instead of vacuum and it's actually making a loud clack when it's activated.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey look what I spotted while I was out in the Firebird today.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was just coming to terms that August is over and it's already going to be October. September felt like 2 months worth of shit crammed into 2 weeks.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love them. So weird and 90s. GM made a big deal that these cars came standard with ABS so there is big ABS logo right on the centercap.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was so excited about this car when it came out because it looked like the Pontiac Banshee. My parents bought a brand new 1993 Firebird and I lost my mind. Sadly it caught on fire after 4 days of ownership and it was gone. I was so pissed.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Out in the Firebird tonight for a little bit. I really want to give it a good long run but the tires are super old.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh yeah. Getting the intake and fuel injectors out friggin' suuuuuucked.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks! It's a 1995. I just got it a couple of weeks ago. It was sitting since 2017.

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ok mechanically, I think the Firebird is all sorted now. New thermostat New serpentine belt New coolant hoses New coolant New water pump New radiator w cap New fuel injectors New upper intake gaskets New lower intake gaskets New valve cover gaskets New battery New brake fluid 🥵

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cali 🪴 COMMS OPEN @calirubecula.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

using my free will as an artist for evil

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Coopertom @coopertom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's getting there. I think the main thing that was wrong with the car was the fuel injectors. Everything else I'm working on is due to total lack of preventative maintenance from the previous owner. It's crazy how everything is original from 1995 on the car.

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