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Late on this one, Lima Ohio

         The week of July 30th found me driving to Lima, Ohio.  That's pronounce L-eye-ma, like Lima Beans.  No idea why, when it's L-eee-ma (Lima) Peru.    Was a nice week, but I had some personal issues going on that made the week a bit more stressful.  Friday before I left, I heard a 'bad' noise coming from my car when I stopped and had the clutch in.  Didn't take a mechanic to tell me I needed to have that replaced, heard a noise similar to that many times before when I drove stick shifts.  So I called Pep Boys and got a quote of $750, and decided to go for it.  Now understand, I drive a 2002 Hyundai Sonata, and only paid $2000 for it, so this was a lot to put into a car that I paid so little for.  Pep Boys called me Monday afternoon and said that they wouldn't be able to turn the flywheel since this car has a 2 piece flywheel.  I had told them that if the flywheel was bad to call me, I sure didn't want to spend an additional $2500 for a new one!  Yes that's right, Hyundai had it priced that high.  Tuesday morning I was called again, and was told that  the noise wasn't the Throw-out bearing that we all thought it was.  The two piece flywheel had fallen apart.  Luckily, one of my students overheard things, and looked it up on line.  He found a kit to convert it from a 2 piece to a single piece flywheel for $750.  Long story short, Pep Boys went out of their way, used a corporate credit card to make the purchase, and repaired my car.  I paid more than I wanted, but now it's in good shape for my son, so I can get my Santa Fe back. 

         Lima is a decent small town but there's not a lot going on there.  I did manage to find a good Sushi place (Yamato Steakhouse), and once again enjoyed myself, TWICE!  Not sure what else to say, other than I think the series of vampire movies supposedly takes place there.

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Jim Dorrell