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Firefighters rescue honeybees who were inside of a pickup in Utah

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 May

Firefighters from Millcreek Utah answered an emergency call on Wednesday May 13 when a semi-truck broke down on a road in Parleys Canyon. Around 25 million bees were inside of the semi-truck that was being repaired by a mechanic...

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A small victory!

Fleur @Fleura (35038) • United Kingdom 27 Feb

We’ve had all sorts of car-related problems but yesterday we had a new one. I got in the car for a short trip and found a bird had pooped on the windscreen (I suspect a pigeon – more about that later). So of course I just tapped...

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At last!

Fleur @Fleura (35038) • United Kingdom 11 Jun 25

We finally got our car back! After ten and a half weeks!! We took it for its annual MOT test (ministry of transport roadworthiness check) in late March and didn’t get it back until the start of June. Honestly I’ve never heard of...

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Not back yet!

Fleur @Fleura (35038) • United Kingdom 25 Apr 25

Last month I wrote about how we had dropped our car off for the routine annual MOT test (roadworthiness, basically) and the garage somehow ‘broke’ it. Well guess what – we still haven’t got it back! The first couple of weeks we...

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Our car is gone!

Fleur @Fleura (35038) • United Kingdom 22 Mar 25

With apologies to @porwest… Our car really is gone! Yesterday it was at the garage for the annual MOT (Ministry of Transport) test – a basic test of roadworthiness required to be on the road, get insurance etc. One of the...

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Test results from our vehicle

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382172) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Feb 25

We live in a retirement village but not everyone here is retired. As long as one partner is over 55, then a couple is entitled to live here. One husband is a mechanic and we’ve made use of his services. He doesn’t own his own...

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Getting the car serviced

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382172) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Dec 24

The photo shows the lounge area of the motor home. I don’t have a photo of it extended out yet but one day soon. Moving on .... When we moved from a small country property to suburbia, we had to find a new dentist, doctor,...

western australia

mechanic

car servicing

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Animal control officers and a mechanic rescue a kitten under hood of an auto

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Oct 24

A male kitten named Blue decided to get under the hood of an animal control auto in Fort Wayne Indiana last Thursday when the employee heard the caw meowing in the parking lot. A female staff member reported the incident to...

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I Was Kaitlyn's Babysitter for a Couple Years

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 19 Feb 24

Something I really enjoyed, was being the daycare sitter for our four grandchildren. At that time, my son in law was traveling all over the world, as an aircraft mechanic. Their family was living in East Tawas with his Dad,...

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Cat rescued by a mechanic after the cat was trapped inside of a muffler

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Feb 24

Mechanics who are employed at LM Cars on Monday heard a noise from inside a muffler of a car that was brought in by a customer in Burr Ridge Illinois on Monday morning. When the mechanics saw a furry animal in the muffler. When...

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Indiana mechanic helps authorities rescue a car crash victim

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Jan 24

Greg Zellers who is an auto mechanic in Gary Indiana was at the right place at the right time on New Year's Day when he took action to assist the police to locate one female who was trapped inside an auto that was involved in an...

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The Beetles in the Mountain

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 25 Nov 23

This is a path where I usually see these Volkswagen Beetles. They are not the insects that we see in nature. They are cars that can be seen and were popular in the past. It is a place where two old mechanics do their craft of...

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Snake found in a car hood inside of a mechanic shop in South Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Sep 23

I do not know how you would react if you were working in an auto repair shop in Myrtle Beach South Carolina if you saw a eight foot albino boa constrictor inside of the engine of the auto. For the record I would be scared to the...

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Kitten that was stuck under an auto rescued by a mechanic in North Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Mar 23

A female in Raliegh North Carolina stopped her auto that nearly ran over a kitten on the road on Tuesday afternoon. The name of the female was not released to the public picked up the kitten to get the kitten who is female and...

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Mechanic finds a rabbit located inside of an undercarriage of an auto

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 6 Jan 23

Last week even the though the exact date is not known, a rabbit who managed to sneak inside of an auto that was inside of a BMW dealership in Naples Florida having the oil changed, heard a noise coming from the undercarriage of...

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Times Sure Do Change

celticeagle @celticeagle (189880) • Boise, Idaho 5 Sep 22

Back in about 2014, I quit driving. I had had a big bill for a sensor replacement and I just knew the other would probably go soon. I was lucky to have a long-time mechanic that would let me pay the bill in a couple of...

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A mechanic rescues a dog that was found inside of a dumpster in Minnesota

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 4 Jun 22

A mechanic who is employed by Midas is being praised for showing a heart of compassion when he was on his way to work on Thursday morning when he heard noises coming from a dumpster in Shakopee Minnesota. The mechanic who goes by...

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That is not what was supposed to happen

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169479) • United States 12 Dec 21

Things that went right. . . we went to church. We stayed for a holiday catered meal. We went to McPherson and I got almost everything I need, including some medical supplies. Hubby filled his prescription. He took me to my...

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More about our new home

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382172) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Aug 21

Photo from our previous place As most of my friends here would know, we recently moved from 18 acres to 300 (square metres!) We had good reasons for moving. The acreage was getting hard to maintain and, if something had happened...

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Hard working

Ms Rae @carebear29 (32002) • Wausau, Wisconsin 8 Sep 20

So I never really work on cars especially since I was married to my ex. I always got yelled at for things every time I helped him bcuz I didn't know certain tools. Well, with Mike I have never been happier. I help him with...

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love

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