#Car Repair Garage in Stanley

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I'm kinda really into the idea of Fiddleford meeting Stanley before meeting Stanford.

Pretty early on after being chased out of New Jersey, Stanley ends up being chased out of Kentucky and drives the night through Tennessee until his car breaks down somewhere west of Murfreesboro. He gets the car towed to a nearby garage, where a young mechanic takes one look under the hood and says he'll have it ready in a jiffy. All Stan will have to do is pay a few bucks inside, and he can be back on the road in no time.

Sounds great to Stan, except - well, he's broke. He can't pay the guy. He knows this, but the guy doesn't know this, so Stan spends the next few minutes trying to talk up one of the old-ish Stan-vac Vacuums he's got stashed away in his trunk, hoping to give it to the guy in lieu of cash.

Turns out the mechanic is a chatty guy himself, and Stan learns a few things about him: his name's Fiddleford (Stan calls him Fidds right off the bat, and for some funny reason the guy's over the moon about it) he likes building little gadgets and the like in his off time, and he's working at his uncle's garage for a few months to earn some spending money before he heads off to some back-up college in California.

Next thing you know, Stan's got the trunk popped open and Fidds is examining the vacuum, humming and hawing and narrowing his eyes at the shoddy design. The car's fixed up and ready to go at this point, but Fidds is taking the vacuum over to a workbench where he's got a set of tools nearby, and Stan's following him, trying to explain that the vacuum isn't bad exactly, it's just --

"So, the thing doesn't actually suck stuff up," Stan says as Fidds deftly pulls the machinery apart. "I mean, it'll pick up some dust bunnies for a few minutes before giving up, but then it kinda - uh, spits them back out."

"Well," Fidds says, squinting one eye to look into the dust bag. "Aside from the clogged exhaust port on this one, I reckon you just needa fix that shoddy wiring to the motor and adjust the coolin fan. That'll take care of both problems."

"Shoddy wiring?" Stan groans. It wasn't like he was the one who had made the thing. He was only slapping his name over the handle and selling it. "What am I supposed to do about that?"

"It's an easy enough fix ," Fidds says. He rubs his chin and plucks the motor up, looking at it thoughtfully as he twists it to and fro and then adds, "If you want it to perform its most basic functions, that is. But I bet if I tinkered with it enough, I could make it even better."

Suddenly, he's got this almost manic gleam in his eyes, and Stan would be worried if the guy hadn't already piqued his interest. "Yeah? Better how?"

Fidds glances around the corner at his uncle, who's snoring away in a plastic lawn chair, then looks back to Stan. "Better as in it could pick up a dust bunny hiding under a bed on the third floor from the kitchen." 

Stan's feeling a little manic himself. “Pal, as far as I’m concerned, you’ve just made this thing marketable to every single sucker from here all the way back to Jersey.”

Fidds doesn’t have the right tools there in the garage, so he says he’ll have the thing ready in two days. Which is fine with Stan, he doesn’t have anywhere to be anyway, so he asks if there are any secluded places where he can park his car for the night - which prompts Fidds to cheerfully offer up a spare bedroom back at his family’s farm. It catches Stan off guard, until Fidds explains the terms - he just needs to do some chores around the farm from sunrise to sunset, and that’ll take care of the room and the car repair, no problem.

So that’s how Stan finds himself in this little room somewhere out in the hills, sitting in a cushiony bed, suitcase at his side and car parked out under some sycamore and hickory trees. Fidds is at the door telling him what time dinner’s at and what time everyone gets up the next day to start with all the chores, and Stan is nodding, suddenly feeling like he could fall asleep where he’s sitting, even with the mechanic’s rapid-fire twang going on and on, which he doesn’t mind - the guy’s voice is nice. The bed is comfortable. The room is warm and dry and it’s about a thousand times better than sleeping in his car for two nights.

He kicks off his boots and he’s still nodding when he falls back, drowsy and relaxed, and falls asleep to Fidds’s voice explaining how the room’s available for a few weeks, as long as Stan’s up to working on a farm.

Stan wakes a few hours later to a plate of dinner sitting on the bedside table and some banjo tunes being plucked out somewhere outside. He looks out the window and sees Fidds sitting under a tree, sticking his tongue out as he adjusts the strings on his banjo before looking up and waving cheerfully at Stan. Stan waves back.

He wouldn’t mind staying here for longer than a couple nights, he guesses. Working on a farm wouldn’t be too bad.

(Throughout the weeks, they learn things about each other - like how Fidds’s family wants him to marry a nice girl, have a few kids, inherit the farm, forget about computers and physics and college - and how Stan’s dad kicked him out for ruining his brother’s future, and how his brother hasn’t talked to him in months and probably won’t for years)

(and once the vacuum is done, they try selling it together, and it goes well - until the vacuums are so strong that one dummy gets their arm sucked up into it right up to their shoulder, and someone says they lose a hamster to one - not that the dummy or the hamster suffer anything worse than minor injuries, but an angry mob chases Stan and Fidds right out of Tennessee and through Arkansas and all the way to Texas, where they find themselves feeling kind of despondent in some seedy little motel, and then Stan turns to Fidds and asks “Hey, you know anything about making the adhesive on the backs of bandages better? Or maybe just less painful?” and Fidds’s eyebrows shoot up and the manic gleam is back, and needless to say, they spend the rest of autumn being chased from one city to the next.)

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When Love Walks In - Chpt 1

Chapter One - The Accident

(Hi there.  This is my first fanfiction and writing of any kind really.  I’ve been inspired by those writers who have gone before me.  Thank you for your incredible efforts, talent and bravery.   This will be a multi-chapter love story and work of pure fiction using Auston Matthews as the inspiration for the main character of the same name and Dr Quinn Tolpa as a character I created myself. I’ve purposely refrained from describing the appearance of the female lead character, Dr Quinn, as I want you to imagine her as you see her in your mind. Also, please keep in mind that I am in no way knowledgable about the medical profession and have based any medical references on my own minor research.  So please forgive any inaccuracies. Potential triggers:  Life-threatening hockey accident involving the throat.  Coma.  Surgery.  Ventilator.  Some swear words.  I will mark when Sex/Smut Scenes are coming up.  I hope you enjoy the ride.  It’s going to be a good one and worth getting past the setup chapters.)  3389 words

Chapter One - The Accident 

It is late in the third period of a tied Game 7 of the 2024/25 Stanley Cup finals between the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the New Jersey Devils when 27-year-old Auston Matthews of the Leafs, takes a puck, from the Devils’ defence, squarely to his throat.

The Toronto home crowd falls eerily silent and holds a collective, horrified breath.  You can tell that the Leaf players on the ice are not aware that the puck hit Auston directly in the throat.  As the whistle blows, the Leafs’ trainers and medical staff rush to help Auston, who is thrashing in pain on the ice.  Everyone now has a chance to look up at the replay on the JumboTron.  The mouths of Auston’s teammates and coaches drop in unison along with the crowd, followed by audible gasps of, “My God!”

As soon as the trainers can get to Auston, he manages to stand up but then immediately collapses into unconsciousness.  The capacity crowd’s screams echo throughout the arena at the drama of it all.  As everyone watches, four of Auston’s teammates rush to pick up their friend and get him to the Leafs’ medical room as quickly as possible.  

What is sure at this point, is that Auston’s airway has been cut off from the impact of the shot to his Larynx.  He is unconscious and not breathing as he lays on the treatment table in the dressing room.  An emergency Tracheotomy is performed on-site by the team’s medical doctor, to get Auston breathing again.  

Auston is still unconscious, but breathing with the help of the Thrach, oxygen supply and EMS, as he is rushed by ambulance to Mount Sinai Hospital for life-saving surgery.

Auston’s parents, Brian and Ema and his two sisters, Alexandria (older) and Breyana (younger), manage to get down to the Leafs’ dressing room within minutes of the accident and are ushered straightaway to a police car which escorts them to join up with Auston at the hospital.  Upon their arrival, Auston’s parents are signing releases and authorizations on behalf of their son, for the hospital medical staff. 

A still unconscious Auston arrives at the Emergency Department of Mount Sinai Hospital, with Leafs’ medical staff in tow, to a team of surgeons and medical staff awaiting his arrival.  They immediately usher Auston, via stretcher, into an exam room where what remains of his hockey equipment is cut off.  They first ensure that Auston’s airway is maintained.  The staff take Auston’s vitals along with scans and a full body assessment.  Since it is immediately clear that Auston is suffering from a crushed Larynx and likely vocal cord damage, the doctors on duty, without hesitation, summon Dr Quinn Tolpa.  

Dr Quinn, as she prefers to be called, lives in a high rise condo located within 10 minutes of the hospital.  It’s around 10 pm, and she has just returned home from a late Pilate’s class and subsequent shower.  As she thinks to go turn on the TV to see if the City is going to erupt any time soon by the Leafs winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in over 50 years, her pager goes off.   The message reads, Paging Dr Quinn Tolpa, Medical Emergency, Laryngeal Trauma, etc., Theatre 3, M.S.H, time 10:03.  She replies, texting her ETA and hurries to change her clothes, feeling relieved that she already showered at the gym.  She rushes to her car in the parking garage and begins to wonder about road conditions. If the Leafs have already won the Cup, then she will be in trouble as the traffic will be insane.  As she drives out of the garage, she sees it is quiet on the streets, almost eerily quiet.  

In little time, Dr Quinn arrives on-site and starts getting into her scrubs in the room attached to Theatre 3.  The other doctors and medical staff greet her and thank her for coming so quickly.

“We have ourselves a VIP of sorts in there, Dr Quinn, so no pressure”, an attending doctor jokes nervously to ease the tension.

“I’m sorry, Doctor, what?” Quinn replies, confused as she starts to prep.

Realizing there is no time to get into who the patient is, the attending physician replies, “Not important, Dr Quinn.  NHL hockey player is all.”  He begins briefing her on what transpired and his assessment.

Dr Quinn has just finished scrubbing up when the doctor completes his briefing. She has a few questions for the doctor and medical staff about Auston’s vitals and how he is responding to treatments already given, which they answer to her satisfaction.

She takes a look at Auston’s scan results as well as the results from his standard tests and then moves over to where he lays on the operating table. She quickly runs her own physical evaluation.  All indications are that Auston’s Larynx has been severely crushed and will need intricate repair before the bleeding stops.  She will address his airway, breathing and collapsed lung to get him stabilized.   

The attending doctor notes, “We understand he was about 4 feet from the player who fired the puck.”

Dr Quinn is shocked by the image that races across her mind. “Four feet away! Dear Lord!”  She draws in a deep breath and exhales.  

All the medical support staff have eyes on Dr Quinn as they assume their positions.  Taking command of the room, she rallies, “Okay, everyone, let’s save this young man’s life.”

After 2 hours of her expert, delicate and intricate surgery, Auston is in stable condition.  It is time for her to speak with his family.  But before Dr Quinn can find them, the other doctor pulls her aside to explain who, precisely, this patient is that she just finished operating on.

“Auston Matthews?” She repeats as a question.  She has heard the name before but had never paid much attention as she had been focused intensely on her career over the last number of years.  But, having been born and raised in the City of Toronto, she, of course, knows who the Leafs are and how important they are to the City.  She also knows that the Leafs were playing in the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs because, unless you live under a rock, no one in the City could be unaware of that fact.  

Dr Quinn is a bit embarrassed to be a Torontonian at this moment; not knowing much about the City’s esteemed hockey superstar who she has just helped. She has to remind herself that during the past nine years of her life, she did not have the luxury of dividing her time and energy to much outside of her education and career.  Becoming a Medical Doctor, surgeon and then rising through the ranks at breakneck speed to become Canada’s youngest specialist in the field of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery as well as an internationally recognised leader in the field of vocal cord reconstruction had been her focus and a huge one at that.

Dr Quinn walks towards the ‘family quiet room’ where she’s told Auston’s family are waiting.  She taps on the door, and it is opened by a tall, broad-shouldered man who Dr Quinn assumes to be Auston’s father.  There are three women in the room whom she believes to be Auston’s mother and sisters, as well as a few men wearing Leafs’ jackets whom she guesses are from the Leafs’ organization. There is no escaping that they are all torn apart by Auston’s accident. Their wet, swollen eyes and red faces reflect their intense pain and fear.  Dr Quinn’s heart sinks to see them all in such distress.  She wants desperately to reassure them.

“Hello, my name is Dr Quinn Tolpa, please call me Dr Quinn.  I just performed surgery on Auston”, she announces as she reaches her hand out to shake hands with and learn the names of the loved ones of her newest patient.

“He’s in stable condition right now, and staff are currently transferring him to the Intensive Care Unit on the 4th floor.  The 2-hour surgery included completing a Tracheostomy and hooking him up to a Ventilator.  A cuffed tube was inserted and inflated to make sure that the only air in his throat is coming from the Ventilator, which will allow Auston’s throat and Larynx to heal without interference.  I repaired Auston’s Larynx.  I also drained blood from his lungs as it had caused one of his lungs to collapse.”

There is a burst of relief, followed by a lot of ‘thanks to God’.  They hug each other and sob in relief.  

Dr Quinn continues, “I understand how scary this all must be for you.  Please know that Auston is in the best possible place given his type of injury and that we will do everything within our power to help Auston make as full a recovery as possible.  I can tell you that the surgery was successful in repairing his damaged Larynx and in doing so, we removed the obstruction from his airway and stopped the bleeding.  While Auston is in a stable state right now, that is not of his own doing.  We have him on a Ventilator and have placed him in a medically induced Coma, which is giving him a chance to heal his Larynx and vocal cords as well as to stave off any brain damage.  We can’t rule out brain damage or a concussion since he stopped receiving oxygen for a time at the arena and he hit his head on the ice after he passed out.  He is going to stay in the induced Coma for at least five days, and at such time we will be able to assess his progress and alleviate any further issues he may present.”

“I know I’m overloading you with information right now but want you to know where things stand at the moment and what to expect in the next little while where Auston’s concerned. Since I will be Auston’s attending medical specialist, please know that you can consult with me on his condition at any time.  I am perfectly happy to repeat any of this information back to you, so don’t hesitate to ask me any questions you may have.   Here is my card with my contact information.  Day or night, please know that I am here for you all.”  Dr Quinn reassures them as she hands each of them her card.

Dr Quinn continues, “Okay, so specifically, we diagnosed Auston with Laryngeal Trauma, which means a crushed Larynx, which I understand was caused by a puck hitting his throat at high speed and close range.  The priority was to secure his airway, which was done by the Leafs’ medical staff at the arena by performing a crude Tracheotomy.  By accounts, it appears that this procedure was done within the time limits to avoid brain damage, but we will not know for certain until Auston regains consciousness.  When Auston arrived here, we ran scans, X-rays, tests and assessments to determine the extent of the damage to his Larynx.  His Larynx was so badly crushed it was by far the most challenging surgical repair of fractured and internal lacerations I have ever had to make, but I’m pleased with how well it went.”

“Also, in 5 days, I expect to perform what is called a Microlaryngoscopy and Bronchoscopy, in order to re-assess the healing process and attend to any issues that may present themselves by that time.  If all goes well then, Auston should be cleared to be woken from his Coma.  At that time, we will have him on complete voice rest until he can breathe on his own and his airway heals.  Also, we should be able to evaluate any brain damage, concussion symptoms, how well or not his vocal cords are mending and whether he has any diminished breathing abilities or difficulties swallowing”, she explains.

Now she has to tell them what they need to know but will scare the hell out of them.    “Since vocal cords are next to the Larynx and Auston’s are severely crushed, there is a chance that they will not be able to join together as they heal, which will cause Auston to have trouble speaking. But, I want you to know that I have been heading a team that has been pioneering research in the area of vocal cord rejuvenation and there is a new technique that we have developed that is providing a chance where there was none previously.  If it comes down to that, I want you to know there is some hope. Results of applying this new technique have proven to be highly successful in trials.  It is ground-breaking, and I want you to know about it as it has been my primary objective to find a way to bring hope to patients who previously had none in such cases.  Oh, and last thing, Auston’s collapsed lung should recover in a couple of days and is common when there is bleeding from trauma to the Larynx. We will, of course, monitor Auston for everything”, Dr Quinn draws in a deep breath and waits a moment for a response.

“Can we see him now?” They plead in unison.

Relieved that they seem to have accepted what she just told them, she answers, “Yes, I’ll take you up in a moment.  You can stay in the room with Auston, day and night.  You can sleep in the reclining chairs in the room.  Unfortunately, there are only two reclining chairs that will fit in the space, but they are more comfy and supportive than you might expect.   I believe it is of great importance that family be able to stay with their loved ones overnight and get as good a sleep as possible.  Families provide love and support, which is essential in speeding up the healing process. Being close to the patient also gives families some measure of control in an often uncontrollable situation.  We have pillows and blankets, so please ask the nurse.”

“Doctor?  When my son is in Coma, can he hear me?”  Auston’s mother asks hopefully in her broken English.

“Mrs Matthews, I am sorry that he will not be able to understand what you say since a medically induced coma is a deep state of unconsciousness, leaving the sounds with no consciousness to reach.  However, please do not let that deter you from talking, singing or reading to Auston. There have been claims that other senses are at work that pick up on vibrations, energy etc. and may subconsciously bring peace and comfort to your boy.  It can also be comforting to you as well”, Dr Quinn explains with compassion that the family can feel.

“If you would like to follow me, I can take you upstairs to Intensive Care now.” Dr Quinn leads the group to the elevator and up to the 4th floor. Everyone is silent as they all try to process the information they have just received.

“Please stay in the waiting room for one moment while I confirm that things are ready”, She asks the group as she heads into the Intensive Care Unit.  

Auston’s family is too worked up to sit down, so they stand there while the team staff members take a seat as they plan to give the family privacy to visit Auston and make their update calls to Leafs’ management.

“Hi, Angels?  How’s it going with our patient, Mr Matthews?” Dr Quinn asks the two attending nurses, Nicole and Kelly.

“He’s all set up Dr Quinn,” Nicole informs.

“Doctor, are you aware that this is Auston Matthews?  You know, the superstar hockey player that plays for the Leafs?” Kelly asks.

“Yeah, that’s what they tell me.  Auston was playing in the Stanley Cup final game and got a puck to the throat”, Dr Quinn shivers as she reacts to her own words.   “Poor guy, eh?  Hey, do you know if the Leafs ended up winning?” She asks.

“No, we haven’t heard anything.  It’s been pretty busy in here tonight”, both nurses chime in.

Dr Quinn adds, “Well, I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.  I don’t know what to hope for because if the team won, then Auston missed out and if the team lost, then he’ll be devastated and so will the City. What a no-win situation.  In any event, I’m going to get Auston’s family now.  They are lovely people.  Afterwards, I will get the attending doctor up to speed and fill out some paperwork. Any questions before I go?”

“No, we read the file and know what to do.  Should be fine Dr Quinn”, the nurses confirm with confidence.

“Okay, good.  I’ll go get the family”, Dr Quinn announces.

“Thanks, Doctor”, the nurses replied.

“Thank you, Angels!” Quinn adds, as she always does, to show her appreciation for all they do. “Ha, so I guess you’re Auston’s Angels now ladies”, she jokes to lighten the mood, and they chuckle.

Dr Quinn returns to Auston’s waiting family and announces that the room and Auston are ready for them.

“I just want to give you a heads up that Auston is hooked up to some large machines to help him breathe, monitor his vitals, give him his fluids and administer his medications.  Please don’t be alarmed as this is all normal procedure in such cases”, Dr Quinn informs them.

“Thank you, Dr Quinn, from the bottom of our hearts for everything you have done and will do for our boy”, Auston’s father says as his voice drips with emotion.  The rest of the family mumble the same, sniffling as they each take turns hugging Quinn tight, trying to convey their appreciation.

“Please call us by our first names, Dr Quinn.  We are family now”, Ema insists.

“Sure.  I’m happy to be able to help.  Please follow me”, Dr Quinn instructs as she leads them towards Auston’s room.  

The family pass in front of Dr Quinn to get to Auston’s bed.  Quiet gasps and sobs from the group mingle with the pulse and hiss of the breathing machine keeping Auston alive.  Ema hugs and kisses her son, crying she tells him in Spanish that she doesn’t know what she’ll do if he doesn’t pull through.  Brian, standing behind Ema with his hand on her back has tears pouring down his devastated, hand covered face.  Alex and Bre approach Auston from the other side of the bed, youngest wrapped in the arm of the oldest.  Standing next to their brother, they take hold of his hand and wipe tears from their red cheeks.  As they gasp for air, they tell Auston they love him, know he will triumph over this like he does everything and that he is the best brother ever.

Dr Quinn tries to remain stoic.  After making sure everyone is okay and settled, she excuses herself from the room and heads over to the Intensive Care station to speak to the attending doctor, finish up some paperwork and make some calls.  Then she hears it.

“They lost!” one of the nurses announces loudly.  

Dr Quinn rushes over to the nurse standing about 5 feet from her, to explain the situation and ask her to please keep the news to herself.  

Although the news crushes Dr Quinn, she also has a strong feeling wash over her that it will all be okay in the end.  She has no idea why she feels this way, but it calms her entire being.  

Dr Quinn informs Auston’s family that she is going home to get some sleep as she has worked 13 hours in the last 24 hour period.  She introduces them to the attending Doctor, Dr Higgins and reassures them that she is merely a phone call away if they need to speak to her before her 9 am return.

Dr Quinn returns to her condo.  She knows this upcoming week will be a trying one for her, Auston’s family and the City of Toronto.  Tired, Dr Quinn rests in the knowledge that her hard work and studies might be able to turn this tragic situation into a positive outcome.  She resolves that she is determined to do that for Auston, his family and the City of Toronto.  She will be the Superstar that everyone needs right now.  This is her chance to do what she has been training for her whole life. This is her Cup moment, so to speak.

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Stanuary 2019 Week Two - Travel

Stanuary Week Two - Travel

Summary: In the space of 24 hours one March Day in 1974, Stanley Pines experienced approximately six “firsts”

Word Count: 1593

Content Warnings: Homelessness, Prostitution, Implied Gang Activity, Seeming Suicidal Thoughts, Actually just Call of the Void. 

Notes: Because I fluffed too hard last week have this fucking mess of a chapter for week two. 

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Stan knew he was in trouble when the air from his engine vents started to smell like cotton candy. He probably should’ve pulled over then and checked the engine, but he’d been less than three hours from his destination, and he’d been making good time. He could check the engine when he got there. He was still the better part of fifty miles away when the Stanleymobile sputtered to a halt in the middle of the highway. Some colorful curse words later and Stan had managed to coast onto the side of the road.

His first impulse was to just try to do the fix himself. The puff of pure white smoke that billowed up when he opened the hood put an instant end to that fantasy. He was out of his depth. So then there was a tow truck and an assessment at a garage in the wrong town. A balding man in overalls named Mike outlined everything wrong with his car to Stan in a droning voice and Stan felt dread set in. Then the bills came, and dread gave way to panic.

They’d keep his car until he could pay them. What’s more, they’d charge him for keeping his car too. The irony was more bitter than the shitty free coffee Mike offered customers. Stan was days away from a big break, a job that could make him hundreds if not thousands of dollars overnight. He had a meeting scheduled tomorrow at one, fifty miles away, to get him started on the path to his fortune, but was currently too broke to get to it. He had three cups of the coffee and braced himself for his first night without even the shelter of his car.

Hours later, just before sundown, sitting on a bench with his jacket pulled tight around him against the still chilly early March evening, Stan kicked his own ass back into gear. He wasn’t gonna give up. He wasn’t gonna turn into some hobo begging on a street corner. He was gonna make it. This opportunity had fallen right into his lap and he’d be damned if he let a little car trouble keep him from it. He needed cash? He’d find a way to make the cash.

The next morning, the cash was on the end table beside the first real bed Stan had slept in for almost two years. It was in an envelope with the name “Oren” scrawled across the front in hurried, lazy script. That’d been the name Stan had given last night, he hadn’t wanted his real name attached to his only plan. Stan was grateful that morning.  Not only had he woken up alone, but the owner of the house he’d slept in had left him enough money to cover the cost of his car repairs but also enough for a round trip bus ticket to his meeting and back. He’d utterly failed to negotiate for that, too nervous about the prospect of what he was offering. Yet here it was, enough for that and a good meal after. Or several crappy meals if he skimped, which, when did he not?

Then he’d stood up and sharp soreness tore through him. He gritted his teeth, reminded himself that he was close to success and he would never have to do anything like this again. Then he walked out of the empty house. He was halfway across the lawn when he realized he absolutely should have stolen stuff while he was inside. It was too risky to go back. So he walked to the bus station, got on a bus, and made it to his meeting ten minutes late.

Half an hour later he wished he hadn’t.

The last twenty-four hours had been a lot of firsts for Stanley Pines. First time his car broke down, first time lying about his name, first time with a man, first time exchanging sex for money, first time on a greyhound bus, and first time having a gun pointed at him.

Things had gone badly. They’d been off to a rocky start when he’d been late, but he’d smoothed that over with a few jokes at his own expense and soon the meeting was well underway. The sales part of the job, Stan discovered quickly, was a front for casing homes for robberies. He wasn’t totally sure how he felt about that, and made a few jokes to that end. One of them crossed a line. Then there was a gun and Stan spent just under a minute trying to talk them down before he ran.

He just had nowhere to run too.

He wanted to just get in his car and drive away at top speed. That had momentarily joined the ranks of wanting to go home, or sail the world with Ford though. Impossible. He needed another plan. At first, he just thought he’d hide out at the bus station, but two men in dark suits lurking by the far door had changed that plan.

He killed an hour in an inconspicuous coffee shop with the best scone he’d had since he was a kid. You’ve got to enjoy the little things. It was an expensive little thing but it kept him at a table in this hole-in-the-wall long enough to come up with a plan. Not that it was much of a plan. Really, it was just the obvious. He walked.

He tried to stay off the highway at first. Take a back road. Back roads don’t have much shoulder though, and half a dozen cars blew past him at a matter of inches away. What’s more, one of them cut around a ledge and it was a choice between leaning hard into a jagged rock wall every time, or standing on the edge of a cliff inches from a foot-high guardrail. Stan chose the later, and spent a lot of time looking over the edge of the cliff. By the third time the unwanted thought that he could always jump crossed his mind, he’d decided the highway might be a better choice after all.

Stan didn’t know how long he was walking on the shoulder of the highway before he gave up and started sticking his thumb out when cars passed. He knew he was sore in a way he never had been before. The muscles in his thighs and ass and up through his lower back all protested the abuse he’d put them through. What with the walking and the running and the...and last night. Had that only been last night? He’d been so hopeful then that he’d have everything put together by this time today. He’d been so wrong. One dumb joke and he was out of a job and looking over his shoulder for someone who thought he’d picked up too much information on how their gig worked.

The dark blue four-door sedan that actually stopped for him looked almost as old as Stan, and the woman driving it looked old enough to be his grandmother. “Where are you going, young man?” her voice had the high, wavering pitch that one would imitate when attempting to sound like an old lady. She was wearing a mostly pink muumuu and had her bright white hair done up fancy. Stan said the name of the nearby town where he’d left his car, and the woman waved to him, flapping her hand inwards at the wrist. “Hop in, hop in. I’ll get you there.”

Stan did as asked and bit back a groan as he took the weight of his body off his legs and back, and swallowed a whine as that weight redistributed to his ass. When he trusted himself to open his mouth again, she’d been driving for several moments. “Thanks.” he breathed.

“Sure thing, sure thing.” the lady responded. “Were you walking very long?”

“Coupla hours.”

“Oh my.” and the lady was off, jabbering away about how many miles a day she would walk in her youth, and the scoldings she would get for ending up so far from home. Stan listened to her talk the way he’d listen to the radio, letting the noise fill the air and sink into his bones. He’d make noises of agreement or astonishment here and there to keep her talking. It helped quiet the spinning thoughts he’d been alone with too long that day.

Her name was Daisy Adams, and she drove through a McDonalds and got Stan a burger because he’d absentmindedly been honest about the last time he’d had more to eat than a small scone. She had four children and going on ten grandchildren, and she’d been going to the same town as Stan for a bible study. Stan wondered vaguely if she’d be helping him if she knew what he’d done the night before. She dropped him off at the garage, informed him that she’d be praying for him, and left to arrive late at her bible study.

Stan paid his bill at the garage. He shook hands with Mike and had another cup of coffee. Then he got in his repaired car and drove away.

A low, black, two-door pulled in as Stan pulled out, and a chill went down his spine. He spared a moment to hope it was nothing. To assume Mike would be okay. Then he pulled onto the highway, and did his best to never think of it again. Any of it. Meanwhile, it was time to put as much distance between himself and the last 24-hours as possible.

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A Handy Tool Guide for the DIY'er in You

America was built by the do-it-yourselfer, and we sure couldn't have pulled it off without a good set of tools. Backyard mechanics, home handymen, and the proverbial jack-of-all-trades agree on one thing: without tools, it all comes crashing down. Tools are essential, even lifesaving. The house we live in, the cars we drive and just about anything we do or use during the day wouldn't exist without tools. It can't be stressed enough how important it is to have a good, basic set, ready for that weekend project or emergency repair. That being said, before you go out and plunk down your hard earned money on a shiny new set of screwdrivers, there are a few things you should know.

First, let's talk about what you need. This article will focus on hand tools and here are some of the basics for around-the-house and light auto-repair. A hammer is always handy. They come in all shapes and sizes, but a good 16oz claw hammer should do nicely. Next, a set of screwdrivers is essential. I say a set because screws come in many different sizes, and so do screwdrivers. Most sets should come with different size flatheads and Phillips screwdrivers. The handles and shafts will vary in size according to need. Make sure the handle is comfortable in your hand--a good fit will reduce hand fatigue.

Pliers are another necessary item that you will find useful. A standard set of 6" pliers and a set of arc jaws will help out a lot on those plumbing repairs. A good adjustable wrench is handy as well, but I prefer combination wrenches for nuts and bolts. Combination wrenches are called such because they will typically come with an open end and a boxed, or closed end. Sometimes they come with a different size on each end as well. When buying wrenches get a set of standard and metric, these days you never know which you are going to run across.

A good socket set is important especially if you work on your car. You can't change spark plugs with a wrench. The ratchets come in different sizes. The most common are ¼, 3/8, and ½. The best all around size is 3/8, not too big, not too small. As with the wrenches, get metric and standard, especially metric if you own an import.

Other tools, like a measuring tape, funnel, and hand level, can come in very useful as well. If you've ever been in a tool aisle, you know the skies-the-limit on choices. So unless you're doing major projects or over-hauling your car's engine yourself, what's listed above will do nicely. Most retailers, like Sears, Lowe's or Home Depot carry all-in-one tool kits for the DIY'er.

There's no need to spend a ton of money here, but I will tell you to pay close attention to the old saying: "You get what you pay for." There's a lot of cheap junk out there that will only make your job harder and more frustrating than it needs to be. Brands like Snap-on and Mac tools are for the professional, and the average person doesn't need to go that high-end. If you do a lot of auto repair in your garage brands like 'Craftsman' and 'Kobalt' are a good bet. They both have lifetime warranties--no questions asked--and are very affordable. If you just hang a picture once in a while and tighten a few screws, then a brand like Stanley will do the job well.

Stay away from flea market tools. You know the ones: brand new package, a hundred shiny tools for 10 bucks. Here's another old saying: "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is." Their cheap and when you need to warranty something they're nowhere around.

Keep a set in your home and your car if practicable, and you won't be sorry. The more you use them, the more money you save. I have thousands of dollars in tools, and I have gotten my money back many times over and so will you. So the next time something breaks and someone runs for a phone book, tell them to put it down, you've got this!

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“I won’t fill a tourist’s tank”: Reminiscences of early 1900s Dumfries from Route One

By: Lisa Timmerman, Executive Director

In 1920, Ruel F. Waters opened the Waters Garage and Gas Station in the Town of Dumfries. Operating right on Route One and Main Street, his garage provided services to the population for over fifty years. His preference for locals over tourists along with his dedication to his job and community provide an interesting perspective from someone who preferred his 1942 Super Deluxe Chevy over his 1969 Chevrolet.

Local newspaper writers delight historians with their slice of life and local town profiles as they often provide witty and insightful commentary. Newspapers in our archives running from the 1960s through the 1970s document the changes Water saw to the Town and his business, as he discussed everything from memories of his childhood to energy crises.

(The Journal Messenger, 08/08/1968, Ruel F. Waters in the Waters Garage and Gas Station in the Town of Dumfries)

In his youth, Waters remembered swimming in Quantico Creek sans clothing noting, “The water wasn’t too good for the fish because of the Quantico Creek pyrite mine with the “iron getting in the water,” but it didn’t hurt the swimming.” Four county stores pocketed the landscape and Waters recalled that you could either buy candy with a penny or a hen egg. Today there is a paved road leading to the Dumfries Courthouse site, but Waters remembered when he crashed his one speed motorcycle in a pile of stones and “parked it” after that painful experience. After fixing cars in a relative’s barn, he earned a chauffeur’s license at the age of 17 and taught first-time car owners how to operate their vehicles, usually purchased from the local salesman, Dr. D.C. Cline. In 1918, Waters purchased a 1917 Model T, a steam-winder, “the kind that you had to crank up to start.” After opening his garage on the family’s farm and timberland property, he traveled to Quantico where he would unload Chevrolets from railroad sidecars and tow them to his garage, getting them ready for Dr. D.C. Cline to sell them. According to Waters, repairs in the early years of his business “were mostly a matter of trial and error,” as people often had to manufacture the part themselves as no parts catalogue was available. Many of his clients were locals and he recalled servicing Chevrolets, Dodges, Buicks (the most popular), and the Stanley Steamer. “The Stanley Steamer could go anywhere, on any road and in all kinds of weather but the law required that the driver have an engineer’s license with the result that few were actually used.” He also remembered prices that today (2022) will make our jaws drop. “A Model T Ford could be completely overhauled for about $35, when finished would run like new. Cars were much easier to work on as they didn’t have all the optional, extras and accessions that modern cars have.” Remember when gas cost 10 cents? This Director does not.

His intimate knowledge of Route One also paints a different picture of traveling in the 1900s along with changing infrastructure. In 1920, Route One was a bumpy gravely dirt road not traveled often. Waters recalled that people traveling from the North frequently stopped and shipped their cars at Quantico by rail to continue the trip to Florida. Eventually as Route 1 became paved and more heavily traveled, Waters had to cut out the front of his garage and move back the gas tanks or else vehicles could not stop to get gas without blocking traffic. While he recalled declining business during the 1930s and gas rationing during WWII, he felt people back then got what they needed, while people today (1974 interview) “have been drinking more gas.” In February 1974, he reported only selling some gasoline from his two Texaco pumps, but not more than 1,200 gallons a month. He purchased at the beginning of the month and noted running out by the third week. “They stated lining up Saturday, and I had to lock up. I won’t fill a tourist’s tank. I don’t have it.” We meet Waters again in May 1977 after receiving a warrant for refusing to pay a $10 fee for a hazardous use permit for operating the gas station. After County Fire Marshal James Bell appeared before the Town of Dumfries council emphasizing it was not for an inspection of the facilities but for “dispensing dangerous liquids,” the matter was resolved within one hour.

Waters incredible memories appeared in numerous newspapers each emphasizing a different part of his life in relation to Dumfries and Route One. While he remembered his father having the last locally-owned sailboat to haul cordwood and railroad ties to the Port of Dumfries to buying candy with an egg to selling gas two cents cheaper to beat out the competition, we can glean many jewels and gems of historic Dumfries in the 1900s.

Note: Looking for a fun morning activity this Saturday (11/19)? Join our educators in Merchant Park as we play a variety of historical games! Dress warmly and plan for fun in the sunshine during our free monthly Children’s Day at the Museum Sponsored by Colonial Downs Group. Free tickets here! Prefer a virtual program featuring tea and scary winter folklore? Check out tickets for our Winter is Coming Tea here. Find out why we have a 4.9 rating on Eventbrite for excellent programming!

(Sources: Waters Garage Archive File: The Journal Messenger, Even Along Route One: First Gas Stations Were an Oddity by Jerry N. Lorelli, 08/08/1968; The Potomac News: The smaller the station, the bigger the problems. Ann Holiday, 02/20/1974; Senior citizens discuss Dumfries, 05/09/1977 from an uncited newspaper; The Potomac News, 07/26/1977)

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How To Choose and Install a Replacement Garage Door

How to Choose and Install a New Garage Door

The most familiar types of garage doors frequently used in residential garages are retractable, canopy, side hinged, and sectional retractable doors. As compared to old garage doors, new garage doors are much more intelligent, long-lasting, useable and safe.

Residential garage doors are designed to look beautiful and offer new features like automatic door openers and more. Canopy garage doors, which roll up manually, are great alternatives to automatic doors.

If driveway space is a problem in your home, then sectional garage doors are the way to go. Also called up and over doors, they open and close vertically and store along the ceiling. This allows cars to park within inches of the door without diminishing functionality.

Custom made garage doors can be created based on your specifications.

Planning is the First Step

Take advantage of free garage door plans are available online from Stanley, Sears, Wayne Dalton, and more. Create a garage plan that encompasses everything you want in your garage from a heated garage to unique window choices.

The best part about planning your own garage door system is the choice of installing it yourself. However, in the planning stage, we recommend designing the opening and door size to a standard size, which will result in a door that is more economical and easier to install.

Also, free garage plans are an easy way to troubleshoot for problems before they appear. When designing a garage plan, you must choose what your family needs. When built according to garage building plans, a steel garage can cost you up to 40% less than conventional garages.

Install It Yourself

The installation of an original garage door, whether as a replacement for an existing door or as a renovation, is straightforward. Doors come on a factory fitted steel frame ready for quick and convenient on-site installation. All adjustable fixings are provided. Read through the installation instructions for carefully.

Take into consideration that garage doors are large and bulky, and are therefore handled surest by two people. This makes positioning and fixing much easier and safer. However, the installation of a residential garage door can be technical, and possibly it is not appropriate as a do-it-yourself project for less experienced people.

Proper Maintenance

The leading causes of garage door breakdown and replacements include being hit by vehicles and a lack of maintenance.

The ideal maintenance schedule for a garage door includes washing painted steel surfaces several times a year; painting or refinishing wood surfaces as necessary, lubrication of the rollers, bearings, pulleys, and springs once a year, and making correct adjustments to the counter balance system.

Each of the three standard garage door materials has its own benefits. Wood doors are very insulated and they have an appealing look; however, wood expands and contracts and can warp or crack as it weathers. It will need re-painting or refinishing every couple of years.

Steel doors are vigorous and give great value for your money. Today's steel doors have the look of wood without the headaches of the maintenance.

Fiberglass garage doors are also extremely low maintenance, offering a timber effect without the maintenance of real wood. Use a ½ cup of mild laundry detergent mixed with water to wash both the exterior and interior of your steel or fiberglass door twice a year.

Garage doors are a simple and low-cost technique to extend your home's curb appeal and set it apart from the rest. Garage doors are typically the largest visible building component other than the siding on your house.

Garage doors are now offered by manufacturers in a variety of styles that go far beyond the classical paneled look. Even though there are any amount of designs, most garage doors open upward, and are self storing.

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Tips Why to Choose Automotive Garage Doors

Under the low temperature when there is a heavy snowfall or during the mid-night when you have got returned after paying a visit to party or from any personal occasion or event and looking for a garage key to open the garage manually is somewhere proves hectic and frustrated that can spoil all your frolic mood. Thankfully, now there is an excellent solution for the electric garage doors are a great help in our lives. The panel and sliding garage doors that can be found in both residential and industrial environments, and other motorized devices for industrial environments, for example, the photoelectric barriers or doors. These automotive doors prove to be worthy that exceptionally accepted by the society in New Jersey. Altogether, garage doors in New Jersey have really proved their best in bringing up all types of dynamic needs and requirements.

Below are the some key features of automotive garage doors that are being widely used in the region of new jersey.

Very convenient, since we do not have to get out of the car, the remote control up to a distance also can open the garage do. Plus door key does not need to take with us, and the danger does not threaten people to stay home if the door key and there is no one to open, you have to park on the street. It is easy to operate garage door opener that revolutionarize the system of opening and closing the do. whereon updated and latest types of garage door openers in new jersey with different styles and designs have been entered in the market. With these automotive doors; it will be easy to get with garage door opener repair in case of any problem. Touch of a button to open or close the do. where it is impossible to forget to lock the door; which may have occurred more frequently in the conventional door. Using the remote control do. opener is simple that anyone can use it easily, even in older age groups as well. Even kids with age of 11 to 15 years cal also operate the garaged doors conveniently. With these automotive doors it will easy to get with garage door replacement in new jersey that does not need any kind of hard stuff and that can be offer at affordable rates. The automated garage doors look great, many types to choose from like sectional door, panel do., decorative, wooden, aluminum, metal, tilt-up do. and many more where a wide variety of colors and patterns available. Technically, highly reliable security products certainly do not forget to lock the do. when exiting. Besides these, there are many benefits and advantages for automotive garage do. that can fill your life with comfort and luxury. As with due time many manufacturers like Horman, Stanley, Raynor, Amarr, Liftmaster, Craftsman, C.H.I, Garaga and many more that do not only offer automotive garage do. but also suggest you the best door that suits your needs and budget.

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Should I Unplug My Garage Opener While Away Or On Vacation

Perform the exact same procedure with each transmitter. The more recent Genie openers with the access buttons on the outdoors bottom cover, press and hold the square button up until a blue light comes on next to the button and release. It will change to purple and begin blinking. Stand back 4 feet and press the remote gradually 3 or 4 times. (If needing to erase all remotes, in-car controls and keypad, hold the square button until the LED turns blue and let go. When it switches to purple and blinks press and hold the 2 triangular button down at the same time until the lights turn blue and release.

Liftmaster Garage Door Opener Opens But Won't Close

) If you need an Intellicode transmitter (GIT-1), you can find them on our Website in the Genie area. If you need a Chamberlain (Liftmaster/Sears) Security Plus transmitter, go to the garage door transmitter area of our Chamberlain shop. Stanley and Linear have similar, rolling code transmitters. To access our transmitters go to Transmitters and Receivers and click onto the suitable manufacturer. In many cases, when a garage door opens or nearby itself, or when you discover your door open, upon returning home, the problem is due to a short someplace. This short is probably to be in one of two places: either in among your transmitters or in the wall button or its circuitry.

Common Signs Your Garage Door Needs To Be Replaced Or Repaired

A short in your transmitter triggers a continues signal to be sent out. As you are pulling out of the driveway the garage door closes fully and appears to stop, however as the carriage and arm run past the down limit and strikes the header bracket it reverses, and the door begins to open, just as you begin repeling down the road. You come home to discover the garage door is up, as if somebody else had actually opened your door. The finest thing to do to fix the garage door issue is eliminate the batteries from your transmitters and try running the door from the wall button.

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If the problem persists, try getting rid of the wall button wire at the motor head to ensure it is not a short in the wire to the button, then try operating the garage door with the transmitters just. If it stops the problem, change the wires and check the wall button. It is a procedure of removal. To Disconnect the Carriage and operate the garage door manually: Take down on the red cable and knob of the tourist carriage to release the door from the Genie locking system. Operation of the door can now be performed by manually raising and closing the door.

Attempt to keep the cord as parallel to the rail of the garage door opener as possible. You may require to offer the cable a small pull to reconnect. You ought to now be able to operate the door using the Genie garage door opener. The first image shows the genie screw drive carriage connected and the second image shows the position of the carriage when it is detached. To Disconnect the Carriage and operate the garage door manually: Take down on the red cord and knob of the tourist carriage to release the door from the Genie locking system. Operation of the door can now be performed by manually raising and closing the door.

How To Disengage And Reengage Your Garage Door (Video)

15 Reasons Why Your Garage Door Won't Open Or Close

Then by hand lift or close the door till the carriage locks into location. You ought to now be able to operate the door using your Genie garage door opener. The first image shows the genie chain slide carriage position connected and the second image shows the position of the carriage when detached. To Detach the Carriage and operate the Garage Door by hand: Take down and towards the motor or door on the red cord and knob of the tourist carriage to launch the door from the Genie Locking system. By pulling down and at the very same time directing the cord forward towards the door opening or back toward the motor, you are locking the release bar to detach the carriage.

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To Reconnect the Carriage: Pull the emergency situation release cord and knob straight down and release. Notification, in the first image below, the slotted gap in the bar, that the red cable is connected to, disappears. This indicates it is in the engaged position. Then manually raise or close the door until the carriage locks into location. You ought to now have the ability to run the door utilizing your Genie garage door opener. The first image reveals the genie chain drive carriage position linked to the garage door. The slotted space in the release bar is not visable. The 2nd image reveals the genie chain drive carriage in the detached position.

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Stanley Haubert used his garage in Carlisle, Cumberland County, to repair cars. He said it helped a lot with his PTSD, but a fire back in January has him focused on rebuilding in more ways than one…

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what if fillmore died or was killed by something after getting into a really terrible close to friendship ending argument that leaves everyone feeling horrible after with sarge before the two could make up? how did fillmore die? how does sarge cope with the grief of losing his very best friend?does he feel like it was his fault even if there was nothing to do to control it? did he have any regrets? how does everyone else react? what were fillmore's last words? how did the funeral go?

As unlikely as it might seem, all of these ideas are addressed in some form in this fic. Warnings: major character death, PTSD, grief/trauma. Just remember, anon–YOU asked for deathfic!

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All cars die alone. That’s just the way it is.

Maybe your engine blows, or your battery dies. Maybe it’s something less dramatic–you’re getting your suspension replaced, and the mechanic leaves the garage but you’re not ready. Maybe you’re in the desert, and something breaks. Timing belt? And you’re alone.

You can’t move.

But see, you’re a car. You are motion. You are an assemblage of parts and you are meant to move and your engine is meant to pump and your fluids are meant to run and you’re supposed to move through your gears and generate kinetic, electric, everything heat–you are a machine and you are a spirit and if you are not that machine, if you are not that system existing in that car-ish way of yours, then your spirit cannot stay.

If you are alone, then no one can call for help. There is nothing to remind you what you are, and your spirit unmoors. Give it enough time, and it leaves.

Your parts can be replaced, and your body repaired. But your spirit is a delicate thing, and if it loses the pulse of your machine-ness, then it departs.

And so do you.

That was always the threat, back in the war. Sarge remembers the POW camp, and marching through the jungle to get there. The hot breath of it as the humidity ate at their canvas and surely other, deeper things besides. It wasn’t uncommon to overheat, or flood.

We will march you until you break, their captors threatened.

Then we will leave you. And you will die alone.

There are days when the memory hurts as much as the death march had. On these days, Sarge separates. He becomes one young soldier in the jungle and an old one in the desert. He folds all his fear and pain into this young Jeep and he abandons this younger self in time. He leaves his anger in another version of himself, patrolling the halls of the VA past door after door of broken promises and robberies of war.

He leaves his happiness sometimes, in a frozen version of himself he’d give the world to never have to leave like that: A Sarge full of laughter and precious memories. But these memories he cannot take with him without also taking memories of death, and so he abandons them too. Perhaps it’s better this way, though. The pain he leaves behind should have something bright to keep it company.

Sarge closes his eyes and he accepts that sometimes the only way to live through pain is to desert it. Cover its grave.

Pain isn’t supposed to happen here, though. Not now. Not in Radiator Springs.

But here he is at a funeral in the desert.

He pushes sand over the grave, just like everyone else.

He buries his best friend.

It wasn’t supposed to be Fillmore.

Lizzie will probably live forever, but he, and Doc, and Sheriff–they each had some sense of their own mortality.

Sarge had 20 years on Fillmore. He was never supposed to be the one to bury him.

Sarge stands sentry above Willy’s Canyon, staring out at Willy’s Butte as the sun comes down over it. It goes warm red, purple. Catches fire with a spirit all its own.

He thinks, Fillmore likes bonfires.

Maybe in some past, with some cautiously jubilant Sarge (whom Sarge must leave now, must bury with all the rest), Fillmore still does.

Maybe he still does.

It’s 2011, when Fillmore dies. In a few months, Sarge will turn 70. (Fillmore never will.)

Lightning just turned five. Sarge doesn’t remember what it was like to be that young; it’s possible he never was. By five, Sarge had seen a World War won and many, many lives lost.

Lightning’s never even thought about death before. He’s acting like he just rolled off the line.

“Why was he out in the desert?” Lightning asks, brow furrowed and heart broken. “Why was he alone? What did he say to you? Did he tell you?”

The question Lightning really wants to ask is Why is Fillmore gone? but he’s at least old enough to know that there is no good answer to that one. There never is.

Truthfully, if Radiator Springs knew why Fillmore had been out in the desert alone like that, it would destroy them. They might never recover.

“Are you annoyed with all these questions?” Lightning asks, when Sarge stays silent.

“We had a fight,” Sarge answers truthfully, even as he knows he shouldn’t.

They’d had a fight, and that’s why Fillmore had gone out to the desert. That’s why he’d wanted to be alone. Why no one had been able to find him in time.

“It’s my fault,” says Sarge.

“No, it’s not,” says Lightning.

It is, though. Lightning means to be kind but the only reason his insistence comes so quick and so urgent is because it it is any other way, Radiator Springs could not hope to handle it. The town is made of gentler things than truth. And so, it can’t be anyone’s fault their friend is gone. The world could never be that dark.

But Sarge is not five. He is not fifty. He remembers the Bataans and the Koreas and so very many horrible things this one sweet town could never dream. And it’s his fault that Fillmore is dead.

In his dream, Sarge drowns in a vortex of water. Then he’s awake in the sky, high above the canyons. His vision is crosshairs–he’s a bomber. No, surveillance. He’s an aircraft. He’s flying high above the canyons, red gray orange, and in his head, Fillmore corrects, “it’s more of an ombre burnt sienna, wouldn’t you say?”

He is looking for Fillmore.

More to the point, he is finding him.

Sarge could have found him, if he’d taken to the sky. If he’d been born a plane, none of this would have happened. He could have saved his friend.

It’s his fault.

He should have been born a plane.

Every night, Sarge dreams of flight.

It’s his fault.

Imagine him, in the desert alone. He has to know he will die; Fillmore’s always been very attuned to such things. He’s seen drugs rip spirits from bodies; he’s seen rust do it, too–poverty. Bullets. Fillmore knew death, perhaps even better than Sarge. (Sarge, who splits it away from him. Locks it away until it comes howling back, scraping at his door. It’s what they’d fought about, that day.)

He’s in the desert, alone.

Sarge can’t imagine any more than that. he He can’t imagine Fillmore’s last words, last thoughts. What peace he’d made during his last few moments, under the sun and moon in the desert. All Sarge can think about is he was alone.

He was alone.

He was alone.

He was alone.

–and we will leave you here to die.

Fillmore died alone.

Sally’s headed to the county seat. She has to file the death certificate.

“Whoa, alone?!” Lightning’s panic is evident.

Sally starts to cry.

Sally doesn’t want to think about it. She doesn’t want to be afraid. She wasn’t want to remember that Fillmore is gone and it’s the desert–their desert!–that took him, even though her errand is his death certificate and that means of course she has to think about it. She’s like Sarge in that way; she needs to be apart from the reality of that. Just for now. Just to keep her head above the sorrow.

Lightning’s not like that at all.

This is something the two of them probably cannot understand, but they’re not good for each other in this moment. Probably neither of them want to think about that, either. It feels like everything is falling apart.

“Stanley and I were never married, you know,” Lizzie says out of the blue, or maybe not. It’s hard to tell with her. Sometimes it feels like stories get knocked out of here like they’re dominoes in a line.

It shouldn’t matter. Married, not married. Here’s the town and there is Stanley’s statue, which Lizzie loves so much. But today it feels sad, and it feels like everything falling apart.

Because Radiator Springs is meant to be happy and its founding myths are of romance, of passion, and bliss. But Fillmore is dead and under that cloud, even the small things feel like a miracle tumbling down. Turning to dust.

Sally does not go to the county seat.

Sometimes when Sarge dreams that he is flying, his engine stalls. He spirals down and down and down.

As he falls he thinks, this is unforgivably sad. He is going to die, and Fillmore is going to die, and the whole town–this will destroy them.

This is all so unforgivably sad.

Then he wakes up. He’s not dead.

He is still unforgivably sad.

Maybe one day, Sarge will wake up and the town will wake up and there will be a rhythm to their lives again. This is probably true. But it’s not true today, and when Sarge wakes up he’s sucked into a sea of overwhelming dread. Not that there’s anything to confront today but its emptiness. It’s just so, so impossible to think realistically about a comfortable future because today is not fine, today is not good. Tomorrow won’t be either. And that feeling is inescapable.

Today, it does not matter if it’s going to be okay or not.

‘Going to be’ won’t buy you nothing.

Today, this pain is endless. The logic of time, the future, eventualities–none of it matters. Loss does not care about logic.

So Sarge drives out to the desert. Sarge drives to the place where they’d found him. Where they’d found his body. It’s just a stretch of dirt like any other, somewhat off the road. Maybe it had been a good place for stargazing, or sunset contemplation. To Fillmore, one night, some weeks ago, it had been a nice place. It had been a place he’d wanted to be. Now, of course, it’s haunted.

Sarge is certain it had not been where Fillmore had wanted to die.

Sarge is not alone.

When he leaves, due east, Radiator Springs follows. Together they cast long shadows down the road, one meeting the next until they form a jagged, spindly crack of shadow that stretches from town to the place–that place–and together they live in their grief, which cannot be outrun it cannot be skipped over it cannot drift gently away from its dock.

Maybe one day, this will pass. Tonight, that future does not matter.

When Sarge dreams that night, he is flying.

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Garage Door Openers - Which One is Right For You

So you go to your local Sears store and there is a whole wall of garage door openers. The sales associate is helpful and shows you ALL the items. But you just leave confused. I'll make it easy here and give you the simplest way to figure out which Craftsman garage door opener is best for you.

There are five basic steps to help you get the right door opener and installed in you location.

Step One, Measure the height of you door:

Step Two, Select the HP (horsepower):

Step Three, Select the type of garage door opener:

Step Four, Select the type of remotes you need:

Step Five, Professional Installation or Install it yourself:

Step One, Measure the height of you door:

Measure the height of the opening, not the door itself. Most garages door openings are around 7 feet high. If your opening is 8 feet, 9 feet or 10 feet you will have to buy an extension in addition to the garage door opener itself. If it is around 8 feet buy the 8 foot extension. If it is 9 or 10 feet buy the 10 foot extension.

Step Two, Select the HP:

There are two horsepower ratings for most garage door openers. 1/2 HP and 3/4 HP.

If you have an aluminum, aluminum insulated, or fiberglass door a 1/2 HP is plenty strong to open both a single car (7 to 9 feet wide) or a double car (16 feet wide) door.

If you have a wood door, a door with windows installed in it, a steel door or one of the new doors that look like they are off an old carriage house I recommend you go with the 3/4 HP door. (If a magnet sticks to your door it is steel.)

A new single car carriage style door can use a 1/2 HP opener. If you have an extra tall door (9 or 10 feet) or a door that is wider than 16 feet I also recommend you go with the 3/4 HP door. If you have a one-piece door (usually and old door made out of wood) I recommend a 3/4 HP door.

Step Three, Select the type:

There are three basic types of garage door openers. Chain drive, belt drive, and screw drive.

Chain drive garage door openers are what you are used to. They are reliable, noisy and usually last a long, long time. They come in many different sizes. For example, Sears has an economy version, homeowner versions and heavy duty versions. These chain drive garage door openers are usually the best value and can be easily sized for you garage door. You can buy extensions for the opener for 8 foot and 10 foot doors.

A Belt drive garage door opener is relatively new on the market. It uses a metal reinforced belt instead of a chain to make the drive much quieter than a chain drive. It's usually a little faster than a chain drive opener. If your garage is under the living space of your house and it sounds like a herd of elephants in your bedroom when someone uses the garage door the quiet belt drive may be the best choice for you. You can buy an 8 foot extension kit but not a 10 ft.

Screw drive units feature the fewest number of moving parts. They are powerful and quieter than chain drives. I believe Stanley was the first to introduce the screw drive garage door opener 15 years or so ago. Stanley is not making garage door openers anymore but Sears and Genie still have these available. I expect the screw drives to be replaced with "torsion spring" technology in a few years. You can buy an 8 foot extension for this type but not a 10 foot.

Step Four, Select the remotes: There are different types of remotes. Single button - one button, one door. Mini - small remote to hook right on your key chain. Three function - more buttons to control more doors and even the light in your home. Wireless keypads - attach this to the outside of your garage to open the door securely and safely. Finger Print Wireless Keypad - accepts only the fingerprints you have programmed into it. Great for families with children. Door Monitor - You can use this inside your home to check if the garage door is open or not.

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Under the low temperature when there is a heavy snowfall or during the mid-night when you have got returned after paying a visit to party or from any personal occasion or event and looking for a garage key to open the garage manually is somewhere proves hectic and frustrated that can spoil all your frolic mood. Thankfully, now there is an excellent solution for the electric garage doors are a great help in our lives. The panel and sliding garage doors that can be found in both residential and industrial environments, and other motorized devices for industrial environments, for example, the photoelectric barriers or doors. These automotive doors prove to be worthy that exceptionally accepted by the society in New Jersey. Altogether, garage doors in New Jersey have really proved their best in bringing up all types of dynamic needs and requirements.

Below are the some key features of automotive garage doors that are being widely used in the region of new jersey.

Very convenient, since we do not have to get out of the car, the remote control up to a distance also can open the garage do. Plus door key does not need to take with us, and the danger does not threaten people to stay home if the door key and there is no one to open, you have to park on the street. It is easy to operate garage door opener that revolutionarize the system of opening and closing the do. whereon updated and latest types of garage door openers in new jersey with different styles and designs have been entered in the market. With these automotive doors; it will be easy to get with garage door opener repair in case of any problem. Touch of a button to open or close the do. where it is impossible to forget to lock the door; which may have occurred more frequently in the conventional door. Using the remote control do. opener is simple that anyone can use it easily, even in older age groups as well. Even kids with age of 11 to 15 years cal also operate the garaged doors conveniently. With these automotive doors it will easy to get with garage door replacement in new jersey that does not need any kind of hard stuff and that can be offer at affordable rates. The automated garage doors look great, many types to choose from like sectional door, panel do., decorative, wooden, aluminum, metal, tilt-up do. and many more where a wide variety of colors and patterns available. Technically, highly reliable security products certainly do not forget to lock the do. when exiting. Besides these, there are many benefits and advantages for automotive garage do. that can fill your life with comfort and luxury. As with due time many manufacturers like Horman, Stanley, Raynor, Amarr, Liftmaster, Craftsman, C.H.I, Garaga and many more that do not only offer automotive garage do. but also suggest you the best door that suits your needs and budget.

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