Re: Digest Number 816; origin of my lovebird's name....

[Guest guest]

>

> > i, my male Fischer's Lovebird, died last wednesday. He appeared

> > on my porch, doing lunch with my parakeets, in June of 1998.

>

>Sorry to read that. I remember a movie about a conure called ie--

>was your bird named for him by any chance?

>

>

>

, you are right. Back in 1997, just after and I had our

first separation, i was in Chicago and obviously depressed. Carol Gray

decided to force me to see a movie and we saw " ie. " It definitely

cheered me up. My favorite scene was when the conure landed in Los Angeles

in the backyard of Cheech Marin. The bird asked him if he was in LA and

Cheech replied, " you're in East LA! "

But I am prejudiced towards Cheech Marin. He gave my brother a little

role in " Nice Dreams. " The guy in that movie, " weird Jimmy " , who grows pot

that turns people into Iguanas, is my brother, Jim Newport

Jerry Newport

PS: , the " check engine " light came on in my 80,000 mile old Mazda.

Nothing seems to be wrong with the car. No overheating or any visible leaks.

I am tempted to not worry about this as this happened with my old cabs all

of the time. What do you think?

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hey Jerry,

my check engine light comes on about every 40,000 km regardless of oil

level etc, and I have never even had a minor problem with it.... I have

beentold that some car makers build it in, and usually opening the hood

turns it off... (I think it to send people to the dealer where they

can get shafted?)

dani

Gerald Newport wrote:

> >

> > > i, my male Fischer's Lovebird, died last wednesday. He appeared

> > > on my porch, doing lunch with my parakeets, in June of 1998.

> >

> >Sorry to read that. I remember a movie about a conure called ie--

> >was your bird named for him by any chance?

> >

> >

> >

>

> , you are right. Back in 1997, just after and I

> had our

> first separation, i was in Chicago and obviously depressed. Carol Gray

> decided to force me to see a movie and we saw " ie. " It definitely

> cheered me up. My favorite scene was when the conure landed in Los

> Angeles

> in the backyard of Cheech Marin. The bird asked him if he was in LA and

> Cheech replied, " you're in East LA! "

>

> But I am prejudiced towards Cheech Marin. He gave my brother a

> little

> role in " Nice Dreams. " The guy in that movie, " weird Jimmy " , who grows

> pot

> that turns people into Iguanas, is my brother, Jim Newport

>

> Jerry Newport

>

> PS: , the " check engine " light came on in my 80,000 mile old

> Mazda.

> Nothing seems to be wrong with the car. No overheating or any visible

> leaks.

> I am tempted to not worry about this as this happened with my old cabs

> all

> of the time. What do you think?

>

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> connection! Comparison-shop your local high-speed providers here.

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>

>

>

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Gerald Newport wrote:

> PS: , the " check engine " light came on in my 80,000 mile old

> Mazda. Nothing seems to be wrong with the car. No overheating or any

> visible leaks. I am tempted to not worry about this as this happened

> with my old cabs all of the time. What do you think?

The only way to know what has caused this is to scan for codes. When

the check engine light comes on, the computer will store a code. Each

problem that will cause a check engine light to come on has a different

code, so getting the code will let you know something about what the

problem is. It could be a minor problem that costs little or nothing to

fix, or it could be something big.

In my Ford, I can check codes with just a piece of wire. I put the wire

between two connectors, turn the key on, and the computer flashes the

check engine light to tell me what the codes are. A Mazda may have a

similar function. I will poke around on the net and see what I can come

up with. What year was the car again?

[Guest guest]

> In my Ford, I can check codes with just a piece of wire. I put the wire

> between two connectors, turn the key on, and the computer flashes the

> check engine light to tell me what the codes are. A Mazda may have a

> similar function. I will poke around on the net and see what I can come

> up with. What year was the car again?

Where I live, I can drive it down to an auto parts store and they'll read

out the codes for free there.

One thing that works on almost all cars is to disconnect the negative

battery terminal, leave it disconnected for about 5 minutes, and reconnect

it (disconnect negative, not positive, in case your wrench slips). The

light should be off. If it comes back on, some sensor is reporting a

problem. If it doesn't come back on, then it was temporary.

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