 were replaced.
Hi Bing, Yes that is one of the things I was wondering. The shop had great reviews including many folks saying they did quality work. But that said I honestly donâ€™t know much about the quality of the part and thought that may be related to the what I was experiencing.
thanks for your feedback asemaster. I get that struts can lock up and that wasnâ€™t the reason for my uncertainty about trusting the mechanic. It was really more related to my questioning if he was providing me with quality parts and standards. I appreciate your feedback and am definitely taking that into consideration of my current driving experience.
I think this is a matter of becoming acclimated to the different ride provided by the new struts.
Some years ago I replaced the struts on my Lincoln. About 30k miles later I performed an oil change at home and when the car was lowered it had a noticeable nose-high stance.
Huh? A Honda CR-V is a very common and popular model. Many OEM parts are still available, even for a 20-year old version, and what isnâ€™t available from Honda anymore is readily available from aftermarket manufacturers. Suspension parts are considered consumable, and all of the parts needed to restore the suspension on this CR-V to â€œlike newâ€� condition are still available. Assuming no rust or body damage, it should be possible to have this CR-V ride like new again if desired.
I never said it could not be like new. I said that the OP had been driving on worn parts for long enough that the replacement parts felt strange.
They donâ€™t want it to ride like new, they want the old soft and squishy ride they had with the old parts.
Because of the way that shocks and struts gradually deteriorate over time, most people become used to the mushy ride that their vehicle acquired as time passed. Then, when new parts are installed, they may become alarmed at the â€œstiffâ€� ride.
In reality, that â€œstiffâ€� ride was almost surely the way that their vehicle rode when it was new, but they have gotten so used to the poor ride quality of old, worn-out parts that they assume something is amiss when new parts are installed.
His original struts were completely wasted, and the used ones he brought in were only half-wasted.  Go figure.
Is there anything worse than the 3rd owner of a EuroLux on a budget?
Yes, the 3rd owner of a low-cost car who doesnâ€™t want to pay for anything more complicated than fuel, tires, and maybe oil changes.
My daughter has a 2005, and with proper suspension, it does feel a little stiffer under small bumps than what may be typical of with most cars. Iâ€™m thinking it may be normal for this cars design and you are not used to it.  I donâ€™t have a Honda of any kind.
I have had quite a few cars where I have replaced the struts or shock absorbers. Yes, the ride was stiffer with the new shocks or struts. I prefer a stiffer ride. I donâ€™t like a soft, wallowing ride. A firm, well controlled rude is less tiring for me. One of our vehicles is a Toyota 4Runner. The first impression after driving for a city block is that a wheelbarrow has a more comfortable ride. However, we make the 375 mile trip to visit our son and I donâ€™t feel tired when we arrive. On the other hand we had a â€˜smooth ridingâ€™.
Oldsmobile 88 and the same trip was very tiring.
What Iâ€™m hearing is this...
I prefer a â€œcouch on wheelsâ€� ride. Thatâ€™s why I liked the early 50â€™s Buicks so much.I guess it's not really good news to tell you that I'm 30 (31 in two weeks HOLY SHIT I'm GETTING OLD) and I still have never dated, kissed a woman, held a woman's hand, *et cetera*. But it's true. I'm 10 years older than you with no more experience.

The good news is that as depressing as that can be, it's really not the end of the world. Some time in my early 20s I got over the idea that I *needed* a romantic partner in order to live a fulfilling life. I worked on my friendships, and got more and better friends. I learned new things. I became useful (albeit in a jack-of-all-trades, expert-in-none sort of way). I found out what my religion really meant to me. (That may not apply to you, but substitute "philosophy" for "religion" if you prefer.)

I'm not an unhappy person, even if I am still frustrated by my lack of success with women.

That's the advice I have for you. I can't offer dating advice because I've never dated. But I can reassure you that as long as you remain single, you can still be happy and fulfilled. You can have intimate friendships. You can be whole.

There's a saying, "An intellectual is someone who has discovered something more interesting than sex." And it's a bit of a joke, but not entirely untrue. Many of the world's greatest geniuses never had a romantic relationship. I'm no Puritan, but I can't help thinking that we as a culture put way too much emphasis on sex and the pursuit thereof. The ancients knew better. Eudaimonia is available to everyone, whether you're sexually active, sexually frustrated, or voluntarily celibate.New canned cocktail brand Mix of Total Happiness (Moth) has launched in Waitrose stores across the UK.
The Moth range comprises of four variants: Old Fashioned, Margarita, Negroni and Espresso Martini. Each expression carries an ABV of 14.9%, except for the Old Fashioned (20% ABV).
Moth co-founder Rob Wallis said: “We launched Moth because we wanted to make bar-quality cocktails that can be served as easily as a can of beer. Very simply, to make the best cocktails in a can. We’re picky with provenance and every ingredient is chosen with precision. At the same time – we’re not snobbish. We don’t talk in master mixologist lingo.
Described as ‘rich and aromatic’, Moth Old Fashioned is made with whisky from The English Whisky Co, Bob’s Bitters and sugar. It is recommended served over ice.
Meanwhile, Moth Margarita is made with Enemigo Tequila, triple sec, lime and salt. The Negroni offering combines Tarquin’s ‘The Sea Dog’ Navy Strength Gin, Asterley Bros Estate Vermouth and amaro.
The Espresso Martini is a blend of Wood Bros Winter Wheat Vodka, cold brew coffee and coffee liqueur.
Moth canned cocktails are available to buy exclusively from Waitrose for a three-month period from February for £3.99 (US$5.50) per can.The perspective of someone who says "god, I hate men" on the regular: In my experience, while of course all men aren't criminals and rapists, they are usually sexist in more subtle ways -- especially in terms of seeing women as sex objects. I don't know many straight men who aren't (it is a side effect of being socialized into a male-dominated society, so it makes sense), along with even some gay men. I still judge every man individually (although I'm more wary about trusting them) and have male friends, but as a class? I dislike them. A friend of mine put it pretty well: "Not all men are like that, but TOO MANY men are." 

Also, the difference between misogyny and hating men, aside from the power that men hold over women in society, is that they hate us because they see us as weak subhumans, basically. We hate them because they do so much harm to women on a greater scale, so it's pretty justified imo; there's only so many times I can listen to stories of my friends being harassed, abused, and insulted by men as well as other women's stories of rape, violence, discrimination, and general other mistreatment. Every woman I know has a story of a man sexually assaulting, if not raping, her. Not to mention the horrors that are normalized in other parts of the world, like schoolgirls being constantly molested on trains in Japan and little girls dying from sexual physical trauma after becoming child brides. 

I think that very few people who say "I hate all men" hate every single individual man on a personal level (but even then, I wouldn't care -- it's not like feminists are out killing and assaulting men), but it's a way of expressing a hatred of all the sexism that plagues them in general, no matter the degree.library IEEE;
use IEEE.numeric_std.all;
use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;

entity Caffe_FPGA_Top is
	generic 
	(
		DATA_WIDTH  	 		: integer := 32;
		ADDRESS_WIDTH	 		: integer := 32;
		FIFO_DEPTH				: integer := 32;
		FIFO_DEPTH_LOG2	