I was taught to work on cars by my father from ages 6 years old on? Why? So since 1954

Because it is much less expensive if you go buy the parts at a auto parts dealership and do the work yourself almost always. However, when I met my present wife she believed in buying policies when you bought a new car so the dealer did all the work and guaranteed the work and certified it. So, she asked me when I was 46 and met her to let the dealership do this. My self worth wasn't tied to fixing a car or truck all the time and I had already been working on cars pretty much non-stop since I was 6 years old and realized I was getting older and it wasn't such a bad idea really from her life experience and her father's life experience. So, in 2011 we paid cash for my new Toyota Tundra and also paid for it to be serviced for around 10 years or so at the same time. I also had running boards put on it because they were in style then on trucks and getting up into a 4 wheel drive truck was getting harder for me at age 63 anyway. Now I'm 78 I really appreciate the running boards for getting into my old 2011 Tundra. I recently went to Toyota and the man there said I couldn't replace this truck with anything better now really because of the amazing small V8 engine they don't make anymore that I have with it that can get 20 miles per gallon with just me in the truck while it is in overdrive on the road. Then I put Michelin all weather mud snow tires on it and I find these are good enough for me at least for any 4 wheel driving experience off road or driving down a freeway at 70 plus miles per hour.

 

 

 

 

when did cars go from points to computer chips for firing cylinders?

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The transition from mechanical breaker points to computer-controlled systems for firing cylinders happened gradually between the early 1970s and mid-1980s. Automakers shifted away from physical points largely due to stricter emissions regulations and the need to improve fuel efficiency. 

The shift from points to computer chips generally happened in three distinct phases: 

• Phase 1: Electronic Ignition (Early to Mid-1970s)
  Before introducing full computer chips, cars replaced physical "points" with breakerless electronic ignitions. These used magnetic or optical sensors inside the distributor to trigger the spark. Chrysler was an early pioneer in 1973, while General Motors (with their HEI system), Ford, and AMC followed closely by 1975. 
• Phase 2: The First Microprocessors (Late 1970s to Early 1980s)
  Tightening emissions forced automakers to control not just the spark, but the exact air-fuel ratio. Early computers like the Ford EEC (Electronic Engine Control) system, which used the Toshiba TLCS-12 microprocessor, went into mass production in 1975. By the early 1980s, fully computerized Engine Control Modules (ECMs) were being used by GM, Ford, and various European brands to precisely manage both cylinder firing and fuel. 
• Phase 3: Distributorless Ignition Systems (DIS) (Late 1980s)
  By 1987, General Motors introduced distributorless ignition systems on several models. In this setup, a central computer chip processes orientation data from the crankshaft sensor and sends signals to individual ignition coils, completely eliminating the mechanical distributor and points. 

While it is impossible to point to a single magic year for all manufacturers, if you are working on a classic car, you can dive into the history of these devices using Autotrader's history of computerized cars or explore the evolution of Dr Performance RX's automotive performance chips. To read up on community discussions regarding when different specific makes and models finally gave up the distributor, you can browse the Reddit discussion on early onboard car computers. 

Are you trying to identify the ignition system in a specific vehicle, or are you diagnosing a starting issue in an older car? Let me know the make, model, and year, and I can help you figure out exactly how it fires its cylinders.

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Severe thunderstorms targeting millions, flash flood threat from Texas to Missouri

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Severe thunderstorms targeting millions, flash flood threat from Texas to Missouri

Damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazard.

ByDaniel Peck and Nadine El-Bawab

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Summertime heat, severe weather hit NortheastMeteorologist Somara Theodore returns from maternity leave with the forecast as temperatures climb into the 90s.

More than 50 million Americans are in the severe weather threat zone Saturday afternoon, stretching from Indiana into the Northeast.

A level two out of five risk is in place for cities including Cleveland; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; New York City; Albany, New York; and Hartford, Connecticut. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary hazard, with isolated large hail and frequent lightning also possible with any stronger storms.

Severe thunderstorm watches have been posted across portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia -- including Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hagerstown, Maryland; and Martinsburg, West Virginia.

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Additional watches could be issued in the coming hours.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are already impacting east-central Ohio on Saturday afternoon with a few reports of downed trees so far. A line of severe storms was passing just south of Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon.

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The storms will continue to sweep east through the remainder of the afternoon and last through the evening hours. Impacts along the Interstate 95 corridor in the Northeast and New England impacts will be mostly between 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET.

Fans huddle under umbrellas at Muirfield Village Golf Club as severe weather moves in during the third round of the Memorial golf tournament, Dublin, Ohio, on June 6, 2026.

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The threat winds down after that with quieter weather on the way for the second half of the weekend.

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Any stronger, slow-moving thunderstorms with torrential rain could also trigger areas of flash flooding where the heaviest rain develops.

On Sunday, severe thunderstorms are possible later in the day across parts of the northern Plains, including much of the Dakotas with damaging wind gusts and large hail the primary hazards.

Areas of heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms are also sweeping across parts of the southern Plains and Midwest this weekend. 

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Flood watches have been posted from north Texas up to southwest Missouri this weekend, including Dallas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Springfield, Missouri.

Flash flooding could occur where the heaviest rain develops.

Summer heat remains in place across much of the Northeast this afternoon, however the cold front triggering the severe weather will also usher in a brief cooldown over the next couple of days. 

Highs will be closer to average for early June on Sunday and Monday.

However, this cooldown will not last long. By the middle of next week, temperatures will climb back into the upper 80s to near 90 across much of the region.

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To the best of my ability I write about my experience of the Universe Past, Present and Future: What does this mean?

I was born a precognitive intuitive. What does this mean to me?

Basically, I can remember hearing adults thoughts as far back as 2 or younger. I wondered why their thoughts were always different than what they said out loud. So, as a child I sort of saw adults as people who were all liars. However, by age 15 or so I began to understand more. Because I realized that without politeness all human beings would have already killed each other already all over the earth.

So, even though Adults (NEVER) say exactly what they are thinking I always now and always did respond to what people say to me. So, despite what I actually know about people it isn't polite usually (unless someone's life is at stake) to confront people with the truth of what they are actually thinking all the time.

The next thing by age 5 I realized is that not everyone was like me. My mother was like this where she knew what people were thinking too so she never had a bad thing to say about anyone. When you know how people are actually suffering in life it is hard to be angry with them.

However, you still have to find ways to protect yourself from crazy people. And there were a whole lot o crazy people still in the 1950s from World War II and the Great Depression. With 900,000 Americans dead in World War II it was many times worse than the 50,000 that died in Viet Nam that were my age when they died mostly int he 1960s and early 1970s.

And I remember being about 10 years old and someone was walking on the sidewalk the other direction and I sensed from their body that they would die soon. However, I saw their mind and they didn't know they would die soon. As I passed them I sort of passed out on the lawn behind them as I passed them. I didn't say anything to them because it wouldn't have helped them to know they were dying soon.

Another experience I had about knowing when someone was going to die was my mother in law. I saw her

aura do what happens about 6 months before someone dies and I made the mistake of telling my wife thinking that there might be some way to save her mother's life. However, my wife just got hysterical and beat on my chest and told me to shut up about what I was saying. However, I was right and I knew before the doctors knew she was dying. Also, I didn't know why she was dying and was trying to save her mother's life when she was 74 years old. However, looking back from here I see that her mother had small cell lung cancer which people almost always die from so as. result I knew she was dying 3 months before the doctors did. It was Thanksgiving dinner when I realized she was dying. She died April 14th of that year.

So, these are some of the things I tend to be aware of but it can be anything in the past, present or future I become aware of too. So, the reason I use this statement is that I tend to be aware of things that will happen a lot of all kinds before they happen.

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Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show: Full Article

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Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show

Chuck Redd's attorneys say judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit.

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Headlines from ABC News LiveCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.

Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd say a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump's influence over the venue.

The dismissal on Friday was granted under Washington's Anti-SLAPP laws, which are designed to prevent meritless lawsuits intended to silence opposing points of view on matters of public interest.

Redd, a drummer and vibraphone player who has toured with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Ray Brown, had presided over holiday “Jazz Jams” at the Kennedy Center since 2006. He called off last year’s performance shortly after Trump’s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center voted to add the president’s name to the facility.

“The Center sued Mr. Redd because he publicly and rightly objected to adding Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center, a living memorial to former President John F. Kennedy," Lisa J. Banks, one of Redd's lawyers, said in a statement. "The lawsuit against Mr. Redd was political retribution, pure and simple, by the Trump Kennedy Center, and the Court correctly saw it as such in dismissing the case with prejudice.”

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Redd told The Associated Press in an email Saturday morning that he is “very pleased with the judge's ruling.”

The motion to dismiss, filed in March, argued that Redd wasn't contractually obligated to perform. It included the contract provided by the Kennedy Center, which the artist never signed.

Representatives for the Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit's dismissal.

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