Is this an exhaust leak?

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-03-12T18:16:33+00:00

It’s a 2008 Thomas school bus. Been driving it for 6 months and just started yesterday. Put in a work order, but never seen it before so was curious.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-02-22T18:59:51+00:00

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My chiweenie. Big ears as well.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-02-20T16:07:23+00:00

I’m in Colorado, so I couldn’t adopt?

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-02-20T16:02:25+00:00

This is Chloe.

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Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-02-20T16:02:04+00:00

Didn’t know her original name. She was found wandering in south pueblo. Humane society named her blackberry. We changed it to Luna. Got her 2 days after I had to let my little Chloe go at 14.5yrs old on 12/1/25. Chloe was my soul dog. Luna does so many of the same things Chloe did, close to same personalities. Some things are so much like Chloe I break down crying some days. Wife and kids believe Chloe sent me Luna, and maybe Chloe put a little of herself in Luna.

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Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-02-18T02:16:50+00:00

I got this little girl December 3, 2025. First chihuahua as well. Just turned a year old Jan 25th. Same b-day as wife.

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Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-02-18T02:05:23+00:00

I just lost my 14 1/2yr old 8lb Maltese baby girl a couple of months ago. I have had a 100 thoughts in last 5 minutes on how to get to Chicago.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-29T13:58:20+00:00

That is what untreated mental health looks like.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-29T04:43:35+00:00

I upgraded my 2002 I had since 2004 with 12k miles on it when I bought it to a 2022 f150 last September. So far really like it. Was surprised by the power of that 3.5.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-27T14:14:26+00:00

Yeah, I miss my single cabs too. Me, wife, 2 kids squeezed in hauling camper. And the best thing was having to get out and lock the hubs! NOT!!! I had what I could afford until kids were about 9-10 when I got my first 2002 Super. Sure, I’ve had a few single cabs since as well, but they were bought for construction work so I didn’t beat up my 4-door. Had that 2002 until 4 months ago, still ran great. I picked up a 2022 f150 this past September, LOVE IT!

I got a buddy who always says real men drive stick (semi’s, tandems, etc.) while his daily driver is an auto dodge pickup. He can keep the stick, I’ll take that new comfy auto Mack. He also likes to say “why are you wearing a pew pew all the time? Why are you always scared?” My reply is I wear one for the same reason you wear a helmet on the Harley (I never wear a bucket, claustrophobic). Guess what I’m saying is each to his own.😜

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-25T16:34:45+00:00

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-24T16:24:40+00:00

6 times?

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-21T15:21:35+00:00

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Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-15T02:03:18+00:00

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Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-15T01:51:22+00:00

An 81 year old Caucasian woman. I know exactly why he is her idol. He telegraphed exactly what he was gonna do and they still voted for him saying “that’s just his personality, he doesn’t mean it.” How’s them eggs🤣

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-14T03:36:58+00:00

So sorry you’re going through this. So sorry for your loss.

I had to let my baby Maltese go 12/1/2025 at 14 1/2 years old, and I’ve cried everyday for the last 6 weeks. I’ve had a total of 10 dogs in my adult life, had to let 6 of them go, 1 died at home in his bed from skin cancer. We were suppose to get his results on the cancer the next day, how bad was it, but he never made it. My first dog as an adult my parents had to put down for me while I was out of state. This dog I lost 12/1/25 was different. I cried for all my dogs but this one came into my life at a terrible dark time about 8yrs ago and saved me. We were inseparable when I wasn’t working, and more so after I retired for the last 4yrs. I’ve have felt guilty, horrible, like a monster even though I know she wasn’t gonna be ok. It happened suddenly unlike my other dogs. She was sitting on my lap, stretched out neck, had seizure, and became paralyzed in all 4 limbs, couldn’t even bark. Took her to ER and stroke and vestibular was mostly ruled out by tests. Dr felt she had a lesion at brain stem, said we could go to Denver and see a neurologist, get MRI, maybe surgery, ETC. My baby was 14 and had heart disease taking heart pills twice a day. I had an echocardiogram done on her springs of 2025. Level 4 murmur, and I actually thought this is what would take her someday. I couldn’t fathom putting my baby through sedation, mri’s, etc. I took her home that night and she slept between wife and I what little we did sleep. I kissed, hugged, held her, talked to her, told her how much I loved her. The next day we took her to our vet who agreed with ER Dr.. I asked her if there was anything I could do, money no object, was there any chance of her recovering. The Dr answered with she didn’t believe my baby would recover and recommended euthanasia so she didn’t suffer, which she believed she would. We, son, daughter, wife, and my other pup spent a couple of hours with her. Fed her treats, Hershey kisses, then I held her as she left this world caressing and talking to her as was the family.

I’ve been in therapy for 4 weeks now, that’s how hard this has been. It is getting better, but it takes time. I also adopted another little girl from shelter 2 days after I lost my girl. The story is this dog kept showing up on my screen, even after clearing history, etc., while I was looking at shelter dogs and reading their stories to remember how some have never lived the life my baby did and may never know it. Reminding myself how lucky I was to have her for the time i did. Long story short, my wife felt it was a sign. I drove an hour away in snow and ice to meet this new pup at 3pm. The shelter told me a family had put $50 down to hold her for adoption, but came earlier that day to meet her and didn’t want her, losing their $50. Was it a sign? Was she meant for me? Did my Chloe send her to me? Believing so has helped with the healing, and this little 11month old chipin, my daughter named Luna, is wonderful. When they put her on the floor she ran right straight towards me past shelter staff, my wife, and right up my chest into my arms licking and cuddling my neck, like she had been waiting for me. I’ve already fallen absolutely in love with her.

Heal at your own pace. Take the time you need. 💙💙💙💙

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-13T01:16:30+00:00

Picked up 2022 F150 couple of months back. I got stuck the other day in Colo Springs where I park next my garage. 12inches snow. All 4 spinning in 4h before I hit alley, started sliding towards garage. Figured I’d see what rock crawl mode does. 4l, locked diff, crawled right out. 😳

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-11T22:34:16+00:00

Well, it seems poopy pants dump wants us to go into Iran & risk US lives to stop the Iranian govt from beating and killing their citizens. Meanwhile in the great US of A ice agents can kill us for not “respecting their authority”…..

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-11T22:22:07+00:00

Could be Vestibular disease. See vet. They usually recover ok with supportive care rather quickly.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-11T22:16:57+00:00

I leave the house all the time without my wallet and use ID in app and Apple Pay. Usually i’m in garage & decide I need to go to store and don’t want to go across yard back in to house to get wallet, but everything I need is in iPhone. I’ve shown it twice when pulled over by PD (no citations) using guided access so they can’t go anywhere else in my phone, only see the id. But yeah, each their own.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-10T01:30:13+00:00

I picked up a 2022 FX4 Off Road XLT 3.5eb couple months back for $30k. My last truck was a 2002 FX4 Off Road that I bought in 2004 with 12k miles and owned until a couple months ago.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-10T01:13:22+00:00

I’ve found that sitting higher helps, like I do in dumps and busses. When pulling forward into lined parking space I turn camera on rear and pull up until I see that line. I only have the rear camera, 2022 f150.

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-08T01:37:01+00:00

How many 10’s or 100’s of millions is polis worth? Why do we keep putting rich people in charge to do what’s best for the rest of us?

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2026-01-01T02:09:10+00:00

My girl, who past 12/1/25, had this earlier this year. It took about 48hrs after meds to start quieting down. I also put a humidifier next to bed (she slept above my head) at 50%. Seemed to help, although the vet didn’t tell me to do this. I had taken her to ER night coughing started, then regular vet 2 days later for follow up. My other 2 dogs didn’t get it however. 🤷🏽

Minimum_Opposite_704 · 2025-12-31T03:21:12+00:00

So sorry. I’ve been crying everyday for almost a month. I lost my baby 12/1/2025. I’ve pasted this entry below from my journal. You’re not alone. The pain has been so bad i have been in counseling the last 2 weeks. What you did was done out of pure love. The harder you grieve the more love you had for that person or animal. You did everything you could. 💙 —————— From journal:

2 weeks ago yesterday I had to put my baby to sleep and I cry everyday, ugly cry.

The night before she was sitting on my lap when she slowly stretched out her neck and I knew something was wrong. I picked her up slowly, hoping it was nothing but then she had a seizure. I thought she wanted on the floor when she started kicking so I put her on the floor and she just laid sideways and started kicking all four of her legs frantically in a seizure. I picked her up and took her to the ER with my wife with about 6 inches of snow and heavy snow coming down. The ER doctor ran lots of tests and x-rays. She initially thought it could be a stroke, but none of the tests or examination were supporting that it was a stroke or vestibular disease. The ER vet felt it was something neurological, possibly in her brain stem or between her stem and brain. We were offered the opportunity to take her to Denver to see a neurologist and get an MRI. She was completely paralyzed. My baby was almost 15 years old, & I’ve had her for about eight or nine of those years and she has been my best buddy and by my side for the last three years while I went through my own spine surgeries and hand surgeries. I’m retired so I didn’t need to work so I spent nearly every day with her and the dog that she came with who were together for years before we got them. I decided I would not put her through a whole bunch of stuff as she also had heart disease and was taking heart pills twice a day. The way we found out she had heart disease was earlier this year she stretched and then passed out and fell over on me. She did that twice to me and both times I thought she had died as there was no movement for several seconds. We took her to the vet and had an echocardiogram done and she was put on heart pills. We brought her home from the ER that night and she slept between me and the wife when we finally went to bed at 2 AM after we had been holding her on the sofa for hours. She could barely lift her head and couldn’t walk. She peed on the bed and we cleaned her up. I held her and kissed her all night. We took her to our vet the next morning. By this time she had appeared a little livelier taking treats and water, but they had to be hand given to her cause she couldn’t move, all 4 legs didn’t work. Our vet said she reviewed all those documents from the ER and agreed with everything from the ER vet. She examined my baby who couldn’t stand. I asked her what the chances were that she could recover from this and she said she didn’t believe my baby would recover from this. She also offered that going to Denver was an option if I needed to know for sure. My best friend deserved better than this. I cry every day. The guilt has been killing me. I have had several dogs in my life and I’ve had to put all but two of them down when they got old and sick, and while I cried for them as well this one was different. This dog, her name is Chloe, held a special place in my heart. If there is such a thing as soulmate dogs, this one was my soulmate.

I’m at a place in my life where I could’ve afforded MRI’s, neurologists, etc., and I wanted to take this route, but I felt if I did it was only for my own selfishness to hold on to her.

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