Housekeeping: Happy Labor Day

by Tim Healey

Published: August 30th, 2024

The unofficial end of summer is upon us, and so we're taking Monday off.

Summer will actually solider on for a while, but kids are either back in school or about to be. Vacation season is slowing, if not stopping. There will be meaningful college football games played this weekend.

Summer may not be over, but Labor Day definitely marks the beginning of the end.

I will be watching some of those CFB games, relaxing, and (weather permitting) firing up the grill this weekend. Oh, and writing for this very site about what I saw in California over the weekend.

What about you? Feel free to share down below, if you feel like it.

As always, you may see a stray post here or there, especially if big news breaks. Otherwise, we'll see you on Tuesday.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ToolGuy 7 days ago
Ok so after reading (AGAIN) about how amazing Graeter's Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip is and visiting their website and reading about their heritage and the french pot process and perusing their store locations and pricing out online delivery, I remembered that I have a car that works and a little bit of money and haven't done anything crazy in awhile and hopped in the car and drove as far as I needed to drive and now there is a container in my freezer.

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- Theflyersfan 7 days ago
  They also make a ton of chocolate candies. The "chips" are actually chunks from said chocolate. If you're lucky, you'll get one that's larger than the spoon. Enjoy every bite and hopefully you didn't have to go too far.
  
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MaintenanceCosts 7 days ago
Missed this one because I was out riding a bike. We managed to cover 40 miles including 1200' of elevation gain. Now my legs are sore!

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