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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

A Close Look at our Close Looks

What makes our inspection process different… and useful Is a “free Multipoint Inspection” a deal?  Should you trust a “Free

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The Ultimate Horror of AI

And it didn’t even need to take over the world after all This article almost ended up in our Popcorn

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Tom’s Tidbits for October, 2024                                      

We finally got what we wanted… what now?                Greetings, The 2024 election officially started on September 20 with early voting

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Can you help? Sellwood’s Scout Group is looking for a trailer

In 2021 the 59th Johnson Creek Scout Group became the newest Group of the Baden-Powell Scouting Association, bringing the same

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Shop Talk for October, 2024

Client Jill F. wrote- “The service tech took the effort to move my stuff and check & fill my spare

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Haunted Portland, Oregon: Ghost Hunting in the City of Roses

“Haunted Portland, Oregon: Ghost Hunting in the City of Roses” by Jeff Dwyer (no relation!) (from the publisher) “This addition

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Your arm position skews blood pressure tests

A misplaced arm position can skew blood pressure readings (Will Stone on NPR, Oct 2024) (from NPR) “Think back to

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Kyle’s Kitchen- Brain food for your Halloween                                                                  

You may need to go to a specialty butcher shop if you want to make the original recipe, but Kyle’s

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Popcorn Shorts for October, 2024                                             

Cool stuff that’s too small for a big article Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of

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Scary Old Man Dwyer’s Halloween Treats

All our Halloween Treats in one shallow grave “They” say there’s been strange goings-on at the old Dwyer Place lately,

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You have an appointment with the Department of Reality Studies!

“My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”  Do you believe that?  We don’t. Basic science, even basic consensual

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Welcome to THE FUNNY PAGE!

THE FUNNY PAGE If you never read our monthly Humorousness column, you see the problem… no one else ever read

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