Monday arrived early and so did Sharlene to take us for our breakfast. We went to her favourite place - Kiss The Cook on Glendale Ave. W Great traditional American breakfast place, I really enjoyed pancakes and bacon, while Sally enjoyed ham, sausage and bacon. It was a very popular place, with people waiting for a table, but we sat for hours talking with Sharlene, drinking lots of coffee having. had a wonderful time. Sharlene then brought us home, I didn't even bother with lunch, but managed to wash the awning clean in afternoon.
Early this morning I had taken the Chevy for a bit of a fixup. We have been getting a lot of road noise and a bit of wobble when we brake on a steep slope, so wanted to get that sorted. The damage was new brake linings and the discs (rotors as they call them) needed skimming. The road noise is, as I thought, a result of the 'aggressive' tread on our snow tires, though it has been made worse by something called 'cupping', whereby the tire rubber wears unevenly, not across the tire, like the shoulders or centre of the tread, but wears down round the circumference of the tire, like a series of waves, each about 4 inches long, across the width of the tire, this is not dangerous and is probably brought about by the extra load on the back lifting the front slightly and the tires bouncing. The guy suggested a less aggressive tire would probably solve the problem, but they still have another 20,000 miles of wear, so we just have to get used to the road noise.
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