Jumble Story

Character - 9. A college student

Setting - 2. A wedding reception

Time - 4. after a big meal

Situation/Challenge - 9. Something embarrassing has just happened

It was the night of my best friend, Brandon Hollier wedding. We were all at the reception at the Renous Rec Center. Colby, Dillan, and me were all sitting at the head table with Brandon. It was a lovely time, and everybody was talking after the wedding supper was served.

The time to start speeches was soon. As we all talked and laughed, the mothers and fathers of the bride and groom were up welcoming each other into their new families. Then one by one, Dillan, Colby and me got up and said how happy we were for Brandon and his new wife, telling a few jokes about them and having a good laugh.

Just before I sat down, I told the guest that if anybody had any embarrassing stories about the bride or groom, to feel free to come up and tell them. Everybody was seated, and finishing up their desert, when a young man made went up to the micro phone and started telling a story about Brandon.

I didn’t recognize him at first until Dillan pointed out to me who he was. He was a friend from NBCC Moncton. He was telling a story about Brandon back when he was a college student. The story he told brought back memories of school, and something that Brandon hoped we all forgot.

The story cannot be told on a high school blog because of the content of the story, with it being college and all. As soon as Colby figured out the story, he told me, and immediately I remembered, and so did Brandon, he turned bright red and put his head down. We still laugh and joke about that night.

It took us five years to forget that story, and Brandon was glad we did, but after his wedding, I don’t think we will ever forget.

Carburetor verses Fuel Injected

Carburetor or Fuel Injected. Which one do you prefer? To most people it doesn’t matter. As long as it runs, gets them from point A to point B, they’re happy. But to a select few, it makes the world of difference.

All cars that are produced today are fuel injected, or EFI. Cars were carburetor from day 1 until the late 80’s, when it became mandatory to be EFI by law. With emissions being a big issue, they figured that fuel injected engines would be better on gas. There are Carburetor engines that are better on fuel than some EFI engines.

Fuel consumption just depends on who’s driving the vehicle, where they are driving it, what are the conditions they are driving in, and if they have cruise control on.

When driving with cruise control on, an EFI maybe better on fuel, because when your vehicle comes to a hill, it will gear down to overtake the hill. With a carburetor engine, when it gears down like the EFI, it becomes harder on fuel, but the carburetor has a feature that the EFI doesn’t have. The carburetor has a four barrel, or two barrel on some. The four barrel is what mix’s the air and fuel.

Some people argue that EFI make more power than Carburetor. One web site said “Carburetor enthusiasts argue that carburetors make more power over port injection because the fuel helps "cool" the intake manifold. If this were true, what about Throttle Body Injection? I have seen little evidence to prove that carburetors out-perform port EFI on identical engines and vice-versa in controlled conditions.” Meaning that if carburetor keeps the intake cool and makes the engine work better, but the “Throttle Body Injection” (TBI), which is a type of EFI system, is very similar to the carburetor. With that being said, they are the same performance wise.

The cost is widely argued. The startup cost of a carburetor is cheaper, but in the long run, EFI is said to be cheaper. EFI has less hassle to repair; it just has to be electrically programmed. But for some people, it is just as easy to use the carburetor. The carburetor is very easy to tune, but has costly parts that have to be replaced every now and then.

Performance up grades like turbo and super chargers are very compatible with the EFI system, while carburetor is not so good.

Myself, I prefer carburetors over EFI, but in the winter time, or any time that your car is warming up, the EFI is a lot less hassle.

The pros outnumber the cons for EFI, and vice versa for Carburetors, but I’ll still take a Carburetor over an EFI any day.