Good evening Listees,
 As my departure for points south draws near
 I find I have many questions/loose ends...
 Here's one:
 I recently had new ball joints installed as part of a
 lot of other preventative maintenance.  The mechanic
 told me that as a result I absolutely needed to have
 the front end realigned.
But--I just had the front end realigned about 5K
miles ago, before the work was done.
I would appreciate the opinions of the list.
Thanks,
Phaedra