/USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS
/<ITEM#>=<NAME>,<MILEAGE INTERVAL>,<TIME INTERVAL (DAYS)>,<COST(WITHOUT'$')>,<NOTES>
Maintenance1=Oil Change;5;180;17.50;Use 5W-30
Maintenance2=Air Filter;12000;360;12.00;Check cabin filter

public class QueuedWriter:IDisposable
    {
        StreamWriter writer; // writer use to actually write to the file
        Thread workerThread; // background thread used to perform the writes to the file
        Queue<string> itemsToWrite = new Queue<string>(); // queue of items that will be written to the file
        public QueuedWriter(string fileName)
        {
            writer = new StreamWriter(fileName);
            workerThread = new Thread(mainLoop); // notice, we're specifying the mainLoop method in the constructor of the Thread
            workerThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.BelowNormal;
            workerThread.Start();
        }

        public void WriteItem(string item)
        {
            itemsToWrite.Enqueue(item);
        }

        private void mainLoop()
        {
            bool abort = false;
            while (!abort)
            {
                try
                {
                    /// Write everything that has been queued
                    while (itemsToWrite.Count > 0)
                    {
                        writer.WriteLine(itemsToWrite.Dequeue());
                    }
                    //Nothing to write, sleep a while
                    Thread.Sleep(1000);
                    writer.Flush();
                }
                catch (ThreadAbortException)
                {
                    abort = true;
                }
            }
        }

        #region IDisposable Members

        public void Dispose()
        {
            if (workerThread != null)
            {
                workerThread.Abort();
            }
            workerThread = null;
            if (writer != null)
            {
                writer.Flush();
                writer.Close();
                writer.Dispose();
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }