Oh-no, Shock!, Horror!

Filler material here,,,, I did something so out of character for me this week; well, out of character if you think I don’t think practically,,,,

I took Lyssa off Buffalo and am flying WITHOUT any kayaks currently. I even took all the kayaky gear out of the backseat for the time being. Part of that is the fact that Cozzie likes to get in the back seat when on the highway, and he doesn’t give a rats ass if he tears anything up. I caught him chewing on my PFD,,, He didn’t destroy anything, but the fact that he was making an attempt, was enough to get me into action. I could easily see him gnawing a hole in my drysuit (which was back there as well.)

The practical aspect?,,, I am tied and bound to get Twuck on the road, weather besides the point; taking any time away from Twuck would ‘slow me down’. I’ll have more time (HA!!! Who says?) later after all the fun of Hicle Recovery is over. By then, as things settle into whatever new routine I develop, Lyssa or Blue Jean, or Rio can ride high again. On Buffalo only,,, Work TWuck, Play truck,,, Thats the goal.

As for the rest of the world, this week, if I haven’t been under the hood of something, be that the hood of a twuck, or welding hood, my nose has been stuffed in my Kindle. Not reading anything but pure fiction right now. No research, no historical stuff, just pure fun to read, get out of my own head for a bit, fiction. I don’t want to start reading all the ‘worldly’ bullshit and start feeling anxious about shit: it will make me want to start short-cutting, cutting corners, whatever you wanna call it. I’m shooting for longevity here, on a budget of course, so some things will get ‘cheap’ed, but only the stuff I know won’t be critical if they go sideways.

Kinda like that slave cylinder thing. Hoping I can make whats in there work. Not that I am trying to shortcut, because I know, its gonna fail. I am only hoping I can forstall that failure to further down the road when the finances aren’t as strapped as they are now; there is a whole lot more involved there than ‘just a $30 part’. AND, I’m lazy,,, I HATEZ doing anything twice,,, If that cylinder fails, I have to pull the transmission,,, I do that, well, I’ve already spelled that out a time or two, didn’t I? Don’t wanna do that job twice just due to lack of money in one circumstance.

Current high dollar expenditures are going to be those tires. Those are the KNOWN, I fully expect at least one or two others before long. I stated to Son of Bossman, I got extremely lucky with how easy she was to get running. I recall a recovery ‘hicle back in the day when I wrenched: a barn find. Porsche 928. Guy brought it to us, and me being the Newb,* got the project (the others all KNEW it was gonna be a mess) I ended up replacing the ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM, from tank, to pump to lines, to injectors,,, EVERYTHING… The tar that had accumulated in those parts had solidified. DOods ‘SWAG barn find’ went from a couple grand find to nearly the cost of a New 911 in one week. And that was just the start. I won’t lie to you, that was my biggest fear with this. Had I smelled varnish during any of my prelem checks, I’d have walked away.

Not gryping, but its gonna be a crappy paycheck this week. Two days off for weather REALLY cuts deep. Plus, this is a double bill week. sigh,,,,

Iswhutitiz,,, Thank the small gods I managed to clear a lot of the debts away, so that I can build them all back up again,,, LOL the paradox of trying to get ahead while running in place,,,

Ok,,, TIme to chill, play with pupper, (ball toss) and shoot a couple of sticks around the yard(old dawg toys make great targets) THEN, time to return to Grainne (Freehold series, what I’m reading currrently,/again) until the eyes are dripping down my cheeks.

LIVE

Learn

LAUGH

Love

LOAD

*I wasn’t a newb, I had a few years under my belt then, but I WAS the new guy in the shop. I inherited a GMC Safari project with a warranty motor swap too. Essentially, all the shitty work no one wanted to deal with because it wasn’t going to make any commision. Lesson for those young’uns that are thinking of that line of work,,, You will “Pay your Dues” and not just in bloody knuckles. And you will do it everytime you move your tool box to a new place, even when you move it to your OWN place.