adventures in BlooTWuck

Yesterday, Thanksgiving day, was the first day I drove Bloo around town, legal and legit. Took her to the gas station for her first fill up in untold years (midgrade, to help clean out the junks) 25 gallons (on top of the 5 gallons high test I put in a couple of days prior) OUCH! but, I knew what I was getting into with Bloo,,, She’s a big twuck compared to Buffalo: Big Twuck, big fuel tank.

What I wasn’t prepared for, but shoulda been, was the SMELLS,,, It was kold, so crank on the heat and the Mousey Pissy Smells coming out of the heater core were almost TOO much,,, cracked the windows to let it out, and sent out a plea to Brudda B, “you have any idea how to get this smell out? Other than just time?”

Of course he came back with the very ideas I was already tossing around me head: We are brudders by anudder mudder after all. Good thing we weren’t raised together or we might have killed each other early on: we think very much alike, and that can cause issues in siblings at young ages.

YEah, she had some rather funky smells taking place. Things that have been sitting as long as she had been, will have things resting in places were they shouldn’t be; things that will burn off when exposed to high heat like exhaust manifolds and pipes. Some of the smells I expected, like the smell of oil burning off the new pipe sections. Some were quite pungent and short lived, but worrisome while in the air. By the time we were back home again after the running around to Get togethers, her odors had settled down to normal ‘warmed up ‘Hicle’ smells, and the smells out of the heatercore were noticibly reduced, though still present. I still sprayed some odo-ban ™ in the vents and air intake. More to knock it down than eliminate it.(read: cover it up.)

I’M VERY HAPPY,,,

Now. Its time to “move in”. Still need to finish the maintenance details of hoses and oil change and coolant flush, but I can be doing those while I move tools from Buff to Bloo,,, Organizing, setting up a bracket to keep the floor jack from rolling around in that great big center box, etc etc,,,, Its work, its what I do: for some reason, this lazy bastach enjoys having his hands bizzy,,, Some people talk(to much) to keep thier minds distracted, I have to ‘play’ at work,,, ((Still need to run that backup cam and finish putting the dash back together too,,, Small details))

On a left turn of thoughts,,, I was going over the creditcard accounts last night, and looking at future payment plans. Really, this hasn’t hurt me as bad as I made it out, at least in me own little world. I usually pay no less than a $100/billing period,(usually $200) and my minimums are still under that number. SO, No real change to my methods, no extra pain, just longer to pay off. Debt seems to be the norm in this assbackwards world, so what new, eh?

No, I’m not burned out,,, I am feeling a bit of the seasonal blahs though. Seasonal work has the downside of “In winter, we work when its nice” and that means I have to tolerate the craptastic weather to get my personal shit done. Slows a body down some when you look out and the porch thermometer is wrapped in blankets with a thermos of coffee, faking a good attitude. Stuff to do, but I have a long weekend of KOLDKOLDKOLD, so I can spread things out a bit into the warmer parts of the day and still get everything done. Not optimal, but what is? I’ll just squeeze some reading in the in-between times.

ramblin’ again,,,, Y’all take care, keep the digits warm and toasty, raise a glass to the fact that Seasons come and seasons go, and this is just another one. Talk atcha’ll later

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