Series 13 Issue #103
September 6th, 2013
"ODE TO MAN"
Robert Redford said it best when he portrayed Roy Hobbs in the Natural, he said, "There's nothing like being on a farm. Being around animals, fixing things…" I like fixing things. Today was a manly day around the Foshee household. I will admit that there a an overwhelming percentage of estrogen in my household these days, unlike when I was growing up. In my parents house it was three men and one woman, here I am the sole man.
I built a shed in the back yard to have a place to go and fix things. I wish I had a garage so I could fix things in that too! But not today, today I was under the car in the carport. Had to drag all the tools around and make the walk back to the shed about 8 times for different tools that I needed for one specific thing. Dear Isuzu, I know it's a conspiracy that you've made the gap in your tiny hose clips just a hair bigger than the standard channel locks so that I need to buy a special tool to get them off cause there is no way on God's green earth I'm getting them off with a standard pair of channel locks. A standard pair like every other normal person owns. NOOOOO! Why make it EASY to fix. I got it off!
Anyway even though the Rodeo fought the good fight I won. At least I think, the final road test hasn't been done yet but I started it up and ran it without any leaking. I was putting in a new radiator, I humored the wife and did call the mechanic to see how much it would cost to have someone do something that I knew I could do. It took about 4 hours with a lunch break and two trips to the parts store. I almost had that moment where I had a few parts left over but I figured out where they went. Although I did misplace two insignificant pieces of plastic.
Here's the way I see it and check my math on this. If it cost me 220 and the corner mechanic(I didn't shop around) was gonna charge 440 then that means I saved 220 and it's FREE right?? No?? Okay but that does mean that I can buy that new dovetail jig I wanted since I saved 220 right? Just so you know the 220 was the new radiator, two new hoses for the radiator and fluid. Even though the hoses were fine I replaced them because if you replace a 12 year old radiator and don't replace the 12 year old hoses guess what you'll be doing next weekend…replacing twelve year old hoses.
I also want to let it be know that I am trying to educate my wife as to the inner workings of a car. I absolutely do not intend for my daughters to be ignorant of cars. Not to say Daddy won't show up in the middle of the night to fix a flat for them but I'd like them to have an inkling of how to change a tire, jumpstart a car, or check the oil. Of course I said the same thing about my wife 4 years ago when I married her. Although she did get a verbal explanation of how and what a radiator does, of course, her eyes glazed over about 10 seconds into the lecture.
It's not that I don't take pride in my job as a nurse. I do. But there's something instinctual about building something or repairing something. I don't ENJOY working on cars but I do derive some satisfaction about doing a job myself. Building something with my hands. Designing and cutting and nailing and gluing and painting something I've built. I know my way around around a miter saw.
So I'm gonna put my feet up, have a cold drink or two and see if there are some sports on. Have a good weekend.
TIDBITS
There's a new Robocop coming - http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=108578. They had me and then they lost me. The last 30 seconds just looked like everything else out there and none of it compares to "I'll buy that for a dollar." The use of e-cigarettes is up in those under 18, but it's only the really cool robots. (http://news.yahoo.com/study-childrens-e-cigarettes-increasing-170522362.html) Sorry, there's some sort of old person and young person joke in there about technology but I'm not sure that's it.
50/50 TRIVIA
The name Donkey Kong came from the creator's loose translation of what phrase?
A. Monkey Pong.
B. Stubborn Gorilla.
NAME 5
INXS songs.
MOVIES
In Theaters
RIDDICK- Hey! I read that there's a sequel to that movie Vin Diesel made back before he was a star? So he's releasing a sequel to every single movie he's ever made?? It's about him battling aliens. Unless they are aliens in mustangs and one of them is Paul Walker I ain't interested.
On DVD
NOW YOU SEE ME- Street magicians in vegas pull of a heist. It was supposedly the biggest hit of the summer that nobody saw. Looks good though. I want to see this one.
SHARKNADO- As in, "oh my God! It's a tornado, with sharks! It's a sharknado!" (This could also be a new menu item at taco bell I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure the Taco Bell menu item is a Sharknado Supreme!)
*dvd sales releases of the week. Not necessarily reflective of what's in Redbox or available on Netflix. I don't have that kind of time.
SONG OF THE WEEK
Letters from the Wasteland. - The Wallflowers. (not the one headlight song)
answer: B
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