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I love my mechanic
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

And that's the gods truth right there,folks. I do. When shit starts flying off my vehicle & things start exploding or smoking, no matter how many space monkeys got loose up in here, it always gets fixed and we keep flying. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time and a whole lot of money, but we keep going. That's the important part.

I couldn't do what I do if I didn't have that kind of backup.

We went out yesterday for a little adventuring in the hill country, and got a little more adventure than we bargained for. Seems we ran over a nail or something, and didn't realize it right away. One of the locals was kind enough to point out the rapidly deflating tire when we stopped to get a drink. No problem. My wonderful, mechanically inclined partner plugged it with one of those ATV flat repair kits, and reinflated with the portable air compressor. And we rolled on.

For about 3 miles...

Then said repaired tire exploded. Came the hell apart. Disengaged from the rim completely. Problem, you say? Not at all. We pulled over to assess the damage & pull out the donut tire. Which, BTW, would not come out of it's lodgings in the trunk without the skilled application of a large hammer. Problem? Not at all. It came out, got put on, and we were on our merry.

Been a while since shit went flying off the vehicle like that. My appreciation levels are now reset. I will, in fact, be purchasing two more tires post-haste. I will not even bitch about how much they cost. I will also be springing for a new spare and will be throwing in new windshield wipers and a new radio antena for general principles. In my defense, I have already replaced the air intake that had previously been repaired with duct tape.

The lesson at hand is this: appreciate what you have. Take care of it right. This goes for your machines as well as those who keep'em running. It doesn't do you any good to count up change for gas if you aint got nothin' to put it in. I am promising to take my eye off the money long enough to take care of the people and things that keep me going...it's a start, anyway!

Taking a deep breath now, and preparing to invest time and money without complaint. Wish me luck.


COMMENTS

Friday, February 26, 2010 1:38 PM

PLAINJAYNE


Oh, yeah. That's why I love my tech guru/mechanic/best friend & partner. No pile of shit's too deep to dig out of with that kind of back up. I am very, very lucky!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:55 PM

BYTEMITE


I'm reminded of this one time, this geology survey class I was in was mapping some mountains out in the middle of nowhere. So we're driving back to our base camp, realize we're riding pretty low.

Not one but TWO flat tires. We had a spare, near impossible to get out (I learned a healthy dislike for Chevy's engineering design that day), had to call the other vehicle, same model for their spare. Changed the tire, in the middle of a desert, in the middle of thunderstorms and microbursts. That was nuts.

Glad it turned out okay for you!


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