see you in the Spring timothy HA HAH A

 

Good morning everybody Texas FTE country.

 

Howdy Clay, How are things treating you. Hope all is well

 

I am sitting here watching students take a final exam. It's the last one I have to do.

Boring......

I'd rather watch paint dry. I am sooooooooo bored.

And the questions.... Argggg!!!! We only used these acronyms all semester long...... But on the exam they act like it is something new. They look at me suspiciously, like I'm trying to pull something over on them. I have to stop and look to make sure I'm in the right classroom. Yes, these are my students. Bored.... Bored....Bored.....

OK three left. Then I can go home.

Now two. I may just make it.......

Bored....

If I die of boredom, I want to leave Robert my left-handed tire lug nut wrench. (Don't tell him it's the same as a right handed one...)

B...o....r.....e.....d.......


Timothy

 

Hey Tim
which side are the instructions written on that tool?

 

They are written on the inside of the wrench..... in Chinese.

Timothy

 

Cool, I speak 7 languages!!!! engrish, spanglanese, japanasha, asstrailican, franch, arabitian, vietmanchuku

 

I've got to get me one of those. I just spent a bunch of money on a set of metric crescent wrenches so I'll probably have to save up for a bit before I can afford one though.

 

I can say this about the Cresent
thats some good quality steel right there took me about 30 minutes to bend one of my wrenches once. Of course as of lately I have been working on the vehicles and it never fails, Always something missing. 13 mm box end.

Maybe I should buy a metal detector and start scanning the yard and see how many tools my kids left out there over the years.

 

So I am actually sleeping at 4am. Dawn's yelling wakes me up. There is a loud grinding noise coming from the kitchen.....


It appears that the ice maker on the fridge decided to malfunction. It has been leaking water for a while and covering on everything in the freezer with ice. But this was a loud noise..... A very loud grinding sound.......

Well, I was not fully awake in spite of the adrenaline that was flowing, so I followed the normal diagnostic program that I use for my truck....

Step 1: Slam the door a few times. If that doesn't clear the problem....

Step 2: Grab anything that looks like it could become loose and wiggle it to see if the problem goes away....

Step 3: Bang on the side with your hand...

Step 4: Curse

Step 5: Toggle the key (power switch) on and off a few times...

Step 6: Curse

Step 7: Shut everything off and call AAA for a tow. (For fridge pull plug... Curse... Call repairman in AM....)

Woke up this afternoon to find that Dawn moved everything out of the freezer and let it defrost with the door open. Grinding noise has stopped. (I think she hit the side of the freezer with her hand while I was sleeping...)


Anyway, I had an exciting evening. I'm always at my best when rousted from a deep sleep.... Well, OK, I am always mildly functional when rousted from a deep sleep...

I do think I could have fixed it at 4am without unplugging it if I only had a hammer nearby.



Timothy

 

I would like to share an experience with you about drinking and driving with Christmas approaching.

As you well know, some of us have been known to have had brushes with the authorities on our way home from the odd social session over the years.

Well, I have done something about it!

A couple of nights ago Dawn and I were out for pre Christmas drinks with some friends and had a few too many beers as well as some Captain and some rather nice Moscato wine<var id="yiv856262347yui-ie-cursor"></var>; but knowing full well I may have been slightly over the limit, I did something I've never done before - I took a bus home.

We arrived back home safely and without incident which was a real surprise, because I had never driven a bus before and am not even sure where I got this one.



Timothy

 

now you have something to tow the Pinz if need be

 

Good morning Texas FTE.

 

Morning Clay and everyone else.

 

Good morning everyone. Just a quick check in...work, family and the holidays are keeping me busy! Time to catch up...