Random thoughts from the moose cave.

and there's a furry pileup in the corner on the way to the dish...

kitty cleanup on aisle 3 please.

gotta love tile floors...

later kids.

what a weird and wonderful day.

gonna make a cuppa and come back and ponder it...

HAHA...indeed.

Must find camera among the unpacked boxes....

new tile floors, new bedroom set, whole interior soon will be painted...this weird cat is in heaven.

Hey Rock! Going by Blockbuster...want I should pick you up that Hurt Locker movie?

ummm.

prolly not.

not so much a movie guy.

more of a musicophile...

what's it aboot?

ummm...Rocky goes to IraQ

not sure exactly why, but there is a definite change in the intensity at my place...

I was sitting in my office (the cab of my truck in the parking lot) and talking to gram, when I saw shadows slip past the house. hmmmmm. (we shoot strangers at night here)

was my newish nebbors. wanted to borrow a tool. hmmmmm. (i kinda don't do that)

I offered to go see if I could just do what they wanted to borrow it for. (a steering wheel puller)

they are buying this turd from another more distant nebbor. (young, brunette, chunky, pincushiony...) her boyfriend was running the repair process. (a new igition tumbler)

I walked up and opened the door. said oh ****, it's a theft recovery...

no.

he has practically disassembled the interior. (no air bags thank god)

the steering wheel don't hafta come off. nor did most of the other stuff.

going back in the morning and pop it out for him when I can see and all.

10 minutes and no charge.

the story is worth that...

the other repair story in a bit, my tea is ready.

mebbe the weather change, or tax refund money fever, or my new work uniforms....

got a lot full of paying customers to choose from. (actually they are promised in an orderly fashion)

anyways.

the story of a nice old country guy that is not a mechanic...(and walks a lot)

after I pee.

this little old guy had been here before. had no money.

wanted to know what I would charge to swap out his rear struts. worked it out to where all he wanted was to bring the loose struts to me and have me take the springs off and put the new units back together. ok, ($40.)

been months.

shows up last night (on foot) carrying a strut with a spring compressor sorta hooked on it. with puppy dog eyes.

I give him a ride home, peek at the car ( a geo prizm) and tell him I will come back today and put it back together. ($40.) (there's a theme here somewhere)

daylight shows the harsh truth...

he has put a cinder block under the back of the body, and dug a hole under the right rear tire...

it only got better from there, but you get the picture.

after we got that one all put together correctly (we hadda bleed the brakes, don't ask)

we moved to junk car #2.

a taurus with a bad water pump.

and an obliterated stud going through said pump. (my buddy had already been there in a gawdawful fashion...)

the taurus was pulled over to stand in line.

Tuesday most likely. minor surgery with the welder, and a new stud.

I'm thinkin' another ($40.)

some folks should just not have tools...

Rocky you must be the world's greatest recycler - have you ever contacted Guiness World Records ?

you kiwi's are just not quite in synch...

what record would you guestimate me to have broken, good sir?

We are going to have to have a long talk about this kiwi stuff, my mexican friend...

How about excessive generosity in the repair of unrepairable (punch line/word coming up...everyone get ready to laugh...) vehicles !! Vehicles ! Get it ?

Over here we call people of your ability bush mechanics and we live in awe of their ability to turn a pile of rust into a moving pile of rust. I have seen vehicles in the bush held together with fencing wire and fence posts. Truely a modern art form as from the point of view of engineering they shouldnt run...

now don't go start using big words, I can't find my dictionary right now...

(think the cats have got it)

I just fix cars.

and I don't do rust repair any more, I'm allergic to bondo. (that's my story and i'm stickin' to it...)

I got a new toy Rock, 86 Bronco II....Eddie Bauer editon...one owner. Needs a new front fender....50.00....so not bad, and a total paint job, perhaps later this summer.

I used to have an 85, basically identical, but the new has the {at the time brand spanking new} efi system, my old one had a carb....the efi is just not as macho, but I'll deal with it.

cool...

going to pick up a new compressor tomorrow.

mine locked up solid today in mid cut with the chopper saw.

been needing one anyways, the old one was verra small.

gonna start payments on a real one this time.

I'll be painting soon, I suspect.

and now my plasma cutter becomes viable again.

still workin' on selling my big toy.

lotsa nibbles, no ca$h...

gotta crash.

later dude.

wait up. hold the phone even...

I was 'bout half dead last night when I read this the first time.

I wanna one owner $50 eddie bauer baby 4 wheeler too.

(even if the owner hit stuff...)

mebbe I needa move to a boot heel. i'd do italy, but italians don't seem to get on with me.

hafta think on it...

why is it that bubba's affection level rises in direct proportion to the amount of clean black clothing I am wearing...?

damn cats.

off to buy a air compressor i am...

Fender = 50.00.....I paid a bit more for the truck. The passenger side front fender is rusted all the way thru, and has a few small dents in it....the rear drivers side has rust but it's fixable.

The truck is from town, I remember when they guy brought it home from the dealer...I was in highschool. A few weeks after he bought the truck, a very large package arrived from Eddie Baur....he called the company up and told them he didn't order anything, and after a bit of record searching, they told him it { a full set of luggage} came with the purchace of the truck....the dealer forgot to tell him about the extra. He is an older guy, that took very good care of it....he's was 50ish when he bought it.

one owner stuff is verra cool.

had a big old caddy with a cool history once a long time ago.

get aholt of me before you order any panels and stuff.

I might know a bit about reconstruction if pressed on it...

Got me two job interviews this week... woo hoo