Filed under "anal retentive government assembly"
If I had lots of money and free time I'd be in London for the weekend. The Queen's Jubilee should be about as grand a spectacle as can be had at any price, and the budget for this one is big enough to bail out Greece and Ireland. Sunday the Thames will be filled with 1,000 boats, including some royal barges that date back centuries.
Guys wearing tall furry hats, magnificent horses, and bagpipes!!
The Rambler's transmission pan gasket has finally arrived. I'll pick it up tomorrow, and assuming it's the correct one (the last one wasn't) I'll install it before we hit triple digits. But I have to get my bike ride in before that.
All other automotive work on the Rambler and the VW has been on a temporary hold for budgetary reasons. With our vacation looming the priority is having funds so we can do what we want on that trip without financial concerns. Camping vacations are pretty cheap, so "doing what we want" means things like ordering dessert for our typical one restaurant meal per day, or taking that $2 tour through the nearby town's Victorian mansion. I'll drive about 3,500 miles, so the dropping gas prices will help.
Once the transmission is closed back up I'll fill it with fluid and "drive" it. The car's up on stands but the wheels don't have to be on the ground to find out if the front seal is going to leak or if the Lucas stop-leak I'll add will solve that problem. If it does the only thing standing between its current state and driving it is four new wheel cylinders and an equal number of drums. Probably post-vacation.
I had to be hard-nosed today. I don't like drawing lines in the sand; I much prefer "plays well with others." And I could have rolled over. But the compromise would have meant making changes I'm not willing to make. We'll wait to see what comes of my recalcitrance.
It really is a dry heat. I took Jack for our evening walk, which moves along briskly, and even though the temp was 109 I didn't sweat a drop. OK, I did, but with the humidity at 4% (yes, that's a single digit number) it all evaporates the instant it hits my skin's surface. My shirt was completely dry when we got home. In Michigan any temp over 80 means drenched clothes.
In Idaho all bottle liquor sales are done through state run storefronts. The state has decided to ban the sale of "Five Wives Vodka" because the name is offensive to Mormons, who constitute 25% of the state population. Interesting.
The Mormons (LDS) denounced polygamy in 1890 and excommunicate anyone who practices plural marriages. And the distillery that makes "Five Wives" is located in Utah. Another Utah brewery sells "Polygamy Porter," which is not banned in Idaho.
But it's OK, because the makers of "Five Wives," Ogden's Own (after that Utah city) is getting a ton of free publicity. And you can go to any 7-Eleven in Pocatello and buy a 48 oz. Big Gulp of Mountain Dew with impunity.
Two-a-days are wearing me out and I'm eating everything in sight. But just one more week and I'll be the Incredible Hulk.
3 comments:
While gas prices drop elsewhere, they continue to rise in Washington. Costco (cheapest in town) was $4.199/gallon yesterday. Don't drive much when you visit Wa.
We're at about $3.70 here. Makes no sense.
You could drive over here for a visit, I cannot remember the last time I paid more that $3.50....just sayin'
Stacey
Post a Comment