No worries. Pam doesn't drive the Mustang.
I read again this morning that death by drowning is an almost pleasant way to die "if you stop struggling."
How do they know that? Did someone die that way and come back to say it was fun??
As I wrote last night, we did the book of Ecclesiastes in class yesterday. That's one of the oddest books in the Bible and inarguably the most depressing. The theme of the book is "Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless" (1:2). It's a horrible book that takes a totally cynical and defeatist look at life. But that's the point! The author's (Solomon) perspective is "under the sun", a phrase that's used 26 times in the fairly short book. He looks at life as though it is lived in a closed system, without God. Yep, depressing is what you get in that view.
One of the famous phrases is at the beginning of ch. 12, "Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, when...." Solomon goes on to describe the miseries of old age using a series of picturesque and interesting metaphors about things like losing your teeth, your hearing, having your hair go white, and others.
"...before the silver cord breaks" was a contemporary expression to describe the moment of death. It's also the phrase that led to what used to be a well-known hymn often sung at funerals.
I was the only one in a class of about 45 who had ever heard it, never mind could recite the first verse.
Some day the silver cord will break, and I no more as now shall sing.
But oh, the joys when I shall wake, within the palace of the King!
Then I shall see him face to face, and tell the story "Saved by grace!"
Then I shall see him fact to face, and tell the story "Saved by grace!"
I like that song. Alas, it seems to have passed from the lexicon.
It was 21 degrees when I got up this morning. I didn't expect it to get that cold or I would have turned on the heat lamp in the pump house. Thankfully, the pipes didn't freeze and I had water for my shower. The say this is the coldest we'll be for the next 10 days. Maybe for the season??? SO tired of the cold!
Volvo has announced plans to put speed limiters on all of their cars. What????
Two things should be noted here. The first is that Volvo is now owned by a Chinese conglomerate. Nobody ever thought of cars and the Chinese in the same sentence unless it started with the words "run away from"
Second, Volvo says the top speed will be limited to "about 112 mph." OK, turns out there's no need to panic. Anything much faster than that should happen on a track or Poodle Creek Rd. just west of here.
Ooops.
I looked it up. The average daily high for March in Eugene is 57 and the average low is 36. We should get 5" of rain over 13 days.
It didn't say anything about 18" of snow or temps consistently 10 degrees below both those numbers.
It's 1:30 p.m. and I type this and we're up to 38 degrees. All wrong
Auto correct.
Pam is making "naked apples" for our small group gathering tonight.
I thought she was making baked apples.
Song of Solomon strikes again.
I stopped at Joe's Garage on the way home. That's the place (Spencer, the son/manager) that sold me a rebuilt engine for $300. I asked Spencer if he had front fenders of either of the two '66s they're turning into street rods.
A reproduction fender is $149 and everyone agrees they're junk and fit terribly. Because I don't have the skills to fix the multiple bends and creases on the left front fender I'd pay a body shop $$$$ to do the work even if I took the fender off.
The passenger side fender only has one small ding and I could hammer that out and use body filler for skimming. But if I could get originals in good condition at a reasonable price....!
Spencer said one of their 'stangs is getting a fiberglass nose but he doesn't remember what the two fenders look like. He's going to examine them, pull them if they're good, and I'll stop by next Monday to find out.
This could be another great deal that will save me money AND get me much closer to my goal.
I also got this. Only $30. I'm going to set up a space in Fred to do endoscopies and colonoscopies. I'll recover the cost after just one procedure and everything after that is pure profit.
Or I could use it to look into the cowl and see how bad the rust is and how much disassembly I have to do to fix the leak that floods the passenger side floor every time it rains, which then leads to a rusty floor pan that needs replacing.
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