Good morning, GoGo. It's 73 in Louisville, sprinkling rain, and going to 87 today. Spotty thundershowers are expected all day.
What I learned this morning is that when you marry a considerably younger woman, you marry her children as well. Maybe 2 months ago Cindy's boy, Scott (25), couldn't get his car to start, an obvious battery problem. So, ol' Mikey patiently figured out that it was a steel battery clamp that was rusted, couldn't be adjusted, and it wasn't letting the alternator charge the battery. Gave it a temporary fix by cleaning the parts and taking up the slack by turning in a couple of small screws between the lead terminal and the steel clamp. I then clearly told the boy, "OK, now this is temporary, if you stop by AutoZone they can look at this and sell you a replacement clamp, which you then bring over here and we'll put it on. Oh yeah, this needs to be done before the snow flies because it's miserable trying to do it in the cold." Well, this morning at 0630 the phone rings and Scott announces his car won't start and he was supposed to be at work at 6:30.
Ol' Mikey hustles over there, takes an umbrella because there's light rain, finds the battery terminal still nice and tight, but the battery is down. With the horribly hot weather and knowing the boy grew up without a daddy to teach him a battery needs water, my guess is the battery is damned near dry. Checking the fluid level requires removing both battery clamps, so we skipped that this morning, got him jump-started and on his way to work. He did remember how to operate the hood hold-open rod and remove the plastic cover that goes over the whole battery area. As I said, if you're considering marrying a younger woman, just be aware that you'll get to re-do some things you thought you were finished with. Poon Tang Tax. Ha!
Y'all have a good'n and it wouldn't hurt for all of us to start raising up prayers for the PD Safari Part B group. I think some of them blast off as early as Thursday or Friday of this week. Names you'd recognize in this group are Greyfox, Skruske, JR the Damcowfarmer and ShaneG. Scott's son Doug will join them in Montana, but I don't remember his board handle right now. I think the whole group is around 10 guys, maybe 12.
Carpman
PS. Charlie, let's check off another Monday.
