Saturday, May 07, 2011

My brain has been in a bad place lately, so that accounts for no posts from my computer.

Sorry.

Lots going on, of everything except money.

Memama's truck driver continues to test me, almost on a daily basis. I swear, if he touches something it is going to mess up.

His latest quest was the dimmer switch in his Kenworth truck. He had an issue last Sunday, saying his lights were very dim and he had to park and sleep until daylight. Then he couldn't find one in Laredo, San Antonio or Dallas. By then he said he only had low beams or dim lights. Then the dealership got him a dimmer switch and he said it wouldn't work his lights, low to high.

As my luck would have it, he just plugged it in, he didn't ground it. He told me his old switch had low beams but wouldn't go to highs. I decided to go ahead and replace the switch, which required torx head screw drivers. When I rolled the carpet back I found he had slit the carpet to "Unplug" and try the new switch (ungrounded). Closer inspection revealed he had turned the plug over and plugged the old dimmer switch in, but only had two of the three terminals plugged in. I plugged it in correctly and everything worked.

I changed the dimmer switch anyway!

I don't need help like that,

I had a repair estimate two weeks ago on a truck hood that had hit a deer. This week I took a hood in for an estimate, figuring I had learned something from the previous estimate. I took them a bare hood, no lights, no signal lights, no grill, no name plate, no wiring harnesses. According to their previous estimate this should have saved me ten or so hours or approximately $800. When the shop owner gave me his estimate, he had knocked $100 from the previous estimate.

I am trying my hand at fiberglass repair.

Hey if they can do it, I can! You would think with all their bays empty they would want the work.

It is kind of getting depressing at the farm. We need a rain in the worst way!

Made a driver safety meeting this morning for my friend K.O.'s trucking company. He had asked me to go by and pick up A.M. donuts. Five dozen for 19 people. Needless to say we had donuts left over!

Krl tripped over one of the dogs and sprained or broke her ankle. When I returned from the 8 am. meeting she was rolling around the house in her office chair! Yuk!

Have a day!

FATHER, we need some relief.

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