Random repairing
Right now we have two dogs visiting with us. Volume is just a normal filled with joy Labrador. No food is safe. The other is somewhat older. Somewhat def. Somewhat blind. No warnings are given when the older dog decides to change course to position under your feet so you had best be up to your finest dancing skills. I have not fallen yet but today is young. However the sense of smell is still keen and so carrying a piece of cold pizza will buy me a moment of safety. Yes I will run out of pizza and I will have to find an alternative measure. Right now we are waiting on repairs to a Jeep. I cannot claim to understand all the technical aspects but the deal seems to be that the rear axle has to be dropped. Then the coil spring will be properly seated back in place and the axle will be placed back in its place and then all will be fine. As you can imagine I have been spending time trying to visualize how this happens. It makes me think back to the days my father repaired our station wagon while parked over the top of a deep ditch. There were several long 2 X 4 pieces of lumber involved in the process. And it worked although again I was not the one doing the heavy hauling. For those who have newer cars you will never know the joy of getting down and dirty with the mechanical parts. This is how some people spend their vacation time. In retrospect we have never being faced with large mechanical adjustments to any of the cars we have owned over the years. Proof that we are lucky.
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