Day 59 Nights that you sat in.

28th September 2017

“It’s the wrong part, it won’t fit” Larry said down the phone, although he lives within spitting distance, it seems the mobile phone is essential here.

The truck had been making a knocking noise from the back end when driving over the rough roads, so the diagnosis was the “shocks” were worn out. 

We found a set on e-bay, brand new in a box, and they arrived in a couple of days.

Larry, is the neighbourhood car fixer, and he agreed to do the work. He is a character, smokes like a chimney, but has a heart of gold. 

We dropped the truck off in his yard, and walked back across the road to the garage.

It was twenty minutes later that the call about the shock absorbers was received. We walked over, saw the problem, asked him to put back on the one he took off. We walked back to the garage. Ten minutes later another call, walked over. “The brake rotor is bad, and the pads are worn”.

“Okay Larry let’s replace them” I said, then walked back to the garage.

Ten minutes later another call. By now a path had been worn on the grass.

” The sway bars are badly worn” he demonstrated “Replace them Larry” I said, worn down by the experience, I walked back to the garage in a daze.

This is a typical scenario, start one job, and find ten others. 

As we investigated the problem with the incorrect shock absorbers, the vendor texted that we had ordered parts for a front wheel drive model, and not the four wheel drive model.

So now the process begins to replace the parts or re-coop our money.

Larry ordered the parts he needed to replace, so something was happening.

All this activity hampered progress on the furniture. The other thing that was hampering my progress was Kelli’s choice of music. She has set specific playlists on an internet music station. From the start of the day, to the end, she has the music of Justin Hayward. Every single piece music he ever worked on including the sounds from the womb! This is okay for a while, but having heard “Nights in white satin” at least ten times throughout the day it looses its appeal.