Car Repair

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 1 p. 558

178.3 miles

cool in the mornings, hot in the day. No heater, no AC, just wait it out.

 

 

359 recordings of 31 types, 23 old SVU (I went through the list and got rid of all the ones I actually had seen. I think they sneak some in, since I found a couple yesterday that I know I already said "do not record.") 23% clear.

 

I was really scared coming home with the "check engine" light on, so didn't go anywhere on Saturday. I got about 13 pieces into the Rosetta Stone puzzle... this is going VERRRRRY slowly.  Also, because I wasn't going to record anything, I turned off the living room power so I could get the baby outlet cover off and replace the power strip with the new one with the 15' cord. Even with the power off, this took some time, but I got it done and everything is plugged into the new one. I still need to get some small speakers for the "new" television before I can move all the entertainment center to the hearth. 

 

Sunday I did drive over to church and then stopped at Emigh Hardware to get the Key Krazy geocache, which I did finally manage. Then to La-Z Boy to pick up my free gift, another set of stemless wine glasses.  Different pattern from the other ones. They have lots of pretty things, but I had already decided to order the silver color velociraptor.  

 

Then at home I've started cleaning out the shelves in back (in order to make room for the dinosaur.) I found my old Palm IIIe and got it going... now what?  My fossil fish rock is cracked (I had no idea.) There was a lot more stuff thrown on those shelves than room for it, for sure. 

 

Monday morning early I was at the garage.  David, the repair scheduler, told me if it was the same thing as in August it would be under warranty. He asked if I was going to leave it and I said no, I didn't want him to forget me this time.  I was the 7th person in, even at 7:30, and it took them a couple of hours to find the problem.  The problem was the filler pipe, between where you put the gas in and the tank... and it cost $517 to fix. And another three hours or so.  I just about finished the book I'd brought. And, finally, they washed the car before they gave it back to me, and so home.