Got up and walked for 30 minutes. While I was walking Mike pulled in. My inlaws got here and we went down and looked at the old van. It’s been slipping out of gear. Now, we had it looked at recently. We told them specifically that there was a transmission problem. So I thought that everything was cool in the fluid area. Mike pulled the tranny fluid dipstick and it was bone dry. We put one quart in and it ran fine. So the kids headed up the road to get some fluid and we started throwing stuff out in the garage.
We did it for a long time. Roughly 5 hours. Burning trash and moving stuff around.
We wrapped it up around 7. Everybody wanted pizza so we called into the local shop. It turns out that they won’t deliver here because of the construction on the bridge. So, since the geniuses that drive for them can’t follow two orange signs, we had to drive in and pick it up.
Yes, I blew my diet again. But I’m back on it tomorrow. I told everybody tonight that I only want 1 night of “naughtyness”. So I’m saving up for next Saturday. That’s the church festival.
Well, after we ate we hung out and watched some movies. Most notably “Under the Tuscan Sun”.
I've been catching up on some tv lately. One of my favorites is "Dead Like Me". Two characters are having an exchange in a waffle house. One, Rube, is probably hundreds of years older than the other, very literate, in charge, and doesn't suffer fools kindly. The other, Mason, is younger, British, an alcoholic, and as he was called in a recent episode "A fuck up".
Rube..."Well you know, They say that Bacchus has killed more men than Neptune."
Mason..."Uhh...Ahh...Bacchus???"
Rube..."Well, Bacchus is the Greek god of readafuckinbook."
And then I started this, and now I’ve finished it.
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I feel it slipping........
...Cat...
....and put some newspaper under the tranny....seals could be shot. Look for pink spots. Of course if it's blowing fluid while driving, you're screwed. If you see them, you have three choices: 1. spend tons of money on a tranny. 2. keep feeding it tranny fluid, which could cost as much eventually as the van. 3. look for a sealer to put in that may do more harm than good, but with that van it's worth the chance.
...Cat...
We planned on putting something under the tranny to check for leaks. And the other option is that my daughters boyfriend may tear apart the transmission if he has to.
Melicker.....Me licker???
If I could do that, I'd never leave the house. :)
Wednesday would be cool....BTW, how was your conference call?
Come on, old man, I've told you his last name before. And I certainly hope you know his first name by now. Now combine the two using only the first letter of his first name. :-D
And if you were a 'me licker' I wouldn't be in the house at all.
-Chrissy
If I was a Me Licker, you never would have met me. I'd probably still be on tour. :)
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