Doug started teaching again yesterday. Yay! The fair job is over (that was an interesting experience all around) so we'll be getting back on something like a normal schedule. Though "normal" for us changes every three months.
Yesterday we were going to go out to lunch and go to the park--got all set and in the car, and then Doug noticed that the battery light was on. After testing the battery he figured it was probably the alternator, so we went to a local place and got that tested--yep, bad alternator--got a new one, went home to install it (and I started making lunch, after explaining to Kate that we would have to go to the park later). Then in a sudden quirk of fate, Doug's wrench extensions fell off his wrench (as he was trying to make the job easier by removing an engine hoist bracket) and down under the air intakes (which form an arch over the cylinder head). I tried extracting them with some wooden chopsticks, but couldn't get any kind of grip. We called Scott and Tom and they came over with a magnetic grabber-thing. Wrench extensions extracted, repairs continued for a couple of hours.
We ended up going out to dinner, and, since it was too dark to go to the park, took Kate to a bookstore for a while. We'll probably do the park today.
Doug says he wants one of those magnetic grabber-things for Christmas.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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Car problems are so annoying. I'm glad that Doug knows how to do some car stuff, that certainly makes it easier.
Those magnetic-grabber things sound handy.
Sorry you had car troubles. Those magnetic grabber thingies are good for finding lost pins and needles too.
Hi Helena,
Glad Doug is back from Fair Land. YAY.
If you could find a picture of those magnetic grabber-things, and post it or a link, I'd be really interested in seeing what they look like.
Mom, it looks kind of like a screwdriver, with a flat magnetic end. Apparently there are telescoping models available.
I didn't know those existed, but good to know!
I'm glad that it all worked out, and that bookstores and dinner were had by all.
Telescoping magnetic grabber thingies... ohh that sounds fun. Do they have ones with laser beams too?
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