July 11, 2012

• GACK!!!

  alright, a little house cleanin' to start off the day. replace kitty litter, sweep the kitchen floor, go thru the fridge and dump what's turning green in tupperware. do the dishes, clean the fridge itself, then discover just how much cat hair is packed in the vent beneath the coolerator doors....damn! here it wasn't that long ago that I said I gotta pay attention to filters.  I take the vent off and discover the radiator coils (for lack of a better word) are also chalked with fuzz. I'm surprised the fridge worked at all.  I get the extension from the vacuum out and clean like a fiend.  maybe now my electric bills will go down some more?  it never dawns on the average man-cave owner to look under the fridge. wait, that's kind of a blanket statement...I've never surveyed the average man-cave owner to back up said allegation, so I'll just speak for myself.  I wonder what other appliance needs to be cleaned for better efficiency?   there's prob'ly a gigantic dust bunny behind the dryer.  maybe I'll hit that next [news at 11]

   

  [added at 12:30 pm] hair cut, an oil change, and a visit to my favorite beer store for a sixer of a variety of craft beerses.  so, it all makes sense now. I've been driving the dune buggy with an engine light that wants to randomly come on, then turn off just as randomly (having gas treatment quell the problem for a spell).  I went to Autozone a month (or so) ago, and had them throw there computer on it to see why the engine light was on? the car company where I had bought it from, simply told me it was because the gas cap wasn't tight.  Autozone had said something about a dual-overhead cam actuator error (or some such bullshit).  the autozone employee was cool enough to call a local mechanic as to what my next move should be with this type of error. from that, I was told that the dual-overhead cam actuator rarely ever needed to be replaced or repaired, but instead it had something to do with maybe dirty oil.  this didn't make sense at the time, knowing that the dealer that I had just bought the dune buggy from had just did an oil change.  the weird part was that they had put an oil change sticker on the windshield saying it needed replacement again after only a thousand miles. here comes 2000 miles later, and I finally get it into my local oil change place. the mechanic there then tells me that whoever did the last oil change didn't change the filter.  he shows me the paper filter (yeah, I know. it's not your common metal filter.  it looks more like an air filter), and tells me that if I had waited any longer the paper would have totally disintegrated and caused some major damage to the system.  nice!  the place that sells me the car does a half-assed job at changing the oil while I wait, and expects me to utilize their services to take care of my car. nope! it ain't happenin'.   it costs a bit more to have it done here, but I know it's getting done right!  anyway, I'm drinkin' me some beers and thought I'd write this while the clouds dissipate,  so as I can go out and get a sunburn via the lawn chair.  it is, after all, my vacation, right? riiiiiight!

  

   

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