Thread: I'm hanging up the wrench for a week or so

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Yea. Carnut is always bookmarked ( always need those odd car specs there ). I do have the disease. I need a winter vehicle, and looked at a decent '94 Ranger
4x4 today. 2.3/ 5spd, I might get it.. just the thoughts thoughts of adding the turbo parts from a Thunderbird turbo coupe 2.3 engine is almost too tempting... Yup it's incurable

Well I finally learned from past mistakes about kicking back and doing no car or truck stuff.

Mistakes
go to batting cage and bust my $75 maple baseball bat.
go to ball park to throw a few....blister and split middle finger throwing sliders at age 65.
Have HS kid hit grounders to me....jamb index finger and skin elbow making diving catch.... so much for baseball.
go to movie....bored silly and fall asleep...miss almost entire movie.
lay on couch to watch Boston Red sox....fall asleep before 1st inning is over and miss entire game.
Lay back to watch Teledega race..my favorite nascar......fall asleep before race starts and miss whole race.
go for ride with wife....she wants to go to a flea market...I say we should stop at pet shop first to get flea power....nobody is talking when we get home.

Success yesterday...
So once again yesterday I decide to just not do any truck or car stuff. I go to the garage and get out my favorite chair and 2 liter and a half rasberry teas, bag of pretzels, a bag of jelly beans and a Flying models and streetrodder magazine. I lean back on the chair up against the wall and read both cover to cover....eat all the pretzels and the whole bag of "beans". Beautiful afternoon shot. Ya gotta love this retirement thing. I don't know how I ever had time to "work"