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I asked if I could rent it-heck I sent him another text saying I'd gladly rent him also.
Wedging chisels in with a sledge hammer for 4 hrs isn't fun. Getting too darn old for this type of abuse.
I hear ya, Pep ole boy! I got reminded of that very fact just recently. I decided to do a simple change of the air filter on my car. Simplest thing, right?
Wrong! The filter is easy but getting inside the compartment? My ever-lovin' gosh!!! It came down to a very sturdy baffle between the engine intake and the filter's compartment that had to be gotten out of the way first.
I pushed, pulled, yanked, cussed....wouldn't move! Even after loosening all connections that could be loosened!
Now, in my younger days, I would just muscle up and allow anger to "Hulk" this thing out of the way. I was angry enough but when I pulled the thing out, I felt a pain where one doesn't want to ever feel one.
I finished up, changed the filter, buttoned it up. But, that night? I laid with a cold compress and visions of a truss, surgery, etc for the rest of my life. (Turned out to be a just a strain).
No.....my "Incredible Hulk" days are forever off the table!
I just hope my memory lasts long enough for me to remember that lesson before any future filter changes!
