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Friday |
Where farce meets comedy. I didn't think it would be a problem. But it was. The only reason we drove the questionable jeep in was to have a tune-up because it had been running funny. After 2-hour drive we got to Sears ten minutes ahead of our 10 a.m. appointment. But then it was canceled by the powers that be. The whole Sears trip was disconcerting. It was like stepping back in time to the 1970s-- which in some ways were simpler because I was a child but now knowing this once mighty corporation is in a death spiral and all these jobs are hanging in peril made me feel strange things deeply. So then we went to one place then another in search of a tune-up but these things can't be done at the drop of a hat because of so few mechanics. Settled for a lube job, $44, walked to the nearest post office to drop letters, found folded dollar blown against fence just when I'd been wondering: When am I gonna find $? Had $21 store credit at Ace I wanted to trade for a pair of little red pliers; got 'er done; then the jeep stalled out when we started it. Funny thing, too, because we were parked on the sidewalk. Then it died in Paia, ironically near Pit Stop. A good Samaritan helped push start it downhill, then it died going back up when I pulled over to offer him beer. Push-start backwards down Baldwin didn't work; failed jump start; had it towed... |
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