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Mar. 9th, 2003
Rust, Repairs, and Reflection
Mar. 9th, 2003 07:44 pmAs the weather was again quite nice today--at least, until the sun started to set--I worked on my truck's exhaust as my dad mounted the garage door opener control panels. Removing the pipe and resonator were easy; one of the muffler flange nuts was easily removed. Alas, the other refused to move, and after I tried a wide grinding wheel and a jigsaw, my dad got a different grinding disk and cut the heads off the bolts. We then went out to get bolts; we later had to go out again to get the right size of pipe clamp--Economy sold me the wrong one, which was a surprising realization. By the time we got it put back together and I replaced the rear-view mirror, it ws getting damn chilly out--low tonight is in the mid-20s somewhere.
I took pictures of the remarkably deteriorated parts, too--they'd been failing for a while, but passed emissions inspection in June '01. We figure they're original (1986) parts.
( 5 rusty pictures )
In more thought-provoking matters, I have a short story link provided by
BenRa. The story is The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Leguin. It is beautifully, whimsically written, as one telling a loved story. It is also somewhat dark and introspective, on the nature of goodness, happiness, and beauty--and the necessity of darkness and sqaulor for comparison. Everyone knows of the one spot of darkness, but are forbidden from acting to help--because it wouldn't help; it would, in fact, bring the utopian society crashing down. And then.. there are those who walk away. Those who, as best Shauna and I can tell, must leave the known for the unknown, heading for a world where the darkness is more prevalent--but can be helped.
Ben says the story reminds him of the United States and its relations with the rest of the world.
I took pictures of the remarkably deteriorated parts, too--they'd been failing for a while, but passed emissions inspection in June '01. We figure they're original (1986) parts.
( 5 rusty pictures )
In more thought-provoking matters, I have a short story link provided by
BenRa. The story is The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Leguin. It is beautifully, whimsically written, as one telling a loved story. It is also somewhat dark and introspective, on the nature of goodness, happiness, and beauty--and the necessity of darkness and sqaulor for comparison. Everyone knows of the one spot of darkness, but are forbidden from acting to help--because it wouldn't help; it would, in fact, bring the utopian society crashing down. And then.. there are those who walk away. Those who, as best Shauna and I can tell, must leave the known for the unknown, heading for a world where the darkness is more prevalent--but can be helped.Ben says the story reminds him of the United States and its relations with the rest of the world.
