An interesting week...

[Jim Warman]

There is an ancient Chinese curse, I'm told..... "May you live in "interesting times....".

 

So.... I finish putting a mechatronic in a CVT - that someone else took apart..... and I finish up on an IMRC that someone else took apart on a 5.4 to find an O2 heater code - an open in the harness that runs behind the intake - the one that I used to have free access to with the manifold off..... and I get a holiday trailer (can you believe this?) that someone unreeved all the cables on the "push out" on... not to mention about a dozen customers incapable of reading the owners manual to find out which button to push... and the guy that keeps blowing fuse 10 in the SJB on his 07 F150 - it only blows when he hooks his trailer up... what's wrong with this POS truck?

 

Last night we had the going away party for our departing young journeyman.... in his bay, a 7.5 is hanging on the crane poised to drop into the engine bay of a 87 F350 once the last of the accessories is bolted to it.... at least the bolts are grouped for where they go..... "Oh, Jim... the customer needs it for Monday PM...".

 

And they wonder why I drink.....

 

Thusly, I am reminded of two other old sayings.... One Scottish - "If it can nae do ya any guid... it can nae do ya any harrrrm". The others roots I am unsure of - "What does not kill me can only make me stronger...".

 

And, while I am busy bringing up "old saws"... many years ago, one of my peccadillos from this blessed profession was to manage an Esso bulk fuel depot (I believe I've mentioned it before). The last year I was there, we pumped over 32,000,000 litres of diesel fuel alone. After one particularly harrowing week.... a loaded propane truck laying on it's side and sundry other little "annoyances", our bean counter remarked "Cheer up, Jimmy... things are never so bad that they can't get worse...."

 

On that note, and as I hear thunder rolling close by, it is time for me to extend that aluminum ladder and get about installing some soffit and fascia... free beer (Canadian beer at that) and pizza for all that help......