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December 26, 2004
a sigh of contentment
really, i am a very good date. i have a fireplace, and know how to use it. i have emmenthaler cheese and know enough to warm it by said fireplace. i have a completely absurd amount of red zin and no qualms whatsoever about uncorking a bottle in my similarly-hued, library-lit living room.
i would say "oh it's too bad i'm here alone with the cat", but really, i am way too happy and content to have any problem with the current situation whatsoever. more cheese and wine for me.
:|:
earlier today had a rather bracing experience in the van with the very tolerant s. we went out for hamburgers and i discovered-- the hard way, on a blind curve of a very busy road-- that the gas pedal had come loose in such a way that it was impossible to make the thing move. so we sat there with emergency blinkers on, on the worst possible part of duke street, cars honking with full doppler effect as they sped by, attempting to figure out what the fuck was up with the gas pedal. we cobbled together a sort of solution, which involved me driving barefoot, and not mentioning, until we were parked, that the brakes were also terrifyingly soft.
arriving at the cook-out parking lot, i shut off the engine and proceeded to yank a part of the dash off in dramatic fashion. this is how you get to the brake fluid reservoir, which i explained to s. as she stared at me in wonderment. sure enough it was low. we got it topped off, got cheeseburgers as planned, and used extra brake fluid to clean the rusty metal around the gas pedal so we could apply a little duct tape to the situation. we made it home ok, but i really hate to think of those moments on the blind curve with the blinkers on. jesus.
Posted by lisa at December 26, 2004 11:12 PM | TrackBack
Comments
Driving barefoot? Does that mean that your shoes became part of the throttle system? That's frickin' cool.
Posted by: Phil on December 27, 2004 02:19 AM
:) no, it was more that only a bare foot gave me the sensitivity and dexterity i needed to keep the gas pedal in place... more acrobatic than macguyver.
Posted by: lisa on December 27, 2004 09:59 AM
Yikes - I admire your aplomb!
And cheese and wine by a library lit fireplace sounds grand :-)
Posted by: pinky on December 27, 2004 08:44 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.