Sometimes a Fella has to Step Away from it.... and Kick a Pig...

I keep lookin' back to see if I'm draggin' an anchor... nuthin' there but space... but dang!... this is gettin' old...

No other leaks that I can find, but right around the tank fitting... the valve don't seem to leak... but I'm going to replace it anyway... I've had a few guys tell me they've seen some last 9 years... uh... this one is nigh on to ten, so, as long as I've got it all took apart, I'll replace it...

Rode through the rain, up to another Ace Hardware, just down the road... in this area, that "Just down the road" means... 'bout 12 miles one way... Wanted to pick up the repair 'stuff' I'm gonna use. Some epoxie, of the right type, and some fiberglass cloth for re-enforcement...

Got back to the trailer, sanded and prepared the area, and then went to mixin' epoxie... uh ... nope!

Sheesh!... push the double cylinder... and the epoxy comes out one side... and the hardener is supposed to come out, in equal amount... from the other side... unless... it's hardened up inside, already.... aaaaarrrrrghhh!

Deep breath... don't curse... don't break nuthin'... just... chill Ol' man...

Heidi gets back from her errands... with the replacement valve... I have to remove the handle, to put on the extension that's required to reach the valve, in it's intended, remote, installation location... and that handle won't budge!...

Uh.... stifle the urge to choke... something! aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh! and aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhh again!

This simple, easy, put the epoxy in place, place the fiberglass cloth and re-coat with epoxy... swap out the valve... and you're done! is gettin'... not so simple!... 

I swear, it's like pushin' a rope! I'm startin' to believe I'd have better luck throwin' cotton balls at the wind!

So... this morning... with the sun shinin'... I'm gonna go haul propane, pick up a new part for the Raider... find a pig to kick... and settle my brain pan a mite... I crawl under there in the mood I'm in right now... and ya'll might could hear about it on the news;

"A Colorado Geezer spontaneously detonated this afternoon while attempting to make sewer repairs on an RV. Authorities are investigating... A state official, speaking anonymously, stated "There is really very little left to search, for the evidence of what occurred. We've never seen anything quite like it! Witnesses said one minute he was there... and then Boom!"...

..."The official did say that there is no danger to the general public, and that the affliction is an aberration, and is not, we repeat, is not, contagious."

... while I'm haulin' propane, and the other chores... I'll get some fresh epoxy... see if there's 'another' valve... or if I'm just holdin' my ears wrong... and work at gettin' back to the things I Want to be doin'...

So... hopin' you're doin' what you want to be...

Take Good Care
Brian

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