Manworld Mobile (MM) went to Steve and his guys for its mechanical inspection and repair. They treated our baby as if she were a member of their car family. I'm sure they sang sweet songs to her and stroked her lovingly when they weren't muttering and swearing under their breaths at her. She's an older girl, but now that we've caught up on 20-odd years of regular maintenance, she's mostly ready to go. Under the hood, that it.
Pat still has a few things to do before he declares her ready for adventure, but they are weekend projects-- installing a vent for the generator, replacing something called a bushing, installing our new LP tank in its designated compartment.
We need to call in one of those complete makeover teams to dress our girl. She needs some updating. She got dressed in 1989 and has been wearing the same tired outfit ever since. We'll take pictures when we are ready to send our Phin/Cinderella to the ball.
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| nasty door |
Hmmm, is that a warped spot on the door? It is. We should open it up for inspection. Oops. We shouldn't have done that. There has been a leak in the door and the bottom third has some water damage. At least that is what we'll tell people when we are being polite. The hard truth is that the bottom third of the door was packed full of wet mulch and Styrofoam. Oh, yeah, there was some water damage. Pat's breaking out all of his wood shop skills and making a new door.
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| secure temporary door |
The plan is to leave home in three weeks.
