No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
A little battle scar from trying to help a neighbor get their generator back up and running. Which we did manage to accomplish (yay!). But not before slipping on the deck and saying things that would make a sailor blush. ![]()
Then before going to bed last night at 2am, I went to fill my generator and my mom’s generator next door (we live on five acres so it’s a bit of a walk in the cold). When I get over there, I find that it’s not running and the engine is cold so it hasn’t been running for awhile. It’s got gas, so I crank on the damn thing for about 10 minutes, let it sit and go back to try and start it again, still it doesn’t start. My mom said that earlier it was missing, so I think ok, maybe there is some water in the gas tank. Not a problem, I go grab some rubbing alcohol and put some in the tank. Then lift the generator away from the carborator to mix in the rubbing alcohol. Now it’s time to crank on it for another 10 minutes. Nothing. So I’ve already checked the oil which is at an alright level but it’s pretty dark and nasty looking. Maybe, just maybe, if I drain out all the damn oil and put a fresh batch in, it’ll turn over. So, that’s what I do. While I wait for the oil to drain out, I grab some 50 gallon drums and a sheet of paneling to make a ghetto shelter so that more water doesn’t get in it. Then crank on it for another 10 minutes (see a pattern here?). Nothing. So I bust out the manual and it has the shittiest troubleshooting section I’ve ever seen. So I’m back to square one. Then I think, “Oh, spark plug!” I pull it and it’s all nasty, but I don’t have a new one so, of course I have to clean it manually and hope it works. It turns over on the first pull. I finally got to go to bed @ 5am.
This has lead me to believe the following: No good deed goes unpunished and with my arm practically numb from pulling on the draw string, I’d love to find the mother fucker that invented the draw string and kick him in the balls with my frozen foot.
*Sigh* The hubby still isn’t here yet. Talked to him earlier and he’s going 35mph from the ice and snow. At that speed, coming from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma, he should be here, what, next month or so? And of course, we still have no electricity.
I’m not even a drinker, but I’m craving some Vodka!
Mrs. Cranky Frozen Butt,
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