SOMETIMES PRAYER_&_PASSIVITY AS A CHRISTIAN IS NOT ENOUGH..SOMETIMES WE HAV 2 ACT..!!! I FEEL LIKE I HAV SLAYED A DRAGON..JUST LET ME REVEL IN IT A WEE WHILE DEAR FATHER IN JESUS..!!! MY APPRENTICE MECHANIC HAD MY CAR 4 THE BETTER PART OF 3 DAYS_&_2 NIGHTS..HE HAD GIVEN ME A RIDE HOME ON TH FIRST DAY BECAUSE HE SAID HE NEEDED TH ENGINE ON MY T-BIRD 2 COOL DOWN..OK_FINE..I DIDNT WANT HIM 2 BURN OR SCALD HIMSELF ON MY ACCOUNT SO I LET HIM DROP ME OFF BACK AT MY PLACE..THEN LATER THAT DAY TOWARDS EVENING HE ASKED ME IF I NEEDED MY CAR ON TH 30TH OF JULY..I SAID NO BUT I DID NEED IT ON TH 31 RST OF JULY..HE SAID HE WOULD HAV IT READY BY NOON OR SO..THAT NEVER HAPPENED EITHER..SO I CALLED AT 12:30_&_HE SAID HE HAD JUST STARTED IT_&_THAT ME CALLING EVERY HALF DAY WAS KIND OF AGGRAVATING..I CALLED HIM BACK WITHIN 15 MINUTES KNOWING HE WOULD NOT ANSWER_&_LEFT HIM A MESSAGE ASKING HIM WHO REALLY HAD REASON 2B AGGRAVATED..???..[[[ME PINNED IN MY SWELTERING APARTMENT AWAITING HIS CALL THAT TH CAR WAS READY WHEN I HAD NO CELL PHONE 2 GET OUT OF TH HEAT_&_SIT IN TH SHADE OUTSIDE..AFTER HE HAD PROMISED TH WORK DAYS AGO..OR HIMSELF WITH A CELLPHONE ETC..BESIDES..I TOLD HIM TH REAL AGGRAVATION IN TRUTH WAS THAT HE JUST WANTED 2 TAKE OFF 4 HOLIDAYS_&_DIDNT REALLY WANT 2 DO MY CAR AT ALL..SO THAT IF HE WAS NOT TOO FAR INTO IT..HE COULD WAIT TILL HE CAME BACK 2 DO IT_&_JUST GO BUT NOT 2 BE AGGRAVATED AT ME AFTER WAITING 2-3 WEEKS 4 AN OPENING_&_THEN LETTING HIM HAV MY CAR 4 ALMOST 3 DAYS_&_2 NIGHTS..IN OTHER WORDS..WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIM WAS NOT MY FAULT..I HAD BEEN BOTH PATIENT_&_FORBEARING_&_ALWAYS NEEDED MY CAR 4 THE LAST DAY OF TH MONTH 2 DO MY MONTHS END..&..THAT WAS NOT TH FIRST TIME I HAD TOLD HIM..ANYWAYS..HE CAME TO PICK ME UP AROUND 3:30 ON TH 31 RST OF JULY..TOOK ME OUT 2 MY CAR_&_TOLD ME HE HAD A HARD TIME WITH TH WIRE END FROM DISTRIBUTOR 2 COIL..BUT THAT IT SHOULD BE OK..HE DIDNT HAV TIME 2 GIVE ME A RECEIPT THO I PAID HIM TH FULL $126.00 LABOR PLUS $20.00 TO HIS YOUNG BROTHER 4 CLEANING MY DASHBOARD_&_CONSOLE_&_ARMRESTS ON TH DOORS..PLUS I BOUGHT HIM 2 SLUSHIES_&_HIS LITTLE BROTHER ONE 4 ANOTHER $7.50..&..HAD ALREADY PAID OUT $180.00 FOR PARTS INCLUDING A WIRE SET_SIX SPARK PLUGS_A ROTOR_&_A NEW DISTRIBUTOR CAP..4 A TOTAL OF $333.50..THEN HE LOCKED UP HIS SHOP_&_SED HE WOULD GIVE ME TH 2 RECEIPTS 4 THE VALVE COVER GASKET JOB EARLIER & TH IGNITION WORK WHEN HE GOT BACK..WITHOUT TELLING ME WHEN HE WOULD BE BACK..&..MOST IMPORTATNLY AS IT WOULD TURN OUT..HE DID NOT GIVE ME BACK ANY OF MY OLD PARTS OR TH BALANCE OF MY NEW PARTS SUCH AS WIRE CLIPS & BOOTS THAT WERE ALL EXTRA IF NEEDED FROM TH WIRE SET..INCLUDING A TOOL MADE BY MSD 4 CRIMPING THEIR WIRES..THAT IS ALL SITTING IN HIS SHOP LOCKED UP..!!! SO TH NEXT DAY..I HIT A BUMP WHILE DRIVING ON AUG FIRST & TH CAR STARTS ROUGH IDLING..I SHUT OFF TH ENGINE_&_LIFT TH HOOD & TH WIRE FROM TH CENTER OF TH DISTRIBUTOR CAP IS HALF OFF TH COIL..&..IT JUST LOOKS BUTCHERED ON TH INSIDE..WILL NOT CLAMP DOWN PROPERLY..WAS NOT AIR OR WATER TIGHT_&_NOT MAKING A FULL CONNECTION 2 TH COIL..[WHICH GENERATES TH ELECTRICAL CHARGES 2 TH SPARK PLUGS]..I WAS 2 SAY TH LEAST..REALLY DISCOURAGED_&_ UPSET..!!!..IF I HIT AN EVEN BIGGER BUMP I COULD END UP WITH TH ENGINE QUITTING & NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES ETC..OR IF IT RAINED_&_TH COIL GOT WET..THEN WHAT..??? THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENS WHEN HE IS TOO RUSHED_&_I WAS NOT TH ONE RUSHING HIM..I THINK HIS FARM BOSS WAS DISTURBING HIS WORK WITH EXTRA ASSIGNMENTS..EITHER WAY I WAS FIT 2B TIED..I LEFT HIM A MESSAGE THAT HIS WORK ON TH COIL PART OF TH JOB WAS NOT SATISFACTORY..THEN WENT 2 BED FEELING JUST TRASHED IN MY EMOTIONS..!!! TODAY WAS TH SABBATH..&..GOD DOES NOT APPRECIATE ME RUNNING AROUND DOING MY OWN THING ON TH SABBATH..SO I PRAYED_&_ASKED HIM IF I COULD DRIVE INTO TH CITY 2 TH SHOP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THOSE SPECIALTY WIRES WITH MORE CONDUCTIVITY_&_LESS RADIO INTERFERENCE_&_HE SAID YES..SO I PLAYED SHINE FM ALL TH WAY IN..IT WAS LIKE BEING IN MY OWN LITTLE CHURCH ON WHEELS..I PINNED TH COIL WIRE UNDER OTHER WIRES SO IT WOULD NOT JUMP OFF TILL I GOT THERE. ONCE AT TH SPECIALTY CAR PARTS STORE I PARKED IN TH SHADE BEHIND TH STORE_&_PULLED TH WIRE OFF TH CENTER OF TH DISTRIBUTOR CAP_&_COIL_&_TOOK IT 2 TH STORE MANAGER_&_HE SAID FOR $10.00 HE WOULD GIVE ME ANOTHER CLIP_&_BOOT ONLY HE TOO GAVE ME TH WRONG ONE..SO I TOOK IT BACK IN AGAIN_&_HE FINALLY GOT OUT OF HIS CHAIR_&_CAME OUT WITH ME..TURNED OUT THAT TH RIGHT OR PROPER BOOT WAS TH SAME 4 THE COIL AS IT WAS 4 THE DISTRIBUTOR CAP..SO HE CHANGED IT AGAIN ON TH END 4 ME_&_ I WENT BACK OUT_&_PUT IT ON MYSELF_&_SURE ENOUGH..IT SNAPPED ON WITH A DELIGHTFUL SNUG SNAPPING POP..AIR_&_WATER TIGHT NOW_&_ A FULL CONNECTION..SO I DROVE AWAY HAPPY_&_STOPPED AT HARVEYS FOR A BURGER_&_A ROOT BEER & HAD FUN WITH TH EAST INDIAN GIRLS WORKING THERE..!!! SO $36.00 LATER 4 GAS_&_CLIP_&_BOOT..TH JOB WAS FINALLY DONE_&_DONE RIGHT_&_I FEEL LIKE I HAD BEEN WRESTLING WITH_&_FINALLY CHOKED OUT A VILE DRAGON..PRAISE GOD.. TH ENGINE IS PURRING_&_PERFORMING WELL_&_EVEN TH GAS MILEAGE IS $2.00 BETTER ON TH ROUND TRIP EVEN WITH TH PRICES UP FROM LAST TIME..!!! I THEN PHONED MY MECHANIC & TOLD HIM THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER 2 DO ON THIS JOB..TH PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED_&_MONDAY WAS A HOLIDAY..SO ID SEE HIM 4 THE RECEIPTS IF HE WAS BACK BY TUESDAY_&_2 MAKE SURE NO ONE TOOK OUT TH SHOP GARBAGE TILL I HAD MY EXTRA CLIPS_&_BOOTS_&_TOOL 4 CRIMPING WIRES..BACK IN MY HOT LITTLE PALMS..!!! [[[I ALSO SUGGESTED HE CONSIDER WHILE HE WAS AWAY WHETHER HE WAS GOING 2B A FARMER OR A MECHANIC OR HE SHOULD HAV A TALK WITH HIS BOSS 2 HAV HIM ARRANGE 4 PROPER TIME 2 DO EITHER WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED..!!! ON MY WAY BACK MY STEP-FATHER HAD SENT A WALMART GIFT CARD OF $50.00 TO OUR WALMART HERE_&_I USED IT 2 PICK UP MY PRESCRIPTION HEART MEDICATION 4 THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2014..IVE CUT MY COST OF MEDICATION IN HALF BY REDUCING WHAT I TAKE WITHOUT HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES PRAISE GOD..SO..ALL IN ALL A RADICALLY DIFFERENT SABBATH BUT IT ALL TURNED OUT WELL 4 ME_&_I AM SMILING AGAIN..!!! NOT ONLY THAT BUT THERE IS ENOUGH OF TH SABBATH LEFT 2 DO SOME OF TH THINGS I USUALLY DO ON TH SABBATH.. ;) BROTHER MARK
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:33:53 +0000