Day 3632

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  The first order of business was to take Abby to Circle C.  I walked with the for a little while, but my back cut that short.

When we got back I wanted to find out what bearings I needed for the Dirt Cross.  That meant going to the garage, so I took the PPQ I won with me.

This should have been a quick open the safe, look at the Dirt Cross instructions, and got back to the house.  It wasn't.  No matter which combination I used the safe wouldn't open.  After a lot of tries and frustration I discovered that the wheel wasn't turned back all the way.  The combination would turn, but it wouldn't release the wheel.  After a little more trial and error I got the right combination.

I turned the wheel, but the safe door wouldn't open no matter how hard I pulled.  Eventually I noticed that the string from a sock had gotten jammed under the door.  I used pliers to pull it out.  The door still wouldn't open.  I tried to use a crow bar to lever it open.  No luck.  By then I was really pissed.  I started to slam the wheel forward and backward.  The door finally opened.

The trouble wasn't over.  I had to transfer things around carefully in order to fit the PPQ in.  Finally I got to use the Dirt Cross instructions to identify what bearings I needed.  Then I went back to the house to see if I had any.  I only had 3 of the required 10.  I ordered what I needed on Amazon.  I also got Ellen to do a little painting.

I had lunch and then did a mixture of surfing, videos, and a nap.  When I woke up the Amain packages had arrived.  One was at the gate, but I had to walk to the mailbox to get the other.  Amazon had delivered the work table.  It came in a large heavy box.

I went to the back storage and got a hand truck.  I used it to haul the box to the garage.  Then I took it back to the storage.  I opened the box and started assembling the table.  It would have been easy except for two screw holes that were misaligned.  Did I mention that it was 82 degrees?   When I was finished I took two loads to the recycle.

I went back to the house, watched videos, fed the animals, and had dinner.  After some more videos I decided to look at getting a better ESC/motor combination for the Slash.  The Amain sale makes this a nice option.  I have to do more research on that tomorrow.