more normal than not

When you take the old starter off….the one that works most of the time still….and you lay it down next to the new used starter that should work all of the time…mark it…or put it somewhere other than next to the new one…or mark it….or remember where you put it…or….

I may have reinstalled the old starter.

You don’t want to be out in the driveway on a cold day….looking at the starters….wondering if there’s any way to remember after the fact which one you just took off….because….just to be smart and to be sure that I didn’t lose it in the driveway…I put the nut back on the positve connection on the old starter…. so that I didn’t lose it in the driveway…..so THAT IT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE NEW USED STARTER.

That is crazy.

So….the good news is that you don’t have to take all the stuff off to do the job that the guy in the video removed.

But…it’s still a painful job….a real pain in the rear.

Anyway…having done that….and knowing the steps to do the job….we’ll have to monitor this starter and how it performs….and…do the job again if it starts acting squirelly….like it would if I spent the morning taking off and re-installing the same starter.

That’s what you want your wife to know when she’s driving the van around….that it might be fixed.

“Might be” is the story of the moment a lot these days.

“Might be” is never something that you want to say out loud, though.

But….then again…I might have put the new used starter on the car and all this conjecture is just me being typically nervous about everything.

Maybe that’s what happened.

Awww…..looks fun!

Check out the collapsible wagon!

I like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSu3pCY6KUc

I was watching “cheap airline ticket” videos this morning….hoping I’d uncover some secret on YouTube….and, when she woke up early, Jenny said, “you should watch this….”.

OK.

What a freakish voice….and pretty cool, too.

It still doesn’t get me any closer to figuring out how to get to Denver on Christmas Eve for $40.00 American CASH.

I’m kidding….I don’t expect that.

This guy has a great voice.

Now….tell me how to fly cheap!

These Dylan Magaster videos are pretty darn consistently good.

And that’s an interesting thing.

What a niche to fill….a young guy makes these videos and is good at doing it….and (I suppose) makes a living at it.

Of course, from what I understand, he lives in a van, too, so I imagine he has a lifestyle that supports pursuing creative endeavors.

But living cheap doesn’t automatically prepare you to follow your bliss.

You have to have some talent, too.

These guys built a nice bus.

“Don’t be afraid to let things go….let someone else appreciate it…” quote from the film.

That’s how you set yourself up to travel in a bus with your young family.

Good stuff….

There’s a difference in a video where people are talking about what they’re going to do….and one where they’re doing.

And….there’s a big difference between sitting in the house while everybody else is sleeping…. watching videos of people “doing”….and doing.

Awwwww….what the heck….we’re always doing something.

Even when we’re sleeping.

This has one of the better “van building” sections that I’ve seen.

The guy building it for them does some beautiful work.

And….it’s nice to start with something brand new that’s ready to tear down….so you can throw some money at it and bring it up to road dog glory.

The video is pretty beautiful, too.

Snow is a good thing.

I don’t get the impression that this is “dirtbagging”.

What did we do before we could GoPro everything that we do?