Neanderpundit

And the last weeks worth of weirdness both at home and in the news has not improved my mood.

When i was in seminary I spent a lot of times studying the world’s religions. I don’t recommend it. A lot of what sanity I might otherwise have retained is now gone as a result.

The world has a lot of really, really good decent people in it. Some people follow the tenets of their religion closely, and become even better people. Some people follow the tenets of their religion closely, and become monsters.

I like good people. I dislike monsters. As a Christian, it is not my concern when people are monsters; vengeance, after all, belongs to the Creator. As a human, I am not thus restricted. I know that my human self should never override my Christian self, but there are times when I wonder.

So the Friday before last, just as I finished mowing, the clutch in the tractor started making an awful racket. I finished and parked it, knowing it would need some attention.

So monday night after work I ripped into it and discovered one of the clutch pressure plate brackets had broken.

This is a 52 year old tractor, you can’t get parts at Ace hardware.

So I scoured Ebay, and found what I wanted, a nice condition used pressure plate, and the owner shipped it posthaste, and after some cleaning and regreasing and lubrication I’m back in business. What a pain, though. I have bruises and scrapes and crap in places I would not have thought possible. Pictures to follow, I hope.

Well, the car seems to be running fine, no new disastrousness, fluids holding their own, etc.

Still makes me a bit nervous each time the daughter pulls out of the driveway. But that’s me being a dad.

Not a great picture because it’s outside and the lighting is horrid, but it shows the completed project.

Meanwhile the power windows had been iffy but had decided to stop working, so that was next on my list.

Bought a replacement on Ebay, and it was nice to get it so cheap; once I got it out it was easy to understand what the issue was. I’ll fix it and save it in case it needs to be “Fixed” again.