Why is the air STICKY!?

[Grenade]

...Because I chose to live in Virginia.

Hi, I'm Alex. I'm from Portsmouth, and I just picked up an absolutely mechanically-degenerate Bronco II that I'm trying to coax back to life, since the previous owner decided to hotwire the pumps with romex after hacking on the harness like it was a blonde in a horror movie, and somehow started a small fire.

I'm due for a midlife crisis, but that kind of requires having a life first, so...I think I dodged that bullet. Kind of a gypsy, I go wherever the good stories are, and dear god, I have a few. I've been a wrench for about...god, I don't know, 7 years? I recently got out of it last year and started cooking instead. Makes me less angry, which should say something about the places I worked. Or me. Draw your own conclusions, I guess?


Anyway, sup?

 

[1996xlt]

Former member of the Communist-wealth now reformed border-jumper in NC, welcome.

Got you're Gold Bond ready? It gon' be a hot one today!

 

[Grenade]

I just rolled in it like a crazed chinchilla, so yes sir, I surely do.

How's things in NC? I've been looking at moving further down the coast eventually, since I kind of like living near the water. Never had the opportunity, before.

 

[1996xlt]

Not only is the real estate in general cheaper, but there are some places slightly inland on the water that aren't too unreasonably expensive.

 

[Doofy]

To heck with the Gold Bond! Use diaper rash paste to keep the twins from swimming around in your shorts. I know!

 

[Curious Hound]

Here in SC, we don't ask why the air is sticky. It just is... all the time.

Changed the oil in transmission, transfer case and both diffs today. Covered in dirt, sweat, gear oil, mercon and brake cleaner, I knocked off early and took the dog swimming at a nearby river. Pretty sure the thermometer had to add new numbers at the top end today.

Eric B

 

[Doofy]

Nice! Here I sit at 70 degrees and it's to warm! We have no muggy though!

 

[Grenade]

Just spent 5 solid hours during the hottest part of the day wiring up a new relay and switch setup for the fuel pumps on this damnable truck. Should not have taken me that long, but it did, and by the time I was done, I just walked into the shower fully clothed, because every piece of clothing I was wearing was already dripping wet.

I spent my childhood in Tennessee and Georgia, so I don't know why the hell Virginia is cooking me. Plus side, I find out if the starter or the solenoid is bad tomorrow, and then I'll theoretically have a running Bronco II.

Theoretically.

And for the record, I got that chafing paste, but the only one they had in stock is in a pink tube that says "Monistat" in big letters. If this falls out of my pocket in public, I'm going to have to move.

 

[Doofy]

Nah, just turn around and blame the guy behind you! And, Pink is the New Black!