It's hard to admit that b/c I like to think of myself as laid back and easy going but.....ahhhh reality sucks.
So Monday this week was a bad day. I don't often have bad days, I have stressful days, I have busy days, hell I even have frustrating days. But this was a bad day!
I won't bore you with too many details about the crappy work day, pun fully intended, but lets just say sh** flows downhill. A little plumbing problem in the office quickly snowballed into a catastrophic F%# -Up.
On the bus front, a realization that a previous action (removing the ram air chute) compromised the structural integrity of the bus, and now my back end was sagging. No not my back end- although at 42 there is an argument to be made on that- but Fillmore.
In my last post I was contemplating whether to mount the rad to the side and leave the chute out. I decided to consult with a gent in Texas( at least I think that's where he is). He quickly set me straight, the chute is part of the monocoque construction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocoque
As such he recommended I jack up the rear end and support it until such time that I can redo the chute. He was 100% right. I had noticed a few rivet holes that had been drilled out didn't line up anymore. I found that odd but in my ignorance didn't connect the dots.
Soooo after I jacked up the rear end and blocked it, I had enough. I put Fillmore to bed and
said 'screw it!'
I had hit the wall. A couple of days later after having time to cool, I couldn't let it beat me. I didn't need to fix everything right now but I did need to leave on a high note, I needed a small victory!
Now I can rest.
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