'49 clipper: Ready for round two

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Ready for round two

My friend Matt and his wife Fabiola were here the other day for a visit, we had a great chat and shared some memories and laughs. He recently sent me a pic of an artists piece which I loved. It often sums up how I feel about some of the things I do.

Often my wife Michelle looks at some of the things our son does, like taking huge jumps on the ski hill, and she says with a pained puzzled look..."Why??"

Why?....who in their right mind jumps out of an airplane, or bungee jumps, or rides a Harley, who wants to dump a ton of time and money into something that will be worth a fraction of the monetary value? None of it makes sense....unless it's on your list. Carrying regrets is a heavy burden, acting on your passion is freeing!

OK, a little less psychoanalytical and a little more practical....gauge. It's all about the gauge. I was down to close to the last item on the to do list from Chris(as he returns in a day or two). And that is replacing the battery cable wires. All was well, I placed the neg ground to frame cable...a 2/0 Gauge. And then moved on to the positive....but it was a pure 2 gauge...slightly smaller.....I tried to talk myself into the belief that it was OK to use. But the little voice in my head was clearing it's throat in that annoying " Don't even waste your time trying to make due "kind of way. So I did what every self respecting dentist doing electrical work would do..... I called the mechanic. Yes Chris confirmed what I already knew but hoped differently. The 2/0 is the way to go, especially because we have a longer run of the wire. Luckily I had lots of the 2/0 gauge wire...but Houston we have a problem....it's the wrong color. All I have left in 2/0 is black. So we compromised, I used red shrink wrap on both ends.