2/7/13

This would have been my father’s 86^th birthday.  I don’t really have any more to say about that so I'll move on.  So I'm not sure if I should have been offended by this.  Remember the other day when Samantha asked for a picture to show to her friend with whom she and John think I'd hit it off?  Well, later in the day she, Samantha, called and asked, “Did you even TRY to take a good picture?”  I almost said, “And a hearty ‘Fuck You’ to you too!” but didn’t.  It HAS been eating at me for two days though.  You wanted a picture to show her what I look like, I sent one.  That is what I look like.  Besides, the picture you sent of her was out of focus.  Do you hear me complaining?  Well, I mean, other than right now… shut up, it’s my blog.  So, like I said the other day, the ball is in her court.  If she wants to meet me, I ain't hiding.  But I'm also not going to chase her.  If she’s not interested… well, I’ve gone forty-seven years without her.  It’ll be her loss, the big old poopy head!  I sure hope that last bit comes across as funny to y'all as it was in my head.  Meh, like I care.  On to Lil' Wiggly news.  The parking brake thingy did arrive yesterday.  It is quite cool.  The problem is the gazinta has a similar “puffy nipple” fitting like the Etcetera master cylinder had.  I'm going to have to buy yet another adapter.  Oh well, I knew the job was dangerous when I took it.  I'm also thinking about ditching the factory Nissan/Datsun brake pressure warning switch and proportioning valve in favor of a “T” fitting on the front lines and a manual proportioning valve next to the parking brake handle for the rears.  I'm not sure how the brake balance will be with Etcetera front calipers on the front and Kia Optima front calipers on the rear going through the Datsun proportioning valve.  I'll have to take the “T” fitting off of the 620 truck out back in order to do that though.  Well, that’s no biggie.  I suppose I could steal the “T” I just handed to John last weekend for his car and make him get the one out back when he’s ready to put brakes on his 1200.  We’ll see.  I may change my mind as soon as I get to the shop and just run them the way they are… except for the addition of the parking brake of course.  I mentioned removing superfluous fuel lines yesterday, remember?  I know there are at least three lines running from the tank to the engine bay.  There is the main feed line, a return line and at least one vent.  The return plus any and all vent lines can all go away.  Hmm, that explanation didn’t go anywhere.  I wonder why I thought it would be more interesting than that.  Kooky.  I guess, on that note, I'll call it a rant.