I don’t know, could lightning strike twice? Urban Cowboy – The Musical?

Only two things in life are certain….repair work on 1964 rancheros, and taxes. Today, I’m working on my taxes. I was going to work on my web page, but I have a cold, and I took too much cough syrup…and this morning I deleted my printer driver by mistake. I was trying to delete a print job, and I deleted my printer…a bad omen. I decided to leave my web page (and well-enough) alone.

So, I’m busy sorting little slips of paper into piles….receipts in one pile, used kleenex in the other.

Correction…I just talked to my mechanic, Frank…since my Ranchero’s steering box does not seem to match any of the dimensions the stock parts, it has to be rebuilt. It’s getting shipped off to San Jose tomorrow morning. My guess is that it will now cost the exact total of my sander…(sigh.)

Today, I dropped my Ranchero off with my mechanic. I need a new steering box…I have a feeling I’m now gonna end up about $400 short on my sander…drats.

Okay, for all of you wondering what I’m gonna use to “finish” my boot…here’s the basic plan…I walk my mostly finished boot over three blocks to Mr. Petty’s shoe repair shop. I give him some money to stich the sole for me, then I ask him if I can rent some time on his finisher, some time when I won’t be in his way.

…or if Mr. Petty tells me “no”, the maybe I’ll try another shop…

or maybe later I end up buying something like this.