I hope that my lead paragraph does not hype this up to be bigger than it is- but if it does, oh well- TOUGH SHIT!!!! Like I said, I am proud of my clever lazy ways and that is all that matters.
The wife has been bugging me to change the oil in the John Deere riding mower since it is coming up on one year since it has been changed. I told her that it probably did not have enough hours on it to merit an oil change, she told me that it had plenty of hours on it and that it has to be changed once a year. Instead of fighting a battle that I knew I would not win, I comforted her by telling her that I have two filters left and that I would change it on Friday. I knew that she had plans Friday afternoon with the kids and that would give me the quiet and space that my not very mechanical ass would need to get the job done.
Friday rolls around and her and the kids take off for the day. I fire the mower up- check the oil, looks good- I put a splash of new oil in it, and run it up on the blocks- clean all the grass off the bottom of the deck around the blades. Then I run it outside and hose it down- clean off all the grass and dust and make it look brand new again. 20 minutes! Job Done! well not quite- I got some chain saw oil out and dumped it on the shop floor to make a nice little oil spot. The wife knows that I always make a mess with whatever I do- no matter how small the task!!! Now the job was complete!!
Wife gets home and sees the mower sitting there looking brand new, oil change and all!!! shes happy- I'm happy- sounds like a happy ending for me!!!!!!
The End
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