Relax?, Reading dump, Vet = gone

Here is an uplifting story regarding Reading, my old stomping grounds. Yea, right.

Aren’t weekends supposed to be relaxing? I hear they are. Mine was crazy busy. We have company coming down this weekend so I feel obligated to make everything spic and span, top notch. Can’t have people see our “grounds” in anything less than prisitine shape. Of course I can never have it as good as I like it but I sure tried. Last weekend I spent 3 hours cleaning up the outside lanai area. This weekend was worse. A week or two ago it struck me how crappy the entrance to our lanai doors were. I had a patio stone half assed thrown in front of each door. Looked like crap. I rectified this on Saturday by building steps for each door. It looks better. I also ripped out the plastic border in one of our areas that kept getting overrun by dirt when heavy rain washes dirt down the bank. Those projects took a good part of the day. The rest of the weekend was filled with more projects like cleaning up the outside, getting the pool in top shape, washing down the floors, shampooing the carpet and more cleaning, picking up and arranging than I care to describe. Both days were non-stop more or less. I had a run in with yet another new snake, never saw this kind before. I trapped and relocated him across the trench. I also had a tiny pencil thin snake in the pool and a small scorpion scurry by my feet this weekend, our own wild kingdom.

Part of the weekend time was used doing more work on the Vette. I had several projects to tackle on it. The rear hatch did not open with the electric release. The only way to open it was to reach back from the inside, stretch to the back, grab a keychain that was attached to the manual release and give it a yank. Not exactly convenient. The one power window switch was done half assed and replaced with a door switch that didnt fit right and looked dumb. (you can see the switch on the right side of console) I also had to replace the power mirror joystick that worked in every direction except down. Finally I needed to install my italian leather shifter boot cover to replace the nasty dry rotted original. All in all in went relatively well. I was thrilled to get the rear hatch release working. Everything else was installed and is working. Here is the console after the surgery. To replace the stuff I had to take the console all the way out of the car. One new problem cropped up. The power seats don’t work now, oh well just another thing for the list.

I just saw the video of the Vet getting imploded. Made me a bit sad to see it go. Yea it was a dump as far as stadiums go, but it was our dump. Visiting teams HATED to play there which was a huge home field advantage for us. As a youngster, the Vet held many memories for me. It seemed like a magical place when I was 12 years old and in the 700 level watching the Phillies play. It was also a part of one of my worst memories when my grandfather dropped with a heart attack as we were waiting to get into a game. Being the sentimental type I am, it hurts to see it go, but it was time.