Because I'm a "car guy!"

Well, I had mentioned in one of my previous blogs that my truck was running rough. I thought that I had taken care of it but, apparently not. My truck is out of commission. My buddy Nelson and I worked on it last Saturday, after our softball game. (Which we won. - I say this to mark the occasion because in the 3 seasons that I've played softball in the church league we've never won a game.) Anyway we replaced the spark plugs, and put in a new fuel injector. Got our hands greasy and even made grunting noises while tightening down the thingamajigs. (For those of you that aren't "car guys" a thingamajig is a car part that you don't know the name of.) We got everything put back together and the truck was running better but, not exactly working the way it should. So I did what any "car guy" would do and: Called my dad to see if I could borrow his car. That worked out well because he and mom were camping last weekend so he obviously wasn't going to be using it, so I did. Problem solved.

- "But Josh," you say, "what about your truck. You didn't solve that problem."

You're right I didn't but, when I had to give dad his car back I did the next thing that a "car guy" would do: I drove the truck anyway. And it drove just fine. I had a seminar that I had to be at and so I drove the truck out to the hotel and parked it. Once the seminar was over I went out to start it up and. . .nothing, of course. It wouldn't start. So I did the next thing that a "car guy" would do: I opened up the hood and stared at all the parts that for some reason weren't working. So after I stared at it for a couple of minutes - (I was really letting my truck know who's boss. I mean a stern look and everything) - I got back in it and tried to start it and. . .

- "It started!", you exclaim.

No, of course it didn't start! Stop interrupting! So I did the one last thing that I knew a "car guy" would do:

- "You had it towed to a mechanic."

Yessir, how did you know?

- "You're not really talking to me - you're just typing extra things to make it seem like dialogue."

Oh.

- "You better finish your story. . ."

Okay, thanks. Anyway, I told the mechanic what I had done with the thingamajigs and what happened. He asked me why I did those things, so I told him. . . It's because I'm a "car guy."