Update From The Compound

 It's been a frustrating week here at The Compound,  Last Sunday while I was in the drive thru line at KFC, all of a sudden the engine revved up while the van was in park.  On the short drive home, the van was running rough.  I called a shop up the road on Monday and asked if they could run the diagnostic test on it to see what caused the check engine light to be on.  They said I would need to bring it up there on Wednesday and leave it. Not going to happen. This frustrated me. Tuesday morning, I went to Auto Zone to have them use their tester.  As my luck goes, they tried 4 testers and couldn't get any of them to register. They did me a huge favor by telling me to take it to a repair shop across the street.  I did, and they tested it and said it was a bad spark plug or a bad ignition coil. I told them to replace all six spark plugs. They checked their parts supplier and they only had 4 in stock, but could get more the next morning.  I knew I couldn't bring it back Wednesday because that is my Bible study day, so I said I'd be back Thursday.  And I asked if it would be OK to still drive it till they could fix it and they said other than it running rough, I would be fine. 

Thursday morning, I was up there early.  They put on the spark plugs and it was still running rough. The manager told the mechanic to go check all six of the coils. Lo and behold, one was bad. They ordered a coil from their supplier, and the part was there in about 15 minutes.  They put it on, and now it runs quietly.  Well, as quietly as a 26 year old mini-van can run.

Play Ball

 We found out two days ago that Spectrum cable will have the Reds.Tv.  We are watching the pre-game show now and am waiting for first pitch at 4:10;

Go Reds!

Ohio Valley Weather Update

 Saturday, the high was 83.  Yesterday, the high was 88.  Both days were beautiful and sunny.  A cold fron moved through last night late, bringing some storms and wind.  As I type this the temperature is 42, and with wind out of the north, it feels like 26.  To sum this up, yesterday evening I turned on the a/c for a few hours, and then flipped it back to the furnace because I knew it would be cold.  

Something You Don't See Every Day

Let me preface by saying this isn't politically correct but there's no other way I can say this.  

I was getting ready to go into Gordon Food Service this morning for coffee, and as I pulled up and parked, a few people came out of the store, and they were Hispanic.  One of them was a midget.  I've never seen a Hispanic midget, or little person, however you want to say it.  That's about all I can say. 

Flashback Friday

 

Not Looking Good For The Home Team

 We found out a couple of months ago that MLB.TV is taking over the broadcasting of the majority of the MLB teams, including the Reds.  And unfortunately Spectrum hasn't reached a deal with Reds.TV yet.  I'm not going to buy a new smart TV, only to have to pay to subscribe to MLB.TV.  Opening Day is a week away, so I'm hoping Spectrum will reach a deal.  If not, it's going to be a long summer for the Old Man. 

Ohio Valley Weather Update

On Sunday, we had winds of 40-50 mph all day. At night, we had tornadoes and rain.  Monday morning and yesterday morning, we had temps down in the 30s with some light snow.  I'm ready for this mess to end.