Lee also
helped with a warning light for my truck’s ABS.
He had the diagnostic tool for his GMC truck. Now that I have the codes, I’ve gone online
to ask the experts at “JustAnswer.com”.
I’m sitting and waiting for a reply.
A pop-up
said that Nate was researching the answer.
That was replaced with “Your question has been opened to all GM
Experts”. That was replaced with “Walter
is researching”. And the message has now
been replaced with “Your question has been opened to all GM Experts” again.
The
following is posted on their website:
Satisfaction is fully guaranteed!
You
will be able to ask follow-up questions until you are fully satisfied. Your
deposit remains in your account until you decide to pay your Expert.
So, I’m expecting to be ‘fully satisfied’ at some point.
I’m hoping
that I become satisfied before I have to leave for the Bible Study at Emeritus.
Onto
another topic.
Record
breaking high temps yesterday as well as predicted for today! I’ve begun removing the plastic ‘storm
windows’ from the RV. The screen door is
uncovered and in use.
>Just
received a question from GMwrench as to whether the light is on all the
time. It is not. It is intermittent but often.<
Back to the
other topic … the weather.
I have the
roof vents open and the breeze through the RV is glorious. This weather makes me want to crank up the
grill and barbeque some ribs! I like to
cheat on this a little. I’ll make a dry
rub for the ribs and then sear them over live fire. Then I’ll but them in a crockpot and wet cook
them in BBQ sauce until they fall off the bone. (I know … some people say that
‘fall off the bone’ is overcooked … but I’m the one who is eating them and that’s
the way I like ‘em.
>GMwrench
sent a message with two possible answers to my ABS question. One is fairly simple and cheap (a loose
connection). The second is still simple
but ain’t so cheap (replace the ABS module).
He even sent me a diagram on where to look for the loose
connection. I was satisfied, so they’ll
get my $15.<
Jumping
ahead in time a couple of hours.
I just
returned from Emeritus. Ella ask me,
“How did it go?” I don’t have an answer
for that. I go. I read a short section from the Bible. I pontificate upon it. (grin) I then play a CD of Hymns with which to sing
along. Seldom does anyone sing and only
a few can follow along with the written words or even find the page. I thank them for their attendance and …
sometimes … they thank me.
So, how did it go? If I made an impact on their lives at all …
it’ll disappear from their minds before the day is over. For some of them, if I walked out of the room
and came back in they wouldn’t remember having seen me before.
How did it go? I
may be the only one who is truly changed by these visits. I have always hated being around people who
are “challenged” physically, mentally, or socially. Many people in my family have had careers in
dealing with these people. But I’ve
always been uncomfortable being around them.
I have thought of myself as having no compassion.
What I’ve learned about myself
is: it is not lack of compassion; it is
lack of ability to make a meaningful change for those who are challenged. I’ve always felt that there should be
something that I can do. And not being
able to find that ‘something’, has caused me to avoid the challenged
people. I have trouble not being in
control. And these are situations where
there is no control possible.
How did it go? I’ve given up on trying controlling the
situation. I’ve given up on trying
making a permanent change in their lives.
I go. I read a Bible verse. I give a devotional talk about the
verse. We sing songs. All these people have is the present, and for
a tiny moment in time, I’m in their “present”.
I try to make it a meaningful ‘present’.
How did it go?
