Thread: I'm hanging up the wrench for a week or so

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Well once I get the oil plug installed behind the timing cover I'm going to take a brake from anything mechanical for a week or so. my mind has been running overtime because of cars and I'v lost a lot of sleep because of it. I'll still be on here, to answer questions that I know a possible solution to

I'm like you Matt, just can't wait to take a little break from playing car builder. It will be so nice to have unpainted hands and clothes that aren't rusty from grinding dust.

You've been having issues with yours, so you need a rest.

Don

I did that once. No car work. No talking about cars. No looking at cars. No mental designing of cars. No thinking about new projects. Nothing automotive at all----------it was the worst 10 minutes of my life!!!!!!!!!!!

Don

I hope I can stop the wheels in my mind from turning for a week. If not, I'll just have to live w/ it lol. I'v got a couple other things I can do.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I did that once. No car work. No talking about cars. No looking at cars. No mental designing of cars. No thinking about new projects. Nothing automotive at all----------it was the worst 10 minutes of my life!!!!!!!!!!!

same thing happen to me i had a bad dream

Go fishing. and leave the cell phone behind

I could do that. Going bowling on saturday, then I'll find somthing to do for the week


If I go fishing, I havn't got a cell phone to worry about, never got 1.

Matt you will be asking for tools in your sleep. Ask me how I know ...joe

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

Matt you will be asking for tools in your sleep. Ask me how I know ...joe

Yea... I can see that happening lol. hopefully I don't sleepwalk and go work on my car, doctors have prooven that type of thing can happen. never to me but... it wouldn't be fixed if I did

I stop feeding the chipmonk that runs the wheel in my mind and I go blank ...... where am I
Brad

Hi Matt,

I guess you need a break, but not too long. I left the car standing in the garage for over a year to fullfill a contract and it was a little hard to get going again, but the last two days I got going again with installing the chopped windshield. Still slow work but I need the exercise. I can recall at age 19-20 I used to fantasize obsessively about sectioning a '50 Ford shoebox but I know now that a major job like that was and still is beyond my talent but I can remember thinking about that over and over. I think the car sickness never goes away completely so you might as well just pace yourself and enjoy the CARNUT site. For me the only thing that ever exceeded my car obsession was when my kids needed braces or we had to purchase a home. But I do recall that soon after I got married I sold my '54 Chevy convert (with a Blue Flame six) and added a Judson supercharger to my wifes newer '66 VW! Then there was a '40 Ford convert body I added to a '40 sedan frame which sat in our garage for four years because the kids needed a lot of things, so now I am finally messing with a (replica) '29 roadtster that I have wanted since 1955! Just pace yourself and try to mix in a little of a "normal" life but probably you have the disease and it is incurable!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Yea. Carnut is always bookmarked ( always need those odd car specs there ). I do have the disease. I need a winter vehicle, and looked at a decent '94 Ranger
4x4 today. 2.3/ 5spd, I might get it.. just the thoughts thoughts of adding the turbo parts from a Thunderbird turbo coupe 2.3 engine is almost too tempting... Yup it's incurable

Well I finally learned from past mistakes about kicking back and doing no car or truck stuff.

Mistakes
go to batting cage and bust my $75 maple baseball bat.
go to ball park to throw a few....blister and split middle finger throwing sliders at age 65.
Have HS kid hit grounders to me....jamb index finger and skin elbow making diving catch.... so much for baseball.
go to movie....bored silly and fall asleep...miss almost entire movie.
lay on couch to watch Boston Red sox....fall asleep before 1st inning is over and miss entire game.
Lay back to watch Teledega race..my favorite nascar......fall asleep before race starts and miss whole race.
go for ride with wife....she wants to go to a flea market...I say we should stop at pet shop first to get flea power....nobody is talking when we get home.

Success yesterday...
So once again yesterday I decide to just not do any truck or car stuff. I go to the garage and get out my favorite chair and 2 liter and a half rasberry teas, bag of pretzels, a bag of jelly beans and a Flying models and streetrodder magazine. I lean back on the chair up against the wall and read both cover to cover....eat all the pretzels and the whole bag of "beans". Beautiful afternoon shot. Ya gotta love this retirement thing. I don't know how I ever had time to "work"