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or, a lesson in making lemonade out of lemons
Outside it was (as a german once told me) "as cold as the a$$ of the man who digs the well". So I figure I need to install my standard cold weather front, namely the cardboard carriers for a couple of 12 packs of Budweiser. They are low quality and dont last but a few month, but they are cheap and readily available.
except today.
Wifey poo, in a fit of marital hari-kari took it upon herself to clean out some crap in the garage. MY garage. Of course, she threw out my cardboard and now I got nothing to use. Then, I noticed that there was a couple of new boxes lying about. the wife is always buying crap from Fingerhut. Finger hut, for those of you who dont know, is this catalog full of useless, low cost crap of galacticly poor quality. Think infomercial you can read on the toilet....
If your wife EVER brings home a Fingerhut catalog, tell her that there is NOTHING in there that a guy wants/needs. I got way too many usless flashlights, and 'one size fits all' wrenchs from them, but I digress.
One cardboard box is shaped and sized roughly right to cover the radiator openeing in a 88-98 GMC. So I grab it and remove the contents in order to filet the box to my requirements. Then I noticed it. What was in the box made me quiver with joy.
The wife bought me a (and I am not making this up) "Vibrating Seat Cover". The fact of the matter that I never, not even once, indicated that I wanted a vibrating seat cover does nothing to offset the fact that there was, laying on my workbench, a leather(esque) seat cover with a vibrating module velcroed to it.
But of course, the seat cover was an absolute perfect fit for the radiator opening. The rounded corners perfectly matched up with the ones on the truck. The lenght was perfect to cover the radiator opening without intruding on the headlights, and the width was just wide enough that you could tuck some under the hood and still have it line up perfectly with the bottom of the opening.
In short, had you asked a professional seamstress to make a winter front, it would have looked exactly like this thing, minus the two velcro strips for the vibrating module. A short effort with a razor knife produced a hole to clear the hood latch mechanism, and Viola! The perfect leather(esque) winter front for my truck.
The wife was, {ahem} less than pleased, but at least I am using this particurlar item. She always has a hurt look on her face when I use my MagLight, instead of on of the many offbeat varieties of flashlights she has so lovingly selected for me. So every now and then I have to make a great show of using the "Strap-on Head Light" that makes me look like a complete doofus and puts out about as much light as a lightning bug on crack.
But not the vibrating seat cover, mister! No way. Its being put to good use each and every day its cold.
Tim
PS the vibrating module is up for sale to the highst bidder. It shakes like a freezing wet hamster in a box.
Outside it was (as a german once told me) "as cold as the a$$ of the man who digs the well". So I figure I need to install my standard cold weather front, namely the cardboard carriers for a couple of 12 packs of Budweiser. They are low quality and dont last but a few month, but they are cheap and readily available.
except today.
Wifey poo, in a fit of marital hari-kari took it upon herself to clean out some crap in the garage. MY garage. Of course, she threw out my cardboard and now I got nothing to use. Then, I noticed that there was a couple of new boxes lying about. the wife is always buying crap from Fingerhut. Finger hut, for those of you who dont know, is this catalog full of useless, low cost crap of galacticly poor quality. Think infomercial you can read on the toilet....
If your wife EVER brings home a Fingerhut catalog, tell her that there is NOTHING in there that a guy wants/needs. I got way too many usless flashlights, and 'one size fits all' wrenchs from them, but I digress.
One cardboard box is shaped and sized roughly right to cover the radiator openeing in a 88-98 GMC. So I grab it and remove the contents in order to filet the box to my requirements. Then I noticed it. What was in the box made me quiver with joy.
The wife bought me a (and I am not making this up) "Vibrating Seat Cover". The fact of the matter that I never, not even once, indicated that I wanted a vibrating seat cover does nothing to offset the fact that there was, laying on my workbench, a leather(esque) seat cover with a vibrating module velcroed to it.
But of course, the seat cover was an absolute perfect fit for the radiator opening. The rounded corners perfectly matched up with the ones on the truck. The lenght was perfect to cover the radiator opening without intruding on the headlights, and the width was just wide enough that you could tuck some under the hood and still have it line up perfectly with the bottom of the opening.
In short, had you asked a professional seamstress to make a winter front, it would have looked exactly like this thing, minus the two velcro strips for the vibrating module. A short effort with a razor knife produced a hole to clear the hood latch mechanism, and Viola! The perfect leather(esque) winter front for my truck.
The wife was, {ahem} less than pleased, but at least I am using this particurlar item. She always has a hurt look on her face when I use my MagLight, instead of on of the many offbeat varieties of flashlights she has so lovingly selected for me. So every now and then I have to make a great show of using the "Strap-on Head Light" that makes me look like a complete doofus and puts out about as much light as a lightning bug on crack.
But not the vibrating seat cover, mister! No way. Its being put to good use each and every day its cold.
Tim
PS the vibrating module is up for sale to the highst bidder. It shakes like a freezing wet hamster in a box.
Well done Cowracer!
