Sunday, August 10, 2025

So My Father asked me to help him find where the spark plug is on the snowblower, even though 1) he didn't ask me to help him find that before, so I assumed he knew where it was and 2) it's summer so who cares.  But I had time before going to the soccer Match, so I wanted to help him.

Little did I know he roped me into doing other shit.  After I showed him the disassembled housing to show him where the spark plug is, he wanted me to mow the lawn.  I looked at the lawn; it didn't need mowing.  But he wanted me to do it ... but first, it was time to put the new belt onto the mower.  We (well, he; I just stood on the handle to keep the front side lifted up so Father could work on getting the worn out belt loose) worked on that for between 60-75 minutes before we (actually I) got the new belt in ... but Father said he needs to find a screw before he can completely put it back together.

And then, dammit, we went back to the snowblower, which was still disassembled.  He wanted to take out the spark plug, but it took us half an hour to do so -- but, Father noticed that the spark plug was completely unscrewed, so it is very possible Father managed to unscrew the thing, like, five minutes in but he didn't even notice.  Whatever.

So he makes me look at the spark plug.  "So," I said, "You want me to buy it now?"  And Father replied, "No, whenever you want.  You have to go somewhere, don't you?"  What was this all for if he didn't want to complete the job right then and there?  Where was the urgency in all of this, and why was now nothing at all urgent once we did only part of the work on the mower and the snowblower?  He said he wanted me to take a look at what model spark plug it was.  But I already knew.

So now, Father doesn't need me to mow the lawn because, I guess, it doesn't work.  Or maybe he wanted to jerk my chain all along and just wanted to have some father-son time, or something?

Anyway, I need to take a nap before going to the Game.  Don't know what this was all for.

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