Another Holiday Down!

10 Oct 17
18:31 hrs

     Yes, Thanksgiving is over. Unfortunately, this year found us not heading to the north end of The Rock with the Mobile Wayward Inn. My shift schedule was out of synch with the holiday and the Mobile Wayward Inn is undergoing some renovations.  Photos of the ongoing process can be seen at Blaine's Place on Facebook.

     As you know, we don't really have any family living near us so there are often empty seats at the dinner table during holiday meals. But this year it turned out that a friend of ours needed a place to recover from a surgery thus the Wayward Inn Guest Room was pressed into use for a couple of days. That filled one seat. Another two were filled by the Ex-Pats, whose family moved deep into the Interior this past summer. I can see them coming for Christmas Dinner as well.

     Myself and my Lobster prepared a six dish meal that was served buffet style. Ham, roast chicken breast, roasted parsnips and carrots, brussel sprouts,  spatzel and pan dressing. A little something for everyone.

     The Couch Monkeys were in attendance. Mind you the senior Loin Fruit was under the weather and dined on the  scraps later on. The other one had two holiday feasts this year as he was invited to his girlfriend's house as well.

     I heard that Li'l Sis went home for Thanksgiving. She said the road trip was good as well as the Sage's spread on the table. Th

     Our new hospital is up and running. I'm sure there is a long list of deficiencies that will have to be corrected. One thing was found out in that the landing pad at the new hospital in River City cannot accommodate the weight of the SAR Cormorant but our hospital can. Also the new bridge over the Tsolum River is not yet open. Knappet Construction must be under a lot of pressure to get it finished. One thing is for sure, it will be great when it's done.

     The Ram was having some fuel indication problems. After filling up I would get a check engine light which translated into a high fuel level warning.

     What the hell is that?

     After driving for a while and burning off some Go Go Juice the warning light would go out.

     What the hell?

     Refuel the Ram and the cycle would repeat itself. I took the Ram in to have the problem looked at and either the service department couldn't get me in or the trouble light was out and they couldn't de-snag the issue.

     What the hell!

     On Monday morning I was taking the Sr. Loin Fruit back to Hub City and since I had refueled the Ram the day before the check engine light came on as predicted. And it stayed on all the way down there and all the way back. The only difference was at one point I heard an additional audible warning and recieved this message: "Low Fuel Sensor Failure" at which point my fuel gauge went to zero.

     What the FUCK!!!!!

     A couple of miles down the road the Guage climbed back to the 1/2 tank level. My only hope was that the warning  indicator would stay on until Tuesday morning when I took the Ram to the service department. As luck would have it the indicator was still on Tuesday morning  and the service department was able to code the issue. I was booked in for repairs on Wednesday at 09:15 hrs.

11 Oct 17
09:00 hrs

     So, I'm at the service department with a coffee and a book. The appointment is in in 15 minutes.  I check the Ram in and the guy asks if I want a ride home. No, it's only a couple of hours so I'll wait. Oh, but they may not get it in until noon. Not good enough. I tell the guy that I need the truck sooner as I have to be on duty for 14:00 hrs. Okay, they'll run me back to the Wayward Inn and pick me up as soon as it's done.

     12:00 hrs.

     I get the call. The Ram is done and the driver is enroute. $435.65 later I drive home to prep for work. What a way to run a railroad!