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Thursday, February 15, 2018

What a Rigmarole...

My car's turn signal lamp went out. I was afraid I was going to get a ticket. I've been driving it for like a week with it burned out. I found a video on YouTube that showed me how to replace it. I saved the video and drove down to AutoZone to get a new bulb which was just $6.99. That didn't take but for a few minutes. I got home and got the tools I needed, a prybar and a large screwdriver, and then I headed outside.

You have to go through the splash guard in the wheel well to get to my turn signal lamp. It was the most convoluted thing I've ever seen and poor design work on Honda's part. I pulled it away carefully popping the rivets. I pulled out the bulb assembly and changed the bulb. I then did everything in reverse. The splash guard was a bugger to get back in place and secured, though. I should have just taken it to the shop, but I didn't know when I could get my father to go with me. He hasn't been very reliable these days when it concerns me and my needs. At least, all it cost me was $6.99 and some elbow grease.

It's A Low Down Dirty Shame...

I don't know what to really say about the school shooting yesterday. I do know that there is not enough adequate mental health care in America. We can all thank Reagan for that when he closed all the mental hospitals. I am one of the lucky mentally ill few that got disability and Medicare and I now have my doctor's visits and medications paid for. My medications cost almost $17,000 last year. If this guy would have gotten some therapy, a psychiatrist, and some medications, maybe all of that wouldn't have happened. There's got to be some kind of safety net put in place for these kinds of people who would commit such acts of horror. Getting expelled from school due to disciplinary reasons is a very sure sign that something is not quite right. Not too many kids get expelled from school.