April 26, 2006

• If Glue Can’t Fix It…

  …then
  it ain’t worth fixing. The other day I was driving through GW, down H
  street with a lot of parked cars close by on the narrow road. Suddenly,
  I hear a
  -crunch-
  and look over to see my side-mirror missing.

  …bloody hell…

  I park on the side and examine the side of the car. Not so bad: the
  frame’s still intact, just torn from the side of the car and staying on
  by the thing that holds the mirror in place. I backtrack, find the
  mirror on the pavement, and examine the cars along the line closely. I see nothing… apparently, since the mirror’d been loose already, it just gave without much pressure.

  So that’s where glue comes in. I had two options: take it to a repair
  shop for $300 to $500, which I was dreading, or try to stick it back on
  myself. Simple math there…

  +

  =

  …’cept for the crack in the mirror
  itself. But hey, for saving $395, I ain’t complainin’. And if it
  survived last night’s rainfall, I know it’s good to go.

  Side Note: Anyone know why Krazy Glue starts steaming and hardens like Ice-9 when mixed with epoxy cement? KF
  

  • 8:39 pm
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