You may have noticed that I changed the title of my last blog. I'm telling you, unless you're blogging under a pseudonym, you have to be careful of what you say.
I was thinking of how we accept so many things as being true without examining them at all. The one I'm talking about now is, "You have to love yourself, before you can love someone else." Why is this so widely accepted? I've heard people try to explain that if you don't love yourself, you don't know what love is, therefore how can you love someone else? I have also been told the analogy of someone coming to you for money. You can give him money if you have it. Likewise you can give love if you have it.
Well, I know I love some people, who shall go unnamed. Does that mean I must love myself? I think the jury is out on this idea. I don't believe it.
I've spent a fair amount of time this week working on the volkswagens. I had spent a lot of money on the convertible and thought I'd fix one or two things myself. The car would be in better shape and I would feel good about improvement without spending money. The rear bumper has been loose on the left side since I bought the car. I looked underneath to see if this was a welding issue or what. I could see two bolts that were just not tightened up. Hey, easy fix-right up my ally. It turned out, there were three bolts on each side. One (on each) had been broken off. The others were frozen (a rust term). By the time I had removed the bumper, each side had two frozen broken-off bolts and one usable threaded hole. I had to drill out bolts, find new bolts, disassemble the rest of the bumper, wire brush the interior of the bumper, rust bullet the thing, etc. These jobs keep going on. Meanwhile I wanted to scrub the top of the camper. I noticed one edge doesn't have a protective strip so I decided to use a similar item to replace that. It was rusty in the gutter up there so I used more Rust-Bullet. Both projects are still uncompleted. I'm going to put the bumper on this afternoon. Eventually, I may get to the ultimate goal of cleaning out the garage so I can store the convertible in there along with my screw-driver collection. Then maybe I will love myself.
By the way, I fixed the bathtub drain lever. That was very easy.
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