Football Saturday

In the United States, Saturdays are when most of the college football games are played.  With pre-game radio shows, pre-game TV shows, the games themselves, post-game analysis etc. you can spend the whole day occupied with football.  It's a great game for television and there are many rivalries and human interest stories.  It's fun and seems so damned important sometimes.  Today I spent a good deal of my day watching football.  My team had a good start to their season.

Last week I set a goal of fixing the minivan's three most pressing problems.  I went to Autozone and bought an alternator plus the tools needed to replace it.  This took two trips and two days to finish the job.  I would advise you not to pay me by the hour.  The replacement headlight was only 20 minutes.  The muffler was done at Tuffy Muffler.  I did that today during the Michigan State game.  So I didn't feel bad at all about wasting that time.  The car runs so quietly now, I can hear other noises that may be problems.

Just to make this blog worth your time, we've had our yearly fruit-fly problem.  I tried a couple of things out to catch them with little luck. Then I thought of using a plastic container with higher sides and a tight fitting top. Put in a small piece of banana to attract and once in a while quickly cover the container and release the flies outside. Brooke read on the Internet that you use this method but can just keep the top on and punch about 5 holes in the top.  The flies go in but can't find their way out. It works great!

It's very satisfying to outwit fruit-flies.  More tips on life's little problems to come.