|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bud Grossmann’s
Words of the Week
for the Week of
October 25, 2015
Previously unpublished fiction.
© 2015 by Bud Grossmann.
All Rights Reserved.
|
| | |
Man Dressed for Yard Work (2003)
© 2003 by Bud Grossmann
|
NO CHOKE, NO PRIME
Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:00PM
Did I tell you I bought a self-propelled, walk-behind mower to save me from heatstroke next summer? It was something someone returned to Sears, but it looked brand-new, parked in a row of clearance items on the sidewalk outside the East Towne Sears. Then it remained brand-new despite Dave’s, Big Dave’s, and Nick’s attempts to start it. It had spark, and we could smell the ReadyStart® B&S engine was getting gas. The number on the plug did not match the number specified in the owner’s manual, so I suspected wrong plug was my problem. I was having trouble finding a cross-reference online. About three o’clock today, Tom G. came to our door with a plate of lemon bars Mona had baked, and I asked Tom if he would take a look at the mower. We went through the tests again, with the same lack of results, but then Tom popped the air filter off and asked me to put a splash of gasoline directly into the carburetor. Presto! The machine started right up. Tom mowed a couple of runs down and up the slope north of my house. (I was wearing sweatpants and flipflops or I’d have piloted the thing myself.) The five-minute test run through fallen maple leaves made the mower entirely filthy, top and underside. Now, at 10:30PM, I went out to the garage to see if it would start, and, yes, it did, on the first pull.
There. Wasn’t that a nice bedtime story? Go to sleep, my child.
♦
|
I would welcome your thoughts on this page (or any of my
others). Write to me at the following address. Please
be sure to spell Grossmann with two n’s and
mention what page you are writing about.
Thanks! BUD GROSSMANN
|
Top of this page
|
|
This page was updated Sat, Oct 24, 2015, 10:42PM CDT.
|
© 2015 by Bud Grossmann
|
|
|
|
 |
