Driving Rain
Monday, January 1, 2007
The windshield wipers on my car haven't worked the past 4 months or so. I was hoping that fixing this would be as simple as replacing a fuse, but no luck. I was pretty sure that I was going to have to spend money that I didn't have to get them fixed, and how important are windshield wipers anyways, so I just went without. It's actually not that bad when you are going fast because the rain tends to roll off the windshield fast enough to enable viewing the other cars. However, when driving at night, not having windshield wipers makes it pretty tough to not hit other cars or obstacles. When another car's headlights are shining on you it is nearly impossible to see through a wiper-less windshield. Driving behind a semi-truck is miserable, and forget about seeing when a passing car drives through a puddle and kicks even more water onto an already blurry situation. A 3-hour trip in a monsoon coming back from hunting helped me realize all of this. But simply avoiding these situations has allowed me to post-pone the so-called required maintenance for a few months, or until June, when my next inspection is due.
Two weeks ago I woke up to a pounding rainstorm, but I wasn't impressed. I had taken on worse than this, so I jumped in the car and headed to work. However, for some reason this particular morning, my windshield was not shedding the rain quick enough. I immediately pulled over and waited for it to let up a bit. When I saw a hint of hope, I decided to get back on the road, but as soon as I got on the highway the second coming of Noah's flood began and I almost died 5 times. I knew I wasn't going to make it to work, but in a moment of brilliance, I pulled into my local Autozone and purchased some Rain-X to boost my chances of survival. Well, as it turns out, Rain-X doesn't work quite as well when your windshield is already drenched in water and the rain is still coming down. Nevertheless, I did my best to apply whatever it was in those Rain-X pads to my car (which I'm pretty sure was just some rubbing alcohol in a baby wipe). They did allow me to make it into work that day, which was more due to the fact that the rain let up right after I was through applying the mystery wipes.
My brother and sister were sufficiently worried, that they paid to have my wipers fixed for Christmas. I guess they work alright now.
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posted by Kendal @ 9:00 AM,
1 Comments:
I'm beginning to see that this blog is quite useful from time to time, to get to the truth of a matter! When asked about safety regarding the lack of wipers, Kendal's response (as always toward the idea of being cautious) is "No problem! No biggee! I've got it covered." Since the beginning of his endearing life, he has embraced this daredevil-ishness with passion, i.e.: climbing a tennis fence when he was 2 years old instead of going through the gate with his sister)
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This blog is proving helpful. The introspection it invites seems to bring out the facts -- he's been taking his life into his own hands with a little procrastination!!!! Kendal Scottyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!
| Jan 2, 2007, 12:46:00 PM
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Kendal Haug
Kendal is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin and most recently earned his Masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. He works for Bible.org and likes to think he knows how to play the guitar. His man-crushes include, but are not limited to: Ryan Adams, Donald Miller, Ray LaMontagne, Neil Young, Vince Young, and of course The Box.
Ben Box
Box, is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University and currently works for Medco Construction building hospitals and being important. Ben loves paying lots of money on broken down Jeeps and has a propensity for getting Kendal into trouble.
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This is a multi-author blog devoted to the happenings of two bachelors living it up in Big D. We will record the daily nonsense that occurs when 2 life-long friends live together in the same apartment and have no shame, sense of fashion, or chance of meeting a girl in the next 10 years.
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