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Written by:
tim
6/10/2009 11:08 AM
The day was in the early stages of its 24 hour life and still held an epic number of seconds worth of promise. Amongst other things I had designs on clearing at least some of the clutter from our home, mowing the lawn and I was determined to purchase and use a new blower to forcefully remove some invasive tree debris from our roof.
After consulting with my wife regarding what stuff gets tossed, what gets donated and what stays I loaded up our very substantial, powerful and macho... minivan and headed off to conquer and gather.
The first stop was going to be the Goodwill Store followed by the dump and finishing off with the acquisition of the soon-to-be-mine blower complete with multi-speed switch, vacuum and mulching option, bagger attachment and (insert grunting here) 210/mph of generated wind speed! Wait! Stop the van man, there's a Goodwill donation station right on the way so I don't have to go all the way into town. I whip our family manly-van into the parking lot and back said vehicle up to the goodwill trailer (very efficiently I might ad) where I hop out of my seat to extract our donations. The attendant is helpful and courteous with our gift of two identical pieces of furniture that were technically from an entertainment center but whose purpose we never discovered. "Oh well, they look kinda cool" was her response as she happily marched them into the trailer. Our turtle-shaped sandbox didn't fit into the provided box so off I went to the actual store where it wouldn't be a problem.
I flip-flopped on the idea of grabbing the blower before unloading our garbage at the dump but ultimately logic ruled and the dump won out. I always find it satisfying to toss out the winter's trash but there were a particular set of chairs that were sent out with a little extra flair. They had refused to be fixed and so they became refuse. 
I entered one of the few stores left where shopping accompanied by grunting is still acceptable and traded some cash for the blower that was the inspiration for my trip (the rest was just perspiration). I drove home happy and feeling rather pleased with the success of the trip. My loving wife offered me some lunch but I declined... I was focused on the assembly and operation of my new debris remover. A hook here and a snap or two there and I was ready to go. The ladder was in place and I climbed up onto the roof... the moment of truth was at hand. A turn of the switch and the blower came to life sending hundreds... maybe thousands of needles, leaves and other things flying away. A second turn of the switch amped up the power and I was holding 210/mph of wind in my hands sending roof crud to the earth with a simple sweeping motion. I really don't know how long I was up on that roof because time halts when a man stands atop his castle with his new power toy. Cascades of things floating down are cause for much grinning.
Just so we're clear... the only purpose of this little article is to bring a smile to your face!
Be well!
2 comment(s) so far...
Re: The Manventure
women like power tools too:)
By CP on
6/11/2009 9:21 AM
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office2010
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