6:06pm Monday 28th June 2010
By Lynn Briggs
OK, so I'm an idiot. (no comments required). Couldn't sleep last night and feel like a train ran over me, so what do I do? I decide to go out and cut the grass which is now about a foot high because of all the rain we've had.
It's been "one of those days" and my California friend would probably tell me that Mercury is in retrograde. Dunno, but something is up and it seems to involve me.
I go out and start cutting said grass, and hear "clink". "Oh dear" says I, "what HAVE I run over"? Come to find out, I didn't run over anything. The blade fell off the mower and the threads on the bolt were stripped. Good thing it didn't fly off and take off a body part.
My husband, who is nothing if not inventive, came up with a temporary fix. He superglued the bolt onto the blade. I was afraid to resume my grass cutting, and was waiting for the blade to A) fall off or B) fly off and chop off my foot/head. He stood a safe distance away and "supervised".
Believe it or not, the silly thing held and I finished my chores.
I know super glue is a wonderful invention, and I know it "bonds skin instantly" because my brother did an experiment of sorts when he was about ten, and glued his fingers together. (just to see if it really worked) Our father was not amused and promptly poured nail polish remover on said fingers to dissolve the glue. I never thought super glue would hold a bolt in a spinning lawnmower blade though, and I must say that I AM impressed.
I'm almost afraid to touch anything electrical or mechanical today and am not looking forward to cooking dinner. Who knows what I can break in the kitchen?
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