10819 Tucker Rd., Rt. #1 Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050
Enthusiasts, I’m sure I need not inform you that cooler
weather is here. Soon the engine shows will be over for most of us
until next spring.
I’m sure most engine widows will be relieved by this. Now
you will be geared up to go tackle those little things that need to
be done. Probably by now, though, your wives have done these jobs.
Not to worry, there surely are some big jobs left for you.
Maybe if you get bored you can do a little housekeeping or
babysitting. Even better, try taking your wife out for an evening
to help compensate for all those times you left her alone so you
could be with your engines. Then you hope she will forgive and
forget. She must think you had forgotten her, temporarily.
This will be a chance for some of you to get your sons to clean
up their acts, or at least themselves, after a summer of setting
them free in your paradise of grease, rust, sandblasting, and
painting all this dirt which your widow must contend with on
laundry day. The least you can do is stock up on Lest oil,
detergent, and stain remover this coming season for this poor
woman.
It is now time to put away your engines in your workshop in a
place where you can easily sneak out to work on and tinker with
them. The only problem is that things usually seem to pile up
around this place and by spring you will have to pick up, load up,
and pack up all those things that were picked up.
You also had better clean out your mode of transportation.
Whether it be truck or car. This is a must if you are to recover
the food and snack remains. This cleaning should be followed
immediately by a proper burial of the remains.
You may not say anything but you realize how good your
wife’s cooking is. Do you believe they have the nerve to call
some of that stuff you consume ‘food’, and I use that term
loosely. Then again I guess you’ll eat just about anything
after syphoning gas and smelling kerosene fumes for hours.
Seriously, I’m sure all of you appreciate the patience and
support during the engine season. I myself have learned to avoid
being an engine widow. I go to all the shows with my Engine Bug and
help start engines. I also try to learn as much as I can understand
of what I’m told. Still, I get a bit confused when my Darling
is talking to other enthusiasts about this doohickey that triggers
this thing to start that what cha-ma-callit and therefore this
makes the engine run.
So advice to engine widows who are tired of mourning: if it be
for you, think of the old add age ‘If you can’t beat them,
join them.’
