Soaking up some rays, dude!

Orangy let me get closer than before, I am guessing about 4 feet. It is windy and the temp is supposed to drop to the mid 50s tonite which iguanas are not fond of.

We have been wondering where he is staying since his old tree was chopped down quite a lot after Irma. I guess he has a cave or sleeps under somebody’s deck.

Even though I a not a fan of reptiles, I have to admit I am kinda fond of this sucker. Even mom who is absolutely terrified of frogs, toads and snakes does not mind the mini dinosaur.

The latest coming out of Hollywood is that Kevin Spacey is now a Gay man who has sexually abused boys in the past. I believe that makes him the sixth o seventh Hollywood critter involved in what appears to be  gigantic culture of sexual predation that it would even shock drunken Vikings and advancing Soviet troops.

Of course, the “news” of the day will be who will Special Prosecutor Mueller will indict in the now confirmed phony Trump-Russia scandal, which fully created and  paid by the DNC and the Hillary Clinton Campaign.

Friday night I was coming from visiting a friend in Hollywood Beach and the train tracks I was about to cross lit up and the arms came down like Mr. Miyagi kicking ass. I stepped on the brakes as not to end as a Youtube video and waited for the passenger commuter to go by.

I almost immediately noticed something was wrong with the Air Conditioner.  Old hot weather fans know to fear the sudden smell of humidity coming from the vents knowing that it follows immediately by cool air transitioning to warm air.

And that is what happened. The A/C of my truck went kaput.

The rest of the 40 minute trip was me mostly cursing in four languages and developing a less-than healthy blood pressure reading. This is an old truck, and any AC repair will probably cost about half of the selling price of it.

On Saturday, I did the obligatory searches online including YouTube (Some scary “mechanics” in there) and the first thing I did was to check if I had gas which it did. Next I made sure the fuse and relay were working: they were. But with Tropical storm Philip starting to dump copious amounts of rain and not having a garage, I had to suspend activities. This morning, I grabbed my tool box, stepped outside in the very nice 72 degree weather and proceeded to check the compressor as that was the most probable cause of my AC failure. I shone the light on the thing and I saw this:

Now, I know I am not the sharpest tool in the car mechanics toolbox, but after seeing them videos, something told me there was something wrong.

The frigging clutch plate fell off…shit! Are you kidding me?

Being a Sunday where the people who were not sleeping late were going to church, I refrained from letting another operatic expression of multilingual displeasure at full volume. I resigned myself to go back online and see if I could find the missing part(s) and how much they would set me back. For giggles, I aimed the light down…

Yup, that’s the clutch plate.  Embedded between some metal part and a hose.  It somehow fell off the compressor, got stuck and did not fall off for some 40 miles of South Florida roads including the four asshole bumps out HOA installed in our streets.

I feel a bit better and a bit foolish. All in all it could have been worse. Now I have to figure out what is missing besides the bolt (You know it ain’t that easy), buy it and install it.

Or at least hope that is all I have to do.

So dear readers, if you have knowledge of AC compressors for Ford Explorer Sport Trac and feel like helping with info, I’ll appreciate it.

If you want to know why Forjas Taurus of Brazil is going down the drain.

And it is understandable why Taurus USA keeps changing CEOs and management: It does not matter how good you are, it is impossible to get ahead when you get shit like this sent to you.

So the regional Catalonian Government went full potato and declared independence. Madrid’s Central Government is gonna apply the law and strip them from their autonomous power… a dumb move that will inflame shit even more.

The smart move? Treat them like a country: Close the border and since they are not members of the EU, demand passport and visas. Cease all commerce till deals are made and that would require ambassadorship and a full diplomatic corps  which they have not thought yet about having.

And demand payment in cash for goods and services till they open proper lines of credit.

That should be enough to have them back in the fold by July next year.

But the Spanish and their machismo overrode common sense… Oy!