BUBBLES NO MORE!!

 Good morning once again!!!  I can't believe March has almost marched right off the map.  Time has never gone by this fast in my entire life.  I remember many days of walking around the house feeling like the day last THREE days.  

I know ... more puppy pictures.  But this kid .... he's my very best buddy and I loves him!!

He wanted to share breakfast with me, but prefers scrambled eggs.  On this morning it was corned beef hash.  Not really since I was out of onions, but I fried up the leftover potatoes and beef for a fabulous breakfast!!  

When I was in the running zone and would drive to San Francisco every weekend to train on the hills for marathons, there was a tiny little hole-in-the-wall restaurant up a scary set of stairs that made the best corned beef hash EVER.  I went there every morning.  Oh how I miss their great food!!

I digress ... back to those lovely bubbles!!  I really wasn't feeling the vibe I got from the RV repair guy.  The thought of cleaning out lots of stuff from the van, to have them keep it for several days while replacing the entire propane tank, just didn't set well with me.  

When Mr. Ed sent this picture to me, I said SELF?  Maybe all I need to do is replace this little gizzy with a new one!  Maybe ... just MAYBE all I need to do is find a guy who works with gas lines and NOT replace the entire tank.

That's when Ray called from Yuma, or Utah since I'm not sure exactly where they are at the moment.  He said go look at where the line is to the tank.  OKAY.

And this is what I found.  Well HEY ... if the line is leaking, which it obviously is with the soap test, there's no reason to replace the tank.  Ray said if it was HIM, he would just try to tighten the line.  Go get your crescent wrenches and see if it will tighten up.  Righty - tighty, right???

After several minutes, I finally got up the nerve to try it.  One on the inside, one on the outside ... and very carefully I began to turn it.  It actually took several tries to get it sort of tightened up because the wrench could only make a quarter turn.  A FULL turn in all.  Wow ... that was pretty LOOSE!

I can't believe it ..... did I FIX IT?  Eeeeeehaw and Hallelujah!!!!

I didn't want to over tighten it and strip something, so I waited a bit and tried the soap spray again.  This is what I got this time ... no big bubbles.  It's still not REAL tight, as in as hard as I could turn it.  So now I wonder if I open the relief valve, if it will UN-tighten again.  

I guess I will find out soon enough when I take it down and have the tank filled.  So for all you ladies out there ..... YOU CAN FIX IT!!  Though just to be sure, I'm going to have my local Firefighter friend do a double check.

And so I can't thank the guys in my life enough for sending me pictures, giving me ideas and telling me how to fix things!  Mr. Ed was right on the money when he said that part was the problem, and Ray for saying JUST DO IT!!

On the other hand, there is THIS guy ... this is the King of Bingo!  No there was no bingo last night, but there was a big birthday party for this guy at the Elks Lodge.  It was his 75th ... and his family set up a big happy hour with appetizers.  How could I miss THAT!

The food .... oh the food!!  The best mushrooms I've ever eaten, filled with cream cheese and BACON, topped with cheese!  I could have eaten 25 of them!!  

But I'll show you those pictures tomorrow.  There was an open bar and lots of dancing, not that I drank or danced, but I'm still tired from staying up too late.  I am, after all ..... OLD!!