The world isn't so bad

It's been about a month and a half since my "un"- employment, but it's not so bad. Now more than ever I am glad I stayed in the military so I could retire. My pension isn't much, but without it I would be sleeping in my car. The unemployment benefits are helping as well as my GI Bill. I was not a big fan of the last administration, but the Veteran Benefits upgrade work very well for me. I would rather be working, but I'm actually doing better than when I was working. I have time for the gym, I can work on my tan while I study, I get to watch "As The World Turns" and "Guiding Light," and I get to work on my motorcycles.

I really should get rid of my "project" bikes and just stick to the maintenance and care of one, but I can't seem to get rid of them. I did sell one bike. I sorta miss it, but it's true: time heals all wounds.

I am working on one bike. It's fairly old, but it can still haul the groceries. The gas tank developed rust, which does not make the engine happy so I currently have a phosphoric acid solution turning iron oxide (rust) into iron phosphate. After I get all the rust out I'll line the tank with a polymer coating to hopefully prevent rust. I'm a little leery about the coating because some folks say ethanol will eat away at it. I never thought I would say this, but I'm glad my new bike has a plastic tank. I wonder what a wife or girlfriend would think of a gas tank over the kitchen sink...

I was planning on going snowboarding at the end of the month, but a broken tooth is about to wipe out my snowboard budget :-( So, while my friends are whooping it up on the slopes I'll be back in Florida working on my a. bikes or b. my tan. Yeah, the world isn't so bad...