tough nuts

it's been a long day, and i only got up a couple of hours ago. i responded to the first offer to take pg's squeaky exercise bike, and discovered i'd have to take it apart. this was going well until i hit the nuts, which pg and her mom had tightened to the point where the only way they were turning was into ungrippable washers. i hurriedly missioned to her mom's place to get her brother's keys and to her brother's place to get a (kind-of) monkey wrench, but that only wore down the edges faster.

so i started sending out messages to all the 46 interested people to see who has a pickup, and almost immediately confirmed a positive. putting the machine back together was a bit frustrating (okay, it was very frustrating), but we managed and i tested it and *phew* it's all good.

now i don't have the energy for anything else. pg was irritated not only because i woke her up but because i got stressed with the nuts and with putting it back together (i almost lost a fingertip, and have a couple of blood blisters as reminders), and i guess i'll join her in going back to sleep and trying to start the day again.

---five minutes on economic growth and resources: what a great little video!