I was out on 1800 S and 10th West making a right turn on to 10th heading south when the car suddenly went into reduced power mode. Great! Luckily there was a little gap between me and the oncoming traffic, but not much. It was enough for me to get into the left lane and turn left into the gas station just a block down. I popped the hood and checked the coolant and then the one I feared, the oil level. It was just down the other day and took a full load to refill. Sadly, it was all the way down again. I bought some at the gas station and drove home safely, but it seems that what I will be saving on gas in this car I will be spending on oil. It’s not good. I’ll have to not the days I top up and see how much it is really costing. Meanwhile, our oldest is meant to come and work on the Honda and maybe the Chev when he is next down. I hope it is a fixable problem. If it is, the car seems to be doing pretty good otherwise and should save a bit of money when it is not taking oilfields to keep it running.
But that was yesterday. I took today off.
I wanted to show some support for the general strike today, not just because of the lawlessness of the law in the country, but also because like it or not, the economy is not realistically set up to be of help to all, and to allow everyone to make enough to live on. There are things that should be done to correct it and can be by many people in business and government. Or maybe you agree that Elon is worth the trillion-dollar pay packet he tried to get this year, and the people who work for him who actually did all the fucking work do not deserve a share in the apparently large reserves the company must have. Whatever, Elon!
I just checked into Dash, and the wait for even a Platinum Dasher like me is currently 154 Minutes. And that is for conservative Logan, Utah on a Friday evening! Holy cow! It is good I decided to just stay home today and work on my businesses instead. Time to get my ass back to work! I was informed today that the strikers are apparently monkeys who are throwing a tantrum by one of the other Dashers who posted that in our valley-wide Discord group. Look who is the monkey now. What a laugh! I have to be honest though. I was not sure the strike would come together on short notice, but it seems to have. Salt Lake is at over 160 minutes. Of course, I am assuming it is the strike, and not a severe overage of Dashers.