Repairing a tail light bulb.

[Lakota Wolf]

You mean,, Not everyone likes simple jobs?

Take for example, replacing a simple tail light bulb on your RV.

Its not rocket science,, right?  You get the correct screw driver,, after several trips to the tool box,, making you think that you should have brought the tool box with you. You start to unscrew the 1st screw,, and you turn and turn and turn and turn and turn some more,, then turn some more,, stopping to check your progress,,, so far so good,, its not stripped, so you turn and turn and turn and turn,, and right about the time your making progress you get a hand cramp,, posssiby a wrist cramp and stop and take a breather. You inspect the screw and its out about 3 inches and you think,, a couple more turns and its out. You even attempt to turn it with your fingers,, heck,, its already kinda loose,, no biggy, You try that and just about peel the skin off your finger and thumb, cuz that screw is tight. Your hand cramp subsides and ya go back to turn the screw loose,,, can only be a couple threads right? So you turn and turn and turn and turn some more and stop to inspect your progress,,, Now you do know for a facrt its not stripped, cuz its out about 4 inches now.. You start to try and use your fingers again,, but the dripping blood off your thumb and finger from the 1st attempt reminds you not to. So you shove the screw driver back into the slots and turn and turn and turn and turn,, and,,, turn some more,,, then you hear a thunk at the front of the RV, What the @*^&% was that? You set your screw driver down and go up front to investigate,, and there lays a side maker cover. You inspect it and look at the light fixture and notice an empty screw hole,, hmm,, you make a mental note to tackle that next.You go back to the tail light,, get the screw driver set back up and turn and turn and turn, then in frustration, you throw the screwdriver down and go get your cordless drill with the correct bit. You get the tip ined up in the slots,, spin the drill in reverse and whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,,,, your spinning that screw now,,, its spinning out and you notice,, thats a long screw,,, seriously,, thats a really long screw,,,, you keep spinning the drill till the battery almost goes dead and finally the screw comes out,,, so now your standing there with a 4 ft 3 inch sheet metal screw. Wow,,, they seriously didnt want that tail light to fall off. You go over to your tool box to retrieve your back up battery for your cordless drill and your set up to remove the other screw,, You line up the bit to the screw and whirrrrr, whirrrrr whirrrrrrrr ya stand there spinning another 4 ft 3 inch screw out.. then you hear and lighter clunk up front,,, so you set your drill down to investigate and you notice that marker light is dangling from the wire,,, you scratch your head and then realize,, those 2 screws you just removed to repair your tail light also hold the front marker light on. in some form or fashion..

Could be a true story,,, but its not,,, but you did have to read this to the end,,didnt ya?     Don't let the little things frustrate you,, step back and laugh a little, lifes to short to take serious.