{"id":670,"date":"2006-09-23T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2006-09-23T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2006-09-23T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2006-09-23T18:58:03","slug":"better-a-tool-than-a-dipstick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"Better a Tool than a Dipstick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"float:left; padding-right:10px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/250609829\/\"  title=\"photo sharing\"><img src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/92\/250609829_d4e93b7c1c_m.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01832.jpg\" style=\"border: solid 2px #ccc;\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>So Brian and his dad worked on the lawnmower today.  I&#8217;m not sure what was wrong with it, but whatever it was it is fixed now.  Let me just share some of today&#8217;s funniest moments.<\/p>\n<p>BRIAN (asking his dad): How much oil should I put in this thing?<\/p>\n<p>DAVE: What does the dipstick say?<\/p>\n<p>CHING (referring to Brian): The dipstick has no clue.<\/p>\n<p>Later on when they were trying to remove a bolt.  Dave recommended using a socket driver.  Brian used a wrench driver  instead.  After an unsuccessful attempt at it, he switched to using the socket driver. [ I have no idea what these tools are called so if I&#8217;m using the wrong terms, forgive me. ]<\/p>\n<p>DAVE: See how much of a difference using the right tool makes?  Look at all that leverage.<\/p>\n<p>CHING: So it&#8217;s better to use the right tool and not be a tool.<\/p>\n<p>BRIAN: Wow.  I&#8217;ve been promoted from a dipstick to a tool.<\/p>\n<p>DAVE: At least a tool is useful.  As opposed to being greasy and just hanging around.<\/p>\n<p>CHING: That describes Brian to a tee!<\/p>\n<p>BRIAN: That&#8217;s it!  You&#8217;re stleeping on the couch tonight!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so much fun to pick on Brian.   I love you, baby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Brian and his dad worked on the lawnmower today. I&#8217;m not sure what was wrong with it, but whatever it was it is fixed now. Let me just share some of today&#8217;s funniest moments. BRIAN (asking his dad): How much oil should I put in this thing? DAVE: What does the dipstick say? CHING [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}