knives ain't just for killin'

last weekend somebody asked me, "so, get much use outta that knife you always carry?" to which i replied, "of course, every time i need to open a letter."

well, this morning i used it for a more bladeworthy purpose. down in the car park there was once again water on my hood. i'd fixed the primary offender and back in january, when i first parked my new car in the old, drippity spot, i'd asked the apt mgt to fix the leaky. they denied there was a leaky but put some foam insulation on a pipe over my spot.

well, being careless, they missed a spot of pipe, and it appeared this morning that that unprotected spot was the source of the drip. fortunately, being careless, they also overshot on one end, extending the foam beyond where it needed to be to protect my car.

so, out came the knife, stretch went the calves, slicety dicety went the foam, and before you could say "back your car out so that you can get to the drippy spot, stand on your toes and make the length of foam insulation fit the best that it can, on account of the fact that there's a zip-tie that makes fitting it difficult," that's exactly what i'd done.