I just inducted myself into the Stupidity Hall of Fame… (part II)
My, how things can turn around in 24 hours…
My beloved Army Field jacket will be repaired. It’s “sectional” enough to where the stitches can be removed, the burnt fabric taken out, and new fabric sewn in its place. My girlfriend has decided to take on this monumental task of resurrecting the jacket. Sweet!
In the meantime, she located another jacket online. Her first plan was to use it for parts. However I couldn’t possibly endorse the destruction of such a good specimen. It’d be like killing a man to use his heart for a transplant…it just ain’t right.
So she asks what size mine is… I look… turns out the one she found was the same jacket–and I mean the SAME one. Korean war (pre-Vietnam) era M-65 Field Jacket… OD Green, aluminum, NOT brass zippers, and even the same exact size. The best part, the price was only $19.00.
Now, it can never replace the original, and as I stated the original will be restored to working order. However, it’ll be nice to have a backup or “stand in” to wear without risking the original, which holds much sentimental value. Plus it’ll allow me to maintain my “style” if you wanna call it that. My “style”, admittingly, being quite strange and undefined…
Now…the truck… An online acquaintance from a Chevy 4×4 Truck forum has a 1985 Suburban that he’s parting out. It has the necessary parts to get my Blazer back up and going.
Aside from the time involved in replacing the wiring and distrbutor (and quadruple checking the fuel line this time) I really won’t be out too much money because of my idiocy.
All in all, things appear to be working out.
~jp