Two CheeseBurgers in Paradise

Dominic had received a new bike for his birthday back in April and has been riding it everyday since. But all went awry this last week when he couldn't get the bike into third gear. Well since I am so mechanically inclined I hopped right up to fix his problem.....

Actually I dragged my feet for a couple of days so Dominic took things into his own hands and started to take the bike apart. With tools laying everywhere he fixed nothing and only made a mess. What he did do was figure out what was wrong he just needed some help fixing it. So after taking off the thing-a-giggy (which was the de-railer) and getting a new one, new cable and buying a chain tool we had it figured out and fixed. If only it hadn't taken 4 trips to the cycle shop and 4 hours later we might have looked like we knew what we were doing.

So with greasy hands and some sore backs we went for a walk while he rode his fixed bike and it worked awesome. As a reward we went to Chester's in Plymouth to eat greasy cheeseburgers with deep fried onion rings and wash it all down with a big root beer. Oh yeah we had to get a ice cream cone before leaving too but my son and I fixed his bike with no casualties and a sense of pride.

Oh and if you haven't seen "The Dark Knight" go, it was awesome.

At 9:36 AM,  Anonymous said...

Maybe I missed something! Why do father and son get rewarded for fixing something? If I repair a leaky faucet, I get to treat myself? Interesting concept.
Chas.

 

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