Thursday, March 20, 2025

Springs misadventure

 If I was still walking around I think I would be discussed when trying to walk through my kitchen to the refrigerator. The floor would be sticky I don't even know if my feet would move. Remember yesterday I was telling you about the apple juice trick I did where I would pour juice from the big bottle into the little bottle so I could control it better. Well the thing you got to remember is that if you're going to mess around with the lids on bottles that you be sure to tighten them up strong. I of course keep my beverages in the refrigerator especially like apple juice after it's opened. I hate to lose juices because I've left them out all night and have gone bad or whatever. Anyway I don't remember if it was last night or earlier that I went to get a drink of apple juice- - since I live alone by myself I can do anything that I want so I like to take a slug of milk or juice right out of the container- - and the bottle of apple juice was nearly full meaning that the vessel was very heavy. I did not take this into consideration when I went to lift it out of its spot on the side of the refrigerator but as I did the model of apple juice slid out of my hands and straight to the floor. Under normal circumstances the bottle was just bounced and I have to retrieve it one way or the other which is not a big deal. But in this case- - and I sense this as soon as the bottle left my hand- - the led to the bottle was not on tight and as soon as the ball hit the floor it nearly exploded sending apple juice all over the floor in front of the refrigerator. I tried not to react in anger and frustration but I was frustrated Beyond doubt. Of course the bottle lid on the side and with that much juice inside just roared out of the top of the bottle. I wanted to save as much juice as I could but that would mean having to get one of my hooks underneath the bottle and pulling it up right. That of course did not happen and nearly 3/4 of the juice ran out of the bottle under the floor of the kitchen. It took me a few minutes but I finally reached the bottle with one of my Hooks and set it up right but the damage was done I was able to reach down and pull the bottle up and secure the cap on the bottle too late. Fortunately I still have half the bottle in the refrigerator that is just waiting to be bored. I grabbed a towel through it done on the floor and tried to soak up as much as possible it was a long exercise. Finally I sopped up enough fluid to make believe all as well. I could smell the apple juice on the floor and I can see where I had mopped up fluid and I can see that was still pretty sticky. It's going to be one of those jobs where I'm going to have to use hot water and some kind of a mop to go over the floor to mop up the residual juice. To make matters worse later that evening I backed into a 2 L bottle of Coke that I pilfered from the giveaway table. Somehow I made a pin leak in the bottle and it just shot pressurized Coke all over the floor by the front door and the pantry. It took me a while but I finally righted the bottle. I again use the towel trick and stopped up a bunch of Coke but there's still a lot left sticky on the floor. That would be my job tomorrow and the weekend. It's going to be a mess


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