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Useful worry and useless worry.
Dec. 13th, 2005 01:03 pmUseful worry is when you're concerned about your car and this means you're good about checking the fluid levels.
Useless worry is when you're concerned about your car to the point of avoiding facing it, and you slack off on checking the fluid levels, resulting in getting a low brake fluid warning cuz you've sprung a (hopefully slow since you haven't checked since September, you THINK, maybe) leak.
That's just one example of my irritating reactions to stress, this fall. And yes, I topped it up and my mechanic says to check it frequently and see how fast it leaks, before bringing it in, as long as I feel like my brakes are still working. While I was getting and adding brake fluid, I checked all the other fluid levels and they're all fine. And I'm pretty sure the fluid is leaking from a seal at the bottom of the reservoir, but I'll see how it behaves in the next few days. And yes, I have the rest of that new bottle of brake fluid handy.
And on top of all this I got to work and realized I'd forgotten my ID, which I need in order to fix printer problems and get into the gym. And by that point I really needed to go to the gym. GRRRR. (I can sign in instead of swiping my card. Still grr.)
Useless worry is when you're concerned about your car to the point of avoiding facing it, and you slack off on checking the fluid levels, resulting in getting a low brake fluid warning cuz you've sprung a (hopefully slow since you haven't checked since September, you THINK, maybe) leak.
That's just one example of my irritating reactions to stress, this fall. And yes, I topped it up and my mechanic says to check it frequently and see how fast it leaks, before bringing it in, as long as I feel like my brakes are still working. While I was getting and adding brake fluid, I checked all the other fluid levels and they're all fine. And I'm pretty sure the fluid is leaking from a seal at the bottom of the reservoir, but I'll see how it behaves in the next few days. And yes, I have the rest of that new bottle of brake fluid handy.
And on top of all this I got to work and realized I'd forgotten my ID, which I need in order to fix printer problems and get into the gym. And by that point I really needed to go to the gym. GRRRR. (I can sign in instead of swiping my card. Still grr.)