You how when you want something in the worst kind of way, that’s how you usually get it? Well, the other day, I was wishing I had a new air compressor to replace the little Craftsman 5 hp one I bought (used) 30 years ago. Well, today, my wish came true. 
I went out to the shop bright and early to finish DA’ing the Chris Craft to do a LONG overdue re-varnish job, turned on the compressor and was greeted with ” Whirrr…CLANK… CLANK…SCHREEECHHHHH…”. I shut the breaker off, and sure enough, the pump had seized. This is pump #2, motor #2, and I’ve brazed several rusty holes in the bottom of the 35 gal. tank full already. Enough is enough.
We’d gotten a 10% off any purchase at Tractor Supply yesterday, so I dug thru the garbage, brushed off the coffee grounds, called Kim to OK the purchase, and headed out with the wagon and trailer to pick up a new one. Turns out, they were on sale, so I got a pretty nice one with a two stage pump and 80 gal. tank for under a thousand, half my estimate.
Dad had to help me unload it and get the old compressor down, but I had it going buy 2 pm, finished sanding the boat and got a nice shiny new coat of varnish and bottom paint on. The boat looks FANTASTIC, I should have done this several years ago. I’d put the job off for so long I’d gotten used to it looking ratty. It’s surprising the difference a coat of paint and varnish makes. Now, I just have to put the trim back on and put the seat covers on the new bases I made yesterday. 
The rush was that we’re going to Gun Lake for two weeks commencing on Saturday, and it’s gotta be done by the weekend. As usual, it turned into a crunch, but it’s all (almost) done, AND I now have a big enough compressor to do all the things I need to do. If this one lasts 30 years, like the little one it replaced, I’m all done buying compressors!
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