The Dark Ages, Part II

So, the madness continues! 

Yesterday, after a productive day at my mom's dental office, we went home to start our generator.  We got the fuel and tank ready but we couldn't unlock the cap.  Finally, after many tries, we got the damn thing loose! 
As we were pouring in the gasoline, we didn't realize that the whole plastic cap had, yes, fallen into the tank!  Now, what?  We tried to fish for the rotten thing but couldn't get into our hands.  We ended up taking out the screws that held the tank down and getting all the gasoline out of the tank, hoping the cap would fall out.  But it didn't. 
We were so close to giving up when a couple of our neighbors wandered over to our direction (probably because they saw us in deep trouble).  After 20 minutes of digging, one of our neighbors finally pulled the darn thing out, gasoline dripping all over him.  We were so relieved, you have no idea!  But that isn't the end of it!
We had to pour all the gas back into the generator, nail all the screws back in and, clean up all the gasoline that was spilled! 
Once everything was done and we were ready to start the thing, it wouldn't turn on.  FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!  My mother tried so hard to pull the cord but it wouldn't budge.  I was so fed up that I walked up to it and put all my strength into that cord and yanked it so hard, I was afraid it may fall out!  But to my amazement, the big lug started about with a big rumble! 

FINALLY!

My mom and I had big plans to go jogging but 3 hours ruined any chance of that happening.  But in the end, I was pretty proud of myself and my mom.  And I learned a lot from it.

A word of advice:  Don't lose the cap in the tank, EVER! You may just end up with the similar story as mine!

Peace!  :)