F1 - The Cat and the Burn

So on Saturday my 15 year old cat Dunkin (was named after Duncan Idaho but became Dunkin Donuts). Developed another bladder infection and was peeing blood all over the house. Not his fault. We have a nice rug in the living room (it brings the whole room together) and I noticed that he was hanging out on the rug. So I decided to roll the rug up and the no slip mat under the rug and leave it rolled up until he gets better. 

It's Saturday afternoon and we had nothing to do because my wife got Covid last week and we had to cancel our plans for the weekend. We decide to watch a movie and we decided on F1. I was a huge fan in my youth even had an Emerson Fittipaldi JPS Black and Gold poster on my wall -  way back when. The movie has been on for about 2 hours (the movie does go on and on) and there is high drama around tires - will they last - which tires to use, and generally a lot of close up of smoking tires. At the same time being late afternoon the sun is streaming in through the french doors out to the back yard.

Right about then we start smelling burning rubber, and look at each other. Is there a smell feature to this movie we don't know about. I figure it must be a truck that passed by or something but the smell doesn't go away. I pause the movie and go outside into the 100 degree heat to do a sweep of the perimeter looking for the source. Everything is fine outside no smell at all the AC unit is not on fire. Go back in the house and the smell is getting worse. Now I'm worried that something is burning in the house. After going through the whole house and finding nothing I sit down on the couch wondering if I need to go up in the attic which I really don't want to do on a 100 degree day. That's when I look over and see the rolled up no slip mat that is rubber backed with the sun streaming though the french doors beating down on it and off gasing rubber smell. Crises averted.

Anyway long way of saying that the averted rubber fire was the by far the most exciting thing about one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Wait until F1 is free on some streaming service and then don't watch it. You will have saved 2 hours and 45 minutes that would be better spent watching paint dry.