I don't understand.

[wazman]

I just don't understand.

Just thought I'd let y'all know.

[t00lb0x]

What do you not understand?

[wazman]

How it works...

How any of it works.

Why some people can say and do anything they want, and no one cares, and other people get crucified for waking up in the morning.

Life. I don't understand life.

[Tivon]

Cat got your tongue? :p

[wazman]

Originally posted by Tivon
Cat got your tongue? :p

Nope... Just what I've seen tonight.

It convinces me that I'm just wasting my time.

[Maro]

Originally posted by wazman
How it works...

How any of it works.

Why some people can say and do anything they want, and no one cares, and other people get crucified for waking up in the morning.

Life. I don't understand life.

Having a bad day?

I have had the worst week

Our car got locked in a garage in the city on Sunday as the sheister shut 5 mins early - there were no trains due to maintenance and we had to catch a bus and walk 2 K in the worst rain,

The Australian Government has decided to make everyone (4500 people) reapply for the class of Visa I am on so I have spent all week running around getting x-rays and forms signed to try and get it submitted by 17.00 today.

I just dropped a 21inch TFT onto its screen by movng it - I am too stressed to test it until monday!

I have to drive 4 hours to Canberra tonight but all I want is a beer!

As the Chinesae Proverb says, "May you live in Interesting Times"

Actually I would love to be bored nmext week

[Tivon]

Originally posted by wazman
Nope... Just what I've seen tonight.

It convinces me that I'm just wasting my time.

For some people life is a waste of time.:Wink

[wazman]

Originally posted by Maro
Having a bad day?

I have had the worst week

Our car got locked in a garage in the city on Sunday as the sheister shut 5 mins early - there were no trains due to maintenance and we had to catch a bus and walk 2 K in the worst rain,

The Australian Government has decided to make everyone (4500 people) reapply for the class of Visa I am on so I have spent all week running around getting x-rays and forms signed to try and get it submitted by 17.00 today.

I just dropped a 21inch TFT onto its screen by movng it - I am too stressed to test it until monday!

I have to drive 4 hours to Canberra tonight but all I want is a beer!

As the Chinesae Proverb says, "May you live in Interesting Times"

Actually I would love to be bored nmext week

I would share my week, but every time I do, I get **** on by someone on here for complaining about my job.

So let's just say... Actually, never mind.

[Maro]

Originally posted by wazman
I would share my week, but every time I do, I get **** on by someone on here for complaining about my job.

So let's just say... Actually, never mind.

Have a beer and chill.

it's not worth getting bent out of shape on.

I also have zero energy at the moment - the girls at work are all worried - they say I look dead:eek:

Not much I can do about it but get on with it.

I went out to lunch, had a bad burger and bought the "Seven Samurai " DVD I wanted.

Feel better now!

:banana

[Maniacmous]

Originally posted by wazman
I would share my week, but every time I do, I get **** on by someone on here for complaining about my job.

So let's just say... Actually, never mind.

And quite honestly...I say screw those people. I'm willing to listen man, even if everyone else isn't. And this is why I miss PM's...but yeah, if you've ever got something to say, I'm quite accessible and always willing to listen.

[eire1274]

My sister-in-law and her husband are in town from Norfolk, VA (that's 1400 miles, driven, and they drove). While here, Jamie (her husband, a Navy Master-at-Arms) was called by someone on his crew to find out that two of his people were indefinately removed from duty for unexplained reasons, and he and the other remaining armory crewer have been reassigned to perimeter security.

Long story short, because of his schedule change, he no longer has access to the carpool he used to get the 20 miles from his home to the Naval base. He needed a car, and had nearly no money available because they just bought a new Blaser and a house last month.

So I volunteer the 10-year-old Ford Tempo I had in the garage. It needed a new starter motor. I agreed to foot the bill for repairs and let them take the car, drive it back, and pay me when they can.

This was all yesterday, from finding out the need for a vehicle to my swearing I could have it ready for him to take tomorrow morning when they leave.

This morning, my mechanic (my brother) fails to show up at 10 as planned. He calls me at noon and informs me that he was unexpectedly borrowed by his girlfriend, but he has the evening off, and will be over "by 5 at the latest."

5:45 I finally get ahold of him after calling him for an hour. Ooops, he forgot, he was called in to work and has to be there at 6:30. Good luck with the car.

So, in the dark, alone, with nobody to save me if the jack slips or to pass me tools, I remove the old starter. This takes me over 2 hours. In doing this, I discover that the battery has burst due to the cold of a few weeks ago. Thankfully, there doesn't seem to be any acid spillage, so I take it with me to the parts store.

Get to the parts store and the starter that I'd been told was there and waiting for me is missing. Takes them 45 minutes to find it. They are also sold out of the standard 58-2 battery, so I have to buy the "Titanium" model. That's $135 for the starter, $75 for the battery, $5 for the tool I should have had before even attempting to take the old starter off. Oh, yeah, did I mention I got a verbal quote of $70 for the starter? So I'm short on cash and have to write a check that may or may not clear...

Get back to the garage. It's now 8:30, and really dark. I hook up a 12v lamp to the new battery so I can see under the car, and go about trying to rewire the car's electrical to match the totally incompatible sockets on the starter. This done, I mount the thing.

Now, it's 9:15. I install the battery, and find out that the light has sucked up so much amperage that the motor won't turn over... at first, I think I bought a dud battery, which would really suck because the parts stores close at 9:00. But then I get wise and jump-start it with my old V8 Pontiac, and it lights right up, starts perfectly. I need to let it idle to recharge the battery.

But, what's this? Oh, no! While installing the starter, I seem to have loosened the lower radiator hose. It pops off, dumping 4 gallons of coolant everywhere. Lovely. I shut the engine off (because running without coolant = bad things) and reattach the hose. I jump in the Pontiac, heading for the nearby grocery store, speeding a bit I admit, and I GET PULLED OVER BY THE FBI!

:banghead

They don't do anything except give me a near-heart attack and ask me to be safe (with an implied "or else") before turning me loose. I get to the grocery store, find the automotive section (ROFL, "section?" No, more like shelf) and grab three jugs of coolant. Then over to the expansive bottled water aisle (easily 20 times as big as the automotive section) to get a couple gallons of distilled water. Check out, then back home (past the black FBI sedan that is still sitting at the entrance to my neighborhood).

It's 9:45. I park the Pontiac in the adjacent garage (I rent 3), and set to work filling the coolant system. That done, I go to start the car, and viola, it starts right up! Yay, no more jump-starting! I let it run about 10 minutes to warm up and thin out the oil, then shut it off to drain the old oil so I can change the filter and refill it. I'm really into the mechanic's mode now (normally, I need supervision). I get the old filter off, reinstall the drain plug, install the new filter, then go to the garage where I keep my 3000GT in the winter, along with extra oil! But, somehow, the 12-quart box I bought right before my surgery last summer only has 3 1-quart bottles left in it. Where the other 9 went, or what they did when they got there, I have no idea.

It's 10:00. It's getting cold. Some mental deficient has parked in front of my garage in which I have parked my Pontiac, at this point my primary means of transportation. I need to test drive the Tempo tonight to make sure it's road-worthy so there are no suprises, so I pour in the 3 quarts, start it up, listen for ticking which is a bad sign of WAY TOO LITTLE oil, don't hear any, so I figure I'm safe to drive the 1 mile to the grocery store. I pull out of the garage and get about a block away when I realize that the car is handling odd and there is a terrible squealing noise outside. I open the driver's door while rolling, lean out, and discover that the rear wheel is not turning... I'm dragging the tire. A quick check shows that the passenger side rear wheel is similarly frozen.

Seems that the huge fluctuations in temperature and humidity lately have had an interesting effect on the drum breaks on the Tempo's back end... namely, fusing them solid. I run back to the garage to get a can of PB penetrating oil.

The temperature is now below freezing, and the pavement has somehow cooled to somewhere around absolute zero. Add to that the fact that I am laying in either sand or broken glass, I'm not sure which, but it feels like the latter. I spray both drums from the inside until they are dripping, let them sit for several minutes so the stuff can work it's magic. In the meantime, the engine has begun an ominous ticking. Lovely. I'm afraid to turn it off, because the battery may or may not have enough charge to start again.

I jump in, and after a series of forward to reverse to forward to reverse accelerations, both wheels break free. They are now spinning properly, and instead of squealing, I'm hearing the lovely "thud-grind" as the rusty portions of the drums scrape along the brake shoes. It sounds like the back end of the car is going to fall off.

This sound is about gone by the time I reach the grocery store. The shoes seem to have smoothed down the inside of the drums, thank God. But the ticking is getting to worry me, now, so I cross my fingers, leave it running as I go in to get 2 quarts of oil from the automotive shelf. I come running back out, pop the hood, open the valve cover oil fill spot, and try to pour oil into the running engine.

It is at this point that I am reminded violently that modern engines have pressurized crank and valve compartments. Oil gets caught in the airflow and flings out at me like nothing you have ever seen, spattering me from head to toe, splattering all over the front of the car, the inside of the hood, and somehow even the windshield. I shut the car off, pour the remaining quart in, go inside for a paper towel and another quart, then come out and finish the job. I get back in, start the car, and realize that the windshield looks like that camera effect that movie makers used to use where they smeared Vaseline on the lens to give that soft, foggy look to the picture.

At around 11:00, I pull into an all-night do-it-yourself car wash, and wash the car thoroughly, including the engine bay.

At 11:30, I get home, eat a slice of cold pizza for dinner, take a shower, then get on the internet.

And, right now, I've just finished a big mug of hot chocolate with peppermint schnaps. It's been a day.

[t00lb0x]

Originally posted by wazman
How it works...

How any of it works.

Why some people can say and do anything they want, and no one cares, and other people get crucified for waking up in the morning.

Life. I don't understand life.

I seriousily hope your not going to bring ***** into this...

[thephenom]

Wazman, you should just post what you want to say.

Ya, there will always be a few who are not so supportive, but hey, pretty easy to skip a post.:thumb

[splashtech]

eire1274, that is one bad bad day.

:Holy Crap

You okay?

[eire1274]

Okay, it's 11 AM... I seem to have a pulled muscle in my right forearm, and in my lower back, but my sister-in-law and company just left with the car in good order, so I guess it was worth the pain.

I still can't believe I got pulled over by an FBI agent! :rofl2

[wazman]

Originally posted by t00lb0x
I seriousily hope your not going to bring ***** into this...

I don't know what that word is... I honestly can't figure it out.

[wazman]

I guess I just had a bad day yesterday.

Almost being killed will do that to you.

I got run halfway off the road by somebody who decided they needed to be in my lane. At top speed.

Then, not two minutes later, they decided they needed to make a left turn. Into about half a mile's worth of two lanes full of oncoming traffic. At top speed. Which, at that time, was over 40mph.

So when you get that close to becoming road waffles, it tends to have an effect on you.

[eire1274]

Sorry about that... I was in a hurry... I didn't see your car, dude, seriously.

[tantousha]

Hey...I just got dumped by my girlfriend yesterday...by email no less...so let's just call it a universally bad day...k?

[wazman]

And then my dog ate the pizza WazLady got for me to eat last night for supper.

So I had to eat a sandwich instead.

I hate that dog sometimes.

[t00lb0x]

Originally posted by wazman
I don't know what that word is... I honestly can't figure it out.

Jeebus was the word. You mentioned crucifiction [sp, i'm really lazy right now]

[Artcwolf]

Originally posted by eire1274
Sorry about that... I was in a hurry... I didn't see your car, dude, seriously.

:rofl2

Sorry Waz...my week has been hell. It's too long to go into a thread so suffice it to say, I'm hella glad it over, dude.

I'm going to take a shower and go look at some hotties.

Oh, and by the way Waz, at least you can have pizza. I've had to cut it out due to the new diet I'm on. Foods that I truely love are now on the "very special occasion" list.

[wazman]

Originally posted by Artcwolf
:rofl2

Sorry Waz...my week has been hell. It's too long to go into a thread so suffice it to say, I'm hella glad it over, dude.

I'm going to take a shower and go look at some hotties.

Oh, and by the way Waz, at least you can have pizza. I've had to cut it out due to the new diet I'm on. Foods that I truely love are now on the "very special occasion" list.

Actually, I'm not supposed to have pizza either. I'm lactose intolerant and allergic to dairy. So I suffer for my treats.

But hey, I figure you only live once. Especially since I'll need a pacemaker installed in 30 years because of my irregular heartbeat, just like my uncle and grandmother, and my high blood pressure will cause a stroke that will leave me wondering where the hell my goldfish went.

So I enjoy myself now, because I know I don't have forever.

[eire1274]

Just bear in mind that as long as you have cats, you'll always know where the goldfish went.

[wazman]

Originally posted by eire1274
Just bear in mind that as long as you have cats, you'll always know where the goldfish went.

But what if I forget where the cats went? I'll have to get a dog.

[eire1274]

Just get a T-Rex, then you'll never have to wonder about anything. Goldfish or otherwise.

[wazman]

Originally posted by eire1274
Just get a T-Rex, then you'll never have to wonder about anything. Goldfish or otherwise.

True dat. :)

[Tivon]

Originally posted by eire1274
It's been a day.

Been there myself many times dude!:D

I just had starter problem on my new car and after fooling around for a few hours I gave up not being able to reach it. So I had to pay someone plus the extra money for a burnt wire I didn't notice before hand. Was around 380$ I think?:rolleyes: And what was odd is that later my battery would not hold a charge anymore. This was only a few months old and I could not figure it out. So rather than getting another from AutoZone I went to Walmart and got one of their brands and it works like a charm. Another funny thing is that later after spending weeks trying to fix a water leak when it rains I noticed that the bottom bolt to the sway bar link was gone!? I just had a guy put on the link at another shop because the rubber had worn off. Anyway this guy was cool and he put back on another bolt for free and told me that it was odd for a locking nut to fall off like that. So do you think that other place I took my car to played around with the car? Hmmm.. Oh yeah, the water leak problem was this plastic grill just behind the hood. If you take this off there is motor for the wipers and vent to the cab filter. All of the weather stripping had worn down and some bolts that has plastic parts broke apart. So I had to re-think way to use metal screws a washers to keep it down. And after all of that a really heavy rain cam in and water was pooring into my car again! So then I had to buy this windows black putty tar stuff. And I packed it all over the place where water might be getting into the cab vents. That was another 30$ and It works great! Now there is this noise when I turn left only. Sounds like a grinding noise, but dose not always do it, just at the right spots as I'm turning. I can't think of what that could be.:rolleyes:

[neutralz]

Originally posted by Tivon
Been there myself many times dude!:D

I just had starter problem on my new car and after fooling around for a few hours I gave up not being able to reach it. So I had to pay someone plus the extra money for a burnt wire I didn't notice before hand. Was around 380$ I think?:rolleyes: And what was odd is that later my battery would not hold a charge anymore. This was only a few months old and I could not figure it out. So rather than getting another from AutoZone I went to Walmart and got one of their brands and it works like a charm. Another funny thing is that later after spending weeks trying to fix a water leak when it rains I noticed that the bottom bolt to the sway bar link was gone!? I just had a guy put on the link at another shop because the rubber had worn off. Anyway this guy was cool and he put back on another bolt for free and told me that it was odd for a locking nut to fall off like that. So do you think that other place I took my car to played around with the car? Hmmm.. Oh yeah, the water leak problem was this plastic grill just behind the hood. If you take this off there is motor for the wipers and vent to the cab filter. All of the weather stripping had worn down and some bolts that has plastic parts broke apart. So I had to re-think way to use metal screws a washers to keep it down. And after all of that a really heavy rain cam in and water was pooring into my car again! So then I had to buy this windows black putty tar stuff. And I packed it all over the place where water might be getting into the cab vents. That was another 30$ and It works great! Now there is this noise when I turn left only. Sounds like a grinding noise, but dose not always do it, just at the right spots as I'm turning. I can't think of what that could be.:rolleyes:

heh we dont have any of these problems here.

car modding is illegal.

car servicing has to be done periodically, at 1000km, etc etc (costs a few hundred bucks)

cars are freaking expensive. need to buy a certificate of entitlement before you can buy a car, and this COE cert is 25k to 30k?

that makes a good car an avg of 75k to80k sgd.

and if anything goes wrong, dont attempt to fix it yourself, else you might be voiding the insurance which costs 900 bucks a year.

[Orangepeel]

Life's a real bummer sometimes :(.

I managed to lose my nametag that gets me in and out of tight security areas in the hospital :(! I think I may have lost it in the garbage or recycling bins when I was putting away some receiving from a drug order.

For a few days I was waving at people to buzz me into restricted areas, then having people check out who I said I was. Thank goodness for tight security, but it made getting around really interesting.

Anywhoo...made a trip to the security office, told them the badge is missing. A new badge is $25 bucks!! That is enough of a deterrant for me to want to sew the darned thing onto my chest permanently :D. They had to de-activate the old one, just in case someone found it and tried to use it.

[eire1274]

Originally posted by Tivon
Now there is this noise when I turn left only. Sounds like a grinding noise, but dose not always do it, just at the right spots as I'm turning. I can't think of what that could be.:rolleyes:
Sounds like a wheel bearing is worn out. That, or a ball joint is shot.

Sorry, Wazman, for hiesting your thread.

[splashtech]

Originally posted by Orangepeel
Life's a real bummer sometimes :(.

I managed to lose my nametag that gets me in and out of tight security areas in the hospital :(! I think I may have lost it in the garbage or recycling bins when I was putting away some receiving from a drug order.

For a few days I was waving at people to buzz me into restricted areas, then having people check out who I said I was. Thank goodness for tight security, but it made getting around really interesting.

Anywhoo...made a trip to the security office, told them the badge is missing. A new badge is $25 bucks!! That is enough of a deterrant for me to want to sew the darned thing onto my chest permanently :D. They had to de-activate the old one, just in case someone found it and tried to use it.

Does the name tag say "Orangepeel" on it? :KICK ASS

[wazman]

Originally posted by eire1274
Sounds like a wheel bearing is worn out. That, or a ball joint is shot.

Sorry, Wazman, for hiesting your thread.

That's OK - my POS Buick makes an odd sound when I turn as well, so this gives me something to go on.

[Orangepeel]

Originally posted by splashtech
Does the name tag say "Orangepeel" on it? :KICK ASS

Nah, unfortunately it was a real life moment :rofl2.

Maybe at the get togethers we can wear name tags that say, "Hi, I'm /insert online name here/" :D. j/k!

[Xilant]

Originally posted by eire1274
Sounds like a wheel bearing is worn out. That, or a ball joint is shot.

Sorry, Wazman, for hiesting your thread.

I'm thinking of the power steering.

[splashtech]

Originally posted by Orangepeel
Nah, unfortunately it was a real life moment :rofl2.

Maybe at the get togethers we can wear name tags that say, "Hi, I'm /insert online name here/" :D. j/k!

Hehe :D

"Hi, I'm splashtech"

:banana :spin :happywave

[Maro]

Well My wek got even better on Saturday. We went down to Canberra for the weekend to see My G/Fs sister. Whilst her boyfriend was reversing his massive 4WD he backed straightinto out little car - completetly crumpled the bonnet!

Luckily that was all the damage but I have todrive round looking like a numpty until the shop gets a replacement!

[wazman]

Originally posted by Maro
Well My wek got even better on Saturday. We went down to Canberra for the weekend to see My G/Fs sister. Whilst her boyfriend was reversing his massive 4WD he backed straightinto out little car - completetly crumpled the bonnet!

Luckily that was all the damage but I have todrive round looking like a numpty until the shop gets a replacement!

I know what a bonnet is... But what's "numpty"? I've never heard that before.

[[CD.o.S] LukeDG]

its means fool or ID10T, stupid being the best comparison

[Maro]

Yes - an English Colloquialsm

You should have a sign above your store Waz

"No Numpty's Allowed"

:lmao javascript:smilie(':lmao')
javascript:smilie(':lmao')

[wazman]

Originally posted by Maro
Yes - an English Colloquialsm

You should have a sign above your store Waz

"No Numpty's Allowed"

:lmao javascript:smilie(':lmao')
javascript:smilie(':lmao')

Then they'd all be coming into the store asking me "What does numpty mean?"

As it is, I just point the shotgun at them and that takes care of things. :)

[[CD.o.S] LukeDG]

If/When i open a computer store, anyone who asks a question like "Whats a good email for downlaoding the internet?" will find themselves being thrown out of my shop :Wink

[Tazmanian Devil]

http://www.onzin.nl/internetdownload/:lmao

[wazman]

Originally posted by Tazmanian Devil
http://www.onzin.nl/internetdownload/:lmao

:lmao :rofl2 :lmao :rofl2

Oh, that is good. I'm going to use that one again.

[Maro]

Priceless!
:luxhello