GRM arua cleansing?

I've never been the type of person that believes in luck. I've never really been a spiritual person either. I try to keep a level head most of the time and take things in stride, life's little setbacks are usually viewed as a challenge to overcome. But this week...good grief, this week has me just about ready to call in the spiritual healer.

Everything I have touched has broken. My boss told me to not touch anything else in the shop, he can't afford any more broken machines. My home theater receiver is being unmercifully problematic. I broke my phone. I freaking flooded my bike this morning and couldn't get it going so I had to call the wife back home to get me and was a half hour late for work.

I know it's all just coincidental but man it's been a rough week.

I just hope it's over.

I once ate a lot of fiber and got cleansed. Does that count?

Hope you are doing better.

I believe in luck. The alternative is that everything that happens, good or bad, happens for a specific reason, and I couldn't enjoy being part of a system where horrible things happen to innocents and great things happen to complete scum, by design/intent.

That said, I've had days so bad that I'll joke that I'm afraid to go take a leak because I might break THAT too.

I occasionally go through bouts of "bad luck". Many years ago, I broke up with a girlfriend, wrecked a car, and had my house broken into (and lived in) while I was away in the same month. It put me in a funk for a while, then I realized that worrying about it was causing me to make things worse. It was almost as if I was trying to screw up. Learn from mistakes and focus on the positive, or at least try to generate some positive. Or learn to like country songs.

You need to start with something that's already broken. That way, things can only get better.

It's time to find a Europa.

You know, Woody, you might be on to something there.

It's the outward manifestation of an inward disposition. One break, OK; now you think you're a jinx or something. You need a small triumph to get over the hump and get your confidence back.

When SWMBO gets home, lube her up with a little wine and knock one off while watching Le Mans; your aura goes purple and you're ready for that Europa.

I'll be here 'til Thursday, enjoy the buffet.

Woody wrote: You need to start with something that's already broken. That way, things can only get better. It's time to find a Europa.

Everyone should have a Europa for a little while...you'll feel so much better once it's gone!

914Driver wrote: It's the outward manifestation of an inward disposition. One break, OK; now you think you're a jinx or something. You need a small triumph to get over the hump and get your confidence back. When SWMBO gets home, lube her up with a little wine and knock one off while watching Le Mans; your aura goes purple and you're ready for that Europa. I'll be here 'til Thursday, enjoy the buffet.

You're probably more right than wrong here. I've been in a pretty bad funk for a little while.

I'll give you an example of just one of the many issues I had this week. I get to work and start one machine, walk over to get the water jet going. Attempt to pick up the lid for the garnet pressure vessel, the handle falls off in my hand, pick up a bag of garnet and catch the bag on a sharp corner spilling it's contents all over the floor. Finally get it full of garnet and the water turned on and walk to the front of the machine, move the mouse tap the keyboard and nothing happens, walk back to the back of the machine, open the computer cabinet and wiggle the wires, walk back to the monitor move the mouse and it goes black again. Repeat that a couple more times. Put the piece on the water jet, turn the pump on, mouse goes dead again, wiggle wires, finally get machine homed, notice the garnet tube is completely blocked at the tip. Pull it apart and drop many pieces down into the tank. Finally get everything cleaned out and new pieces put on. mouse is dead again, keyboard is dead, monitor goes blank. Walk away in frustration of having just spent 45m on a 10m process. Everybody else that used it had no issues at all. And that was just the start of Monday and how the entire rest of the week went.

Blah, I'm going on a nice long motorcycle ride, if I can get it started today.

I try to remember or do the things that bring me joy.

I have a nice lumpy cam in my Chevy truck. Just one minute listening to it idle in the parking lot at work brings me joy at the start of my day. Just one minute listing to it idle when I get home takes all the pain of work away.

Sure it gets bad fuel economy, and bucks and farts at every stop light, but the peace that choppy idle brings to me every drive is well worth the gas money I would otherwise spend on therapy or liquor.

The Lethal Locost gets plates this spring after a full year without, because it, too, brings me joy when everything else is poo.

But I hear you on "things going wrong." I figure my epitaph will be:

In reply to Nick (LUCAS) Comstock:

Odd as it may sound... may be just your turn in the barrel dude. It happens.

Some days you're the bird and some days you're the statue. Sounds like you are due for a long run of being the bird.

I just got back from Best-Buy, looking for a tablet holder and a micro to mini adaptor to use while flying. Blue Shirt tells me to go on line and buy it. Why did I just do weekend traffic? Go back to the truck and some hipster chick backs her Jetta into the front of my truck. No damage, but that shiney thing between the sun visors, seen it before? WTH?

Headed home some pinhead in a Jeep brake checks me at 60 mph then becomes a real douche, I gave him a lot of room for the next 8 miles, he was a dick to everyone. Rode the gutters to put maximum spray in the air.

It's a Jeep Thang.

SWMBO will be home in an hour or so, I have time to vacuum the carpet while the VCR warms up.

Maybe you need to take a minute to be thankful: https://www.youtube.com/embed/W5mbldTkruM

SkinnyG wrote: I try to remember or do the things that bring me joy. I have a nice lumpy cam in my Chevy truck. Just one minute listening to it idle in the parking lot at work brings me joy at the start of my day. Just one minute listing to it idle when I get home takes all the pain of work away.

I hear that.

EvanB majorly helped me out today with moving three of my cars to a central location (name as yet to be determined) and part of his mission involved driving my RX-7 while I lumbered behind with the tow rig hauling another car.

The sounds that car makes are GLORIOUS. How I miss them. It braps, it burbles, it snaps, it crackles, and it pops.

Today was a good day.

Meanwhile the oxygen machine my grandmother is on will periodically vent air with a sound almost exactly like the blowoff valve on Evan's Miata. So I get kind of a grin from that too, which is something that I need given the reality of the situation. Find joy where you can find it.

Woody wrote: You need to start with something that's already broken. That way, things can only get better.

This does not apply to a person.

patgizz wrote:

Random chance is always a part of success. You must have the skills/knowledge to exploit any chance in your favor, which is generally known as "making your own luck". (Which is luck in the "karma" sense not the "chance" sense, really)

I don't believe in karma, although it is satisfying when the illusion of karma is observed.

I do believe in Parma. I used to live there. Also, I ate pierogies today. These are probably related.

In reply to Woody:

...or maybe an Alfa....

Knurled wrote:

patgizz wrote:

Random chance is always a part of success. You must have the skills/knowledge to exploit any chance in your favor, which is generally known as "making your own luck". (Which is luck in the "karma" sense not the "chance" sense, really) I don't believe in karma, although it is satisfying when the illusion of karma is observed. I do believe in Parma. I used to live there. Also, I ate pierogies today. These are probably related.

you win. i had some pierogi last night at a fish fry in a church basement. never lived in parma, just on the west side and now south.

Are you turning to GRM for help working on your Car-ma?

Knurled wrote: The sounds that car makes are GLORIOUS. How I miss them. It braps, it burbles, it snaps, it crackles, and it pops.

It made me happy driving it, I had to rev it a few extra times at stop lights because it sounds so good.

I need to get my Miata going.

Beer Baron wrote: Are you turning to GRM for help working on your Car-ma?

In reply to EvanB:

I laughed for three miles after you simply drove under the faulty toll booth gate. If you weren't on the tall snow tires it probably wouldn't have even bumped the windshield frame.

And then the SUV behind you was stuck... hazard flashers on in impotent frustration at not being able to navigate under the limbo bar like a Miata could.

Karma Credit Card maxed out?

I'm not familiar with the Aura, but I suspect you'd wash it like any other damn car.