In reply to No Time :
Maybe a smart idea, but it works fine now
In reply to No Time :
Maybe a smart idea, but it works fine now
ShawnG said:The plane just stopped at the gate.
Sit your dumb ass down and wait until they say to leave.
It won't make things any faster.
Also. Check your damn luggage. You don't need all that stuff.
Signed: the guy who's carry-on is a book.
When my SIL and her son flew down here to meet up with us to fly out later that day for our cruise in Europe, they somehow stuffed everything they needed into technically carry-on compliant luggage for their flights here from WI- they were (not unreasonably so) afraid that their luggage would get lost/delayed when they had to transfer flights in Chicago and that it would scuttle flying out for Europe that evening. I generally loathe it when people carry on luggage that clearly should have been checked, but I get where they were coming from- when the airlines are involved I'm firmly in the camp that Murphy is calling the shots.
In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
I refuse to check luggage. I have heard way too many cases of bags getting lost/damaged, and I have personally seen baggage handlers treat luggage worse than I would treat anything I wanted to keep. Ive seen handlers pull bags from stacks taller than their head and let them fall straight onto concrete. I have all my luggage within arms reach of me at all times.
I'll also say that even on trips as long as two weeks, I can fit everything i need into one small duffel and one backpack, so i'm not breaking any airline rules or inconveniencing anyone else.
Ever since I got out of the hospital in June I've been wanting to join a gym so I could workout in the mornings. I finally got approved from my cardiologist about three weeks ago. I toured a couple local gyms and settled on one last week. It's a small gym that's close to my house and open 24 hours for members. I joined online yesterday and drove over this morning at 9am to get my key card and do my first workout. I called the office number and nobody answered. Now I'm sitting in my truck trying to decide if I should hang around for a little while or just go back home.
Sunday morning I was headed to Columbus to pick up another Focus to part out. Had a plan to be at the Uhaul doors to rent a trailer when they opened at 9am, which I was. Guy says "just need your divers license." Sure, here it...Crap. Couldn't find it. When home and ransacked the house. No dice. Trip canceled. Awesome deal on car lost.
Major win out of that deal x2. 1 is I spent the whole day with my son, who is my best friend and partner in crime. We hung out, bought some craft supplies, rode dirtbikes, etc. He's the coolest kid ever. Win 2 was I found out the last business I had to show my drivers license to still has it. So I don't have to suffer at the DMV this week.
Ram dually hub caps... lost 1 in the first 6 years, now 4 in the last year. OEM replacements are stupid $$$ so I bought a replacement set of four from Amazon for less than a single OEM. So far, none of the cheapos have fallen off...
Regional rock station is doing an A-Z playlist and I happened to hear Wanted Dead Or Alive.
How did a second-tier hair metal band from New Jersey manage to write a better country song than has come out of the Nashville machine in the last 20 years?
These last days I've decided to be old and have gout.
Gout hurts
Duke said:Regional rock station is doing an A-Z playlist and I happened to hear Wanted Dead Or Alive.
How did a second-tier hair metal band from New Jersey manage to write a better country song than has come out of the Nashville machine in the last 20 years?
What is so great about it? It doesn't repeat Certain Buzzwords at random. And it doesn't name drop any name brands in ANY of the lyrics, how are they supposed to monetize the song? Popularity or something?
If it came from Nashville it would have to mention dirt roads or blue jeans, preferably both. And something about what brand motorcycle he rode. Probably the guitar, too, but the guitar companies don't pay as much. On second thought, change the lyrics from "steel horse" to "Z71", Chevy probably pays better than Harley or something.
In reply to Brotus7 :
I had to replace a broken axle in my mom's Subaru GL, in a parking lot. Those Subarus are weird in that the AXLE pressed in to the bearing and the HUB was a slip fit on the splines. (Like the rear of an ACVW)
I went to a junkyard and got an entire strut/knuckle/axle assembly because I didn't want to screw around with it.
I almost posted this in the win thread, and it may be a win yet, but I finally found a really good deal on a battery for my car and ordered it. It arrived today falling out of the box it was pkg'd in because the box was soaked with battery acid. They wrapped it in bubble wrap and put it in a box. Sideways.
Im waiting to see what they offer me in discount and, if it's not enough, it's going back.
Idiots.
In reply to ShawnG :
Amen!
the best 2 weeks of flying ever were right after that guy tried to blow up his underwear and they banned all carry ons. People just walked to their seats and sat down and then got off the plane. It was blissful!
Disney is the worst company ever, trying to get rid of ESPN+ because even though I watched last Monday Night Football on it, it doesn't work anymore.
So you go to Hulu to change your plan because that makes no sense. But you can't remove ESPN. No worries, I'll just move it to just Hulu then.
That cancels my Disney+ apparently and I can't just get Disney and Hulu but I can get the bundle with Max, which is fine because it's the same price as before.
But I keep getting an error message for that
berkeley me, why is this so ridiculously hard?
Saw this on another forum and it immediately reminded me of Toyman's parking ticket post ...
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Duke said:Regional rock station is doing an A-Z playlist and I happened to hear Wanted Dead Or Alive.
How did a second-tier hair metal band from New Jersey manage to write a better country song than has come out of the Nashville machine in the last 20 years?
What is so great about it? It doesn't repeat Certain Buzzwords at random. And it doesn't name drop any name brands in ANY of the lyrics, how are they supposed to monetize the song? Popularity or something?
If it came from Nashville it would have to mention dirt roads or blue jeans, preferably both. And something about what brand motorcycle he rode. Probably the guitar, too, but the guitar companies don't pay as much. On second thought, change the lyrics from "steel horse" to "Z71", Chevy probably pays better than Harley or something.
eastsideTim said:Pete. (l33t FS) said:Duke said:Regional rock station is doing an A-Z playlist and I happened to hear Wanted Dead Or Alive.
How did a second-tier hair metal band from New Jersey manage to write a better country song than has come out of the Nashville machine in the last 20 years?
What is so great about it? It doesn't repeat Certain Buzzwords at random. And it doesn't name drop any name brands in ANY of the lyrics, how are they supposed to monetize the song? Popularity or something?
If it came from Nashville it would have to mention dirt roads or blue jeans, preferably both. And something about what brand motorcycle he rode. Probably the guitar, too, but the guitar companies don't pay as much. On second thought, change the lyrics from "steel horse" to "Z71", Chevy probably pays better than Harley or something.
I've always been more partial to Bo Burham's take on it (warning: colorful language):
My admin is off to Portugal for 2 weeks.
I'm really happy she has that opportunity and hope she has a blast.
Unfortunately, that means I get to do her job, answer the damn phones, and try to get my job done in between all of that.
This is going to suck.
"Welcome to Buick, where our entire lineup is just four crossovers. They all look identical, but good news, they're absolutely identically hideous, except for the Envista, which has that coupe roof line to make it exceptionally heinous, and they all have names that are near identical."
Seriously, I'm not gaslighting you, those are four images of four separate models. Encore, Enclave, Envision, and Envista. That grimacing visage about matches my expression when the first of these gruesome foursome rolled off the transporter and into the dealership. This is what the Buick name has been reduced to. We really are living in the worst time line.
In reply to NickD :
Buick only exists because of china, where they have a bunch more models that seem to sell pretty well. I don't know why they don't just give up on the US market, tbh
In reply to NickD :
They aren't building them for you or anyone else who lives in the US.
80% of their market is Chinese. Anything sold here is just icing.
Toyman! said:In reply to NickD :
They aren't building them for you or anyone else who lives in the US.
80% of their market is Chinese. Anything sold here is just icing.
Part of their cachet in China is that they are an "America luxury brand". If they stop selling them here, the sales there would likely drop.
eastsideTim said:Toyman! said:In reply to NickD :
They aren't building them for you or anyone else who lives in the US.
80% of their market is Chinese. Anything sold here is just icing.
Part of their cachet in China is that they are an "America luxury brand". If they stop selling them here, the sales there would likely drop.
And we lost Pontiac because of it.
After contracting pneumonia a couple of weeks ago, I've been on the mend. I finished my course of antibiotics and was slowly starting to feel better.
Until today.
I woke up feeling like death warmed over. Tiredness, body aches and now 101.8°F fever. This cough which has getting better, is now getting worse.
I think there is some fungal growth in the house somewhere that is making me sick. A week before I contracted pneumonia, we had a large rain event. Water was on the carpeted(!) floor of the utility closet and was squishing up between the laminated floor boards in the laundry room. It dried out in two days but I suspect something is growing.
I've made an appointment for a local mold remediation company to come out tomorrow and take samples and check the indoor air quality for spores.
I'm already in about $5k of medical debt from the last bout. And that's with insurance.
Finally watched the last Grand Tour, it was great.
Now I'm annoyed it's over
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