AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said:Sure, random shiny happy person, go ahead and turn around in my driveway. Yeah, the one that's 1.2 cars long and has an RS6 and an SS within crashing distance. berkeley off and die while you're at it.
I feel this. I don't have a front yard. My entire property line on the street side is driveway. Although there are a TON of cars in it people still turn around IN my driveway. Not even on the sidewalk area but IN my driveway. berkeley off, bros!
When we bought this motorhome, we paid a little more for it because it seemed like it wasn't a project at all and that it was absolutely ready to go camping. We tested things, but we should have been working off a list. So far, the leveling jacks need work - they will come down, but they won't actually level the coach - and the furnace is not working. I'm kicking myself for forgetting to test those things. I guess it's a good thing we have a lot of blankets on board....
In reply to wae :
With an RV, there's always something that needs attention...
I am the Game Master (GM) for a Role Playing Game (RPG) group. (I run a game of Dungeons and Dragons - but it's not actually D&D.) I expect my players to COMMUNICATE. I need to know availability. I need them to help try to problem solve and coordinate, not leave everything up to me.
I am about ready to end this campaign, drop 2 of my 5 players, recruit new ones who WILL communicate and start something up. This is getting frustrating. As the GM, I have a lot more work and responsibility. I don't expect anyone to put in as much as me, but I expect a minimum level of effort.
Beer Baron 🍺 said:I am the Game Master (GM) for a Role Playing Game (RPG) group. (I run a game of Dungeons and Dragons - but it's not actually D&D.) I expect my players to COMMUNICATE. I need to know availability. I need them to help try to problem solve and coordinate, not leave everything up to me.
I am about ready to end this campaign, drop 2 of my 5 players, recruit new ones who WILL communicate and start something up. This is getting frustrating. As the GM, I have a lot more work and responsibility. I don't expect anyone to put in as much as me, but I expect a minimum level of effort.
So, then, this is supposed to be fun, somehow? Sounds like an unpaid part time job. I prefer my leisure to be, you know, leisurely.
Streetwiseguy said:So, then, this is supposed to be fun, somehow? Sounds like an unpaid part time job. I prefer my leisure to be, you know, leisurely.
Yup. Just like being part of a community sports team, playing music with a band, or doing amateur racing. It requires work, but it can be fun and rewarding.
Right now, this group has gotten frustrating and it's largely down to two people who don't communicate. I think replacing them and starting something fresh will allow this game to be what it should be.
It's not the putting in work that I resent. It's putting in work, and then it all being for naught because too many people backed out at the last moment.
Edit/Update: Will be meeting today with my two most reliable players to determine what the plan is going forward.
Toyman! said:In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
There are customers who deserve to be fired. I'm a firm believer in telling them to call someone else.
100%. I've told many new business owners remember golden rule #1 "The customer is always right"
Live by golden rule #2
They don't need to be your customers.....
Went to Summit to pick up a Milwaukee heated vest.
They didn't have one in my size.
They did, however, have a seat slider rail that looks very adaptable.
And a 3" cone insert.
And a universal brake light switch.
And a '77 Ford RS1800 Hot Wheels in full rally trim that I will park next to my Audi RS2.
$137 later and still no heated vest.
I had to sit down a minute and chill.
Whilst cleaning the EGR passages, I blew coffee colored TB cleaner, what amounts to brown indelible ink, all over the fire wall and under side of the hood. Just finished getting it off. Note to self: Hold the rag better.
In reply to Rodan :
And boats 
Rodan said:In reply to wae :
With an RV, there's always something that needs attention...
A house always needs attention.
A car always needs attention.
An RV sounds like the nightmare combination of the two.
In reply to TravisTheHuman :
RVs have always seemed to me to be the worst of both worlds.
A house that's much less durable and doesn't retain any value. A car that's worse at transportation, much more expensive, and much harder to work on...
In reply to budget_bandit :
On the flip side, an RV is a portable hotel that you can put places that normal hotels may not go.
In reply to Duke :
In reply to budget_bandit :
RVs are most definitely a PITA, but being able to take your house and two car garage on the road is priceless...
I've gotten hooked on the kid's Halloween candy. I'm having a hell of a Monday in withdrawal. I just want a Reese Cup, dammit.
In reply to Rodan :
Truth!
There is something totally sublime about waking up from a comfortable warm bed, having a nice hot shower, brewing a pot of coffee, and then stepping out into the morning dew across the field where your rallycross competitors have slept on the ground or in their back seats in the chill of a fall evening. Or going inside the air conditioning for lunch, having a hot meal and cold drinks, then taking a quick shower before heading back out into the dust to chase cones.
It's also a really comfortable way for 5 adult-sized people to travel along with a couple dog-sized dogs. We never have to pay an extra fee or look for a different place because pets, and they don't have to get left behind. Plus I have my own king-sized bed I can take with me. Once it's sorted, it's also really nice to be able to decide that we want to take a trip and just get in and go. All we have to do is throw our clothes on board and stop at the grocery store on the way out of town. Or on our way into town!
The good news is that the furnace is an easy diagnosis and repair. It's either the fan motor itself or whatever control mechanism they use to command the fan - it's unclear if mine is a fan control board or just a relay. Either way, it's probably not the fan itself, and a Dinosaur board is around a hundo. I just have to do the work of pulling the stupid thing out because for some reason, after all this time, they can't just mount all that stuff in the front where you can get to it.
The jacks are going to be more difficult. I am fairly certain that the problem is hydraulic and not command & control, but I don't know how to determine if the problem is the hydraulic ram - and if so, which one - or if the problem is one of the valves - and again, which one. The valves are apparently fairly cheap and easy to get to and the company that built the rams is down in Winchester, KY - so not very far from me - and rebuilds them for around $400 each. But if I'm going to fire the parts cannon at it, I'd rather bite the bullet and spend the money to put a Bigfoot system on.
I must be lucky in the RV world. I've had two. Both of them have been mostly flawless beyond normal maintenance.
I can picture myself without a house. I can't imagine not having an RV. If I could talk my wife into it, I'd sell the house tomorrow and go full-time.
The Blunder Bus: 1996 Tiffin Allegro Star. Old school. My son has it now and it's still pretty trouble-free.
The EndOver: 2007 Holiday Rambler Endeavor 40SFT. 1.5 years, 7000 miles. It has been awesome!
So let's recap my automotive luck this week
1. Trying to get the wife's 98 explorer up and running for the winter. The fuel pump went out and that's not hard right?
Nope, the quick disconnects will not disconnect. No worries I'll just buy a nylon line fix kit and be on my way. Nope, both need replaced. Ok no worries I'll just use the second line....and it's not the right size. Ford apparently decided to use 5/16th hard line and 3/8ths to hook to the pump so I jury rig something from parts I have and.......nope not gonna work.
So I go to several local parts stores and see if I can get something that goes from 5/16ths to 3/8. Find something that could work and take it home and.....not gonna work
Order a part off Amazon that says it's the right size, nope and I can't stretch the line enough to get it to work. So I cobble together something with plastic barbs that is just slightly too small for the 3/8ths side and it works......
Except that it's getting kinked when the tank goes in enough that the cobbled together adapter leaks.
No problem, I'll just get some fuel line and .....I have nothing that is fuel injection psi safe. Not really worth it to have a ticking time bomb underneath the car so I'll just run to town the next day and get some rubber line.
2. Since it's gonna snow and studs are legal I'll just swap them on to my truck. Gives me a chance to look at the front end a bit since I've got some noise, sounds like shock noise.
It's not shock noise, it's bearing-about-to-fall-apart noise. And of course the only one in stock around me is roughly 10 times as expensive as the one I can get ordered. I can wait a few days. My wife can drive her car.
3. But wait ....her Golf won't start. It has a n80 purge valve issue so I replace it and it starts fine.
Until it falls flat on its face and will only start on ether. So that's something I gotta spend time on.
4. So it's onto the ZX2 backup car. Starts fine but it has a PCV hose failing so it'll try to die on you. It's a fairly common zx2 problem and I got the part but no time to put it in before the wife has to use it for work.
But it's gonna snow and the winter tires are gone on it. Oh also it's a clutch and since I've apparently got a gout flair up randomly it's excruciating to drive it.
5. The generator I use to charge up my batteries when its not sunny and for my well pump decides to have an issue too, runs for a bit and falls flat on its face. I think it might have something to do with the low oil shutoff? Oil is fine but the generator is old and it's been pissy before.
So listen, I'm not the greatest mechanic in the world but goddamn 5 mechanical things in a week all at once? berkeley me....
I just received my first advertisement in the mail from a reverse mortgage company.
I actually left the Oregon DMV today without having successfully registered my truck because the clerk refused to recognize the "wsdot" part of the release signature ("[name] for wsdot") as the same entity as "transportation department of" in the owner field on a Washington title. Yes, the proper and official acronym for the Washington Department of Transportation is WSDOT ("Washington State DOT").
Now I've been given the task of finding someone at WSDOT willing to write me a letter on official letterhead stating that these are the same entity. I've got three ten-day trip permits to do it.
Doing some math, it looks like I'll actually be able to retire!
At 70.
Assuming, of course, I can maintain my current abysmal standard of living, as befits the kind of person who's going to have to work until he's 70.
Swears. Swears for the rest of my life.
I managed to push the latest Challenge donor onto the trailer without a winch.
My leg strength and buns of steel exceed the flex point of WRX sheet metal:
Before:
After:
Luckily I think that's able to be mostly sorted with a rubber mallet.
Nothing is "conveniently located" in the "heart of Downtown Toronto." I think the description you're looking for is "unfortunately stuck." Your coworking space would be less inconveniently located for me and everyone else who isn't also unfortunately stuck in the heart of downtown Toronto if it was in the ass end of nowhere someplace away from the city that took 2x as long to reach by far less stressful means.
Some days. Some days I just suck at my job. Today is one of those days. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.
In other news, I'm sick with a mild head cold for the 17th time this year. Sick season spans from October to June in the Queso house. We gots a long ways to go.
My daughters ballet class is in the same building as a polling location.
1: You can't wear any garb supporting any candidate. That's been a law for a long time. Act like an adult and zip up your jacket or go to the bathroom and turn the shirt inside out. (This has happened twice, once for each candidate, only one of them made an issue of it)
2: Different person, but I suspect that the irony of wearing a Gadsden snake on top of THAT particular flag was lost on him.
Edit to add: I was only there for an hour. God bless those poll workers.
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