I need to have an argument and throw things. Not at someone, with someone. I found a little place downtown where they put you in a room with hammers and old plates and mugs and you get to smash them. It sounds lovely.
I need to have an argument and throw things. Not at someone, with someone. I found a little place downtown where they put you in a room with hammers and old plates and mugs and you get to smash them. It sounds lovely.
Do we have a trusted GRMer in The_Jed's neighborhood who is able to offer some driver training to the youngest?
Long shot, but worth asking.
In reply to DarkMonohue :
That's very kind but, after the latest round of all effort-no results, I was told he has to be in possession of a valid driver's permit for six months and accrue a certain amount of hours of driving before he can take the behind the wheel school classes. My kid's permit has expired. He'll be 18 this September. We're going to have to pull off a miracle just to get him a new permit.
In reply to The_Jed :
Are there logistical concerns with the private driving schools option too, or purely financial?
DarkMonohue said:Do we have a trusted GRMer in The_Jed's neighborhood who is able to offer some driver training to the youngest?
Long shot, but worth asking.
GRM Instructor.
wearymicrobe said:I need to have an argument and throw things. Not at someone, with someone. I found a little place downtown where they put you in a room with hammers and old plates and mugs and you get to smash them. It sounds lovely.
Smash rooms. You start at plates. There is a place in Chicago that let's you up the anty to implode old tube TVs. Its beyond cathartic.
Appleseed said:wearymicrobe said:I need to have an argument and throw things. Not at someone, with someone. I found a little place downtown where they put you in a room with hammers and old plates and mugs and you get to smash them. It sounds lovely.
Smash rooms. You start at plates. There is a place in Chicago that let's you up the anty to implode old tube TVs. Its beyond cathartic.
Interesting side story about anger release. When I was in college sophomore to senior year I lived in suites and one of my suite mates would get angry. His anger management? He kept an axe in a duffle bag. And he would go out to the woods next to campus and cut down a tree.
One day he forgot two things. The duffle bag and his keys... He realized quick walking down the sidewalk about the ax and goes back to the suite where he realizes no keys and is knocking on the door ax in hand. Thankfully someone else was there and let him in quickly.
dan0 said:Appleseed said:wearymicrobe said:I need to have an argument and throw things. Not at someone, with someone. I found a little place downtown where they put you in a room with hammers and old plates and mugs and you get to smash them. It sounds lovely.
Smash rooms. You start at plates. There is a place in Chicago that let's you up the anty to implode old tube TVs. Its beyond cathartic.
Interesting side story about anger release. When I was in college sophomore to senior year I lived in suites and one of my suite mates would get angry. His anger management? He kept an axe in a duffle bag. And he would go out to the woods next to campus and cut down a tree.
One day he forgot two things. The duffle bag and his keys... He realized quick walking down the sidewalk about the ax and goes back to the suite where he realizes no keys and is knocking on the door ax in hand. Thankfully someone else was there and let him in quickly.
This is why I go to the gym. I was so angry one day I pulled my left arm out of its socket in a dead lift. If I could get away with it I would just go out and dig a giant hole in the front yard and keep filling it in.
What I need is to just take a few days off and finish all the work around the house and I would feel better having physically finished something and not sitting in meetings and talking abou things 205 years out.
Ugh. One more time U-Haul and they're already pissing me off.
After last time and talking with the guy at the place I like he said call us directly. So I did. No auto transports there.
Fine use the reservation system online. 24 hours, pick up this afternoon 4pm, selected location close to me. Add credit card for reservation, about to hit submit and scrolled down slightly... Pickup at a completely different location. WTF!
Cancel and re-do reservation. Pickup up tomorrow morning instead and only 10 hours.
Well as I'm writing this and upset already the seller messaged me back AFTER I told him I have a reservation setup and would be there tomorrow.
I told him forget it. That's my reservation AND cancellation. Good luck with your sale.
So close to a wagon. berkeleying eh!
Next time, check that the tire shop wrote down the phone number correctly. My bad, but if I hadn't had a hunch and checked today I'd be waiting a few more weeks for them to call me back that the new shoes for the MX5 had arrived.
Kiddo #1 bought 2 sets of wheels a few weeks ago for his Mazda 3. One set were 16" Borbets with practically new Blizzaks. The other set were bare Mazda 17" wheels (from a Miata, I think). Not a bad deal at $280 total.
I ordered him some Conti DSWs for the 17" wheels. Today he was mounting the tires and noticed one was cracked. Of course it wasn't the first one, so three tires are mounted.
When asking some more questions, I found out the other wheels weren't cracked and were able to be balanced, but he said they had noticeable runout.
Now we have tires that can't be returned and wheels that are questionable (at best) to mount them on, with at least 1 that isn't useable. I need to decide whether to see about having them fixed, or just finding another set of 17s that are good.
I was born deaf. I'm sorry I struggle to hear an understand you. I'll try not to to be so deaf next time.
In reply to No Time :
At least they're 17's. Around here you can't give away a set of 17" rims. A nice set will often struggle to fetch $100
In reply to Peabody :
I wish that was the case, $500 is the average around here, it I found 3 possibilities around $250.
If only people could put the offset or vehicle they were used on in the ad...
The wagon listed In January for $1200, that the seller decided was too little and didn't sell to me. Fixed himself in 24 hours, it had a fault code in the original posting. Then put back up for $3500 a month later. Offered two and just got this back. It's been up for 17 days, no sale yet.
dan0 said:Ugh. One more time U-Haul and they're already pissing me off.
After last time and talking with the guy at the place I like he said call us directly. So I did. No auto transports there.
Fine use the reservation system online. 24 hours, pick up this afternoon 4pm, selected location close to me. Add credit card for reservation, about to hit submit and scrolled down slightly... Pickup at a completely different location. WTF!
Cancel and re-do reservation. Pickup up tomorrow morning instead and only 10 hours.
Well as I'm writing this and upset already the seller messaged me back AFTER I told him I have a reservation setup and would be there tomorrow.
I told him forget it. That's my reservation AND cancellation. Good luck with your sale.
So close to a wagon. berkeleying eh!
Seems like an overreaction on your end. The guy wanted to know you wouldn't flake. If anything you proved him right, and now, you don't have a wagon.
In reply to Steve_Jones :
Somewhat and he doesn't have $1500 because whomever wanted to come test drive it, didn't drive away with it. Listing is still up.
Appleseed said:Smash rooms. You start at plates. There is a place in Chicago that let's you up the anty to implode old tube TVs. Its beyond cathartic.
So, it's quite cathodic then?
I've had a hard time sleeping for the last couple weeks but at the same time I can barely keep my eyes open after 9pm. I realized this morning that it lined up with when I started taking Zyrtec for my allergies. I'm going to try taking it in the morning instead of before bed and see if that helps. I really hope so because lack of sleep is miserable.
Second minor rant. I realized that my daughter wasn't up for school today so I woke her up. She mumbled something about spring break and then rolled over. I should have known that. Sorry kiddo.
It was 82° and sunny in Savannah on Friday. We got home last night around dinner time after two days of driving and it snowed last night. If I don't get this job in Savannah I'm just going to sell my house and move somewhere warmer and figure something out. I'm done with the cold, dreary weather that is just bleh and miserable.
In reply to RacetruckRon :
Whenever I visit somewhere warmer than my "home" climate during the winter months, I think "why don't I live somewhere like this?"
Answer in my head usually comes down to not wanting to leave family and friends, so I reckon I'll keep dealing with our Virginia winters. Cold enough to not really want to do things outside, but not so cold that we get any appreciable amounts of snow to have fun with.
In reply to Spearfishin :
I've lived somewhere much warmer and loved it. We foolishly moved back 3 years ago and regretted it after the first winter back.
In reply to RacetruckRon :
I'm the opposite. While I do appreciate a winter getaway to someplace warm occasionally I want to live somewhere that has a decent winter.
That used to be CT where I've lived my whole life. Got cold in November, snowed in December, stayed cold enough to keep snow on the ground. Maybe a "big" storm of a foot of snow but most just a few inches.
But lately it's just been frustrating. It will be cold for a week. Then warm up and rain. Then cold again. If it did snow, it would be a couple inches and usually warm up and be gone in a few days.
Roads used to stay snow covered a couple days, now they're cleared by noon after an overnight storm. That's not a bad thing, I just have to get out early if I want to slide around a backroad or parking lot for a few minutes.
Im dreaming of a White Christmas for berkeleys sake.
When did it get so complicated to buy freaking running shoes?
Doc suspects ReconKid 4 has a torn meniscus. Ok, we can deal with that. She's 14, so it sucks, but we can deal with it.
Next step, MRI to verify damage, right?
WRONG! Gotta do PT first before we can image it to see if it's berkeleyed.
Why? Cause insurance said so.
berkeleying stupid-ass bean counters.
I understand that PT is useful in the treatment of a torn meniscus; I also know that knowing what the hell you are dealing with is helpful.
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