Today's ROTD?
Hey, night shift coworker. I'm so glad you have the luxury of at least 4 unsupervised hours to pretend that you're in charge, point out pedantic little clerical errors, and "fix" all of our nicely typed call down sheets in your stupid handwriting and kindergarten-like use of highlighters.
But who the hell writes out a calldown list and DOESN'T put it in alphabetical order?
Urge to kill...rising...RISING...
Oh, and FB folks.
We get it.
You're not a homophobe, racist, or sexist. So stop trying to convince me, or else, I'll think you're protesting a little TOO much.
Ugh...
So, on top of everything else going on right now with the girlfriend and finances, her truck ate it's water pump yesterday. She was stranded for an hour and a half. She doesn't drive an exotic truck or anything - it's a damn 2001 Silverado 4.8L 2wd. She doesn't have the funds right now to fix it and it's her only transportation to work so I offer to buy the parts to fix it. You'd think that would be easy, right? I mean it's a SBC. But no, not that simple. Apparently Chevy revised the water pump in 2004. The old thermostat housing will not fit the new revised WP. I order the WP and thermostat through AAP's website and get 40% off and have it to where she can pick it up in the store. But of course they don't have the thermostat housing in stock. It's an hour away. No problem, they say. They will have it delivered to the store by COB today (Thursday). My girlfriend calls the store just to make sure. They can't get it there today. Seriously? Also, the online order has not shipped yet. No email invoice or anything. So much for their one business day claim on their website.
The best part is that I'm 5,000 miles away on the other side of the world and can't do E36 M3 
She is pretty capable of taking care of herself but I hate that helpless feeling.
I got bit in the face by a spider... I'm on steroid shots and antibiotics. I can't stop eating or going to the bathroom. I had to get a hepatitis and a tetanus shot yesterday (for work) also and my arms are sore. I'm now sensitive to the sun and sunburned on my face and arms. I can't wear sunblock on my cheek because of the salve.
And I'm going racing this weekend in another state and I'm going to be wearing a helmet. I can't wait but I needed to whine a bit.... I'm healing now but still on meds and whatnot.
In reply to FranktheTank:
We did rabies last year. From what you post, that was like having an ice cream. (6 shots at first, and then follow ups for a month)
good luck- be a dork, use an umbrella. I can't fathom a burn on a bite like that.
Australians. Enough said. 
I saw someone have a little mini rant about the look of chrome wheels in the hotlink thread. Well, I have a rant about the reliability/construction of chrome wheels. I am so sick of seeing cars(usually Mercedes Benz or Land Rovers) coming into our shop with aftermarket chrome wheels and complaining that they are leaking.
Yes shiny happy person, we will bead seal them for you but you will be back when that corrosion spreads even more. Whining and crying about how you are tired of spending money on temporarily "fixing the leak" does nothing but make you look like an shiny happy person that doesn't have their priorities straight. It cost money to have your ugly chrome wheels on that S class. If you are having money issues, can I suggest you get a Toyota Camry?
dont understand what was up with traffic today. Massive wreck on 485 had it completely stopped both directions ALL DAY.
coming back from a test drive I got stuck in traffic caused by a semi and a minivan. both turning left to get on the highway, semi in the outside lane. I guess the van tride to just go ahead and go by the truck, NOPE. middle of the trailer ate the front of the van for lunch, popped tires, broken windshield, hood is gone, etc.
best part? the truck is directly across South Blvd, blocking both lanes.
People were moving in slow motion today. I forgot how much I hate summer at the shore when the tourists are swarming
Anti-stance wrote: I saw someone have a little mini rant about the look of chrome wheels in the hotlink thread. Well, I have a rant about the reliability/construction of chrome wheels. I am so sick of seeing cars(usually Mercedes Benz or Land Rovers) coming into our shop with aftermarket chrome wheels and complaining that they are leaking. Yes shiny happy person, we will bead seal them for you but you will be back when that corrosion spreads even more. Whining and crying about how you are tired of spending money on temporarily "fixing the leak" does nothing but make you look like an shiny happy person that doesn't have their priorities straight. It cost money to have your ugly chrome wheels on that S class. If you are having money issues, can I suggest you get a Toyota Camry?
tell them to go back to the place they are renting them from!
mad_machine wrote: tell them to go back to the place they are renting them from!
that, right there, is comedy gold=]
I cant tell you how many maximas we sell that get repo'd or turned back in because the owner cant afford the car, that have gigantic chromeys on them that they rented from the wheel store.
ridiculous..
Ranger50 wrote: Australians. Enough said.
Good thing I got refunded the $50AUD in shipping from the free shipping weekend to get my goods from the 'roo bush country.... Shipping was way more then what I purchased....
mad_machine wrote: People were moving in slow motion today. I forgot how much I hate summer at the shore when the tourists are swarming
Amen brother! I spent yesterday in Myrtle Beach. The hokey tourist trap of coastal SC. I HATE that place in the summers. Winters too. 100000 thousand people that don't have a clue where they are or where they are headed and 1000 Put Put courses.
Toyman01 wrote:mad_machine wrote: People were moving in slow motion today. I forgot how much I hate summer at the shore when the tourists are swarmingAmen brother! I spent yesterday in Myrtle Beach. The hokey tourist trap of coastal SC. I HATE that place in the summers. Winters too. 100000 thousand people that don't have a clue where they are or where they are headed and 1000 Put Put courses.
murrells inlet is a hell of a lot better than myrtle, and its only like 10 miles past. same with the other little coast towns outside Myrtle, it's just myrtle that sucks=/
ROTD time!
Now, I understand that as motorists we have a responsibility to share the road with cyclists.
Kids riding in the street, no problem. Someone down on their luck and riding a bike to work, I'll give you a wide berth.
Yet why is it that every asshat in a fancy little bike suit, suddenly thinks they have the right to ride anywhere, and more annoyingly, ANYWAY they want?
The kicker is, these guys are typically from the MONEY sections of the greater DC area, and drive expensive European cars out here to the sticks, with thousands of dollars in biking equipment to have their own Tour de :gay slur: out here in our neck of the woods.
So today, as it's pouring down rain, and I'm headed to work, I turn a corner and am quite surprised to see a whole band of these douchecanoes at the apex of the corner. I'm even more surprised that, even though I'm required to have my headlights on during rain, not ONE of these guys has enough sense to strap a little strobe LED to the back of their bike.
I proceed to pass them as quickly and safely as possible, and yet, I still get a lot of angry gesturing as I pass these guys, and one of the idiots attempts to kick at my car as I go by.
I'm sure you're uploading a video to YouTube right now for all your little Critical Mass idiot friends to chafe themselves to. Meanwhile, I'm searching out wraparound pushbars for my Vic, so next time I can just shove your idiot asses into the ditch.
What really grinds my gears? These guys pass literally, dozens if not hundreds of bike trails, on their way out here from the city. And the most common excuse as to why they don't bike there is? Because folks walk on these trails as well.
Gee, you don't like altering your line on your uber-expensive ego machine to pass someone walking their dog? It's annoying that someone is going so much slower than you on a path that's not exactly meant for what they're doing?
I bet the bikers still don't get the irony. 
Racer1ab wrote: What really grinds my gears?
I am about sick of people with road bikes as well. We may share the road but they do not obey the laws.
Anti-stance wrote:Racer1ab wrote: What really grinds my gears?I am about sick of people with road bikes as well. We may share the road but they do not obey the laws.
I commute to work every so often on a road bike- usually while wearing biking gear... and I absolutely hate most other bikers I come across riding similar (looking- mine is an 80's-era racing bike I picked up for $30 at a garage sale and rebuilt...) bikes and dressed similarly to me (though I don't see many others wearing ST:TOS red shirt biking shirts...) for the exact same reasons: they rarely pay ANY attention to traffic laws.
I go out of my way to follow traffic laws when I'm on the road with cars, so it really pisses me off when other bikers don't do the same. I'm not going to stop my own riding, and doing my own best to not piss off the huge metal inertia-pots I'm sharing a road with- but I can certainly understand the distain many have for bicyclists in general...
I'm an idiot.
I'm probably going to sleep under my desk again today in response to last nights activites. I feel like I ate a komodo dragon whole and it wants back out.
Ashyukun wrote:Anti-stance wrote:I commute to work every so often on a road bike- usually while wearing biking gear... and I absolutely hate most other bikers I come across riding similar (looking- mine is an 80's-era racing bike I picked up for $30 at a garage sale and rebuilt...) bikes and dressed similarly to me (though I don't see many others wearing ST:TOS red shirt biking shirts...) for the exact same reasons: they rarely pay ANY attention to traffic laws. I go out of my way to follow traffic laws when I'm on the road with cars, so it really pisses me off when other bikers don't do the same. I'm not going to stop my own riding, and doing my own best to not piss off the huge metal inertia-pots I'm sharing a road with- but I can certainly understand the distain many have for bicyclists in general...Racer1ab wrote: What really grinds my gears?I am about sick of people with road bikes as well. We may share the road but they do not obey the laws.
Ah, the cyclist rant. One of my favorites.
The route that I took to get to my job from middle school through the end of college had a long road that was popular with the bikers. I cannot for the life of me understand why some of them seemed to insist on riding 3 or 4 abreast on a relatively narrow (1 lane in each direction) road without any shoulder. Go single file, please.
And to continue on level headed about cyclist, I don't really mind having to share the road but for berk sake don't do it on a known commuter road during rush hour.
Anti-stance wrote: And to continue on level headed about cyclist, I don't really mind having to share the road but for berk sake don't do it on a known commuter road during rush hour.
Honestly, I'm fine even with that as long as they do it sensibly. Stay on the edge of the road, and don't ride side by side.
went looking at coolant today.. but didn't buy any. I just refuse to spend the same amount of money for "premixed" as I do for undiluted. Really! Why would I spend the same amount of money for half the coolant?
In reply to mad_machine:
it is ridiculously hard to source undiluted coolant from a store. I had to search forever to find some at walmart. At work we have two types of coolant: green undiluted and blue "long life" premix bs. the blue stuff costs the customer $25 a bottle. green stuff is outrageous enough at close to $10 per, but $25?!?
if you come in for your 30k service, which includes a coolant flush, and plan on doing a 60k, a 90k, etc, you don't berkeleying need $25 long life coolant!
I just put the green stuff in everything. customer saves a bit of money off the quoted price, instead of getting surprised by coolant apparently made out of unobtanium.
I hate waiting on people to write back, especially when it's during money negotiations at a new workplace. makes me antsy. Going to have to start a minor thankfulness thread after I hear back from them though, this is the job I've been trying to get since I was in school 3 years ago=]
Just had a very interesting conversation with a 20something girl. She and her boyfriend were parked at the corner I live on in their Cobalt. I started smelling gas and when I looked out, I could see a puddle developing under their car.
I went out to tell them. She is on her knees rummaging through the full backseat and he is engrossed in texting. I point out the gas that is now seeping out from under their car and she was like "ok thanks!" and went back to rummaging. He never looked up from his phone.
My place is completely permiated with the smell of gas, it all but pouring out from between the seats.. and all I got was "ok thanks!"
Once they left a bucket of hot soapy water took care of the gas and smell, but I was just flabbergasted that with the price of fuel and the potential for fire.. they really didn't care.
I just realized that I have NEVER seen a craigslist ad for a volvo that says what trans it has. I really need to know if it is a manual. it is a make or break piece of information.
They usually don't take a picture of the interior at such an angle that you can tell, either. Or of the engine bay so you can see if it's got a separate clutch master.
WTH.
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