Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

Freakin' TEETH. Last Monday night I was eating a boneless fish filet, heard a noise between a squeak and a pop then discovered that a pre molar on the top left had split perfectly up the middle. Not repairable. Grrr. Got it pulled.

Sunday night felt something painful in my right upper rear teeth, it went away pretty quick. This AM I get up with a mild toothache, I'm scheduled for some more dental stuff tomorrow AM so I dumped some Anbesol on it and went to work.

By 1 PM it's friggin' excruciating. I drove over to the dentist's office unannounced, they were very accommodating and got me in for some quick X rays. There's a big ol' cavity under the edge of an old filling. This has caused another big cavity in the adjoining tooth which has a crown on it from ten or so years ago. Tooth #1 is infected, that's why it hurts. Can't be fixed. Sonofabitch.

So in the last week 3 teeth have gone bye bye. AAAAAUUUUGGGGH.

Curmudgeon wrote: Freakin' TEETH. Last Monday night I was eating a boneless fish filet, heard a noise between a squeak and a pop then discovered that a pre molar on the top left had split perfectly up the middle. Not repairable. Grrr. Got it pulled. Sunday night felt something painful in my right upper rear teeth, it went away pretty quick. This AM I get up with a mild toothache, I'm scheduled for some more dental stuff tomorrow AM so I dumped some Anbesol on it and went to work. By 1 PM it's friggin' excruciating. I drove over to the dentist's office unannounced, they were very accommodating and got me in for some quick X rays. There's a big ol' cavity under the edge of an old filling. This has caused another big cavity in the adjoining tooth which has a crown on it from ten or so years ago. Tooth #1 is infected, that's why it hurts. Can't be fixed. Sonofabitch. So in the last week 3 teeth have gone bye bye. AAAAAUUUUGGGGH.

I am amazed at that. My dentist always wants to spend ALL my money to save a tooth that would be far better gone...and that was my kids baby teeth, that were scheduled to fall out within a year.

I come back from Europe only to find the only decent rock station in my area has been replaced by country pop nonsense. Plus the junkyard radio installed or the wiring behind the radio has some issue and it loses sound of shuts off occasionally going over bumps. At least I have the radio code memorized. My sisters ex boyfriend threw a big ol' soda at the radio in one of his little tantrums.

In reply to Curmudgeon:

My dad's been dealing with a similar issue(cracked molar that was pulled). Guy's gotta be jacked up on meds everyday because it got dry socket or something. Dentist 100% to blame, can't/won't do E36 M3 about it but medicate him. He can't feel like half of his jaw or something because of the meds.

It's pretty damn funny when he eats certain foods though.

In reply to beans:

I feel for your dad, I didn't have a dry socket but lemme tell you that infected tooth was one hurtin' sonofabitch. I broke a leg several years ago, it was 2 days before I could get to the orthopedic surgeon and I can promise you it did not hurt anywhere near as bad as this fang.

So... I destroyed my freshly rebuilt transmission Sunday. I'm trying to sell some Yukon gears I had on the shelf and my work truck 84 Silverado. I'm asking pennies on the gears and 600 less than what the truck is worth. It's rust free runs great and I want 1k. I listed it at 1200.

I posted it on craigslist. Put 7 glossy photos of every angle. And every detail I know about the trans engine mileage... Everything.

I have talked to the twelve dumbest human beings on earth in the last 24 hours. I'm going to just scrap it and pay cash for the rest of the transmission.

In reply to FranktheTank:

I've found sometimes that best way to sell a car on craigslist is make a 1-line listing like, "Chevy truck -runs good" with one pic and see what happens.

In reply to FranktheTank:

Not that I have the loot to buy, but did you post the truck on here?

To add to the tooth woes,

I think I have a wisdom tooth coming in.

In reply to FranktheTank:

Unless I really need the money, I just tell the CL morons to eat a bag of dicks. Like they do down at Hennessy Honda of Woodstock

In reply to Javelin:

I hate that. HATE it. But for some reason, those cars seem to sell the fastest. My nice fancy ads like what Frank describes seem to turn everyone away.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: In reply to FranktheTank: Unless I really need the money, I just tell the CL morons to eat a bag of dicks. Like they do down at Hennessy Honda of Woodstock

Hennessy Honda of Woodstock sucks bags of dicks? Good to know.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Kenny_McCormic wrote: In reply to FranktheTank: Unless I really need the money, I just tell the CL morons to eat a bag of dicks. Like they do down at Hennessy Honda of Woodstock

Hennessy Honda of Woodstock sucks bags of dicks? Good to know.

Have you seen their review?

http://www.yelp.com/biz/hennessy-honda-of-woodstock-woodstock?sort_by=date_desc

I used to live about a mile from there.

I allegedly have a guy coming to see it tonight and one in the morning. I don't even care anymore. I left the keys in it and gave them my adress. I have ins. Maybe they will steal it.

I'm busy tonight and will be gone. My brother is going to my house with the title. I told him the first person to slide a grand into the mail slot, he can slide them the spare keys and signed title. Believe it or not... I've sold two vehicles like that. I don't think he ever speaks to the people.

I didn't post it on here. Very few members within a hundred miles of me. Not many Chevy Truck fans either.

berkeley you Murphy and your damn law towards auto repairs. You damn knobgobbler just have to strike on a holiday......

FranktheTank wrote: I didn't post it on here. Very few members within a hundred miles of me. Not many Chevy Truck fans either.

You never know... Some people will travel a long way for "cheap" vehicles.

I wish my phone would stop receiving these stupid flash flood warnings via text. It comes in with a ridiculously loud beeping noise.
Yes, I am aware it is raining really berkeleying hard. No, I do not need to be awakened at 1AM to be notified of such an occurrence.

And also: why does Periphery have to have so many AMAZING songs that get ruined by some really lame (imo, at least) singing?

Okay, so I put myself in a bad situation about a year ago and lost a pretty lucrative contract with a defense contracting company. So I had to sell some stuff and survive the last year. First things to go were all of my toys(guns, trackcar, and motorcycle). I reference these things to people I now work with from time to time when people bring up things about... guns, racecars, or motorcycles.

Well, one of the guys at work tried to call me a liar because I don't have any of these things anymore and just drive my beater DD Camry. I really don't like being called a liar. I really don't like it at all. I pride myself on integrity and truth. Getting called out really berkeleying pissed me off today. My entire race setup(car, tow vehicle, tow dolly, tools) and motorcycle that I had cost less than his loan on his truck.

He was even questioning my previous employment, before the contract. I worked about 65 hours a week for a couple of years working a 9-5 office job M-F and barbacked at a bar Fridays and Saturdays from 6pm to 4:30ish am. I had brought up this work schedule because another co-worker and him were talking about getting second jobs.

I think the guy is a little upset about his life situation and hates hearing about this stuff. He was kicked out of the Air Force (I was Honorably Discharged from the USMC), impregnated some chick that he is now divorced from, and is buried in debt. His stories all revolve around being a patron at a bar, not working at one like I did.

I know, I know, it doesn't really matter what others think and all, but I don't like being called a liar.

I would have guessed you'd have tons of pics and videos of you and your toys

In reply to wbjones:

Oh, I do. But that could be anyone's pics because im not in them or wearing a helmet. At least that is his explanation.

Also, if I was making all this E36 M3 up, why would I be saying I had cheap E36 M3, like a SV650, a beater F350, and a cheap trackcar. Most story tellers would probably go with a Harley or BMW motorcycle, a brand new dually, and a GT3 cup car. Lol

Last month our renter moved out of my wife's condo in Tampa (she owned before we got married) and basically trashed the place. We ripped carpet out last weekend, are having it painted this week and are all set to install laminate flooring (this should be fun) next weekend on over 1300 sq ft of two floors PLUS new stair treads and risers. We were on our way there to get a bunch of projects nailed out today then this happened...

Crap. AND it took out the fender. THAT isn't going to be cheap. Went ahead and replaced all 4 rear tires as they all looked pretty bad and were dated from '08. Tire shop guys stayed late to get them on (thank you) but when I got home, just to be safe, I checked the date on the front tires...'05. berkeley! I did NOT need to be buying 6 tires this month...

This had to happen during the two months my wife doesn't get paid (professor) and we are having to drop some serious coin on the condo refit. We'll get through this but I just needed to vent.

1200 is what it cost us on our 05 dually.

I rejetted the 850 carb on my truck yesterday then immediately realized that having half a transmission I have no baseline and it was pointless to even bother. Trans will be on way next pay day. Also my oil pressure gauge adapter is leaking on it and I used thread tape... So ill probably get some GasOila from work, that stuff will seal anything.

Wrestling with the guests' kids yesterday. Six kids total, running flat out into my puffed out chest and bouncing off, getting picked up, tossed around, tickled. It was great fun, it really was. It's time to go, and I decide I'm a badass, I kick my legs, fly up from my back to my feet.

AND

BAM

I fall back. My right knee. I'm an idiot. And limping.