Gonna be a busy week. Again. With no support. Or relief. By calander, and to do list, were looking at 60+ hours again.
I REALLY don't want to clock in this week. Wonder if i can call in temporarily dead?
Gonna be a busy week. Again. With no support. Or relief. By calander, and to do list, were looking at 60+ hours again.
I REALLY don't want to clock in this week. Wonder if i can call in temporarily dead?
Spent Saturday getting everything put back together on the Rampage and cleaning things up so it was in shape to be able to take to the last local autocross of the season so I'd have the chance to test things out before the Challenge. Finally get it off the jackstands, hook up the battery, flip the switches, and hit the ignition- and am greeted by a large plume of smoke from under the dash. Apparently when I replaced the coolant gauge in the dash something got shorted and resulted in melting all the insulation off the switch I put in bypass the problematic ignition switch. So, can't take the Rampage to the AX because I had to track down (or ultimately, bypass and ignore) the problem to get it to at least run.
Not that it would have mattered, since it poured all yesterday and even if the AX happened it wouldn't have been useful to be there.
Also- the reason I couldn't just spend the rest of the evening Saturday working on it was that the Dancer and I were itching to finally get out and see what progress had been made on our cabin in the 2 weeks since they were able to start work again after getting the engineer's recommendations back. Get out there and... there's hardly been any progress. Like- I think I could have gotten what had happened done on my own in a couple of days, much less a crew of trained builders. Also, I'm 90% certain that despite the builder having said that they'd finished the modifications the engineer recommended that they haven't- and I need to figure out whether a) they're just intentionally holding off on the rest because it will impede access they need under the structure or b) the builder just doesn't understand the drawings.
Edit:
BERKING hell, does ANYONE involved in the process of building this cabin besides us REMOTELY give a berkley? The builder is largely nonchalant about the fact that it was supposed to be berkeleyING DONE by the end of August and yet it doesn't even look halfway done and it'almost October, just blaming it on it having rained so much. Yeah, well if you did your berkeleying JOB at less than a glacial pace there'd be a berking ROOF ON THE THING and it would be a lot easier! The bank has been an absolute E36 M3show to deal with too- not only did the whole structural inspection thing delay things by like 3 weeks (I still think it was largely unnecessary, but do like the added assurance of that modifications), but trying to make payments on the loan- something you'd THINK they'd make as easy as possible so THEY'D GET BERKING PAID, but no. The statements we get don't come with any way to simply mail them back with a check or anything of the likes- we've tried the last 3 months to do it via electronic transfer but every time it's gotten berked up somehow.
And of course it's supposed to rain at least 2 days of each of the next few weeks, which means jack all will likely get done on the cabin.
Can I just have my toenails removed? So sick of dealing with this ingrown nail. Always the same toe too.
It's not like they do anything.
RevRico said:Can I just have my toenails removed? So sick of dealing with this ingrown nail. Always the same toe too.
It's not like they do anything.
Yes. A friend had both big toenails removed after a decade of suffering.
Spandex Boys. You know the type of cyclists, shout "SHARE THE ROAD," while blowing stop signs and rolling 3 wide.
Saw 3 of them rolling down Algonquin road. A four lane road with blind corners where we were headed. Not very safe for cyclist to ride on, imo. I knew this would be interesting.
I'm on the Murdercycle heading into the S curves. The pack I was leading got closer to the Spandex Boys, smartly riding single file. And then about 50ft before I overtook them, the middle asshat pops out into the center lane, for what I assume is to hold up traffic. I'm able to slide by, regardless. I don't think they expected a motorcycle.
I gave them the raised WFT? hand as I passed them. All it took was one redneck with an agenda or a distracted texter to put their plan to the test.
Stop making the rest of cyclists look bad you self absorbed shiny happy people.
The State of NJ just spent 2 years rebuilding the overpasses around here. They were grossly undersized for the amount of traffic flowing under them, so they had to widen them. Everything looks and acts wonderful! Traffic is quick, the roads are smooth... and now the township is tearing up the roads under the underpass to lay new lines.. The state finished paving just before summer and now it's going to a simulated lunar surface again!
RevRico said:Can I just have my toenails removed? So sick of dealing with this ingrown nail. Always the same toe too.
It's not like they do anything.
Always trim straight across, never curved to match the quick. Before I learned this trick I used to shove bits of cotton ball down beside the nail to prevent the skin from overlapping the offending nail edge until it grew out. Also, since tools are always cool, you may find these will help to round off the corner in those hard to reach areas at the edge of the nailbed.
Rained for my kids entire flag football game tonight, the twins had a blast but all I got was wet and cold.
The first night of night shift is always a bit tough, but it is tougher when I am working on 2 hours of sleep last night, after staying up late cleaning up after the hurricane after being away from the house for 11 days, got up before 4am, spent the day traveling....blah blah blah. Too tired to really type a coherent rant.
In none of my formal education did they ever teach me that, in certain professional situations, it is perfectly acceptable to address a gentleman by the phrase, "Hey, berkeleyface!"
Dusterbd13 said:900 out of pocket for the lung scans. Why do i pay for insurance?
When they say "High Deductible", they mean "High Deductible"!
As in, whoever thought of this must have been high as a berkeleying kite.
In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
Agreed. The really nice part about it? The high-deductible killed my plans to come to the challenge this year
volvoclearinghouse said:In none of my formal education did they ever teach me that, in certain professional situations, it is perfectly acceptable to address a gentleman by the phrase, "Hey, berkeleyface!"
That's when you stare deeply into their eyes and say absolutely nothing until they leave.
In reply to Dusterbd13 :
To be fair, when we did the math, the savings per month of the HD plan vs. the standard plan, saved pre-tax into an HSA, plus my employer's contribution, does help soften the blow considerably. But man, between 2 kids' birth costs the past 4 years, plus two ambulance trips and associated hospital bills this year, our HSA is dry and I had to dip into savings.
Sorry to hear about the Challenge scuttling. That sucks. I'm happy we're able to do one LeMons race this year. Barely.
Streetwiseguy said:volvoclearinghouse said:In none of my formal education did they ever teach me that, in certain professional situations, it is perfectly acceptable to address a gentleman by the phrase, "Hey, berkeleyface!"
That's when you stare deeply into their eyes and say absolutely nothing until they leave.
Perhaps you misunderstood. I addressed them as "Hey, berkeleyface". I can't type what they called me in return.
Houston. The big pickup truck guys get their jollies driving 5 feet off the bumper of my Miata. At 75 mph. Overcompensating for a deficiency elsewhere I guess.
They never do this when I am in my pickup truck driving more slowly.
When they do this to me in my Miata I lure them into a trap and dart over timing it so they are cut off.
Dusterbd13 said:900 out of pocket for the lung scans. Why do i pay for insurance?
When they passed ACA didn't you do what Pelosi said and read it to find out what was in it?
jharry3 said:Houston. The big pickup truck guys get their jollies driving 5 feet off the bumper of my Miata. At 75 mph. Overcompensating for a deficiency elsewhere I guess.
They never do this when I am in my pickup truck driving more slowly.
When they do this to me in my Miata I lure them into a trap and dart over timing it so they are cut off.
…and he made it all the way out to California to harass me in my ’83 RX-7 this morning. If it was modified, there’d be some level of “live by the sword – die by the sword” justification but it’s bone stock…dude, why don’t you just enjoy seeing a super clean 35 year-old sports car in the wild rather than reducing everything to a potential conquest – tool.
I hate buying used cars. Not the kind that fall into my lap from fellow GRMers, but specific vehicles that I need for family transport. I wish sometimes I was just oblivious and could choose a vehicle based on it being pretty or looking cool. But no, I have to research the common transmission problems, brake size, towing capacity, and potential for aftermarket upgrades if it doesn't have certain factory options. I've narrowed it down to one vehicle, with one trim level, in a three year window that will suit our needs for our budget range. They aren't rare, but finding one with decent mileage is tough.
Being a car guy is a blessing and a curse.
Nerd rant:
"Bandwidth" should not be used to mean "time". In analog signals, bandwidth is measured in frequency. That's one divided by time, people. I can understand using bandwidth to mean data amount divided by time, since a cable that carries a lot of bandwidth can carry a lot of data. But it's always something divided by time. So the more bandwidth you have - the less time. So stop asking me if I've got enough bandwidth unless I'm trying to wire up a bandpass filter or a network cable, please.
Just got a text from the Dancer that one of the Mariner's tires is hissing and going visibly flat. This is like the third (fourth?) time in the year and a half or so since we got the new tires on it that this has happened. Guess I'm not getting as much done on the Rampage this afternoon as hoped- and I'll be paying for another road hazard warranty on yet another tire (better than paying for a whole new tire though!0
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