In reply to RevRico :
Yea, I suppose if you're running a cemetery I could see how you might take issue with random folks running around digging holes.
Anyway, sorry to make light of a touchy situation, hope you weren't offended. Is there another spot that maybe had some significance to you and your dad where you could memorialize him instead? Maybe a favorite fishing hole or something?
In reply to Furious_E :
No offense taken, I'd have said the same thing.
With a big bump from the NRA, the sportsmen club we belonged to put a bench by the lake for him in his favorite spot, which was nice of both groups after 40 years of membership. So there is that.
As much as I like to think it's just about the money I never got, what really kills me is that the person I called a grandfather sat their with a straight face at my dad's death bed and promised him and me the money, knowing full well he'd written me out of everything 4 years before. It's not like we were ever a family of saints, but that level of deceit and bullE36 M3 really has done a number on me. Especially since I had to find out through the estate tax return, not even from family.
Life goes on, the surviving family members who pretend I don't exist will all wake up with leprosy and genital cancer some day, and while I'll probably still be living in my falling apart house, I'll laugh every week when I give them the same 5 minute courtesy call they gave my dad for years and I haven't gotten since the funeral.
Well, at least you're not bitter.
You'll always have that
In reply to Suprf1y :
Reply deleted, I'm better than that.
Although I do openly admit to being bitter and angry over this whole mess at the bottom of the previous page, and any time anyone asks. Rightfully so, as far as I'm concerned, because I haven't met a person yet who wouldn't be if they are in my shoes.
Everyone feels the need to make a joke because a somewhat husky gentleman decides to wear a stylish purple shirt to work. None terribly original mostly some variation of Barney or the girl from Willy Wonka who's name no one seems to remember.
In reply to Wally :
Violet Beauregard. She was a winner so don’t be ashamed.
TIL that it is much more of a pain in the ass to pull the trans from a V6 CTS than it is from a CTS-V that still has a dual mass flywheel.
TIL that the service manual lies, you CAN remove the transfer case from a CTS-4 with the trans in chassis.
I learned that when I was almost ready to drop the trans out. Which involved removing the intake manifold, the firewall/HVAC plenum, and the thermostat housing, which is on the back of the engine on a 3.6.
And then, TIL that CTS-4s can strip the transfer case/trans output splines in ways that would make an early AWD Volvo blush.
Da Boss's car is a CTS-4. I am trying to talk him into having us drop the transfer case to lube the splines. I can probably R&R the transfer case in 2-3 hours now. The trans R&R is 15 hours.
Also: TIL that the driveshaft power takeoff in a Buick Encore cute-ute holds .36 quarts of fluid. That is the smallest fluid capacity of any angle drive/power takeoff thingy I have ever seen.
The one in my customer's car this afternoon was 8 ounces low. That's .25 quarts.
The funny: AFTER filling it, and AFTER getting it surgically clean so that we could monitor it for leakage, we get the word that the customer will be taking it back to the dealership for repair under warranty. Being old and gnarled and knurled and "experientally realistic" (aka pessimistic), I expect the dealership parts hanger to look at it and say, well it's full and it is dry as a bone, no problem here!
(disclaimer: i used to work at a dealership. i know that some dealership techs are good. however 95% of them are money grubbing parts hangers who couldn't think their way out of a paper bag)
In reply to RevRico :
I don't pretend to know your circumstances, but I also had grandparents that could have treated me and my mother better. (My dad's folks)
Mom and I always said that they only had one grandchild, and I have an older sister from my dad's first marriage. I wasn't the chosen one.
Just remember that you're still here and they're not. Best advice I could give is to not let the past determine your future. 
Today i learned that an 8 is plenty in a regular cab truck. Damn thing HITS.
TIL that if someone steals your chainsaw and the police find it at a pawn shop you may either have to buy it back from the pawn shop for what they gave the thief or take them to court and prove it was yours to get a judge to order them to give it back.
In reply to oldopelguy :
I went through that when I found my trains in a pawn shop. As much as it pained my to buy them again the wife really wanted them back and he was only charging 1/4 of what I paid the first time.
oldopelguy said:TIL that if someone steals your chainsaw and the police find it at a pawn shop you may either have to buy it back from the pawn shop for what they gave the thief or take them to court and prove it was yours to get a judge to order them to give it back.
That really sucks.
The alternative is shopping for new stuff by going to a pawn shop and saying "hey, that was MINE! Yeah, that's the ticket! Gimme it back."
Knurled. said:oldopelguy said:TIL that if someone steals your chainsaw and the police find it at a pawn shop you may either have to buy it back from the pawn shop for what they gave the thief or take them to court and prove it was yours to get a judge to order them to give it back.
That really sucks.
The alternative is shopping for new stuff by going to a pawn shop and saying "hey, that was MINE! Yeah, that's the ticket! Gimme it back."
The better alternative, (which I have not done) is to engrave your drivers license number on everything you own so you can prove to the cops it is yours. The pawn shop has absolutely no hold on stolen items, if you can prove they were stolen.
As I said, I haven't done it myself, because proactive is hard, m-kay?
I have the original purchase receipt with the saw serial number on it, it's registered with Stihl as belonging to me, and I have the police report with the serial number and the name of the guy who stole it. I figure I will take all that to the pawn shop and ask them if they want to lose the $250 they gave the thief or if they want to lose whatever it costs my $200/hr lawyer friend to win for me in court. I expect to take my saw home.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
An old maintenance guy I used to work with had his SSN engraved on every single tool he owned, even sockets. I guess when he got started, that was how people labeled their stuff. Doesn't seem like a great idea these days though.
Tighten your fuel lines before turning on the ignition. The spray is impressive!
oldopelguy said:I have the original purchase receipt with the saw serial number on it, it's registered with Stihl as belonging to me, and I have the police report with the serial number and the name of the guy who stole it. I figure I will take all that to the pawn shop and ask them if they want to lose the $250 they gave the thief or if they want to lose whatever it costs my $200/hr lawyer friend to win for me in court. I expect to take my saw home.
That's just dumbE36 M3. There is a reason people have to provide ID when they pawn stuff. My guess there is so much stolen stuff being pawned, they (cops) are tired of dealing with it.
TIL that apparently our scratch and dent diabetic dog woke up yesterday at the boarder blind. So now in addition to peeing about 2 gal a day he can no longer even tell if he's inside or outside. The vet was expecting this, but we were not.
"Scratch and dent dog" - I really like that term. I'm sorry that he's having such issues. Best of luck.
In reply to Wally :
I would have called you Grape Ape. He was a badass. Rode on top of a van and no one dared to give him crap about it.
In reply to RevRico :
I know a thing or two about bitterness.
Screw that. Park your ass on Gramps' grave so his ghost can kiss it while you wish dad a happy birthday.
Spark plugs in a 318 in 1996 full size Dodge are hilariously easy with the silly magnetic spark plug socket and swivel. The distributor being under the cowl however causes much more of an ordeal. My arms look like I got attacked by a swarm of house cats now.
In reply to Daylan C :
That is just the cosmos telling you to install a Mopar Big Block B/RB with the distributor in the front of the block.
In reply to RossD :
I was thinking more LS with no distributor at all. I do need something with a 512 in my life though.
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