mtn said:In reply to DarkMonohue :
Sorry, had to take family rabbit to vet. We think it ate a dreidl.
Sorry, dog caught a squirrel and brought it in the house. Now the squirrel is up the Christmas tree and we have chaos.
Bad news, Basil Stag Rabbit didn't make it. As you can imagine, we're all terribly upset. He was a Mensch.
Sorry, can't talk - Shivas
Sorry, we're trying to potty train the squirrel.
This would make a good storyline for a Hallmark movie.
So I told a few people at work that, hey, I'm not suicidal...but if I was, I'd wait until 2 or 3 days before a major holiday to do the deed at work. That way you get an extra long weekend while the cops do their investigation.
The reactions were exactly what I expected.
In reply to Appleseed :
I bet they didn't even consider how much you were thinking of them.
Im not enjoying working on cars anymore. Haven't for a while. Just doing it because I have to, and don't know what else to do.
I have the financial wherewithal to get a maverick and fix my E36 M3box roulette problems, but can't bring myself to spend the money as my family might need it more.
So i keep fighting after work and on the weekends to fix garbage to save a few bucks.
Did some rallycrossing today with friends. And I was doing pretty well until I developed an appetite for cones toward the end of the day.
Apparently I'm not as conservative when I'm driving someone else's 24 year old Corolla beater.
Oops
Yesterday I was buying new munchie candy. I miscalculated calories and decided that snack size KitKats would work. After getting home I discovered the error and decided that I could have four of them and be fine. I ate the entire bag.
In reply to Stampie :
That is why I don't keep it in the house. 1bag=1go
I am doing everything I can to push things off at work far enough in the future that I hopefully will have a different job before they come due. I'm generating a giant E36 M3-ball that is going to be a real pain in the butt for someone and I hope it isn't me.
In reply to wae :
This is the way.
I'm doing the same. I've become so apathetic to everything that it's actually terrifying me a little.
I am tired and can no longer perform due to this level of burnout, and rather than having any support from family/friends, they add to my burdens.
It's a chore to even get in the garage and work on the cars, something I normally enjoy and treat as my escape.
BlueInGreen - Jon said:Did some rallycrossing today with friends. And I was doing pretty well until I developed an appetite for cones toward the end of the day.
Apparently I'm not as conservative when I'm driving someone else's 24 year old Corolla beater.
Oops
The weather made for some good pictures though.
NickD said:I live by myself, I'm single, and I'm forced to host family Christmas at my house. I'm really tempted to order an exhaust for my MR2 Spyder, wrap it and put a "From: Santa" tag on it, and put it under the tree and then open it in front of my family and go "I don't know where it came from, must've been Santa."
Do it. We hosted a Christmas dinner for years, and I always had something ridiculous for myself to open when the kids were doing gifts.
Mndsm said:In reply to Stampie :
That is why I don't keep it in the house. 1bag=1go
Yeah, if it wasn't a single serving it wouldn't be in a single package.
Dusterbd13 said:Im not enjoying working on cars anymore. Haven't for a while. Just doing it because I have to, and don't know what else to do.
I have the financial wherewithal to get a maverick and fix my E36 M3box roulette problems, but can't bring myself to spend the money as my family might need it more.
So i keep fighting after work and on the weekends to fix garbage to save a few bucks.
I feel similar. I still like working on things I don't need to drive. I enjoy working on my friends race car, the kids go karts and other things I don't need to drive. I loathe having to do anything to my truck that I have to drive to work everyday. I go look at options all the time and I can't seem to get off my wallet enough to pick an option that I don't have to work on.
I'm ready to sell my soul for a DoD engineering job if it means I can move somewhere between Mobile and Pensacola.
For the last two months or so I've been working around the furnace's short cycling behavior by going to the basement and switching the power off and on again. This was after I tried two different flame sensors and decided that was not the problem.
AANNNNNDDD then one day I checked the filter. Yep. Pretty nasty. Now the furnace works no problem.
SMH
I hate yard work. It comes from a... questionable childhood and being used for slave labor. (It's a long story).
I went outside today on my own and burned up FOUR sawzall batteries hacking back whatever these stupid Florida bushes that everyone hacks the E36 M3 out of every year and I've been neglecting since I've moved into this house because I hate yard work and think lawns are stupid.
I'm not even mad. I'll probably burn the jeep sized pile of brush later.
I have friend/neighbor that I've known for more than forty years. We grew up together, went to school together and even worked together for about a year. Sometimes, I fix his Jeeps.
He texted me on Christmas Eve and asked if we would be around, because he had something that he wanted to give us. We were already done with all the family stuff, so I said sure, come on over.
He brought a beautifully wrapped tray of Christmas cookies that his wife and daughter had made.
I thanked him, and then we talked for a while about how great it is that two guys who met in fifth grade still talk and hang out together every once in a while. We both agreed that we are very fortunate. From there, we started with a handshake, but it quickly turned into a full-on Bro Hug.
Then he stood there for a moment, smiled a huge smile and said, "I'm completely baked out of my gourd right now."
I'm looking for a local dealer with a Nissan Micra so I can test drive one. For no good reason
I saved a bunch of PTO days and I am off from Saturday, 12/21/25 thru Wednesday, 1/1/25. Super pumped to have twelve days off - might get a lot of 240Z progress with those free days.
Family is getting me nutty so I stress eat and gain weight. Looking forward to going back to work? LOL
I have a pointless and irrational hatred for the ugly orange and black PAID stickers the grocery store checker puts on larger items.
In reply to Duke :
Mine is the term "bioethanol"
As opposed to ethanol that is extracted from ore, I guess?
Wally (Forum Supporter) said:NickD said:I live by myself, I'm single, and I'm forced to host family Christmas at my house. I'm really tempted to order an exhaust for my MR2 Spyder, wrap it and put a "From: Santa" tag on it, and put it under the tree and then open it in front of my family and go "I don't know where it came from, must've been Santa."
Do it. We hosted a Christmas dinner for years, and I always had something ridiculous for myself to open when the kids were doing gifts.
When i was HS/college age and my sisters were younger, we had some limit for gifts (call it $100). I was done with toys, didn't need clothes, and ever since 16 had been obsessed with cars. I put some $80 car part on my list, and nothing else. My mom was mortified, and said car parts were totally unacceptable. I got some nice things i didnt really want instead, and that's fine.
Couple years later, i hosted Christmas for the family at my house in Ohio. I put konis, a brake kit, a strut tower brace, sway bars, and probably something else under the tree, addressed to me from santa. I'd have put the ls1 under the tree if i wasn't worried about leaking fluids onto the carpet. 100%, totally, worth it. My sisters, dad, and myself found it hysterical. My mom got on board after the 2nd or 3rd car parts unveiling. Especially when i bellowed at full volume, "if you want to stay in MY house, you're going to obey MY rules!" with a smile on my face.
Point being, live your dream :).
I found a new in box, Black and Decker Snakelight from 1996 on the EvilBay for $20. I remember getting my dad one for Father's Day in 1994. It was heavy and burned through batteries quickly but got a lot of use. I plan on swapping in an LED conversion bulb to see if it helps with battery life.
In reply to Flynlow :
When I was 17 I got a 292 inline 6 from my parents to put in my 69 Chevelle. It was a pic of a GM 6 cylinder with 292 written across it in an envelope. From Santa.
I wish someone would make an app that would let me makes notes on a contact, so that when I'm near them, the app can remind me about it.
I don't know how to describe the situation this would solve, but I think we've all been there. Like "hey, next time I'm at Dave's shop I need to ask about whatever parts or crazy idea" then you're there, and you see them, and forget entirely until afterwards. I think it would be great if I could just make a note on Dave's contact and when my phone realizes it's in the same room as his, through whatever means Bluetooth scanning, sharing Wi-Fi, GPS, nfc, I get a reminder notification.
Hell, let me do it to GPS locations as well as people. Because even with a list I forget E36 M3 at the grocery store, or Lowe's, or rural king. Or just day dreaming projects, set a tag to remind you when you're at the location that you wanted to look for X Y Z for a project. Like how I've been to places that sell tractors and tractor parts a dozen times and keep forgetting to grab a battery terminal for the Cub cadet.
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