Thread: Absolutely OT rambling mumbo jumbo....

**ekim, others who travel hwy 60 enroute to W. Mill, Douche'kin, & L Creek-
Just east of Bottoms Bridge a huge swath has been clear-cut, about 5 ft of red clay fill hauled in to get whatever is going in there up outta the Chick flood plain. Looks like the surface of Mars. I drive that stretch often. Monday I see a new sign up right in the midst of the void: "Keep Virginia Green" posted by Dept of Forestry. WTF. Is someone jerkin our chain, whos in charge of putting that sign there anyway????:D


**Lake Powell. Mud bog, no water at all on 1 side of Jamestown Rd bridge, very little on other side. The dam washed out last fall. The lake is privately owned by 4 parties, they have it closed (always have) to any public use of any kind and will prosecute if they catch ya on it. Yet they want James City Co. to do the repairs on the dam with taxpayer $. They got exactly what they deserve, a pity nobody can get any use out of it now. I think the County or State ought to take it 1 farther now and tell em you own it now do something about that quagmire of muck & stagnant water breeding West Nile in there.


** Truck has been idling rough, occasionally killing out at stops especially when AC is on or at first use in the morning. Check Engine light comes on.
I am embarrassed-this happened last yr and not so much (but some) a cheapskate, and not wanting to take the time/spend the $. Ya know, it ran
well...OK. I do some mind-picking of mechanics and glean that it is probably sensor, maybe MAP, throttle control, etc.... Yesterday I am at a little private
shop here in Toano having a tire put on rim, balanced, mounted. I like the cat
runs the shop seems knowledgable & honest. He says start er up & crack hood. Says I hear vacuum leak (I hadnt) Shut it off and 2 min later he has air line coming from PCV valve to throttle body in hand. Hole in the elbow that pushes onto throttle body. Ford part he says $40 range cuz all 1 piece-hose, PCV valve, elbow. Cool. Go to Ford today and yep $42. Only available as complete assembly. Damn-hate spending $42 when all I need is a ruckin fubber reduction elbow paid Pedro Morales in the Guadalahara Ford plant cinco pesos to make out of 9 cents of Ceylonese rubber. Parts man #2 comes into pic, walks off, comes back with elbow only from a Courier or something that is identical and for whatever reason available without buying the whole works. 13 American dollars w/tax. Shoer a happy boy.
Goes outside puts elbow on; truck runs like scalded dawg.
Then Shoer realizes he spent twice the time more than 3 times the money online this morning getting 1/4 lb of line & 60 tubes than it took to correct
a bona fide mechanical issue on his work truck. Is anyone else out there this
sick? Tell me I aint alone in this behavior.


**I hope Crex has the good sense to put a good sharp on his fillet knife this evening.

State Inspection for my truck today cost me $500.

My wife bought all the gear for daughters dance class and she refused to go Monday night (she is 4 going on 17).

Son joined Cub Scouts last week. First meeting was Monday night. His Den leader is a woman.

My weekend plans are shot unless I go by the VBS and get some platelets for my wife! :D

Humminbird just announces a new side imaging model with an even bigger screen than my 6 month old one.

Son (6) came home yesterday with underwear stuck to him. He said no one was the wiser, except the girl that sits beside him told him he smelled like poop!

If'n you need more let me know.

P.S. I still got a great life!

[QUOTE=Ranger690]State Inspection for my truck today cost me $500.

My wife bought all the gear for daughters dance class and she refused to go Monday night (she is 4 going on 17).

Son joined Cub Scouts last week. First meeting was Monday night. His Den leader is a woman.

My weekend plans are shot unless I go by the VBS and get some platelets for my wife! :D

Humminbird just announces a new side imaging model with an even bigger screen than my 6 month old one.

Son (6) came home yesterday with underwear stuck to him. He said no one was the wiser, except the girl that sits beside him told him he smelled like poop!

If'n you need more let me know.

P.S. I still got a great life![/QUOT

I promise, I will never complain again..........about anything.......Shoer just thinks he has problems......With your calmness you should be a guidance counselor.....

Dayton:

When I read your post I about split a side. I'm all too familiar with the "dont wanna go " syndrome, the "I already went" pants saga and "if..then" clause with the Mrs. Makes a windy day on the water with tangled lines seem downright heavenly.
You're a good dude or you wouldn't have cared to share. Knuckles to ya man! I think it's a great reminder of how thankful we are to have simple problems even if they do smell bad occasionally.

What if the "The Hokey Pokey" IS what it's really all about

Then just turn yourself about !

Shoer, l'll have to check out that big hole they dug for the chick lake project on my lunch break tomorrow.

I just flew back in from Atlanta today....spent 3 days down there preparing for and taking a test. Hope I passed, otherwise it could be a little uncomfortable at work in front of the managers!

Atlanta is the slummiest city I've ever been to. You can't stop walking 'lest you get swarmed by bums asking for money....

SO glad to be back home.

Got home from work and my internet was down, noticed that the lower channels on most my tv's (got 6 in the house) looked fuzzy as well. (the one tv that has digital cable looked fine on the lower channels) Talked to tech support at Cox and found out that there weren't any outages in my area so they scheduled for a tech to come out tomorrow. Discussing the problem with tech support got the ole brain working. Went and checked the main cable connection where it enters into the house and sure enough, the connector was coming apart. As I touched it I could see little arcs shooting out. I had noticed that this connector was a bit flaky some time ago so it's all my fault that I let it get to this point. Anywho, I had a spare connector, slapped it on and presto, internet was back and lower channels looked fine. Apparently, the poor connection was just enough to mess up the internet and lower channels which are your weakest channels. One would hope that if I can install quarter million dollar x-ray rooms that I could fix a little ole connection problem. :D