Allow me to rant!

[IXNAYXJ]

Every car I own is a stick. I have a broken left foot.

-----Matt-----

 

[PDeeXJ]

I tried to make it to 50 hours awake with no sleep while working on school projects, but I only made it to 43.

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

I tried to make it to 50 hours awake with no sleep while working on school projects, but I only made it to 43.

x2

and I had to rebuild my game (game dev class) from scratch 3 times in 2 weeks due to hardware failures and corrupted project files.

 

[PDeeXJ]

x2

and I had to rebuild my game (game dev class) from scratch 3 times in 2 weeks due to hardware failures and corrupted project files.

Nice! I've been there on video projects, but not quite as bad as that, cause afterall, the footage still exists, the problem is arranging it again.

 

[Sniggs]

Nice! I've been there on video projects, but not quite as bad as that, cause afterall, the footage still exists, the problem is arranging it again.

Speaking of video... *cough*TSF*cough* :gag:

 

[ECKSJAY]

Speaking of video... *cough*TSF*cough* :gag:

Trying to get a little more life out of that joke?

 

[black89xj]

I've been spending a lot of time in the Emerald City this month, here's a few "observations...."

<rant>
Traffic in Puget Sound area would be much less congested if they got rid of those darned diamond lanes!!! These are creations of liberal greenies to supposedly encourage the unwashed masses to carpool. Do they work? No. What do they do? Congest traffic. Make it worse, ie, force cars to sit at idle or drive at very slow speeds were the engines use MORE fuel and put out MORE "greenhouse gasses" ie make global warming WORSE and INCREASE dependence on ferign oil.
</rant>

<rant>
So Western Warshington is so durned "green" and "environmentally conscious" and of course, "politically correct". Bah. Ok so these PCers and greenies drive these new expensive V8 rigs at maximum warp speed when they really dont need to. Increase gas consumption, more greenhouse gases, and they think they are protecting the environment. Hey why not keep yur rig a few more years and not pollute the planet by creating another car? Sheesh. I dont get it. Egocentric, materialistic, liberal politically correct morons.
</rant>

<rant>
Yah I've had a lot of parts problems myself. Right part number on box, wrong part in box. Missing parts in box. Obviously defective part in box. Each time gotta take it back.......

<rant>
Women. BAH!
Enough said.
</rant>

 

[WheelinJR]

Well I can't rant anymore...

This was my friday

And this was my saturday

Now I just need the money to fix this...

You've heard of run flat tires, but have you heard of run flat leaf springs? haha

 

[Sniggs]

Rusty's?

 

[WheelinJR]

Rusty's?

worse...

Rough Country Add-A-Leaf and Lift Shackle. New setup soon I hope.

 

[IXNAYXJ]

You've heard of run flat tires, but have you heard of run flat leaf springs? haha

As a matter of fact I had a set myself. This is ALMOST totally level ground:

-----Matt-----

 

[WheelinJR]

I have a new Rant. Either kids or hippies at my apartment complex are letting air out of my tires.

I need to at least have a portable compressor before they start doing that.

 

[nitrospeed]

My rant, 2 teenage girls and a wife. Household male female ratio 1/4. Lots of chic flics and smell of nail polish remover. Oh yea and i am going to be 40 in two weeks on fools day. Besides all that life is good

 

[WheelinJR]

Well at least at 40 you don't LOOK old

 

[nitrospeed]

Thats cause i am not 40 yet. I still have 2 weeks or so. I might wake up and look older

 

[PDeeXJ]

I wish my dad's bday was on april fools. Every year would be particularly interesting for him.. So many pranks...

 

[TheAlmightySam]

My rant, 2 teenage girls and a wife. Household male female ratio 1/4. Lots of chic flics and smell of nail polish remover. Oh yea and i am going to be 40 in two weeks on fools day. Besides all that life is good

Wouldn't that be a 1/3 ratio?

My rant: people that use fractions wrong

Okay, just kidding. Here's my rant from yesterday. I work for a small auto repair shop in Kirkland, so I take a lot of phone calls. I have the utmost respect for people who immigrate here from other countries and do my best to work past the language barriers but sometimes...

Me: "Service department, this is Sam, how can I help you?"

Customer: "How many are the filter?"

Me: "Um.. well, which filter do you need?"

Customer: "The one on engine."

Me: "uh... do you need the air filter, cabin filter, fuel filter, or oil filter?"

Customer: "Oils!"

Me: "What kind of car do you have, sir?"

Customer: "Volvo."

Me, beginning to grit teeth: "Okay, what kind of Volvo?"

Customer: "70."

Me: "Would that be a 1970 Volvo, or a V70, S70 XC70, C70...?"

Customer, who is beginning to get upset at this point: "V! Is V!"

Me: "Alright sir, looks like an oil filter for a V70 is $10.44."

Customer, yelling at this point: "10.44!? 8! 8 is what I pay!"

Me: "I'm very sorry sir, but $10.44 is the price on the filter."

*click*

Lovely. We've been laughing about "How many are the filter" all day.

 

[IXNAYXJ]

Me: "Service department, this is Sam, how can I help you?"

Customer: "How many are the filter?"

Me: "Um.. well, which filter do you need?"

Customer: "The one on engine."

Me: "uh... do you need the air filter, cabin filter, fuel filter, or oil filter?"

Customer: "Oils!"

Me: "What kind of car do you have, sir?"

Customer: "Volvo."

Me, beginning to grit teeth: "Okay, what kind of Volvo?"

Customer: "70."

Me: "Would that be a 1970 Volvo, or a V70, S70 XC70, C70...?"

Customer, who is beginning to get upset at this point: "V! Is V!"

Me: "Alright sir, looks like an oil filter for a V70 is $10.44."

Customer, yelling at this point: "10.44!? 8! 8 is what I pay!"

Me: "I'm very sorry sir, but $10.44 is the price on the filter."

*click*

Lovely. We've been laughing about "How many are the filter" all day.

That's hilarious! I know all too well what you're talking about though. We used to call those customers "Too Highs." No matter what the price for anything was it was "too high! I give you half price. Cash. Now. You take deal, now!" I realize it's just a cultural thing, but their inability to realize it's different in this country is frustrating.

-----Matt-----

 

[TheAlmightySam]

haha, I'm glad someome else has had to deal with such customers. It is a cultural thing, so I try to understand and be patient, but it does get frustrating. We get it a lot too because we work on European cars almost exclusively.

Back when I worked with exotics, my boss was selling our car hauler, a mid-nineties Volvo Diesel box truck. He wasn't asking much for it, and the ad said "$5000 FIRM." A pair of gentlemen, originally from Kenya, came by to check out the truck and told him "In our country, we never buy anything without doing some bartering." Tim, always quick-toungued, replied with "And in this country, if you want to barter, we raise the asking price." Needless to say, they walked away without the truck.

 

[IXNAYXJ]

A pair of gentlemen, originally from Kenya, came by to check out the truck and told him "In our country, we never buy anything without doing some bartering." Tim, always quick-toungued, replied with "And in this country, if you want to barter, we raise the asking price." Needless to say, they walked away without the truck.

It's amazing that people will pass on a screaming deal just because they can't bicker and haggle. I've seen a lot of people miss out on some really killer deals just because their pride dictated they had to screw the seller even more.

-----Matt-----