Stupid grr nyerg

[ChadTower]

So, I'm driving in to work this morning and my car all of a sudden goes BOOM RRRRRRRRRROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR SCRAPE SCRAPE SCRAPE.

Seeing as how I dislike it when my car physically falls apart, the combination of BOOM followed by engine sound increasing 50 fold and metal on pavement sounds made me cranky.

Long exhaust pipe snapped off at the front.  Had to climb under the car in 5 degree cold to secure the pipe such that I could drive it to the mechanic.  Luckily I keep buttloads of zip ties in my car.  Then it was back home to make the wife get out of bed and drive me to work.

Combine that with the fact that I haven't slept since I woke up yesterday morning and I'm pretty cranky today.

[missioncontrol]

bah who need sleep.....


sucks about your car I remember when my drive shaft fell out on the way to work.......

[Thenasty]

you should have just called in and tell them your baby (car) is sick

[ChadTower]

I would have just said I was working from home if I hadn't left my laptop in my cube.

I'm not really a call in sick for any given reason kind of guy, plus I burned a good amount of sick time when I injured my back in the Fall.

[Stingray]

I should have called in sick today, but here I am. Sorry about your car though.

-S

[mr.Curmudgeon]

I should have called in sick today, but here I am.

It's a Slacker loophole!

You're such a slacker that you can't even muster the energy to call off work. Deeeeeyaaaaam!


mrC

[ChadTower]

We always have a car break down the week before Xmas.

[missioncontrol]

I should have called in sick today, but here I am.

you have a phone at your desk, right?



well then it's still not too late to call in.........

[Stingray]

I should have called in sick today, but here I am.

you have a phone at your desk, right?



well then it's still not too late to call in.........

Damn, you're a genius. I do have a phone on my desk. I never noticed that before. Guess I can tell the doc that I finally figured out what's causing that ringing in my ears.

-S

[ChadTower]

It's the bell they put around your neck so they can tell when you're actually doing stuff.

[SteveJ34]

It's the bell they put around your neck so they can tell when you're actually doing stuff.

...or perhaps so they can hear you coming and run away to hide.

[ChadTower]

It's so they can avert their eyes because he refuses to wear pants.

[missioncontrol]

pants are for losers

[Stingray]

It's the bell they put around your neck so they can tell when you're actually doing stuff.

You know that thing that goes inside a bell, the part that actually makes it ring? The bell that tells people if I'm doing stuff doesn't have one of those.

-S

[DrewKaree]

It's so they can avert their eyes because he refuses to wear pants.

well, except for the pair on his head

[nostrebor]

BZZZZZZT...

That's a Turban. Your going to mess up his job security!

[DrewKaree]

BZZZZZZT...

That's a Turban. Your going to mess up his job security!

Double BZZZZZT fu for you!  that's a TURDban.  He's trying to float in the poo punch and he thinks that'll help keep him afloat.

[Stingray]

I always put my turdban before diving face first into the poo punch, and you kids should too!

-S

[SOAPboy]

bah who need sleep.....


sucks about your car I remember when my drive shaft fell out on the way to work.......

lol had that happen in my 78 chevy shortbed when i was in high school..

truck was so insane.. could litterally drive over cars if i were so inclined..

But oh how that u joint on my driveshaft twisted while spinning some tire >_<

[erictrumpet]

Love winter. My car has so many holes in the exhaust it sounds like a P-51 Mustang. If I get it fixed now it'll just rot out again by Spring. Hate winter. Dammit It's so cold I hate it WHY do I live here gdhagjdgj hsdgja diwuh akhdjaw hklaj hdkjawhd kljawh dkjhdkajwdh

[ChadTower]

ERF.

[DrewKaree]

I had to replace the hood release cable for my CRX.

I'm glad I'm not in your position right now

[ChadTower]

The cable itself isn't broken, but is apparently gummed up or rusted to the point that it's really hard to pull.  The lever broke off where you pull and the hood latch needs to be replaced.

It wouldn't be all THAT big a deal if I weren't going to have to do it in 5 degree weather.

[Havok]

The cable itself isn't broken, but is apparently gummed up or rusted to the point that it's really hard to pull.

[ChadTower]

No, the car is actually still in pretty good shape rust wise.  This part has been wonky since the car had 10000 miles on it and it's finally pretty much gone.

[Havok]

The cable itself isn't broken, but is apparently gummed up or rusted to the point that it's really hard to pull.

[ChadTower]

This isn't old like that, it's a 1999.

Had an old white convertible in college, though, an '82, and I did actually go through the floor on that one.  The rug saved my foot.

[erictrumpet]

Triumph TR6s have a similar problem with the hood (we Triumph owners call it the "bonnet" not the hood ) if and when the release mechanism fails, there is NO WAY to open the hood!! (It hinges at the front so there is no worry of it opening at speed.) You have to fish around with a coat hanger and string through the grill and wheel wells and it's an unholy godawful pain the ass. Thankfully my Triumph is not a POS TR6 (j/k those are great cars) but a Spitfire, whose entire front end, fenders and all, hinges up and away like a racecar.

Eric.

[DrewKaree]

Gotta love older cars. Definitely makes a case for just leasing and turning in the car every two years like some people I know.

You suck.

(we Triumph owners call it the "bonnet" not the hood )

We non-Triumph owners know you're gay because of that.

[M3talhead]

This is the only Triumph I like...

[DrewKaree]

Chad, is just the handle broke, or is the cable too?  There should be a little ball or barrel on the end of the cable.  If not, you're really screwed.  If it's got the ball/barrel, I just kept a vice grips in the car until I had a chance to replace it.

[ChadTower]

The cable is still intact but it's really hard to pull now.  It's just the handle that is snapped off.

The latch itself that secures the hood, just above the radiator, needs to go though.

[erictrumpet]

(we Triumph owners call it the "bonnet" not the hood )

We non-Triumph owners know you're gay because of that.

LOL dont call me gay, call the Brits gay. Various car parts in Brit-speak: bonnet, hood, boot, wings, dynamo -- talk about fruity. BTW the hood is the top on a convertible, not the hood over the engine. WTF. Once you figure out what the name of the part you're trying to fix is, then you have to translate all the fruity terms for tools in the shop manual. Example: spanner = wrench. Uh-huh. Anyway...

Eric.

[DrewKaree]

LOL dont call me gay, call the Brits gay.

I do call them gay.  And you bought a British car, so you bought into being called gay.  You paid to be called gay.  Gay gay gay.  Eric's a gay homosexual

Oh, and don't tell ME not to call you gay.  You're not the boss of me

Nobody told you that you have to adopt their fruity way of speaking.  I notice you don't do the piss-poor spelling everything wrong thing that they do.  Stop choosing what gay thing you want to do.  Either be all gay or not gay.

You're in America, speak Spanglish dammit!

 

[erictrumpet]

LOL

Tea time!