Ever done somthing really dumb?

I don't think I've done anything dumb in my life, by my wife begs to differ.

Like moving from Australia to the US to MEET the woman you have decided you want to spend you life with.

Sometimes it works out even if it is stupid

something stupid? yep, everytime I get out of bed....

I've lost track of how many stupid things I have done. I saw a wood sign in a little shop in Annapolis, MD on vacation last year that summed it all up: bad decisions make for great stories.

Good judgement comes from experience.

Experience comes from bad judgement.

I completely forgot to pay my mortgage last month. I didn't notice until I was checking my bank activity from that Target data theft fiasco, saw I had "extra" money in there and couldn't find a record of my December payment.

There's an obvious difference between don't screw up and stop screwing up. I need to stop screwing up.

I just went to VW Vortex to look for 8v engine builds.

Instead I found someone who was planning on building a ABA based engine with dual 45 DCOEs (good) and a local shop was going to modify them for ported vacuum (sure, good idea) and some "carburetor expert" wrote a whole lot of scathing, long-winded comments about how you shouldn't port carburetors, he's an expert, and if you want vacuum advance it's easier to get it from the intake manifold instead of drilling holes in your carburetor.

Sheesh, listen if you have never heard of "ported vacuum" then you probably aren't a carb expert.

Anyway, dumb thing: go to VW Vortex for anything at all ever.

When I was a kid, I touched an electric fence

.... while I was standing in a creek.

In reply to curtis73:

When I was a kid, I watched friend pee on an electric fence. It was the funniest thing I ever saw.

He may get his lefty back this year

Back in middle school I was triple dog dared (the coup de gra of dares) to stick a 9volt battery to my braces. That hurt.

I was a teenager not long ago. Back then the stupid flowed like water.

I bought an Aurora thinking it would make a good family car.

several years previous that, I bought a 85 S10 Blazer 4x4 with the 2.8l

Cross country ice skating one year after a really bad ice storm.

Gearheadotaku wrote: something stupid? yep, everytime I get out of bed....

you too?

Funny how my mind has done a great job at wiping the dumb memories from my brain.

I have lots of scars, so I know there has been some pretty dumb E36 M3 done by me.

Almost did one today.

The right front tire on the Scoob picked up a screw from somewhere and subsequently went flat at the most inconvenient moment possible; when the wife was leaving for work and already running behind. This recent cold snap killed the battery in the Lincoln (It's 7 years old) so after I grabbed the booster seats she took the Burban.

I put a charger on the Lincoln battery and pulled the Scoob's tire to install a plug. I remove the screw and get my plug kit...no rubber cement. I rifle through the garage then the house looking for a suitable substitute. All I came up with was Elmer's glue.

For a moment I considered using it.

Then I decided to see if "old, tough and ugly" would start. Thankfully after just a few minutes on the charger it turned over quickly enough to roar to life. The kids were excited to ride in the Lincoln again so, after tossing the Scoob's battery in the trunk just in case, we went to the evil empire and bought some rubber cement.

Knurled wrote:

you'll have to start your own thread for awesome ideas..

I dropped an 18 pack of beer on the way in the door tonight. That is as dumb as it gets, as I was still sober.