Minor Confession Thread

I'm sick of automotive stuff. Its time to take a break. Maybe get back into wood turning. 

Apparently we were rooting for Duke.  Now we’re very unhappy  because of a bunch of kids we don’t know.

In reply to Wally :

Man, sorry to let you down. 

In reply to Duke:

I’m ok with it. I was able to move onto Highway to Hell.  I’m hooked on this show.  I wish I knew moving to Canada and dragging trucks out of snowbanks was an option when I was looking for a job. 

For a silly little moment I thought of taking a road trip to see the new Versa reveal. I know. A 15 hour drive to Ft Lauderdale.  Probably in the 11/12 Versa I own.

Then I saw the music line up for the festival sponsored by Nissan.

Aside from Joan Jett I would be very out of place despite my opinions.

It's two Fridays from now if anyone is interested.

It might actually be a really cool festival I just don't know the music and probably wouldn't like it.  I do remember liking Charlie Rich back when I was young. 

I will definitely be going to Clearwater in May to see Oliver Tree at the 97X festival even though I hate weed. 

Duke said:

In reply to Wally :

Man, sorry to let you down. 

Between the rapid response and subdued humor, I believe this does call for a golf clap.

Dusterbd13-michael said:

I'm sick of automotive stuff. Its time to take a break. Maybe get back into wood turning. 

I get that sometimes. Ended up helping with a construction project this weekend because I wasn't motivated to go home and work on my car. 

Between Dirt Every Day putting Colorado ZR2 shocks on an ice-racing Astro van, and the Hoonigans building the Badasstro van for one of their editors, now I kinda want a Chevy Astro. I'm sure my girlfriend would not be amused if I bought one to replace my Subaru Baja

Looked at a book on Amz.  Checked out the used ones and now tax starts at 75c up to almost $4 and every single one has tax added.  Never have I seen that before.  For that I wholeheartedly blame Amz who opposed an internet sales tax when small and pushed it when they got too bigly for their boots.  Geez louise.  I do also blame the Supreme Legislative Body er, Court. 

Please tell me this is an April Fools day joke.  

I need to offer my most sincere apology for referring to the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship as The Big Yeast Tournament.

Every Tuesday at 10:00, they blow the air raid sirens. Just a test. But the Cold War kid inside jumps. Every time.

I never use my cruise control.  Today was probably one of the few times it would have been worth it.  I just can't bring myself to try it.  What if it is malfunctioning?  Damned if I'd know.  Growing up between the hedgerows on country lanes you use your right foot and that's it.  Not sure I'll ever use cruise control. Of course this was with a 6MT so it just seems a confusing thing all around. 

I just finished a 2 day training. There was a lot of hype before the class (apparently the trainer is suppose to be a big deal?). This costed me 2 days away from my team and office which I will pay for later, I learned very little and very little was applicable to my situation. There was plenty of prep work required from me before the class, but it was never used during the whole 2 days (WTF?).

The training ended with an evaluation sheet. I graded the class and the trainer very low. I was disappointed. You could (optional) put your name down at the bottom of the sheet. I thought "berkeley it" and signed. Almost looking forward to a discussion on why I rated this awesome excellent super training so low...

nutherjrfan said:

I never use my cruise control.  Today was probably one of the few times it would have been worth it.  I just can't bring myself to try it.  What if it is malfunctioning?  Damned if I'd know.  Growing up between the hedgerows on country lanes you use your right foot and that's it.  Not sure I'll ever use cruise control. Of course this was with a 6MT so it just seems a confusing thing all around. 

I never use my cruise control either, but it's not out of any confusion or mistrust.

It's because if there are 2 other cars on the same 3-mile stretch of road with you, you WILL wind up stuck behind one with the other one sitting uncomfortably off your quarter so you can't change lanes without radically altering your speed and defeating the purpose of cruise control.  Every berking time.

I thought about our dad's today. One was a cop. The other was a hell raiser. I imagine them in the after-life. Some days he gets to catch him. Other days he gets away. But it doesn'tmatter,  because at the end of the day, they sit down together and share a few beers after eating their favorite dinner, for eternity.

I miss them.

I'd gladly give up my heaven to give them their's.

I really don't understand when people describe Land Rovers Discoverys as "beautiful", and that's a phrase I see bandied about a lot. They are literally just a box stacked on another box. And not even well-proportioned boxes at that. The greenhouse-to-body ratio is completely backwards, way too tall a rough on a really short body, so they look gawky and top-heavy.

nutherjrfan said:

I never use my cruise control.  Today was probably one of the few times it would have been worth it.  I just can't bring myself to try it.  What if it is malfunctioning?  Damned if I'd know.  Growing up between the hedgerows on country lanes you use your right foot and that's it.  Not sure I'll ever use cruise control. Of course this was with a 6MT so it just seems a confusing thing all around. 

You are the guy that can't maintain speed on the interstate.  I don't approve your weird fear of maintaining a steady speed.

I hadn't bought a car all year. Fixed that this weekend!

I scraped and painted my propane tank this weekend. This left roughly 50 square feet worth of paint chips in my yard.

I cleaned them up with my Shop Vac. Not sure what the neighbors thought about me vacuuming my lawn.

AWSX1686 said:

I hadn't bought a car all year. Fixed that this weekend!

Me neither! Of course, it is only April 8th.

Door sliders broke on one of our CNC mills at work last night. Fell off while it was running right as the got the end of the program. It then did a rapid back to home and hit the door against the side of the cabinet. We left a note on the door that's laying on top of the table that said "Door's broke, don't operate".

A friend of mine graduated from the University of Virginia. I just sent a text telling him to enjoy the game tonight.

I hope they lose 100-0.

NickD said:

I really don't understand when people describe Land Rovers Discoverys as "beautiful", and that's a phrase I see bandied about a lot. They are literally just a box stacked on another box. And not even well-proportioned boxes at that. The greenhouse-to-body ratio is completely backwards, way too tall a rough on a really short body, so they look gawky and top-heavy.

Have you seen the Royal family?  It's no wonder they like them. 

Streetwiseguy said:

nutherjrfan said:

I never use my cruise control.  Today was probably one of the few times it would have been worth it.  I just can't bring myself to try it.  What if it is malfunctioning?  Damned if I'd know.  Growing up between the hedgerows on country lanes you use your right foot and that's it.  Not sure I'll ever use cruise control. Of course this was with a 6MT so it just seems a confusing thing all around. 

You are the guy that can't maintain speed on the interstate.  I don't approve your weird fear of maintaining a steady speed.

I am?  Bully for your analytical skills.