My wife has a cabinet guy, you know, like a kitchen cabinet designer sales guy.
They've been talking about a 5' long bathroom cabinet design for an hour now.
My wife has a cabinet guy, you know, like a kitchen cabinet designer sales guy.
They've been talking about a 5' long bathroom cabinet design for an hour now.
Yes, I sound like a broken record, but.... how is it possible that Facebook has such a resolutely f----d-up search engine for their classifieds?
I'm looking for a specific model of kayak. I list the name, and the first one shows up on the 33rd row of results. Seriously, how hard could it be for a company with resources like theirs to get this right? This is being completely disrespectful of their user base and I have to think that it's intentional. Like Ikea making you walk through all their various departments to get to the one item that you actually want to buy.
Baaaaaaaa (That's me, because I still use that POS site).
It took me ten years to figure out that the carb on my truck isn't the one I thought it was. They don't even look alike. Big surprise that I've been having issues with it the whole time
RevRico said:Excursion knows I'm trying to sell it now. Exhaust pipe broke off the muffler, again, and now it has a delayed braking issue.
I drove it maybe 8 miles this morning and the pedal started drooping. Parked up for lunch. Had the wife get in and pump after lunch and it was fine, no visible leaks, good pressure. Get most of the way home and it went soft again, real soft. Checked and I'm down like an inch of brake fluid.
berkeley this thing.
found the leak. Hardline between passenger wheel and the rear splitter. Meets somewhere between the gas tank and pumpkin, because of course it does.
In reply to superfund :
It could be worse. I once put a flywheel off of a Ford 300 CI six on a 302 V8. That thing shook to rid you of your fillings.
Salvage yard that said they had the trans I wanted, did not.
At least I found out after driving for almost two hours and it is now too late to go somewhere else.
Guess I'll go back home and work on the basement floor some more.
I'm getting tired of learning all the ways my appliances can fail. Last time, stuff got thawed. This time:
I'm having a sucktastic mechanicing day. Had 2 projects that weren't supposed to be hard yet neither worked for silly reasons
Today was pull the Whaler for the year day. It's an easy boat to load on the trailer and the ramp was quiet so not the rant.
Pulled the boat out, backed into a spot at the marina and unhooked the Explorer and backed it in beside to boat so we wouldn't block others. Shut it off and proceeded to do prep the boat for towing things. I checked the trailer tires and they were a little low so I pulled out the 12 V air compressor. Figured I'd start the car while I was using the air compressor... yep, dead as a doornail. E36 M3.
Tried using the Whaler battery to jump the Explorer but no joy. Finally pulled the battery out of the car and swapped it for the boat battery. Although it's about an inch taller than the one for the car it clears the hood and more importantly the car started right up.
The Bride was impressed that I used no naughty words (out loud at least) and kept going through Plan A / B until finally Plan C worked. It was helpful the I had tools and options and it wasn't raining for a change.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Salvage yard that said they had the trans I wanted, did not.
At least I found out after driving for almost two hours and it is now too late to go somewhere else.
Guess I'll go back home and work on the basement floor some more.
Salvage yards are really starting to hack me off with that crap. If I'd known how sketchy they could be about identifying parts they pull I probably never would have used one in the first place.
So far: 2 bad differentials, one incorrect drive shaft, three bad hubs in spindles -- and one was the wrong side anyway, bad alternator (""tested good"")
for a total of 7 wasted hours of driving and 5 wasted hours of installing
versus
one good color matching door (that started rusting from the inside 2 years later), a good alternator
Congratulations. He's finally done it. 16 years on the forum and there is now someone I actively dislike.
Appleseed said:Congratulations. He's finally done it. 16 years on the forum and there is now someone I actively dislike.
I gotta stop just looking at My Posts when I get on here and start clicking Latest Topics because I never know what's going on when I see these sorts of posts
Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :
It was 105 in Dallas last week and we hadn't seen rain all summer. The huskies wouldn't go outside to pee.
Last winter it rained and flooded half my backyard. The huskies found frogs living back there and ate them.
I have the only dog I've ever seen afraid of water. He has to be dragged outside if it's raining.
2-3 inches ended up being 6-8, so I was stuck working late, then had a 4 hour drive home. The drive in and out today both took an extra hour as well. My sump pump is earning its money this summer.
In reply to Antihero :
I'm cryptic on purpose. There was a time when the problem showed up on my doorstep wanting to throwdown. Given my recent history here, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out who it is.
I know it's easy to get confused, but this is not a mailbox. Thanks.
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:Yes, I sound like a broken record, but.... how is it possible that Facebook has such a resolutely f----d-up search engine for their classifieds?
I'm looking for a specific model of kayak. I list the name, and the first one shows up on the 33rd row of results. Seriously, how hard could it be for a company with resources like theirs to get this right? This is being completely disrespectful of their user base and I have to think that it's intentional. Like Ikea making you walk through all their various departments to get to the one item that you actually want to buy.
Baaaaaaaa (That's me, because I still use that POS site).
sounds like your model is popular and people are just shotgunning their ads with kayak model names.
In reply to mad_machine :
No, I think this is Facebook being a E36 M3ty marketplace forum. I'll search for a specific golf club, guitar, whatever, and it gives results not remotely related other than they happen to be a golf club or guitar. The catch all phrasing is not there. Facebook just sucks.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Stuck thermostat in the basement fridge. How cold did it get??
18 hours later:
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In reply to Appleseed :
Just one?
In reply to spitfirebill :
Yes.
Somehow, Firefox is almost 100% perfect for trying to autocomplete to "motorsport.com" when I'm actually trying to go to motorsportreg.com and to "motorsportreg.com" when I'm actually trying to go to motorsport.com.
I tore down the deck that was on the house when I bought it decades ago. It was getting rotten, and we just weren't using it. There was a decorative lattice/trestle along the edge that looked nice enough, but kept me from crawling under there.
Buried deep underneath it, on a support post, was this thing. I had no idea it was even there, nor do I know how long it's been fried. I've not gone into the crawlspace yet to see how hacked the wiring that goes to this is, but I'm willing to be it's awful.
I was reminded how badly the brain needs proper sleep.
Needed to change the oil in my appliance Explorer. Simple enough. Oil and filters are in the truck, tool kit in the truck. I need to grab the oil drain pan, the jack, funnel and brake clean from the shop, easy enough. And some paper towel from the house.
Trip one: Grab drain pan, place by jack, check the loose cans of brake clean on the counter, clean out funnel, finish can off, toss can in garbage, leave shop with funnel only.
Trip two: Realize my mistake, walk back to the shop, move drain pan from sitting on jack, walk back to truck pulling the jack.
Trip three: walk back again and grab the drain pan.
Jack up truck, remove drain plug, get oil on hand because of course I do, realize I never grabbed paper towel from the house so...
Trip four: hunt for any rag to wipe off hand to go into the house to grab paper towel.
Now, oil is drained, filter came off with no issue, filter went on with no issue, drain plug went in with small issues (dropped it into the drain pan once during install), open the oil, take off the cap to pour oil in, reach for the funnel... reach for the funnel... where is the funnel?
Trip five: return to shop to grab the funnel I took back earlier.
Finally put oil back into the engine, clean up all the garbage, drain used oil into the jug etc. The clean up process went smoothly with only 1.5 trips to the shop returning tools and garbage (paper towel slipped out of my hand while walking).
I have learned that when I work the day job followed by a DJ gig on a Saturday, there is 0 point in me trying to accomplish anything of value on the Sunday. A simple 20 minute job took me over an hour because my brain just wasn't doing the brain thing.
My GF and I have been living together for nearly a year. For the past 9 months, she has been driving my truck as her Wrangler ate its engine and is sitting, dead, in the driveway. We decide that it is probably a good idea to add her to my insurance policy. My company, whom I have been with since 2002, flat out refused to add her or her comprehensive-only dead Jeep to my policy since we are not married or related. Ok, but isn't she supposed to be listed as an additional driver since she is actively driving my insured vehicle? How does that work? I'm trying to do the right thing here but ?????
I had a bunch of beers stashed that languished in the entryway of the house for a while before I finally remembered to put them in the fridge. Since the six-packs were sitting on the floor next to the basement door, they collected an amazing amount of dog hair. I only remember that when I pull one from the fridge, crack open the can, and get a mouthful of hairy beer.
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