Nothing like taking a half day off from work, renting a car (supposed to have been one way- hope I can argue back the $50 one-way fee...), and driving 3 hours to pick up a car only to get there and find out that it (apparently unbeknownst to the seller) has a blown head gasket and would be a massive crap shoot to try driving back the 3 hours to home. At a minimum, that's $100 and a half day down the drain ($150 if they don't knock off the 1-way fee).
Now I have to figure out whether I even want to deal with trying to repair the car and renegotiate the price of the car with the seller & a means to haul it back here or write it off as a lesson learned and find something else.
Not wet farts, water farts. 
14 foot ceiling work can bite me. This E36 M3 is getting old.
I've had it up to here (imagine a hand really high above my head)
New neighbors just blasted loud music from 4pm till 11pm when I finally called the police... this might get old quick
I'm should write a context-aware spellcheck program and give it away under a free+libre software license. It would be designed help journalists and other professional writers who apparently can't berkeleying spell worth a damn. I wouldn't charge money for it because if I did, none of them would buy it.
In reply to GameboyRMH:
Please don't. Some days the only enjoyment I have is getting an email or memo that is filled with correctly spelled wrong words.
Store Employees who Keep me from Shopping
Seems like every time I walk into a store, there is some employee standing at a choke-point within the store just staring at their shoes or talking to a co-worker or mindlessly arranging stuff on a shelf. Home Depot for example posts a person at the front entrance, like a greeter. They are usually talking to someone and always right in the small opening that EVERYONE needs to pass through to get into the store! How about you move so I can get in and spend my money, which is how you get a paycheck genius?
Or the employee at Wal Mart who insists on walking in front of me when I am scanning the shelf looking for something...to stock the shelf! Really a-hole, at no other point in your 8 hour shift could you have stocked that shelf? You had to shove in front of a shopper and block me from...well shopping. How am I going to find something and pay for it with your fat ass in my way?
Or the management team who has a meeting in the center of the aisle at Lowes? You see me coming with my cart, you know I can't get past all of you (on my way to the register BTW) and you choose to ignore it and talk about the upcoming rug sale instead. Geniuses, all of you.
And the managers who agree to put POP displays into the aisles to narrow them to 1" less than the width of your shopping carts. Smooth move people.
You are a store. People need to shop at your store so you can make money and eat. If you don't get out of our way, you will starve. FIGURE IT OUT AND MOVE!
So.. I have to come to work at an ungodly hour.. the only upside to this is I get a choice of parking spaces in our garage. I usually park on the 1st floor (out of 6) as far from the pedestrian exit as possible. I get there and only one car is in the row, so I back in next to them. I come back out an hour later to get my tools (hence the Cushman truck) and I find this car next to my disco. Nobody was parked on the other side of this wonder parker.. they just zoomed in and parked. It was so close I could barely get in there to get my tools (left them on the passenger side rear floor)
As for your rant, Pinchy, the local supermarket intentionally makes choke points. The biggest one is the back and forth "gauntlet" of fruits and veggies when you first walk into the store.. hence the reason I go out of my way to shop at their competition
In reply to pinchvalve:
I think the local shop has added aisle displays to serve as chicanes to try and slow me down. They weren't counting on my shopping cart drift technique!
E36 M3head Sys Admin or Mgr just put our team on blast on the Enterprise Intranet.
Idiot said: All web personnel need to be onsite so we are One Team. There is 100% lack of communication by the Web team in the Delivery Center.
How can there be "100% lack of communication" by my team when they feed my queue tickets and we HAVE to verbally accept them?
Stupid should hurt . . .
And my Mgr is down playing like their are multiple Web teams. So, ." . .it could be another Web team." . . . Sigh, we are only web team not in the Delivery Center . . . .
I went to the track this weekend to instruct and I brought my "For Sale" race car to show it to someone - basically meeting them half-way. So, at the last minutes, they decided not to come. Too late for me to back out - I committed to instruct and now they are depending on me. Shame on me for thinking they were serious enough and spending towing money to drag the car there. Well, might as well go blow the cob webs out of the thing ... stay positive, you know, E36 M3 happens ... so... I'm out having a great time ripping on the car and I come up quickly behind a 911 that drops two off and chucks a rock into the grill of my car. I see the kidney grill go flying. Oh, well... it's a DE, I shouldn't be pushing people around at race pace even in the instructor group. My bad. I back off and finish out the session.
I roll into the pits and there is a mildly angry guy (whom I know pretty well) waiting for me. My kidney grill bounced over my roof and smashed his windshield on his very pristine car. Sigh. Fine. I apologize despite it just being "one of those things" that happens. "I'll pay the deductible and if your window is smashed too badly to get thru tech... use my car." Nice. Now I'm buying the fuel to tow the car and probably a $200 deductible for a window. OK, well, atleast all I need is a new kidney grill... except wait... fuuuuuck. It smashed my window too. It's just under the Tirerack banner. An there is no cheap deductible for uninsured race cars. And that window was new in July.
Tally? 2 windshields, a kidney grill, $140 in diesel fuel for something I was originally planning not to attend except for meeting someone to make a deal on the car. And I still have the car.
My 1st world problems are really chapping my arse.
Apparently there's no such thing as an aftermarket blower motor that is both balanced, and actually fits in its stated application.
GameboyRMH wrote: I'm should
Yes, yes you should 
Did a fair amount of welding this past weekend. All of it thick materials with the machine running wide open. Managed to sunburn the bottom of my chin and neck. That's a first for me. It kind of sucks to wear a shirt right now, and I had to work outside in the heat today. Hope tomorrow is better.
G. P. Snorklewacker wrote: I went to the track this weekend to instruct and I brought my "For Sale" race car to show it to someone - basically meeting them half-way. So, at the last minutes, they decided not to come. Too late for me to back out - I committed to instruct and now they are depending on me. Shame on me for thinking they were serious enough and spending towing money to drag the car there. Well, might as well go blow the cob webs out of the thing ... stay positive, you know, E36 M3 happens ... so... I'm out having a great time ripping on the car and I come up quickly behind a 911 that drops two off and chucks a rock into the grill of my car. I see the kidney grill go flying. Oh, well... it's a DE, I shouldn't be pushing people around at race pace even in the instructor group. My bad. I back off and finish out the session. I roll into the pits and there is a mildly angry guy (whom I know pretty well) waiting for me. My kidney grill bounced over my roof and smashed his windshield on his very pristine car. Sigh. Fine. I apologize despite it just being "one of those things" that happens. "I'll pay the deductible and if your window is smashed too badly to get thru tech... use my car." Nice. Now I'm buying the fuel to tow the car and probably a $200 deductible for a window. OK, well, atleast all I need is a new kidney grill... except wait... fuuuuuck. It smashed my window too. It's just under the Tirerack banner. An there is no cheap deductible for uninsured race cars. And that window was new in July. Tally? 2 windshields, a kidney grill, $140 in diesel fuel for something I was originally planning not to attend except for meeting someone to make a deal on the car. And I still have the car. My 1st world problems are really chapping my arse.
you're a lot nicer than I might have been … after I explained to the guy that the 911 in front of me caused the damage … I might have sent him to visit the 911 driver and let him see how far his … my pristine car got damaged while I was on the race track complaint got with him
when I go on track I assume that bad things can happen … I would have to be pretty sure that someone did something to me on purpose before I started asking for someone else to fix my car
Dear Verizon and the schmuck at the Verizon store:
I know it's only been 10 days since you've gone to this "no contract" thing, but get your act together.
I went into the store today to upgrade my iPhone 4S to an iPhone 6. You tell me that I can pay $27/month for 2 years to buy the new phone. You tell me that this will generate a $25/month credit on my bill.
Great, now put it on paper, so that when I don't get the credit, I have a leg to stand on. Oh, you don't have that? Am I supposed to trust that you're not lying to me, you zit-faced geek?
I think maybe I'll look in to replacing the dying battery on my 4S until you can get your act together, Verizon.
G. P. Snorklewacker wrote: I went to the track this weekend to instruct and I brought my "For Sale" race car to show it to someone - basically meeting them half-way. So, at the last minutes, they decided not to come. Too late for me to back out - I committed to instruct and now they are depending on me. Shame on me for thinking they were serious enough and spending towing money to drag the car there. Well, might as well go blow the cob webs out of the thing ... stay positive, you know, E36 M3 happens ... so... I'm out having a great time ripping on the car and I come up quickly behind a 911 that drops two off and chucks a rock into the grill of my car. I see the kidney grill go flying. Oh, well... it's a DE, I shouldn't be pushing people around at race pace even in the instructor group. My bad. I back off and finish out the session. I roll into the pits and there is a mildly angry guy (whom I know pretty well) waiting for me. My kidney grill bounced over my roof and smashed his windshield on his very pristine car. Sigh. Fine. I apologize despite it just being "one of those things" that happens. "I'll pay the deductible and if your window is smashed too badly to get thru tech... use my car." Nice. Now I'm buying the fuel to tow the car and probably a $200 deductible for a window. OK, well, atleast all I need is a new kidney grill... except wait... fuuuuuck. It smashed my window too. It's just under the Tirerack banner. An there is no cheap deductible for uninsured race cars. And that window was new in July. Tally? 2 windshields, a kidney grill, $140 in diesel fuel for something I was originally planning not to attend except for meeting someone to make a deal on the car. And I still have the car. My 1st world problems are really chapping my arse.
"Dude, you were on a race track. Go buy yourself a new windshield and quit being a whiney bitch."
In reply to Streetwiseguy:
yup
PukenE36 M3s last week. Yesterday chest started hurting. Figure I should call the doc. So I do. While waiting on the appointment, hot and cold, sore throat and wracking cough.
Doc says that I have a severe sinus infection and am teetering on pneumonia.
Why do I have to use all my sick days on being sick?
Dear Comcast, I cancelled you weeks ago because I have moved. Why did you send me a bill again? I went through this the last time I cancelled you! How does that company stay in business...oh wait - local monopolies...
Streetwiseguy wrote:G. P. Snorklewacker wrote: I went to the track this weekend to instruct and I brought my "For Sale" race car to show it to someone - basically meeting them half-way. So, at the last minutes, they decided not to come. Too late for me to back out - I committed to instruct and now they are depending on me. Shame on me for thinking they were serious enough and spending towing money to drag the car there. Well, might as well go blow the cob webs out of the thing ... stay positive, you know, E36 M3 happens ... so... I'm out having a great time ripping on the car and I come up quickly behind a 911 that drops two off and chucks a rock into the grill of my car. I see the kidney grill go flying. Oh, well... it's a DE, I shouldn't be pushing people around at race pace even in the instructor group. My bad. I back off and finish out the session. I roll into the pits and there is a mildly angry guy (whom I know pretty well) waiting for me. My kidney grill bounced over my roof and smashed his windshield on his very pristine car. Sigh. Fine. I apologize despite it just being "one of those things" that happens. "I'll pay the deductible and if your window is smashed too badly to get thru tech... use my car." Nice. Now I'm buying the fuel to tow the car and probably a $200 deductible for a window. OK, well, atleast all I need is a new kidney grill... except wait... fuuuuuck. It smashed my window too. It's just under the Tirerack banner. An there is no cheap deductible for uninsured race cars. And that window was new in July. Tally? 2 windshields, a kidney grill, $140 in diesel fuel for something I was originally planning not to attend except for meeting someone to make a deal on the car. And I still have the car. My 1st world problems are really chapping my arse."Dude, you were on a race track. Go buy yourself a new windshield and quit being a whiney bitch."
for his windshield … yes … but the guy that brought his "pristine" car to a track day (and an experienced instructor at that) … no … E36 M3 happens all the time on track … he's responsible for his own windshield …
just my 2¢ … as always, you're welcome to do what you think is right
CGLockRacer wrote: Dear Comcast, I cancelled you weeks ago because I have moved. Why did you send me a bill again? I went through this the last time I cancelled you! How does that company stay in business...oh wait - local monopolies...
wbjones wrote:Streetwiseguy wrote:for his windshield … yes … but the guy that brought his "pristine" car to a track day (and an experienced instructor at that) … no … E36 M3 happens all the time on track … he's responsible for his own windshield … just my 2¢ … as always, you're welcome to do what you think is rightG. P. Snorklewacker wrote: I went to the track this weekend to instruct and I brought my "For Sale" race car to show it to someone - basically meeting them half-way. So, at the last minutes, they decided not to come. Too late for me to back out - I committed to instruct and now they are depending on me. Shame on me for thinking they were serious enough and spending towing money to drag the car there. Well, might as well go blow the cob webs out of the thing ... stay positive, you know, E36 M3 happens ... so... I'm out having a great time ripping on the car and I come up quickly behind a 911 that drops two off and chucks a rock into the grill of my car. I see the kidney grill go flying. Oh, well... it's a DE, I shouldn't be pushing people around at race pace even in the instructor group. My bad. I back off and finish out the session. I roll into the pits and there is a mildly angry guy (whom I know pretty well) waiting for me. My kidney grill bounced over my roof and smashed his windshield on his very pristine car. Sigh. Fine. I apologize despite it just being "one of those things" that happens. "I'll pay the deductible and if your window is smashed too badly to get thru tech... use my car." Nice. Now I'm buying the fuel to tow the car and probably a $200 deductible for a window. OK, well, atleast all I need is a new kidney grill... except wait... fuuuuuck. It smashed my window too. It's just under the Tirerack banner. An there is no cheap deductible for uninsured race cars. And that window was new in July. Tally? 2 windshields, a kidney grill, $140 in diesel fuel for something I was originally planning not to attend except for meeting someone to make a deal on the car. And I still have the car. My 1st world problems are really chapping my arse."Dude, you were on a race track. Go buy yourself a new windshield and quit being a whiney bitch."
In quotes, meaning it was said by GPS to whiney windshield bitch.
Streetwiseguy wrote: "Dude, you were on a race track. Go buy yourself a new windshield and quit being a whiney bitch."
That is not acceptable language on the GRM boards and stereotypes bitches as being whiny.
For shame!
/grm board rant
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