People spouting the odds of winning a lottery are simply in it for the smugness. They are smarter than you are because they don't play and they are happy to passive aggressively let you know that.
People spouting the odds of winning a lottery are simply in it for the smugness. They are smarter than you are because they don't play and they are happy to passive aggressively let you know that.
In reply to Appleseed :
I once walked literally straight out of Statistics 451 into a convenience store for a lottery ticket. At that moment, I was probably at the pinnacle of understanding precisely how bad an idea it was, and I totally got my dollar's worth of entertainment anyhow. Admittedly, I wasn't shocked when I didn't win.
Ransom said:In reply to Appleseed :
I once walked literally straight out of Statistics 451 into a convenience store for a lottery ticket. At that moment, I was probably at the pinnacle of understanding precisely how bad an idea it was, and I totally got my dollar's worth of entertainment anyhow. Admittedly, I wasn't shocked when I didn't win.
I've got about 16 hours of 300+ level statistics and probability classes on my transcript. Just because you know you won't win doesn't mean it isn't fun.
In reply to mtn :
Exactly.
We had another really nice day out yesterday so of course I woke up today with another raging sinus infection. I really don’t have time to be sick.
I was within 25-30 minutes’ drive of Wally and Mrs Wally yesterday, but I couldn’t make our schedule match up with theirs.
Sorry to hear you’re sick, man.
I just watched 2 middle aged women fight a jukebox for 15 minutes in order to play...Shania Twain's "Man, I Feel Like a Woman."
I threatened to play Slayer immediately afterwards.
Appleseed said:I just watched 2 middle aged women fight a jukebox for 15 minutes in order to play...Shania Twain's "Man, I Feel Like a Woman."
I threatened to play Slayer immediately afterwards.
Playing Slayer is never a "threat", it is an act of benevolence.
(unless it is from the Undisputed Attitude album, which sucked, except for "Gemini", which not by coincidence was the only non-cover on the whole POS)
(Seasons in the Abyss album was in my car today. Today was a good day. "Accidentally" listened to the opening of Expendable Youth for ten-fifteen minutes in a traffic jam this morning)
Oh, sweet irony. Someone heard my silent prayer and played some Slayer. I overhead one of the moms ask, "Does anyone actually like this music?" Which brings me back to my statement of using Slayer as a threat. Mission accomplished.
The dealer said the diagnostic fee is $98 if they don't have to go into the engine. I don't have $98. I don't have another vehicle I can use. If it turns out not to be the cam chain tensioner it may be months before I can afford to fix it. If I can ever afford to fix it.
At least I've got my bicycle.
Which is odd. The day I finish my commuter bicycle build, which only happened because I got the idea to build it completely out of nowhere a couple months ago, is the day my only other transportation which has been nothing but rock solid reliable for the past two years breaks.
It's berkeleying weird man.
The MX-5 is still at the dealership waiting to get fixed. They don't know what's wrong with it and I'm starting to wonder if it'll ever become a real car. My brain keeps war-gaming a complete part-out of a very nice, low mileage, 2006 MX-5 just because it doesn't start. Sigh
I've come to the conclusion that if I need to move across the country, I need to sell my beloved Wrangler. I bought it with 4 miles on it in 2012. I have driven it to the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic ocean, the plains of the Midwest and all over the mountains of Idaho. I have made it my own and every scratch has a memory attached to it.
Selling it would relieve me of the payment and would give me about $10k to get established somewhere else.
But damn, I really don't want to let it go. It makes sense in my head but my heart is fighting me.
How are you guys able to do it?
In reply to stanger_missle :
That seems sad! Getting out from under a payment is a great idea, but is there any other way you could do it? Anything else you could sell?
@Kyallroad: Before you parted it out, try seeing if anyone here would want to buy it whole at a price that would make you happy or maybe someone could help you fix it. I would be a little interested at the right price but don't know what would make you happy.
In reply to KyAllroad (Jeremy) :
I feel your pain. I'll trade you for a misbehaving mercedes! 
In reply to stanger_missle :
How do I do it? I don't. I fall in love with every vehicle I've owned. I keep them till I kill them.
In reply to dculberson :
I just bought a 2007 F250 that I could sell but it would be a wash. I was hoping to stuff the truck full of my household stuff and possibly tow a trailer to move. The Jeep is worth about $13k more than I owe. I would use that money to kill a couple of other payments that would free up more money. I have about 20 firearms that I could sell but I would recoupe just a fraction of what I paid.
Ugh, why is it so damn expensive to live? 
Thanks tire shop.
Either:
You are a berkeleying moron
You really tried to do this, and/ or you hate BMW's/ German cars
Another business I will not ever deal with again.
Last night The Dancer and I drove and hour to see Elton John's final (so far as anyone knows) tour. Despite seats that make 'nosebleed' seem appealing it was a great show and we had a great time. Unfortunately, I'm very solidly an introvert and the concert drained my social batteries pretty badly, and when we stopped on the way home to get some food I very badly screwed up and pissed The Dancer off something fierce. :(
berkeley berkeley berkeley and reberkeley.
Bike will not start for dealers. "Spins quickly with little resistance but some grinding noises" that's not what I was hoping to hear.
berkeley.
The sound of a chainsaw when you're not the one wielding it is pretty damn annoying.
When you're the one using it, sweet music.
I get to pull the trans again tomorrow. Yay.
daeman said:The sound of a chainsaw when you're not the one wielding it is pretty damn annoying.
When you're the one using it, sweet music.
I am told this is also the case about Mazda rotaries.
Oddly enough, I like them because it sounds like I'm driving a chainsaw. I did play a lot of DOOM as an impressionable youth, in my defense.
I like my car. I like the looks, the size, the design, the performance, the level of features, I LOVE the interior and the driving position, I like the fact that it's grey-market, opposite-side drive, & nobody else around here has one, and most importantly, I like driving it. It's one of the best I've had, and I have absolutely no want to replace it.
I don't want to burn gasoline anymore.
The elephant in the room has made its presence known, and it's pretty clear that plugging our ears & shouting that nothing is wrong isn't a solution. And we need to come to a solution. There are plenty, but none of them are going to happen on their own without people like us taking steps.
I'm trying hard to reconcile these two things. If I could plonk down seven grand and have an assemble-it-yourself EV conversion kit that worked 70% as well as a modern EV, I would be seriously considering it. Why isn't this a thing??
BTW hi guys.
866 pages of rants, impressive. :P
I'm getting sick of these $500 bills. Last winter was the washer, last week was the freezer, this week is the dryer, and I still need a new stove. I can't afford this E36 M3 goddammit, I need to be saving money to open a business this spring. I guess on the plus side this is the last of the 40 year old appliances, but Damn my wallet needs a break.
I swear im never buying a platidip car again. Ever. If it even has plastidip badges. This E36 M3 is the worst thing to happen to cars since the malaise era.
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