ThePhranc wrote: Why is it so hard to find a Miata 01-04 with black interior, 5 speed, tape deck and NO LEATHER seats? Really don't want leather. I may have no choice though and will have to sell the stock leathers for something else.
Purchase Miata with leather, replace with Sparco Evos... sell leather seats... aaaand almost cover half the difference. Eat cat food for a week. Bask!
I don't have anything to rant about at the moment, but I came here to compliment Jay on his latest rant. It was a good one! I became a little bit furious just reading it.
Who are these people who swap in used parts and return them to stores only for us regular folks to get and ruin their weekend. Todays find was a set of rear Bilstiens for the E36. Some twatwaffle though they should send back their used Shocks (Bilstiens as well by chance) so I can get them today, with no hope of having replacements before the weekend. This happened to me on a rear shock for my SV650 before as well, also nothing better than finding the oil filter you just got home is used or a new one of a much cheaper brand.
I don't think I have EVER saw driving this bad in town. Typically, Edmonton gets it's first dump of snow around this time (about a foot), then it gets warm again, it all melts, and then sometime mid November it snows again for good.
Instead, we're approaching a foot with -10C weather (down to -20C this weekend) and it isn't going away. EVERYONE IS DRIVING 40km/h (20km/h under the limit) everywhere and it is pissing me off.
Physics isn't hard to understand; IN A STRAIGHT LINE THE CAR CAN NOT MOVE FROM THAT PATH UNLESS YOU CAUSE IT TO. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Looking like 10-12 degrees over the weekend. Hope it doesn't rain 
Really, one of the worst traffic days in NYC and Mr President needs to come here and add to it. The only day he can fundraise in Manhattan is when the tree is lit, and we need to have three different events in the area. Say what you want about Bush atleast he stayed the hell out of NY.
Hey berkeley you, ebay/paypal. Flipped something on ebay for what I thought would be a quick profit. Waited 10 days for the buyers e-cheque to clear, and now Paypal wants to hold onto my money until the buyer leaves positive feedback. I get that the guy on the other end needs some level of security, and my money will be released eventually, but I thought there might be some concession for years of ebay-use and an exemplary feedback rating. Besides, what if the buyer goes incommunicado or flakes on me for whatever reason?
I have decide that all unknown car shippers are dead beat pricks. Seriously how freaking hard is it.
I sent you a huge freaking check and a timeline, you cash the check and agree, E36 M3 gets shipped.
You call me when you are on your way to get the car, you call me when you are a few hours out from delivery. For that I don't ask for much and I pay up front and in total.
Now I have a normal set of guys that I use, they are all on the east coast for a big auction so I get to play Russian roulette with my cash again. Or do 1K mile stint in the truck with a bad back and the flu.
When shipping industrial equipment for work, I have never had a bad shipping experience. I have sent 9 digits worth of stuff across the globe more times then I can count. But every bloody car not shipped by my normal guys has been crap.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
RANT!!!
So i work for someone, basically for free, for about half a year. Why for free? Because we had a verbal agreement that this person was going to help me build my racecar for me. So weeks and weeks go by, races come and go. When he decides to cut me a check for a race i worked, i take to the bank to deposit it, only for it to BOUNCE.
What does he do in response? TALKS CRAP ABOUT ME!
What the Hell? Not very "Christian Like"....
I've come to the conclusion that under the best of circumstances, roommates are ok.
Under my circumstances, they berkeleying suck. If your irresponsible asses can't pay bills every month, you should be out on the street, not buying all the little luxury crap you always want and then bitching to us about how broke you are. Nor should you be E36 M3ting up the house that we've worked so hard to clean and make decent. And can we have one morning where your bratty kid doesn't shriek and scream and wake up the entire household? I know that neither one of you guys really want this kid, but you can at least make an effort towards raising the little demonspawn.
The only reason I agreed to this is because the roomie is SWMBO's best friend (as well as her BF's husband, and their kid) and that all involved would save some money. I'm totally ready to spend more for us to get our own place after just two months of this crap. I guess the only upside is that it's made our relationship a bit stronger, banding together against their stupid E36 M3.
Women
HiTempguy wrote: Women
So much can be said with just one little word.
^^Troof.
Dear Hungary. Your car rules suck... People modify cars. Yes, some people do it to a lower standard than others, but the simple fact that your laws allow a cardboard Trabant can roam the roads while I cant even change the diameter of my rims without paying your government (the ministry of transportation) over $100 in "inspection money" is abso-wankeling-lutely retarded.
I feel better...
(in the same breath, thanks for the numbers matching 1966 Impala. I think we may have modified those to death in the US)
Toyman01 wrote: So much can be said with just one little word.
The issue can also be fixed very easily, by manning the berkeley up (in my case). Now to just be able to justify traveling 1500kms for no reason...
My Subaru (2010 wrx) is the most boring winter car ever, It feels like it has more traction on snow than my mustang had in the dry (stockish 99gt) I used to love winter driving but this car is ruining it for me. Thank god I have my truck, just getting that thing moving in 2wd in more than an inch of snow feels like an achievement worth celebrating and I can play super dorifto master without going over 15mph. The subaru on the other hand just goes when you step on it, 100 mph on snow? No problem, other than the nagging thought of wrecking a $25000 car by being an idiot.
In short screw you subaru and your stupid symmetrical awd bs. Studded snow tires aren't making things any better either.
Why doesn't anyone want to hire me?! I'm just looking for part time work but it's impossible. I did 6 or 7 applications last week and 3 have already come back saying I'm not suitable for the position. Like working as a security guard at Disney world or as in receiving for Home Depot. What the hell man. Why didn't I just go to college again?
In reply to Drewsifer:
Do you REALLY want to work in security?
I spent $67.43 at PepBoys yesterday for two 5.1 quart containers of Pennzoil dinosaur oil and two FRAM Extra Guard oil filters. I think the 0.1 additional quarts of oil is so you lube yourself up real good before going through the checkout line.
I don’t like the big oil containers as I find I need a funnel to avoid spilling and it’s such a hassle to keep an oily funnel clean. Also, now I’ve got to take up 5.1 quarts of space to store the extra 0.6 quarts of oil that’s left over.
Grrrrrrrrrr!!!
N Sperlo wrote: In reply to Drewsifer: Do you REALLY want to work in security?
No, but I NEED a job. And unfortunately my experience from the Military doesn't seem to matter to anyone else. So if I have to work a E36 M3ty job, I'd prefer to work a E36 M3ty job that makes a little bit more than being a fry cook at McDonalds.
Dear Amazon,
Berkeley you.
I do not need the same spam emails repeated twice, in English and German, from your .de and .ca domains, every single goddamn time.
Dear CSL-Computer,
Berkeley you.
I bought ONE cable from you guys on Ebay for €2, ONCE, over two years ago. That does NOT give you the right to litter my inbox with crap twice a week, every week, until the end of eternity. If I wanted more of your products, I'd go look up your ebay store again... except that I won't now because you're spamming me. And you have NO way to "opt out" of it on your website, not that I'd click that anyway because I'm not a schmuck. Die in a fire.
Dear Photobucket,
Berkeley you.
So you got bought out by Fox. That's fan-berkeleying-tastic. Does that mean I wanted you to sign me up for the "Fox Inside Scoop!!1" newsletter, with no way of getting unsigned, just because I used your website for the purpose for which it exists? SPOILER: NO. May whoever came up with that idea get caught in a freakish industrial accident, and by "freakish industrial accident", I mean deliberate 8 kg sledge to the nuts.
Dear various online flight agents,
Berkeley you.
I occasionally AM interested in your services, which still doesn't mean I want your spam... But when you send me some amazing-looking deal and I go to your actual website and nothing even resembling it exists or ever has existed, that means you are made of buttholes.
Dear Google,
How many times do I have to mark the above mails as spam before they become a permanent part of my Gmail spam filter?! They have the exact same subject line, sender, & header every time! They couldn't be any easier to filter out!!! Berkeley you.
Dear my mobile phone provider (O2),
...actually that free box of mail-order organic müsli you sent me the coupon for was pretty sweet, and it was, like, one extra mail in six months aside from my regular bills. You guys are all right.
So, I decided to stop in at the McDonald's drive-thru (I know, I know) recently. I put in my order, then pull to the first window. I hand the cashier my card.
She swipes it.
She swipes it again.
Another swipe.
Two or three quick swipes back and forth.
Her: "It won't swipe."
"Oh."
Another swipe.
One more.
"Yeah, it's not swiping."
"Okay."
She walks off to get a manager.
The manager swipes the card a few times.
The manager tells me "Your card isn't swiping."
"Okay."
"Do you have a different one?"
"No, that's my payment."
"Well, there's are a couple of ATMs around here. You could get cash there."
I am slightly irate now. "What do you do when a card does not swipe? Do you not use your fingers, you know, to press buttons that correspond to the numbers that appear on the card?"
"No sir."
"You don't use your finger? If you get a card that, heaven forbid, doesn't swipe, you do not deign to use your finger to enter the number?"
"No sir, but there are ATM machines nearby."
Now, I understand the concept of a pyrrhic victory. The nearest approximation of winning might involve my debit card disappearing into a McDonald's with an irate person who would prepare McDonald's food for me to eat. I left.
I had a similar experience at the Dollar General as well. If they cannot swipe the card, they don't want the sale.
In other stores, when the card doesn't swipe, they try four or five times, then try rubbing it against stuff, then they try putting it in a shopping bag, then they complain about the card, then they try some other card reader on the register, and then they give up and type the card number in.
So, I used to work retail, and it wasn't so long ago that the concepts have had time to change.
You sell something, and the customer uses a credit card. Sometimes, the credit card doesn't swipe. You swipe it again, and get nothing. Third swipe? Nope. It's time to move on. You key the number in - it's sixteen digits. You can key sixteen digits three or four times in the time it takes to swipe a card twenty times, rub it all over your body, pull off and ruin a shopping bag (for the guy who brought reusable bags) and complain. Even doing an imprint on a multipart form took less time. Hell, a call-in approval took about as much time as these kids today take trying to wrap their minds around the possibility that a card isn't always read by the card reader.
A professional won't tell the customer "it won't swipe." What is that? That it's not working for you is obvious, and that statement doesn't actually suggest what you, as a cashier, are going to do about it. And if you can't finish a transaction with a willing customer, then that's your bad. Own up to it. Speaking of ownership, your customer doesn't want the problem; take it from them. Make it your problem that you are going to resolve. Apologize. Speak in full sentences. Start with the apology, follow with the problem, then wrap with what you're going to do about your problem. For crying out loud, you have the customer's name on a plastic card in your hand, use the customer's name!
Argh. The worst part of having worked retail is realizing how poorly it is often done.
3 weeks from graduation, probably 30-50 applications sent out, no job.
/rant.
Dear domestic car manufacturers:
I don't hate metric.
French bolts and I get along just fine.
Same goes for SAE fasteners.
For the sake of all that is holy, PICK ONE berkeleyING SYSTEM AND STICK WITH IT!
Nothing like a domestic car full of SAE fasteners and one or two random 10mm bolts! 3/8 won't do it, neither will 7/16. I need to extricate myself from the dash and get more tools.
Bunch of savages....
Also:
Dear China:
SAE thread on fastener with metric head = NOT FUNNY AS YOU THINK IT IS!!!
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