Dusterbd13-michael said:I have a full nitrous bottle in my backseat. That makes me disturbingly happy.
Does it need a valve seal?
Dusterbd13-michael said:I have a full nitrous bottle in my backseat. That makes me disturbingly happy.
Does it need a valve seal?
Appleseed said:So...can I expect my credit score to drop when I pay off the FR-S?
Revolving credit accounts and loans are treated differently, IIRC. The main thing they track regarding your loan is if it is in good standing. It should stay on your credit history for a few years after you pay it off, so if there is a negative effect, it should be minimal.
mtn said:Appleseed said:KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:In the spirit of curiosity based on a rant about credit scores I just checked mine for the first time in years.
Apparently being a stable, middle aged guy who pays his bills on time has paid off. It's 800 even......and I have no desire whatever to buy a car with it.
Which is why I say credit scores are voodoo, because stanger_missle did the same thing in the rant thread and his score went down.
Not quite... stranger_missle (a) missed a payment and (b) closed accounts.
Credit score is all about (1) not missing payments, (2) showing a long history, requiring old accounts to remain open (for many this is accomplished simply through a mortgage), (3) maintaining a reasonable credit utillization rate. In SM's situation, he unfortunately messed up on #1, reduced his history for #2, and depending on what kind of accounts were closed, could have effed over #3 as well.
When I started my new job, my income went up by a lot. My credit card requested an income verification, possibly because I was paying down my card (while also making more purchases) while giving them almost entirely what I used to make, per month. A month later, they doubled my credit limit. A month after that, I got an ominous-looking form letter saying that there have been changes in my credit report and I need to log in to see.
Credit score went up from 728 to 737. ("A.D.?" No, not the year, the credit score. "Oh, you mean like the aeroplane?")
That thread has been helpful because I had been planning on closing a line of credit, now I won't.
1:30pm yesterday, ordered tires from Tire Rack.
11:50am today.
And they are WS80s in size Giant Rubberband, for about $600 shipped.
I only really have two phobias- and a fear of heights is the one that is the most trying.
Before they start on enclosing the support structure of the cabin, the heavy-duty structural screws needed to be put in to the bracing that stabilizes the posts that the cabin sits on- the front posts are about 25 feet tall. Yesterday I got the last of the screws put in, including the ones essentially directly under the platform the cabin sits on, which involved having to stand on 2x10s 20 feet off the ground and trust the harness and strap I had to keep me from falling since it took both hands to get the screws started in the bracing.
Climbing up onto the roof this evening to figure out how to fix the leak in the roof will be a piece of cake by comparison (though honeslty, once I'm actually up on the roof I'm good).
My son (CSmith) went to a bonfire the other night, and called when he was coming home. the P71 would not shift out of Park. Argh.
He caught a ride home, and I did a bit of online research - likely faults are a collar in the shift mechanism, or the switch detecting that the brake's depressed.
(there's a joke there somewhere about brakes and depression, but...)
Anyway, drove out there the next afternoon with my lovely spouse and she waited while I crawled under the dash, hot-wiring a car in the movies-style. Lo and behold, one of the wires connected to the switch was broken off. Removed the connector, stripped the end of the broken wire, jammed it into the connector. Yeah, I lied to the switch that the brake was pressed, and it went right into gear (Win!) and drove home with the brake lights on the whole way, looking like a grandpa driver. Heh.
Total time at their house... probably 5 minutes. Not "hot-wiring a car in the movies" speed, but fast enough that it didn't mess up any of our schedule for the rest of the day.
Once I got home, I found the wires were warm... not sure what the police wiring tapped into on this for power, but nothing melted, and smoke didn't come out (Win!) If the wiring was Triumph, I'm sure it would have been cheap enough to have just melted halfway home, and likely lit a fire somewhere under the dash. But not this Ford!
After I got home, the Ford connector for the switch uses a couple 90 degree wire lugs crimped on then encased in a plastic frame so they both connect at the same time. Took it apart, redid it with two spade lugs using the ratcheting crimper recommended a couple of years ago. (I love that thing)
Removed 3 ill-placed zip ties and rearranged the wiring with 3 new ones. Now it almost looks factory, and there's no dangling wire to catch on someone's shoe.
I got to look like a hero to my wife, and in front of my boy's friend's parents. Cool!
And it's fixed, almost no cost, (2 connectors for under a nickel each and 3 zip ties at 1-2 cents each) and better than when I started. (Win!)
So much winning, i almost felt like Charlie Sheen. Without the drugs, hookers, or crazy.
In reply to Greg Smith :
I presume you noticed why the wires broke, right? Ford is the only company that has the wires move with the pedal, so those wires bend every single time you step on the brakes.
Leave lotsa slack, and don't tie anything too tight.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Ford brake light switches have always struck me as being both brilliant and completely stupid.
Brilliant, because they react to pedal pressure and not just pedal position. Stupid, because, as you point out, they move with the pedal.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
Can confirm. I went to replace the brake light switch on my SN95 only to find both wires going to it broken. Spliced the wires back together and we were fine until I traded the car off.
Also worth noting. Apparently crusie control will still function on an SN95 if the brake light switch isn't functioning just it won't disengage when you tap the brake. I definitely got caught off guard the day I learned that.
Buying my beer at the convenience store. The cashier is training a new hire.
Cashier: So, you ring beer as normal, but you have to manually add the promo and tax. And see here? You this is because it's alcohol. You have to confirm age. Now he's obviously old enough, so just do this.
Me: (smiling) You don't have to say "obviously."
Cashier: (also smiling) My man, my man, I'm not trying throw nothing...
I dunno, kinda just in a good mood about that for some reason.
I can fit into my "Fat Pants" again!
Minor, to be sure, but psychologically, this is huge! (Well, they are 38s, but they are huge to me)
(see "Acid Reflux" thread)
Wally said:We made it to the Corn Palace just in time. They're starting to pull the corn out.
Be sure to stop at Wall Drug, if only for the bumper sticker.
In reply to Appleseed :
We got there just as they were closing to grab a couple stickers. What ind of tourist trap closed at 6?
Wally said:In reply to Appleseed :
We got there just as they were closing to grab a couple stickers. What ind of tourist trap closed at 6?
Off season hours, maybe?
The printer in my department at work has been out of black ink for months and I finally found where somebody stashed the cartridge.
Not sure if this falls under "Minor Win" or "Minor Rant", honestly. A bunch of us got pulled up to the owner's office one-by-one and informed that that the Department of Labor discovered that our former head of HR, who got fired 3 years ago for skimming money, was taking even more money that went undiscovered for years by taking charging us more for our weekly uniform service and laptop payments and then pocketing the extra. So he was giving the heads up that we would be getting reimbursement checks. Mine showed up and it was $600+. On one hand, I got robbed to the tune of $600+ and never noticed. On the other hand, I made do without that money and never realized it, so it almost kinda feels like a bonus check.
NickD said:Not sure if this falls under "Minor Win" or "Minor Rant", honestly. A bunch of us got pulled up to the owner's office one-by-one and informed that that the Department of Labor discovered that our former head of HR, who got fired 3 years ago for skimming money, was taking even more money that went undiscovered for years by taking charging us more for our weekly uniform service and laptop payments and then pocketing the extra. So he was giving the heads up that we would be getting reimbursement checks. Mine showed up and it was $600+. On one hand, I got robbed to the tune of $600+ and never noticed. On the other hand, I made do without that money and never realized it, so it almost kinda feels like a bonus check.
NickD said:Not sure if this falls under "Minor Win" or "Minor Rant", honestly. A bunch of us got pulled up to the owner's office one-by-one and informed that that the Department of Labor discovered that our former head of HR, who got fired 3 years ago for skimming money, was taking even more money that went undiscovered for years by taking charging us more for our weekly uniform service and laptop payments and then pocketing the extra. So he was giving the heads up that we would be getting reimbursement checks. Mine showed up and it was $600+. On one hand, I got robbed to the tune of $600+ and never noticed. On the other hand, I made do without that money and never realized it, so it almost kinda feels like a bonus check.
Got a bunch of free feta-infused olive oil.
Make breakfast potatoes and eggs with it this morning.
OMG it is so good
My work schedule just changed and I have the 25th, 26th and 27th off. I'm in Tampa, about 2hrs south of Gainesville.
I really want to finally make it to a Challenge but I see the hotel is booked solid? What now? I'd like to stay there at least the 25th and 26th.
I just want to spectate and meet everyone. Maybe help turn wrenches or whatever I can help with.
In reply to stanger_missle :
Post up in the challenge sub, I think there's a thread for finding a room to share.
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