Do You Examine Things Ya Know Ya Can't Fix?

[sgdp]

"Check Engine Light On?" the AutoZone ad reads.

Why, yes! Yes, AutoZone. My check engine light is on! How convenient of you to offer...

"Free Code Retrieval!"

Hm. Well, how do I go about obtaining this service?

"Ask inside!"

Ok!

"Sir, I need a code retrieval. My check engine light is on."
"What year is your car?"
"Ninety-four."
"Oooo. Well, we can only check ninety-six and newer."
"Hm. Well, thank you anyway."
"Hey, Miss..?"
"Yessir?"
"What kind of car is it?"
"Toyota Corolla."
"Yeah, we can't do those either."

Orly? Thanks for the follow-up tease. But you know what's funny? I get home and my instinct is to open the hood and look around the engine with a flashlight.

My diagnosis? Nothing's on fire.

Long story short, AutoZone ads irk me and so does my habit of examining things I know I can't fix. Am I the only one who does that? :think: Please. I need reassurance that I'm not crazy. :pray:

[Wookinstien]

I ususally examine them by taking them apart examining them one more time and then I get up and go buy a new one. :)

[StoneScratcher]

No. It's one of the main reasons I seldom date.

[jeepers]

No. It's one of the main reasons I seldom date.



:)) :clap:

[ALBOB2]

"Check Engine Light On?" the AutoZone ad reads.

Why, yes! Yes, AutoZone. My check engine light is on! How convenient of you to offer...

"Free Code Retrieval!"

Hm. Well, how do I go about obtaining this service?

"Ask inside!"

Ok!

"Sir, I need a code retrieval. My check engine light is on."
"What year is your car?"
"Ninety-four."
"Oooo. Well, we can only check ninety-six and newer."
"Hm. Well, thank you anyway."
"Hey, Miss..?"
"Yessir?"
"What kind of car is it?"
"Toyota Corolla."
"Yeah, we can't do those either."

Orly? Thanks for the follow-up tease. But you know what's funny? I get home and my instinct is to open the hood and look around the engine with a flashlight.

My diagnosis? Nothing's on fire.

Long story short, AutoZone ads irk me and so does my habit of examining things I know I can't fix. Am I the only one who does that? :think: Please. I need reassurance that I'm not crazy. :pray:


After careful examination I've determined that you ARE crazy and that I can't fix you.:cool:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

No. It's one of the main reasons I seldom date.
That right there is funny.

And you owe me a keyboard.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

"Check Engine Light On?" the AutoZone ad reads.

Why, yes! Yes, AutoZone. My check engine light is on! How convenient of you to offer...

"Free Code Retrieval!"

Hm. Well, how do I go about obtaining this service?

"Ask inside!"

Ok!

"Sir, I need a code retrieval. My check engine light is on."
"What year is your car?"
"Ninety-four."
"Oooo. Well, we can only check ninety-six and newer."
"Hm. Well, thank you anyway."
"Hey, Miss..?"
"Yessir?"
"What kind of car is it?"
"Toyota Corolla."
"Yeah, we can't do those either."

Orly? Thanks for the follow-up tease. But you know what's funny? I get home and my instinct is to open the hood and look around the engine with a flashlight.

My diagnosis? Nothing's on fire.

Long story short, AutoZone ads irk me and so does my habit of examining things I know I can't fix. Am I the only one who does that? :think: Please. I need reassurance that I'm not crazy. :pray:
I look at wiring all the time despite not being allowed to fix it (wife fears for her life everytime I'm near an electrical implement).

[EnchantedFrog]

The on-board-diagnostics were required on cars and light trucks beginning
January 1, 1996. If you have a 1994 car, there is a good chance that it
doesn't even have a connector to hook the scanner to, and on the models
that do have it, there is a good chance it is not compliant with the current
OBD-II communications. That's why they do not offer the service on cars
built before 1996.

[sgdp]

The on-board-diagnostics were required on cars and light trucks beginning
January 1, 1996. If you have a 1994 car, there is a good chance that it
doesn't even have a connector to hook the scanner to, and on the models
that do have it, there is a good chance it is not compliant with the current
OBD-II communications. That's why they do not offer the service on cars
built before 1996.

The only shop I've ever used read all years. Didn't realize AutoZone was too good for my car.

[sgdp]

I look at wiring all the time despite not being allowed to fix it (wife fears for her life everytime I'm near an electrical implement).

This makes me feel better about myself. :D

[sgdp]

After careful examination I've determined that you ARE crazy and that I can't fix you.:cool:

This makes me feel worse about myself. :(

[Buffalo]

Funny, the woman who works for us and I were talking bout this yesterday, not autozone, but tinkering with **** I have no business touching. Had to fix a DVD-RW drive. In the past, I took apart our HOP large format printer to fix after the repair guy showed up and charged us close to two hundred just to look at it and tell us it needed a new bus. A friend of mine, years ago, gave the following advice about such things. Just take care to note what you take apart and how it went together and don't force anything. As for the printer, I took it apart and found the issue was a guide ribbon issue and fixed it myself. Machine works like a champ and we never called the repair guy back. The DVD drive is doing great today! just a little dirty.

[ALBOB2]

The DVD drive is doing great today! just a little dirty.

Well, if you'd quit putting THOSE movies in it. :rolleyes:

[Buffalo]

Well, if you'd quit putting THOSE movies in it. :rolleyes:
:dance:

[SisterMary]

Well, if I don't examine it, how will I know for sure that I can't fix it?:angel:

[VCaddy05]

"Check Engine Light On?" the AutoZone ad reads.

Why, yes! Yes, AutoZone. My check engine light is on! How convenient of you to offer...

"Free Code Retrieval!"

Hm. Well, how do I go about obtaining this service?

"Ask inside!"

Ok!

"Sir, I need a code retrieval. My check engine light is on."
"What year is your car?"
"Ninety-four."
"Oooo. Well, we can only check ninety-six and newer."
"Hm. Well, thank you anyway."
"Hey, Miss..?"
"Yessir?"
"What kind of car is it?"
"Toyota Corolla."
"Yeah, we can't do those either."

Orly? Thanks for the follow-up tease. But you know what's funny? I get home and my instinct is to open the hood and look around the engine with a flashlight.

My diagnosis? Nothing's on fire.

Long story short, AutoZone ads irk me and so does my habit of examining things I know I can't fix. Am I the only one who does that? :think: Please. I need reassurance that I'm not crazy. :pray:

LOL, nice diagnosis! any reason you may think your engine light is on for??? any noises, reduced fuel econ/ or power? smoke?

[sgdp]

Funny, the woman who works for us and I were talking bout this yesterday, not autozone, but tinkering with **** I have no business touching. Had to fix a DVD-RW drive. In the past, I took apart our HOP large format printer to fix after the repair guy showed up and charged us close to two hundred just to look at it and tell us it needed a new bus. A friend of mine, years ago, gave the following advice about such things. Just take care to note what you take apart and how it went together and don't force anything. As for the printer, I took it apart and found the issue was a guide ribbon issue and fixed it myself. Machine works like a champ and we never called the repair guy back. The DVD drive is doing great today! just a little dirty.

Ha. What makes it even worse is that I refuse to take anything apart. Took me a good two minutes to even get the hood up, and then I just looked with a flashlight. The great thing is I knew a few friends would get a kick out of it, so I kind of filmed my adventures.

[sgdp]

OH! And a little update. I took the advice of a very friendly poster (already forgotten who, because a few tried to help).

I tightened the gas cap and the light went off. :redface:

[sgdp]

Well, if I don't examine it, how will I know for sure that I can't fix it?:angel:

Right? For some reason, I expect it will just be a blatant but simple fix. Like a bolt needs to be tightened... Psh. That'd teach that stupid light. I tightened your bolt. How'd ya like THAT?

[VCaddy05]

I look at wiring all the time despite not being allowed to fix it (wife fears for her life everytime I'm near an electrical implement).

ugghhh, I learned my lesson on wiring a long time ago, now if i thinkits electrical... I dont **** wit it. I had the high beam indicator on my 1978 trans am go up when I just started driving (bout 10yrs ago) i was fooling around with it and got it working again!!! yay, turn the car on go for a spin and all the dash lights are out, but i have my highbeam indicator! just cant see how fast im goin, or fuel level.:wall: LOL. Wiring is a bitch, and its why most places will charge up the ass for a wiring diagnosis.
My Jetta had wiring problems from the day I bought it, the thing would have a mind of its own! lock you in the car, and crazy **** like that, I just dealt withit until someone ran a red light and killed it!

[VCaddy05]

OH! And a little update. I took the advice of a very friendly poster (already forgotten who, because a few tried to help).

I tightened the gas cap and the light went off. :redface:

thats one of the first things to always do! check the gas cap, if there is abad vaccum you will throw a sensor.

[sgdp]

ugghhh, I learned my lesson on wiring a long time ago, now if i thinkits electrical... I dont **** wit it. I had the high beam indicator on my 1978 trans am go up when I just started driving (bout 10yrs ago) i was fooling around with it and got it working again!!! yay, turn the car on go for a spin and all the dash lights are out, but i have my highbeam indicator! just cant see how fast im goin, or fuel level.:wall: LOL. Wiring is a bitch, and its why most places will charge up the ass for a wiring diagnosis.
My Jetta had wiring problems from the day I bought it, the thing would have a mind of its own! lock you in the car, and crazy **** like that, I just dealt withit until someone ran a red light and killed it!

Eek. I learned my lesson the hard way, too. My radio went out, so I decided to rip off my dashboard to fix it. Now the A/C plug doesn't make contact in the back, because I bent the plastic around it.

But I'd much rather have the radio. :eek: Just...drive with the windows...down...

[sgdp]

thats one of the first things to always do! check the gas cap, if there is abad vaccum you will throw a sensor.

Pft. You know what the icing on all this is? I worked in an autoshop. I just never learn when it comes to mechanics... :wall:

[gwhughes]

When examining electric appliances, don't let out the magic smoke. It won't work nomore.

[VCaddy05]

Eek. I learned my lesson the hard way, too. My radio went out, so I decided to rip off my dashboard to fix it. Now the A/C plug doesn't make contact in the back, because I bent the plastic around it.

But I'd much rather have the radio. :eek: Just...drive with the windows...down...

LOL good call, i had 3 cars that had no radio, was quite miserable driving around town with a ****ing boom box in the mack of my car:wall: people got a kick out of it though! plus it solved the problem of not haveing a CD player built into the stock radio. LOL

[sgdp]

LOL good call, i had 3 cars that had no radio, was quite miserable driving around town with a ****ing boom box in the mack of my car:wall: people got a kick out of it though! plus it solved the problem of not haveing a CD player built into the stock radio. LOL

Yes...yes...

I would like a CD player. And the two blown speakers replaced. The only cassettes I own are The Moody Blues and Jimmy Buffett. That gets old.

[VCaddy05]

Pft. You know what the icing on all this is? I worked in an autoshop. I just never learn when it comes to mechanics... :wall:

HAHA! hope your not doing the work on vehicles, with the statements like "I wont take anythign apart, just hope for a random bolt to be loose"! LOL

[VCaddy05]

Yes...yes...

I would like a CD player. And the two blown speakers replaced. The only cassettes I own are The Moody Blues and Jimmy Buffett. That gets old.

Yea you can only listen to Son of a Son of a Sailor so many times before you want to drive off the road into a lake or something!

[Dr. Funkenstein]

ugghhh, I learned my lesson on wiring a long time ago, now if i thinkits electrical... I dont **** wit it. I had the high beam indicator on my 1978 trans am go up when I just started driving (bout 10yrs ago) i was fooling around with it and got it working again!!! yay, turn the car on go for a spin and all the dash lights are out, but i have my highbeam indicator! just cant see how fast im goin, or fuel level.:wall: LOL. Wiring is a bitch, and its why most places will charge up the ass for a wiring diagnosis.
My Jetta had wiring problems from the day I bought it, the thing would have a mind of its own! lock you in the car, and crazy **** like that, I just dealt withit until someone ran a red light and killed it!
I capped a bunch of exposed wires in our house right after we bought the place, and she said I was trying to burn it down.

She's even skittish when I disconnect the TiVo from the TV and plug in my Playstation.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Yes...yes...

I would like a CD player. And the two blown speakers replaced. The only cassettes I own are The Moody Blues and Jimmy Buffett. That gets old.
PM me...I can hook you up with some sweet-ass mixes I made in high school.

I just hope you like 311 and Sublime...a lot...;)

[sgdp]

HAHA! hope your not doing the work on vehicles, with the statements like "I wont take anythign apart, just hope for a random bolt to be loose"! LOL

Hahah. Noooo. I was shop manager. I knew enough to get by. :)

[sgdp]

Yea you can only listen to Son of a Son of a Sailor so many times before you want to drive off the road into a lake or something!

I wish the ballads were on there. This tape is just "Fruitcakes" and "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?"

[VCaddy05]

[quote=sgdp;59670051]Yes...yes...

I would like a CD player. [quote]

It was a great little contraption I must say! LOl I had the boombox in the back seat, and had the power chord go up front to a little power inverter, i bought at radio shack for like $10! saved a **** load in batteries, only bad part was had a guy in a pickup slam into the back of me doin bout 30 and next think i knew i had that boombox in the front seat with a lump on the back of my head! lol :snooty:

[sgdp]

PM me...I can hook you up with some sweet-ass mixes I made in high school.

I just hope you like 311 and Sublime...a lot...;)

I still don't even know how you say that first one. Three hundred eleven? Three eleven?

[VCaddy05]

I wish the ballads were on there. This tape is just "Fruitcakes" and "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?"

LoL those can get old pretty quick, but always fun to play to an unsuspecting listener... "did he just say why dont we get drunk and ... screw???"

[Buffalo]

PM me...I can hook you up with some sweet-ass mixes I made in high school.

I just hope you like 311 and Sublime...a lot...;)
You raiding my CD collection?

[VCaddy05]

PM me...I can hook you up with some sweet-ass mixes I made in high school.

I just hope you like 311 and Sublime...a lot...;)

LOL, love some good ole sublime, wish people would play more then just ****ing santeria and what i got all the damn time though. they actually had some great hits. 311, never cared for that much, but have had some aches and pains from a concert of theirs i dont remember.

[sgdp]

LoL those can get old pretty quick, but always fun to play to an unsuspecting listener... "did he just say why dont we get drunk and ... screw???"

This is true. Considering most people my age don't know the song, I could have had a lot of fun...

Now they just see videos of me being an ass about check engine lights. :(

And then they go, "That's attractive. Why don't we get drunk and screw?"

And I go, "Heyy!! You do know that Jimmy Buffett song!"

And they go, "!?!"

[VCaddy05]

This is true. Considering most people my age don't know the song, I could have had a lot of fun...

Now they just see videos of me being an ass about check engine lights. :(

And then they go, "That's attractive. Why don't we get drunk and screw?"

And I go, "Heyy!! You do know that Jimmy Buffett song!"

And they go, "!?!"

LOL for sure! the only reason I know it is because my dad would play him 24/7 since I was like 12! I hated it for the longest time, probly till i started drinking! then i realized either he grew on me or i just have heard it sooooo damn much that i like being able to recite just about ever word to any of his 5000 songs.

[sgdp]

LOL for sure! the only reason I know it is because my dad would play him 24/7 since I was like 12! I hated it for the longest time, probly till i started drinking! then i realized either he grew on me or i just have heard it sooooo damn much that i like being able to recite just about ever word to any of his 5000 songs.

Are you my brother? :eek:

[VCaddy05]

Are you my brother? :eek:

yes... long and lost!:wall:

[Dr. Funkenstein]

You raiding my CD collection?
I still can't find my copy of "Enlarged to Show Detail"...where are you hiding it?

[Dr. Funkenstein]

I still don't even know how you say that first one. Three hundred eleven? Three eleven?
The correct answer is "Three Eleven"

[Dr. Funkenstein]

LOL, love some good ole sublime, wish people would play more then just ****ing santeria and what i got all the damn time though. they actually had some great hits.

I was over "Santeria" the second time I heard it, but I love "What I Got". Best song on that album is "Caress Me Down", but I also really liked "Pawn Shop", "April 29, 1992", "Doin' Time" and "Garden Grove"

311, never cared for that much, but have had some aches and pains from a concert of theirs i dont remember.

Never been to one of their concerts, although I'm told they're good live (and I do have their live album, but that's never a real good indicator).

[sgdp]

The correct answer is "Three Eleven"

Did I match Richard Dawson? :pray:

[sgdp]

yes... long and lost!:wall:

My dad did the same thing with Jimmy Buffett, but it was since birth for me. He also went all out with the Buffett lifestyle, let's say. :))

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Did I match Richard Dawson? :pray:
Betty White

[sgdp]

Betty White

But I don't wanna "Thank You Kiss" her. :(

[VCaddy05]

I was over "Santeria" the second time I heard it, but I love "What I Got". Best song on that album is "Caress Me Down", but I also really liked "Pawn Shop", "April 29, 1992", "Doin' Time" and "Garden Grove"



Never been to one of their concerts, although I'm told they're good live (and I do have their live album, but that's never a real good indicator).

yea cant say i remember it enough to critique! I never really cared for that album in general, imo it was the worst one. had good songs but not the standard sublime style like 40oz to freedom, and robbin the hood. The "Sublime" album was too punk for me.

[LouC]

No. It's one of the main reasons I seldom date.

.

[LouC]

Do You Examine Things Ya Know Ya Can't Fix?

I still watch C-Span coverage of Congress in session, duh!

[VCaddy05]

My dad did the same thing with Jimmy Buffett, but it was since birth for me. He also went all out with the Buffett lifestyle, let's say. :))

Oh we had the lifestyle down fo sho!!! LOL hell i still go over his house twice a year for to bartend his parties! my whole life was nothing but palm trees jimmy buffet, and that was in maryland where palms dont last! lol we had to build a green house to keep those ****ers alive in the winter LOL. But he didnt realize who jimmy buffet was until about 1995 or so I guess!

[Dr. Funkenstein]

yea cant say i remember it enough to critique! I never really cared for that album in general, imo it was the worst one. had good songs but not the standard sublime style like 40oz to freedom, and robbin the hood. The "Sublime" album was too punk for me.
Loved 40 oz to Freedom too...never picked up Robbin The Hood...maybe I'll download tonight if they have it on Rhapsody.

[snagswolf]

The OP reminds me of an old joke:

Girl: "My dad likes to take things apart to see why they don't go.
Boy: "So?"
Girl: "Well, you better go."

[VCaddy05]

Loved 40 oz to Freedom too...never picked up Robbin The Hood...maybe I'll download tonight if they have it on Rhapsody.

Its a great one1 one of my favorites, although i havent listened to it for about 6 or7yrs prolly since like senior yr of highschool now that i think about it. I lost my copy of it and never bothered to pick it up again. The raleigh soliloquy's used to crack me up!! youll see why...

[VCaddy05]

The OP reminds me of an old joke:

Girl: "My dad likes to take things apart to see why they don't go.
Boy: "So?"
Girl: "Well, you better go."


... crickets...crickets... LOL sorry just must have gone over my head!!

[snagswolf]

... crickets...crickets... LOL sorry just must have gone over my head!!
Hey, I never claimed it was that funny.

But it should be comprehendable.

[sgdp]

Oh we had the lifestyle down fo sho!!! LOL hell i still go over his house twice a year for to bartend his parties! my whole life was nothing but palm trees jimmy buffet, and that was in maryland where palms dont last! lol we had to build a green house to keep those ****ers alive in the winter LOL. But he didnt realize who jimmy buffet was until about 1995 or so I guess!

I can top that!

I thought Narnia was in our basement wardrobe. It was just one of these:

http://i25.tinypic.com/289zzbp.jpg

[VCaddy05]

Loved 40 oz to Freedom too...never picked up Robbin The Hood...maybe I'll download tonight if they have it on Rhapsody.

The funny/not so funny thing is (at least from what i can remember) that album was recorded in a ****ing crack house or some ****. And songs like Pool shark will reflect that, and kinda eerily predict his death.

[VCaddy05]

I can top that!

I thought Narnia was in our basement wardrobe. It was just one of these:

http://i25.tinypic.com/289zzbp.jpg

:)):)):)) Light that closet on fire and youll see Narnia alright!!!wohoo!!

[VCaddy05]

Hey, I never claimed it was that funny.

But it should be comprehendable.

LOL!! good call

[sgdp]

:)):)):)) Light that closet on fire and youll see Narnia alright!!!wohoo!!

All my childhood innocence was shattered the day I was told what "Narnia" really was. :))

[VCaddy05]

All my childhood innocence was shattered the day I was told what "Narnia" really was. :))

LOL i bet :eek:

[VCaddy05]

All my childhood innocence was shattered the day I was told what "Narnia" really was. :))

after that the halo came off, and sounds of bob marley could be heard down in narnia!! :angel:

[ThrowCop]

...

I get home and my instinct is to open the hood and look around the engine with a flashlight.

My diagnosis? Nothing's on fire.:)):)):))

[sgdp]

after that the halo came off, and sounds of bob marley could be heard down in narnia!! :angel:

You'd think! But I'm the biggest prude. I won't drink a drop of alcohol, and I've never so much as smoked a cigarette. :angel:

[sgdp]

:)):)):))

You've got me really close to posting the video of it all. :)) Now, THAT is some funniness. But nobody will ever think the same of me after viewing it.

[VCaddy05]

You'd think! But I'm the biggest prude. I won't drink a drop of alcohol, and I've never so much as smoked a cigarette. :angel:

well then here Ill send you my :angel: then! lol
wouldnt call it prude, probly more like smart! lol, but hey i dont think ive ever been labled smart before. so why start now!

[VCaddy05]

You've got me really close to posting the video of it all. :)) Now, THAT is some funniness. But nobody will ever think the same of me after viewing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqDYcCDOTg&feature=related

thats all im gonna say!

hey dont be embarassed, one time i stuck my hand in the radiator fan of my Trans am! talk about looking like an idiot!

[sgdp]

well then here Ill send you my :angel: then! lol
wouldnt call it prude, probly more like smart! lol, but hey i dont think ive ever been labled smart before. so why start now!

I'm a total nerd. I sat at the nerd table. I couldn't lose my seat there just to try something I'm allergic to.

I guess that's why this whole car thing is hilarious to me. I'm so out of my element. I'm really not that ditzy. :))

[Dr. Funkenstein]

You'd think! But I'm the biggest prude. I won't drink a drop of alcohol, and I've never so much as smoked a cigarette. :angel:

That's not a prude...I don't drink (much...I think the last drink I had was two weeks ago, and before that it had been eight months), and I've never smoked either.

Of course...I decided a while ago that my way of rebelling against my parents (both smoked like a chimney, dad's an alcoholic) was to never smoke or drink. Decided to drink a little a while back but never in front of my parents.

[VCaddy05]

I'm a total nerd. I sat at the nerd table. I couldn't lose my seat there just to try something I'm allergic to.

I guess that's why this whole car thing is hilarious to me. I'm so out of my element. I'm really not that ditzy. :))

LOL an allergetic (if thats even a word lol) nerd! this just keeps gettin better and better!

[sgdp]

That's not a prude...I don't drink (much...I think the last drink I had was two weeks ago, and before that it had been eight months), and I've never smoked either.

Of course...I decided a while ago that my way of rebelling against my parents (both smoked like a chimney, dad's an alcoholic) was to never smoke or drink. Decided to drink a little a while back but never in front of my parents.

I've been called many a name. Prude seems the most appropriate because I enjoy humorous self-deprecation. :mrgreen:

I got drunk when I was two, if that counts. :think:

[sgdp]

LOL an allergetic (if thats even a word lol) nerd! this just keeps gettin better and better!

:shifty:

I was always "that" kid. The one the rest just couldn't figure out.

[VCaddy05]

That's not a prude...I don't drink (much...I think the last drink I had was two weeks ago, and before that it had been eight months), and I've never smoked either.

Of course...I decided a while ago that my way of rebelling against my parents (both smoked like a chimney, dad's an alcoholic) was to never smoke or drink. Decided to drink a little a while back but never in front of my parents.

Hey more power to anyone that chooses, youll never hear me bitch. Me i fell asleep in my hammock last month over night, with a margarita in my lap! alot more sticky then you would think, and the bug bites i found the next morning were unreal! Id love to see what the neighbors thought of me!:wall:

[VCaddy05]

I've been called many a name. Prude seems the most appropriate because I enjoy humorous self-deprecation. :mrgreen:

I got drunk when I was two, if that counts. :think:

i dunno but it might account for the insane allergies :eek:

[sgdp]

i dunno but it might account for the insane allergies :eek:

You should have seen me at a cast party a few weeks ago.

Who the HELL puts walnuts in a pesto sauce?!? :mad:

[VCaddy05]

You should have seen me at a cast party a few weeks ago.

Who the HELL puts walnuts in a pesto sauce?!? :mad:

eeww! the old food allergy! that would suck man, they can be pretty dangerous if your not real careful. what the hell is a cast party???

[sgdp]

eeww! the old food allergy! that would suck man, they can be pretty dangerous if your not real careful. what the hell is a cast party???

Oh, did I mention I'm a lame theatre geek, too...?

[sgdp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqDYcCDOTg&feature=related

thats all im gonna say!

hey dont be embarassed, one time i stuck my hand in the radiator fan of my Trans am! talk about looking like an idiot!

Did ya film and narrate it for your friends? Well, considering this place is fairly anonymous, I might post it later. :)) I'd be cruel to have everyone involved in my act of stupidity and not share to the fullest extent.

[VCaddy05]

Oh, did I mention I'm a lame theatre geek, too...?

haha! awesome

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Oh, did I mention I'm a lame theatre geek, too...?
No such thing as a lame theater geek.

All theater geeks are awesome.

[sgdp]

No such thing as a lame theater geek.

All theater geeks are awesome.

:hug:

[VCaddy05]

Did ya film and narrate it for your friends? Well, considering this place is fairly anonymous, I might post it later. :)) I'd be cruel to have everyone involved in my act of stupidity and not share to the fullest extent.

nah lol, this was a random impulse of idocy that i did, filming the rebuilding of a 400 ci engine would be far too boring to film. Plus I had not had the car running for quite a while, so i guess the exitement got the better of my brain and i did one of those "he look at that CRACK!!!" lucky it didnt do more damage then it did. That motor can really turn a fan!

[sgdp]

nah lol, this was a random impulse of idocy that i did, filming the rebuilding of a 400 ci engine would be far too boring to film. Plus I had not had the car running for quite a while, so i guess the exitement got the better of my brain and i did one of those "he look at that CRACK!!!" lucky it didnt do more damage then it did. That motor can really turn a fan!

:)) Ouchhhh!!!

I had had my car running for quite a while. I learned engines get hot. That's in the film. :eek:

I just realize that I have really bizarre gesticulation now that I've filmed myself like that. Usually, when I'm filmed, I'm not just sitting there explaining how much of a dumbass I am.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

:hug:
Wish I had time to get back into it. Last show I did was "Honk" (musical version of The Ugly Duckling) and I had an absolute blast doing it. But lately I've been running two volleyball teams (as part of a three-team program) a softball team, and playing for a separate softball team.

Pretty sure if I tried to start doing a show right now, the next day I'd be presented with divorce papers or find my softball glove being boiled in the microwave.

[sgdp]

Wish I had time to get back into it. Last show I did was "Honk" (musical version of The Ugly Duckling) and I had an absolute blast doing it. But lately I've been running two volleyball teams (as part of a three-team program) a softball team, and playing for a separate softball team.

Pretty sure if I tried to start doing a show right now, the next day I'd be presented with divorce papers or find my softball glove being boiled in the microwave.

That's a lot! Fun. :) I tend to overload my plate, too. I shouldn't have got myself in this production now. Edward Lytton's "Money." I really just like the name. Gets the O'Jays song stuck in my head, though.

[VCaddy05]

:)) Ouchhhh!!!

I had had my car running for quite a while. I learned engines get hot. That's in the film. :eek:

I just realize that I have really bizarre gesticulation now that I've filmed myself like that. Usually, when I'm filmed, I'm not just sitting there explaining how much of a dumbass I am.

Haha, yea my buddy was standing next to my friends motorcycle the other day and happened to brush his leg on the exhaust pipe. LOL, burned the hair right off his leg, and you can still see the burn!

[VCaddy05]

Wish I had time to get back into it. Last show I did was "Honk" (musical version of The Ugly Duckling) and I had an absolute blast doing it. But lately I've been running two volleyball teams (as part of a three-team program) a softball team, and playing for a separate softball team.

Pretty sure if I tried to start doing a show right now, the next day I'd be presented with divorce papers or find my softball glove being boiled in the microwave.

I never get to take up anything fun like that! every year i try to get people together for a soft ball team, volleyball team, hell even a dodgeball team but it never works out. I work late a few days aweek, and spend too much time working on my house! :boohoo:

[sgdp]

Haha, yea my buddy was standing next to my friends motorcycle the other day and happened to brush his leg on the exhaust pipe. LOL, burned the hair right off his leg, and you can still see the burn!

Ooof! I know that hurts. I did have a bike for a little bit, but a bad teacher.

"Hey, how do I make a sudden stop from second gear?"

"Ohhhh. You'll find out..."

I sold the bike. Pretty thang, even though everyone ragged on the vintage high-back sissy bar.

[sgdp]

I never get to take up anything fun like that! every year i try to get people together for a soft ball team, volleyball team, hell even a dodgeball team but it never works out. I work late a few days aweek, and spend too much time working on my house! :boohoo:

Same. My friends are awful about that kind of thing. That's why I joined the community theatre. Good to meet people who are like-minded. I thought about joining the bags league this summer, but didn't.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

I never get to take up anything fun like that! every year i try to get people together for a soft ball team, volleyball team, hell even a dodgeball team but it never works out. I work late a few days aweek, and spend too much time working on my house! :boohoo:

The softball and volleyball that I'm in charge of is through my church...and WOW, the mouths on some of the people I share church membership with (we're Methodists) ;)

The other softball team I'm on is Sundays only. Got into that when I was a daily sports radio caller to a station in Delaware. All of the regulars got together and started a team, even stayed together after the radio show died.

[VCaddy05]

Ooof! I know that hurts. I did have a bike for a little bit, but a bad teacher.

"Hey, how do I make a sudden stop from second gear?"

"Ohhhh. You'll find out..."

I sold the bike. Pretty thang, even though everyone ragged on the vintage high-back sissy bar.

Hey hey hey, a chick on a bike is never anything to ridicule! thats ballsier then most men can say about themselves.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

That's a lot! Fun. :) I tend to overload my plate, too. I shouldn't have got myself in this production now. Edward Lytton's "Money." I really just like the name. Gets the O'Jays song stuck in my head, though.
They're doing "Rent", "The Producers", "Death of a Salesman" and "Best Little Christmas Pageant" this year...I was THIS CLOSE to dropping my summer volleyball team to get into "Producers", but we'd already paid and I would have felt so bad leaving everyone in the lurch like that.

[VCaddy05]

The softball and volleyball that I'm in charge of is through my church...and WOW, the mouths on some of the people I share church membership with (we're Methodists) ;)

The other softball team I'm on is Sundays only. Got into that when I was a daily sports radio caller to a station in Delaware. All of the regulars got together and started a team, even stayed together after the radio show died.

yea its funny when you get people out of the element your used to seeing them in, how they can really change your view on them LOL! Once people start to loosen up its a whole new ballgame no pun intended! Hell even when im around my parents, and their friends i sometimes think about how different things are from when I was a kid, LOL they talk as bad as me!

[sgdp]

They're doing "Rent", "The Producers", "Death of a Salesman" and "Best Little Christmas Pageant" this year...I was THIS CLOSE to dropping my summer volleyball team to get into "Producers", but we'd already paid and I would have felt so bad leaving everyone in the lurch like that.

I just got out of a grueling Shakespeare. I don't know why I do this to myself. I think they're doing "Death of a Salesman" somewhere in this area.

[sgdp]

Hey hey hey, a chick on a bike is never anything to ridicule! thats ballsier then most men can say about themselves.

I stick to the moped now. ;)

[sgdp]

Alright. I'm out. Here's me in all my failed glory:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MissRegionRat

To really enjoy the perks of me burning myself, you have to turn it up a bit, I think.

Can't wait for this to make the rounds on Facebook... Y'all get the sneak preview.

[VCaddy05]

Alright. I'm out. Here's me in all my failed glory:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MissRegionRat

To really enjoy the perks of me burning myself, you have to turn it up a bit, I think.

Can't wait for this to make the rounds on Facebook... Y'all get the sneak preview.

Yes! Awesome job LOL!!! hey got any spare time? i think im hearing an engine knock under my hood!

That video for some reason reminded me of the blair witch project! lol

[ALBOB2]

Wish I had time to get back into it. Last show I did was "Honk" (musical version of The Ugly Duckling) and I had an absolute blast doing it. But lately I've been running two volleyball teams (as part of a three-team program) a softball team, and playing for a separate softball team.

Pretty sure if I tried to start doing a show right now, the next day I'd be presented with divorce papers or find my softball glove being boiled in the microwave.

As what? The backstop? :confused:






Hey, the shot was there so I took it. :whistle:

[sgdp]

Yes! Awesome job LOL!!! hey got any spare time? i think im hearing an engine knock under my hood!

That video for some reason reminded me of the blair witch project! lol

The light came back on on my way home. :cry: I'll have to find a shop tomorrow.

I see the Blair Witch thing. My street is very active, and I hadn't really thought that out when I decided to film myself being a fool. :eek: The new neighbors...what they must think.

[Drawz]

My first car was a 62 Beetle, it had two lights, red and green.
The great thing was, it was like the Fisher Price of autos, real simple.
On one road trip I had to rewire part of the ignition system and it took me a half hour and about a dollars worth of parts.

[Buffalo]

Alright. I'm out. Here's me in all my failed glory:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MissRegionRat

To really enjoy the perks of me burning myself, you have to turn it up a bit, I think.

Can't wait for this to make the rounds on Facebook... Y'all get the sneak preview.
Funny. Can't believe that didn't find the issue.
Fireworks :)

[EnchantedFrog]

My first car was a 62 Beetle, it had two lights, red and green.
The great thing was, it was like the Fisher Price of autos, real simple.
On one road trip I had to rewire part of the ignition system and it took me a half hour and about a dollars worth of parts.
I had a '65. The little piece of crap would go anywhere, ran like a top, and never failed me.

A friend of mine worked on Beetles a lot, and he could drop the engine out of one in about
10 minutes flat. Talk about simple. I think it took 2 floor jacks and taking loose like 7 bolts.

[sgdp]

My first car was a 62 Beetle, it had two lights, red and green.
The great thing was, it was like the Fisher Price of autos, real simple.
On one road trip I had to rewire part of the ignition system and it took me a half hour and about a dollars worth of parts.

This has been my first and only car. Held up rather well considering what I put it through. But I could never just wire the bugger together. :))

[sgdp]

Funny. Can't believe that didn't find the issue.
Fireworks :)

I did say I have a gesticulation problem. :))

Y'all are just lucky I know how to trim clips, because the "Gotta find the latch" to open the hood went on for a while longer than I expected it would.

[meggers49]

LOL, nice diagnosis! any reason you may think your engine light is on for??? any noises, reduced fuel econ/ or power? smoke?

pre-set mileage/age thing.........THAT drives me crazy. light goes on just because........rolling eyes, if the car doesn't work, i'll bring it in. don't tell me i need something checked when i don't.

[sgdp]

pre-set mileage/age thing.........THAT drives me crazy. light goes on just because........rolling eyes, if the car doesn't work, i'll bring it in. don't tell me i need something checked when i don't.

:think:

I have just rolled over 106,000. It had 93k when I bought it, and I've never had a tune-up. I only changed the oil once.

Like I said, I abuse the thing and it still loves me.