So...How was YOUR day, honey?

[redsox985]

Poboy, I had something like that recently. I pulled into the station with my gas light about melting through the dash and intended on filling up completely. Now, I don't normally go to this gas station because their pumps are always "broken" and don't accept the discounts from a local grocery store, but I was EMPTY and they're the closest.

I walk in knowing I'll be needing close to 15 gallons, which, at $3.80 or so per gallon, I ballpark at $60 to fill up. I walk in, hand the guy 3 $20s, ask for pump number whatever, and he goes:
Clerk: "How about $20?"
Me: "No, I'm going to fill up, it needs about $60."
Clerk: "$25?"
Me: "No, $60. I'll come get my change."
Clerk: "That's your car over there? *points to my car* It needs $30 at most. You have a $10?"
Me: "It's empty. Here's $60. I'll come get my change." And then I walk out.

Total sale: $57 and change.

I walk back in, fetch my $2 and something, then go buy a drink just to make him make change for me again. I leave saying that I told him it needed about $60 and ask him why he questioned me on how much gas my car needed. Nothing in reply and I walk out.

I'm paying you! Why do you question how much money I want to give you?!?

 

[redlinemotorsportts]

So i gots another story.

So, last Thursday i went to take my road test for my jr. licence! I could have gotten it jan 20th, but i was lazy, and felt the need to sign up. '

So from signup to actual test is round 4 weeks turnover time, so you want to get it the first time.

Im not sure, but i think i have around 60-70 hours driving with a permit. So im pretty set, im a good driver, yada, yada.

SO, thursday i have it at 2:00pm. already practiced night before, all went smooth.

Really wasnt nervous. Then at 1:40, i get a call. Its my mother at work (5 min away)

"the jeep wont start" *eyes reach maximum openess*

"it cranks but doesnt fire up"

Keep in mind, this is a liberty, 2005, with 285,000 miles. Been awesome, no major breakdowns at all.

Im sitting there just like on the verge of freaking out..... I say, grab someones keys, i dont care who.

So she pulls up in a chrysler sebring convertable.

Long story short, i take the test, extremely nervous. Never driven the car before, never parked it, nothing!

But man, aced the test with 10 points off for not looking behind me enough or some crap.

Yahoo, what a **** show experience. Glad thats over...

 

[Poboy kartman]

IDK....What to say guys.....other than when there's rotten meat out there. ........it attracts the flies!!!!! JK......

No......this really sucks.....only thing I've ever lost in a pawn shop. .....had it 40 years. ...worth $400 if a penny.....gone for $50.....LESSON LEARNED! !!!!!!

IT'S my BAD....It's all on me......wait...... (maybe I could blame this on firemanjim......or that crazy Canadian. .." felineman.....or was that femaleman...I can never get that straight)...And then I would be able to hold my head up as the most................(get your puke buckets ready...............) RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECTED MEMBER OF THIS FORUM!!!!!!

But alas.......mama is calling.....time to shut the eelectronical devices down. ....and go back to the old school battery powered ones......

(Some will get that. .......some wont.....hopefully. ...............the right ones in both cases.....

OOPS.... Yeah. ....1970 Charles Daly 12 guage automatic Superior shotgun......

 

[Poboy kartman]

Picked these up Friday. ...... $30. each. ......from a nursery that was going out of business. .... (of all places).....go figure. .....BTW.....plants....not little people!

 

[Poboy kartman]

My boss went on vacation this week......he left me a check. ...but made the mistake of telling me he did.....on Tuesday. ...now. ...to his way of thinking. ....this would be incentive for me to work. ....to me .....it was a challenge! !!!

Now. ...I was too busy to look for it the rest of the week.....so at 4:07.....I texted him for the location of the check. .....he didn't respond. ...so the hunt was on.....now. ...I was too busy to look.....but from time to time I tried to figure out where he put it.......

It couldn't be anywhere I needed to go....so that reduces quite a bit of the shop......+ it had to be in a place easy to describe. ....and just knowing his tendencies was the last piece of the puzzle......

At 4:30....I texted him back...."Never mind. ....I found it. .....LOL! This is a 2500 sq.ft. shop with stuff crammed everywhere. .....he is going to freak when he finds out I found it! !!!!!! I figure he's somewhere he's not getting reception. ....IDK......

Edit:.....Yes.....he had spotty reception where he was.. but to clarify. ... this happened at 4:00 ish on Friday. .....

 

[Poboy kartman]

OK..... Well I disassembled the $30 nail gun. ....I wire brushed all the rusted and corroded parts. ..washed with paper towels and lacquer thinner. .....

Then painted and reassembled. .......

The finished product. .....got about $40 in it ( .......not counting Poboy time.....)

Edit: ...BTW....I'm about to mask off my camera lens....and shoot it with clear laquer.... I don't see how it can get any worse.......my apologies for the bad pics.....but now you can see the world through my eyes after 10 pm.....he he.....

 

[firemanjim]

Jim, I caught your first two posts just before I had to punch in, so I couldn't respond.... I'm glad you were able to salvage things....

I've got one tale that had bad day written all over it....

Where I work, we make propellers; the first operation after they leave the foundry proper is to bore the hub. We have multiple CNC lathes of different size capacity, most with duplicate back up. Guess which one has to commit suicide? The one we don't have a back up for. (One of the oldest)

While the hard parts are available (in theory), it's the quoted 8~10 month delivery window that had the front office decide to take the ~$40,000.00 price quote for the parts, and use it for the down payment on the brand new Doosan that lands some time next week......

How the h€££ do you get a machine in weeks? Ours are all built over seas,dismantled and shipped, then reassembled in california, checked for proper operation, disassembled again, shipped to illinois, reassembled again and checked out by the techs @the corporate location. Then disassembled again,packed and shipped to us. It takes on average, 9 months to get our cnc's. (ours are custom ordered, I wonder if that makes a difference? ).....

 

[Poboy kartman]

WHAT topic??????.?

 

[Poboy kartman]

Just got through watching a '60 Minutes' segment about a German guy that was forging million dollar paintings. ....

He was so good that the only way to detect his copies were frauds was to examine the pigments at a microscopic level.....

He's now serving a 6 year sentence in a German prison and is facing like 12million in lawsuits......

But this is what cracked me up. ......when the interviewer asked him if he thought he'd done anything wrong. .....his response was...."Yes...I used the wrong titanium white......."

 

[machinist@large]

How the h€££ do you get a machine in weeks? Ours are all built over seas,dismantled and shipped, then reassembled in california, checked for proper operation, disassembled again, shipped to illinois, reassembled again and checked out by the techs @the corporate location. Then disassembled again,packed and shipped to us. It takes on average, 9 months to get our cnc's. (ours are custom ordered, I wonder if that makes a difference? ).....

Jim, Doosan had this machine sitting in their warehouse in NJ; they wanted to move it badly enough that we only had to pay for the shipping, and the rigging on our end. Doosan paid for the loading. And no, we didn't custom order the thing, they had it on the shelf...... The part that blew me away was the fact that our CEO was proud as punch that we were able to negotiate the as delivered price down to a little under $220,000.00 US.....

 

[davidbooth1991]

MY DAY.....
MY DAY.....
MY DAY WAS PAINFULL...

After being stuck under a linisher for 10 mins while the boys unbolted the bed to get my hand out I broke three fingers and need an op on the fat one...............
And I was late this morning.
Apart from that alls well.

 

[machinist@large]

Do not try this at home........

Ouch!!! That kind of has "bad day" written all over it........

One quick question; what exactly is a linisher? I've worked with and/or on a lot of types of machines over the last couple of decades, but I haven't run across a machine with that title......

 

[davidbooth1991]

This is a similar machine pal we call them lunishers / tube notchers

 

[Axx3d]

Just got through watching a '60 Minutes' segment about a German guy that was forging million dollar paintings. ....

He was so good that the only way to detect his copies were frauds was to examine the pigments at a microscopic level.....

He's now serving a 6 year sentence in a German prison and is facing like 12million in lawsuits......

But this is what cracked me up. ......when the interviewer asked him if he thought he'd done anything wrong. .....his response was...."Yes...I used the wrong titanium white......."

I saw that to and was amazed.. he has everyone so head facked that even the actual experts wont say if a painting is real or a fake now due to liability.. hhahahaa..

I feel anyone with $5mill to blow on a painting maybe deserves to get duped once in awhile..

Back on topic.. ive had good days and bad days.. the bad days make you appreciate the good ones all the more!!

 

[Poboy kartman]

MY DAY.....
MY DAY.....
MY DAY WAS PAINFULL...

After being stuck under a linisher for 10 mins while the boys unbolted the bed to get my hand out I broke three fingers and need an op on the fat one...............
And I was late this morning.
Apart from that alls well.

Yeah....beating the out of your body is never fun.....IDKY.....I've made a lifelong habit of it.........

Accidents happen. ...do it again and you are an idiot.......

And eligible for membership to the "Poboy injury club".......

 

[davidbooth1991]

What are the perks of being a member bro.....we can be scar buddies. Do you get discount on firstaid boxes . this is the worst one yet. Hopefully the last.

 

[Poboy kartman]

What are the perks of being a member bro.....we can be scar buddies. Do you get discount on firstaid boxes . this is the worst one yet. Hopefully the last.

Well. ....you have to do this again before you can be eligible. ....I've stuck my finger in a table saw blade twice........ (and that don't feel good neither! !!!)

About the only perk is Mensa won't ever pester you to join ever again. ....and you know how pesky that can be. ......st

 

[davidbooth1991]

That sounds like a plan, broken bones and laserations are well worth a quite life .......lmao.

 

[Poboy kartman]

That sounds like a plan, broken bones and laserations are well worth a quite life .......lmao.

Yeah. ...I think you mean lacerations..... laser rations are what Captain Kirk calls for when on patrol.......

(I keep mine set on "stun"......but then again. ...I'm " stunningly" handsome! !!!!!

Just sold the ol'Honda self-propelled lawmower.....picked up off the curb. ..... $5 worth of mineral spirits gas and carb cleaner...cha ching!!!!!!!

I probably could have doubled my money. ..... (if I had bet. ...).....the one guy says.....bet you can't guess his age.....noone can. .....

I said. ..."Yeah. ..not only can I guess his age.....but I'll bet you can't come close to mine".....Which brought up. .."whoever's closer".....

So I look this guy over.....and say...."85"..........."How did you do that?????......no-one ever guesses his guy's age!!!!"

Then I said. ...."My turn.....remember ?".....So this guy looks me over and says:".......................46!!!!!!!!.......LOL.....I am like....dude....you missed that by more than 10 years.......I'm 57.......but you have to cherish those moments. ....it's not everyday you get a half-blind 85 year old man to underestimate your age........ (now if I could just figure out how to get those 26 year old females to miss by about 40 years)......

 

[OzFab]

MY DAY.....
MY DAY.....
MY DAY WAS PAINFULL...

After being stuck under a linisher for 10 mins while the boys unbolted the bed to get my hand out I broke three fingers and need an op on the fat one...............
And I was late this morning.
Apart from that alls well.

All I can say is OOOOUUUUCH

One quick question; what exactly is a linisher?

In simple terms, a bench (or floor) mounted belt sander...