Posted by budda So why 4 cars?

Why not?

My best was when I had 7 at once, with 5 on the road. And I was the only driver

Posted by budda So why 4 cars?

Boyfriend is a mechanic. And we're both pretty big gearheads. We've actually had more than 4 in the past, but we've consolidated a bit. Currently one is down needing trans work (00 A6 Quattro), one is the fun/track car (02 Mustang GT...could be a daily but it passes everything but a gas station and the suspension is crud on anything but straight lines), one is my bf's daily (98 Volvo V70), one is my daily (00 Ram 1500). We have a friend just buy one of our spare cars (98 ZX2), have a friend's car here for engine work (83 Trans AM), and are now dragging the bf's family heirloom Galaxie 500 up here this coming week.

Hoping to rid ourselves of the Ram and Audi soon (although I would LOVE the Audi, he's pretty tired of seeing it and just wants it gone, considering we've now had the engine/trans out 3 different times). The Ram is dying a slow, painful transmission-related death and can barely get out of it's own way anymore. It's pretty useless for hauling. Plans were for him to buy a more reliable truck, me to get the Volvo (provided it doesn't shit it's engine on us... he thinks it developed a knock, but hasn't had time to look it over yet this weekend), and he'd get something small for a daily. Now those are up in the air because of said issues.

My best was when I had 7 at once, with 5 on the road. And I was the only driver

Think our best was, oddly enough, when we were living at the apartments. 8 vehicles between 3 people. All 8 would start, but 2 of them probably wouldn't have made it more than a block. (One of those 2 was an 81 Bronco on 40" mud tires that were in severe need of balancing.)

Posted by jeepdave Why not?

Lol, this.

I think when I met bandi he had over 20 cars (I had 2)...he's still got close to that. I have 3 right now...would gladly have more but I don't have places for them and I don't have the time/money/space in Toronto to bother until I finish school and get out of this city.

For pissed off thing today, those dickwheel male customers that come into my store and are blatantly rude to me and ask the nearest male for an opinion, even if he's the store idiot and doesn't really know anything. I'm no mechanic, but my boobs don't make me less able to tell you what oil you need, brakes, what different things do, etc. It especially pisses me off when it comes to car detailing...I did it for years and I was the shop foreman even! Ugh.

I guess it's their loss?

I had to go back to the eye doctor because of an exam I had a few weeks ago, only to find out the reason I couldn't have LASIK is more than just a thin cornea. On top of that, I have what could be the beginnings of glaucoma damage to one of my eyes.

Only good thing about it is BC/BS now has to pay for at least one eye examination per year for the rest of my life or as long as I work for IP. Shitty thing is I may be going blind.

What the doctor said is that the pressure in my eyes is attributed to "suspect glaucoma" and that I have some cupping of the optic nerve in one eye.

eBay sellers who think that a record will survive shipping with a padded envelope and no other protection. It will break, fuckwit. I'm sure as shit going to give you negative feedback.

I miss Sam's hugs and kisses in the morning. And his full-contact back rubs.

Posted by KublaKhan I miss Sam's hugs and kisses in the morning. And his full-contact back rubs.

i'm in no fucking mood...

Then why did you even respond?

Posted by budda Then why did you even respond?

habit.

Admit it: You missed me. You're glad I'm back.

...and you're never in the mood. That's what makes you so adorable.

Posted by KublaKhan Admit it: You missed me. You're glad I'm back. ...and you're never in the mood. That's what makes you so adorable.

i missed you a little.

Posted by Samurai i missed you a little.

Size is relative. I missed you, too.

Explorers who think they're above the rules... Yet will crack down harder than anyone when someone else breaks them.

Like seriously?

Like SERIOUSLY.

I had a good vacation, but as with any gathering of family, it seems the only two topics that anyone could possibly think of all weekend were "marriage" and "kids"... as in, when are my bf and I doing either/any/all of the above.


The short answers (that of course, I couldn't say, because I have to put on my happy face for his family): "When we're good and fucking ready and not a minute before" and "The 21st of NEVER"(respectively). And even if I wanted kids, I most CERTAINLY would NOT have a spawn before I had a ring.

Needless to say, it doesn't help me to enjoy the "vacation" part of this when I'm constantly being bombarded by these questions and having to defend my choices in MY life.



At least the bf and I are on the same page on these topics.

Some people. Not all people. Just some of them. One in particular.

Fucking CD packaging has gotten complete retarded. I can't stand the all-cardboard ones that are too tight and end up damaging the CD from all the friction, and even worse is one that I just got this weekend, it's a cardboard case with what seems like a normal plastic clip-in holder, but the thing clips in so tight that you practically have to break the CD in half to remove it. Yeah the regular old plastic cases suck in their own ways, but at least they don't damage the fucking disc.

Tobacco cravings. 90 days was bad. Now at 6 months they are coming on fierce again. Sucks pretty hard right now.

Posted by Esoterik Tobacco cravings. 90 days was bad. Now at 6 months they are coming on fierce again. Sucks pretty hard right now.

I've been almost two years without a cigarette, since September of 2010. The cravings came back about every 1 to 3 months for about a year and a half, from my own personal experience. It does get better, believe me. After a year, they get few and far between. You still have your days, but no where near as bad as they are right now for you.

My last big problem with those that I can remember was like middle of December of 2011 to the beginning of January of this year. After that, I really didn't have any big cravings.

What I found was worse were the withdrawal symptoms I had been having. I had stomach issues, either constipation or diarrhea really bad and general nausea and vomiting. My last big attack of that was around September of last year, the doctor I saw for it said that it probably wouldn't come back again, usually it comes back every 3 to 6 months for a year, after that, you usually don't see it again.

The biggest thing you can do for the cravings is just to find something else to do. I ended up going back into video games and spending money that I used to spend on cigarettes on things I couldn't afford while I was smoking.

I save the money and use it to do things like take vacations, buy computers and other expensive shit I couldn't afford before. Like my glasses...I had to have certain things the doctor ordered on them like transitions and anti glare coating, but I didn't have to buy Oakley frames or lenses.

Just hang in there, it does get better and it will get better, just take it one minute, one hour and one day at a time.

Posted by Esoterik Tobacco cravings. 90 days was bad. Now at 6 months they are coming on fierce again. Sucks pretty hard right now.

It gets easier. I quit Feb 2 2010, and outside of the odd nightmare that I started smoking again and the odd craving, I don't really think about it and find the smell repulsive. I smoked a pack a day for 8 years.

The first year was the hardest. It'll get better For me, just remembering that I had to start from day one again was enough to get rid of any sort of desire to start again.