raratt
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I believe that should be decreases, not that I give a shit...
What did you accomplish today?
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If he'd looked like you I'd have said yes to that drink.I don't grab my wife's ass anymore in public because of a similar situation. Glad I got a smile and not a slap but still...
Probably
TacoMac
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For the record: I blame myself for this.
Typically, about every 6 to 8 weeks, I take my wife's car for a drive to check it out and make sure everything is on the up and up. But due to yet more surgery on my part (my 2nd back surgery a few months ago) I've not been able to do that over the last few months until now.
My wife is Russian. A well-to-do Russian. She doesn't do cars. Hell, she doesn't even do warning lights. She's the type of lady that if a warning light came on that said, "THERE IS NO WATER AT ALL IN THE RADIATOR!!! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, PULL THE FUCK OVER!!!" she would ignore it.
So about 3 days ago I went to take her car for a drive to check it out (it's a 2014 Volvo S60 loaded) and didn't make it out of the driveway before I heard the heart stopping grind of the brakes.
I didn't even look. I parked it, gave her the keys to my car, and ordered all new brakes all the way around which I did today.
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, I give you what was left of the passenger side rear brake pads:
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Typically, about every 6 to 8 weeks, I take my wife's car for a drive to check it out and make sure everything is on the up and up. But due to yet more surgery on my part (my 2nd back surgery a few months ago) I've not been able to do that over the last few months until now.
My wife is Russian. A well-to-do Russian. She doesn't do cars. Hell, she doesn't even do warning lights. She's the type of lady that if a warning light came on that said, "THERE IS NO WATER AT ALL IN THE RADIATOR!!! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, PULL THE FUCK OVER!!!" she would ignore it.
So about 3 days ago I went to take her car for a drive to check it out (it's a 2014 Volvo S60 loaded) and didn't make it out of the driveway before I heard the heart stopping grind of the brakes.
I didn't even look. I parked it, gave her the keys to my car, and ordered all new brakes all the way around which I did today.
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, I give you what was left of the passenger side rear brake pads:
If something got between that pad and rotor you may need a new rotor.
TacoMac
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You don't replace just pads on a Volvo. You can't even turn the rotors. It's strictly forbidden by law. You replace it all.
Total I spent: 190 dollars. What they charge at a garage: around 1,000 dollars.
tangerinegreen555
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New insp. stickers today.
TacoMac
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I wish Georgia still did inspections. Hell, half the cars on the roads here are death traps. No bumpers, bald tires, no lights...the list is endless.
That's the pits when that happens.
FML
BarnBuster
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tangerinegreen555
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They'll be happy when they get there, I guarantee it
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Lol. A guy once asked me if I wanted a raisin, when I said no he said how about a date.
Made me laugh, not the response he wanted methinks... he's probably still single.I can almost smell the lidocaine. Do you think gray haired babes remove their adult diapers and seductively hang them from the bedpost? I'm sure there's a pornhub channel with all the answers.
That's good 'cause I'm not at all looking forward to turning 30. My neurosis is a lot less than it was when I was in my late teens, early twenties. It would be nice to just not give a shit.
Singlemalt
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What the hell do Canadians have to be neurotic about?
tangerinegreen555
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New tires on wife's Jeep today for $228 with $400 deduction for prorated warranty. They use full MSRP to calculate, new ones are actually around $400 here without a claim.
38,000 mile Jeep Patriot starting it's 3rd set of tires, can't get to 20,000.
Same tires, same warranty, I guess it'll always have Continental True Contacts with warranty claims at this point.
Nice tires for 18,000 miles and the real reason why Continental tire buyers always repeat? Lol.
raratt
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raratt
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Global warming.
WeedFreak78
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Got the last of my veggie garden rows composted and mulched yesterday. Today I worked on my 2nd hugelkultur, which I started last fall, flipped all the sod I cut out on top and covered it in compost. I just want it to get a good rain to settle everything and then I'll fill the holes and mulch it. I had to dip into my newer compost pile to finish it, which wasn't close to done, and I still have another 50ft, or so, of rows I want to compost and then whatever I need for the new grape beds. For now I'm gonna dig up my old garden plot that I'm turning turning back into open yard and use that. It's not quite compost, but it's been heavily amended over the last ten years and is rich, black soil. Not sure what I'm gonna do after that. Gotta get back out there, it's supposed to start raining tomorrow and rain for 2-3 days. I'm not shoveling dirt after that for a couple days until it dries. I really wish I had bought a tractor with a bucket years ago when I had the money. At least the manual labor is keeping me more fit, hopefully counteracting my horrible diet a little.
Jimmyjonestoo
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$150 on keno today on a 10 dollar bet. Glad I decided to stop for lunch.
Singlemalt
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I'd love to see pics of the hugelkultur now and subsequent progression
raratt
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I still have one to do, my main veggie garden's soil looks much happier now. Need to get more mulch for the other one. Cleaned up my hiding place under the oak tree. I need to scrounge some expanded metal to fix my firepit, it has rotted out over the years. Tea tree is about finished blooming.
