Another analogy, too tough
Since my girlfriend analogy went over like a lead balloon let’s try this one. Say 8 years ago you bought a Dodge. Over your 8 years of ownership your Dodge has gotten horrible gas mileage, been in the shop for expensive repairs on a regular basis, left you sitting on the highway multiple times and has various parts falling off of it. Whenever you went to the dealership to have them work on your Dodge the staff there has lied to you, overcharged you at every opportunity, stolen the change out of your ashtray and chastised you when you spoke up about the bad treatment by saying you are not a “true Dodge owner”. So finally at the end of these miserable 8 years of Dodge ownership you are ready to get a new car. You buy another Dodge…
I heard my mom thought I was a jerk for giving Randall a hard time at the volleyball tourney. Now I know Randall well enough to normally walk the fine line between busting balls and just being an asshole. This is after all the same guy that excels at trash talking. His “are you ready to surrender?” line to the french opponent last season before our match was legendary as well as calling “good game” before serving for match point a few years back.
But even so, in retrospect my antics may have been a bit much. I may have piled on too much. Even though I sometimes still get wrapped up in the moment, that typically is all it is, a moment of anger or frustration that leaves as quickly as it comes. This tournament had no lingering negative effects for me. I didn’t care all that much that we lost in the finals. I remember being much more bummed out about not making the playoffs at the Rumble.
I finished off another 3 episodes of Battlestar Galactica last night putting me a little over halfway through Season 2.
I am keeping the weekend free of major projects although I certainly could crank open the paint can or bags of mulch and keep us rolling in work. I kind of would like to put off most of the outside projects until we get a bit of a break in the heat here which typically doesn’t occur until mid-October.
My repair to the mower deck using four or five layers of HVAC tape has failed and we once again have a big gaping hole. This hole allows tons of grass to fly up on top of the deck which in turn really creates a lot of wear and tear on the belts and pulleys. It also leaves the belts open to damage from flying debris that gets chopped up which could sever a belt again. I looked on the Cub Cadet site and I can get a new deck shipped for less than $250. $250 is far better than biting the bullet on a $2000-$2500 new mower right now so I will probably wind up ordering it soon.
I am not looking forward to the process of trying to transfer all of the deck hardware from the old unit to the new one. Many of the bolts are rusted solid and the wheels on the deck are in real sad shape. Again this is a job that would be best tackled under cooler conditions. When I am in the middle of a frustrating, knuckle busting job, having gallons of sweat pouring off me at the same time only magnifies the negative emotions.
Man these PHISHING schemes are unreal. Check out this email I received yesterday. Of course I know better and the first thing I did was mouse over the link to see where it lead which was a site in Russia. It looks totally legitimate though and I can understand why even people with average computer IQ’s could get suckered in. I dropped a bunch of spaces in to push it south so you can read it without clutter from my right sidebar. I changed the “Verification Link” just in case someone had the urge to click it.
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Bank of America, Member FDIC.
Joe
Yes… we’ve been getting the Bank of America crap here at work. Imagine an office full of computer illiterates. I try to teach them Paranoia by default. If you don’t know who the email is from… delete it. If it is important or real, they will resend it or call you in regards to it.
At home, I am selling stuff on Craigslist and there is a scam going on there too. That one looks just as believable. But getting 2 identical emails from 2 different potential buyers just solidified my paranoia that it was a scam.