There has been a bunch of OT threads lately, so i think we should try to keep it all the ot talk in one place. I know the e36 forum rocks, and all the other forums suck big time :bigpimp:, yet we need to stay on topic....
Highlighted are the most important points. hehe :thumbup:My abridged chronology. It's not everything I've done, like build dune buggies for several years, but it's the highlights:
-born in Wisconsin, 1951
-moved to Alabama, 1958
-graduated high school, 1969
-worked summers mowing roadsides for the highway dept.
-tried to make community college last 4 years, ran out of money after 2 1/2
-went to work full time as a land surveyor for the highway dept.
-moved with survey crew 5 times in 2 1/2 years...shortest move was 250 miles
-became an alcoholic at 21, minimum of two 6-packs a day, plus single malt, straight
-got tired of that life, accepted Christ, quit drinking (sober almost 40 years)
-moved back home to Silverhill
-got a job at a printing plant baling scrap paper 1974 ($5.50 cut in pay from the surveyor job)
-got married the first time 1975
-first wife left me 1977, divorced. I ALMOST went back to drinking, but didn't with God's help. Swore I'd never marry again.
-worked my way up to pressman, then plant maintenance man, making 3x what I did as a surveyor
-got married again in 1980 (never say never...still married after 31+ years)
-opened the gun shop with my new bride while still working full time
-laid off in the recession of 1981, 9/81
-went to work as a machinist apprentice 11/81
-closed the gun shop in 1988 and sold off my tools. I loved it, and had a great customer base, but it was too much to work two jobs full time. Never bought a single gun for myself the entire time I had the shop
-Lost my job as a machinist June 2009 after 27 1/2 years thanks to our wonderful economy
-Drew unemployment for 18 months while looking constantly for a job...never even got an interview. 90% of the shops in this area closed, never to open again. They looked at my resume', first thing they would see is that I was almost 60. "Nope, too old."
-During this time I went a little bonkers and bought a BMW (318is for my daughter), and another ('93 325is) and another ('85 635CSi).
-After suffering with a damaged knee for 20+ years, I filed for and got disability. this year. That's good and bad. Good becaue I have a guaranteed income, but bad bacause it was sure a blow to my ego.
-Became a regular here, spreading joy and happiness (and a good dose of curmudgeonly grumpiness, too) :thumbup:
yeah, everythings brand spankin new. dont know what happend here. :dunno:at first i thought that you were vaccinating your rotors...
did they come out of the box like that, or have you put a few miles on 'em??
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Start a pay pal donation, Ill dontate! :thumbup::thumbup:I'm for that. It'd be about the only way I could afford it.
More truth than you know.......
And I could do 'Fest East easier than the West Coast 'Fest. Might even drive Katja. :eeps:
lmaoYou guys wouldn't believe this character that I met today. He's selling a '94 325i, replaced engine with about 75k (supposedly), and brand new clutch. He's asking 1200 OBO, and tells me that it need some minor cosmetics: door panels, headliner, a few dings. I ask him to see pictures, and he says he doesn't have time to mess around since he's selling it for so cheap. I figure what the hell, he was only 30 mins away, so I went to take a look at it tonight.
Of course when I get there, the car's got a sizeable dent on every panel, the sideskirts are all jacked up, the hoods faded, the bumper and nosepanel are unpainted. So we took it for a test drive, and apparently he's a driving instructor. I could barely get into any gear without jerking the car. The clutch must have been brand new. It felt so jumpy to me, since mine is pretty worn. I would spin the tires on every start and even into second gear without trying. The engine seemed to pull pretty hard too. Better than mine (it still has that low power/stuttering issue)
So then he keeps telling me "rip it through the gear", "downshift into second", "rip it around this turn" while we're cruising in the dark in a place that I've never been. A driving instructor is telling me this.
Then he goes on telling me how the engine in his car has more torque and horsepower than mine... I told him that it's the same engine. Then he goes on telling me how the new clutch makes it so much faster. He must think I'm some stupid kid that doesn't know anything about cars. So basically to put the icing on the cake, I ask him if it has a limited slip in the back. He answers "yes" real quick. The thing had traction control :tsk:
At that point, I was ready to go, I knew how full of sh*t he was. So as I'm leaving, he spins out and attempts to do some kind of tailwhip and ends up riding on the grass and nearly hits a curb. A driving instructor.
well I butchered the name "Gromit" :rofl:Thank you, thank you (bowing)
Give it some Welly, Gromit!
Tell me about it... i have bald ass tires all around.But its too early for rain??!!!
Let's trade wheels!!! I have good tires on mine!!!Tell me about it... i have bald ass tires all around.