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> Was a car, now a mental illness
airsix
post May 28 2003, 05:37 PM
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I went to bed last night at 2:30am* with singed hair, bloody nuckles, and a band-aid over a 3rd-degree burn where a piece of hot slag landed in the crook of my elbow. What has happended to me? I used to be normal. Now I spend all my spare time (and not-so-spare time) working on a 30 year old car. I'm like Gollum and that #$*^ ring.

-Ben M.

*and as expected JP was still on the BBS. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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SirAndy
post May 28 2003, 05:41 PM
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QUOTE(airsix @ May 28 2003, 04:37 PM)
I'm like Gollum and that #$*^ ring.

ahhhmmm, where is my preeeeeecious? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post May 28 2003, 06:42 PM
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Well you joined the "club" didn't ya?
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post May 28 2003, 06:50 PM
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You guys rock! You actually get to live out your mental illness... er... dreams. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Talk about your inspiration!

kim.

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post May 28 2003, 07:39 PM
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Ben,

Showed my wife this thread and she doesn't think I'm quite as sick as you. Thanks for taking the heat off. You're my savior.

Dave
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airsix
post May 28 2003, 08:31 PM
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QUOTE(DNHunt @ May 28 2003, 05:39 PM)
Ben,

Showed my wife this thread and she doesn't think I'm quite as sick as you. Thanks for taking the heat off. You're my savior.

Dave

Ah Ha! Not so fast Dave! This is partly my wife's doing. She needs the garage to be car-free on Friday and Saturday for a project she's doing. I promised I'd do everything I could to have my car back under it's own power by Friday morning. She's been very understanding about the late-night blitz this week to get it done. Normally I would absolutely never work on the car until 2:30am on a weeknight, and when I say absolutly never I mean to say no more than a few times a week. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

-Ben M.
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post May 28 2003, 09:22 PM
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I think I'll just leave things where they lie. My wife doesn't have to see your response. No worse than sneakin in parts, right?

Dave
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post May 28 2003, 10:36 PM
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Just got out of the dark room and was going to go fix the fuel leak... but then I saw this thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Made me laugh and figure I can wait till tomorrow to fix it. After all... it's 9:40, almost time for bed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smlove2.gif)
g'night
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post May 28 2003, 11:00 PM
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I just had my 73 roller towed away this evening to the new happy owner (who got it for free). I guess its going to become a 914-6 conversion. I watched it pull away and looked back at the empty space it was for the past 3 months..... its sick, but I miss it.. and I still have 2 other 914s!!!!
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post May 29 2003, 01:22 AM
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I have a perfectly gud reason for being here at 2:30 in the AM.....I have no life.

There is hope(?), however.

In bout 60 days I will have no job and thus get to bed at a reasonable hour. Is this gud? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post May 29 2003, 01:42 AM
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They gave you 60 days notice? Let the looting begin!!!!!

Ben, you once paid me a compliment and now I must return the favor. You, sir, are a funny man.
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post May 29 2003, 01:46 AM
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QUOTE(J P Stein @ May 28 2003, 11:22 PM)
I have a perfectly gud reason for being here at 2:30 in the AM.....I have no life.

There is hope(?), however.

In bout 60 days I will have no job and thus get to bed at a reasonable hour. Is this gud? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Does this fall under "voluntary retirement", "early retirement option", or "lay-off"? I hope all is well and you're getting a fair package.

-Ben M.
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post May 29 2003, 02:05 AM
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The latter. I'm too dumb to give up and too ...underfunded to retire.....and too old for this shit.

*They* may rescind the warning.......but who knows.
We ain't sellin' a whole pee pot fulla airplanes.

It's a good time to buy a 747. We'll make ya a hell of a deal one one or two...cheep at half the price (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

11 weeks severance...per contract. I'm a union puke.
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post May 29 2003, 07:32 AM
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AH-HA! Now I know how you make yer car go fast... yer put'n all that airplane stuff in yer lunch box & tak'n it home (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I thought those tires looked like they'd fit a 747 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif)
All kidding aside JP. I hope they resind their layoff & get another contract. Gotta keep ya out on da track so's you can tell me when I'm off course!.......
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post May 29 2003, 07:38 AM
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Bummer JP. Any plans or ideas?

On topic, I washed some of the shirts last night that I've been wearing to sand the car. The collars on a couple are permanently stained with tangerine orange paint dust and sweat. Nice.
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post May 29 2003, 04:51 PM
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JP: sorry to hear it. Hope biz picks up and it all goes away.

Gint: you do laundry?

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post May 29 2003, 05:44 PM
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Yup. I won't "let" anyone else wash my stuff.
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post May 29 2003, 05:57 PM
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You guys need a sticker, like this one my son gave me.


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post May 29 2003, 06:01 PM
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Where can I get one?
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post May 29 2003, 06:24 PM
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He got it out of a vending machine at the local movie-plex. It's one of those random choice machines. $1 CDN (so about $0.50 US)

Side note...they won't let me put it on my helmet at work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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