Home and Auto Cockamamie Hog Shit that Pisses You Off - Page 4

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-04-2015, 03:38 PM

I had to buy a new battery, which normally isn't such a big deal. However, when I went to pop it out at the store (to avoid the core charge) the nut on the negative terminal was rounded off and I didn't have the tools to cut it off.

I get home and let it go for a few days, because I didn't feel like ****ing with it.

Just went outside and managed to get the 10mm rounded nut off with an 11/32 socket (didn't have to use the Dremel to cut it off, fortunately), but the metal strips that secure the battery down from the top are inveterate ****ing ****s, particularly the back strip, which is secured by a foot long rod with a hooked tip.

Trying to fit that mother****er into the back slot made me feel like one of those Apple slaves that launch themselves from the top of the factory into a better life. Of course, every time you try to tighten the front screw it moves the back post and nothing short of a ****ing voodoo spell was going to get that mother****er in.

That's the part that pisses me off about car repair. The job itself is never particularly difficult, but there is always one asshole mother****er of a fastener, nut, or screw the ends up taking 20 times longer than the ****ing job itself.

Am I the only one so enraged by such stupid shit?

**Iowanian** · 01-04-2015, 05:45 PM

I'm not a huge dog lover but this was a principle thing. If the dog was shot by a neighbor for doing something he shouldn't, I wouldn't really care or blame them. It's my own fault if the dog were chasing cows or killing chickens or something like that....but he wasn't.

The Life and Times of the Dumbest Pony in the world.

I bought my kids a pony....It was fine when the kids met it, but hated me the minute I loaded it to bring it home. The kids could hang on her, ride her and no issues, but she'd run by me and try to kick me from behind, or push into me when I was leading the kids.....blatant disrespect. She hated me and I started hating her back.

Brideowanian tells a story about the time we were walking in the pasture and the wonder pony kept running by trying to kick me. At one point I got mad and tried to spin kick her in the face when she ran by....I'm sure it looked ridiculous like it sounds when I type it.

every time I showed an act of kindness, she punshed me for it. I'd tie her out in good grass, and she'd pull the stake and run off. I'd feed her apples and she'd do something stupid like bust a gate open. I spent a 100 degree day building her a new pen near my pond and she swam around the fence and ran away and tore up a garden. Her worst mistake was biting me hard enough to draw blood when I was trimming her feet....it was hate after that.

Then she started getting out and running away....and I'd go find her in a pasture with other horses and she'd run away. Crap like that. Twice, she'd find the biggest hippy in the area who do things hippies do like grow vegetables for farmers market and stomp their garden up.....so I'd pay for it and bring her back home. Several times the only reason she lived was because I knew my kids loved her.

It was escalating......I'd have put that bitch on a Malaysian airliner to be an al queda sex slave, but I sold her to a cowboy who breaks horses, for his kids instead.

A while back the former owner asked me where she was and I told him "I sent her to hell where she belongs"...and then confessed the truth.

Stupidest horse ever.

KC native · 01-04-2015, 05:46 PM

I'm a fairly decent mechanic and have done some advanced stuff. It's always the simple parts that piss me the **** off.

**Iowanian** · 01-04-2015, 05:51 PM

No I didn't pay. I told him to give me my ****ing dog. I guess you could say my tone was unfriendly...the wife brought the dog over, he stepped out of the way and I took the dog from her. I don't think they said a word. I'm not positive but after I picked the dog up I think I said "have a nice day" or something like that.

I don't know but I think it was the smartass way he said "maybe you've heard of a finders fee" more than asking for $20. If the dog had just ran away and they'd have found him near their home, I'd have offered to pay them before they asked. I don't expect anyone to handle my responsibilities or feed my animals. Pretty sure they hadn't.

It could have escalated quickly. I wasn't paying and I wasn't leaving without the dog after he said that.

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Did you end up paying? If not, did they say anything after you refused to pay and took your dog?

**Buehler445** · 01-04-2015, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

I'm not a huge dog lover but this was a principle thing. If the dog was shot by a neighbor for doing something he shouldn't, I wouldn't really care or blame them. It's my own fault if the dog were chasing cows or killing chickens or something like that....but he wasn't.

The Life and Times of the Dumbest Pony in the world.

I bought my kids a pony....It was fine when the kids met it, but hated me the minute I loaded it to bring it home. The kids could hang on her, ride her and no issues, but she'd run by me and try to kick me from behind, or push into me when I was leading the kids.....blatant disrespect. She hated me and I started hating her back.

Brideowanian tells a story about the time we were walking in the pasture and the wonder pony kept running by trying to kick me. At one point I got mad and tried to spin kick her in the face when she ran by....I'm sure it looked ridiculous like it sounds when I type it.

every time I showed an act of kindness, she punshed me for it. I'd tie her out in good grass, and she'd pull the stake and run off. I'd feed her apples and she'd do something stupid like bust a gate open. I spent a 100 degree day building her a new pen near my pond and she swam around the fence and ran away and tore up a garden. Her worst mistake was biting me hard enough to draw blood when I was trimming her feet....it was hate after that.

Then she started getting out and running away....and I'd go find her in a pasture with other horses and she'd run away. Crap like that. Twice, she'd find the biggest hippy in the area who do things hippies do like grow vegetables for farmers market and stomp their garden up.....so I'd pay for it and bring her back home. Several times the only reason she lived was because I knew my kids loved her.

It was escalating......I'd have put that bitch on a Malaysian airliner to be an al queda sex slave, but I sold her to a cowboy who breaks horses, for his kids instead.

A while back the former owner asked me where she was and I told him "I sent her to hell where she belongs"...and then confessed the truth.

Stupidest horse ever.

There is some absolute hilarity in that shit. Thanks for sharing. I'm not much of a livestock man myself. I'd rather dick with a motor than an unruly fourlegs. But I do have a lot of respect for legitimately good livestock guys.

**Iowanian** · 01-04-2015, 05:53 PM

As for mechanic stuff and home repairs it is almost always the small thing that is the biggest headache.

One of my isues is always getting the traps to not leak when I'm putting in sinks.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-04-2015, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed

My new computer has pissed me off. For some reason, my speakers now only have sound out of the right one. I've gone and checked the balance, drivers, everything. Maybe my sound card is fugged already. I guess I can unplug everything, get inside the unit and reseat the sound card and *hope* that fixes the problem. But, I am doubtful. Why don't machines just work??

Generally, the "sound card" is mounted to the motherboard, unless you're running a recording studio or working in post-production and using a third party high end card/convertor(s).

Have you checked the cable(s)? How about the speakers themselves? Does the left speaker work when plugged into the cable that's providing sound?

**Iowanian** · 01-04-2015, 06:13 PM

Ironic timing.

I swear every time I go out of my way for an animal..........

So, the same pup mentioned above....due to the cold I brought into the garage. I went out to get something and check on him....and I find a pair of $200 hunting boots chewed up and a seat from a tree stand destroyed.

He's lucky one of my new years resolutions is to be slower to anger, or he'd be tied out in front of a korean buffet in 10 minutes. Guess I should have left him with where he was.

displacedinMN · 01-04-2015, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

Ironic timing.

I swear every time I go out of my way for an animal..........

So, the same pup mentioned above....due to the cold I brought into the garage. I went out to get something and check on him....and I find a pair of $200 hunting boots chewed up and a seat from a tree stand destroyed.

He's lucky one of my new years resolutions is to be slower to anger, or he'd be tied out in front of a korean buffet in 10 minutes. Guess I should have left him with where he was.

Seriously, there are no Koreans around anyway.

A teacher friend is from Cambodia. When he was a kid, he had a dog. His parents gave it away to someone. He went to see it a few days later and the guy said it was 'gone'

**Iowanian** · 01-04-2015, 06:17 PM

I also see he got into some hand warmers and has black dust spread all over behind my truck. What an unappreciative asshole.

**SAUTO** · 01-04-2015, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

This is why I'm a shit mechanic. Dad is a ****ing wizard at making shit like that work.

I can make spreadsheets do amazing things, but can be brought to my knees by a ****ing fastener.

Wife's car isn't better. She has an 11 Buick Regal. I change the oil in it because I like to check things over while I'm in there (and I'm cheap). So it has an internal oil filter, which is cool. So it's got a cap on it that takes 1-1/4. No problem. I've got a socket. Mother****er it's under a bunch of shit. No problem I've got a wrench. But you can't get to it straight, and you have to run the wrench through these ****ing wiring conduits (always a good ****ing idea). So that's the best option, and you have to fight to get maybe 1/25th of a turn at a time. It takes me 8 - 10 min just to get the ****ing oil filter out. Then I have to get the bitch back on. Mother**** GM.

They sell a socket that fits those for about 7bucks. It's even made to clear that plastic intake.

http://www.autotoolworld.com/product...FSwLMgodVmAAeg

Makes it simple

**SAUTO** · 01-04-2015, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcellus

Pretty much everything that has to do with plumbing.

Need a new faucet? Get ready for 43 trips to the hardware store because nothing you had works with the new faucet even if they look identical.

Changing out a dishwasher? May as well buy a new house.

This. I'll fix anything on any car.

I'm pissed before I even touch anything on a house

**Buehler445** · 01-04-2015, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

They sell a socket that fits those for about 7bucks. It's even made to clear that plastic intake.

http://www.autotoolworld.com/product...FSwLMgodVmAAeg

Makes it simple

Thanks. I'm not sure that will get enough clearance but I'm going to order that bitch.

**penguinz** · 01-04-2015, 06:39 PM

Try working on a 15 year old jeep. Rust is a bitch.

**SAUTO** · 01-04-2015, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Thanks. I'm not sure that will get enough clearance but I'm going to order that bitch.

I use one just about every day. You can put a long extension on it. It's made specifically for that

**SAUTO** · 01-04-2015, 06:44 PM

On some intakes you can only break it loose and get the cap past the o ring then unscrew it the rest by hand, just watch the socket to intake clearance as it unscrews

01-04-2015, 03:38 PM
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7939572	Cockamamie Hog Shit that Pisses You Off I had to buy a new battery, which normally isn't such a big deal. However, when I went to pop it out at the store (to avoid the core charge) the nut on the negative terminal was rounded off and I didn't have the tools to cut it off. I get home and let it go for a few days, because I didn't feel like **ing with it. Just went outside and managed to get the 10mm rounded nut off with an 11/32 socket (didn't have to use the Dremel to cut it off, fortunately), but the metal strips that secure the battery down from the top are inveterate ing s, particularly the back strip, which is secured by a foot long rod with a hooked tip. Trying to fit that motherer into the back slot made me feel like one of those Apple slaves that launch themselves from the top of the factory into a better life. Of course, every time you try to tighten the front screw it moves the back post and nothing short of a ing voodoo spell was going to get that motherer in. That's the part that pisses me off about car repair. The job itself is never particularly difficult, but there is always one asshole motherer of a fastener, nut, or screw the ends up taking 20 times longer than the **ing job itself. Am I the only one so enraged by such stupid shit?
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01-04-2015, 05:45 PM	#46
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4618454	I'm not a huge dog lover but this was a principle thing. If the dog was shot by a neighbor for doing something he shouldn't, I wouldn't really care or blame them. It's my own fault if the dog were chasing cows or killing chickens or something like that....but he wasn't. The Life and Times of the Dumbest Pony in the world. I bought my kids a pony....It was fine when the kids met it, but hated me the minute I loaded it to bring it home. The kids could hang on her, ride her and no issues, but she'd run by me and try to kick me from behind, or push into me when I was leading the kids.....blatant disrespect. She hated me and I started hating her back. Brideowanian tells a story about the time we were walking in the pasture and the wonder pony kept running by trying to kick me. At one point I got mad and tried to spin kick her in the face when she ran by....I'm sure it looked ridiculous like it sounds when I type it. every time I showed an act of kindness, she punshed me for it. I'd tie her out in good grass, and she'd pull the stake and run off. I'd feed her apples and she'd do something stupid like bust a gate open. I spent a 100 degree day building her a new pen near my pond and she swam around the fence and ran away and tore up a garden. Her worst mistake was biting me hard enough to draw blood when I was trimming her feet....it was hate after that. Then she started getting out and running away....and I'd go find her in a pasture with other horses and she'd run away. Crap like that. Twice, she'd find the biggest hippy in the area who do things hippies do like grow vegetables for farmers market and stomp their garden up.....so I'd pay for it and bring her back home. Several times the only reason she lived was because I knew my kids loved her. It was escalating......I'd have put that bitch on a Malaysian airliner to be an al queda sex slave, but I sold her to a cowboy who breaks horses, for his kids instead. A while back the former owner asked me where she was and I told him "I sent her to hell where she belongs"...and then confessed the truth. Stupidest horse ever.
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01-04-2015, 05:46 PM	#47
KC native Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Casino cash: $10049239	I'm a fairly decent mechanic and have done some advanced stuff. It's always the simple parts that piss me the **** off.
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01-04-2015, 05:53 PM	#50
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4618454	As for mechanic stuff and home repairs it is almost always the small thing that is the biggest headache. One of my isues is always getting the traps to not leak when I'm putting in sinks.
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01-04-2015, 06:13 PM	#52
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4618454	Ironic timing. I swear every time I go out of my way for an animal.......... So, the same pup mentioned above....due to the cold I brought into the garage. I went out to get something and check on him....and I find a pair of $200 hunting boots chewed up and a seat from a tree stand destroyed. He's lucky one of my new years resolutions is to be slower to anger, or he'd be tied out in front of a korean buffet in 10 minutes. Guess I should have left him with where he was.
Posts: 61,559

01-04-2015, 06:17 PM	#54
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4618454	I also see he got into some hand warmers and has black dust spread all over behind my truck. What an unappreciative asshole.
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01-04-2015, 06:39 PM	#58
penguinz Supporter Join Date: Mar 2003 Casino cash: $2807626	Try working on a 15 year old jeep. Rust is a bitch. __________________
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01-04-2015, 06:44 PM	#60
SAUTO Shit Join Date: Jun 2008 Casino cash: $10039067	On some intakes you can only break it loose and get the cap past the o ring then unscrew it the rest by hand, just watch the socket to intake clearance as it unscrews
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