Home and Auto Cockamamie Hog Shit that Pisses You Off - Page 6

'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?

**Bwana** · 01-04-2015, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

A year ago, my response would have been a rant about some of the new mounting mechanisms for toilet paper holders and towel racks......things that appear mundane and simple but aren't are always infurating. When I'm fixing stuff and get stuck, I usually end up with a busted knuckle, throw a baby fit and stomp away for a little bit...and then when I get back, it works like magic. I'm trying to walk away before the previously required knuckle busting now.

That's not my biggest irritation today though....

Friday, the pup I got for my kids this fall disappeared. I figured a car hit him, a coyote ate him, some dog ebola-ebola'd him....and late Friday night I get a message that someone in a town a few miles away has my dog online as "rescued"....from in front of my home, but I digress.

I message the person, tell them it's my canine, describe it with the color of the collar. I get an address and tell them I'll be down to pick him up in the morning.

At the time specified I drive to the location and immediately, as expected find it to be a meth den that smelled like generic cigarettes and dog shit as the apartments appear to be welfare cases with doors open and dogs running wild.

I go to knock on the door, but it's open, the dude who "rescued" my canine is in the doorway, his 300lb hottie is holding my dog by the collar. I can't breath or see them as well as I should due to the smoke rolling out and try to skip the small talk to collect my dog.

He makes a statement that takes a second to sink in, but I catch "$20" .....i feel my face contort like I'm concussed.....and then he says it again to clarify...and he says "maybe you've heard of a finders fee"... I find myself snapping from my haze of confusion and hear the words coming out of my mouth....
"When you take someone's dog from near their house it's called stealing, and what you're asking for is called Ransom.....Maybe you've seen the movie "taken"?......give me my ****ing dog."

Right now, Scuzbags piss me off more than both battery posts and towel racks.

Wow that takes a pair to go around boosting people's pets and ransoming them off when the owner shows up. I have a feeling they are not going to last very long on this side of the dirt if they keep that up.

**Bugeater** · 01-04-2015, 09:12 PM

Somewhere inside this pile of cockamamie hog shit lies the reason why I currently have no power in half of my basement. Should be no trouble at all to track the problem down.

**lewdog** · 01-04-2015, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm so bad at mechanical stuff that I can click on a thread and somehow end up on a good housekeeping site.

You've got the bug too!

**SAUTO** · 01-04-2015, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

PB Blaster didn't do shit to this seized up nut, FWIW. That shit has never worked for me.

Kano kroil

**cdcox** · 01-04-2015, 10:13 PM

I put in a new garbage disposal today. Didn't go too bad (minor cuts on my hand from the edge of the drain). All finished and I go flip the breaker, run inside and flip the switch. Nothing. I'm postive that I had good connections on the wiring, and I fiddle with the reset cutout on the bottom of the disposal, flip the breaker back and forth again, and still nothing. I almost decided to put it off until later. Then thought better of it and went to turn off the breaker again so i could check the wiring.

Oh. When I went to turn the breaker back on, I turned off a second circuit instead of turning the one that was off back on. Flipped both breakers on and I was good to go.

**SAUTO** · 01-04-2015, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

Somewhere inside this pile of cockamamie hog shit lies the reason why I currently have no power in half of my basement. Should be no trouble at all to track the problem down.

I think I see the issue

Pasta Little Brioni · 01-04-2015, 10:18 PM

NFL officiating. The game is garbage now due to inconsistent calls week after week.

Reerun_KC · 01-04-2015, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

I'd be interested to hear that story.

If anyone steals my dog, I'll ****ing kill them. He's not a pup anymore, and doesn't run off. Anyone pulls that shit on me, and I'll likely be less nice than you.

They would bring that cracked out hound back in 30 min..

Now panther kitty (rip) is another story. What an awesome cat that was. Sure put up with a lot is shit and whipped a lot of ass. Whipped my boarder collies ass one day.

Reerun_KC · 01-04-2015, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

When I was in high school dad made me drag a rod weeder out of the weed row that hadn't moved since I'd been alive.

The worst though is fertilizer. You can run a piece of machinery forever with no problems. Run 1 ****ing gallon of 10-34-0 and every bearing is froze and every bolt is rusted in.

I know all about rusty bolts. Neverseez where you can.

And every clothing item it touches evaporates instantly.

mr. tegu · 01-04-2015, 10:25 PM

When we remodeled a bathroom the vanity gave us a ridiculous time. First, the bathroom had a strange width, about 35.5 inches. (This is a downstairs bathroom so it is just the toilet and vanity). We didn't want a pedestal sink or sink that was around 24 inches wide because that would leave small gaps on either side.

All the full size vanity tops are about 36 inches. So the cabinet barely fit in, but the worst was the sink didn't fit since it was 36 inches and the walls were 35.5. inches. I had to carve out about a 1/4 inch on each of the drywall sides so the sink could fit. That was a pain and messy.

Also on that stupid sink, one of the predrilled holes was too narrow for the faucet handle so I had to sand it down which wasn't easy either. You expect the faucet fixture to fit through easily but of course it is never that easy.

**Buehler445** · 01-04-2015, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

Somewhere inside this pile of cockamamie hog shit lies the reason why I currently have no power in half of my basement. Should be no trouble at all to track the problem down.

What in the actual ****?

Jesus.

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Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

They would bring that cracked out hound back in 30 min..

Now panther kitty (rip) is another story. What an awesome cat that was. Sure put up with a lot is shit and whipped a lot of ass. Whipped my boarder collies ass one day.

That cat was 5 lbs of pure hate and discontent...unless it could get petted.

Reerun_KC · 01-04-2015, 10:29 PM

Sunday evening. Jump in shower at 10 pm. No ****ing not water. R u ****ing kidding me.

I spent $1200 on a water softener to fix the water issue and now have a broke dick hot water tank again. Will be replacing heating elements tomorrow.

I ****ing hate electric hot water tanks almost as much as I hate Marty herm and Romeo combined. They are a very close second.

Reerun_KC · 01-04-2015, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

Somewhere inside this pile of cockamamie hog shit lies the reason why I currently have no power in half of my basement. Should be no trouble at all to track the problem down.

Kill it with fire. Best to just burn that SOB to the ground and start over.

Reerun_KC · 01-04-2015, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

That cat was 5 lbs of pure hate and discontent...unless it could get petted.

Never forget fall of 07. Came cruising through the shop door on a bright ass sunny day. Walk in its dark, take about 3 steps and get hit in the face with a 5lb black pissed off air mailed cat compliments of your dad.

Dammed near shit my pants.

rico · 01-05-2015, 12:02 AM

Cockamamie... I've never heard that word, but I'm pretty sure I love it. This thread is basically asking for you to describe little things that irritate you, that maybe shouldn't irritate your to the extent that they do? Do I have the correct grasp of "cockamamie?"

01-04-2015, 03:38 PM
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	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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Bugeater The Maintenance Guy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Renovated Bugeater Estate Casino cash: $6252680	Somewhere inside this pile of cockamamie hog shit lies the reason why I currently have no power in half of my basement. Should be no trouble at all to track the problem down.
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01-04-2015, 10:13 PM	#80
cdcox www.nfl-forecast.com Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $2331769	I put in a new garbage disposal today. Didn't go too bad (minor cuts on my hand from the edge of the drain). All finished and I go flip the breaker, run inside and flip the switch. Nothing. I'm postive that I had good connections on the wiring, and I fiddle with the reset cutout on the bottom of the disposal, flip the breaker back and forth again, and still nothing. I almost decided to put it off until later. Then thought better of it and went to turn off the breaker again so i could check the wiring. Oh. When I went to turn the breaker back on, I turned off a second circuit instead of turning the one that was off back on. Flipped both breakers on and I was good to go.
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01-04-2015, 10:18 PM	#82
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01-04-2015, 10:25 PM	#85
mr. tegu Forever Royal Join Date: Mar 2012 Casino cash: $1951300	When we remodeled a bathroom the vanity gave us a ridiculous time. First, the bathroom had a strange width, about 35.5 inches. (This is a downstairs bathroom so it is just the toilet and vanity). We didn't want a pedestal sink or sink that was around 24 inches wide because that would leave small gaps on either side. All the full size vanity tops are about 36 inches. So the cabinet barely fit in, but the worst was the sink didn't fit since it was 36 inches and the walls were 35.5. inches. I had to carve out about a 1/4 inch on each of the drywall sides so the sink could fit. That was a pain and messy. Also on that stupid sink, one of the predrilled holes was too narrow for the faucet handle so I had to sand it down which wasn't easy either. You expect the faucet fixture to fit through easily but of course it is never that easy.
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01-04-2015, 10:29 PM	#87
Reerun_KC Rock Chalk Jayhawks! KU!!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $8301160	Sunday evening. Jump in shower at 10 pm. No **ing not water. R u ing kidding me. I spent $1200 on a water softener to fix the water issue and now have a broke dick hot water tank again. Will be replacing heating elements tomorrow. I **ing hate electric hot water tanks almost as much as I hate Marty herm and Romeo combined. They are a very close second.
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