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"It's A Good Thing I'm On A Diet!" "Wait, When Did This Stuff Expire?"
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"It's A Good Thing I'm On A Diet!" "Wait, When Did This Stuff Expire?" As summer is winding down, now is the time, in my little neck of the woods, where the temperature changes are the greatest between day and night, which makes it easier to catch a cold or worse the flu. To make matter's worse, it seems that is accepted behavior to come to work when you are sick, greatly increasing the chance of others, mainly ME, contracting whatever airborne virus they happen to be afflicted with. And now thanks to a few of some, what I feel are selfish individuals, I sit here behind this keyboard, Hacking, wheezing, coughing, feeling like total crap, with my box of tissues and a cup of hot Lemon and Honey Tea by my side, and a voice, when you can hear it sounding like Gilda Radner's SNL character Rosy Rosanna danna! Boy, am I dating myself with that one! Too make matter's worse, I had to take my vehicle in for front brakes this morning which I will address in a minute! I understand the fact that we all have to work to pay the bills, or at least most of us anyway, and a lot of us are not afforded paid sick day's, me included, but if I've learned anything from Hollywood, it's Stay the F@#K HOME when you are sick! That's how shit gets started! Hasn't anyone seen "Outbreak", or "Contagion", Or pick any numerous of disastrous illness movies! See, Hollywood CAN teach you something! Now, I realize that anything made by man or womankind will eventually breakdown and need to be fixed during the life span of whatever it may be especially if there are a lot of moving part's, Mainly automobiles, but why do things have to go to hell all at once? Did I do something in another life to deserve all the crap that seems to happen to me? Or is it I just buy crap in the first place? It seems to me that after 1987 cars became a throw away item much like appliances and electronics. I don't mean that in a literal way, but I think you grasp what I'm saying. You don't fix a DVD player anymore as it cost more to fix it than the original purchase price. Same goes for some Major and almost all small appliances. The same could be said about car's as repair bills, can and most often do, run above what you paid for the vehicle, which is my case. I own a little KIA Sportage mid size SUV which I dearly love but the damn thing has cost me more money in repairs than I care to mention and has exceeded what I actually paid for the vehicle in the first place, which has put me into the position of having to keep it as I will never get what I have put into it back if I was to sell it or trade it in. Now, there is no one to blame but myself, as I have become attached and enamored with it and in time I figure I'll have a new vehicle at this rate because unless you have an excellent credit score, and a huge down payment, or are willing to spend what it would cost to buy a 4 bdrm manufactured home, Used, you're stuck with what you currently own or trade it in on somebody else's problem! Not to say that there aren't good quality used car's on the market, but remember the word, USED! I'm getting off wherever I was going with this, due to probably the cold medicine! My point, I think, is that when you need to have your vehicle repaired no matter how old it is that repair shops have you at their mercy and they know it! I mean, Do you have all the necessary tools and electronic equipment to diagnose and then fix something, that at least for me, that has so many hoses. wires, and the such, that the only thing I can identify is where to put in the washer fluid or oil? The answer is NO! So we are like a flock of sheep, being lead in any direction wherever the auto manufactures and gasoline producers wish to send us. Wow, This cold medicine is really good!! Anyway, I took my KIA in for brakes, to the same guy who always works on it and tries to do me a solid with pricing, and was quoted $287.00 there bout's, but I just got a call and now the price is closer to $350.00! Holy Shit, They better be lifetime brakes and possibly come with some mutual masturbation as I feel as though I'm getting taken advantage of and not even being kissed in the process! Thank God for the cold medicine as I could really get upset, instead I'm sitting here laughing, or is it more crying? Not sure, but I think I need a nap!! My Mom always said; "If you want to play, you have to pay the Piper". Now I don't have a clue what that meant, then or now, but I'm sure it applies somehow! Hey, Let me introduce you to my mechanic!!!!!  |
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