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I've been working overtime for it seems like forever to get some frog skins
built up to spend on the hot rod. The day before I get paid, my wife's car
starts over heating. Well it's one of these new fangle jobs that you can't
work on without dropping the engine and trans to change the air freshener.
So take it into the shop, Good by frog skins now it's back to the overtime.
AAAAHHHHHH
Creep
:CRY:
It's not just you. These things happen to all of us. I know that little tidbit of info won't make it any better, but it is just called LIFE.
Yep, Richard is right. We've all had these things happen and sometimes we have even had to sell 1/2 done projects to pay for some family emergency. Hearing that is of little comfort, but you will get your car in time, and it will be even sweeter when it does happen. In the meantime, your Wife will appreciate this sacrifice you are making for her. :)
Don
I hear ya.
I'm offshore 8-9 months a year, work 84 hours a week.
my hobby fund is about $200 a month +whatever I can round up while I'm on land.
Sure takes a long time to build an engine.
i finally have thrown off enuff old girlfriends and other money grubbing leaches that i can now begin to accumilate a buck or two .. be good to get back on first name basis with the folks at summitt ..
Richard's right, and we probably all have stories.
In the early '70s I was given an Old English Sheep dog. I'd wanted one for years (I blame Walt Disney). One day I got a call from a friend of a friend of a friend deal. He said he was a professional photographer and heard I loved dogs, and wanted an OESD. He had one that he had to kennel whenever he went on a shoot, which was pretty frequently, and he felt the dog needed more attention than he could give. This was a pure bred with a file two inches thick of paperwork, and a name longer than a lawyer's excuse. Also had a box full of show ribbons and trophies. Oh boy, what a score!! Byron was what we called him for short, and he was one of the neatest dogs ever.......well, personality wise, but higher maintenance than Lindsey Lohan! (wait, this IS going to turn into a car story).
About the same time I came across a guy who needed some money and had a pair of '39 Chev coupes. Since this was in So. Cal the bodies were VERY nice, though neither ran. I'd already owned one '39 Chev coupe that I'd gotten rid of a year or so earlier, so I was stoked. $600 for the pair, which in the early '70s was a pretty good deal, though not as much as it seems today. After all, that was about a months pay at the time. I had it all planned out how one of them would become a great street ride.
Well, Lord Byron had a different idea. He developed a couple medical issues that pretty much ate up that $600 stash. So much for a "free" pure bred (only had and have had mutts since). And another missed opportunity for some neat old cars.
10-4, the longer you have lived the more of those stories you "unfortunately" accumulate - - - - I think the folks in Louisiana have an expression for that and it's called "S??? Happens" !:mad::(
Here Bob, this should bring back some memories. I think all of us gearheads who were kids when this came out were more excited to find out there was a cool rod in the movie than we were about the plot itself. :D
Sorry about the hijack.
Don
Yah we all have our demons. Just having this rod addiction is almost as bad as a drug addiction he he. Part's part's more part's. AAAAAHHHHh
Creep
Yup,I hear ya, Money goes in one hand and out the other, it never fails!
Creep, hang in there it will happen. Heck I sold my 32 coupe in 64 for a down pmnt. on a house. And bingo 41 years later I started the 34. It was worth the wait. Good Luck :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:
In 1973 I had to sell my 36 5window coupe because of family problems and I've regretted it ever since.
I understand the disappointment in this but there is a bright side also, you had the money to have her car fixed without putting you in the hole. I know thats no good feeling but things happen at the worst times for all of us. Count your blessings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Creep
Yah I just need a place to wine and get it off my chest. It's not that big of deal.
Thanks for letting me vent. I can't vent to the wife he he, get my ars kicked.
Thanks for serving our country Crazyrat. It's because of folks like you. We can
still build our hot rods in peace.
Creep
Whine away, Creep. There are a bunch of "Old Farts" on here who have been on the road long enough to feel your pain. I never managed to build a project stash that actually got used on it's intended victim - something always came along to take a big bite out of it. Priorities; bah humbug. :confused::eek::CRY::cool:
They are sure right about all of us having stories to tell.
Everyone knows that truckers have the best stories.
Usally about thier wife leaving and taking thier dog and pick up with them.
Now as a trucker I am glad to see I am not alone.
Chin up you'll get her done, good things come to those that work!!!
Kurt
Dang Creep 84 hours a week overtime you must be living well, if only I could get that kind of time in. I'm offshore also, but no OT allowed. Good luck on the ride we can make it happen.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepRoots
I hear yah creep! Every time I get 500 saved up for something big, bam it's gone!
I don't think I'll ever save enough to professionally paint my truck! My wife is ok with hot rodding hobby as long as I pay for it out of the "hobby fund" which like yours, only grows slowly! But at least it will be paid for when done, and heck I've learned all kinds of stuff doing it myself!
Here is one lesson I've learned about saving money: :D
Don
This seems to ring true "Just as I see a light at the end of the tunnel,I realize the train is coming to run me over"
I think ya got me mixed up with the creep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dq383500
DQ, I don't get OT either. Last summer I did 115-120 hours a week for 5 weeks straight.... like to have killed me.
Living well? I dunno, somewhere in Georgia there is a nice house I pay for, I'm in the floating metal can. When I get home we're broke somehow.
Who ya work for? I'm chief engineer, ocean towing for Weeks.
Drew
there alot to be said with just renting by the night :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
or as a friend of mine says, "You don't pay them for the sex, you pay them to leave when you're done."