Ranting....My Turn...

OBJ

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Well....Maybe not so much of a rant....just dumping a bad day.<br /><br />Been remodeling a 112 year old house and she's been fighting me every nail of the way. Yesterday was no exception. I've made up so many new descriptive adjectives for this place you'd think I would've run outta new ones by now but they just keep on coming. And when a tirade of new ones spewed forth after connecting my thumb with the heavy end of a hammer, she herself says "ENOUGH!! We are going to the river...NOW!!"<br /><br />Well now....some quiet time on the river is just what I need. Just herself (looking good in a bikini) and me soaking up rays and having a couple cold ones. So...off we go. Launch is a breeze. The 90Rude is purring like a kitten, idle outta the marina and into the main channel. Give her half throttle and up on plane we go heading up river curising minding our own business. Lets give her full throttle and blow her out a little. What's this!!!???? Only 4k rpm??? She's supposed to do 5.5k and not even breath hard. Quick check of systems. All good. Try again. 4K's the best she can do. OK. Keep her at 3.8K and enjoy the rest of the day, besides....the bikini is looking real good. :) :) <br /><br />Head back around dark and stop on shore to talk a bit with friends. Lets get ribs she says. OK. Recovery good. What's this!!!??? Battery light on my 97 Silverado is on!!??? Not good. Better get home. Lights keep getting dimmer. Not Good!! Make it home to find the Daughter and Son in-law just getting back with the Toon. He says "Batterys dead on the Toon". Nice. <br /><br />Boats parked. Time for some "Bill's Famous Ribs". Jump in the truck. Battery lights off???? Start for Yorkville. Battery lights back on!!!??? What the *&^((( is up???? Lights going dim. Turn on to Farm Lane and no lights and engine dies. Simple math. No juice = no run. (Another tirade of descriptive adjectives aimed at the truck). Call the Son-in-Law. He charges me up enough to get 3/4 the way home. Another charge and gets us home. No ribs...bummer. Nuke up some four alarm chili before bed. Wrong thing to do.<br /><br />This morning bowel movements are four alarm.<br /><br />Sore thumb, sick 90 Rude, dead Toon, dead truck, no ribs, sore butt....and the house is still waiting....watching....laughing at me....and the voices are talking again........... :confused:
 

SpinnerBait_Nut

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Re: Ranting....My Turn...

Well OBJ, was wondering why you had not been in the chatroom and now I know. :cool: <br /><br />Sorry about the sore thumb deal, that's gotta hurt. :eek: <br /><br />The bikini deal sounds real good though. :D <br /><br />Sick boats and trucks just plain suck. :mad: <br /><br />Hope you get everyhting straightened up and get back to chat. :)
 

neumanns

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Re: Ranting....My Turn...

Sounds to me like the House gods, Boat gods, and the Vehicle gods are having a power strugle to see who reins supreme over you. Me thinks the vehicle gods control, thats the one that seemed to get to you the most. Lets hope Today is better!
 

gonfishn

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Re: Ranting....My Turn...

Look at this way OBJ..if you would have had a perfect day this thread would'nt have been here and you would have 1 less post...rumor has it that the you need to visit the chat room before this vex will disappear..
 

OBJ

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Well....here's an update....the truck is running again....Alternator went south. Went to the Auto Zone and got a lifetime guaranteed refurb. Now to check out the 90 Rude. Wish me luck fellows....I'm going in! <br /><br />But the house keeps looking at me....still...strange.
 

SeaMasterZ@aol.com

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neuman .... you forgot the blinding power of the Chili God, whos presence is felt in ALARMING manner, and thou SHALT obey his awesome commands ... <br /><br />or be very very embarrassed, mortified even, as small kids point and laugh, teenage girls gag and scream GROSS, and old folk look at you sympathetically and offer you a nice clean Depends to go put on ... <br /><br />Tomorrow is going to be a better day Jim ol buddy<br /><br />its just GOTTA be<br /><br />Unless yer woman saved a few pennies and bought that SCOTT toilet paper, lol, azz remover on a roll!<br /><br /> :p <br /><br />is the Toon a pontoon? two boats? double trouble! (three if you count the toon twice!!!)
 

OBJ

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The saga continues......Truck is running. Good.<br />Power drain on the toons battery....radio..(radio is a piece of crap anyways)<br />The 90 checked out OK at the garage....good compression, spark is a little thready, changed out spark plugs for grins.<br />All the kids at the house yesterday. Rugrats in the pool. Parents on the patio cooking on the grill, having a few cold ones and BSing.<br />I'm working on the Hellhouse. <br />About 5pm Herself says lets git to the river, I wanna fish. "OK" says I. Now....usually our launch's are very good. A well coordinated thing of beauty. Herself in the boat and I do the ground work. I can hear the 90 crank and start, I look in the mirror and see herself give the OK to launch, I slide her in a little and tap the brakes and the StarCraft is free of terra firma. I park and get on. The engine dies. Check the gas. OK. Crank again. Nada. Crank a couple more times. She coughs. What the hell!!!??? Battery starting to give out. Tie up and let her set a few, maybe flooded. Get a cold one and think about it......OH...I see the trouble....forgot to reconnect the fuel hose from when I was checking her out at the garage.....DUUUUUHHHHHHHH!!!!! She fires and herself gets to fish.<br />I need to post that one on "Stupid Human Tricks"<br />Pleasant evening on the river....still not getting full rpm outta the 90.<br />Got home around 9:30pm, had a little more four alarm chili with a hot sausage herself made.<br /><br />The Chili Gods are really p*ssed this morning.<br /><br />And the house is still looking at me......
 

SeaMasterZ@aol.com

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oh wow ... she looks good in a bikini AND bugs to go fire up the boat and go fishing<br /><br />Im jealous!<br /><br />eh, oh well, mine at least looks good in a bikini, lol, Ill work on the boat part ... fishing is a "donnt make me bait the hook" deal ...<br /><br />wait til she gets a taste of weakies on the ramapage, shell be tying on a bucktail just to get more in the boat, lol<br /><br />hey, I can dream!<br /><br />Jim, one more thing<br /><br />eat ice cream, lots of ice cream after the chili<br /><br />then in the morning, when there are screams and clouds of steam rising up from where the tidy bowl man is surely suffering, :eek: wipe the sweat from your brow from time to time and bellow COME ON ICE CREAM<br /><br />hehehe ... YOU can dream too!<br /><br /> :p
 
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