Dont you hate it when...?
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From: Alexandria, KY USA
Dont you hate it when...?
Putting 3 water pumps in a truck, and 2 in a car, in 6" of snow, because the ones you put on are worse than the original that you took off.
I really don't like Autozone.
Bluehawk
I really don't like Autozone.
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From: Conway Arkansas
Dont you hate it when...?
Don't you hate it when you put in new ujoints, drive it for 2 days, and the transmission explodes.
This just happened to me... Busted the case of a 700R4 in my 4x4... it slammed so had it threw a cap off the new ujoint..
Reason I know the ujoint wasnt the cause of it... I had driven it prob 350 miles... on the interestate, at drag strip etc, if it was gonna come off it woulda came off already...
Now Im out of a tranny
This just happened to me... Busted the case of a 700R4 in my 4x4... it slammed so had it threw a cap off the new ujoint..
Reason I know the ujoint wasnt the cause of it... I had driven it prob 350 miles... on the interestate, at drag strip etc, if it was gonna come off it woulda came off already...
Now Im out of a tranny
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From: New England
Dont you hate it when...?
I once cut the rusted tailpipe off my wife's Blazer. Then I discovered I'd overestimated the strength of the muffler hanger--when the muffler hit me in the head.
I once spent 15 minutes looking for my welding hood...which, of course, I was wearing the whole time.
I once managed to lock the keys in the wrecker at work--with the engine running--twice in the space of 2 hours.
Today, I brought 4 pens for my paperwork. By the end of my shift, all 4 had crapped out. I had to finish my paperwork with a pencil.
I once spent 15 minutes looking for my welding hood...which, of course, I was wearing the whole time.
I once managed to lock the keys in the wrecker at work--with the engine running--twice in the space of 2 hours.
Today, I brought 4 pens for my paperwork. By the end of my shift, all 4 had crapped out. I had to finish my paperwork with a pencil.
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Dont you hate it when...?
don't you hate it when someone sees an old george carlin comedy hour, and then makes a post about it. Except they pretend like they thought of it?
Or even worse when your boss does the same thing at work, and you have to pretend like it's funny when he says it.
Or even worse when your boss does the same thing at work, and you have to pretend like it's funny when he says it.
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From: Lincoln USA
Dont you hate it when...?
Originally posted by 13hondacr250
Last year I was removing the rear driveline on my 150 to change out U joints. Head at the diff, feet under tranny. Loosen 4 bolts, pull d-shaft out of t case landing it right in your crotch after your knees fail to catch it like you planned. Then sitting up rapidly from the pain only to hit your noggin on the frame. Then my dog comes over only to lick me while I sqirm in pain.
Last year I was removing the rear driveline on my 150 to change out U joints. Head at the diff, feet under tranny. Loosen 4 bolts, pull d-shaft out of t case landing it right in your crotch after your knees fail to catch it like you planned. Then sitting up rapidly from the pain only to hit your noggin on the frame. Then my dog comes over only to lick me while I sqirm in pain.
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From: West Chester PA
Dont you hate it when...?
In walking from the garage to the kitchen I forget what I went in the house for (but I can remember what happens in every single episode of Gilligan's Island that I've ever seen).
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From: Thomson, GA
Dont you hate it how the battery is just such a welcoming and flat place to set your tools down, only to short it out and weld your screwdriver to the terminal, and forgetting its gonna be hot when you try to take it off....
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From: Thomson, GA
Hey keith, havent seen you in the GC area, you usually chill in the 67-72 forum. That is pretty funny. I got one for yall. I got some spiffy new (well, new to me) western wheels for graduation. I just couldnt wait to get them on. So I jack the rear axle up, and procede to take the old ugly bent steel wheel off the drivers side, when I decide that now is a good time to check my brake pads for wear and tear. So I try to take the drum off, but alas, it is stuck.I spray some PB blaster on the center hub, and wiggle the drum and decide it should come off at this point. But it wont. Then I remember- the drum wont come off with the emergency brake on. So i release it. My transplanted gear shifter doesnt want to go in 1st everytime, you kinda have to jam it into the seat if she is being stubborn, and this had been one of those times. As I release the pedal, the truck falls off the jack, running over my 4x4 wheel chock. No harm done, but it sure did scare me. I would have had jack stands under it, but i was just changing the tire to start with.
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Quote:Nomudder.
Sometimes I feel 70 even though I'm only 25. What is it about short term memory that when I set something down (nut, bolt, keys, cell phone, I could go on and on...) that I forget where it's at three seconds after I set it down?
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Because you are 25 ,I suspect you are only experiencing half the problems I am.
Rest assured, it is Twice as bad when you hit 50
Sometimes I feel 70 even though I'm only 25. What is it about short term memory that when I set something down (nut, bolt, keys, cell phone, I could go on and on...) that I forget where it's at three seconds after I set it down?
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Because you are 25 ,I suspect you are only experiencing half the problems I am.
Rest assured, it is Twice as bad when you hit 50
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From: Black Hills of SD
This is more scarey than funny but one time I was changing the water pump on the rear engine of a Terex scraper. It was in the line up and I was just finishing it up and pouring in the water when the operator for the scraper right behind me comes back from lunch and gets in. That machine had an air leak and since it takes 60 psi for the air shifter to enguage, it required reving up the engine. When I heard him rev it up I knew that was what he was doing and something told me to step off the push block by the radiator. I had just moved and his machine made the required 60 psi only he had left the shift selecter in 1st and when it hit 60psi it slammed into gear wiping out the radiator on the engine I was working on and knocking me and my 5 gallon bucket of water off the machine. 10 seconds earlier I had been standing where I would have been in between the two and would have had my legs crushed.
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From: Parkesburg PA
I hate when I call to order a tire and they always ask me what kind of car it's for....
Here's a funny one when I got tires for my 70 Chevelle...
Me: Can I get the price and availability of a 235-75-15 BFG radial TA?
Tire moron: What kind of car is it for?
Me: Trust me, it's not listed, just get me the tires...
Tire moron: What kind of car is it for?
Me: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu...
Tire moron: Uhhhh.... That's not in our book, I don't think it will fit. What's the original size tire on the car?
Me: F78-14
Tire Moron: F78?!? Don't you mean something 75? Starting with a P and it will have and R in it??
Me: Nope.... Original tire's a F78-14... and it's a bias ply tire.
Tire Moron: We don't carry tires like that... They'd have three numbers then a number like 75, not 78...
Me: Can I get the price and availability of a 235-75-15 BFG radial TA?
Tire Moron: Uhh... sure... Price is $xx....
I have fun with some of the parts guys that sound like they are reading right from a script and don't know an engine from an axle....
Here's a funny one when I got tires for my 70 Chevelle...
Me: Can I get the price and availability of a 235-75-15 BFG radial TA?
Tire moron: What kind of car is it for?
Me: Trust me, it's not listed, just get me the tires...
Tire moron: What kind of car is it for?
Me: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu...
Tire moron: Uhhhh.... That's not in our book, I don't think it will fit. What's the original size tire on the car?
Me: F78-14
Tire Moron: F78?!? Don't you mean something 75? Starting with a P and it will have and R in it??
Me: Nope.... Original tire's a F78-14... and it's a bias ply tire.
Tire Moron: We don't carry tires like that... They'd have three numbers then a number like 75, not 78...
Me: Can I get the price and availability of a 235-75-15 BFG radial TA?
Tire Moron: Uhh... sure... Price is $xx....
I have fun with some of the parts guys that sound like they are reading right from a script and don't know an engine from an axle....
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From: Belleville, Ontario
When you start a new job and the boss tells you at the end of the first week that your truck is going in for major refitting. Then explains everything to justify why it will only be down for one week. Three weeks later you have to go to welfare, because the last 18 months have been a financial disaster and you have already gone to the food bank 'cause you're starving, and there's no possible way to make the rent for the place you just moved into and the landlord made it perfectly clear, "NO EXCEPTIONS,DON'T BE LATE WITH THE RENT!"
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From: New England
F100--To which this tire guy responds...
"F78-14...Hmm, OK, that would be about the same as a P205/75R14. Are you sure a 235/75R15 will fit without rubbing? I suggest either a 225/70R15 or a 235/70R14."
I hate part-store idiots.
Me: "I need an FL-1 oil filter."
Him: "What kind of car."
Me: "ARRRRRRRRRRGH!"
"F78-14...Hmm, OK, that would be about the same as a P205/75R14. Are you sure a 235/75R15 will fit without rubbing? I suggest either a 225/70R15 or a 235/70R14."
I hate part-store idiots.
Me: "I need an FL-1 oil filter."
Him: "What kind of car."
Me: "ARRRRRRRRRRGH!"