Ever been volunteered?
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From: Myrtle Point, Or
Originally posted by Vanhecht
its called being voluntold here in the big green machine....
its called being voluntold here in the big green machine....
The Pacifier
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From: Cloverdale, BC
So.
Guess what happened to me today!
I got voluntold to change the oil on a 2002 Honda Civic. A pain it the ****.
But it wasn't that bad. The hardest part was finding the oil filter. Whoever engineered the oil filter to the back side of the engine should be shot.
By the end of the job, I found myself a case of beer richer.
Side note: Labatt Genuine Draft doesn't give you a hangover.
Guess what happened to me today!
I got voluntold to change the oil on a 2002 Honda Civic. A pain it the ****.
But it wasn't that bad. The hardest part was finding the oil filter. Whoever engineered the oil filter to the back side of the engine should be shot.
By the end of the job, I found myself a case of beer richer.
Side note: Labatt Genuine Draft doesn't give you a hangover.
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From: central indiana
I don't think this was being volunteered but last fall I bought a really nice set of lopers. Fiskers brand, and I gave about $50 for them. I have some bad growth on my back fence row that I cut down. My neighbor sees me out using them and walks up and asks if he can borrow them to do the other side of the fence. On the spot I agreed. A month later I saw him and had to ask for them back. He used them to cut chain link fence with. He is an older retired guy that probably just missed and cut the fence (several times) by accident, after that I learned not to loan anything out. It is sad that people don't care if they didn't pay for it.
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From: Near Bloom, PA
Originally posted by haroutd
Dang it Bower, I keep reading posting after posting after posting where you brag on that wonderful wife of yours. And I just have one comment: Does she have a younger sister? Say around 26 years old?
Dang it Bower, I keep reading posting after posting after posting where you brag on that wonderful wife of yours. And I just have one comment: Does she have a younger sister? Say around 26 years old?
Guess I'll let Other Bower speak for herself more, didn't realize I was bragging, but we're still "honeymooning". Maybe it will wear off (but I hope not.) Sorry guys if it was getting old.
Re: topic: I did get volunteered to put an exhaust on a 73 Buick this weekend. P.I.T.A., but it's nice to think they trust me to do that. Plus I'll get supper out of it. Nice thing is I get to use HIS garage and HIS tools. That's more like it.
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From: Black Hills of SD
As my second marriage is on shakey ground I find out that one of the issues is my relationship to "stuff" Well she can't understand that every darn thing I own represents my sweat and investment and I intend to see that they are well taken care of. I think that is called good stewardship. On the other hand it just doesn't bother her to leave something out and see it get all rusty. I have fought my step kids for 8 years over things like putting their shoes on the furniture and she never says anything to them about it but thinks I am **** because it bothers me. Women just have different values and your girlfriend, however misguided, is just trying to be a helpful person and that is a good character trait that you can mold a little with some basic rules that I am sure she will agree with. And if she doesn't then go shopping.
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From: I'm lost somewhere in NJ -- can someone please find me?!?!?!?
Originally posted by 2Bowers
Guess I'll let Other Bower speak for herself more, didn't realize I was bragging, but we're still "honeymooning". Maybe it will wear off (but I hope not.) Sorry guys if it was getting old.
Guess I'll let Other Bower speak for herself more, didn't realize I was bragging, but we're still "honeymooning". Maybe it will wear off (but I hope not.) Sorry guys if it was getting old.
Back to being "voluntold"... I have a neighbor here who has a nack for getting other people to do things for her. She's got a son close to my age, but he's too useless to help out, I guess. One day I helped her pick up a few yards of bagged mulch with my pickup truck. Not a big deal, but I didn't realize at the time I would be unloading & wheeling it into her 1-acre lot back yard!
Now, from time to time, she'll see me washing/detailing one of the vehicles in our driveway (most neighbors around here would rather pay for a bad car wash than do a quality wash themselves). She now tries to "joke" about how I can detail her car next... on several occassions she has managed to bring up that topic and inferred that I perform that task. My regular reply is to mention that I don't even have the time to detail my truck (which is true -- being the good brother/son that I am, I spend more time polishing mom's, dad's, and little sis's vehicles than my own).
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From: Southern NJ
If I had a dime for everytime,,,, I know exactly what you are saying, Haroutd. All my neighbors are constantly asking me to do stuff for them. I have lived in the same neighborhood since 5th grade (with a 5 year break). All the same people here and they all remember me as I was when I was but a wee lad, lol. Always helpful, no matter the task, and for no reimbursement. But now that I have a business to run, it breaks my heart sometimes to tell them that I will do it, but only if they can pay me for it. I've been way too guilty of being helpful to others while at the detriment of my own responsibilities over the years. After I started the business,, that Had to stop. I still help them on weekends or when I have a spare few moments, but it is so rare to have that time anymore. As far as being voluntold,,, yeah,, too many times to count, but I always agreed for the simple fact that she would agree when I would do the same of her. We always left the stipulation of that we had to check the other's schedule first, but we would definitely help the person(s). I touched on this in that thread about people stranded,,, type of world I would like to live in 
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