Imponderables - Add It Up by nvghostrider

FIRSTIES !!!!!

Yes.

~jimi
Lt. Alexander - Chief Medic / XO Alpha Co. / Logistics & Transportation Specialist - 76th IAB

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Monday, January 14, 2008 7:48 AM

Triumphant ain't it.

Trigun fanvid set to the song. FUN!!!

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Monday, January 14, 2008 7:52 AM

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
I get in my car, turn the key, *beep beep beep* *clickidy click click* nothin. The battery seems to be doing just fine. The engine just doesn't do anything.
ah, yes... Jeepy did this to me a few months back. you're certain the battery is all right? did you actually take it in and have it tested? i thought my Jeep's problem was the starter (clickidy click click, nothin), but was then convinced to test the battery first. sure enough, while i could still power the windows and lights, there wasn't enough charge left for the starter. good thing, though, since batteries are cheaper than a new starter. ^^

but what do i know.

I'm hoping like hell that it will just be the battery. I think that's still under warranty even. I assume that their $98 diagnostic will include checking the battery.

The other thing I didn't mention is that I had to back it out of my parking spot for the tow guy. It was on a slight incline so it just rolled out in neutral. It was not a good experience though. The wheel was dang hard to turn. The breaks were barely working. I had to hand brake a bit just to slow it to a stop. That whole experience made me more nervous that it's something big wrong with it.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 8:28 AM

HELL'S KITTEN

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Originally posted by Zeek:
The wheel was dang hard to turn. The breaks were barely working. I had to hand brake a bit just to slow it to a stop. That whole experience made me more nervous that it's something big wrong with it.

guess you've never driven an older car without power steering or power breaks?
when the battery is dead or the engine isn't running, you're not going to get power anything.
it's not a symptom of anything more nefarious.

hell, i drove my Jeep for weeks without breaks... dangerous and foolhardy, sure, but i'm still alive. XD

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Monday, January 14, 2008 8:35 AM

Life without power steering sucks...

HK- breaks are for sissies.. you don't need no stinking breaks...

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Monday, January 14, 2008 8:40 AM

Ah the good old days. Loved the Cougar I drove for a bit ('68). 289 needed a quart of oil every two tor three days, no parking sprag in the tranny so it had to be blocked, manual steering, brakes were crap, but the vacuum headlight covers and wind shield wiper pedal still worked. Such a cool car.

(Smiles at MSB)

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Monday, January 14, 2008 8:57 AM

OK so now you're just speaking jibberish to show off NV...( I am hopeless mechanically for the 3 people on here who don't already know that)

NV

Oooh HK... you could always use your no breaks as an excuse to play Death Race 2000 on the freeway.. " officer my breaks just failed. I didn't mean to mow down that boyscout troop. No of course I didn't back up over the 2 survivors"

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Monday, January 14, 2008 9:09 AM

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
guess you've never driven an older car without power steering or power breaks?
when the battery is dead or the engine isn't running, you're not going to get power anything.
it's not a symptom of anything more nefarious.

hell, i drove my Jeep for weeks without breaks... dangerous and foolhardy, sure, but i'm still alive. XD

Nuh uh. My first car was an 81 tercel. No power steering at least. Not sure about the breaks. This was worse than that car ever was though. The breaks was the worst part.

Anyway I think I'm gonna call the dealership. I can't take the suspense any longer.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 9:11 AM

We all have our fingers crossed for you Zeek..be brave no matter what:)

OOH and I have an important ponder... Where do the socks go??? When you do your laundry and one sock goes missing... where is it?? Is there some weird black hole in the dryer? Is it aliens? Do socks have a really active social life and just occasionally wander off??
I must know as my beloved moose socks are one sock short of a pair....

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Monday, January 14, 2008 9:37 AM

No answer from mechanic guy. I guess it's good that he's not just sitting by the phone. It might mean he's working. yay!

As for the socks that's easy. My cat eats them. I've found half eaten socks plenty of times. She regularly eats any available shoe laces, kleenex and has attempted to eat a blanket and a polo shirt. She didn't finish either of the last two though.

I think IAMS has a serious cotton deficiency in their cat food formula.

Now when my cat finds the time to sneak out of the apartment, scurry over to Utah and somehow get into your dryer. That's the real question.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 9:42 AM

Yeah.. ok Zeek get your cat out of my dryer... no maybe it's my sister's cat...she sleeps in the laundry room... Ah ha we may have solved an ages old mystery...

Never seen my cats eat kleenex though one of my dogs does.. hmm maybe pet food is deficient in cotton fiber or something...

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Monday, January 14, 2008 9:47 AM

Actually, my roommate Jesh steals the socks. If you don't have any toilet paper or potpourri, he steals half pairs of socks.

~jimi
Lt. Alexander - Chief Medic / XO Alpha Co. / Logistics & Transportation Specialist - 76th IAB

Dude, jerking off on my mom is one thing. But banging your grandmother and her roommates? That's like... legendary.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 10:02 AM

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Originally posted by MSB:
Never seen my cats eat kleenex though one of my dogs does.. hmm maybe pet food is deficient in cotton fiber or something...

Seriously the cat is crazy. She'll eat toilet paper too. I keep a hand towel over the toilet roll at all times. The cat is relentless though. I always have like 3 kleenex in my pocket since I wear hard contacts and at any moment they can go insane and make my eyes water like mad and my nose starts running. Normally this doesn't happen but one time a month so I just keep transfering the kleenex until they get old and ratty. I used to put them in my dresser to keep them away from the kitty. They she learned how to crawl up through the bottom of the dresser into the drawer and find them even when burried under some clothes. So, I went to putting them in this little wooden box I have. She knew they were in there though and would wrestle with the thing all night waking me up all the time. Now the wooden box is in my closet and when I open it up she's right up on the shelf trying to get in the box. And if somehow she does get ahold of a kleenex and I go to get it from her then she actually hisses. This cat never bites or hisses or does anything mean. So, she's serious when it comes to kleenex.

Somehow she hasn't figured out that upside down kleenex boxes are a much easier target than a wooden box. I'm pretty happy about that though.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 10:10 AM

OK Zeek your cat sounds sooooo funny!!! Hmm maybe you can give her the empty kleenex box and that will appease her

Jimi- oh good one more thing to add to my list of things I wish I didn't know about Jesh but do... LOL

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Monday, January 14, 2008 11:09 AM

Yay dealership called back and they claim a new battery fixed the problem. Seems really odd to me and I guess I should have tried to get someone to give me a jump but whatever I'll take it. I'm just gonna go ahead and be pesimistic and expect this to happen again in about 3 days just to find out it's the alternator or something. Somehow I just don't trust that $98 diagnostic.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 11:19 AM

ok I understand your phobia of the diagnostic.. had a bad Tunex experience in which I kept telling them to check one thing and they kept assuring me it was fine and replaced a variety of other things in the car. Eventually took it to the dealership and in 5 min they called back said it was the thing I'd asked Tunex to check and they fixed it... problem solved.

HUGS Zeek

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Monday, January 14, 2008 12:32 PM

TIP: If you are at a staff meeting and someone in the upper echelon sits in (ie. our Tribal Administrator) and talks like a politician, bugging your ass to no end it is better to endure the sensation of a nipple being cut off with the edge of a piece of paper than to open your (read as my) big yap calling bullshit on his rambling.

So ready to break stuff right now. Headed to the bar.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 12:39 PM

We tend to bitch about the higher ups BS after the meeting behind closed doors around my office. No one has the guts to call them out in person.

At least you can be proud that you're man enough to say what needs to be said. It earns you back some of those man points from liking Hillary Duff's music or whatever that was about in the last thread.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 12:45 PM

Well, I ain't done yet. Get to toe to toe with him soon. Seems those dude points are easily redeemable.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 12:51 PM

Oh and btw I've got a violent femmes collection CD in my car's CD player right now (or at least I did if those sticky fingered mechanics didn't take it). So good choice of song for the title.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 12:56 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

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Originally posted by Zeek:
Yay dealership called back and they claim a new battery fixed the problem. Seems really odd to me

it's really not that unusual.

batteries are sneaky beasties. you can literally be driving around all fine, park the car for a tiny amount of time, then when you come back to go again, poof! battery doesn't have enough amps (or is that volts?) to ignite the starter, even though it could still run the windows or radio.

don't worry ^__^

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Monday, January 14, 2008 1:07 PM

I find it dumb that mazda's design is to not even try the engine if the battery supposedly doesn't have enough juice though. Are they really just trying to save me a little juice to work the radio while I wait for the tow truck or something? I mean it didn't even attempt to crank the engine when I turned the key. At least take a shot. Or give me some sort of indicator light to tell me what's up. Maybe the beeping could give me a code I could look up in the owner's manual. Anything!

Bah!

Anyway I'm still happy that it's just the battery.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 1:56 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

dear, it's not Mazda's "design."
it's the fundamentals of electricity.

if the battery does not have enough charge to ignite the starter, the starter won't ignite. simple as. there's no circuit in the vehicle that says "oh, come on, i know you're low on amps and all, but please do just try it once? for me?" XD

and now that you have this experience, if it happens again, you might check the battery first.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 3:58 PM

RIVERFLAN

The reason why you have enough charge for the radio but not to start the car is the same reason as that whenever you go shopping you never have quite enough money to buy everything you want, you always have to give a lot of stuff up lol. But I'm glad that it was a relatively easy problem to fix.

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Monday, January 14, 2008 4:30 PM

NV- well occasionally someone has to be the one to say it, though it's seldom comfortable to be the one to do it... way to go:) HUGS and kisses

HK- aww sure be all logical and intelligent instead of going for the emotional appeal of..." oh come on please please just start" HUGS

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:37 AM

Maybe I'm just not doing a good job at describing it but I'm telling you this was weird. Even the guy who towed me was like "I have no idea what's wrong. I hope it's just your battery but I've never seen that".

I've had battery problems in cars before and it was nothing like that. In my old toyota when I turn the key it would at least try the engine and all the dash lights would fade and stuff.

Anyway it was all under warranty so I didn't have to pay anything. Sorta nice to just walk up get the keys and drive off without even signing anything.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:57 AM

mornin' Imponderables.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:42 AM

LYSANDER

Zeek, you shouldn't have a problem for some time. My Mazda had the same problem over a year ago. After doing the diagnostic check, my problem was also the battery. After replacing the battery, haven't had a problem with it since.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:08 AM

HUGS Zeek.. well as long as it's fixed and all..

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:23 AM

Mornin' people.

That's about it. Thinker dealy dragging all twisty and stuffs.

(Hugs MSB) Thanks for the encouragement.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:42 AM

HUGS and

NV.. well that's kind of my fault.. sorry love.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:01 AM

Yeah. Well, no. Kinda but not really?

Aw hell. I was just too fired up last night and had surplus aggression.

What do y'all do with that surplus energy? I can't sleep in that case and it sucks.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:04 AM

That would depend on where I am... sometimes I run on a treadmill.. sometimes I terrorize students...and sometimes

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:14 AM

KELKHIL

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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
Aw hell. I was just too fired up last night and had surplus aggression.

What do y'all do with that surplus energy? I can't sleep in that case and it sucks.

I end up staring at the ceiling being all kinds of awake and bored.

Sometimes I get up and move out into the livingroom and lay on the couch. A change of venue in sometimes all it takes. Not always but sometimes.

If not at least the T.V. is there for watching.

Some men just wanna watch the world burn

Kelkhil

The Shirtless Forsaken

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:29 AM

I never could figure how people could fall asleep watching tv... the noise keeps me awake.

HUGS Kelkhil and you better start getting as much sleep as you can now.. you're about to enter the no sleep new parent mode...

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:34 AM

KELKHIL

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Originally posted by MSB:
HUGS Kelkhil and you better start getting as much sleep as you can now.. you're about to enter the no sleep new parent mode...

Is that any better then the can't sleep cuz I am stressed trying to figure out how the F

k I am going to be able to afford the new parent mode?? Cuz if so sign me up!

Some men just wanna watch the world burn

Kelkhil

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:40 AM

I pretty much follow the Kelkhil method. Though I don't usually change venues. I just roll around trying to get my brain to stop thinking and just fall asleep. Sometimes I'll turn on the tv and there's never anything good on in the middle of the night so that helps make me sleepy to some extent. Doesn't really help though. The second I turn it off my brain goes right back to what was keeping me awake in the first place.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:49 PM

RIVERFLAN

What I do is I try to get to bed at about 9-ish or so, and then when I can't get to sleep within an hour, I'll just get back up and do something. I don't really need a lot of sleep- I'll be grouchy whenever I wake up, but when I actually wake up instead of walking around like a zombie, I can't get back to sleep early so I have to wait untill 9 (that's the earliest I've ever been able to fall asleep) and then try.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:14 PM

Hey Kelkhil...HUGS and loves hang in there

hmm....I seldom have a problem sleeping...mostly having a problem getting to bed on time... but still happy

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:01 AM

mornin' Imponderables.

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
What do y'all do with that surplus energy? I can't sleep in that case and it sucks.

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
I never could figure how people could fall asleep watching tv... the noise keeps me awake.

I sleep better with noise, always have. I think it's a blessing, though I actually have a tough time going to sleep when it is absolutely quiet, because that's when I can really hear myself thinking, which is scary.

*snuggles MsB*

~jimi
Lt. Alexander - Chief Medic / XO Alpha Co. / Logistics & Transportation Specialist - 76th IAB

Dude, jerking off on my mom is one thing. But banging your grandmother and her roommates? That's like... legendary.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:28 AM

HUGS Jimi... morning sweety... ok you can think and sleep at the same time?? Wow.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:43 AM

Laptop "Out for delivery" yay! I might get to do real work today!!

Then again I bet our mail department will take another day to actually get it to my office. Argh!

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:52 AM

Real work?? what is this real work you speak of??
HUGS Zeek.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:33 AM

Training a new old tech today so I'll be in and out.

I see Jimi pretty much gave an honest answer. Thanks. Had the suggestion of starting a BCMW academy (trying not to horn in too much on Companion Guilds) and might need instructors. Interested? (BCMW hanshakeydealy)

I get to sort through week old junk mail my people put in an unused mail slot in the reception area and feel your pain Zeek. Seems you just can't punch enough folks in the head these days now can we.

Hope the move is treating you well MSB. (HUGS!)

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:56 AM

Well the kids are having a grand time hauling boxes and pretending they are not throwing snowballs at each other on the way out and back... sadly the wet spots on shirts, frozen hands, and trickles of snow they bring with them are a dead giveaway...

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:06 AM

AAHHCCCHHHH! Reading too much into snowballs and stuff. Needs to distract. (Continues looking for build parts on new project (Remington 700 varmint rifle)

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:12 AM

RUGBUG

Hi to all the shiny imponderables....

I just know you've missed me terribly (heh). I'be missed you all. I haven't had much time the last week or so. Seems I go on vacation and then come back to work to 20 or so new clients. Yea me...or not. There's a ton of work staring me in the face.

Vacation was great although I didn't accomplish everything on my list. I didn't make it into the gym ONCE the entire week. Oh well. I did go running almost every morning. I also watched Waitress (good) and Knocked-Up (hilarious). Watched the collector's edition of Serenity. Started Veronica Mars and must admit that I am a sad pathetic loser for not watching it on air (although I don't have cable so I wouldn't really have been able to watch anyway). Rode the horse A LOT. 'Twas a good time and I'm really wishing I could be RICH, RICH, RICH (insert maniacal laugh here) so I didn't HAVE to work at all. Any sugar daddies are welcome to come a-knockin' J/K. Or not...if you're the right type of sugar. ;)

Zeek...the whole 'no steering or brakes' sounds awfully normal for the situation you described. My Jeep does that when it's not on. Roll out of a parking spot and your lucky if you can turn or stop. Nothing nefarious, IMO.

Sleep and excess energy? What is this thing called 'excess energy?' I know not of it. Unless I've had caffeine too late in the day. Then sleep is just not going to happen so I don't evey try until I'm tired. It does take me about 45 minutes to fall asleep on any given night (I'm a natural night owl in an early bird world), so I read or do a crossword or sudoku until I can hardly keep my eyes open...then sleep comes quick.

Smiles to all...and I will try to check in more regularly. Stupid work. Blah.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:37 AM

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Originally posted by MSB:
HUGS Jimi... morning sweety... ok you can think and sleep at the same time?? Wow.

You've talked to me late at night as I drift in and out of sleep.

No, see the problem is, if there isn't some sort of noise, I can't sleep because of my thoughts.

*snuggles MsB*

Quote:
Originally posted by nvghostrider:
I see Jimi pretty much gave an honest answer. Thanks. Had the suggestion of starting a BCMW academy (trying not to horn in too much on Companion Guilds) and might need instructors. Interested? (BCMW hanshakeydealy)

I'm all for it. I am sure I have some skills that would benefit others that I can pass along.

*returns secret BCMW handshake thingy*

*hugs RugBug big time*

~jimi
Lt. Alexander - Chief Medic / XO Alpha Co. / Logistics & Transportation Specialist - 76th IAB

Dude, jerking off on my mom is one thing. But banging your grandmother and her roommates? That's like... legendary.

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