Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[acishere]

You remember my beautiful new $1200 bumper?

While I was putting something in the back seat, I walked around the front passenger side, and thought the bumper was a centimetre or two askew.

I get to my brother's and he takes a look at it, and notices that it's completely cracked again.
Closer examination reveals some animal hairs and dried blood.

Translation - Son #1 hit a raccoon (probably) while he was racking up almost 280 km driving on country roads back and forth from our town to the next.
Did he know he hit a critter? Can't see how he could not have!

Not
Fixing
It
Again.

I will drive it with a slightly cracked bumper now until the flipping thing falls off.

You really must live in the GTA. Because your son is driving like someone would in a video game.

 

[JenniferS]

Or better yet - make your son pay!

Says he didn't do it.
Says I'm also driving on country roads every morning driving Son #2 to work.
Says he would have told me if he'd hit a raccoon.

UGH!

 

[PUSH]

Today was a busy day at work. I was the only person in hardlines from 8am-1pm. So I had to take all the calls, do all odd-jobs, etc. I grabbed a cart or freight at 8 and first got it done around 1:15. I also learned how to do layaway, partially with some help and partially on my own. I was supposed to work until 1, but then extended my time until 2 because we needed more people. Then I went 15 minutes over because I was doing a layaway at the end of my shift and then 3 more people came and got in line.

They don't have anyone to work tonight in hardlines from 6 to close because one person quit and the other got called to go to Michigan for two weeks for some military thing. Unless they called someone to come in, I don't know what they're going to do.

 

[PUSH]

 

[donaldtoo]

Oooo...!
All the sunset pics reminded me of this one I took with my iPhone a coupla' years ago when we were down on the Texas coast...

 

[acishere]

Says he didn't do it.
Says I'm also driving on country roads every morning driving Son #2 to work.
Says he would have told me if he'd hit a raccoon.

UGH!

You would have noticed. Its not like you squished a squirrel. There is a thud noise when you hit something hard enough to eschew the bumper.

 

[donaldtoo]

Yeah, it is an old fashioned gas/service station. 3 bays. The owner is about my age and we have had good luck with him over the last 15 years servicing our cars. He is fair in price fixing things up and searches for reasonable parts. When my truck was past her prime and things like the window stopped working he found a way to do something else to make it work again. He does oil changes in the morning while ya wait but I didn't call and put her on the list but he took her anyways. I asked DH to check the oil and tires before Road trip on Friday. He said take it in for oil change instead. So that is how I wound up waiting a whole freak'n day for my car back.

Yep, once you find a good mechanic that'll be straight up with you you'll sometimes put up with a little inconvenience to bring them a bit more regular maintenance that you just as well could take some place else or do yourself.
The guys we use have, so many times, done us right the way y'all's guy has. It could be the fact that they know how much I know about cars myself and just don't wanna' chance tryin' to blow some smoke up my skirt, but, I don't think so. I have never really gotten that kinda' suspicious, smarmy feeling from them, at all, that you get from some.

 

[donaldtoo]

August is the biggest vacation month, but it is also:

• 
  
• National Brownies At Brunch Month
• National Catfish Month
• National Panini Month

• 
  
• National Peach Month
• National Sandwich Month
• National Apple Week Is The Second
  Week

And, there are plenty of single day holidays to celebrate:

• 
  
  
  • National

• 
  
• Mustard Day: The First Saturday
  
  • August 1:
• IPA Day

I know there's other stuff in this post, but, all I really saw was catfish and IPA.

 

[donaldtoo]

Purple?

If that's the color of flashing lights the Canadian police are sporting these days, then sure.

Oh, and, I got the color wheel reference.

 

[PUSH]

To my Survivor buddies, I hate Jon. Too far, just too far.

I assume you all know what I'm talking about.

 

[acishere]

I know there's other stuff in this post, but, all I really saw was catfish and IPA.

I feel like IPA day should be moved to the 6th. No reason.

 

[donaldtoo]

You remember my beautiful new $1200 bumper?

While I was putting something in the back seat, I walked around the front passenger side, and thought the bumper was a centimetre or two askew.

I get to my brother's and he takes a look at it, and notices that it's completely cracked again.
Closer examination reveals some animal hairs and dried blood.

Translation - Son #1 hit a raccoon (probably) while he was racking up almost 280 km driving on country roads back and forth from our town to the next.
Did he know he hit a critter? Can't see how he could not have!

Not
Fixing
It
Again.

I will drive it with a slightly cracked bumper now until the flipping thing falls off.

Does that boy not know he's messin' with the Sageteermobile...?!?!?!?!?!

 

[JenniferS]

If that's the color of flashing lights the Canadian police are sporting these days, then sure.

Oh, and, I got the color wheel reference.

Actually, to increase visibility, the cop cars up here are now sporting blue AND red lights; which do indeed look purple at night.

 

[donaldtoo]

I feel like IPA day should be moved to the 6th. No reason.

Let's just make it the entire month of August, and be done with it already.

Oh, and, happy early (I think ??? ) birthday!!!!!

 

[JenniferS]

Does that boy not know he's messin' with the Sageteermobile...?!?!?!?!?!

Now I'm really worried about our car.

I just threw a world class pop-a-kook, and threw two kids out of my backyard. Physically.
(I'm sure the neighbours think I'm nuts!)

But seriously, I open the patio door to let out the dog, and my idiot son and two other skids are sitting on MY patio furniture, under MY pergola, using a propane torch to make hash oil in a fry pan.
Are you effing kidding me?

I booted the skids out, using an expletive or two, and the two punks just stand there and stare at me.
Are you effing kidding me?

So then, I tried to physically propel one from my deck, and he just digs in his heels and refuses to leave.
Are you effing kidding me?

Pretty sure the Sageteermobile is in peril.

I will be back shortly, after I have my stroke.

 

[donaldtoo]

Actually, to increase visibility, the cop cars up here are now sporting blue AND red lights; which do indeed look purple at night.

Is that something relatively new up there, then?
The cops down here have been flashin' the red and blue together for decades, and now they're pretty much all strobes.

Haven't seen any yetis in 'em yet, though.

 

[JenniferS]

Is that something relatively new up there, then?
The cops down here have been flashin' the red and blue together for decades, and now they're pretty much all strobes.

Haven't seen any yetis in 'em yet, though.

Yes. New. Or the current blue:red ratio is.
They've only been purple for a while.

Let's see what Google has to say.

 

[Wrangler-Rick]

Today was a busy day at work. I was the only person in hardlines from 8am-1pm. So I had to take all the calls, do all odd-jobs, etc. I grabbed a cart or freight at 8 and first got it done around 1:15. I also learned how to do layaway, partially with some help and partially on my own. I was supposed to work until 1, but then extended my time until 2 because we needed more people. Then I went 15 minutes over because I was doing a layaway at the end of my shift and then 3 more people came and got in line.

They don't have anyone to work tonight in hardlines from 6 to close because one person quit and the other got called to go to Michigan for two weeks for some military thing. Unless they called someone to come in, I don't know what they're going to do.

Maybe they're going to clone you?

 

[donaldtoo]

She could go to Vietnam and watch the sun set over the South China Sea, like John Wayne in The Green Berets. Except in real life the sun usually sets in the west, not the east.

The Duke was the Chuck Norris of the greatest generation, and then some. I assure you, if he needed the sun to set in the east, it did!

 

[PUSH]

Maybe they're going to clone you?

It looks like we have about 4ish new employees coming in. I think only one of those is hardlines, though.