Random Rants

[Walery Smirnoff]

Guys, can I whine a little? All prices should be based on the minimum wage. Gas is supposedly cheaper in Russia, and services are cheaper. But!!! Our shitty government manages to tax us twice and even three times. As a result, I can't replace my old car, I can't fill up my tank, I can't go on vacation like a normal person. And when I buy groceries, I always leave alcohol in the basket. So I can get drunk and forget. My life now resembles that of a modern-day Boer from South Africa.

[Walery Smirnoff]

I'll say something about the car separately. Our fucking Russian cars are complete crap! The government, in collusion with the only three Russian manufacturers, inflated the prices of their crap. Foreign brands left Russia because of the war. The Chinese came with their cardboard cars. And now they cost as much as the Mercedes that left before the war. I'm an honest man. I don't know how to steal and rob. I can't buy a car like a European or an American. Fuck. It's a disgrace! Life in Russia is a beast.

[goosehd]

Spent the last 4 hours working on one of those 15 minute projects. Should have been a simple job and have made two separate trips to the hardware store.

[Giles]

hahahahahahaha

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd I can only applaud the stamina. You are a true hero

[goosehd]

@Tago-Mago I used all of my naval training today in the use of curse words…even used the English ones.

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd shiver me timbers, wouldn’t have expected that from such a soft spoken gentleman

[ARNC]

@goosehd simple jobs are the worst, but maybe it was worth it to maintain your language skills

[GraemeE]

Our 2020 suburban had an ac leak that just got finished being repaired

That mother fucker costs 2.7 pale riders

(Now in the correct thread)

[northsouthdenimguy]

@GraemeE

I feel your pain. I have a similar-aged Yukon that had about the same amount in repairs last year, wife’s Denali this year. Once they hit a certain age, it can turn into a running laundry list of stuff. I’ve told myself if I get one more bill like that, they just might mysteriously disappear… of course I’m kidding, whoever’s listening.

[GraemeE]

@northsouthdenimguy ironically if our suburban was cooled with an industrial chiller plant I could have probably bribed a few of our techs at work with Pendleton and Busch light to fix it for me

[Brian]

Window cleaner booked for 9am for when I get home after 12 hours working
Turns up at 12.45pm

[Indigo Alchemist]

Bought a new fridge for the garage. The packaging looked completely fine on arrival, but later I noticed that the housing has a crack. Now they say they can only pick it up again if it’s repacked…

I was so happy when it arrived though because it’s bright red, crazy how much color can play a role