Random Thought Thread

Nathan the Machinist said:
The local post office has yet again failed to deliver a package. Because it's inconvenient. Because they don't want to do the job they were paid for. So I'm going to go there and give them a piece of my mind. Who should I ask to talk to?
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This guy.

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I "hate" motor vehicle smog requirements!

Had a h*ll of a time getting my 2014 Corvette Stingray convertible smogged this year. So, much so that I decided to sell it after it finally passed. That wasn't the only reason I sold it, but it was a motivator.

Have to get my Mercedes SUV and F250 smogged by the end of Nov. So, I hooked up my OBDII reader to the SUV and Ford to make sure they were clear to get tested.

The MB came up "red" with all kinds of weird codes listed, despite no CEL showing up in the car. That freaked me out, so I immediately made an appt to take it into the MB stealership to figure out what the problem was BUT I decided to take it to my local mechanic first to see what his OBDII reader said and his reader came up CLEAR. WTF? So, I took it to my smog shop and asked the guy there to OBDII check the car too and again it was clear. Got it smogged on the spot 2 months early just to avoid any other possible problems coming up later.

My OBDII reader never gave me any false codes before but, this was the 1st time I've used it on my MB and I'm not using on that car again. As for the F250, it came up yellow with 2 montiors -- M (Misfire) & CC (Comprehensive Component) -- that need to be cleared. So, I'm going to have to drive the truck around for awhile until they clear and get it smogged as soon as they do.

Did I mention that I "hate" motor vehicle smog requirements?

If I ever move out of CA, it won't be because of the high cost of living, the traffic, the sh*tty road conditions, gun/knife laws or the politics.

I'll move to Montana where there don't have any stupid motor vehicle smog requirements (as well as no sales taxes and minimal income taxes) but I'll still need a place (or an RV to spend time in) somewhere else in the winter because winters in Montana can be brutal.

LOL! :)
 
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Cap’n Smudge said:
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Edit to add: I have reason to believe there is something wrong with this dogs vision which may play into his fear of people. He even barks aggressively at me until I get within 10 yards of him or say something to him when I’m returning from a walk into town.
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Had a dog like that when I was a kid. My dad always used to grumble about "that stupid, blind dog".

It would do the same thing; running up and barking furiously at him until it got within 15-20 feet and literally come to a skidding stop with a, "Whoops! Sorry! Didn't recognize you..." look of mortification, before turning tail and running away from embarrassment 😂

For whatever reason, it only did it with my dad (of the family members). With the rest of us, it would trot up, kind of squinting, then when it recognized us, it's ass would start wagging (rescue with a lopped tail. Looked like the mom was a Doberman, and the owner had it's tail lopped before realizing it wasn't purebred, and just abandoned it 😡).

Funny enough, it was my dad who rescued it (found the pup shivering in the rain, outside his office), but he was the only one it did the whole 'charge while barking until it got close' thing.
 
bluemax_1 said:
Had a dog like that when I was a kid. My dad always used to grumble about "that stupid, blind dog".

It would do the same thing; running up and barking furiously at him until it got within 15-20 feet and literally come to a skidding stop with a, "Whoops! Sorry! Didn't recognize you..." look of mortification, before turning tail and running away from embarrassment 😂

For whatever reason, it only did it with my dad (of the family members). With the rest of us, it would trot up, kind of squinting, then when it recognized us, it's ass would start wagging (rescue with a lopped tail. Looked like the mom was a Doberman, and the owner had it's tail lopped before realizing it wasn't purebred, and just abandoned it 😡).

Funny enough, it was my dad who rescued it (found the pup shivering in the rain, outside his office), but he was the only one it did the whole 'charge while barking until it got close' thing.
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This one does it with the whole family.
What’s funny is that a total stranger (or somebody he knows) can walk up and if they start talking to him in a high pitched, singsong voice he immediately becomes a submissive, tail wagging, lover boy.
 
sgt1372 said:
If I ever move out of CA, it won't be because of the high cost of living, the traffic, the sh*tty road conditions, gun/knife laws or the politics.

I'll move to Montana where there don't have any stupid motor vehicle smog requirements (as well as no sales taxes and minimal income taxes) but I'll still need a place (or an RV to spend time in) somewhere else in the winter because winters in Montana can be brutal.

LOL! :)
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If you really want to get riled up, find out how much it is to register your vehicles in states like Montana compared to CA.
 
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