Life sucks sometimes

[B.HOBS]

Just wanted to share my insanely weird weekend misfortune. Anybody ever had two cars break down in one weekend, let alone on the same day???? Happened to me on Saturday. Driving home from Pasadena after getting my last minute mom's day gift, and after meeting up with the lady from her girls night out - her cars just DIES on the 210 freeway. Two hours later, after the tow truck finally arrived, we drop it off at the dealership. I go to pay the tow guy...cash only. My wallet is empty. Get the cash from a nearby bank, pay him, and he leaves. I get in my car to go back and pick up the girlfriend from the dealership...............my car wont start. Nothing. Nada. Zip. These are both Honda's. Same problem, on the same day with no sign of trouble before this all happened, on either car.

I call my cousin to come jump me, as I figure it was just a dead battery for whatever reason. He jumps me, and I'm good to go. I go out to drive it around to build up a charge. Come to a red light, and boom. DEAD. Nothing. NADA. Again!!!!!.....I was so pissed I could barely breath. I suck it up and start pushing to the dealership which was right up the street. Just so happens my good buddy Joe was driving past, so he got out and helped me out, thank my lucky stars!!!

Long story short, $1000 in repairs for both cars, and completely car-less for mothers day, today we are back on track... for now. But there go the tax incentive checks!!!!! LOL. It was the craziest day I've had in a real long time. It was very frustrating to say the least.

SO........I wanna hear some positive things that happened to you guys/gals this weekend. Let me hear the good things about your weekend. ANYTHING.

Thanks for letting me rant.

~Billy

 

[MadMonk]

We had a Tornado....feel any better? :blush:

 

[bfisher88]

That really sucks man. Car trouble is always a bummer i know. Good luck with everything.

 

[B.HOBS]

We had a Tornado....feel any better? :blush:

Yikes, that would be pretty intense. I know I'm a lot more fortunate than some other in recent weeks, I can be thankful for that. Sometimes we get lost in our own little worlds....

 

[Kingantz]

How about a funny story to cheer you up?

So I'm out on the back patio relaxing having a nice smoke. Just chillin' under the umbrella. Wife comes out and we're shootin' the breeze, enjoying the afternoon. I have a look over across the yard and see our cat Tinker strolling along with something dangling from his mouth. I get up and go walking over to where he's stopped and it's a poor little lizard. I hiss at the Tinker, he drops the lizard, and then the cat hauls tail towards the house. I walk over to have a look at the poor little lizard, squatting right in front of it. Brown body, small white stripe down each side, and it's head a bright fire engine red. WTF? Weird, mean looking thing.

It has a nice "tooth" hole in it from the cat, and I figure it's probably about to kick the bucket, so reach down to just poke at it and ZOOOOOMMMM!! The thing moved so fast it looked like it disappeared into thin air!! I stand up and go to looking around, where the hell did that thing go? Man, it was gone!! Yeah well, guess what. Damn thing was up my freakin' britches!!


So okay, I'm a manly man walking around with the big ol' cigar and here I am screaming like a woman. Thing was running all up and down my azz! Wife see's me kicking and a jumping and a hollerin' thinks I've lost my mind. She comes over, and all I can get out is, "IT'S IN MY PANTS, IT'S IN MY PANTS!!!" Now, I'm out in the middle of the side yard with traffic going by, which is a pretty good ways off, however it's not so far that people aren't going to see me running with my pants at my feet. But yeah, you better believe it. When that little sucker went scurrying from the back to the front?? Them britches dropped REAL quick.

Needless to say my wife almost passed out. Yep, from laughing so hard. I too had a good laugh after I sat down and got a tiny shred of dignity back. Just thought I'd share that story with ya, hope it made ya crack a smile at least!

Oh...and here's the little sucker himself.

 

[sack]

How about a funny story to cheer you up?

So I'm out on the back patio relaxing having a nice smoke. Just chillin' under the umbrella. Wife comes out and we're shootin' the breeze, enjoying the afternoon. I have a look over across the yard and see our cat Tinker strolling along with something dangling from his mouth. I get up and go walking over to where he's stopped and it's a poor little lizard. I hiss at the Tinker, he drops the lizard, and then the cat hauls tail towards the house. I walk over to have a look at the poor little lizard, squatting right in front of it. Brown body, small white stripe down each side, and it's head a bright fire engine red. WTF? Weird, mean looking thing.

It has a nice "tooth" hole in it from the cat, and I figure it's probably about to kick the bucket, so reach down to just poke at it and ZOOOOOMMMM!! The thing moved so fast it looked like it disappeared into thin air!! I stand up and go to looking around, where the hell did that thing go? Man, it was gone!! Yeah well, guess what. Damn thing was up my freakin' britches!!


So okay, I'm a manly man walking around with the big ol' cigar and here I am screaming like a woman. Thing was running all up and down my azz! Wife see's me kicking and a jumping and a hollerin' thinks I've lost my mind. She comes over, and all I can get out is, "IT'S IN MY PANTS, IT'S IN MY PANTS!!!" Now, I'm out in the middle of the side yard with traffic going by, which is a pretty good ways off, however it's not so far that people aren't going to see me running with my pants at my feet. But yeah, you better believe it. When that little sucker went scurrying from the back to the front?? Them britches dropped REAL quick.

Needless to say my wife almost passed out. Yep, from laughing so hard. I too had a good laugh after I sat down and got a tiny shred of dignity back. Just thought I'd share that story with ya, hope it made ya crack a smile at least!

Oh...and here's the little sucker himself.

:laugh: You win, i was going to come up with something funny, you win hands down. :laugh: :laugh:

 

[KeithS]

How about a funny story to cheer you up?

So I'm out on the back patio relaxing having a nice smoke. Just chillin' under the umbrella. Wife comes out and we're shootin' the breeze, enjoying the afternoon. I have a look over across the yard and see our cat Tinker strolling along with something dangling from his mouth. I get up and go walking over to where he's stopped and it's a poor little lizard. I hiss at the Tinker, he drops the lizard, and then the cat hauls tail towards the house. I walk over to have a look at the poor little lizard, squatting right in front of it. Brown body, small white stripe down each side, and it's head a bright fire engine red. WTF? Weird, mean looking thing.

It has a nice "tooth" hole in it from the cat, and I figure it's probably about to kick the bucket, so reach down to just poke at it and ZOOOOOMMMM!! The thing moved so fast it looked like it disappeared into thin air!! I stand up and go to looking around, where the hell did that thing go? Man, it was gone!! Yeah well, guess what. Damn thing was up my freakin' britches!!


So okay, I'm a manly man walking around with the big ol' cigar and here I am screaming like a woman. Thing was running all up and down my azz! Wife see's me kicking and a jumping and a hollerin' thinks I've lost my mind. She comes over, and all I can get out is, "IT'S IN MY PANTS, IT'S IN MY PANTS!!!" Now, I'm out in the middle of the side yard with traffic going by, which is a pretty good ways off, however it's not so far that people aren't going to see me running with my pants at my feet. But yeah, you better believe it. When that little sucker went scurrying from the back to the front?? Them britches dropped REAL quick.

Needless to say my wife almost passed out. Yep, from laughing so hard. I too had a good laugh after I sat down and got a tiny shred of dignity back. Just thought I'd share that story with ya, hope it made ya crack a smile at least!

Oh...and here's the little sucker himself.

Of all the things caught on video today that would have been priceless. Made me laugh just reading it.

Keith

 

[Rod]

LOL that made my day. Great story.

 

[wes888]

Sorry to hear that Billy. You might try checking to see if Honda had a recall on either of your cars. I seem to recall some problems with the alternator and cars dying while driving, exactly like you described.

 

[B.HOBS]

I did get a laugh out of that Greg. That would have been hilarious to witness!!!! LOL! Thanks.

Wes-
No recall as far as I can tell. They are from 2001, and 2002, but I cant find anything about it...thanks for the info though.