So when does a guy say "enough is enough"

[Russell]

Sorry for the rant here, but I'm just sick and tired of everything to do with trucks.

I just got in from wrestling a TH350 out of my truck, by myself (another rant all together, no friends willing to come help) and was about to put the "freshly rebuilt" 700r4 in, when I spilt some fluid, and discovered it to be pitch black, and smelling like it just came out of a steam ship's coal furnace

And you know, it got me thinking about all the times I've been burned like this. Some guy claiming a good part, just for me to find out I just spent my hard earned money on a peice of crap.

I mean honestly, how do some people sleep at night? Can they seriously feel good about themselves taking someone else's time and money, and give them nothing in exhange?

Gah, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one in this world who gives a crap about anyone else.

And thats not the only thing that is making me consider throwing in the towel. I just did a rough estimate at how much I have into my 80. $13 500. Thirteen thousand, five hundred bucks -- and what do I have to show for it? Absolutely nothing! I've got a gutted truck that has a half hearted paint job on the poorly prepped frame, which is probally going to rust out within 2 years anyways, a standard tranny that will probally pop out of gear constantly, a transfercase in need of re-building, a rear diff that has a busted gov-lock in it, and half a body that is still completely covered in rot, not to mention a TPI setup that will probally never run anyways.

Seriously, where the heck did that 13500 go? I know people who have restored a truck 10x as bad as mine, for half as much, and look 20x as good as mine ever will.

I've got university coming up this fall, and I haven't got 120 bucks to my name. I mean, when does a guy just say "screw it" sell everything dirt cheap, and just give up?

Sorry for the rant, but I'm just mad at everything right now.