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TOMMAY · 10-04-2003, 01:35 PM

I started a new job back in June which requires a thirty five mile drive each way.I had sold my daily driver which was a Jeep Cherokee when me and my last ex split up so I've been driving my 76 Silverado back and forth to work.It's a Big Block with 3.73 gears and the gas mileage is not that great and my ol Corvette doesn't do much better so I bought a little Mazda 626 for a commuter.Instead of twenty bucks every other day,it's costing twenty bucks bout once a week so that part's good, but ,God I hate that car. I'm 5'9 and 235 so I feel like an elephant on a go-kart goin down the road,but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

I've been working eight til eight all week and last nite I got out about seven and my son was already off to a concert down town so I decided to stop for just one on the way home.Well you know how that goes.About closing time I finally realized that if I didn't try to find my way home pretty soon it was sure gonna be a long day at work today.So I headed home,stopped by the burger joint and got a couple of grease burgers and a bowl of gut bomb chile to go,got to the house,stopped at the entrance to my drive and grabbed the mail and the newspaper.When I got back in the car,she didn't move when I put her in gear and I'm thinkin',damn,I don't need this tonite.So I decide to deal with it this morning,so I ate my food and stumbled off to bed.Thank goodness I'm not married anymore at least I don't have to listen to a complaining woman at midnite when I'm in no mood for it.

So anyway I'm up at the crack of dawn with a pounding head and breath so bad I thought about gargling with gasolene to see if it would improve the odor.I figured out the trans was stuck in park so it's probably just a cable but I swear I don't see why an engine no bigger than a carry around tool box doesn't have enough room around it to see anything so I gave up on trying to fix it my self plus I got to get to work.Only problem is the car's blocking the drive and no way to get around it with all the trees along the drive.I thought about pushing it out in the road with my Silverado and hopeing that somebody would run over it,but I hated to mess up my new bumper. I finally figure out that I can barely squeeze between this Magnolia tree and a big ol Azalea bush if I'm lucky but there's no room for error plus I can't creep along cause it's up a steep three foot incline before it levels out. Well,here I go,up the drive hang to the left to get a good angle,up the incline,catch my right mirror on the tree,jerk to the left,take out the Azalea bush,through the yard over the curb and off to work.Get to work and survey the damage,not too bad,one pretty good scratch but most of it will buff out I think,don't matter that much anyway.Ol truck looks like it was painted with a live chicken,buffed with a pine cone and polished with a brick,so I doubt if a few scratches will make that much difference.

So anyway.I guess I'll make it through this day too.I'm startin' to feel a lot better.I don't see how people stand it that don't drink. Can you imagine waking up in the morning knowing that was as good as you were gonna feel all day.

Good Luck

Tom

Prerunner1982 · 10-04-2003, 02:06 PM

thats what you call custom pinstripping.

i have enough of that myself, but with just primer i can always take out the rattle can and fix it.. but why? just gonna get more! besides it builds character... and women love character! spoken like a true off-roader i guess... haha

crackajacka · 10-04-2003, 02:21 PM

haha yea i made a real good pin stripe in mine once and then a lot of light scracthes goin threw the boonies out at the lake, that later buffed out lol, but i still dont understand why everone said u need 4 wheel to go threw the back at the lake i did just fine in mine with low pro's no less. but it does add character.

**swervin ervin** · 10-04-2003, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by TOMMAY
Ol truck looks like it was painted with a live chicken, buffed with a pine cone and polished with a brick, so I doubt if a few scratches will make that much difference.

Tom

LOL

Tom, I always get a big laugh out of your stories. The above anology is real interesting for sure.

**old Rusty C10** · 10-04-2003, 06:51 PM

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Originally posted by TOMMAY
.Thank goodness I'm not married anymore at least I don't have to listen to a complaining woman at midnite when I'm in no mood for it.

Tom

LOL oh lord do i hear ya with that one!!!!

apstguy · 10-05-2003, 04:20 AM

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Originally posted by TOMMAY
Ol truck looks like it was painted with a live chicken,buffed with a pine cone and polished with a brick,so I doubt if a few scratches will make that much difference.

I got a great laugh out of that one!

Big Paul · 10-05-2003, 10:36 AM

That's a good one.

I had some custom pin striping on my truck, and still do on my windshield from a damn barbed wire fence.

*rage'nrat638* · 10-05-2003, 08:05 PM

quote:
I don't see how people stand it that don't drink. Can you imagine waking up in the morning knowing that was as good as you were gonna feel all day.

after a month in the hole......I feel just fine,,,, NOT getting up with a hang over......

used to drink a fifth of whiskey a night....I USED TO TELL MYSELF

this is normal....NOT....

JUST BE CAREFULL...i needed my wife to RAG.....
THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE I WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE TODAY
with out her and my kids *****ing at me.....

ok i am done...3 years 7 months 4 days 26 hours not drinking

butt who's counting

*mike reeh* · 10-05-2003, 09:14 PM

good story. What do you do at this new job? Must be a pretty good job for a bad commute like that. Anyways if it ever falls thru, you can always be a writer

mike

TOMMAY · 10-06-2003, 01:21 AM

Rag-nrat,I quit one time for about a week,but it like to have scared me to death.I woke up one morning and looked in the mirror and my eyes were all white and I thought I was dying.

Mike,I'm a finance manager at a Chevy dealership.It's not the best job,but at least I can get parts cheap.

Good Luck

Tom

10-04-2003, 01:35 PM	#1
TOMMAY Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mobile,Al Posts: 163	Scratched up my truck this morning. I started a new job back in June which requires a thirty five mile drive each way.I had sold my daily driver which was a Jeep Cherokee when me and my last ex split up so I've been driving my 76 Silverado back and forth to work.It's a Big Block with 3.73 gears and the gas mileage is not that great and my ol Corvette doesn't do much better so I bought a little Mazda 626 for a commuter.Instead of twenty bucks every other day,it's costing twenty bucks bout once a week so that part's good, but ,God I hate that car. I'm 5'9 and 235 so I feel like an elephant on a go-kart goin down the road,but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I've been working eight til eight all week and last nite I got out about seven and my son was already off to a concert down town so I decided to stop for just one on the way home.Well you know how that goes.About closing time I finally realized that if I didn't try to find my way home pretty soon it was sure gonna be a long day at work today.So I headed home,stopped by the burger joint and got a couple of grease burgers and a bowl of gut bomb chile to go,got to the house,stopped at the entrance to my drive and grabbed the mail and the newspaper.When I got back in the car,she didn't move when I put her in gear and I'm thinkin',damn,I don't need this tonite.So I decide to deal with it this morning,so I ate my food and stumbled off to bed.Thank goodness I'm not married anymore at least I don't have to listen to a complaining woman at midnite when I'm in no mood for it. So anyway I'm up at the crack of dawn with a pounding head and breath so bad I thought about gargling with gasolene to see if it would improve the odor.I figured out the trans was stuck in park so it's probably just a cable but I swear I don't see why an engine no bigger than a carry around tool box doesn't have enough room around it to see anything so I gave up on trying to fix it my self plus I got to get to work.Only problem is the car's blocking the drive and no way to get around it with all the trees along the drive.I thought about pushing it out in the road with my Silverado and hopeing that somebody would run over it,but I hated to mess up my new bumper. I finally figure out that I can barely squeeze between this Magnolia tree and a big ol Azalea bush if I'm lucky but there's no room for error plus I can't creep along cause it's up a steep three foot incline before it levels out. Well,here I go,up the drive hang to the left to get a good angle,up the incline,catch my right mirror on the tree,jerk to the left,take out the Azalea bush,through the yard over the curb and off to work.Get to work and survey the damage,not too bad,one pretty good scratch but most of it will buff out I think,don't matter that much anyway.Ol truck looks like it was painted with a live chicken,buffed with a pine cone and polished with a brick,so I doubt if a few scratches will make that much difference. So anyway.I guess I'll make it through this day too.I'm startin' to feel a lot better.I don't see how people stand it that don't drink. Can you imagine waking up in the morning knowing that was as good as you were gonna feel all day. Good Luck Tom __________________ 76 Silverado 74 Vette

10-04-2003, 02:06 PM	#2
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	thats what you call custom pinstripping. i have enough of that myself, but with just primer i can always take out the rattle can and fix it.. but why? just gonna get more! besides it builds character... and women love character! spoken like a true off-roader i guess... haha __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

10-04-2003, 02:21 PM	#3
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	haha yea i made a real good pin stripe in mine once and then a lot of light scracthes goin threw the boonies out at the lake, that later buffed out lol, but i still dont understand why everone said u need 4 wheel to go threw the back at the lake i did just fine in mine with low pro's no less. but it does add character. __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/

10-05-2003, 10:36 AM	#7
Big Paul Iamnotanofficerofthelaw Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Turlock, California Posts: 352	That's a good one. I had some custom pin striping on my truck, and still do on my windshield from a damn barbed wire fence. __________________ ~Paul~ '96 C1500 Silverado- Vortec 5.0L/Exhaust/Stock '87 S-10 Ext Cab- 2.8L/700r4 KIA Caught fire 12/7/03

10-06-2003, 01:21 AM	#10
TOMMAY Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mobile,Al Posts: 163	Rag-nrat,I quit one time for about a week,but it like to have scared me to death.I woke up one morning and looked in the mirror and my eyes were all white and I thought I was dying. Mike,I'm a finance manager at a Chevy dealership.It's not the best job,but at least I can get parts cheap. Good Luck Tom __________________ 76 Silverado 74 Vette

10-05-2003, 08:05 PM	#8
rage'nrat638 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: THE FALL GUY CHICAGO IL Posts: 5,883	quote: I don't see how people stand it that don't drink. Can you imagine waking up in the morning knowing that was as good as you were gonna feel all day. after a month in the hole......I feel just fine,,,, NOT getting up with a hang over...... used to drink a fifth of whiskey a night....I USED TO TELL MYSELF this is normal....NOT.... JUST BE CAREFULL...i needed my wife to RAG..... THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE I WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE TODAY with out her and my kids *****ing at me..... ok i am done...3 years 7 months 4 days 26 hours not drinking butt who's counting

10-05-2003, 09:14 PM	#9
mike reeh 5 day ban, learn to behave. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: san diego, ca Posts: 683	good story. What do you do at this new job? Must be a pretty good job for a bad commute like that. Anyways if it ever falls thru, you can always be a writer mike



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