Mentaltossflycoon
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I used to roll in a 1986 Toyota Van LE with broken AC. The engine in that thing was under the front seats. I loved it but summers felt like you were slow cooking your ass like brisket.
What's your current headache?
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I used to roll in a 1986 Toyota Van LE with broken AC. The engine in that thing was under the front seats. I loved it but summers felt like you were slow cooking your ass like brisket.
Erik S
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Oooh... "Luxury Edition"
CheapSuitG
The TubeSchemer
My first car was a 1971 VW bus no AC but it had those little corner windows that brought in fresh air... along with the holes in the floor!
jessenator
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I think I've given myself heat exhaustion from the (former) commute at least once. Black outside and in and broken AC. "Ambient" outside temp showed 102°F, so it was at least 112° inside the car. I think I kept doing it out of cost and stubbornness, but mostly stubbornness.
I am not a smart man (sometimes).
vigilante398
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Mine was a Honda CRX, so at least it looked cool
but it was the base model, which meant it came with no AC, no power anything, and for some reason no passenger side mirror?Super fun to drive though, I miss the dumb thing.
jessenator
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the family Civic had AC... according to the buttons anyway. Only way it worked towards the end of its life was to jam a few quarters under it. I mean, 20 years later me would have figured out that replacing the switch would have fixed it, but it was the kind of jank I wouldn't change with a time machine.
Mentaltossflycoon
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Mine was a Honda CRX, so at least it looked cool
Super fun to drive though, I miss the dumb thing.
In Portland, OR in 2009... this WAS hip. I used to work out of a shared woodshop with a bunch of weirdo artists and at one point 4 or 5 of us were driving these. A few still had working ice machines. It could comfortably fit my trio w instruments and was capable of lugging a bunch of sheets of plywood. Super useful for a thousand dollar whip.
"Sometimes the leanest burger in the world
can be the meanest burger in the world
if you cook it that waaaaay."
I moved several pianos in that thing. Spinnets, of course.
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vigilante398
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Welp, I thought I would be clever by using my own FedEx account for my latest JLC orders, just to see if that would save me some money on shipping and/or customs.
It did not do that.
It did not do that.
falco_femoralis
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My mom's car was totaled by a guy in one of those running a red light, so they do not harbor the same kind of feelings for me. However do have a fond memory of picking up an organ from a lady in the Santa Cruz mountains in my toyota pickup.
Cybercow
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Perhaps you'd consider adding a ¼" stereo switching jack to support an external stompswitch box?
CheapSuitG
The TubeSchemer
Current Headache: Work
Back story - I started a new sales job a year ago after getting laid off and while doing some mid 40s soul searching I decided wanted something low stress, just hit my numbers and go home. No more management roles.
It’s a national company, new industry, no book of business but I ramped fast and hit quota by my third quarter here. Things were going well… until a big restructure in May.
We lost great leadership and our incompetent sales manager got promoted to VP. Since then, it’s been a mess. sales are down across the board, pressure is up and I’ve had my job threatened three times in 10 weeks. All this despite hitting Q3 and on track to hit Q4 in the next 60 days.
Today’s lowlight? A meeting reviewing all 500 of my prospects, with the VP questioning every move, even threatening to take away a major account I’m about to land that will be 60% of my quote next year. Right now he’s adding notes to all my accounts like a micromanaging intern.
I’d leave but my resume looks jumpy (thanks, pandemic chaos) and I need to stay put for a bit.
So I’m sticking to the mantra:
Get up. Shut up. Do work. Make money.
(Or, as corporate AI would say: Rise. Focus. Execute. Succeed.)
Back story - I started a new sales job a year ago after getting laid off and while doing some mid 40s soul searching I decided wanted something low stress, just hit my numbers and go home. No more management roles.
It’s a national company, new industry, no book of business but I ramped fast and hit quota by my third quarter here. Things were going well… until a big restructure in May.
We lost great leadership and our incompetent sales manager got promoted to VP. Since then, it’s been a mess. sales are down across the board, pressure is up and I’ve had my job threatened three times in 10 weeks. All this despite hitting Q3 and on track to hit Q4 in the next 60 days.
Today’s lowlight? A meeting reviewing all 500 of my prospects, with the VP questioning every move, even threatening to take away a major account I’m about to land that will be 60% of my quote next year. Right now he’s adding notes to all my accounts like a micromanaging intern.
I’d leave but my resume looks jumpy (thanks, pandemic chaos) and I need to stay put for a bit.
So I’m sticking to the mantra:
Get up. Shut up. Do work. Make money.
(Or, as corporate AI would say: Rise. Focus. Execute. Succeed.)
jessenator
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AC (fan, not condenser and evap it seems) went out. Motor cooked probably as it's weeping oil, collected dust. Techs say the mismatch between flow and motor is wonky and a contributor. Also my choice in super fine filters was a contributing factor.
Wasn't planning on replacing furnace unit, so hopefully it can be repaired.
Unit is old, but probably well made so it's a trade-off. Blurgh, i guess it's good I got a better paying job recently.
Oh and the house water line is leaking, but thankfully it's on the city side so they clamped it and will replace early next week.
Wasn't planning on replacing furnace unit, so hopefully it can be repaired.
Unit is old, but probably well made so it's a trade-off. Blurgh, i guess it's good I got a better paying job recently.
Oh and the house water line is leaking, but thankfully it's on the city side so they clamped it and will replace early next week.
jessenator
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Yeah, no it's all h*cked
CheapSuitG
The TubeSchemer
I feel there is a country song somewhere in there!
jessenator
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Here's the thing, AC segment was 18 years old, furnace 35(!) and no cracked heat exchanger either, so that's a miracle in itself. Couldn't tell from what I saw what the age could've been.
Silver Blues
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I am the kind of person that likes to do extensive market research before making any purchase of considerable value, and am needing to make a few such purchases at the moment. It's genuinely depressing how everything on the market (in any field) is either horrifically expensive (or at least out of budget) or absolutely dogshit quality, OR BOTH (!?), or made by a company whose business practices I am not willing to support, etc. All we care about nowadays is cranking out vapid trinkets that are worth less than the materials they're made of just for the sake of a quick buck in the pockets of the 1% and upholding the delusion of infinite corporate growth. Why is it so difficult to find an affordable and decent quality product.
Stickman393
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Coming to terms with the fact that I might not ever be able to be a Dad.
Stickman393
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Sho do.
Been trying two years, done like 5 rounds of IUI.
The circumstances are such that IVF prospects aren't particularly good. Not "no chance", but not good. Granted, it could still happen naturally. Maybe.
Lots of feels. Stickwife is taking it hard.
It's not hopeless. But it's kind of at a place where those ideas are becoming more, like, *real*.
Been trying two years, done like 5 rounds of IUI.
The circumstances are such that IVF prospects aren't particularly good. Not "no chance", but not good. Granted, it could still happen naturally. Maybe.
Lots of feels. Stickwife is taking it hard.
It's not hopeless. But it's kind of at a place where those ideas are becoming more, like, *real*.