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Reese · 10-30-2003, 12:10 AM

Today, I observed one of my dad's least favorite days.

We'll start with the truck. The battery was dead so he had to use jumper cables to get it started. So he finally gets to Mechanic's to check the alternater. It dead, so he has to buy a new one, or a rebuilt one, I cant remember which he got. He gets that installed and It still won't crank. The battery's water has evaperated so he replaces the water and it's still not charging so he buys a battery and the Starter goes out. I would have filled the truck full of shotgun shells by now, but he insist's that It's been a pretty good day.

He gets home to read his mail to find out his homeowner's insurance has been canceled because there's an Upright Freezer in our yard, No fence around our pool, and a vacant building in front of our house which isn't even our property. OK, the freezer does look a little weird sitting there, but It hasn't been there long at all. The pool is Total BS. The Deck has a fence, and the pool has railings. I can't even climb over them, Even then, It's not even a pool, It's filled with sand.

So tonight I ride with him to the store and He's filling me in on the details of the truck that I had missed earlier in the day. On the way home, I see that I haven't buckled my seatbelt so I buckle it and jokingly say "Better buckle up, Might get pulled over" He replys, "All the way out here?" We live way outside of town, where no cops patrol. I tell him He's already had a pretty rotten day, and I wouldn't rule it out. He still insisted that the day wasn't all that bad. Literally 30 seconds later we hit a deer head on. It bent up the hood but we didn't see any damage to the radiator.

As he was going to bed he said, "God, it's been a baaad day..."

quadro2000 · 10-30-2003, 08:15 AM

When it rains, it pours. Tomorrow's gotta be better.

lurkette · 10-30-2003, 08:18 AM

I'm going to offer two contradictory thoughts.

1. That totally sucks. I'm sorry - seems like some days nothing goes right.

2. Perspective often helps. At least you don't live in Burkina Faso or Tikrit or bass-ackward China. Things could be much, much worse. Nobody died. Nobody lost limbs. Shrug at your misfortune and count your blessings.

gabshu · 11-03-2003, 04:19 PM

Sounds to me like your dad didn't take it all that bad. I think most other people would have gotten a heart attack or something like it. Hope he has better luck the rest of the week.

H12 · 11-06-2003, 08:53 PM

The deer-thing could have easily been avoided, so he should be mad about that...the rest is, for the most part, out of his hands, so he's about as mad as I think I'd be.

ChopChop · 11-13-2003, 08:03 PM

I'd say he has bigger problems with a pool full of sand and a freezer in the yard....

Should have stayed in bed.

Jam · 11-13-2003, 09:59 PM

id say that the dear had a worse day then your dad

yournamehere · 11-14-2003, 07:56 AM

I've had worse "good" days.

dragon2fire · 11-14-2003, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jam161
id say that the dear had a worse day then your dad

dude your are so right about that

good that got a laugh

Cycler · 11-26-2003, 11:03 AM

As I am fond of telling myself quite frequently while I am in similar situations, "It could've been worse."

10-30-2003, 12:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Observation: A Very Bad Day. Today, I observed one of my dad's least favorite days. We'll start with the truck. The battery was dead so he had to use jumper cables to get it started. So he finally gets to Mechanic's to check the alternater. It dead, so he has to buy a new one, or a rebuilt one, I cant remember which he got. He gets that installed and It still won't crank. The battery's water has evaperated so he replaces the water and it's still not charging so he buys a battery and the Starter goes out. I would have filled the truck full of shotgun shells by now, but he insist's that It's been a pretty good day. He gets home to read his mail to find out his homeowner's insurance has been canceled because there's an Upright Freezer in our yard, No fence around our pool, and a vacant building in front of our house which isn't even our property. OK, the freezer does look a little weird sitting there, but It hasn't been there long at all. The pool is Total BS. The Deck has a fence, and the pool has railings. I can't even climb over them, Even then, It's not even a pool, It's filled with sand. So tonight I ride with him to the store and He's filling me in on the details of the truck that I had missed earlier in the day. On the way home, I see that I haven't buckled my seatbelt so I buckle it and jokingly say "Better buckle up, Might get pulled over" He replys, "All the way out here?" We live way outside of town, where no cops patrol. I tell him He's already had a pretty rotten day, and I wouldn't rule it out. He still insisted that the day wasn't all that bad. Literally 30 seconds later we hit a deer head on. It bent up the hood but we didn't see any damage to the radiator. As he was going to bed he said, "God, it's been a baaad day..." __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

10-30-2003, 08:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
quadro2000 All Possibility, Made Of Custard Location: New York, NY	When it rains, it pours. Tomorrow's gotta be better. __________________ You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers

10-30-2003, 08:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	I'm going to offer two contradictory thoughts. 1. That totally sucks. I'm sorry - seems like some days nothing goes right. 2. Perspective often helps. At least you don't live in Burkina Faso or Tikrit or bass-ackward China. Things could be much, much worse. Nobody died. Nobody lost limbs. Shrug at your misfortune and count your blessings. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

11-03-2003, 04:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
gabshu Psycho Location: The capital of the free world??	Sounds to me like your dad didn't take it all that bad. I think most other people would have gotten a heart attack or something like it. Hope he has better luck the rest of the week. __________________ Go Kool Aid. OH YEAAHH http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2003/koolaid/

11-06-2003, 08:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
H12 I'm not about getting creamed, I'm about winning! Location: K-Town, TN	The deer-thing could have easily been avoided, so he should be mad about that...the rest is, for the most part, out of his hands, so he's about as mad as I think I'd be. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle

11-13-2003, 08:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
ChopChop Upright Location: Australia	Oh deer!! I'd say he has bigger problems with a pool full of sand and a freezer in the yard.... Should have stayed in bed. Last edited by ChopChop; 11-13-2003 at 08:05 PM..

11-13-2003, 09:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jam Junkie	id say that the dear had a worse day then your dad

11-14-2003, 07:56 AM	#8 (permalink)
yournamehere Invisible Location: tentative, at best	I've had worse "good" days. __________________ If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors: "If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too." It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.

11-26-2003, 11:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
Cycler Float on.... Alright Location: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plains, i.e. Oklahoma	As I am fond of telling myself quite frequently while I am in similar situations, "It could've been worse." __________________ "I'm not even supposed to be here today." "I assure you we're open."