Category Archives: Automobiles

Automobiles, Life, Local, Trips

Going for a Ride

When I first moved here, one of the biggest challenges of being in a new city was navigation. It was simple enough to read a map – there was no such thing as GPS back then – and get from my house to a major destination like the downtown, my job, the mall, etc. But the challenge became finding the obscure places, like the dentist office and where to get your tags renewed, and finding alternate routes in case there was a traffic jam or bad weather that blocked the fastest route.

It used to be fun to take the bike and just head out for a couple of exploring the back roads and learning my way around. Now that I know most of the roads and alternate routes, and I have routine of places to go, I almost never just “go for a ride” anymore. I kinda miss that. Maybe I should spend a couple hours next weekend and head out of my comfort zone, just to look at the scenery and see what might have changed.

Automobiles, Life, Local

Fuckers Egged My Car

Came out to my car this morning and found someone fucktards had thrown eggs on the car sometime during the night. I had parked on the street because my girl had got to the house before me and she was parked in the driveway. Looks like they got my neighbor’s car on the street, too.

Two of the eggs hit the windshield and one hit the drivers side window, side mirror and slid down the door. I got the garden hose and tried to wash it off, but dried egg is a fucking mess to try to clean off. I had to go inside and get some dish washing detergent and put that on the egg stains, let it set for a few minutes and then scrub the hell out of it with a kitchen sponge. Of course, all that scrubbing ruined the fucking wax job. I’m just glad it didn’t actually eat away any of the paint. I can take it to the car wash tomorrow and get the whole detailing package to fix the marred  wax.

Those little ghetto punks have crossed the line this time. we’ve been having trouble on my street for about 3 months now. I think it’s time some of us who live here get a little more aggressive about finding out who these punks are and putting a stop to their shit.

Automobiles, Life, Trips

Snake on a Plane

There was a bizarre movie that came out a few years ago about a couple dozen snakes that got lose on an airplane. I never watched that whole movie – it seemed pretty lame for a storyline and I am not even creeped out about snakes anyway. Some people act so fucking crazy when they see any snake or bug or anything unusual.

But I came to think of this movie because I was listening to some guys who run an airport while sitting at a table next to them at lunch. They were having a big laugh about some guy who flew his small plan into that airport and left it there for a couple of days. Then when he came back to fly it home, he took off from their small field but almost immediately called back to the tower and said he had an emergency.

Turns out that while that guy left his plane for a couple of days at the field, that a snake had come into his plane and made a home inside the plane’s dashboard. When he took off the snake was disturbed and came out from behind the dashboard and tried to get out of the plane. The dumb fuck was screaming into the radio “Emergency! Emergency!” and he turned it around and landed, got out of the plane as fast as he could, and threw himself down on the ground scared to death.

I don’t know what the fuck I would do if a snake came crawling out of a dashboard, but I don’t think I would be screaming like a little girl and shitting myself. What a putz!

Automobiles, TV and Movies

Muscle Cars Rule

Found a great car show on the cable channel Spike. I never saw an ad for this show and have never heard anyone talk about it, but I was clicking through the channels and Boom! Found the fucker!

The show has different segments, but the main thing about the episode that I watched is that a guy goes looking for old muscle cars from the 1970s and then he tears them down and rebuilds them into new, mean street machines.

There were other parts of the show that were interesting – lots of trivia and hands on demonstrations of how to restore car parts, like a caliper or a carburetor. Good stuff – I want to watch this show again.

Automobiles, Life, Local

New Years party…

I can’t wait for tomorrows New Years Party.  It is going to fucking ROCK ! We are all gathering at my one buddy’s house with about 50 to 60 people and gonna have a couple of kegs and of course lots of liquor. Don’t forget your designated driver people. We don’t want any accidents, so be careful and make that a DUI is not your future.

Its all about celebrating and starting the New Year off with fun and friends. Happy New Year, people!