You know these days when all odds are against you?

Skybird · 07-08-23, 07:38 AM

I wanted to kwiggel today, little trip along the canal. I find my Kwiggel in the garage with a flat tire, a plant thorn in the front tire: a marvel of evolution in terms of an organically grown shuriken: three thin 4 cm long legs like those of a weaver's gnat (that spider-like thing) , and a fourth upright leg, that was a thorn, 4 cm long, half as thin as a pin, very sharp but flexible as wine gum. It was not only in the tire, no, this rubber-soft damn thing was with its entire length of 4-5 cm stuck deep in the tire's rubber!

So trailer coupled to my ebike, Kwiggle folded and loaded, and off to the bike repair shop (I had no things in stockto rapir a tire of that small size). The bike shop was first baffled, a Kwiggle he had never seen before. I go back, put ebike and trailer back into the garage, do not want to get lost of the day so soon and decide to drive the tour with my normal mechanic touring bike. I get as far as to the traffic light 150m before my house, then it makes Bang, and a tire is flat: valve rupture. And back to the garage it goes, the tire - 28" standard size - marked for self-repair.

My sunny disposition cannot be clouded. I get upset about politics, but not about the waves of a stormy life. I start undaunted attempt number three, with my E-bike. I get about 6 km far, then suddenly the rear wheel makes ruckus ruckus ruckus and then silence: Flat tire. Saturday early afternoon. I push rushing the wheel to the said repair store to hand it in before they go into the weekend. It is 32 degrees. And I remember that I forgot to put the beer in the fridge. I HATE room-warm beer. Ekelhafte Plürre.

Back home I fix my simple touring bike after all, it's simple mechanics with simple derailleurs and no big deal. But it is hot. I drown in my sweat. It runs into my eyes, it burns, it really hurts. I get it done and go back to my apartment. My eyes red as that of a hungry vampire.

Great. The fan has stopped working. Room temperature is already 26 degrees, rising. And there is a puddle of water in front of the refrigerator. Also broken since - well, since not longer than 90 minutes.

Next week the craftsmen come, at least two days to pry open the walls and renew the water pipes, I have for weeks no cold water in the kitchen, the pipe is 50 years old, and tight. The weather forecast predicts 33-37 degrees. The craftsmen will be happy. I am already looking forward to it right now.

"Ich haben fertig wie Flasche leer." Scheißsommer.

Reece · 07-08-23, 08:01 AM

Sorry I had to laugh!! I had one of those days last week. I took a nice day off for a drive with the wife and the car starts to die, air bag light comes on and starts beeping, then the dash lights go out. I got to a small town, pulls over, leaves engine running pops bonnet and car dies!! After checking for bad relays/fuses/battery connections all seems ok. Battery now dead. We walk for a kilometer and luckily found a place that sold batteries, they gave us a lift back to the car jumper started it and drove it back to the store where they fitted the new battery!! That wasn't 2 cents!!

Decided to go back home, on the way the battery light comes on, at this stage I knew it was the alternator, got home, checked everything and yes definitely the alternator. Booked the car in at the Ford dealer, charged the battery and took a spare battery in case it died on the way.
Got a call from dealer to let us know that there is a problem with front suspension that needed attention so currently don't have a vehicle, lucky we only live 45kms away!!

So yes I know how you feel, hope your problem is over soon Marc!

mapuc · 07-08-23, 08:18 AM

I guess it has been one of these days where one should have stayed in bed.

Markus

Jimbuna · 07-08-23, 09:10 AM

Not wanting to add my frustration to this thread but my car 'died' on my drive last night and is currently at the Ford dealers undergoing repairs.

Jeff-Groves · 07-08-23, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Not wanting to add my frustration to this thread but my car 'died' on my drive last night and is currently at the Ford dealers undergoing repairs.

Another case of "Found On Road Dead"

Aktungbby · 07-08-23, 09:53 AM

I don't have those problems since, with a recent second attack of "night seizures" last Tuesday (not a TIA stroke after all) and 'coming to' in yet another MRI tube, my neurologist is required to report this form of frontal-lobe epilepsy, an electrical short of a sort!??

to the DMV which has suspended my driver's license, probably for a year... both of my indestructible Toyotas: an '05 stick-shift Corolla and an '86 Camry LE, had 280,000 + miles apiece, so I'm seriously considering donating them to Cars for Kids or Cars for Cancer which will reduce my AAA auto insurance costs considerably. I'd even considered an E-bike, but technically that's a vehicle also; and it wouldn't do to keel over while pedalling on the mean streets...at age 72, as gravity is not my friend these days!

Rockstar · 07-08-23, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Another case of "Found On Road Dead"

FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily.

No thanks, Like Aktunbby I’ll stick with ‘J’ model Toyotas.

Jeff-Groves · 07-08-23, 10:15 AM

I'm happy with my 2000 Cadillac Escalade.

Jimbuna · 07-08-23, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

I'm happy with my 2000 Cadillac Escalade.

Was that what I jumped in at Houston?

em2nought · 07-08-23, 01:48 PM

I can make you feel better. My buddy is putting new bigger shoes(tires & rims) on his blade trailer for $10,000 because he hopes getting the tires an inch or two further from the hot brakes will keep him from having to replace so many trailer tires every month in that Texas 118 degree heat.

I suggested we might need to invent a tire misting device like I've seen made for house air conditioners. He poo poo'd that idea as too much extra weight, then I suggested maybe compressed air jets blowing on the tires instead. I don't think that's workable either.

Jeff-Groves · 07-08-23, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Was that what I jumped in at Houston?

No. Had the 2002 Grand Prix down there.

Aktungbby · 07-08-23, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Was that what I jumped in at Houston?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

No. Had the 2002 Grand Prix down there.

< Pardon his Freudian slip

Rockstar · 07-08-23, 02:35 PM

you band of hijackers apologize to Skybird for derailing his thread.

mapuc · 07-08-23, 02:39 PM

It could have been worse, you could have lost your front wheel while bicycling.
Which happened to me in my youth.

One of the front fork(I think you call it)was hit by fatigue and just bend it happened while I was bicycling very fast

Markus

Aktungbby · 07-08-23, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

It could have been worse, you could have lost your front wheel while bicycling.
Which happened to me in my youth.

One of the front fork(I think you call it)was hit by fatigue and just bend it happened while I was bicycling very fast

Markus

You could say you'd "gone round the Bend" while "Hell-bent for Leather"

But not to appear heartless or unfeeling; here's the solution to yer problem!

07-08-23, 07:38 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	You know these days when all odds are against you? I wanted to kwiggel today, little trip along the canal. I find my Kwiggel in the garage with a flat tire, a plant thorn in the front tire: a marvel of evolution in terms of an organically grown shuriken: three thin 4 cm long legs like those of a weaver's gnat (that spider-like thing) , and a fourth upright leg, that was a thorn, 4 cm long, half as thin as a pin, very sharp but flexible as wine gum. It was not only in the tire, no, this rubber-soft damn thing was with its entire length of 4-5 cm stuck deep in the tire's rubber! So trailer coupled to my ebike, Kwiggle folded and loaded, and off to the bike repair shop (I had no things in stockto rapir a tire of that small size). The bike shop was first baffled, a Kwiggle he had never seen before. I go back, put ebike and trailer back into the garage, do not want to get lost of the day so soon and decide to drive the tour with my normal mechanic touring bike. I get as far as to the traffic light 150m before my house, then it makes Bang, and a tire is flat: valve rupture. And back to the garage it goes, the tire - 28" standard size - marked for self-repair. My sunny disposition cannot be clouded. I get upset about politics, but not about the waves of a stormy life. I start undaunted attempt number three, with my E-bike. I get about 6 km far, then suddenly the rear wheel makes ruckus ruckus ruckus and then silence: Flat tire. Saturday early afternoon. I push rushing the wheel to the said repair store to hand it in before they go into the weekend. It is 32 degrees. And I remember that I forgot to put the beer in the fridge. I HATE room-warm beer. Ekelhafte Plürre. Back home I fix my simple touring bike after all, it's simple mechanics with simple derailleurs and no big deal. But it is hot. I drown in my sweat. It runs into my eyes, it burns, it really hurts. I get it done and go back to my apartment. My eyes red as that of a hungry vampire. Great. The fan has stopped working. Room temperature is already 26 degrees, rising. And there is a puddle of water in front of the refrigerator. Also broken since - well, since not longer than 90 minutes. Next week the craftsmen come, at least two days to pry open the walls and renew the water pipes, I have for weeks no cold water in the kitchen, the pipe is 50 years old, and tight. The weather forecast predicts 33-37 degrees. The craftsmen will be happy. I am already looking forward to it right now. "Ich haben fertig wie Flasche leer." Scheißsommer. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

07-08-23, 08:01 AM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Sorry I had to laugh!! I had one of those days last week. I took a nice day off for a drive with the wife and the car starts to die, air bag light comes on and starts beeping, then the dash lights go out. I got to a small town, pulls over, leaves engine running pops bonnet and car dies!! After checking for bad relays/fuses/battery connections all seems ok. Battery now dead. We walk for a kilometer and luckily found a place that sold batteries, they gave us a lift back to the car jumper started it and drove it back to the store where they fitted the new battery!! That wasn't 2 cents!! Decided to go back home, on the way the battery light comes on, at this stage I knew it was the alternator, got home, checked everything and yes definitely the alternator. Booked the car in at the Ford dealer, charged the battery and took a spare battery in case it died on the way. Got a call from dealer to let us know that there is a problem with front suspension that needed attention so currently don't have a vehicle, lucky we only live 45kms away!! So yes I know how you feel, hope your problem is over soon Marc! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

07-08-23, 08:18 AM	#3
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I guess it has been one of these days where one should have stayed in bed. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

07-08-23, 09:10 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Not wanting to add my frustration to this thread but my car 'died' on my drive last night and is currently at the Ford dealers undergoing repairs. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-08-23, 09:53 AM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,981 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I don't have those problems since, with a recent second attack of "night seizures" last Tuesday (not a TIA stroke after all) and 'coming to' in yet another MRI tube, my neurologist is required to report this form of frontal-lobe epilepsy, an electrical short of a sort!?? to the DMV which has suspended my driver's license, probably for a year... both of my indestructible Toyotas: an '05 stick-shift Corolla and an '86 Camry LE, had 280,000 + miles apiece, so I'm seriously considering donating them to Cars for Kids or Cars for Cancer which will reduce my AAA auto insurance costs considerably. I'd even considered an E-bike, but technically that's a vehicle also; and it wouldn't do to keel over while pedalling on the mean streets...at age 72, as gravity is not my friend these days! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 07-08-23 at 12:13 PM.

07-08-23, 10:15 AM	#8
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	I'm happy with my 2000 Cadillac Escalade.

07-08-23, 01:48 PM	#10
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I can make you feel better. My buddy is putting new bigger shoes(tires & rims) on his blade trailer for $10,000 because he hopes getting the tires an inch or two further from the hot brakes will keep him from having to replace so many trailer tires every month in that Texas 118 degree heat. I suggested we might need to invent a tire misting device like I've seen made for house air conditioners. He poo poo'd that idea as too much extra weight, then I suggested maybe compressed air jets blowing on the tires instead. I don't think that's workable either. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

07-08-23, 02:35 PM	#13
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	you band of hijackers apologize to Skybird for derailing his thread.

07-08-23, 02:39 PM	#14
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	It could have been worse, you could have lost your front wheel while bicycling. Which happened to me in my youth. One of the front fork(I think you call it)was hit by fatigue and just bend it happened while I was bicycling very fast Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat