The SWAMP! - Volume One

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 02:03 PM**

Well it is 21:00 (9:00PM) here and I am still drinking coffee!! Really need to get out of the habit but I really do like the stuff! Not quite sure what day it is though!

**Sonnie** · **10-30-06, 02:30 PM**

It's Friday isn't it...

**Fincave** · **10-30-06, 04:22 PM**

It could be Friday? Am off to bed soon and only plan on waking up on Sunday.

**Sonnie** · **10-30-06, 04:26 PM**

You gonna be sleeping a while then... lol

**JCD** · **10-30-06, 07:20 PM**

I wouldn't mind a 1 week coma right now.

Don't know why I'm so tired, but, I am.

JCD

**Fincave** · **10-31-06, 02:28 AM**

A week off would be great! Am trying to think when last I had one full week off, maybe in February this year though it could also be last year August. It really is bad when I cannot even remember the date of my last holiday/break.

**drf** · **10-31-06, 02:30 AM**

hello everyone!!

Oh boy!! what a day it's been

**Fincave** · **10-31-06, 07:32 AM**

Pretty day here as well. Thermostat is gone on my car so I took it to the dealer to have it replaced. Had to leave my car with them and so ended up walking home, not too bad except it is snowing, windy and cold and I walked about 8km!! To top it all off the dealer phoned me not five minutes ago and there is a problem with replacing the thermostat, the casing is broken and they have to order the part from Sweden. I am now without a car until at least Friday and the repair is now going to cost almost three times more than initially anticipated. I am not impressed at all

.I think it is time for a large whiskey, especially seeing as though I won't be driving anywhere!!

**Sonnie** · **10-31-06, 12:02 PM**

Good morning!

Wow.... sounds like a pretty serious walk you had Fin.

**JCD** · **10-31-06, 12:06 PM**

Fin, that stinks. Seems like whenever a car breaks down, it costs 3x more than I expected.
And having to walk home in the snow.. for a California boy like me, that just doesn't have ANY appeal.

Hopefully, it ends up being better than it looks.

JCD

**Fincave** · **10-31-06, 12:23 PM**

I suppose that what does not kill you just makes you stronger, or something to that effect anyway! The walk actually was not that bad, more ticked off about the car.

JCD: Have a look at this this It is the video of 'Gone, daddy gone' the song by Violent Femmes as covered by Gnarls Barkley, do not his/the bands music, just recognised the song title, not a bad version IMO, strange video though!

**drf** · **11-01-06, 02:00 AM**

Sorry, I should have warned you about it. next time see a day coming I'll let you know.

cars!!!....

and the worst part is you never know if you are being taken for a ride with the amount of work supposedly required and how much it actually cost.

I had to take our car to the mech's a couple of weeks ago, he looked at me like this

, then i started to do this

then he went

so I went to my father in law and said

then we both went to the mechanic and did this

and the mechanic finally went

now I am feeling a bit

but the car runs fine.

**Fincave** · **11-01-06, 04:20 AM**

Good morning! Today can only be better than yesterday. We are having some kind of a snow storm, pretty much snowed most of the night. The current temp is -4 (25F) with a wind chill factor of -12 (11F). Have to go by bus to work and will have to leave early as everything seems to be running late due to the weather, almost nice NOT having to drive in this weather.

**drf** · **11-01-06, 04:31 AM**

have a nice day at work, I am off to bed. we just had a perfect day, blue skies, no clouds and about 25 degree's. hope tomorow is just as good.

Cheers all.
dr f

**Sonnie** · **11-01-06, 03:16 PM**

Good afternoon!

Beautiful day here at about 70F/21C.... spent a little time outside earlier.

We are fortunate to have a mechanic that is actually honest, at least he has proven so in a couple of situations. We've had a couple of our customers been quoted needing a new engine and it was a simple less than $200 repair. Other times we've had customers quoted outrageous prices on engines and he would save them quite a bit on the same rebuilt engine and warranty. Franchise dealers are overpriced on most of their shop/repair work.

**drf** · **11-02-06, 01:19 AM**

hello, it's nice to hear there are some honest mechanics out there. Allows me to re-kindle some faith in humanity.

**Fincave** · **11-02-06, 06:11 AM**

Morning all. Nice day here, the sun is shining and there is clean white snow on the ground, quite beautiful if a little cold. We had masses of snow and with a strong wind, it was quite nice to not drive in the bad conditions as they were pretty treacherous, saw quite a few cars in the ditch as well as a truck and an articulated bus jacknifed across the road.

**Sonnie** · **11-02-06, 08:09 AM**

Good Morning!

Kind of dreary here this morning. We are about to hit a cold spell... not drastic, but enough for a coat.

**Fincave** · **11-04-06, 03:12 AM**

Morning!! Definite nip in the air here, -12 (10F) but getting warmer all the time. Have my car again which will come in handy as am planning on going looking for materials for bass traps on Monday.

**Ayreonaut** · **11-04-06, 08:44 AM**

Its starting to get below freezing here at night. Last night we had a bunch of friends over and built a big bonfire. We cooked hotdogs and marshmallows and made smores. Spiced apple cider and coffee kept us warm too. Then the guys went inside to have a listen to the new IB.

**Sonnie** · **11-04-06, 10:17 AM**

Good Morning!

Well we froze our buns off for two night in a row. Our in county football rival gave was Thursday night, both teams 9-0 and both going to the State play-offs, different classes. We got there over an hour early and still have to stand up at the fence. We were frozen at the end of the third quarter so we left.

Last night we did something similar Naut... we had our annual fellowship gathering with hotdogs and 5 huge pots of chili, then there was sausage, snacks, etc... with cooler fulls of hot chocolate and several bags of marshmellows and several little cozy fires going. It was fun... but still cold as a witches ear.

**Sonnie** · **11-06-06, 05:01 PM**

Where's everyone at?

**Ayreonaut** · **11-06-06, 05:34 PM**

Here I am. Been busy today, another crazy Monday. I have a college paper to write, I hope I finish early enough to watch "X3" on DVD.

**JCD** · **11-06-06, 05:56 PM**

Funny you should ask.. got back from a AICPA conference in Scottsdale this weekend.

It had perfect weather. It was also mondo expensive. The hotel I stayed at was $500/night normally.. not that it was worth $500/night or that's what my firm paid, but still..

Anyway, still recovering. First of all, the classes start at 8:00am. I'm NOT a morning person at all, so being ready by 8 is actually hard for me.

Not only that, I lost an hour because of a time zone change. So I'm really waking up at 7am

Then, because you're in a new bed, you don't sleep as well

And then, since you're away, you maybe have a bit more to drink than you should

So you start feeling like

Anyway, that's where I've been.

JCD

**Sonnie** · **11-06-06, 06:22 PM**

:holycow: JCD... what a weekend...

My weekend was fairly good except for sitting through the whoopin' Miss State put on my Crimson Tide.

Naut, I've had a somewhat busier day today myself. A couple of unexpected fires to put out.

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