The TOO dump thread
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Hope for a speedy recovery buddy.
If nothing else, those tall glasses from the bar will help while you are on vacation and those crutches might get you boarded quicker lmao. Always look for the silver lining.
If nothing else, those tall glasses from the bar will help while you are on vacation and those crutches might get you boarded quicker lmao. Always look for the silver lining.
Thanks for all the well wishes fellas. It's feeling a hole lot better this morning. The BOSS man told me to stay home and attend as many safety meetings as possible. :smiley_clap:
Didn't sleep worth a crap last night. Not a big deal. Not dump worthy. Part of life. BUT. . . When you are exhausted, just cleaned the house from top to bottom, and now your wife's entire family is piling in for a birthday party she offered to host for her great nephew. . . Not being exhausted would help in dealing with all the little hoodlums running amuck, making noise, digging into everything they find. I'll make it. Just needed to dump, regain my composite, and return downstairs.
Thanks. I busted my butt cleaning. Was in the shower as people arrived. I could hear kids screaming over top of the shower, the vent fan, and the door was closed. Due to how our house was added onto, sound doesn't travel well upstairs. That's a lot of loud screams. I decided the best thing I could do was walk downstairs, continue down another flight into the basement, and pour a tall Makers Mark. I don't often drink, but when I do. . . .it is because the in-laws are here.
[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] better pour another!
Thanks. I busted my butt cleaning. Was in the shower as people arrived. I could hear kids screaming over top of the shower, the vent fan, and the door was closed. Due to how our house was added onto, sound doesn't travel well upstairs. That's a lot of loud screams. I decided the best thing I could do was walk downstairs, continue down another flight into the basement, and pour a tall Makers Mark. I don't often drink, but when I do. . . .it is because the in-laws are here.
I see what you did there. Nicely worded! I survived by sending my wife GIFs based on whatever the conversation was. Sipped on my whisky. Hit send. Look across the room to watch her reaction. Then watch her show her sister in law who feels about the same as me. Then I'd repeat. At the end of the day, her niece is a single mom of a 3 yr old. She is going to school and working. She comes over maybe once a week to hang with her "Aunt Erin". Erin loves seeing her niece and great nephew. We are probably some of the only grounded people she interacts with. Her parents are divorced and there is some weird vibes due to second marriages and the fact she is an adult now. I am thankful she looks to my wife for friendship, mentoring, and I am happy to see her trying to make something of her life. Not all the wife's nieces and nephews have done anything with their lives. I'd say 50% of them.
Had to take the wife's 2012 Traverse in for service due to transmission issues. Needs a new tranny to the tune of $5K. With 124K miles on it, it doesn't make sense to spend that kind of money on it, so it appears we will do something I never wanted to do and roll one loan into another as I'm sure to take a hit on trade-in now. Not the news I needed today, especially 60 days from sitting down with the bank to talk mortgages...
Jesse, have you considered a salvage yard transmission? Save a lot by doing that. I did two last summer one was a mountaineer and one was a 4 runner. Found the transmissions in car-part.com they were less than a grand each. If you know anyone that could install. Wish I was closer I would do it for you.
I am taking it to a locally owned transmission shop in the AM, which I probably should have done first as they do a free diagnostic screening and I paid $150 to the dealer for mine, then had them give me a trade in value and after looking it over, they feel the antifreeze consumption issue is not a head gasket, but an engine issue. $4,500 on trade-in for a $10,500 value vehicle after a new tranny and engine. I know the GM of the dealership really well, which is why I started there, not mentioned the local guy that does my oil changes/brakes couldn't diagnosis the issue himself.
We'll see what the other shop says, but we will likely pay for a salvaged transmission and replacement. We really just need this thing to get us to October and we'd be in a position to do something with it. Now is just not the time with the house situation on the horizon and me possibly changing jobs. As for the antifreeze problem (burning it, white exhaust) I bought some pricey $40 bottle of shit my buddy at AutoZone said they've seen good results with. Worth a shot...
We'll see what the other shop says, but we will likely pay for a salvaged transmission and replacement. We really just need this thing to get us to October and we'd be in a position to do something with it. Now is just not the time with the house situation on the horizon and me possibly changing jobs. As for the antifreeze problem (burning it, white exhaust) I bought some pricey $40 bottle of shit my buddy at AutoZone said they've seen good results with. Worth a shot...
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Accidentally leave it in reverse at the boat ramp and hop out. Just make sure you unhook the bow hook from the boat before you back up.
