tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post7968438121473367592..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Look! Down on the Ground! It's ... Stupor Man ...Steve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-53092740079014372932009-06-05T09:48:44.994-07:002009-06-05T09:48:44.994-07:00Contractor has a small crew, and a lot of work in ...Contractor has a small crew, and a lot of work in the neighborhood. The Neighborhood Nazis, aka the Association, sent out letters to a couple dozen homeowners, telling them to get the walks fixed or else. <br /><br />What happened is that we're getting a group rate, and several of use decided that if we had to get some of it fixed, we might as well get more of it done at the same time, for the same low rate. Guy fixed my walk, but I wanted to get the driveway apron done. He was willing, but he had already scheduled other stuff ahead of me.<br /><br />I knew it was gonna take longer, but to save a thousand bucks, I figured it was worth the wait. <br /><br />I've never had any contractor do anything for me that he ever did so when he said he was gonna -- and I don't know anybody who expects that ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-5274467245048582822009-06-05T09:09:42.485-07:002009-06-05T09:09:42.485-07:00Who the hell is the concrete contractor??
--Hasn&#...Who the hell is the concrete contractor??<br />--Hasn't it been weeks since they busted it up??Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-64634957331767320202009-06-04T15:58:10.305-07:002009-06-04T15:58:10.305-07:00I sit corrected on that -- five inch clearance, ap...I sit corrected on that -- five inch clearance, apparently. <br /><br />Could have been ten though, and It wouldn't have mattered ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-50328442138837218412009-06-04T15:46:46.491-07:002009-06-04T15:46:46.491-07:007 inches? Wow!
My three-quarter ton four-by-four...7 inches? Wow!<br /><br />My three-quarter ton four-by-four Suburban was listed as having eight inches.Edwin Voskamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009915371951966733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-3625269991375788142009-06-04T15:42:27.569-07:002009-06-04T15:42:27.569-07:00I'm not taking too much credit for those two. ...I'm not taking too much credit for those two. First, Guru's yard didn't' seem that muddy. Second, there was a ladder sticking out of that pile of junk and positioned so I couldn't see it. Freak accident ...<br /><br />This one, all on me.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-9849319389458240012009-06-04T15:33:51.777-07:002009-06-04T15:33:51.777-07:00At least it wasn't mud. This time. And you did...At least it wasn't mud. This time. And you didn't lose the bumper. This time...Tiel Aisha Ansarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-72648410095095127342009-06-04T15:07:39.824-07:002009-06-04T15:07:39.824-07:00If I pay for someone else to take care of somethin...If I pay for someone else to take care of something, they're bloody well taking care of it.<br /><br />I've had days like that though. One of them, coincidentally involving a "high center" on a curb and a consequently subtly damaged u-joint, ended with a severe breakdown and me walking through a mile of woodlot after dusk to a hospital with a badly broken nose.<br /><br />When I got to the hospital, after they set my nose, they noticed the wood ticks.Stephen Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561935944292699586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-74237555167415205822009-06-04T14:37:05.474-07:002009-06-04T14:37:05.474-07:00Oh, I got AAA. And if I had run out of gas or been...Oh, I got AAA. And if I had run out of gas or been broken down on the side of the road, I'd called 'em, but I knew what had to be done and I had the tools to do it. Frankenstein Concept: You create it, you take care of it ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-89380718443907539552009-06-04T14:16:25.850-07:002009-06-04T14:16:25.850-07:00AAA for the win.
At $100 a year or whatever, it w...AAA for the win.<br /><br />At $100 a year or whatever, it will almost certainly pay for itself.Stephen Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561935944292699586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-25985030838543363942009-06-04T13:26:16.222-07:002009-06-04T13:26:16.222-07:00Yeah, I don't take my car out in the snow -- I...Yeah, I don't take my car out in the snow -- I know that much.<br /><br />Now I know not to take it off-road in the dirt ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-3437753511894380132009-06-04T13:13:51.485-07:002009-06-04T13:13:51.485-07:00Gee, every driver here learns that lesson after th...Gee, every driver here learns that lesson after the first heavy snow. Say like, when they're 16? As Bobbe would say, slowing down Old Man?<br />Thanks though for making the rest of us feel a mite smarter if only briefly.steve-vhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889100992443991077noreply@blogger.com