Bad: Sunburn

Good: Achieved said ailment at a beach north of Kona. This is a seriously cool place and I'm just barely peeling back the layers so far.

Good news..I got a job after retiring last August. Part time contractor, paid for the day whether 5 minutes or 8 hours.

Bad news?....I got a job, and i'm retired.

1) Congrats on the job

2) You suck at retirement

Right? I needed something to do and since i will be on the other side of the fence, i get to be a pain in the Ass for my old boss.

I'm the Customer now.

damn dude, part water and vinegar and soak the face cloth takes the burn away.


hope you can do Mauna Kea and further north to parkers ranch

Lol!


Needed something to do? Hell, I’ve got a honey do list that would’ve kept you hellabusy….

And as far as being a “ pain in the Ass for my old boss”, I’m sure you before, as well…


But, I’m glad you got what you were after…waiting for Hawaii pics in 3…2…1…

bad news.... misssing wajims pissed off threads



Good news hope he enjoying the shit out of his vaction

Congrats John!
Good news bad news, as you know after talking with you yesterday, the good news is Im back in WA state for the week-end to see the kids. The bad news is, traffic coming off Snoqualmie pass hasn't changed. Felt like I was in a stock car race, people boxing each other in, cars passing 90 mph in the right lane only to slam the brakes when they realize there is a slow semi in front of them. I certainly don't miss this shit show traffic!

Good news: Won an auction for a car I wanted.
Bad news: Instrument cluster doesn't work (known issue) so unknown mileage.
Good news: Got it pretty cheap, relatively speaking.
Bad news: It's an auction, so everything is a gamble.
Good news: Not a police car, so it's got 2.73 RAR = ~20MPG mixed, and 25+MPG hwy.
Bad news: Not a police car, so single exhaust and open diff.
Good news: Owned and operated by a major airline so probably had a life as a glorified taxi taking flight crew to/from hotels before/after flights.
Bad news: Can't get it until probably Mon. at earliest because they want a wire transfer and won't let me pay by card.

I can't say I've ever really been burned at an auction.. in fact, my luck at auctions has been pretty damned good. I've never got a lemon.

I didn't get as good of a deal as I did on my 2011, but my 2011 is also worth far more, so it makes more sense to sell it, cash out the equity, and drive this car as a beater, assuming it's in decent condition.

Wish me luck

Luck!

Wishing you!

Ive done really good on local auctions here these past 3 years. Best part is, you get to touch, feel, examine all items, be it cars or firearms.

This was sight unseen, other than 2 pictures, and being able to run the VIN through a Ford database and other databases for issues.

No accidents, last recorded mileage was when it was brand new, in GA...15 years, no accidents...in of itself is a damn miracle... Also no service history at Ford, which means their mechanics probably took care of it, which may be good/bad. These cars don't need much. I got 2 fuzzy pictures and some detective work to make an educated guess...A real roll of the dice.

Well, I guess the next question is, how much?

Was it a local auction?

Delta - SEA

~$1200.. Another ~$400 in taxes and fees.

The real awesome part, IMO, is that I'm in a spot where I can kinda gamble a bit...

I was hesitant selling my '11 without something to replace it, this gives me that flexibility (hopefully)...


As long as it doesn't turn into a big POS..... Theoretically, I bought it cheap enough that even if I have to swap in a new trans it'd still be worth it.