I've been guilty of this, only I was lucky enough to have a buddy who does it on the side and I bribed him with a case a beer to make a closing time dash to Home Depot to pick up materials.
Friday OT #1 - Dumb Da Dumb Dumb Dumb
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Had a co-worker with a nice but sort of dingy wife.
She had the same kind of issues banging up her vehicles. She finally developed a theory that it was because she had a white car and people couldn't see it. Even though she was hitting the other cars. It was a valid explanation in her mind since her previous car had also been white in color and she'd also had lots of accidents with that one.
Last vehicle had a back up camera but not an alarm that goes off when close. The alarm didn’t go off was her excuse that time.
At some point, husband got smart enough to just say no to his brother. That sounds like a good buddy to have if you want to trade for my bro in law. He’s 63, chain smokes, hasn’t eaten a vegetable not on a pizza in years, and goes through a large bottle of whiskey every week, so he probably doesn’t have a long shelf life.
We went on a lengthy trip in the then new minivan that involved driving in all the hard to drive cities —Boston, NYC, Philly, DC, Chicago.
No problems. As soon as we get home husband wants to go pick up the held mail and backs the van into the other car in the driveway. Of course, we fixed neither vehicle but just drove around with the dents.
He was a buddy at the time, but since then, both he and his then wife cheated on each other, got divorced, shacked up another woman and began drinking like fish. So he isn't too far from your BIL. Haven't talked to him in years.
Possibly coincidentally, I have gotten better at plumbing. And maybe knowing my limits.
I was leaving for work at 7:30 one morning. I had just worked a 12 hour shift the day before. I felt, in a word, “zombified” (like the walking dead). I remember starting my truck…and the next thing I remember is this horrible screeching sound followed by a dragging noise. I slam the truck into park and get out of the vehicle. I had smashed into our trash dumpster I had put in the driveway the night before after coming home from work. One of those high impact plastic ones with a aluminum alloy metal frame. That thing was totaled. Fortunately, I had hit it with corner of my truck, so the only damages to that was a smashed taillight assembly. I immediately drove it to the nearest Ford dealer and had it repaired. Although it would have been a covered claim, I decided to pay it out of pocket. The embarrassment at work would have just been too great. Oh, I might have failed to mention this earlier…I worked as a claims adjuster.
Do just generally stupid purchases fit for this?
When I first bought a kayak a few years ago I somehow ended up buying all sorts of **** like a bow float, foam blocks including straps, a cart, and all sorts of accessories that never had any purpose.
I could afford it so not a huge deal but that's at least $200 for stuff to just sit there.
When I first bought a kayak a few years ago I somehow ended up buying all sorts of **** like a bow float, foam blocks including straps, a cart, and all sorts of accessories that never had any purpose.
I could afford it so not a huge deal but that's at least $200 for stuff to just sit there.
It actually ended up not being as bad as it could have been.
I did get a spare key from the dealer and my plan was to find the car and take it right back to them. But I never found where it was parked. I had this dream I would find the car, then 'steal' it from her, and give her the double birds as I'm driving down the road. But...alas...
Missed opportunity! That is seriously too bad, as that would have been amazing.
I wish he’d have offered it up on here instead of feeding it to the dogs!
@keepngoal - Stu is much happier since stopping barfing!
I was thinking that this sounded a bit like that restaurant scene in “Dumb and Dumber”! Well played sir, well played.
My big TV went out a couple of years ago, so I went and bought a smart TV to replace it. When my son-in-law went to hook it up for me, it didn't work. Come to find out I had a bad HDMI cable, not a bad TV. So I spent over $1,000 on a TV I didn't need.
I gave the old TV to my daughter and son-in-law since they helped me figure it out. A couple of years later, the smart TV went out. I thought maybe it was the same thing, but no, this appears to be more serious. Meanwhile, the TV I gave my daughter and son-in-law is still working just fine, thank you. I have yet to replace my smart TV, because I just don't want to spend yet even more money on TVs. It's been close to a year since it went out.
I've been settling on the 32-inch Olevia (do they even make those anymore?) in my bedroom that has been working just fine for more than 10 years. I bought this Olevia for $699 more than 10 years ago after reading on Consumer Reports that it was judged the second best in it's size for picture quality and was considerably cheaper than the top brand, which was selling for $1,200 at the time. I think the Olevia was selling for over $900 at the time, too, so I got a real good deal on it.
When I was looking for the bigger TV, a guy at an LG store didn't seem to even know what an Olevia was and ridiculed it like it was some sort of knock-off and I would wind up regretting the buy. I guess he was wrong about that. I told him I had done my research before buying it, but he wasn't having it. I didn't buy a TV from him because of his ridicule.
I gave the old TV to my daughter and son-in-law since they helped me figure it out. A couple of years later, the smart TV went out. I thought maybe it was the same thing, but no, this appears to be more serious. Meanwhile, the TV I gave my daughter and son-in-law is still working just fine, thank you. I have yet to replace my smart TV, because I just don't want to spend yet even more money on TVs. It's been close to a year since it went out.
I've been settling on the 32-inch Olevia (do they even make those anymore?) in my bedroom that has been working just fine for more than 10 years. I bought this Olevia for $699 more than 10 years ago after reading on Consumer Reports that it was judged the second best in it's size for picture quality and was considerably cheaper than the top brand, which was selling for $1,200 at the time. I think the Olevia was selling for over $900 at the time, too, so I got a real good deal on it.
When I was looking for the bigger TV, a guy at an LG store didn't seem to even know what an Olevia was and ridiculed it like it was some sort of knock-off and I would wind up regretting the buy. I guess he was wrong about that. I told him I had done my research before buying it, but he wasn't having it. I didn't buy a TV from him because of his ridicule.
Thought of another one--when I renewed my ESPN+ subscription, I misread something and signed up for the whole year. I think it's still technically the same price/month, but I can't cancel like I would if I picked the monthly deal.
So I guess I'll find a way to use it in like May?
So I guess I'll find a way to use it in like May?
Many years ago, I was pulling into a parking spot at work in a hurry. My hand slipped and I side-swiped a small area of another person's big SUV (about 4" x 2" above the rear tire). Damage to my car was so minimal to not mess with.
This was an office building shared by many small companies so I didn't know who the SUV belonged to.
I put my business card under the windshield wiper with a "sorry" note.
I thought I got away with it as I didn't hear anything for quite some time.
About 4 months later, my insurance company notified me that they had located me without calling or emailing me and filed against me.
Early in our marriage and still pretty poor, so a heft deductible and increased insurance rates were a big deal. I learned to be in less of a hurry.
EDIT: 20 or so years later, I backed into some guy in the Burger King parking lot. Very similar. Didn't have to pay a deductible and didn't impact my insurance. Go fig. I have no idea why.
This was an office building shared by many small companies so I didn't know who the SUV belonged to.
I put my business card under the windshield wiper with a "sorry" note.
I thought I got away with it as I didn't hear anything for quite some time.
About 4 months later, my insurance company notified me that they had located me without calling or emailing me and filed against me.
Early in our marriage and still pretty poor, so a heft deductible and increased insurance rates were a big deal. I learned to be in less of a hurry.
EDIT: 20 or so years later, I backed into some guy in the Burger King parking lot. Very similar. Didn't have to pay a deductible and didn't impact my insurance. Go fig. I have no idea why.
Insurance adjuster? Might as well said you work for the IRS.
