My cage does not rattle easily but today it got rattled.

So my truck and the wife's car had free oil changes for 2 years, both bought at the same dealership and both expired.

 

So today I changed oil in both and it wasn't pleasant.

Drain pan bolts were torqued like a lug nut, needed a 2 foot breaker bar and a prayer.

Filters were so tight I needed oversized pliers and the gaskets were left smashed to the vehicle.

Undercarriage removal on the wife's Honda was when the inappropriate language reared it's ugly head as I stripped a few Phillips heads.......way over torqued.

Next time will be MUCH easier.

 

Driving really aggravates me, ( I’d love it if it wasn’t for the other drivers…) I could easily tell you a hundred stories but I won’t .

Potential customers that tell me I’ve got their business, then change their minds.

Planning to do something, then something gets in the way, and I must break the plans.

Family members using ( or stealing) my stuff and not returning it.

I know it doesn’t sound like it , but I’m generally content most of the time…?

By the way, I’m fixing to start doing my oil changes again too. 60-80 dollars is way too much for me to waste anymore. My work vehicle oil change just cost 85.00 !! I’ll let you know how that turns out…

My ex wife 

56 minutes ago, Bird said:

My cage does not rattle easily but today it got rattled.

So my truck and the wife's car had free oil changes for 2 years, both bought at the same dealership and both expired.

 

So today I changed oil in both and it wasn't pleasant.

Drain pan bolts were torqued like a lug nut, needed a 2 foot breaker bar and a prayer.

Filters were so tight I needed oversized pliers and the gaskets were left smashed to the vehicle.

Undercarriage removal on the wife's Honda was when the inappropriate language reared it's ugly head as I stripped a few Phillips heads.......way over torqued.

Next time will be MUCH easier.

 

My F150 has a plastic drain plug with an o-ring. You can work it with your bare hand. However the put the plug right behind a bar so when you pull it the stream of oil gets deflected all over the place. Stupid design. And the oil filter requires 3 o-rings that are a PIA to change. Engineers….  However the truck is 7 years old and has a 150k miles on it without leaking a drop of oil 

Snow in May. 

Clouds of Black & Biting Flies.

And when the plain Greek yogart turns blue.

?

A-Jay

When I lived in Fl. I purchased a new vehicle and got the extended warranty. With it you get free oil and filter changes for the life of the warranty. A friend told me to do a little trick because he had heard some dealers with that offer wasn’t doing a true oil and filter change. I wrote my initials on the oil filter with a marker. After they did my first oil change and before I left the service bay, I had the service writer stay with me while I slide under the truck and sure enough there was the filter with my initials still on the vehicle. The sales manager got involved and went to the owner of the dealership. I told them I didn’t trust them anymore so they gave me two cases of oil and a case of oil filters and said whenever I get low to stop in and they’ll replenish them. The next day they showed up at the house with a truck load of GM paraphernalia from mugs, hats, coolers, travels bags all kind of stuff with a letter from the owner apologizing. I assured him I wasn’t the type to trash his dealership because of a lazy employee.

 

 

 

 

 

They always overtighten everything, it’s the curse of power tools. Finish guys will put 37 nails in a 5 foot of baseboard too, just cuz it’s cool to hear a nail gun go pop pop pop pop pop pop pop 

Wearing my sequined fishing thong backwards is very irritating. It's really bad when my wife dries it on high, it take 3 to 4 trips to stretch out.?

12 minutes ago, GreenPig said:

Wearing my sequined fishing thong backwards is very irritating. It's really bad when my wife dries it on high, it take 3 to 4 trips to stretch out.?

Well, now THAT image is burned into my brain. Thanks a lot.

The single thing that irritates me the most, is people who litter. There is absolutely NO reason not to deposit trash in a garbage can or take it home with you and put it in your own garbage can. Littering REALLY frosts my 'nads.

when i am eating and the person across from me spits out tiny pieces of food when he talks while chewing. The pieces usually land in my food.

People where I work.  Sometimes I wonder how these people are able to dress themselves and get to work each day.

10 minutes ago, Bankbeater said:

People where I work.  Sometimes I wonder how these people are able to dress themselves and get to work each day.

That’s why I work by myself. Only have one idiot to deal with all day long ?

When my hair gets too long it really irritates me. I swear it goes from tolerable to itchy irritable birds nest atop my melon in like one day.

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Finish guys will put 37 nails in a 5 foot of baseboard

Amen to this!  My wife has watched me remodel two of our homes.  Once while I was doing trim work she asked me if four finish nails was enough on a long piece of base.  I pointed out to her that it was non-load bearing and never touched by anyone.  Literally just for lookin' at.  But when I took the old stuff off it had 180 brads. 

4 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Snow in May. 

Clouds of Black & Biting Flies.

And when the plain Greek yogart turns blue.

?

A-Jay

You’re far enough north, you can’t tell me the mayflies and June bugs don’t irritate you. There were times on Black Lake (or in the area) where the mayflies either kill the bite or are all over the place they either make the road slick or make it look like you drove through an apocalypse! 

Sandfleas 

Old men who let their eyebrows grow long and those who don't trim their nose hair.  ?

Entitled bass

 

The second half of my life, I’m trying to really minimize what aggravates me.  I’m m trying not to let events, people or things have that kind of juice over my emotions.  
 

it’s been a journey, I tell ya.  I trying not to give a rats A about stuff that doesn’t affect me. Not easy. 
 

what sucks is so much these days does affect me. 

3 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

Old men who let their eyebrows grow long and those who don't trim their nose hair.  ?

Pick one.  I don't have time to take care of both. 

24 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

The second half of my life, I’m trying to really minimize what aggravates me.  I’m m trying not to let events, people or things have that kind of juice over my emotions.  
 

it’s been a journey, I tell ya.  I trying not to give a rats A about stuff that doesn’t affect me. Not easy. 
 

what sucks is so much these days does affect me. 

I found this aggravating (but only because I'm jealous of your maturity and good sense).

 

People who mistreat dogs. I can't stand people who do this.

Idiots on the boat ramp who should have prepared in the parking lot.

Drivers who don’t know how to merge or go the speed limit or less in the left hand lane of a 4-lane highway. 

Drivers in the left lane that won’t move over. 

26 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Drivers in the left lane that won’t move over. 

 

What I think it worse are the lane changers who think they're in a race.  If you leave a small gap between you and the vehicle in front of you for safety they'll whip right in.  Tailgaters too.   Driving a couple inches from my bumper isn't going to make the car in front of me go any faster.   

 

Speaking of stuff at the boat landing.   What I saw today wasn't irritating, just entertaining.   A man was trying to back a pontoon boat into the water, and clearly didn't know how to back a trailer.  I bet he pulled up and started over 10 times........then, the lady in the passenger seat got in the drivers seat and backed it right in.