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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: thirsty on December 11, 2012, 09:24:53 pm
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So today I sold the engine out of my daughter's wrecked cavalier. The guy tried to get me to deliver it 3 hrs. away for an extra $50. I told him no you got to come get it for the price I am selling it for.
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I even asked him if he had a truck.
The dude showed up today with a KIA SOUL :o I kept looking up the street to see if he was serious or if he had somebody coming behind him with a truck.
Nope no truck coming...he wanted to put a freshly pulled 2.2 ecotech in the back of that car
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I was laughing some when I told him that the engine crane and motor weren't going to fit into that little hatch back thingy very well. He suggests we can pick it up and put it in. Nope I tell him after beer almost came out my nose when he said that. I was not even going to try to pick the motor up off the floor for him. I told him I could get the motor in there if he was sure he wanted to do it. Well the young guy just drove 3 hrs and was getting a smoking deal on the engine for his car so of course he said that he was sure he wanted it in there. Now usually there are some guys around the garage but not today. It was just me and this kid I didn't know. After some pushing and prying it was in the back of that kia with no damage done to either the car or the engine.
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Then I asked him what he planned to do about strapping it down. He said that he never thought of that and had no way to do it anyway. He grabbed a piece of broken bumper foam that I had in the wreck and wedged it between the top of the motor and the roof of the kia then proclaims victory.
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I grabbed some chunks of firewood and wedged them tight on the bottom as I was stressing the point that he should stop at the hardware store up the street and buy something to anchor that down for his 3 hr ride home.
Then my daughter showed up...That was hilarious watching that poor kid try to talk to her. He looked like a pile of pudding. The tires he didn't think he really needed to buy from me, she sold him no problem along with a few other things off the car. So I dismounted those and they got loaded into that kia also. When he finally spent all his money and had that Kia Soul loaded to the gills he left.
Just another evening in the garage...haha
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I would pay to see if that thing tipped over!!! I can see it now. Uh, mom, the interior side panel, and the side window are smashed outa your car!
You know hes bragging toall his pals tonight about the girl he met too!
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Ah, the Persuasive power of a women. Most men loose all will power when talking to a pretty women. :P
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now thats funny lol ;D
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now thats funny ;D
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Ok I got one more funny part that kind of goes with bake74's post.
When we were dismounting the tires Amber (my 19 yr. old daughter) jumped right in and helped me. She is a garage kid after all. She new my next step and handed me or grabbed whatever just at the right time. She has done it so many times with me it was like riding a bike to her. So right at the end of the work the young guy is sitting on a stool by the car and he takes the money he owed her and stuffed it into the clip of a ball point pen and tosses it to her across the garage to her. Then he leaves after a few minutes. When he is pulling out with his car Amber is laughing. I look at her thinking that she thought the hole experience was as funny as I thought it was. I said that was a trip huh? Putting that motor in a Kia Soul? She says no this and holds up the wad of money in the pen clip with his phone number written on it. She laughs and says "No,he was expecting me to write mine down and throw it back. So stole his pen instead for thinking that!"
That's my girl!
And just so everybody knows I made the current boyfriend pull the motor with me the night before while she was at work. Kind of like paying penance. ;D
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And just so everybody knows I made the current boyfriend pull the motor with me the night before while she was at work. Kind of like paying penance. ;D
Thirsty, I call that being a great dad and letting the current boyfriend know how much your daughter means to you and what will happen if he wrongs her. >:(
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Thirsty, I call that being a great dad and letting the current boyfriend know how much your daughter means to you and what will happen if he wrongs her. >:(
Oh he knows. ;) He also knows that she calls all the garage regulars uncle. They range from loggers to diesel mechanics to contractors and everything in between. He has been in the garage during deer season also when it is doubling as a deer camp full of testosterone and seen all those characters at their redneck best. ;D
His first experience with one of them was right after the bad car wreck. I had to leave town on a weekend to do a roof and my wife went with me. So my buddy is at the shop the night before while I am loading my truck for the weekend job and says he will go down and check on her for me. Well the next evening he drives by and sees a car in the driveway that he doesn't recognize. >:( He pulled right in and went right into my house to find this guy in the living room. He had him by the neck asking him who the *%#@ he was when my daughter came out of the bathroom from getting ready for her date. "It's OK Uncle Corey!" she was screaming. Poor kid still doesn't trust Corey 100% but my wife, daughter, and I do! His version when he called my cell phone was "I just met Amber's date....nice kid". LOL
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A Kia Soul, really? Seriously?
Reading through the posts makes me feel happy that I still have another 15 or so years before I have to deal with teenage boys around my little girl...
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If I had kids I would want someone like Corey checking in on them as well.
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It's nice to have good friends. ;D
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I'd like to hear Corey tell that story over a cold beer by the wood stove sometime.
Family & good friends are everything in life.
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Here is a pic of old Uncle Corey (on the left) telling stories over a beer by the wood stove along with Uncle Jack (on the right). Both of these guys pass the fox hole test! For those that don't what that is: If you were fighting in a fox hole, who would you want to have your back?
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I have several friends like that, one in particulare not only passes the fox hole test. He would help me dispose of a body, no questions asked!
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He would help me dispose of a body, no questions asked!
Blazin, that right there is what you call a blood brother.
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Thought you guys might enjoy these rules for dating my daughter. One of my daughter's first boyfriends was handed a copy of this and was told, "you can run but you can't hide!"
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I like the part in rule #2 that says "If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body. I will remove them." ;D
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One of my daughter's first boyfriends was handed a copy of this and was told, "you can run but you can't hide!"
This reminds me of a similar experience some young fellas had in my living room one day.
We are big on deer hunting. We don't sit in stands and wait we track them. Not after work though because there is just not enough time. Given any amount of time though we will go out and try and make something happen. So I got out of work a few minutes early one day during hunting season and decided I had time to go out. When I pulled into my driveway I see a strange car parked there. Rush in to get changed and head right out. The car was a new guy that wanted to take my daughter out. My wife knew I was on my way so she made them wait and ask me. When I was asked on my way down the hall my response was where are you going and when will you be back? I got the typical teenager reply that didn't answer my question. I come into the living room changed and set my gun down on the sofa while I was putting on my swampers. Daughter says well can we go? I look at the boy and say depends. Where are you going and when will you be home. He tells me around town and not too late. Then I hear well can we go now? At this time I am putting on my knife and glare at the kid again and say depends!!!!!! Now I really want to get headed out into the woods and time is ticking. He tells me where they are going to be and before he could say what time he planned on having her back I picked up my rifle and walked towards him at the door and told him that if I didn't kill a deer tonight then I will be home 1 hour after sunset and I expected to see them then and we could talk more about it then, don't be late, don't make me come looking for you because I will find you. Then walked out the door. He had her home by the time I got home and we had a talk about rules. My wife and daughter still laugh about that poor kid that thought I was a wacko and might take him out back and shoot him.
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Thought you guys might enjoy these rules for dating my daughter. One of my daughter's first boyfriends was handed a copy of this and was told, "you can run but you can't hide!"
That promise keeper is funny.
When my daughter was 16 and started to date I had 1rule for her, I had to meet every boy before she went out. Now I am 6'1" and at the time lifted weights, I have a wide shoulder base to begin with. I grew up in a bad part of town and developed a " don't mess with me look " I had the same talk to all of them.
The funny thing is my nick name around her school and all the young men who wanted to take her out was " the hulk".
My daughter and I laugh still to this day about it, because she tried to tell all of them that I was just a big soft teddy bear ( I am till you piss me off ). They didn't believe her. She finally realized what I was doing with them, like any dad would do, threaten them with bodily harm. She could never convince them otherwise though.
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All joking aside, guys, there is one thing here that stands out. There is a clear message to our daughters that we love them. We insist on them being treated with respect and as the ladies that they are. No exceptions and no excuses.
There is a young lady that lived down the road from me. She pretty much grew up with my kids and I took them all to school every day. At way too young an age, she lost her Dad. I always told her that she was family and whatever she needed, she could come to us. I also told her that I wanted to interview her potential boyfriends. One day she surprised us with a knock on the door. She had a young man with her. I invited them into the kitchen and talked with them for a while. I finally asked her what I could do for her. Her reply? " I brought my boyfriend for the interview!" I was more than glad to respectfully talk to him about how special this young lady is, how he was expected to treat her, and assured him that I would be watching. A few weeks later, I was driving by her house and saw them come out and get into his car. I pulled in the driveway behind him, walked up, knocked on the window and asked if he had remembered our conversation. His stuttered something that sounded like "yyyyyeee...ssss ssssir" I told him that I had just observed him letting one of my girls get into his car without him opening the door for her. He hadn't treated her like we had agreed. I glanced at the girl (nameless in this instance to protect her privacy) She was absolutely beaming to know someone valued her that much. A week later she told me she had broken up with him because he didn't measure up! You never know what kind of an impression you're making when you simply do and expect the right things.
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My ex girlfriend had two daughters. Before the oldest one was to leave for prom we had to do the picture thing etc. At that point I had only been seeing her for about 8 months, so the boys at school didn't really know me just that I had really long blond hair,drove old cars, and trucks. About half way through the picture taking Martha said something about looking like a gentleman. I said as long as he acts like one there shouldn't be any issues. He kinda gave me a funny look. Few seconds later the girls wanted a picture together. I set my hands down on his shoulders with a little weight behind them, leaned forward, and whispered into his ear. " You will be a gentleman tonight, hands above her waist, eye contact, no oogling her body, etc. I have no problem going back to prison if it comes to protecting her! " After that he looked like he was about to wet himself in the rest of the pictures!
About a year later her sister is going to homecoming dance. The boy has his older sister drive them. He comes inside when he gets there. He chats, seems like a nice boy. I didn't say much just gave him the look. Then he says, " so I hear your into 4 wheeling etc. I said yes I have a Blazer etc. He asks where do you go with it. I reply " Way way out in the woods, out where you could dump a body, and it would never be found! Alot of old deep wells out in the woods round heah! "
That was pretty much the end of that conversation!
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I'm glad I'm not the only one making life hard for these young guys.
About this time last year my then 17yr daughter's new-ish boyfriend came by the house. I'd met him once before but they were driving off just as I came in from work so not much time to chat. This time however I was in the garage boning out a deer. He comes strolling up and says hi and we chat a minute. He asks what I'm doing just as I pull a hind quarter out of the icebox. I handed it to him and said "here hold this". I then had him follow me to the workbench where I had my knives all laid out and ready to go. I showed him how you could see all of the muscles and connecting tendons and such and how important it was to understand how this all worked. When he asked why it was important I said, it makes you a better killer! Then with a couple of quick cuts I reached in and pulled the entire leg bone out intact. He was sheepishly white at that point and said something like wow that was quick. I said, not really. It's much easier to do this on a human than a deer. I thought he was going to pass out right there. I asked him what were their plans for the evening to which he replied "just hang out and stuff". I stopped, looked over at him and said "I expect a better answer than that young man". He stuttered a little and said, "well I was planning on getting a burger and then going to the movies but I don't really feel like eating right now". I told him that was fine and to be home by 11pm. He said yes sir just as my daughter walk out of the house. Just as shes walking up I tell him "boy I expect you to treat my baby girl with the respect she deserves, like a lady should be treated, do you understand me?" He said, yes sir I understand completely. My daughter was grinning ear to ear and then fussed at me to trying to be mean and tough.
That was over a year ago and he's in the army now but they are still seeing each other. I guess I didn't do as good a job as you guys at chasing him off.
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I'm reading your stories about our beloved daughters and can't help but think of all the families in Newtown, Ct. that will not get to have that conversation...
I live one town over..And that Principle was my son's in elementary school before she left for Newtown. All I can say is don't take all the little moments that we have with these kids for granted and don't sweat the "little things".
Be Well..
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That is the second greatest thing I've seen today!