In Excess

I learned I don’t have enough space for as many fire trucks that I have right now

1 hour ago, endobear said:

I learned I'm charging way less than my competitors.  Like  about 1/3 less. No wonder I'm busy as hell, can't afford good help and don't need to advertise.  I'm the cheapest bhole around.  Crushed me...

 

I just went through this exact same thing, I found out I must just like working hard and not making money

Racing this weekend, we have struggled for 2 years with our tuneup, could not get the car down the track. The last couple months I had taken the car apart and found alt of issues. Showed up with high hopes but ended q1 scratching my head, on q2 warmup, we lost the dash and half of data logger due to a bad cable, missed that round but fired it for a warm up and test a thought I had. In reviewing data and overlaying data, I found something I had missed. We changed up the configuration of fuel system and went to bed for night. Woke up and woke up realizing we had an ignition mapping issue that needed correcting. I stage for q3 sounds and feels good, but the car pulled me through lights then the car falls on face , back in pits we realize a boost line had fallen off 4 seconds before I released the clutch. Back to puts for another adjustment.

preparing for q4 was adjusting brake lever, increasing air gap on clutch. We go up and qualify #2 not impressive numbers but after reviewing data, we are in familiar territory with a tune we can work with. Tune up is done, got to check valves in morning, change plugs. 
 

all part of the joys of burning nitro methane

Apparently still breathing warrants a raise these days

Ready to go as long as we don’t let any parts out at the track next weekend. 

18 minutes ago, EmpirE231 said:

cool car... I want turbos on mine.  what size rear tires are those?

Remember these are light cars, they don’t dig very well and you tend to have to over tire the car so that gets some traction. Here is what I had I had to do to go between track and Glamis when it was on 118, I had to up the rear end ratio in the quick change gears to allow the car to have hopes of traction. It has not been to Glamis since it was converted to alcohol. 
on gas we ran 32lbs of boost, now we run about 40 on alcohol. It’s a small bore motor 2332

If our cars are not down for service at the time of old school we may bring both cars. Maybe we can burn a little nitro 

Sandtrap and I found this picture on one of my servers of pastor 

1 minute ago, fng said:

Brian... my SSSS brother in arms! You will be missed my friend.  Seeing you in your white van in wash 13.5 always cracked me up!  Give "Bear" some belly rubs for me!

Didn’t he have a tan van?

Very saddened to hear this, he was the pastor in my first marriage almost 20 years ago. One of the first I met on the very first original platform of this forum before there were logins. Very very sad 

If anybody finds a wiring tech looking for work I need 2-3 full time with benefits, no slow down even if economy crashes

What state

1 minute ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

I used to have 4 land lines for my home business, now I just use my cell… and never answer the phone 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤣

My home business has 8 employees employees working in our warehouse 

1 minute ago, Wash 10 Crew said:

At least get a real retro phone

I have to stick with era of this phone to match the house, the phone matches my teenage years

28 minutes ago, ChEFF said:

It's amazing how everything comes full circle. Toss the cell phones go back to the wall phone! Peace

Not quite, nobody calls this number except spam callers, mostly used to get the house gate open if somebody rings the call button.

there is a separate gate and multiple lines in the office at the shop behind the house. 

the cell phones ring of hook day and night, that’s what happens when our customers work 24/7 365 days a year

5 hours ago, ChEFF said:

That cord looks like it'll make it to the fridge. Peace

Easy we have a small house, the cord is 25 ft, now I think I should have the 50 ft cord. 

the great thing about this phone is it will never be dead or lost, a real time saver 

Well we decided it was time for a new telephone for the house, we still have a house line sort of since my business is run from home. So I decided it was really time to step up and impress her.

I did u ship, it was the same price as fuel for me to go both ways

I have a piece of crap car hauled to Pittsburg pa, from lake Elsinore ca. no set date, will pay, don’t ask why, it just needs done. Anybody ready for a road trip? If I can’t find somebody maybe I’ll do it myself

47 minutes ago, SandTrap said:

Happy T-day GD.COM I am truly thankful for all the people reaching out to me.. I have been sicker than I can ever remember also so that doesn't help. Anyway what are everyones plans for today. I will be home alone reading this thread so leys make it good.. lol

We told you that you could join us 

I like the renegades, that’s probably why I got one. Tomorrow will be the first time towing a trailer with it, hopefully it performs as promised. 600hp and dt12 trans. I think the renegade type coach will do a superior job over a diesel pusher any day. 

4 hours ago, ChEFF said:

 

I like that 2023. Don't like the 18k mileage in one year. Someone drove all year. NASCAR people do that then bring it back to the dealership? Just wondering. Peace

I gave you Kyle’s cell number

She worked stocking shelves at night at walmart until 1 or 2 am until she was 88. She got fired for clocking out and going back to dust the shelves off, they weren’t impressed. She got into an accident which was not her fault but she could not tell us if she stopped at stop sign or not, she did not get another car after that. 

She passed away today at 96, lived a long life. Pretty fricken awesome I had a grandma until I was 55.

I will say things went to hell with Covid being stuck at home made her very week but she lived on her own until about a year ago when dimentia kicked in, prettty sad ending she didn’t know anybody but my parents this year.
 

she wasn’t supposed to make it to last Christmas, but she fought to the end. We had her playing golf last Christmas. She had been bed ridden most of this year 

This is a chit show, I’m in riverside county home and business on same property and here is what they want from us.

we have a 4 yard dumpster currently for all waste.

no cardboard in container

no green waste in container

no food in container

no bottles or cans in container.

no pallets or wood.

Riverside county does subsidize or mandate that waste management provide these services though, and we have to provide a trail of where it is all going for a yearly audited

we cannot get a recycling container, we have to take it ourself and we have to keep an audited trail with receipts for everything that needs recycling.

same with wire and cans and bottles

same with green waste, we asked about this and they don’t offer anything whether we have regular cans or not

no clue on the food, I gave up on listening
 

Keep in mind this is home and business. What a complete waste of time and energy