Highway Robbery

So, I take a taxi from my apartment to the Home Depot. That was $32 including tip. I have my Blazer towed to Cobb Parkway Chevrolet, which was a long way. The tow truck driver charged me $125. Cash. No check or credit card. Cash. Jerk. Then the service guy at the Chevy place tells me the labor to take off the wheel and look at the problem was going to be between $45 and $97. He said he would call me before they do anything, so I took the courtesy van home. I'm surprised they didn't charge me for that. I took the bus up to the bookstore after lunch - $1.25. While I'm there, I call my answering machine and check my messages. There's one from the Chevy place telling me it's done and to come pick it up. So they never called me to tell me what needed to be fixed - they just did it. Now I'm livid. The van picks me up at the bookstore, and I go find out what the problem was. All it needed was a bolt that came loose and made the caliper drop off the arm, causing it to dig into the wheel rim. The bolt was $4.25, misc. charges (which I assume are grease, towels, and such - geez) were $5.20, and the labor was - surprise, surprise - $93.39. To take off a wheel and screw in a bolt. I should've just bent over and dropped my pants. Get out your slide rules - this is what that one little bolt cost me:

Taxi - $32.00
Tow truck - $125.00
Bus - $1.25
Bolt - $4.25
Misc. charges - $5.20
Labor - $93.39

TOTAL - $261.09

Henry Ford, take thy beak from out my heart.

Jerk.

I'm supposed to be on vacation this week. Today is the first of what should have been a relaxing few days, with an election day thrown in to mix things up. Well, yesterday I'm going to see a friend of mine and the brakes screwed up on my Blazer. The same new brakes that a guy and I put on a few months ago. I can't drive it at all. So now my Blazer sits outside a Home Depot halfway across the city of Atlanta. He's coming to get me tonight and we're going to try and fix them, but I'm not feeling confident about it. When we put them on we were in his shop where he had every tool imaginable. Now we're in a parking lot. This really sucks. Someone pointed out this morning that I have bad luck with vacations and I'm starting to believe them. Cross your fingers.

The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party

a.k.a. Georgia Bulldogs vs. Florida Gators, is today. Watch it!

GO DAWGS!!

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UPDATE!
Bulldogs WIN! 31 - 24!

HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!!

Well, it's about time!

It's only taken - what - 20 years?!
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

100 LBS. Extravaganza

Well, folks...here are some pictures from the big shindig. Sorry it took so long to get 'em up. Y'all enjoy!

p.s. Yes, them's t-shirts what Yvette had made special with my mug on 'em. No, you can't have one 'cause they're all gone. Sorry. But feel free to print the logo at the top of the page and make your own. You're crafty. Heck...you found this stupid blawg.