Hey, for once I'm starting the Thursday thread! - Freeze-Frame Radio

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Hey, for once I'm starting the Thursday thread!

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Let me be the first to congratulate you on 3000 posts Mema.

Being a three star blabbernouth carries with it awesome responsibilities and more than a few perks.

The Forum is richer for your participation. smile

I look forward to the next 3000 biggrin

Riggs give the lady her star and get yourself a Steak burger for your efforts.

Better show her the secret handshake too.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

congrats mema!

good morning all!

its 4:10 am in brewtown! this is what happens when I go to bed at 10:30 hoping for a good long nights sleep.

Ultimo · King of the Ring

Congratulations Mema and good morning everyone else, hope you all have good days.

sgmorrell · Low in Fiber High in M-SG

Happy Thursday and congrats on 3k!

-- Edited by sgmorrell at 06:53, 2008-09-18

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Congrats Mema!

Good day all.

Today is going to be a better day. Because I said so. Darnit.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

YAY MEMA!

Got my car back last night. All seems well. smile

My husband got a major migraine and I spent the night taking care of him. In between I tried letting my computer install updates. iTunes took forever and then the big service pack 3 update acted as if it was gonna install and then at the end it tells me it can't and reverses itself. How aggravating!

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Morning gang. I am going to try to adopt Mz's attitude about it being a better day, darn it.

Congrats on 3k Mema!

Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

Morning all! Emily got her cheerleading unifrom yesterday. It is navy blue and white. Too cute, her team is all blonde! Her first game is Saturday- go team!

have a great darnit!

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

Congratulations Mema... here's your official three star button...

glad you have your car back, woo...

ruby, pics of E in uniform?

smiles everyone! smiles... darnit!

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Morning again, all! Yes, it will be a better day. It's WFH Thursday! YIPPEE!!

Woo... YAY for getting your car fixed! You are right.. iTunes and that service pack take FOREVER to install. I did that Tuesday night.

Ruby... the cheerleading squad sounds adorable. Definitely share pics!

Thanks to everybody for letting me chatter on with you! Getting star #3 went much faster than star #2.

Glad to be back!

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Did I miss it? What's WFH Thursday?

Nevermind, I'm an idiot. "Work from home." Duh.

-- Edited by MzHartz at 08:43, 2008-09-18

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

Mad Mema wrote:

Woo... YAY for getting your car fixed! You are right.. iTunes and that service pack take FOREVER to install. I did that Tuesday night.

but my service pack won't install at home. I tried twice. hmm

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Sorry, Mz. Where it comes to work, I'm used to speaking in acronyms and abbreviations. Yes, WFH is "work from home".

Woo.. wonder why that is? I know it took well over an hour for me to download that service pack, but assumed that was mostly my fault because I was doing another download at the same time and was yammering away on the forum with Ghost and Dylan.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

no the update is quite long. I had to sit here at work when it decided to update. I had no problems here. At home it makes me sit just as long. Then it tells me it can't do it and then it takes a bunch of time for it to remove everything it just did. I'm guessing they got something screwed up again and they will need some hotfixes. I'm not pushing it. If my computer is rejecting it twice then so be it.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Makes sense. I wouldn't try to beat it into submission either. Too risky if it is corrupted.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Good day all!

You have been chatty today. I can't get off the second page of posts. In fact, this is now the third time I've posted in the first post on the second page. Because I keep bumping it to the top a new one drops onto page two and I gotta go find it again.

CONGRATS MEMEA

The big three thousand. If someone hasn't given you a star already I will in a few minutes.

I didn't fall asleep until five AM. One of those nights where thoughts of the last seven years were just exploding in my head. It's so weird the way the last 5 - 7 years have been SO different from all those before them, and not really in a good way. I'd like to go back to when I was carefree and naive.

I FINALLY actually removed that tail light assembly this morning and it's sitting next to me under about 30 lbs of weight, letting the silicone dry. It was a bugger trying to peel it apart again. The original sealant was tar-like and clearly the heat and humidity around here softens it, then when it's cool it's quite strong again.

I've never been more impressed with the design of a light assembly. Two simple rubber plugs removed and the whole thing comes right off. Then just unplug the electronics cord and you can bring the thing in the house to work on it. I feel all mechanic like now

Carry on!

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

Congrats Mema!!! Glad you came back to the forum so I could meet you. biggrin

Another nice day here, clear blue sky and temps in the mid 60s, but the sun still has a lot of heat in it so it feels warmer in the sunshine.

Glad you got your car back Woo. The one thing I can't stand is to be without my wheels and having to rely on someone else to take me around to where I need to be.

JR, glad the light assembly wasn't too complicated for you to handle. Just don't decide to take the engine apart at your kitchen table.....you're not quite up to that calibur just yet. biggrin

Hope all of you are having a great day!!! smile

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

I know my place Ghost. I've taken my car to the mechanic before to have a bulb replaced

I am NOT a car guy. But this was a surprisingly easy fix and I want to start trying to do more myself.

Speaking of which, time to run out and reinstall it. The sealant said 30 minutes to harden and it's been quite a bit longer than that.

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

I've watched my husband when he works on cars. I learned how to give my car an oil change, put new spark plugs in it, and I can help pull an engine or tranny and put a new one back in. Sometimes I like to play in car grease.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

I used to do my own oil changes, but at some point decided it was worth the extra $12 or so bucks to let someone else get dirty.

Of course, that's when you could easily find oil changes for $15.99. Nowadays they can run $30.

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

No kidding!! Anything that's a petroleum product has skyrocketed in price. I bought some oil based stain this summer and couldn't believe how much that's gone up!!! hmm

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I was suckered into buying this card full of discounts and freebies for a shop. It was $35. But I'm glad I did. The first oil change was free, and the next 2 or 3 are only $7.99. There's also a bunch of things like free tire rotation, free fluid fill up, etc. And it doesn't expire. In fact, I need to take it in for a tire rotation and oil change, and I'm so relieved to know that it'll cost less than $10.

Of course, they'll make up some reason that I need extra maintenance and want to charge me a couple hundred extra, and I'll have to decline. Last time they wanted to replace my front brake pads and lube the back ones for $350. Um, no. I got a friend to do that for me for the cost of parts and a plate of cookies.