Thursday, April 5, 2012

Good morning crew,

Just when I was patting myself on the back for actually getting a hundred or so bucks ahead of the game I get whacked with an unexpected expense. Actually, since I have a little extra money I should have expected an extra expense, because that is how the universe works.

One of the hazards of having a vehicle with over a hundred thousand miles on it is you have to treat it like a fragile, old grandmother. I took my truck into a Quicky Jiffy to have the oil changed the other day and when the guy saw the mileage he asked me if I had ever had the transmission fluid changed.

"There's fluid in the transmission?" I asked.

When he found out that as long as I have owned the truck I have never had the trans fluid replaced, and as far as I know it might never have been replaced...he refused to do it.

He said transmission fluid should be replaced about every fifty thousand miles, and if it is not the fluid tends to break down and become very thin...which can wear down the pump. So apparently there is now also a transmission fluid pump!

If he were to fill up the transmission with new, viscous fluid, he explained, it would likely blow the pump up, which he didn't have the resources to replace.

So now I have to take the truck to a full-fledged, qualified mechanic. And Lord knows what that is going to cost me. Well, it should make for a nice, quiet, boring weekend.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

P.S. Are you on Facebook? If you are, check out the Deal of the Day fan page. You get exclusive offers and a new deal every day. It is easy to become a fan, just click here and hit the like button... 'Like' Deal of the Day Here

***
"There were three winning lotto tickets. We're not sure who the three winners are yet. But when they do come forward, two things happen immediately. You get a call from the IRS asking for half. Then you get a call from your friends and relatives asking for the other half." -Jay Leno

***
"Alicia Silverstone is making news for feeding her son by chewing his food and then passing it into his mouth. Even birds are like, 'Just buy him some Gerber, you weirdo!'" -Jimmy Fallon

***
"The Mega Millions jackpot added up to a record $656 million. Three people correctly picked all six numbers. Now the plan is to throw them into a pit of some kind and have them fight to the death." -Jimmy Kimmel

***
The summer after college graduation, I was living at home, fishing in the daytime, spending nights with my friends--generally just hanging out. One afternoon my grandfather, who never went to college, stopped by.

Concerned with how I was spending my time, he asked about my future plans. I told him I was in no hurry to tie myself down to a career.

"Well," he replied, "you better start thinking about it. You'll be thirty before you know it."

"But I'm closer to twenty than to thirty," I protested. "I won't be thirty for eight more years."

"I see," he said, smiling. "And when will you be twenty again?"


*-------------- Guaranteed to Roll Your Eyes --------------*
My wife and I were going through a rough patch financially, but we kept ourselves same by repeating, "As long as we have each other, we don't need anything else."

But when the television in our bedroom broke and we couldn't afford to repair or replace it, my wife lost it.

"That's just great!" she shouted. "Now there's no entertainment in our bedroom at all!"