Bring that Yukon down here. Trucks used to be plentiful here, but this is truck country and with the Cash for Clunkers mess they are all gone. Now if you want one, what used to cost $5k now is around $7 or $8k.....
I just got a Ford (shhhh don't tell anyone). It's 13, with 138,000 miles on it. Heck, with a vette that has 238,000 the truck seems almost like new. Actually it feels like it too. It has been treated well.

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I like to have my share, believe me, however, when in the midst of serious depression, stress, anxiety and panic attacks and grieving over lost loved ones, it's not really been the on the front of my mind lately unfortunately. I"m still trying to focus on the basics like getting out of bed and getting through a whole day and night without falling apart over something. There are days right now that I really don't see the need to even get out of bed. I'm just now starting to want to get out and do things.
Depression meds and such help, but time will do the most good, along with help from my counselor. There's been a lot of progress but still a long road to walk ahead. I want to fix ME before I get tangled up with anyone else on any level. Not fair to the man to come in with lots of baggage...

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Seriously, best I can tell it's the ex and his intent is not to make me happy, trust me. He's not shy about putting his name on it, he's afraid of the restraining order.
And if is someone besides the ex who sent them, he just might get some if I find out who he is And, there's nothing wrong with a guy tryin to get a little. After all, we girls like to have our share too

Great choice for a name, I like that

Works for me!

Good luck on the business launch.
We have a man here that does all that, calls himself "Air Doc"

Tommy I did enjoy them. Actually embarrassing as it is to admit, it's been years since anyone sent me something like that, so I do cherish them. I'd just like to know who sent them for the reason stated. I'd love to keep them and enjoy them. Also considered taking them to our family burial plot and spread them around there but I know there's people in hospice and in the nursing home that would love them. I did that with the flowers left the night mamma passed away. I took the arrangements in her room and took them to the nurse's desk and asked that they be distributed to those who had no loved ones or family to visit. Trust me, being alone is hurtful and receiving one of your favorite gifts truly brightens your day. Whoever made me happy deserves to be thanked, unless of course it was the ex.

By the way, Tommy, if it was you - I promise I wont' tell on ya

Yes, Jeff, I suck and very well I might add
And likely who sent these would be the recipient of a great treat if it not that they possibly came from the Ex....

They came with a card, and a message just the name was withheld on request. And the shop is not in the business of telling either.

Ok, here's the rest...
actually I'm not questioning it except for a unique situation:
I worried that they were from the ex that just moved. He left me at Christmas for another woman, way less than me, rubbed it in my face and even put her up to harassing me, and it was all very hurtful, just after losing my family at my first holidays alone, job loss after 16 years, car fell apart, house sale fell through, my health took a shit, tons of stuff I've not mentioned. that all happened around the same time. He was a narcissistic abuser to me for about 8 years and confessed it was all 'on purpose' as I was simply trying to be forgiving and try to keep peace and make him happy. I will be in counseling for a while to get over all this mess, not to mention the other things in my life that have happened on top of it all, which he also left and did all this stuff right in the middle of.

He pulled crap at Christmas, and at New Years, and showed up at Valentine's day to say he was 'sorry' cause some counselor told him to, even bought me a heater using money the 'new whore' gave him. Would not leave me alone. Short of getting a restraining order, I've blocked the cell number and told him if he calls or tries to contact me through family or any other means he would be promptly shot and the cops would come fetch the carcass. Therefore, he has every reason to keep his name off the card, and this is the type of thing he would do just to cause me more hurt and pain. Flowers were an issue with us, as when we were together I found out he had an affair for over a year, took her on trips and sent her a shitload of flowers all the time. I never even got birthday cards, let alone flowers. Was never appreciated enough no matter how good I was to him his family, his kids, grandchild, you name it. So, yeah, it came up in arguments a time or two. Hell he never even got me a sympathy card when three of my family members died in one week, including my mother!

On the other hand, they could be from someone I dated in the past trying to 'run his traps' and see what he catches and has been sniffing around here. Really don't see him as doing something like this, afterall, that jackass hasn't even though I was worth taking out to dinner but thinks it's okay to try to get some P*$$y. Men.

Sorry, if I wanted a FWB I already have numbers for that and they are even collecting dust. Not interested.
That's the two I have it nailed down to.

If the latter person sent them, I'd at least like to thank him. Whoever sent them deserves that. It's a lot of money not to even receive a thank you. I did send the latter a message about it and made sure to mention how much I have enjoyed them, how beautiful they are, etc., just in case it was him. Tried to cover the bases so to speak.

BUT - if it was the ex - I'd just as soon take them to the nursing home or something for someone there to enjoy.

It's hard to enjoy or appreciate something you think came as a sole purpose to hurt you.
otherwise, someone deserves a great big thank you and I feel bad for not being able to let them know.

What would possess you to send a mixed dozen of roses with a huge bejeweled butterfly made of feathers, all with a huge bow made of real fabric.....




...and leave your name off the card???

Hope everyone had a good weekend and spent time with family.
Sorry to hear about the cat Flyboy. Hard to lose a family member.
Can't believe it's June already, half this year is gone like a blur like the last half of last year. And, I'm now one more year closer to Depends, driving slow and being senile.
Well, that last part I think I already got....

Howcome none of y'all came over and jumped out of my cake???

Good Gawd I had no idea he was that old....

I am so very sorry to hear this. Being at a loved one's side during their last moments brings great peace to that person. It's heartwrenching for you, but understand the gift you gave to her.

Amen.

Looooooonnnnnggg crappy day at work, still feel bad, then came home to this:
Looked like a cat crossing the hall, was tall enough to cast a shadow!

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Can I have the red one????

Saw an old greyhaired man in a pretty shiny one with side pipes here yesterday. He looked up at me in my old Ford pickup truck and smiled, I looked down at him in his pretty Corvette and smiled... wishing he had a feather up his ass and I had that and we'd both be happy....


Lot to do today, but must have missed some meds or something yesterday, feel strange today..

(body shiver...)

I caught my ex peeing in my shower one time. Guess it's a 'guy' think, (time saver? water saver?) that's NASTY!!!!!
I told him to GTFO!

I should have uploaded a pic at the shop and said it was my garage when we had all at one time a Neon green Lamborghini, Carerra GT and McLaren getting clear paint protection wraps

They might not all be yours, but they look nice in your driveway!

Morning all,
lots to do around here, I still don't feel good. Need to wash vette inside and out, truck is dirty now too, house is a mess, yard is a foot tall, it never ends.
Finally managed to get the rims on the vette painted. Was gonna do at body shop myself and him paint, but what a PITA! I think he saw my distress and rescued me LOL. Many, many, many, many thanks to Don for it all!!!
I'd like to get new ones, but with just buying a truck and it needs tires/wheels also, kinda hard to feed two teenagers so to speak, so painted the vette ones. They were really too bad to redo IMHO.

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My ex-livein was the slowpoke in our house. I'd be in and out of the shower, hair done and dressed in around 30 mins, and be in the living room watching TV waiting for him another half hour later.

Nothing exciting here, just bought a truck, left mom's car on the lot to pick up later and he ended up selling it for me before I got home with the truck....

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I thought I was the only mean one around that did stuff like that...

Good afternoon,
guys, don't forget to be nice to your mothers today and to your wives or 'baby's mamma'....
Sorry to hear about the death Matt, and the smashed finger.
Pianoguy - when you get done washing your vette and doing your yard work, I have plenty of beer in the fridge for when you get here and do mine ....

Peterbuilt. Hmmmm.....


Actually a '97 F150 XLT 4WD w/trailer tow

IT's my day off and I was up and out of the house by 9am, just got home from running errands and putting out fires and crap. Wanted to layout in the lawn chair all afternoon. Too late to bother with it now, the sun is on the other side of the house....
Think I might have bought myself a truck tho....

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Actually iI've not seen Dell on it anywhere. They bought a case then put stuff in it. It was custom built for what we do at the business. I still hate the dang thing. I have CS4 also in 64-bit, still hate it. It's a very fast machine and does all that, I just hate Windows and I hate PCs.... at least for what I do. Guess it's all in what you're used to.... Chevy or Ford...
The monitors however, I've never heard of those... HannsG 28"

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I'll keep my Mac, thanks.....

Matt, your luck sounds like mine.
I did find a truck I'm wanting though just arguing prices and such.
Learned I missed a bank payment today. Crap. All I needed. No wonder my account balance looked good
And, Must be garnering a reputation for being fast at the new job, I'm getting crap piled on me like stink on poop.
Two more freelance jobs on the way too. For someone that only works 3 days a week, I run my hiney off!
Off tomorrow but a loooooooong list of crap to do, so wont' be able to sleep in like I desperately wanted.
The neighbors have had visitors for two weeks now with two very small NOISY toddlers, that stay up past 11. I have wanted to go to bed early last several nights and could not thanks to them, and one of them left little sticky handprints all over the front of the vette Growllllll.

I'm not sure about car apps, but I have Win 7 Ultimate at the new job and I HATE it. I hate pc's period but for design stuff like photoshop there's just simply stuff you can't do. And even with 12GB ram, it hangs up and you can't do more than one or two things at a time.

That's horrible!
Sorry to hear....

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I'm worn out. Drove up to the lake (3.5 hrs) to help my ex husband (we're still friends) with some renovations to an old house he was given. Knocked out two small walls, salvage the original trim for later use, pulled up carpet in one room and cleared junk and crap from another. That was enough for me.
So far recently I've managed to bust a microwave that was pissing me off. It was doomed anyway, the buttons quit, I've smashed a half broke shampooer and now taken out some aggression on an old house. Should set my mind right I suppose
Considering enrolling into a kickboxing class too. Just made a logo for the dude, said he'd give me a deal.
Oh, and did I mention the cops stopped me today! ARRGGG

Hope you all have had a much better Monday!

I stayed in bed all day yesterday, got up at 5:30, watched the tornado weather, went to bed at 1am, up again at 10am, busted my hiney cleaning house all dang day. The sun is out but it was supposed to thunderstorm all day. Should've cleaned yesterday. The Beale Street Music Festival is going on and I'm missing it
Figures. And being in the cleaning mood thought I'd shampoo the rugs, shampooer is broke somehow. Pissed me off. I smashed it. Now it's really broke and I have an excuse for a new one that I really like . Phhhbbbttt.
Hope you all have a good weekend

"No Sunday Chat yet....???"

Or am I the only goof still up?????



Good Mornin' y'all!

Good afternoon all. Hope you are all looking forward to a great weekend. I might jump out of town and hide for a day or two not sure yet. Close on mother's house today at 4:30, strangely the day of year anniversary of her passing.
Isn't it strange how things work themselves out? Different things kept happening and instead of closing in March, ended up in April 9, then now today. Hmmmm
Reason for everything.
I hope all of you have had a great Friday - remember - it's 5 o'clock somewhere - perhaps where you are so cheers!

Morning! Can't believe I'm already up, showered, hair done, dressed, all that. Geez. Something must be wrong with me. Hopefully I'll get in those new (to me) visors courtesy of Chris and a new header trim piece that was so kindly given to me, nails done and maybe a tan!
Hope you all have a great day!

any explanations of how some of that mess happened??

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Till all your seals start leaking and then your trans goes out, along with your opti - but then hey - after 14 years and a quarter million miles, you should EXPECT it.
not an easy pill to swallow, but I really enjoy my '96.
I give her a pat on the head and a smack on the hiney every day

It's really neat to me when I see a small kid like recently this little boy about 5 or 6 was with his dad and I parked at the store as they were walking in. The kid tugs on his dad's arm and says "look dad - a corvette!!!".
Made me smile the rest of the afternoon.

It's also funny on another note, to correlate what you guys say about 'women and corvettes and their impressions'... when I'm driving sometimes I find this little car creeping up beside me or at the stop light and this chick will start to primp and smile - UNTIL she sees another woman there!
Cracks me up every time!

I want these for my birthday....

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I wanna see that tux pic too. And while you're all at it, how bout a pic of that new motor?
I got up (just now) and noticed the vette still isn't home.
Hopefully one of my freelance checks will come in the mail today. No plans other than holding down the lawn chair outside and hopefully becoming a darker shade of white....
And, having a couple more pieces of that chocolate I got in the mail yesterday!

I want the toolbox back I bought my ex...
Was a dark blue 6' tall Craftsman. I'd also like one of those pretty silver ones that's really wide with the refrigerator in the bottom of it

Congrats on the find!

I can't imagine a $40,000 motor, but I'm quite sure I'd like one if I had it....

Didn't know Bon Jovi played anymore? But, then again, around here at Tunica, seems all those old bands from high school are coming back out of their retirement homes......

Not to elaborate, but I had a crappy day today. Every minute of it till I got home. My ENTIRE day sucked, pissed off everyone, worked late, vette wouldn't start and already had it dusted off top out and crap, and came home to a box with two containers of chocolate covered macadamias from a friend from Cali. Very sweet indeed!
Except my ass will now be too big to fit in the vette seats, but oh well.... they're great tasting!

Pine needles will get the best of you too..... especially when you are ignorant enough to burn a HUGE pile of them four feet in all directions from an above ground pool, privacy fence and four other pine trees.....

Glad you got it all contained..

Morning all. I have effectively held the couch and lawn chair down all weekend, therefore today will be the day the vette gets vacuumed and washed off. I mean it. I was up till 2am cleaning bathroom, vacuuming and laundry so I have a head start and am already out of bed, so far so good. Also need a fan relay on the vette and some weatherstripping conditioner. Hopefully Ill get done in time to drive it!

Good morning. Hope everyone and their families have a great Easter holiday today.
I plan to visit some relatives, put some flowers out at the cemetery near mother's grave (lost her last year right after Easter and it was a special holiday for her) and then maybe clean up the vette. I'd like to get those new (to me) visors in as well but that might wait till tomorrow.
The sun is calling!

Good evening.
Not a lot going on in this neck of the woods. Had the visitation tonight for my cousin. Was a smooth day at the job and enjoyed three pretty ladies that came to visit...
a neon green Lamborghini convertible, a silver Porsche Carrera GT and a Mercedez McLaren.... then I had to go hide back in my office......
Beautiful cars, at least I got to sit in them... and took pics

Good morning, or afternoon rather. Hope everyone's Monday is going well. Trying to get this messy house in a bit of an order. Hate to as it's very nice and sunny out, and wouldn't you know, the three days that I work this week will be the nicest weather. Figures. The days I'm off and can enjoy the outdoors it sucks outside.

Thanks guys. This makes a total of 5 family deaths in one year, one friend of mine died, couple of friends with heart surgeries, very expensive car repairs, house sale mess, job loss after 16 years, several health issues of my own caused by stress, me totaling a friend's car, partner leaving after 7 + years at Christmas.... wow. I've bout had all I can stand.
Thanks for being there for me to vent to. Much appreciated.