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Droopy

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Sat Feb-02-08 01:19 PM
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Somebody say something to cheer me up

I got a real hard luck story here. This has been one of the worst weeks of my life. You're not going to believe all this shit happened to me in one week.

It all started when I had to put my truck in the shop for the third time for the same problem. The heater didn't work. So I dropped the truck by the shop on Monday and a rental car company picked me up and took me to the rental car place. I tried to pay with one of my credit cards and the transaction was declined. I didn't understand that because I had a high limit on the card and I pay it off every month. I hadn't charged more than $600 in one month on the card in over a year. So I paid with a different card and went home to call the credit card company.

The transaction was declined because the credit card company thought that there were some fraudulent charges on the account. They were right. $13,000 worth of fraudulent charges in the space of 3 weeks. Fortunately, the credit card company wrote off the charges. They have reported the case to the authorities and have asked me to assist in the case in any way that I can. I gladly agreed. I'm working with a company that specializes in fraud and identity theft cases. They've told me everything I need to know and I have taken the appropriate steps to protect my credit and identity.

So the next day I went to the shop to get my truck. They say they can't permanently fix the problem without replacing the heater core in my truck. They wanted $1000 to do that. So I said, "Fuck that," and hopped in my truck and went home. The heater worked then. When I took the truck to work that night the heater stopped working. I called a different place and told them about the truck and asked them about the heater core. They said they could replace it for about $700, but that I should let them take a look at it before doing that job.

The place that wanted $1000 to replace the heater core told me that they had flushed the coolant system and back flushed the heater core. They did that 3 times in the space of a year according to them and they were $530 into me for it even though the did the job one time for free. The guy at the other shop begged to differ. He said that there was no pressure in the water system and that was due to a busted radiator cap. He said that a competent mechanic would have found that right off. They drained the coolant system and found that the coolant had not been changed. My coolant is supposed to be bright orange, but it was brick red. He said that was because of all of the rust that was in the system. They got chucks of rust out of the coolant system when they flushed it. So they replaced the radiator cap and also the thermostat for good measure; flushed the coolant system several times to be sure they got all of the rust out of it that they could; and replaced the coolant. Labor, parts, and tax $203 out the door. I have found myself a new mechanic. The heater now gets hot enough to melt my face off and it didn't stop working after one day. If I would have done what the original place suggested I would have been out $1000 and would have still had the same problem. Do not get your vehicle worked on at Serra Chevrolet in Miamisburg, Ohio.

Last night I got up to get ready for work. I walked in the bathroom and stepped in a puddle. Then a couple of drops of water hit my head. There was water coming out of the exhaust fan. It turns out that my upstairs neighbor's toilet sprung a leak. Right now I'm waiting for the condo maintenance guy to drop by and assess the damages. I don't appear to have any water damage to the ceiling and it's been 12 hours since the incident and my neighbor soaked up the water the best she could once she realized what had happened. But we will see. Knowing my luck, in another couple of hours I'll start seeing water blossoms on the ceiling.

I had to put in a 13 hour day this week because of weather and road conditions on my trucking route. I overslept two days in a row.

On my way home today, an impatient driver behind me was flashing his lights at me trying to tell me to get out of the way. I was doing 75 in a 65 and was passing people. So I get over when I can. The guy flips me off as he passes me doing 3 mph more than I was. All I could do was laugh. The perfect ending to the perfect week.