I know.. this post is a lil daunting... to sum it all up....
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
followed up w/ a
"it tuned out nice again" (hehe thats a quote from something... go ahead, guess... muahahahahhaha)
and now, the full story
my landlord is an ass
wants me to have FULL insurance just to park my car while I"m trying to sell it
if I don't have it insured he was towing it today
I can't get insurance on it until I have my BC licence
can't get that until I find my birth certificate (b/c my present licence AND passport AND health card, all w/ picts, do prove I'm me)
everything has been loading up and I was to the point that I wanted to just burn my car
so, we start this story, where all good storeys start.... at the beginning!!!
the day starts w/ waking up on a mission
I dress the part, work cloths, tools in pockets ready for work
going down the street to this little auto shop (hence forth known as the "shop") I have passed several times in my travels
I walk in and ask the guy (who seemed like the owner(hence forth knows as "A")) if I could charge my battery there, he says "ya, go ahead" and points me to the charger (as if I work there)
I go back to get the battery
I return, just walk in (as I'm comfortable there now) and set up the charger and tell him I'll be back in 3hrs
home, food, email, etc, time passes
return to the shop, pick up battery, hand the guy $20 and he yells "no no, too much" and I tell him that "I don't care"... he helped me out and I was in a hurry.... he grabs his employee, takes $10 from him and gives it to me, I say "thanks" and leave
back home, install battery, annnnnnnnnnnnnnd car doesn't' work, strange, battery is new'ish, it SHOULD hold a charge, I check all the fuses, all fine... I work on it some more, now I'm confused and exhausted possibilities....... so, I decided to call my Dad* and ask him why a car wouldn't start when that battery and fuses are fine, he reminds me about the fuse on the positive line that might be blown...so I check, and thats not is.... so I'm confused more, and in a hurry....
I go back to the shop to talk to A, and we chat like we're old buddy's, like I come to the shop all the time or something... A asks where I live, and since it's 1/2 a block away he walks there w/ me to look at the car.... we check it out, and we think it may be the battery, soooo back to the shop and gives me a battery from a Jag!!! to use, and just lets me walk out w/ it as he calls "I trust you w/ that" (I could have turned around and sold for a few hundred easy), I give him a nod and keep going...
the Jag battery works, so mine went flat somehow (should return it for warranty, but no time) back to the shop, and he orders me a new battery, gives it to me at cost and has it sent over.... 20min later, new battery arrives and all is good
then, THEN I talk w/ them about my problem, and after a little discussion A calls his friend (who owns a shop up the road) and negotiates a deal... $60 to park my car for a mth in a fenced lot.... UNBELIEVABLE, as I was about to get my car towed (for $60 (towing b/c I'm not insured for the road, and its WAY to far to drive w/o gettin caught)) to a place to park it for $120 a mth..... A just saved me a bunch of money... THEN the leans in close and says "just tell R that I said to charge $50".... and thats more money he saved me....
so I drive the 3 blocks covert style, threw alleys and such, get there, park car, R is super nice and says I can park it there for as long as I want....
and thats that.... tons of good fortune today....
now I'm energized, so off to the gym, then to the beer store b/c Mantis is coming out tonight, which means Big Lebowski and caucasians (white russians for those who don't know Lebowski).... stoked
*foot note: my Dad is doing well, has a new work email address (this is crazy if you know my father) and he checks it all the time, so we can keep in contact again, pretty excited about this... IF he actually checks it
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
followed up w/ a
"it tuned out nice again" (hehe thats a quote from something... go ahead, guess... muahahahahhaha)
and now, the full story
my landlord is an ass
wants me to have FULL insurance just to park my car while I"m trying to sell it
if I don't have it insured he was towing it today
I can't get insurance on it until I have my BC licence
can't get that until I find my birth certificate (b/c my present licence AND passport AND health card, all w/ picts, do prove I'm me)
everything has been loading up and I was to the point that I wanted to just burn my car
so, we start this story, where all good storeys start.... at the beginning!!!
the day starts w/ waking up on a mission
I dress the part, work cloths, tools in pockets ready for work
going down the street to this little auto shop (hence forth known as the "shop") I have passed several times in my travels
I walk in and ask the guy (who seemed like the owner(hence forth knows as "A")) if I could charge my battery there, he says "ya, go ahead" and points me to the charger (as if I work there)
I go back to get the battery
I return, just walk in (as I'm comfortable there now) and set up the charger and tell him I'll be back in 3hrs
home, food, email, etc, time passes
return to the shop, pick up battery, hand the guy $20 and he yells "no no, too much" and I tell him that "I don't care"... he helped me out and I was in a hurry.... he grabs his employee, takes $10 from him and gives it to me, I say "thanks" and leave
back home, install battery, annnnnnnnnnnnnnd car doesn't' work, strange, battery is new'ish, it SHOULD hold a charge, I check all the fuses, all fine... I work on it some more, now I'm confused and exhausted possibilities....... so, I decided to call my Dad* and ask him why a car wouldn't start when that battery and fuses are fine, he reminds me about the fuse on the positive line that might be blown...so I check, and thats not is.... so I'm confused more, and in a hurry....
I go back to the shop to talk to A, and we chat like we're old buddy's, like I come to the shop all the time or something... A asks where I live, and since it's 1/2 a block away he walks there w/ me to look at the car.... we check it out, and we think it may be the battery, soooo back to the shop and gives me a battery from a Jag!!! to use, and just lets me walk out w/ it as he calls "I trust you w/ that" (I could have turned around and sold for a few hundred easy), I give him a nod and keep going...
the Jag battery works, so mine went flat somehow (should return it for warranty, but no time) back to the shop, and he orders me a new battery, gives it to me at cost and has it sent over.... 20min later, new battery arrives and all is good
then, THEN I talk w/ them about my problem, and after a little discussion A calls his friend (who owns a shop up the road) and negotiates a deal... $60 to park my car for a mth in a fenced lot.... UNBELIEVABLE, as I was about to get my car towed (for $60 (towing b/c I'm not insured for the road, and its WAY to far to drive w/o gettin caught)) to a place to park it for $120 a mth..... A just saved me a bunch of money... THEN the leans in close and says "just tell R that I said to charge $50".... and thats more money he saved me....
so I drive the 3 blocks covert style, threw alleys and such, get there, park car, R is super nice and says I can park it there for as long as I want....
and thats that.... tons of good fortune today....
now I'm energized, so off to the gym, then to the beer store b/c Mantis is coming out tonight, which means Big Lebowski and caucasians (white russians for those who don't know Lebowski).... stoked
*foot note: my Dad is doing well, has a new work email address (this is crazy if you know my father) and he checks it all the time, so we can keep in contact again, pretty excited about this... IF he actually checks it