Boy, has this Christmas gotten off to a good start. First I battle the malls to finish my shopping. Then I get three goldfish for a present (a nice one), and I have to worry about their care constantly, in addition to all of the thigs I have to worry about. And tonight, I am pulling out of the street that the aforementioned friend lives on to leave her subdivision, and I pull out too widely, running my front bumper into a median (you know the kind, with plants and such in it), and the lower part has been pretty mutilated (my brakes were ineffective against the wet pavement). My dad said that it would probably be $1000 to fix it. As it stands, I have about $1400 total in my bank accounts, and about $200 to pay off on my credit card from Christmas shopping. So how will I pull these seemingly insurmountable repar costs off? Any suggestions
*takes a deep breath*
Sorry... I just needed to rant and get some of this stress relieved. And the TrekBBS being down doesn't really help any, either. I just this isn't a repeat of last year's Christmas purge.
Oh, and seeing that this is problably my first post here since last Christmas, I am a member who has been here for a few years, but hasn't really posted any since finding the more dynamic and changing TrekBBS.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Gee, sorry we can't live up to the standards of your precious, boldfaced TrekBBS.
By the way, your "aforementioned friend" isn't aforementioned.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
So, in other words, you ran your car off the road and are complaining about it here because your preferred Forums are so dynamic and changing you can't actually access them. Next!
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"So how will I pull these seemingly insurmountable repar costs off?"
$1400 - $1000 - $200 = $200
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Well, $1,000.00 does seem insurmountable, unless you have $1,400.00 in the bank, then it just seems unseemly...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I despise anyone who has any money at all in their bank account, so I'm just going to sit over here and sulk.
Posted by Jack_Crusher (Member # 696) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ritten: Well, $1,000.00 does seem insurmountable, unless you have $1,400.00 in the bank, then it just seems unseemly...
Yes, woe unto the poor college student who faces major financial challenges.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jack_Crusher: Yes, woe unto the poor college student who faces major financial challenges.
I can sympathize with that. My checking and savings accounts together amount to about $1000. I've got a rent payment and a car note coming up next week that's going to wipe out $600 of that. Then there's my credit card, which still have about $700 on it that I need to pay off from this summer's car repairs.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
Jack~
A) Lots of times, working a bit extra will help pay the bills, at least in my world.
B)If we're going to discuss holiday traumas, I'd be more than happy to fill you in on MY holiday season, so that you can put your traumas back into perspective. Mine involves two car accidents on my part (not my fault), a death in the family, and a serious car accident on my sisters part that totalled the family business' brand new delivery van right at the holidays and put another girl in the hospital, and family fighting that borders on World War intensity. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. And yet I'm not feeling the need to cry to the entire forum - until now. But that's just to prove a point. If you'd like to hear the rest, or more details at all, let me know please. I'd love to assist you in putting things in perspective.
**this message was brought to you by a little bit of holiday bitterness.**
~LOA
PS~ Next year, I'll try to be less of a b*tch and stuff.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I can honestly say that I HATE Christmas with a passion. A season where people to one or two things nice and they think that they are covered for the year, BS like that is pathetic.
Give me a non religous holiday any time, then I don't have to see and hear hypocritical shits.....
LOA, I do hope your next year improves.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ritten: I can honestly say that I HATE Christmas with a passion. A season where people to one or two things nice and they think that they are covered for the year, BS like that is pathetic.
Captain, I sense bitterness.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ritten: Give me a non religous holiday any time,
Like what? Happy International Aids Day?
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Mucus, yes.
Harry, any countries independence day, something along those lines I am thinking.
HIAD would work even.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Phhht. Buncha killjoys you are! Any day I can get paid to go out a play on a warm, cloudless, sunny day and then come back inside and watch DS9 on DVD is a cause for celebration regardless of any antiquanted religous gobledegook.
I may even finish that drydock/starbase model later on....
For those of you stuck dealing with falilial nightmares, just concentrate on how happy you'll be once it's allll behind you....
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by LOA: B)If we're going to discuss holiday traumas, I'd be more than happy to fill you in on MY holiday season, so that you can put your traumas back into perspective. Mine involves two car accidents on my part (not my fault), a death in the family, and a serious car accident on my sisters part that totalled the family business' brand new delivery van right at the holidays and put another girl in the hospital, and family fighting that borders on World War intensity. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. And yet I'm not feeling the need to cry to the entire forum - until now. But that's just to prove a point. If you'd like to hear the rest, or more details at all, let me know please. I'd love to assist you in putting things in perspective.
Someone needs a hug. Seriously, though, I hope things improve for you in the new year. With all the stuff that's been flung at you the past few weeks especially, you're due for something good to happen.
As for my Christmas, my little cousin kicked me in the balls. Multiple times. The next time I see him, and when my voice drops, that little fucker is going to be stripped and hung upside-down from a tree by his ankles.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
*ROTFL* Siggy, NOTHING has made me laugh like that last post of yours in weeks.... hope you don't mind, but your pain really IS my pleasure this time around
~LOA
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Sheesh, the fun just never stops chez Liz. . .
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
You know, I think that maybe, just maybe, Liz holds a somewhat elevated interest in harm coming to men's testicles. Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
Amen!
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Y'know, I had the rather odd thought that whoever marries Liz has a better than average chance of winding up in the ER clasping his crotch on their wedding night.
::shiver::
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
*LOL* No, no.... I wouldn't do that to the man I marry... not unless he REALLY crossed the line... as funny and entertaining as the nad-kicking is, I do understand that it should normally be reserved for "emergency" situations....
Siggy's story is just funny though... *grin* Gotta love kids!
~LOA Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Siggy, send them to you Care Bear friend, that'll give them something to think about.
LOA, it all depends on what you call an 'emergency'.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I can just imagine some of LOA's emergencies...
A merchant rejects her credit card. SUPER HAPPY FUN KICK TO THE BALLS!
A driver talking on a cell phone cuts her off. MEGA ULTRA SWIFT ATTACK TO THE NADS!
Someone continually posts remarks about trying to get into LOA's pants. FINAL STAGE DOUBLE PRONG DEATH PAIN TO THE BOYS!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ritten: Give me a non religous holiday any time, then I don't have to see and hear hypocritical shits.....
Oh, come on. Christmas hasn't been a religious holiday for decades.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Siegfried:
Someone continually posts remarks about trying to get into LOA's pants. FINAL STAGE DOUBLE PRONG DEATH PAIN TO THE BOYS!
No risk: No reward. Still, caution rules the day with LOA. Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Nothing says 'I love you' like blunt trauma to the genitals.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Omega should be a contralto for the rest of his life, in that case.
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
God damn I miss you guys when I forget to pop in! Sieggy I send your tender and bruised gonads a friendly healing squeeze across the miles and hope your voice recovers its previous masculine tone.
LOA you are a goddess.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by MaGiC: ...healing squeeze...
When it comes to testicles, there ain't no such thing!
Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
Geeze, glad my wife isn't this violent.
She slaps, kicks and punches sometimes, but I've never seen her go for a groin-shot.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by Styrofoaman: She slaps, kicks and punches sometimes...
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Seriously, though, I hope things improve for you in the new year. With all the stuff that's been flung at you the past few weeks especially, you're due for something good to happen.![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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