Cheer me up, feeling down

[Muse]

I have no advice on that. All I am saying is don't depend on your plans not going awry, because they usually will. I've been a homeowner for 12 years now, btw, and every single damn thing I've ever spent time working on has more or less reverted to its original state of disrepair. When the kids move out I'll try again. In the meantime I comfort myself with the fact that it's just a building. It'll be gone in another 30 years anyway. In the end, I decided that my allotted time on the planet was not meant to be used in performing maintenance. There is no great judge in the sky who is going to meet me after I die and high-five me for all my great work on the yard.

You need more planning. Try to plan your projects so that they won't need redoing any time soon. I have a favorite project of mine for illustration. This was an old table someone had made DIY that was in my back yard. I don't know how it got there or who made it, but it seemed like every year or two I had to renovate it, put on new plywood, paint it, etc. or it would just look miserable and be rotting. Most people would have trashed it, the idea of saving it seemed absurd until I got the idea that I could make it weather proof by utilizing a technique I learned, being fiberglass.

For my let's-do-this-right renovation, I cut off the big central "leg" so it didn't reach the bottom (it was rotting at the bottom), put on new legs of my own design, made from 2x4's and 1-by's, and bought some casters for it so I can roll it around on my concrete patio.

I applied new plywood over the old semi-rotten (but dried) plywood, fiberglassed the whole thing, adding UV protectant tint to the fiberglass resin. Painted everything below the top (which doesn't need paint because it's fiberglass, like they use on boats).

The table before renovation, 2004:

Pre-renovation:

Central "leg" cut off at bottom, where it was rotting, new legs and casters applied, new plywood applied, awaiting fiberglassing:

First layer of fiberglass applied, legs primed:

Closeup of fiberglassed corner:

I did the fiberglass work in my garage:

Just finished table, 2004:

This lets me do projects outside in my patio, like this:

Here's the table today, more than ten years later. I may have touched up the legs with some paint at some point, I wash it once in a while or wipe down the legs, that's it so far:

 

[squarecut1]

In the end, I decided that my allotted time on the planet was not meant to be used in performing maintenance. There is no great judge in the sky who is going to meet me after I die and high-five me for all my great work on the yard.

It is the same with a lot of things we fret over and feel that they are so important.

 

[purbeast0]

How did you make it past being a teenager without ever holding a rotor?

Changing brake pads and repacking wheel bearings is a right of passage for teenage boys.

yeah, and how's that working out for you now?



just never had to do it, always paid people to do my car work and still do.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I'd be a lot worse if the job search was going this horribly and you were unemployed. Seeing as you have a decent job now I'd say just make the best of it. I'm going through some shit myself and trying to stay positive. I'm weird like that. When everything is good I'll find a reason to be depressed and when times are tough I stay positive.

 

[Pulsar]

To be fair my sister is a pharmacist and her Bi-weekly is in the $2,500-$2,750 range after deductions.

Knowing pharmacy thats probably something like they are taking away your vacation time and thats a check for all the accrued time off or your sign on bonus and first paycheck from 10 years ago or something.

5-10 years from now I wouldn't envy anyone working in pharmacy. There are long-term care pharmacies near me starting new grads at $60k with $200k in loans because of the pharmacist glut beginning. You better be saving the money while you can but you probably aren't going to judging by the brag post.

Pharmacy will die in the next 10 years. Dispensing pills is the work of a machine, not a $150k a year college graduate.

 

[Pulsar]

It is nice to know people like us are not alone.

We keep trying and never give up hope.

While I don't like you much on the forum,

Keep your head up and keep going. I'm sure you've got some friends or family you can talk to, so do that too. Sounds like you need a good hug (in seriousness).

 

[squarecut1]

Sounds like you need a good hug (in seriousness).

From a gay or a Muslim

You may have thought you were merely making a joke, but you cannot post in this manner anywhere, ever on ATF.

Perknose
Forum Director

 

[Muse]

yeah, and how's that working out for you now?



just never had to do it, always paid people to do my car work and still do.

Yeah, I've never done brakes or wheel bearings. I've done (and still do) some basic stuff, though. My buddies in high school didn't have cars, I didn't either. We played chess and studied our science. Played some tennis.

I don't drive a lot, my brakes are good, my '97 coupe has <28,000 miles on it.

 

[Blackjack200]

Go to pharmacy school? We get paid ok, not as much as MD's, but it's enough to get by

God how crass.

 

[squarecut1]

God how crass.

There is a lot of that on this forum. The little man syndrome

 

[Blackjack200]

Texas I'm in a similar boat as you with regard to job interviews.

The real problem is that he's not in a boat at all.

 

[rsbennett00]

A Pharmacists budget is like $6,000 take home monthly then minus $1,000-$2,000/mo in student loans, so lulz.

Well, laughing at them isn't very nice. At least it's honorable work.

 

[rsbennett00]

Haha... Internet big shot. We're all so impressed. Not sure who is more insecure, you or the poster you quoted.

I... what? I'm so lost by this comment.

 

[Texashiker]

While I don't like you much on the forum,

Keep your head up and keep going. I'm sure you've got some friends or family you can talk to, so do that too. Sounds like you need a good hug (in seriousness).

Thank you.

yeah, and how's that working out for you now?

It is working out pretty good.

My wife drives a chevy tahoe. A couple of years ago I stripped the front end to the spindles and installed new brake calipers, new wheel bearings, new rotors, new seals, new brake disk,,, everything from the spindle out.

Doing it myself saves a lot of money through the years.

The only thing I do not do is rear brakes.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

God how crass.

There is a lot of that on this forum. The little man syndrome

itt people make less than brainhulk

 

[shortylickens]

<serious thread>

I am feeling really down.

Went for a job interview, did not get the position. I have been looking for a new job for 4 - 5 months. Only landed 1 interview.

One of the dogs I rescued killed one of my chickens last weekend, then mauled another one yesterday. My wife and I got the chicken, separated her from the flock, sprayed her wounds down with antibiotic spray and have her in a cage in the house. She will probably be ok. I have seen wounds like this before. There is a good chance she will recover. Chickens have a wonderful immune system.

Over the past few months I built a new 200 feet long x 100 feet wide chicken yard. The stupid chicken did not want to stay in its nice new yard, it got out, and the dog had its way with her. Just stay in your yard and you will be safe. But chickens do not understand that.

It seems like no matter what I do, something goes wrong.

In the last five years I've only had 2 interviews.
I almost had a run-in with the police.
I'm on anti-depressants which kill my erections.
I just got diabetes.
Women wont even talk to me anymore, and thats after approximately 100 rejections.
The idiot neighbors keep playing loud music in the wee hours.
The asshole neighbors threaten me every time I accidentally set one foot on their lawn or driveway.
College gets more expensive each semester and I am becoming burned out and I think I may fail some classes.
My moms health is failing and theres not much I can do about her.
My guild just fucked me over and stole the money.
My teeth hurt.
This beard is sticking me at night and I cant sleep, but Halloween is still a long way off.
My teeth bleed.
My internet fucks up randomly and Verizon refuses to acknowledge any problems.
The back hose bib leaks and the front hose bib has shit pressure.
Theres a funny smell on one of my blankets and no amount of washing or perfume can fix it.
My blackberry Playbook died and I cannot recharge it.
Just realized I forgot to take my sash over to the dry cleaners with everything else.
The last good neighbor passed away and his wife is a pain in the butt.
I dont have any Coke in the fridge.





Feel better?

 

[BudAshes]

In the last five years I've only had 2 interviews.
I almost had a run-in with the police.
I'm on anti-depressants which kill my erections.
I just got diabetes.
Women wont even talk to me anymore, and thats after approximately 100 rejections.
The idiot neighbors keep playing loud music in the wee hours.
The asshole neighbors threaten me every time I accidentally set one foot on their lawn or driveway.
College gets more expensive each semester and I am becoming burned out and I think I may fail some classes.
My moms health is failing and theres not much I can do about her.
My guild just fucked me over and stole the money.
My teeth hurt.
This beard is sticking me at night and I cant sleep, but Halloween is still a long way off.
My teeth bleed.
My internet fucks up randomly and Verizon refuses to acknowledge any problems.
The back hose bib leaks and the front hose bib has shit pressure.
Theres a funny smell on one of my blankets and no amount of washing or perfume can fix it.
My blackberry Playbook died and I cannot recharge it.
Just realized I forgot to take my sash over to the dry cleaners with everything else.
The last good neighbor passed away and his wife is a pain in the butt.
I dont have any Coke in the fridge.





Feel better?

Damn, I think we need to take up the collections for shorty.

 

[Ichinisan]

You were 100% correct about Ebola virus.

We didn't listen!

 

[mikeford]

Brakes come in all price ranges. Mechanic friend of mine was showing me the brakes he just installed on a car, one piece titanium calipers $6k each, the carbon rotors not cheap either.

Its been awhile, so likely more expensive now but a 12,000 mile service on a Ferrari is like $13k as the engine needs to come out each time.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Thank you.




It is working out pretty good.

My wife drives a chevy tahoe. A couple of years ago I stripped the front end to the spindles and installed new brake calipers, new wheel bearings, new rotors, new seals, new brake disk,,, everything from the spindle out.

Doing it myself saves a lot of money through the years.

The only thing I do not do is rear brakes.

What year? I owned my Nissan for 10 years and 130,000 miles and never had to do anything but pads and rotors. Wondering why it needed that much work.

 

[Thebobo]

 

[brainhulk]

Anybody know the feeling where everyone is telling jokes, laughing at Texashunter...and then you say something and nobody laughs? - yeah that's how i feel

 

[SlowSpyder]

Anybody know the feeling where everyone is telling jokes, laughing at Texashunter...and then you say something and nobody laughs? - yeah that's how i feel

If your check was less than what I make, I'd laugh. Since you make more than me, you're an asshole.


TH, ever think of volunteering? Do your own side jobs welding or something? I was out of work for seven months once before, it's not fun and certainly eats at your ability to enjoy life at all. Stay at it, follow up on your applications, eventually something has to work out. Good luck.

 

[lxskllr]

This is the good old days, enjoy them while you can. In two more years Hillary will be president D^:

 

[Texashiker]

What year? I owned my Nissan for 10 years and 130,000 miles and never had to do anything but pads and rotors. Wondering why it needed that much work.

99 tahoe