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Thread: Good luck/Bad luck
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4th November 2009, 07:43 PM #1
Good luck/Bad luck
Sometimes I think the working man is never meant to get ahead. I had a friend of mine with a small engineering business offer me 4 weeks of cash-in-hand work leading up to Christmas. Great I thought ~3 G's in the hand will see a very nice Christmas for the family. Took the car to the mechanics tonight as there was a rattle coming form the engine bay. Looks like I've done a big end bearing, minimum of $1200 prolly closer to $1700 depending on if the conrod overheated and distorted, plus the earliest I'll get the car back is Friday week
. Bugga, in one hand, out the other.
To grow old is inevitable.... To grow up is optional
Confidence, the feeling you have before you fully understand the situation.
What could possibly go wrong.
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4th November 2009, 08:18 PM #2
Yep sucks.
Just when you think things are looking up something sneaks under your guard.Jim Carroll
One Good Turn Deserves Another. CWS, Vicmarc, Robert Sorby, Woodcut, Tormek, Woodfast
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4th November 2009, 08:56 PM #3
Yeah Jim, it affects you too as a fair share of the loot was earmarked for a Tormek, with turners kit as well.
To grow old is inevitable.... To grow up is optional
Confidence, the feeling you have before you fully understand the situation.
What could possibly go wrong.
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4th November 2009, 10:52 PM #4
B%#^&^! Either that or good timing.
anne-maria.
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5th November 2009, 08:24 AM #5
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5th November 2009, 11:31 AM #6
Yeh, life is a bitch lik that
BTW I would have thought even $1700 was cheap to pull the big ends apart. Depends on car I guess.Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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5th November 2009, 12:21 PM #7Jim Carroll
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5th November 2009, 02:04 PM #8
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5th November 2009, 03:32 PM #9
Still, better to have something coming in so that you can pay for something that needs to be done. It's much worse when there's a drought on and cost of living is there as it always has been.
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5th November 2009, 04:05 PM #10
You could sell the car (reduced value because of motor probs
Buy a pushbike for a couple of hundred - leaving change from car sale
That means you have more money for tools from Jim - like a tormek and a 250 stubby as well as keeping fit living longer to enjoy the new toys.
Just trying to help
Cheersregards
David
"Tell him he's dreamin.""How's the serenity" (from "The Castle")
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5th November 2009, 05:52 PM #11
yes, but riding a bike is fraught with danger, you can be killed or maimed at any time by maniacal P plate drivers.
Mick
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5th November 2009, 07:14 PM #12
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6th November 2009, 08:46 AM #13
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6th November 2009, 08:59 AM #14
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6th November 2009, 11:39 AM #15
What a bunch of pesimistic lot you are...............
GJ firstly your offered work you wouldn't have had extra cash to pay for repairs to said car. second your not paying tax so more in your pocket again.
lets hope ATO doesn't read this site
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