GrumpyOne Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Starting last Friday at work, we discover that the recent heat wave destroyed some equipment that I desparately need. So, we call and have new stuff ordered...The company we ordered it from sends it to a non-existent address. Now it will be next week beofre I can get it. On Saturday, my 17 year old cat dies....On Sunday, my wife calls me and tells me that she has destroyed yet another lawn mower...A $4k lawn mower....This morning, after working a double (worked yesterday, through last night, till 9am this morning), we get back to the condo I am renting (Did I mention I'm out of the country?), and they are tearing off the roof to re-do it. I call the owner, they stop the work....Go to take a shower, and we have no water. Apparently the guys working on the roof unplugged the pump to the cistern to plug in their tools, and when they left, forgot to plug it back in. Next, and this is the icing on the cake, I get a call from my wife, asking why I charged $90 to a Las Vegas porn site. Yep, you guessed it, my card got skimmed while I was down here. It had happened before, so I made it a point of only getting money out of bank ATM's. Turns out, it was a bank ATM that did it this time. Got money out of the ATM yesterday afternoon, went back to work, have 2 charges to a porn site this morning. No, the ATM was not outside, IT WAS INSIDE THE MAIN BANK BUILDING! Had to be an employee of the bank. So, I had to cancel my card, call my bank and order a new card (7-10 business days!), called the porn site, told them that the charges were fraudulent (no problem there! ), and they finally agreed to refund my money. So now, I'm stuck, out of the country, with no bank card, my equipment won't be here until well after I need it, a deadline to make, and realizing that my complete date for this project, and the day I'm scheduled to fly out is July 13th....FRIDAY THE 13TH. I told my boss that there might be a way for him to make some money off of this: Take out a $5 million insurance policy on me, cause the way my luck has been running, the bloody plane will crash....And if it doesn't I still have to find a way to fix a $4k lawn mower when I get home. So, for those of you not having a good week, I hope that this at least makes you laugh....Everything is absolutley 100% true and has happened this week since Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 But you are in a tropical paradise Grumpy! Quit complaining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) They say we're living in The End Times. This kinda proves it. And the moon is full today. Dang. And this is in the HUMOR forum??? Edited July 4, 2012 by SiG Lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 My truck got hit, my motorcycle broke down, my wife is PO'd at me and there's no beer in the fridge. Help! I've fallen into a Country Western song and I can't get out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 and the pain will dim..... Married with Children PEGGY) Honey, you have an amazing horoscope! It says, now brace yourself, "Good luck's a-comin'." AL) Well, now, that's a-different! Gee, till now Peg, I always thought horoscopes were a lot of hooey, but after hearing "good luck's a-comin'" then I realised they're based on hard scientific data. Tell me something, Peg, does it say anything in there about "The wife is a-leavin'" and "the kids are a-with her"? Sorry...Best I could do..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) A man walked up to me on the street and said, "Why the long face? Cheer up, things could get worse." So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse. Sometimes it does seem as if the gods have picked me out to mess with. But it always passes. Sooner or later. I hope... Edited July 4, 2012 by Graham Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Isn't anyone here mad that some LasVegas porn site falsely charged a respected member of this forum? Let me have that number so I can call and complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Me? Respected? :roflol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolguy Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Sorry- no one's allowed to be mad or hateful in the humor forum. That must be reserved for the hate and match rules forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modoc Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) Grumpy, Reading your post, I couldn't help but think of these four. http://youtu.be/nPL7nN99jno Edited July 4, 2012 by Modoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Grumpy, Reading your post, I couldn't help but think of these four. http://youtu.be/nPL7nN99jno Yeah, I had that thought earlier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaritx Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Sometimes, little things in life are like constipation. It’s not nice. It’s uncomfortable. But one just has to remember…..this to will pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic_jon Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) My truck got hit, my motorcycle broke down, my wife is PO'd at me and there's no beer in the fridge. Help! I've fallen into a Country Western song and I can't get out! You know what happens if you play a Country Western song backwards? You get your truck back, you get your dog back, you get yer girl back and life is good. Edited July 5, 2012 by Classic_jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Update: The parts I need for work are still lost. So lost in fact, that we have had to re-order them and try again. UPS says they are sorry..... Don't we all know that already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolguy Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Yes we do...I pronounce it OOPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgood Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Yes we do...I pronounce it OOPS. +1 They have my new bass guitar. They've made 2 attempts to deliver, but since it was send signature required and I'm not here during the day . . . After the first attempt, I signed the note where it authorizes them to leave it. The guy evidently pulled that note off the door and put up a new note saying he'll make a third attempt on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Grumpy Sorry to hear of your troubles. If it was not a true story, it might be funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Update #2: UPS has lost the parts......again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Update #2: UPS has lost the parts......again. OMG!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Z Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Starting last Friday at work, we discover that the recent heat wave destroyed some equipment that I desparately need. So, we call and have new stuff ordered...The company we ordered it from sends it to a non-existent address. Now it will be next week beofre I can get it. On Saturday, my 17 year old cat dies....On Sunday, my wife calls me and tells me that she has destroyed yet another lawn mower...A $4k lawn mower....This morning, after working a double (worked yesterday, through last night, till 9am this morning), we get back to the condo I am renting (Did I mention I'm out of the country?), and they are tearing off the roof to re-do it. I call the owner, they stop the work....Go to take a shower, and we have no water. Apparently the guys working on the roof unplugged the pump to the cistern to plug in their tools, and when they left, forgot to plug it back in. Next, and this is the icing on the cake, I get a call from my wife, asking why I charged $90 to a Las Vegas porn site. Yep, you guessed it, my card got skimmed while I was down here. It had happened before, so I made it a point of only getting money out of bank ATM's. Turns out, it was a bank ATM that did it this time. Got money out of the ATM yesterday afternoon, went back to work, have 2 charges to a porn site this morning. No, the ATM was not outside, IT WAS INSIDE THE MAIN BANK BUILDING! Had to be an employee of the bank. So, I had to cancel my card, call my bank and order a new card (7-10 business days!), called the porn site, told them that the charges were fraudulent (no problem there! ), and they finally agreed to refund my money. So now, I'm stuck, out of the country, with no bank card, my equipment won't be here until well after I need it, a deadline to make, and realizing that my complete date for this project, and the day I'm scheduled to fly out is July 13th....FRIDAY THE 13TH. I told my boss that there might be a way for him to make some money off of this: Take out a $5 million insurance policy on me, cause the way my luck has been running, the bloody plane will crash....And if it doesn't I still have to find a way to fix a $4k lawn mower when I get home. So, for those of you not having a good week, I hope that this at least makes you laugh....Everything is absolutley 100% true and has happened this week since Friday. Sounds like the stuff a good country song is made of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 Update. Got the parts, got them installed the morning I was supposed to fly out. Truck was late to ship out my tools, I made the flight with 10 minutes to spare. My bag, however, did not. So now I'm waiting for the airline to tell me where my clothes are, but I'm home, after 5 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 That's fair. Your wife gets you and someone else gets your dirty underwear. And they all lived happily ever after. Brings a tear to my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 That's fair. Your wife gets you and someone else gets your dirty underwear. And they all lived happily ever after. Brings a tear to my eye. Bring a tear to the eye of whoever ends up with the dirty laundry...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 2nd update for the day. In my wife's zealous attempt to fix the mower, she destroyed the wiring to the electric clutch to the mower part. So, after fixing the first part she broke, I crank it.up, roll it.out of the garage, and it still doesn't work... I've re-wired to clutch, and it's working now, but the.key to it is going on my keychain, so she can't use it while I'm gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 You lockup the mower so your wife can't mow the grass? That's damn good thinkin'. Lockup the vaccum cleaner next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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