long day.....

Well, I went to do the brakes on our van, when I discovered the tire shop had cross threaded a stud and I was about to snap one off.

OHHHHHH No....I'm not paying for that.  I called the shop (I used to work for them) and told them in no uncertain terms I'm not paying for it, I used to work there, I don't cross thread studs when I work on cars, I know what it feels like with an air wrench and a torque wrench when you do it and there's no way I'd be able to do this by hand and they were fixing it last and were the last ones to put a nut on a stud when they put the tires on.

So - I WAS going to put air shocks in the back but the nearest shop that had them was in McMinnville.  So - that didn't happen because I was replacing a stupid stud on my right front (or the tire shop was).  They put it on for free though.

Anyways, my brakes were ground on the right front, I need to do a bleed and flush but just haven't had the time.  It's a two person job anyways and I only have....me.

So - next trip I'm going to have to replace calipers and do shoes and the whole shebang next time.

Spray painted my hub caps a nice shiny silver color because they were looking ratty.

Wish I didn't have ADD.  I'd feel more motivated sometimes.  A lot of times I feel unmotivated unless I'm on the happy pills.  It sucks.

But the upside is when I'm working on something you'd better get outta my way because its getting done come hell or high water and it's getting done now.

Had to talk to one of my employees yesterday and do the touchy feely thing and be sensitive and figure out what the heck was up.....Boy oh boy was she in a huff.  That's the thing with women is when they get ticked they really don't care about how they come across and they will let you know - they will just tell you to go shove it.....and then get really worked up when you fire them because you just went TOO FAR!   Actually so far the ones I've let go to my knowledge all wanted to be men and hated men and their boss and probably hated the fact that their boss was a man and they were attracted to women - I think it was just coincidence though.

Anyways - sigh - putting the air shocks on the van in a day or so because the van just SAGS with Jen's wheelchair in it.  Like BAD - maxed the tires out to compensate for the weight - was irritated my left rotor got gauged by the pads wearing down into the rivets - stupid riveted pads - but didn't have time to turn them so I just put them back on *sigh* but at least it wasn't much at all that they got worn - anyways - getting ready to re-do the hydrogen booster in my van and trying to figure out how I'm going to do it.