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ds968 · 12-26-2015, 11:26 PM

I'm not at all superstitious and thus believe ( or believed , until now..) that everything which happens is merely a coincidence, but I'm starting to get a little suspicious at the consistency / pattern of what I have experienced nearlly every year out of the last couple of decades relative to financial challenges occurring almost simultaneously with a financial gain . Almost every single year at the end of which I received a decent bonus from my company was quickly followed by some major mechanical car failure taking all the joy out of that frigging' windfall profit . And of course this year once again, the scenario repeats itself - our company did very well. I received a generous bonus and no more than a week after tne payout , we have a catastrophic engine blowup. Seriously, at least 8 out of the last 10 times this " coincidence " has happened in one form or another.. As I said, tne majority is car related but one year it was a house roof leak, another year it was a car totaled in an accident ( not my fault ) , the timing belt break was less than two weeks after I got promoted with a substantial increase , and this latest breakdown happened within a week of the bonus payout. So my question is WTF ?! ( some " dark force " out there knows when I'm about to get some money and decides to screw me out of much of it for their entertainment purposes ? )

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MLB · 12-27-2015, 01:21 AM

Well i guess thats one way to look at it. But have you considered the possibility that the extra funds are a blessing made ready in advance of an impending loss? I think you could just as easily be beaming about your good fortune, as bemoaning a loss. Many arent so well off. :0)

Just my humble opinion...

Best wishes getting the car back to full awesomeness.

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ds968 · 12-27-2015, 06:38 AM

Oh by all means, I do appreciate the other way of looking at these situations and am definitely greatful for the positive aspect of the matter, but just had to groan at the bizarre frequency of the coincidences ..which has a greater tendency to make me think of the glass half empty vs half full . Eh, had it not been for these I probably would have spent that money on something stupid anyway, lol ...

Reminds me of a favorite saying : " I'm not a pessimist , I'm an optimist with experience "

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Rap · 12-27-2015, 10:30 AM

Have you been to church recently? Perhaps a purchase of some indulgences in the early fall might help.

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ds968 · 12-27-2015, 01:31 PM

Certainly worth consideration, that's bound to be as effective as sacrificing virgins...or chickens...or virgin chickens.

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Grandpa#3 · 12-27-2015, 03:45 PM

Just think how you would feel "IF" you had not received the healthy bonus? I have been retired 12 years now and would hate for something happening I'm not prepared for money wise. Really are any of us prepared for a semi-large expense out of the blue? Let us all hope for a better new year ahead in 2016.

Cheers,
Larry

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ds968 · 12-27-2015, 03:59 PM

True , and we can only hope the next year is better than the previous , even when the previous one was very good. And in the overall scheme of life when compared to things like health for example, even catastrophic financial disasters are rather insignificant by comparison. Not that it makes them any less annoying , but keeping a perspective does help.

As for the cause of this crazy engine seizure , as irrelevant as it may be to the solution in the works now, things are starting to point to a rod BEARING ( # 2 perhaps ) being spun as the culprit - might explain being able to drive quite a bit with the rattle and the gradual power loss, thinking the piston ring breaking off may have been the result of, and not the cause of the failure .. Eh, we'll know soon enough.

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Rap · 12-27-2015, 06:39 PM

Mine reacted the same way. Of course I had a lot of black smoke coming out! Grandpa, in a two week period in 14 I had a tranny and engine go. It was like multiple whacks on the head with a two by four!

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ds968 · 12-27-2015, 09:00 PM

This one has been consuming oil for the last six to nine months like you wouldn't believe ; fluctuating anywhere from a quart per 500 mi ( max ) to as much as a quart per 300 mi. Occasionally I would see white smoke ( not a lot but still..) coming out of the tailpipe and not just when the car was cold on morning starts, but when warm and sitting at a stop light, which was the only time I noticed that symptom. Ha, I thought my car was simply announcing that it elected a new pope . :-) Never paid much attention to that simply because it ran so well, so I figured it makes no difference other than the hassle of adding a quart almost after every fill up , but now I wonder if that contributed yet another factor to the early demise of whatever failed here ..

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Waylander · 12-28-2015, 10:06 AM

It's called Murphy's law over here

Just when you think your safe, something comes along to spoil the party

Or if your a cocktail movie fan Coughlin's law

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***flash*** · 12-28-2015, 11:01 AM

wow - lol - i don't think i've ever seen a brit use incorrect here grammar before, and twice in one post.

back on topic - it will be interesting to see what the cause of the failure was. lots of speculating going on. once the pan is off though, it should be clear (the problem, not the pan)

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ds968 · 12-28-2015, 01:18 PM

I'd bet it's the autocorrect feature changing the words one types and with most of us being inattentive to the content before we push that post icon, things like your / you're , there / their , and various others slip through .

Yes, the disassembly of the engine should reveal the cause and effect of this .. we know the financial effect and it's not pretty :-( . Ha, autocorrect just typed in " its " , but I caught it , lol.

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Waylander · 12-28-2015, 01:46 PM

Quote:wow - lol - i don't think i've ever seen a brit use incorrect here grammar before, and twice in one post.

back on topic - it will be interesting to see what the cause of the failure was. lots of speculating going on. once the pan is off though, it should be clear (the problem, not the pan)

I maybe a Brit but I'm an uneducated peasant from Essex, if you have not read all the jokes about Essex then time to gen up

I did not realise that exacting grammar was a requirement from a country that calls trousers "pants" the car boot a trunk and so on

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ds968 · 12-28-2015, 01:54 PM

Hey ! I'll give you those, but raise you " bonnet " and we won't even mention " lorrie ". In fact boot is about as dumb as trunk also ..

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***flash*** · 12-28-2015, 02:07 PM

lol - well, there is a huge difference between "your" and "you're". one is possessive. one is a contraction. when i read "your", as in the case above, i ask "my what?" in the case above, i thought for a second you were talking about my safe when you said "your safe". i had to go back and realize you mean "you are safe".

pet peeve, just as my failure to capitalize is to others. mine isn't being lazy though. it's physically painful to reach over to the shift key, due to my arthritis and tendon damage.

back on topic, i totally get the "2 steps forward, one step back" thing. that happens to me a lot too. i'm hoping that's not going to be the case with this latest purchase.

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94SilverCab · 12-28-2015, 03:22 PM

Quote:I maybe a Brit but I'm an uneducated peasant from Essex, if you have not read all the jokes about Essex then time to gen up

I did not realise that exacting grammar was a requirement from a country that calls trousers "pants" the car boot a trunk and so on

WE won...therefore have the right to speak 'merican...

Jay

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ds968 · 12-28-2015, 04:40 PM

Yeah ! What Jay said !! And ' ya Brits should be thankful for not speaking German , LMAO ! Rah, rah, mom& apple pie and all that ! So there !

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Waylander · 12-28-2015, 05:02 PM

Ah finally some quality banter

Bring it on

You upset us when all the tea got spoilt in Boston

And have you guys now managed to work out that the minor fracas had been going on for a while in Europe before Yamamoto woke the sleeping dragon in Pearl?

And what the hell is a fender, I thought they were guitars?

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94SilverCab · 12-28-2015, 05:14 PM

Thank you John Cleese

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France ‘s white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.

Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.”

The Germans have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbour” and “Lose.”

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels ..

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be right, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is cancelled.” So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final escalation level.

Regards,
<del>John Cleese</del> ,

British writer, actor and tall person

And as a final thought – Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC.

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wildcat · 12-28-2015, 05:34 PM

Quote:I'm not at all superstitious and thus believe ( or believed , until now..) that everything which happens is merely a coincidence...

There is no such thing as coincidence....

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