You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

duuuuude.... spoiler that stuff
i guess that's another movie i can scratch off the "to see" list
you suck!

Arguably you should only watch the first 30 minutes of that movie.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by curves2000

You clearly didn't pay much attention my posts from the other day. I am not the type of person advocating for people to burn through cash as so many people do. I am about responsible, pragmatic, cost effective decisions. Buying a $2k phone is absurd to me, buying another $2k phone cause you think you need a new phone cause of a cracked screen is also beyond absurd. When my buddy get's anxiety about his financial situation, I tell him straight up. Knock off the BS and getting dummied from every company and every business. He actually listened

Your wording is pretty ambiguous here. Sounds like all you did was convince him not to buy another $2k phone, but rather something cheaper. If you told him to get it repaired, then based on your previous posts, I thought you would have said that originally.

[PepsiFree]

How is breaking your phone and wanting a new one because you broke it “getting dummied by a company”

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

duuuuude.... spoiler that stuff
i guess that's another movie i can scratch off the "to see" list
you suck!

Tom Hank lives as he runs outta there Forrest Gump style.

[bc-chris]

forrest gump.... that's another one on the 'to see' list

i know he goes for a run... is there more to the story?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

forrest gump.... that's another one on the 'to see' list

i know he goes for a run... is there more to the story?

Jenny dies.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

duuuuude.... spoiler that stuff
i guess that's another movie i can scratch off the "to see" list
you suck!

Wait until you hear about Titanic.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Slava

Wait until you hear about Titanic.

Did the ship make it to NY safely?

[puffnstuff]

No, it gets caught in a Sharknado

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by curves2000

You clearly didn't pay much attention my posts from the other day.

There is a large amount of posters who don't pay attention to any of your nonsensical short story posts.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

No, it gets caught in a Sharknado

You bastard!

I’m staying in the Titanic Hotel later this month for my birthday. I’d planned to visit the museum to find out what happened on its maiden voyage.

Now you’ve completely ruined it for me.

[Fuzz]

Well you know there is one thing that can not happen. The ship was unsinkable, so it couldn't be that.

[PepsiFree]

Jack dies.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Jack dies.

Is Jack one of the life boats?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Is Jack one of the life boats?

In a metaphorical sense both in the film and as a gay teenager, absolutely.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by curves2000

I think you may be confused as to what I was trying to say. Commercial grade laundry machines like Speed Queen/ Huebsch are like $1500 on the last purchase I made. They are designed to last 25-30 years with heavy use and are extremely reliable and repairable, they are commercial grade. A "quality" similar style machine may run $1000+ from an LG, Samsung, Whirpool etc. A lot of times those machines will last maybe 5-8 years and when they break, it will usually be a part that may be expensive to replace or it won't make financial sense. Electronic components are usually the worst as it's some sensor on some cycle that goes. You buy the same machine and the same thing happens and on and on. It's a bad cycle!

Washers and dryers are simple machines. The parts don't cost that much - not even the control board. Buy a one receptacle surge protector for the washer - surges are what kills everything these days.

You have an extreme sense of nostalgia. Cars didn't last 500K kms "back in the day". Hondas have had transmission problems since forever, I have no idea why people keep thinking the damned things are all that reliable. Jesus I remember when people complained about ABS being unreliable. And automatic transmissions. And the e-brake button on the floor. And shift stalks on the steering column. And the tranny hump in the back seat.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Washers and dryers are simple machines. The parts don't cost that much - not even the control board. Buy a one receptacle surge protector for the washer - surges are what kills everything these days.

The transmission went in mine and it was $450, a new one was $600. Sometimes parts are expensive. And this was a simple Maytag.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Shazam

You have an extreme sense of nostalgia. Cars didn't last 500K kms "back in the day".

The problem is that he’s 39, so the nostalgia isn’t based on actual lived experience, it’s based on made up stories.

[Shazam]

Damn, it is made up stories then.

Reminds me of the time I was sitting in the Heninger Toyota shuttle bus, and an older lady bragged how her Corolla was a tank, after she had spent $2500 on "routine maintenance". This was like in 2006.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

The transmission went in mine and it was $450, a new one was $600. Sometimes parts are expensive. And this was a simple Maytag.

Still fixable by yourself. Washers are not magical machines.

As a homeowner, you're pretty well resigned to become handy, otherwise be prepared to spend $$$.