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by acaddict » Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:40 am
Hiya Princess! I just got back from vacation and drove for 23 hours (pulled off at a restop and napped for 1&1/2 hours) on the way back. I was also pulling a 19 foot boat.
On the way there my pick-up broke down and so I was stuck in Missoula MT for 2 days (this was a 5 day vacation, so really only had 1/2 day for fun). I told them I thought it was the cataliytic converter before they even started. They told me it just needed a full tune-up. When the technician was pulling my pick-up off the lift, he punctured a tire. No body in the whole dang town had that same tire. They ended up giving me a similar tire and paying me $110.
I got back out on the road and about 5 miles on the Interstate, it started to do the same damn thing! I turned around and went back and pleaded with them that it was the catalytic converter. They told me that couldn't be the problem since the computer didn't say anything was wrong with that.
They took it out on the highway to test the fuel pump and of 'course nothing was wrong with that. He took out the O2 sensor (allowing exhaust to escape) and the truck ran fine. This told him the problem was in the catalytic converter (hmmmm, thought i told them that to start LOL).
The problem was, they didn't have a catalytic converter and had to run all the way accross town to get one and that place was closed for lunch. While i was waiting (approximately 4 more hours) a great big black rain cloud came over the building. 50 ft in every direction it wasn't raining. The workers there liked my black cloud that was following me cuz it was a pretty hot day LOL.
The signs were telling me to just turn around and go back home! Before I even left, i was trying to finalize my boat loan (the one i was buying 1200 miles away) for 2 hours!
I made it to the boat dealer 1 day late with very little sleep getting there. My family waned to meet 2 more hours out of the way to get to our cabins that we had reserved so i didn't get a chance to try all the features out on my boat.
The next morning we got up at 5 (3 my time) and got out on the river. Nothing electrical worked on my boat I had just purchased (19k boat).
We looked all over for a power switch at no avail. There were 2 fuses out so i hoped that was the problem. After I got home to Idaho, I found the place the master power switch was located LOL!
I went out skiing and on the first pull, I broke a rib.
Ok, after the 23 hour trip back home and yes I drove the whole way cuz my little brother has a suspended license, I picked up my new lap top waiting for me. I got the lap top set up and dl'd decal and acstats. Acstats uploaded but couldn't get a stick for the food chain quota page. Well, I was exhausted by this time! Went to take a nap at 5:30 pm, ended up sleeping until 2:30 am. Got up and ate a piece of pizza and went back to bed till 5:30 am. Had to work in the am ya know.
Tinkered with the laptop trying to get an upload for a little while after work really thought i needed some xp so just went out and hunted for about 60 million xp.
After work on Tuesday, I tinkered with the chain page and couldn't see an upload. Told my little brother to play a cd on my new lap top. He got a cd playing and we got a message that the computer would be shutting down. Didn't figure out till Wednesday that this was that flippin worm.
Also woke up Wednesday morning with an intestinal virus LOL. Talk about bad luck!!
Finally realized what everyone was talking about, I needed to put that URL in the acstates chain slot!!
Long deserved good news for a change......I was at 128% quota phew!!!!!
Hunted last night and up to 130%. Only hunted 2 hours and brought it up 2%. The key is, I hunted for 2 hours with 3 of my true vassals (b/n 88 and 120)