Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18196149)

Unless your name is on the title, I would suggest to just step back. $.02

However, you should be keeping a video of this for YouTube. Great stuff. Tosh.0 might even use it.

Originally Posted by V_RocKs (Post 18196851)

Jay, something popped up on my car and my friend told me I should tell you about it.

Oh? What is that?

I dunno. Some kind of red thingy next to the thingy that tells me how fast I am going.

Hmm....

[It was her check engine light.]

How long has this been on?

I dunno... Maybe since, like, umm, I dunno.

Come on, try harder.

Oh, I was on when we went to the beach!

OK, that was three weeks ago. You really should tell me these things as soon as they come on.

[Turns out she is low on oil.]

OK, I put some oil in it. Next time tell me right when it happens, OK?

OK!

[ring][ring] Hello?

Jay, the red light came on again.

Really? The same one?

No! This one is different!

OK, does it have a name?

Yeah, it says break.

OK... Are you parked right now?

Uh huh!

And are you on a hill or anything like that?

Yup!

Did you put on your emergency break?

Yeah...

OK, put your foot on the petal and release the emergency break and tell me if it goes off.

[done as requested] Yeah, its off. Should I just leave the emergency break off then?

No, that light is just letting you know it is on so you don't drive around with it engaged. It is supposed to come on.

Oh, OK! Bye!


This is my usual day when it comes to her...

If we are at a restaurant and the waitress asks her, Do you want that small or large? She will say medium even though it wasn't an option.

Originally Posted by V_RocKs (Post 18197863)

She got it from a friend of her dads... I shouldn't say "friend" because it needed a lot of work and he basically told her dad it was good as new... Her dad is pretty fucking clueless and believes just about anything somebody tells him.


Case in Point: He is getting screwed by a boss. This boss is a hardcore alcoholic. He never pays the guy on time and this goes on for about 8 years... I am talking, he owes him $2800 for the month (1990's here) and pays him $1,200. Sorry dude, I'll get you next month... No wonder his wife is now my girlfriend?

Anyway... He would be down about $12,000 after a few months of this shit. Then his boss would run into large cash and say, hey, I'll pay you $8500 right now, or I have to make payments over a year at $1,000... and you know I'm gonna be short all the time, so just take the $3,500 less.. and he'd do it! WTF?

So he goes to a party at the bosses son's house. And his son is pretty set. He is first to get paid after dad and he also has a side job so he owns two houses, several cars, desert toys, water toys.... doing well for himself.

While at the party one of the home owners friends is getting plastered and becoming a big time asshole. This guy tells the home owner, hey, maybe you should cut that guy off. He is pretty big and is being a dick. So he tells the guy, hey, this dude doesn't like you and thinks you should leave. What do you say to that? So he gives her dad a beat down and then everyone gets into it and start beating him down...

His jaw is shattered. Wired shut for weeks, can't work for 3 months... Broken ribs, punctured lung, fractured cheek bone, eye socket. Broken fingers.... (remember, he is a tile layer)... broken ankle...

OK.. He can now sue the son for big time cash. The boss says, yeah, but if you do that you will needlessly raise his home owners insurance... Lets work something out... He gives him $6,500. Remember though... He makes about $2800 a month... So he just gave him LESS than he'd have made in the 3 months he was off!

Fucking amazing... I did everything short of kicking his ass and taking him to a lawyer myself... he didn't want to seem disloyal to a boss that's helped him out so much over the years....

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

So you can see this kind of thing is hereditary....

Originally Posted by Tam (Post 18197864)

I'll never forget the first time I went to buy my own car. I went to my father in law and asked him to give me pointers on what to ask, and of course he wanted to go and work the deal as he was a car dealer himself and he knew all of these guys. But I was hell bent on doing it myself. I had him tell me what to ook for and told him if I got in a bind, I'd let him know.

So I got to the car lot, it was a black 79 Trans Am I was after. I told him I wanted to drive it and he handed me the keys. He wanted $4900 or something like that.. I drove it and let it get up to operating temp and took it out on the main highway and floored it, the instant I did, it started sputtering and by the time I took it back 20 minutes later it was over heating.

Guy came to meet with me and asked me how I was going to pay for it, and I looked him and said "Well, first thing, the seat isn't bolted to the floor, it runs hot, is burning oil because I lifted the hood and there is fresh oil all over the motor so it's blowing oil. It has a nasty knock in the bottom of the motor, and the wheels are way out of line, and that's just for starters. So unless you plan to give uit a complete rebuild or charge me under $2000, I won't be taking it today." and when I looked at his face after all of that, he was just looking at me stunned and didn't have a damn clue what to say or do.

YOU can teach her what to say and what info to have on hand, give her some tips, but let her work the deal all on her own, give her the tools and let her figure out how to use them. Otherwise she is going to get worked over and who do you think is going to get the blame for that one? YOU are. lol

Always give them the tools, make it come off like you are going to show her what to do and how to paint the picture but give her the brushes and let her paint it the way she wants to. She needs you to teach her, but she needs to DO it.

That's how I do with all 4 of mine. I give them tools, but let them make their own mistakes with those tools.

Originally Posted by punker barbie (Post 18197886)

ahhh to be 20 again. hahaha
when i was 16 i accidentally put diesel in my brand new mustang gt. called my dad and told him. he was like how did the nozzle even fit? my response, you know i thought it was weird, it didnt fit as well as the others. i had no idea what diesel was * bangs head against wall* in my defense the part of LA i grew up there was full service gas stations and i rarely had to pump my own gas.

she'll live and learn and prolly look back and think to herself man i was green around the ears.

Originally Posted by MrMaxwell (Post 18198567)

Sure. But that is YOU. This girl obviously couldn't give a fuck LESS about being worth anything as a human being. I know the type. Most people in this business knows the type. Spoiled ignorant bitches who are proud of being so.

Any help or guidance is thrown right into a void

Just forget about it

Originally Posted by Love Sex (Post 18196596)

I dont mean to be rude but I dont know whats worse you posting this about your daughter, making her look dumb as a rock or a 20 year old driver doesn't know the mileage.

Originally Posted by Tam (Post 18198676)

Ouch, that was harsh to say about V_Rocks gf's daughter. (sorry edited, thought it was your daughter)

I do know what you mean though, my oldest son has dated a couple of these girls and I swear I feel so sorry for them. One was an only child in a very religious family and the other was one of who knows how many in just short of an abusive home and I swear they could barely feed themselves. I've always been very self sufficient and I am the kind that wants to know everything about everything about everything else.... man or woman related. lol

The one that came from a christian home, I sat here one night having only met her two times and told her I could tell her how her entire life has been, and while I used much kinder words than you have, they basically meant the same... her parents didn't teach her nothing but how to praise god and that she despised them for. She was a spoiled little brat on one hand, and on the other,, in my mind, very abused, they didn't give her one single skill to go out into the world with.

Kids have to have the basic skills, sure, but they need life skills and a great many of them don't even come close nowadays.

I don't mean anything towards you V-Rock, we've talked at length many times I have nothing but love for you. Just in general, kids aren't taught shit for how to survive these days. I don't know YOUR situation, but just in general.

Originally Posted by ottopottomouse (Post 18199352)

Waiting to see the broken old banger she buys to replace it.

100% certain she will buy something purely because it is shiny or purple or matches her favourite dress.

Originally Posted by V_RocKs (Post 18196851)

Jay, something popped up on my car and my friend told me I should tell you about it.

Oh? What is that?

I dunno. Some kind of red thingy next to the thingy that tells me how fast I am going.

Hmm....

[It was her check engine light.]

How long has this been on?

I dunno... Maybe since, like, umm, I dunno.

Come on, try harder.

Oh, I was on when we went to the beach!

OK, that was three weeks ago. You really should tell me these things as soon as they come on.

[Turns out she is low on oil.]

OK, I put some oil in it. Next time tell me right when it happens, OK?

OK!

[ring][ring] Hello?

Jay, the red light came on again.

Really? The same one?

No! This one is different!

OK, does it have a name?

Yeah, it says break.

OK... Are you parked right now?

Uh huh!

And are you on a hill or anything like that?

Yup!

Did you put on your emergency break?

Yeah...

OK, put your foot on the petal and release the emergency break and tell me if it goes off.

[done as requested] Yeah, its off. Should I just leave the emergency break off then?

No, that light is just letting you know it is on so you don't drive around with it engaged. It is supposed to come on.

Oh, OK! Bye!


This is my usual day when it comes to her...

If we are at a restaurant and the waitress asks her, Do you want that small or large? She will say medium even though it wasn't an option.