rant

wow, who opened the gates to the nuthouse... what a week...

The entertainment that comes in the shop lately has been amazing.

We get a call from a woman demanding the keys to her car. After 10 minutes of trying to figure out who she is and if we have her car, we find out that she bought a pop with a contest on it. She firmly believes that because she bought a pop, she gets a car. After another hour of discussion, we give up with her threatening to come to the shop with the cops. We told her, go ahead. She does. She shows up with her bottle to claim her car. After another hour of fighting with the sales department, she finally storms out after the manager threatens to have her arrested. I feel sorry for the next person she gets. She was heading to the soda company next with her lawyer...

Next guy makes an appt and shows up saying he was just in and we ordered parts for his car. Head to parts dept, no parts. Do a little digging...guy hasn't been in sense 2006! Now he is pissed because he is out of warranty and refuses to pay to get his car fixed. His excuse for waiting almost 3 years? He's been busy...wtf? This was another hour long bitchfest ending with "i'm gonna sue, blah, blah" ugh...

The awesomeness of quick lube places never stops. Neither do the people that go there. If you take you car somewhere for work and it leaves a puddle under it immediately after, take it back there. Don't bring it to me then bitch when i want to charge you to fix it right. Loose drain plugs, wrong filters, torn gaskets and my personal favorite...draining the wrong fluid. We've had 3 of those this week alone. Drain the trans, add 5 qts of oil to a full crankcase and run 'em out the door. Then when the car dies 3 blocks away, tow it to the dealer and scream about our crappy warranty. Sweeeet....

Ok /rant. Needs to stop raining so i can ride and quit being so grumpy. That or i need to clock one of these morons that wanders into the shop....

almost forgot, This is for you pops. The nitrogeezers site is packed full of pics from the 60's and 70's drag races. I've been working my way thru looking for pics of the old fueler. Wasn't there a yellow fuel car before the coke striped one? I think i was all of 5-7 years old thru all this...heh. Don't remember much but pics. We need to scan all your old pics and send to this site!!!!!

Big D finally got his show broadcasted thru OPS by UNO. The O-Zone. It ended up getting cut down to a segment of another show but it's better than nothing. He is at the end of the clip below. He also wrote and filmed for the main show. Nice job i think. I really hope he can achieve his dreams of being in tv broadcasting. We are looking at a few different colleges, digging thru scholarships and they are already sending stuff out for graduation. Technically he can graduate end of first semester but he wants the extra credits and extra curricular activities for scholarships.

Grrr, the embed doesn't work. Here's a link..

Other than that, not much going on. Walked tranq and did some water bar repairs to get ready for upcoming weather. Also am plotting out a couple re-routes to help get rid of the water bars altogether. Also eyeballing a wicked line on the north hill descent. Going to ask if i can build it this weekend while finishing up Calvin Crest trailwork.

Other than that, got to hang with my brothers the other weekend. It was great to see the Jersey and KC crews again. Maybe someday i'll make it out to Jersey...or Colorado...or somewhere it doesn't snow...

I leave you with random tunes from my mp3 player...

Had to put Dave mid-launch on the top of the page. Looks like he was going to jump the road!

Amazing day for a race. The trail seemed to dial itself in by the end of the cat 3's. Great job to all that raced. K nailed her finally victory and the series win. Good job kiddo! Makes me wish i was out there with ya. I couldn't even be a decent cheerleader with little to no voice. Got to meet a couple of the guys from The Biking Fools blog. Nice to meet ya guys! The season is history for mtb, now time for cross. Don't think it is going to happen for me but ya never know...

fat guy in an orange shirt....(thanks for the pic Tom W!)

jeez, kinda sad the most exciting thing going on right now is trail work at manawa. Rode Sunday for a lap out there, missed the mnr again. Missed the wnr again too because i am freakin sick again! Gonna work the race sat and watch K win her series overall. Hope she has someone to race against.... nyquil good...sleep better....

Well, 1 race done and 1 left to go. Decided not to race. Lungs still aren't with me. Branched Oak is really pretty sweet. i rode behind k for her second lap just to see what i was missing. Good flow and a little bit of everything on the trail. Big thumbs up to the crew that has been working on the trail. I'd definitely make the cruise down to ride it again.

K won her class again and again she had no one to race. She said she isn't going to race next year if it is just her. Might have to jump her up to cat 3 women, i guess. There is no motivation to go hard when there is no one to chase or chasing you. I can see her point. Manawa should clinch her un-challenged title as jr wmn champion.

Congrats to Dave for moving up a spot on his finishes for the year. Top 6 at manawa buddy. You can do it! Dmars and Dale were rolling well in the Marathon. Like the new BM kits guys! Poor Joe had to dnf the cat 3 race due to stomach problems. Race day was not a good time to try a new energy drink. Devin also had a dnf due to tossing his chain under pressure. Hope the BM guys can get him fixed up for manawa. That's aboot it. Hoping to do the MNR @ tranq tomorrow to see how i'm doing. Def wanna hit the last race of the year. Good plans for next year, hope i can dig up the cash for my new secret weapon... Muahahahaha....