GRRRR, When It Rains, it Frickin' Pours

[ET Awful]

First, on Friday, my brakes on my car (rear right in particular) die. The freakin calipers freeze which destroys the pads and rotors, so I have to get that fixed on Monday (will cost $700 minimum). THEN, I get home that night thinking I'll be able to get some work done that I couldn't during the day, but NOOOOOOOO, my computer at home dies (and no, it's not a problem with Windows, so keep your BS Linux/Mac/anything else recommendations, I don't need 'em and they won't help here). The motherboard has died and taken the CPU with it somehow, sooooo, I need to order another motherboard and processor on Monday too, so there goes another $300 minimum.

That's leaving out the hours I put in yesterday tryin to resurrect the dead PC by swapping in spare parts and stuff I have, but to no avail.

What a wasted weekend, and a thousand bucks or more down the tubes in just a few days. (Or really, one day, since it all started on Friday).

SHIT.

[Misunderestimator]

1. Yikes... I hope next week turns out better for you...

I spilled water on my laptop keyboard last week on a friday afternoon (while I was telecommuting)... couldn't log on again until I let it dry out... prompted me to buy a backup computer... there went $1,800... but I LOVE my new laptop... and now I have two. (Almost) always a silver lining. :)

[ET Awful]

3. Yeah, I guess . . .

silver lines do exist. I'll probably upgrade to an Athlon64 as a result. The clock speed will be a little slower, but actual speed will be increased thanks to 64-bit processing.

The car is the one that bugs me though :(.

[DS1]

4. Make a note to get the one that doesn't require registered ram

but you probably knew that

[ET Awful]

9. Yup, I'm actually ordering an Epox board that has 4 DDR slots too

that way I can use the gig I have now and add another gig later (probably the same time the 64-bit version of XP comes out.

[DS1]

10. 4 is hard to find these days, it pisses me off

btw, a rotor shouldn't cost more than 120, pads the usual price, calipers are incredibly strong and shouldn't need replacing.

700 seems high

[ET Awful]

12. It's the caliper that caused the problem.

The caliper locked up meaning that that rear-right brake was always on. So, have to replace the caliper to fix the problem.

Epox boards frequently have 4 RAM slots, at least since the Athlon XP chips came out 3 or 4 years ago. I've had several (with an Abit or Asus board once in a while), but Epox are the only ones that had 4 RAM slots, except for a Shuttle board I had for a while.

[peacebird]

2. friday was a bad day all around...

took LittleBit, my tiny 7 year old middle cat to the vet to see why her appetite was gone. Thought she had a bug, turned out her entire abdominal cavity was so filled with tumors that there was no room for food.... friday was a very bad day. My tiny LittleBit - all 5 pounds of her, had to be put to sleep.
:cry:

[Misunderestimator]

5. OH NO.... So sorry...

:hug:

[DS1]

6. wow, that's terrible

:wow:

[ET Awful]

7. Oh no! Poor little thing :(

:cry: :hug: :cry:

I'm so sorry :(

[peacebird]

13. thanks guys

:hug:

[Bertha Venation]

16. Dearest Peacebird, I am so sorry.

:hug: My thoughts are with you and your other pets. :hug:

[Droopy]

8. Get a second opinion on the brake job

Go somewhere else and tell them you got a $700 estimate from somebody. I'm betting you can get it done a lot cheaper. To give you an idea, I replaced my front brake pads on both sides for $15. I know a caliper and a rotor are going to be more expenseive, but it doesn't seem like they should be $700 more enxpensive. If you took your car to a dealer, try taking it to an independent mechanic for another estimate.

[ET Awful]

11. Caliper - $200, Rotor - $75-100, Pads, $60

Will probably go ahead and replace both rear rotors so add another $75-100.

Labor ain't cheap. It'll probably be less than $700, but I say $700 to leave room for unforseen problems.

[Bertha Venation]

14. Hold your fur kids and rest a little bit, ET.

:hug:

[ET Awful]

15. Hehehe, I was about ready to string them up by their toes last night

they kept jumping inside the computer case while I was working on it :)

But they kept purring at me and licking my fingers, so I let 'em get away with it.

Thanks Bertha :)

[Bertha Venation]

18. Purring at you and licking your fingers . . .

sounds like they know you pretty well. They know you're upset and are trying to comfort you. Pets are just amazing. :D

[ET Awful]

20. Quinn has taken a liking to the new hemp-oil cinnamon flavord

chapstick/lip balm stuff I've been using :).

He comes running when he sees me with it and wants to give me kisses :)

[Bertha Venation]

21. he he he he he . . . what a kitty

Cocoa chatters (as when watching birds) when we fire up the microwave or dishwasher. Can't figure that one out. :shrug:

[peacebird]

17. Bertha - the black & white kitty on your page looks just like my LittleBit

O8) <---LittleBit as kittyAngel!

[Bertha Venation]

19. Kitty Angel, indeed

She's looking out for you, Peacebird. O8)