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02-06-2011, 11:01 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Perth
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I have had the worst week ever, my friends cant stop laughing at me coz of my misfortune and it goes something like this...
On Monday I rode my scooter to work at 5:30am and it stalled on me and did not start again, so I pushed it 3 kms to the scooter shop which is near my work. I left it out the front of the shop and walked to work. I rang them up at 9am saying thats my scooter that was dumped out front and asked if they could have a look at it for me. At the end of the day I went there and they said nothing was wrong with it, it started up fine, but they changed the spark plug for free and off I went only for it to stall again about 5ks from home so i left it at a tennis centre and walked home. The next day I started my ute up and drove to the fuel staition before work and rememberd I forgot my lunch so after refuelling I turned back home. As I was going up the last hill which is VERY steep my ute stalled about 5meters from the crest of the hill and would not start. (If i had of made it to the crest I could have rolled home) So I ended up catching a taxi to work and home which was $60 there and back. OK, my ute has been stuttering for a while hence why I rode the scooter and I did not want to spend any money on fixing the ute as yet as I planned on buying a Subaru Liberty this week or next week. So, I rang the boss and said, I just dont have any transport, the bus has that many stops it would take 1.5 hours for a 15 minute car drive and the taxi is not economically worth it. He was not too happy but accepted it. So I convinced a mate to take me around to a few car yards and a few private sellers of a Liberty and I found one that I liked and applied for a loan. I was approved for a loan and gave the guy a deposit. Few days passed and my loan had not been placed in my bank. I rang up the bank and asked why. They checked it out and said for some reason the loan was cancelled. Typical I thought. The next day they rang and said its been processed and sorry for the hickup. That day (yesterday) for some mysterious reason my phone absorbed moisture from somehwere and now it does not work and the screen is fogged up. AND now I have got the flu! SO in conclusion my ute's stuck on a steep hill, my scooter is at a tennis centre 5kms away with no ute to bring it home, the guy is wanting to know where the money is for the Liberty, my phones buggerd up and ive now got the flu - I SWEAR I must have done something bad as this looks like Karma.
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"Clowns may be funny in the circus, but they are killers on the highway". "I didn't get much sleep last night I had a Brazillan woman banging on my door ALL night! - I finally got up to let her out" Click here to see my ute Last edited by fordOwner; 02-06-2011 at 11:21 AM. |
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02-06-2011, 11:05 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Sun City, North Australis
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Planet alignment.... doomsday was supposed to be world wide... it just focused on you instead!
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02-06-2011, 11:16 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Perth
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WOW! I think your right!
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"Clowns may be funny in the circus, but they are killers on the highway". "I didn't get much sleep last night I had a Brazillan woman banging on my door ALL night! - I finally got up to let her out" Click here to see my ute |
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02-06-2011, 11:46 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2009
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Dont worry, usually if you have that much bad luck, the universal karma means you will have lots of goodluck in the future, buy a lotto ticket!!
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02-06-2011, 11:58 AM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Tough week mate... Things will get better... right!?
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02-06-2011, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
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How I feel for you fordOwner. I too have had the worst couple of weeks I have experienced in ages.
I received 3 pieces of bad/stressful news all in a 24hr period. I thought that was the end of it. (things generally run in threes) but it appears the bad luck has not finished with me yet. It has just kept coming... I won't share the details at this point in time, however it has been really bad for me and hopefully it will improve over the next few weeks. Just stay positive. Things have a way of working out...they always do  No matter how bad things get for me, I always remember there is someone out there worse off. Cold comfort I know, but it does help when looking at the big picture.  Cheers Col
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02-06-2011, 12:05 PM
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Tribal Elder
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Yarrambat
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Nothing cheese and bickies with a nice red around a campfire at Heathcote wont fix I hope Col....................... see you there.
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02-06-2011, 12:09 PM
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Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
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 Looking forward to catching up at Heathcote. Nothing like the smell of race fumes and burning rubber to take your mind off things
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02-06-2011, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Melb SE
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I wish you good luck and good Health, Hope things workout well for you.
Fordman is right aswell Cheers H
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02-06-2011, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NSW
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I think the cause here is the fact that you ride a scooter! ; )
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02-06-2011, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Melbourne's outer west
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And here I was thinking I had problems when in the space of 3 hours I found a cracked alloy on the XR8, the missus' laptop died and my central heating won't turn off...
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02-06-2011, 02:40 PM
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let it burn
Join Date: Feb 2006
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02-06-2011, 09:40 PM
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HIS: AU III XR8 220, 5 speed manual, short shifter, MSD coils, ACRON CAI, Front 330mm brakes with C4 calipers and braided lines HERS: BA Fairmont, vapour injected LPG I reject your reality and substitute my own! |
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02-06-2011, 11:28 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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03-06-2011, 01:11 PM
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HIS: AU III XR8 220, 5 speed manual, short shifter, MSD coils, ACRON CAI, Front 330mm brakes with C4 calipers and braided lines HERS: BA Fairmont, vapour injected LPG I reject your reality and substitute my own! |
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03-06-2011, 11:15 AM
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The Vengeful One
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Tazzy
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Id lock the doors and stay inside for a while, for your own safety lol
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03-06-2011, 01:23 PM
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Location: Brisbane
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^^ Unplug and gas off???
Chin up mate, atleast you still have your fingers and toes. |
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03-06-2011, 02:01 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Perth
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And at least you have transport... I cant pick my new wheels up untill the loan clears on Monday or Tuesday.
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"Clowns may be funny in the circus, but they are killers on the highway". "I didn't get much sleep last night I had a Brazillan woman banging on my door ALL night! - I finally got up to let her out" Click here to see my ute |
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03-06-2011, 02:12 PM
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Cane Farmer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tom Price, WA
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Really doesn't sound that bad. Sorry...
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03-06-2011, 07:31 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Is the ute manual? If it is put it in gear and crank the engine 'till you get it over the hill. Atleast then you can rule out fuel supply issues. |
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How's this for a bad week..
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