This is why I relate to the movie "Falling Down"

[Nomad]

I wake up check emails oh look the bank says my wife’s checking is overdrawn by 44k, and I can’t log on as system is down,ok I’ll deal with this later .

My pos battery mower stopped working so I call them , they give me a case # and work order , say take it back to Lowe’s for repair , wheel it in ,nope they don’t repair them nobody does , get a RA # and we’ll refund you . So I stand away from the desk go through all the phone bs, to be told “ we don’t give RA numbers to customers “ . Lowes lady calls they won’t give her one either , manager scans some card and says ok your set, “ got the charger ? “ well no I came to get it repaired at first, so back home I go to get the charger .

Now off to,find ethanol free gas . Place has lots of pumps and many cars at them so I go inside and ask, “ yep pump 5&6 the Tan handles .” Ok I take my can over and begin to fill it with the tan handle , then I notice it says 85% ethanol,it’s some flex fuel NOT ethanol free . Guy next to me says “ all the 90 octane here are ethanol free and points to the label saying so wtf ! 
 

Return home log onto bank accts. So we transferred a bunch of money into my checking acct last week, to purchase some CDS this  week ,one ,three month one and another nine month one, I told the guy ,both from my checking acct, the one we just put all the money in , we have three hers , mine an a third for the farm . They took the smaller three month out of my wife’s ,and tried for  the second  but there wasn’t enough to cover the second .

Call the bank guy who’s working from home today ,tell him what happens , he says “ well you’re linked to hers so “ it “ probably just tried to grab it from there, total BS ! We transferred into mine and I clearly told him which , he simply  saw  “ checking on the first  acct and used that is my guess never looking at acct# or amount in the acct. I tell him I guess that’s why we use ACCT NUMBERS to avoid all this . So I transferred online into hers as he said it’ll try to grab it again , we shall see.

A guy out of gas on the side of the road did make out as he got my two gallons of e85 for free .

Pool time and here come the clouds 

Edited June 28, 2024 by Nomad

[mowin]

Ya, one of those days.. but if I got a notice saying one of my accounts was overdrawn by 44k, I would have dropped everything and gotten that taken care of first. 

[nywaw]

The bank guy:

[Bucndoe]

Stabil, Techron, and a shot of Marvel Mystery Oil is all you need in your gas cans to not have to worry about ethanol free gas. Your carburetors will love you

[Nomad]

1 hour ago, mowin said:

Ya, one of those days.. but if I got a notice saying one of my accounts was overdrawn by 44k, I would have dropped everything and gotten that taken care of first. 

We didn’t lose any money, they tried to take from where it wasn’t . I figured it would all be taken care of ,plus we have a relative who has a law degree, MBA and works for the FDIC .

[dbHunterNY]

23 minutes ago, Bucndoe said:

Stabil, Techron, and a shot of Marvel Mystery Oil is all you need in your gas cans to not have to worry about ethanol free gas. Your carburetors will love you

my grandfather owned a small engine shop and i have a friend that's much older than I that has worked in one all his life and has owned it for decades. ethanol is trash for small engines even with that stuff it's just still in suspension. friend when repairs come in will pull gas out of tank and put it in an ethanol test tube gauge. it usually comes back loaded more than the 10% max. engines don't burn that efficiently. i've used their recommendation to buy ethanol free gas and put stabil in all of it. the premix stuff I use 2 stroke oil specific to air cooled motors (not liquid cooled or marine oil) and mix 40:1 even though it says you're good at 50:1. never have had a problem and don't remember last time I cleaned a carb or injectors. if that works then keep doing it. i'll never buy ethanol gas except for vehicles.

[dbHunterNY]

when it rains it pours. isn't that the saying?

[Robhuntandfish]

I stop at the local convenience store, go up to the young gal at the counter ..

Her: good morning, how can I help you?

Me: good morning.  How bout a breakfast sandwich and a quick pick lotto ticket? 

Her: is that the NY lotto? 

Me: yes please. 

She goes to machine......

Her: how much? 

Me: how much what? 

Her: how much is it? 

Me: they are usually a dollar

Her: ok a dollar. 

Manager walks by and they talk.  

Manager: you want to play Quick draw?

Me: no just a lotto ticket.  Quick pick. 

Manager : Ny lotto? 

Me: yeah that's it. 

Girl comes back over with ticket

Her : that will be 4.99

Me: ok thanks. (Hand her a $5) 

Her: Have a great day.  

Me: thanks 

She is just looking at me......

Her: youre all set

Me: thanks but I would really like the sandwich I just paid for.  

Her : oh yes sorry let me get that.  

My day got worse from there.......I feel your pain Nomad. 

[Splitear]

3 hours ago, Nomad said:

We didn’t lose any money, they tried to take from where it wasn’t . I figured it would all be taken care of ,plus we have a relative who has a law degree, MBA and works for the FDIC .

I feel like you are the king of “I know a guy…”