"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
01/19/2019 at 08:42 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
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I can just get it them in the frame. T Bird sounds awesome, and according to my son, the rebuilt brakes stop the big beast hard. Because they’re big. Everything on this car is big. I let my son drive it home from the shop and he was grinning like an idiot. “Dad,” he says, “it’s just like I remember. The body rolls all over the place.” That’s my boy.
I drove the Sunchaser yesterday for the first time in a while because the weather finally cleared. It was awesome. It’s funny how relative things are. When I had the big Infiniti, I would drive the Sunchaser and it felt small and light. After driving the GTI, the Sunchaser feels sloppy and all over the road, and holy shit does the shifter feel long and heavy.
I had a really stressful day yesterday. It worries me. It isn’t good for me. But how do I not be stressed under those circumstances? I don’t think there are any breathing techinques for that. I don’t carry it around. When it’s over, it’s gone. But yesterday was a unrelenting and increasing pressure for an entire day. You can’t meditate your way out of that.
Oh, well. I was really spent last night. The weekend will be nice.
Friends told me the Univision story wasn’t too bad, and that I looked good in the phrase they gave me. It was a pretty good quote from me. Pumpkin still likes me. She just grabbed my hand and is purring and licking my fingers.
Good kitty.
BEER4Bonnieville
> ImmoralMinority
01/19/2019 at 09:08 |
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Pumpkin will make all the bad feelings go away.
shop-teacher
> ImmoralMinority
01/19/2019 at 09:22 |
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I’m happy for your son, and I imagine watching him be so excited made it all worth it for you.
As for the stress, I’m going to lay a quote on you from Marc Maron’s character in GLOW. It may seem like a silly place to draw from, but I’ve actually found it helpful for me
“Try not giving a shit. There’s real power in that.”
Its easier said than done, but that’s what I think about when I of my students is driving me up a wall.
SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
> ImmoralMinority
01/19/2019 at 09:33 |
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Happy weekend to you! No need to stress now. Nothing you can do about what is in the past. To quote Enzo Ferrari, “what’s behind you doesn’t matter.”
Have a relaxing weekend with the pets and the family!
f86sabre
> ImmoralMinority
01/19/2019 at 09:54 |
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I would imagine the best you can do in those situations is to keep an eye on your vitals and listen to your body. Breath, hydrate and move around.
Hopefully you can do some of your favorite things this weekend and relax.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> ImmoralMinority
01/19/2019 at 10:06 |
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I’ve been less stressed since meeting Mike. Mike is 61, and paralyzed from the waste down. Even at 61 and paralyzed, Mike is an incredibly friendly and neighborly fellow. He is still building hot rods and now trikes, instead of bikes. He also continually works to learn how to walk again, remaining upbeat even though his paralyzation is due to someone else’s mistake.
Meeting him put some things in perspective for me, and I’m working on being happier and more positive because of it. It makes going through my current personal dealer hell not nearly as bad in the long run.
His Stigness
> shop-teacher
01/19/2019 at 10:32 |
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That’s really helpful for when customers get pissed off at me.
I know I should appear to be more sympathetic, but it's hard when I don't give a shit and I'm doing my job. And it's especially hard giving a shit when they're being an asshole.
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shop-teacher
> His Stigness
01/19/2019 at 10:56 |
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Here's the other thing to think about with customers who are misserable pricks. I figured this out when I worked for my dad's residential construction company. No matter how terrible the customer is, at the end of the day, I'm going to go home and be happy, and they will still be misserable pricks.
winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> ImmoralMinority
01/19/2019 at 11:16 |
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Pumpkin is a good kitty.
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His Stigness
> shop-teacher
01/19/2019 at 11:44 |
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So true. When I tell stories about my day and how someone was a dick, friends and family will tell them don’t let it bother me, and it doesn’t. It bothered me at first when I first started smogging, but then I realized I’d turn into a miserable prick just like them.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> ImmoralMinority
01/19/2019 at 14:05 |
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I need to finish my Austin Healey and then do a comparison between that and the Sunchaser. That would be a fun weekend!