I'm sitting in Harbor Park enjoying a meal from Sisters Place and taking advantage of the last bits of fair weather before it turns to shit tommorrow night and Saturday . Boring day in court today , I can hardly wait for the bloodshed to start , each and every day I compile a mental lineup of the heads that need to role when this...
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infinity:
time for some demotions and complete terminations!
therealtexasguy:
yay! i think i might finally be getting my Caddy 500 engine! Unfortunately it's in Sacramento and in a car that probably won't make the drive and the guy wants more for it then I have, but I think I may be able to talk him down. I estimate my chances of success at about 60-70%. Wish me luck, cause this is just a kick ass car all around. The kind of ride I might actually fix up and keep around for a while (it's a 68 Eldorado, my favorite year for the Cadillac Eldorado).
I'm sitting in Harbor Park with my laptop enjoying a brief recess from the courtroom , this free wireless internet for all of downtown Middletown really rocks . The weather satelites are showing snow for Friday and Saturday which sucks , I'm hoping for some fair weather for the middle of next week cause the morning hightides will be favorable for some winterflounder fishing with...
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robscarlett:
I'll try to take care Friday night...since that's when I'll be drinking and stuff. 
We plan on snowboarding durign the day. Heh heh! I'm so dead.
We plan on snowboarding durign the day. Heh heh! I'm so dead.
therealtexasguy:
I do need to go fishing.
I actually am sober and don't party anymore, but this is a recent development.
As for the car, nah - never fuck with someone's car. I've tried to kill people for fucking with my car, so I ain't going to turn around and do that to someone else (luckily I'm a very bad aim while shit faced drunk and naked at three in the AM).
I haven't had a bloody nose in a coon's age. I never liked it though - that's worse then having your teeth kicked in if you ask me.
I actually am sober and don't party anymore, but this is a recent development.
As for the car, nah - never fuck with someone's car. I've tried to kill people for fucking with my car, so I ain't going to turn around and do that to someone else (luckily I'm a very bad aim while shit faced drunk and naked at three in the AM).
I haven't had a bloody nose in a coon's age. I never liked it though - that's worse then having your teeth kicked in if you ask me.
I'm back from acouple of days of lust on the ski slopes , still unpacking stuff from my big move , and have to be back in court on Wednesday .
Heading up to a ski lodge in Vermont for a couple of days to celebrate St. Valentine's day 
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elmcitydrunk:
with who?
bigbuddha:
w00t! carefull with the skiing drunk thing.. i had a hard time getting off the ski lift 
Went to my nephew's pinewood derby today , my fingers are still numb , half the kids did not even want to be out in the cold for some half assed soapbox derby , and more than half the volunteers did not show up , the funny thing is they had no problem dumping their kids off and dissappearing 
It was great watching the staff...
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infinity:
hehe 
Heh heh heh , what a fucking joke , this may be a good day for some shooting
infinity:
ever wonder why they put the cock next to the puss?
WOW !!!!! a beautiful sunny day , no snow in sight , and wouldn't you know it , because of a couple of lowlife scumbag rats , I have to be in fucking court all day
infinity:
yay for no snow!
Yes , it's shitty and cloudy out , but there is no rain and snow , I have to get ready for a meeting in judges chambers at the court house , then go wrap things up at my old place , and take a little time to chat with Rosetta Stone
infinity:
look at today's set
go righties!
go righties!
Here I go , of to another shitty day in court , my blood pressure is up to 225 from all the stress of court and finishing up my move , and work on finishing my new house is way behind schedule now We have snow coming for Thursday and Friday that sucks , I really need a fair weather day this weekend to head...
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crackwhore:
They are fed crickets, pinky mice and rat pups.
song:
sorry about your fat tuesday 
major bummer. if it makes you feel any better all my friends went out and got shit faced while i went to my na meeting. what's with all this court crap anyway? And while we're at it what's with all this doctor shit. it all just seems so trying. Well, try and sleep tight. Oh, and Emily is my niece. She'll be 2 on March 31st. Sweet Dreams.
major bummer. if it makes you feel any better all my friends went out and got shit faced while i went to my na meeting. what's with all this court crap anyway? And while we're at it what's with all this doctor shit. it all just seems so trying. Well, try and sleep tight. Oh, and Emily is my niece. She'll be 2 on March 31st. Sweet Dreams. Bah , it's Fat Tuesday and I have to sit in a courtroom when I should be in New Orleans enjoying Mardi Gras , this fucking sucks . I had to do some emercency electrical repairs last night at one of my parents housing complexes , that kept me away from my consulting work making my work for the next few days even more difficult...
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rorie:
it sucks, yeah.. but we'll get though it..
apple/razz pie
and yes, i am going.. i got the night off
apple/razz pie
and yes, i am going.. i got the night off
robscarlett:
I won't be making it. That's when the SMoothie party is. Sucks about the not being able to drink but...drinking isn't all that important. It's all about the company.
Feel free to call anytime. I have my phone forwarded to my cell for emergency calls but normally dont talk during work hours. 7-3:30. Everything else is fair game. I keep my phone by my bed too so...any hour really.
Take care bub and I hope things smooth out for you. *pun sort of intended*
Feel free to call anytime. I have my phone forwarded to my cell for emergency calls but normally dont talk during work hours. 7-3:30. Everything else is fair game. I keep my phone by my bed too so...any hour really.
Take care bub and I hope things smooth out for you.
*pun sort of intended*I'm enjoying a brief recess from the courtroom by sitting in the sun on a bench in Harbor Park using Middletowns free wifi to check e-mail and stuff on my laptop , I wish the river was not frozen so I could fish for a little while
If I'm lucky I'll get to see some idiot fall through the ice
If I'm lucky I'll get to see some idiot fall through the ice
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therealtexasguy:
I think it's funny you mentioned putting a Civic into the 14s costing 10k, cause originally I typed that but deleted it cause I had gone off on a really long rant.
Fact of the matter is you can spend five grand, including the car, to put a Fox 5.0 chassis or F-body 5.7L chassis from the eighties into the 12s on pump gas and without nitrous. With nitrous, you can do the same thing for about three grand (if you rebuild the engine yourself).
So I've been getting mixed reviews of my Chevy Beetle idea. A few people were deathly afraid that to put that much weight in the back will make it undriveable in the ran. I tend to disagree, however, considering that the stock engine plus two rear seat occupants just CANNOT weigh more then a 4.3L Chevy. And since the rear seats will be removed, and a lot of weight added up front (battery and a fuel cell, mostly...maybe some sandbags for good measure
), I'm not too horribly worried. Still, others point to the Caddywagon (the 500ci VW Beetle) and say that it handled fine.
Found out that the stock transmission on a VW Beetle, with a proper build up, can handle up to 300 ft-lbs and some change. That's at the top of my spectrum, so maybe I'll bore out the 4.3L and destroke the hell out of the crank. What I'd lose at the crank would be worth the extra revs, plus it'd put the top of my powerband just where the tranny would be comfortable with it.
Fact of the matter is you can spend five grand, including the car, to put a Fox 5.0 chassis or F-body 5.7L chassis from the eighties into the 12s on pump gas and without nitrous. With nitrous, you can do the same thing for about three grand (if you rebuild the engine yourself).
So I've been getting mixed reviews of my Chevy Beetle idea. A few people were deathly afraid that to put that much weight in the back will make it undriveable in the ran. I tend to disagree, however, considering that the stock engine plus two rear seat occupants just CANNOT weigh more then a 4.3L Chevy. And since the rear seats will be removed, and a lot of weight added up front (battery and a fuel cell, mostly...maybe some sandbags for good measure
), I'm not too horribly worried. Still, others point to the Caddywagon (the 500ci VW Beetle) and say that it handled fine.
Found out that the stock transmission on a VW Beetle, with a proper build up, can handle up to 300 ft-lbs and some change. That's at the top of my spectrum, so maybe I'll bore out the 4.3L and destroke the hell out of the crank. What I'd lose at the crank would be worth the extra revs, plus it'd put the top of my powerband just where the tranny would be comfortable with it.
infinity:
i want to see that happen too...
Just finishing up a night of consulting work , finished this last job early so no need to be on the computer until 5AM as has been the norm . I have to be in court again all week , and have some last minute details to finish up at the old place at night before another long night of work , I'll be glad...
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cinderola:
Yes, yes he did!
therealtexasguy:
225? Fuck, fastest I ever went in a car was just over 150mph. Did something close to 180 on a bike. Kinda of tired, so it's hard to remember exact numbers, but I know I never broke 200. Someday I'll turbocharge a Hayabusa and see what it'll do.
I know about that consulting stuff and those people making all the money off of it. I often think of writing a book about it, and actually already kind of am (not only property management, but also how to do common repairs). The thing is, it's so stupidly easy to do what I do that the only thing holding people back is fear of the unknown. I only did it because I needed work and here was this guy offering me a good job and I already knew how to do it, so I did it, and now it's what I do, and probably will do the rest of my life.
Maybe I should consider seminars in airport hotel convention rooms? $100 a head, plus a buffet, and I'll tell you all the secrets of being a property manager. Tell them where to look for cheap houses, how to fix them up, and then the secrets of rental retention (that's the big thing most people fuck up). Also, the real big thing is the laws. Unfortunately, the laws are different everywhere, but not by a whole lot.
Someday when I'm not wasting my money on cars I'll start putting them into rental properties. Want to know the big secret about rental properties? Hardly anyone knows this for some reason, but it's important - you'll never get rich renting a house (only huge apartment buildings with hundreds of units make a lot of money). The money is in selling it ten, fifteen, twenty years down the line when the property values have increased. Until then, the only reason you rent it is to keep the house in good shape and pay the mortgage. Usually the big time investors have just enough money left over after taxes and insurance and whatnot to pay someone like me a salary to do the dirty work for them.
I know about that consulting stuff and those people making all the money off of it. I often think of writing a book about it, and actually already kind of am (not only property management, but also how to do common repairs). The thing is, it's so stupidly easy to do what I do that the only thing holding people back is fear of the unknown. I only did it because I needed work and here was this guy offering me a good job and I already knew how to do it, so I did it, and now it's what I do, and probably will do the rest of my life.
Maybe I should consider seminars in airport hotel convention rooms? $100 a head, plus a buffet, and I'll tell you all the secrets of being a property manager. Tell them where to look for cheap houses, how to fix them up, and then the secrets of rental retention (that's the big thing most people fuck up). Also, the real big thing is the laws. Unfortunately, the laws are different everywhere, but not by a whole lot.
Someday when I'm not wasting my money on cars I'll start putting them into rental properties. Want to know the big secret about rental properties? Hardly anyone knows this for some reason, but it's important - you'll never get rich renting a house (only huge apartment buildings with hundreds of units make a lot of money). The money is in selling it ten, fifteen, twenty years down the line when the property values have increased. Until then, the only reason you rent it is to keep the house in good shape and pay the mortgage. Usually the big time investors have just enough money left over after taxes and insurance and whatnot to pay someone like me a salary to do the dirty work for them.