TORT: The ONSC Rant Thread (2 Viewers)
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Make sure they do the cam seals also!!
I'm a little odd, I confess, but I get high almost every day on the great bong of physics. What an f'ing rush. If it wasn't for continuous NC legislation sending us backwards 40 years I'd stay iindefinitely. As it stands I have 2 years til full retirement and walking.
After that?
After this rant I began doing some preliminary research into "retirement plans" and it appears I, somehow, overlooked a year of service. (I know, I know .... What do you teach, Rice? Isn't one of the job qualifications being able to COUNT?)
Anyway, only one year to go!
@jfz80?
Free Strange Modifications (FSM) ???
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^^ You better stick to marketing the acronym! 
Congrats on the extra year of retirement opportunity!!
Congrats on the extra year of retirement opportunity!!
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So I'm shopping for a...ya know, it really doesn't matter what it is anymore...and what used to be simply the 'cheap' and the 'expensive' choices are now called "premium" and "ultra premium". So a premium is $25 and an ultra premium is $225. And, of course, the website lists identical specs for both with absolutely no info as to what differentiates them. Manufactured by the same company, too. The salesman in the store has no clue, either.
What is with this stupid marketing plan that the entire business world seems to have adopted that requires superlatives to be used to describe and name every single item being sold today? Some of you are aware of my refusal to purchase any product that includes the word "extreme" in the name. AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to see things labeled as "take your chances", "adequate", "more $ but not any better", "this is what you really need" and "this helps pay for our corporate bonuses, you deep-pocketed poser tool".
What is with this stupid marketing plan that the entire business world seems to have adopted that requires superlatives to be used to describe and name every single item being sold today? Some of you are aware of my refusal to purchase any product that includes the word "extreme" in the name. AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to see things labeled as "take your chances", "adequate", "more $ but not any better", "this is what you really need" and "this helps pay for our corporate bonuses, you deep-pocketed poser tool".
So I'm shopping for a...ya know, it really doesn't matter what it is anymore...and what used to be simply the 'cheap' and the 'expensive' choices are now called "premium" and "ultra premium". So a premium is $25 and an ultra premium is $225. And, of course, the website lists identical specs for both with absolutely no info as to what differentiates them. Manufactured by the same company, too. The salesman in the store has no clue, either.
What is with this stupid marketing plan that the entire business world seems to have adopted that requires superlatives to be used to describe and name every single item being sold today? Some of you are aware of my refusal to purchase any product that includes the word "extreme" in the name. AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to see things labeled as "take your chances", "adequate", "more $ but not any better", "this is what you really need" and "this helps pay for our corporate bonuses, you deep-pocketed poser tool".
Ahhhh. Brakes.
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Yes, I'm also looking at brakes. But they clearly have different makers. And one item is listed in inches and the other metric. So that's an obvious difference!
But this malady has affected far more than the auto parts world.
Yup, its an exercise in psychology and math, or "psychomathcology". A well known maker had bronze, silver, gold levels of water heaters, with gold being 2X cost of bronze. They were all exactly the same but with different "Wrappers" and warranty. The goals was to reduce warranty payouts and max on the gold sales. Average home ownership was 7 years, warranty was 8, 12, 16. Simple math....
slceso
... pronounced "Jason"
FTFY
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Congratulations! I am closely getting there too.
David70FJ40
Older Than Most
Retirement isn't all it is made out to be!
I am looking for active retirement, already have my "retirement" gig started, reconnecting with the times when work was fun. Just need to invert the daily pyramid from things I have to do to things I want to do.
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Common part: Brake bleeder screw for the 60 (one of the old ones is going to need to be destroyed to be removed...)
Stop in at Autozone: $18 a pair, but they're out of stock - I can have them for you in 2-3 days. Did you try Napa?
Stop in at Advance Auto Parts: Didn't see the price on the computer, but also not in stock. Closest one is Siler City, I can have them for you tomorrow... Did you try Napa?
Napa: That'll be $2.12 please.
Um, I go to Autozone and Advance Auto because they're only slightly closer to my work... but based on this, I probably should just go to Napa....
Stop in at Autozone: $18 a pair, but they're out of stock - I can have them for you in 2-3 days. Did you try Napa?
Stop in at Advance Auto Parts: Didn't see the price on the computer, but also not in stock. Closest one is Siler City, I can have them for you tomorrow... Did you try Napa?
Napa: That'll be $2.12 please.
Um, I go to Autozone and Advance Auto because they're only slightly closer to my work... but based on this, I probably should just go to Napa....
jfz80
Cruisin’
Did you try Napa?
Yeah - I was just pissed that I got into my bleeding process and #2 wheel had a seized brake bleeder. PB blaster, 15 mins. PB blaster again, another 15 mins... all i managed to do is turn a 12mm nut into a round nut...
