Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by bcj

Don't have to worry about a bad engine to frame ground.

GFCI checks out

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

GFCI checks out

That's Gucci.

[spike021]

I am tanking the job search and starting to get depressed. Even when I do "well" on interviews, I don't make it to the next round. Kinda lame.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

That's Gucci.

So bourgie

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

So bourgie

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[soundman98]

Originally Posted by spike021

I am tanking the job search and starting to get depressed. Even when I do "well" on interviews, I don't make it to the next round. Kinda lame.

jobs suck. you're not missing much.

[Flarpswitch]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Anyone seen this before and can tell me what terms to search?
Looks like oil, but I can't find a fresh spot. Entirely possible that someone screwed up changing the oil, but that would have been me for the last 6 years or so . Whatever it is, it's on the 'skid plate' and engine, but oddly nothing else.

There was a time when oil leaking out was just a given (old British cars). It was not until I bought my first new car, a 1973 Honda Civic that I realized that stuff does not have to leak. My Honda motorcycles were pretty much clean as well. My rule was that if after 24 hours there was no puddle on the ground beneath the car, the leak was not worth going after. Another benchmark I used was that I was likely burning more oil than what might leak out anyway. A lot of my buddies back then had to add a quart of oil every other gas stop as standard operating procedure.

[Flarpswitch]

Originally Posted by spike021

I am tanking the job search and starting to get depressed. Even when I do "well" on interviews, I don't make it to the next round. Kinda lame.

One thing to consider is that maybe the reason is not you, it is them. If you are dealing with some moron in the HR department who does not have a clue about doing the actual job that you are applying for, then you are screwed. I used to find out who I would be working for and sell myself to him/her. If you have to find out what their pronoun is first, you don't want to work there anyway. HR gets a call from the boss, "So and so is coming in to see you; do the necessary paperwork." I would recommend leaving California. I traveled 2,000 miles to find more options and it paid off. In the beginning (sounds biblical) there were two guys who started a company called Microsoft. I made their acquaintance as well as other nerds. I was in the telecom business and it also happens that there was an ARPANET node in that city. Putting two and two together I saw the future. I liked playing with wires and electricity more than sitting and writing code, so with all my overtime money and my informed investments, I retired when I just turned 59. I'm 71 now and pay more taxes in one year than I ever earned on the job. Part of that strategy is buying a boat 10 feet shorter than the one you can afford and buying a BRZ when you can afford a Porsche. Make the money you save work for you. By the way, Paul was OK, but Bill was and still is a douche bag. A very wealthy douche bag, but money can't buy you a good personality. Again, it is highly likely that it is them and not you. I have an uncle that did what he had to do and went where he had to go. Among the many things he did he was a circus clown and trafficked certain things across international borders. Then one day he was deported back to the U.S. and Uncle Sam tried to draft him into the army. He dressed up appropriately and carried a purse. Kicked out on his ass he was free to pursue his dreams (daydreams and miscellaneous delusions) and is living out a comfortable existence somewhere in Europe away from military invasions. Movie is over... roll the credits.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by spike021

I am tanking the job search and starting to get depressed. Even when I do "well" on interviews, I don't make it to the next round. Kinda lame.

It will come to the you. The markets is weird.

[NoHaveMSG]

New clutch install on a SXS before turbo kit install later this year. These things are fun but out of my price range.

[Captain Snooze]

Not having seen your avatar before I had to make use of the Firefox Add-on Search By Image.

[Captain Snooze]

Mildly interesting.

[Flarpswitch]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Not having seen your avatar before I had to make use of the Firefox Add-on Search By Image.


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Interesting avatar. What else does she have to offer. Can she type? I once worked at a company where the president hired a cocktail waitress from one of his haunts. Her office skills were wanting, but her other talents attracted the attention of a certain Phd. dude in charge of an important research project. Problem came to a head one day when all parties involved got into a shouting match that traveled all over the facility. There was the big boss, his wife, the VP who the big boss was having an affair with and her husband, the Phd. dude and his wife and the former cocktail waitress crying with her mascara running down her face. Did I leave anyone out? Funny how one photo can evoke fond memories.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Flarpswitch

There was a time when oil leaking out was just a given (old British cars). It was not until I bought my first new car, a 1973 Honda Civic that I realized that stuff does not have to leak. My Honda motorcycles were pretty much clean as well. My rule was that if after 24 hours there was no puddle on the ground beneath the car, the leak was not worth going after. Another benchmark I used was that I was likely burning more oil than what might leak out anyway. A lot of my buddies back then had to add a quart of oil every other gas stop as standard operating procedure.

Well, ya, some burning of oil was just a good indication that the cylinder walls were being well lubricated, so Bubba tells me.