WTF?

For reference I work at a national auto parts recycling corporation, selling new, used and rebuilt auto parts.

Today I get to work, and listen to my voice mails as I do every morning, I have a message from a man who stated he found my business card in the back of a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe he had recently purchased from Village Chevrolet in Wayzata, MN. Anyway, he goes on to say he was wondering if I was the previous owner, and if I had any spare keys and/or key fobs for the vehicle, as Village Chevrolet would not provide him with and would not cut or program him any additional keys or fobs.

I have a few issues with this situation, and I will use my interwebs space here to voice them.

 #1 - Who would call some random person on a business card found in a car and ask if the person was the previous owner, and if they have any extra keys? Who? Really? I mean you can get business cards anywhere. Even if I was the previous owner, why the fuck would I care if you don't have any extra keys, not my problem.

 #2 - Why would the dealership sell a vehicle not fully and properly cleaned out? Are even dealerships cutting corners these days to save a buck like book publishers (another rant for another day) and not fully or properly cleaning vehicles before putting them on the lot?

 #3 Why wouldn't the dealership offer to make them extra keys? Does Village Chevrolet not like making money? I haven't worked for General Motors in 15 years, but a 08 Tahoe would require a Transponder Key, that is about $125.00 and a Remote Key Fob, that's another $125.00+, Unless the new owner is like my real customers, and wants everything for nothing, then I couldn't blame them for telling him to shove off.

 Part of me wants to be an asshole and call the guy back and tell him that, yes I was the owner and that it was stolen, just to mess with this idiot. But in the end, I am just going to chalk it up to another idiot, who probably shouldn't be out of the house without a handler, and move on, and shake my head at society, like I do everyday.

 I weep for the future..........

For the Record, I have never owned a Tahoe

$1.99 Nintendo DS with Zelda Game Score!

So, the server at work shut down @5:00pm for the whole midwest region today, We close our store at 6:00. We literally were unable to do anything, so the boss closed down shop @5:30.

 I took the unexpected early release, to make a run to the Goodwill down the street from work, and see what I could find to feed my video game addiction on the cheap. I am so glad I did!

 I found an original Nintendo DS, with Stylus and The Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap for, $1.99!

 There was no charger, but between my kids and I, we had 3 Original DS's and 3 Gameboy Advance SP's, which all use the same charger. Brought my new toy home, plugged it in, charged it up and Boom! Plays both GBA games and DS games perfectly fine!  SO glad work shut down early, and I was able to make a Quick Stop.

 

This is the 1st, Original Nintendo DS, I bought this same one back in November of 2004, I gave it to my daughter 2-3 years back, because her cat knocked her Original Blue DS onto a concrete floor shattering her screen, and I had (and still do) a DS Lite at the time, along with my Gameboy Advance SP Classic NES Edition. It is nice to have an Original one again, to add to the collection.

You Tube

2 Years ago my knowledge of You Tube was fairly limited. I knew it exsisted, thought it was a "teenager" thing. I thought it was all people doing Jackass like stunts, funny cat and dog videos, high school kids embarrassing each other, idiots street racing, etc. Then one day I found out it was going to be available to watch on Xbox Live. I remember thinking to myself, and saying to other people, Who the Fuck is Gonna watch You Tube over Xbox Live?

Turns out, people like Me, that's who........ Why?

It is kind of like when (for the parents reading this) you tell a child "how do you know you won't like it, unless you try it?" I tried it, and I like it.

 Roughly May/June of 2013, my view of You Tube changed. I am an avid Xbox user, I use my Xbox for everything, Playing Original Xbox, Xbox 360  and Xbox Arcade games, Watching Netflix and DVD's. One day I am came across a link on my Xbox dashboard for The Angry Video Game Nerd, Looked like it might be interesting, so I clicked on it. I was taken to the You Tube app, waited for it to install, and watched this show. After I watched that first episode, I binge watched 100 Episodes of this program for a week, made by a guy in his basement, bitching about old video games, it was awesome!

 Now I watch something on You Tube everyday. I mostly follow Video game programs, and there are a lot of guys doing retro game hunting and game play videos. It helped me get back into my old systems that I love and had been neglecting for several years. I also watch live music performances, car restoration videos, even Network TV programming. I haven't had Cable in 2 years now, just too expensive for the 2-3 shows a week I watched, I do still have cable internet, with speed boost cause I gotta be competitive online, lets not get crazy. Anyway, recently the last 6 months or so I have been watching shows I wouldn't otherwise be able to watch. Wheeler Dealers A car restoration/modification/flipping show based in the U.K., Classic Car Restoration, another car restoration/modification/flipping program based in Canada, if you like cars, check em out. I also catch up on Pawn Stars, Judge Judy and other misc programming.

 Personally, after watching a lot of these amateur "shows" on You Tube, I do find it just as, if not more entertaining, than "regular" network TV. I am now looking to start putting up game play videos of some of my old favorite video games from Playstation 1, Sega Genesis along with plenty of others. I will of course update my Blog for the whole 3 people reading this when I get around to doing it. I currently have a "channel" just don't have anything up as of now.

I will recommend a few of my favorite channels, if you are interested in the subjects, check em out!

Video Games:

Cory Szamier - One of my absolute favorites. He is very personable, honest and damn funny.

BitHead1000 - This guy, is awesome. Serious, funny, informative and some days, down right nuts!

Fluffy Gamer - He had another channel with another guy Here, but he was my favorite of the 2. And just recently started this new channel.

Tech Modification & Repair:

RetroGameTech - Great Videos of Repairing and modification of electronics, mostly video game related.

AdamKoralik - A little bit both Game Tech and Game Hunting, very informative.

Retro Toy Review & Restoration:

RetroBlasting - Found this channel in a link on another guys blog I follow. Very cool 80's toy related, I miss my old toys.

Music: 

For music just basically look up any Band/Song/Genre you like and you will find a lot. I will share one of my favorite live performances, by my favorite artist Mr. Tim "Ripper" Owens, singing King Diamond's Abigail.

CLICK HERE

I want a Corvette.....

Maybe it's because I am 40 and every 40 year old man has a "midlife crisis"

Maybe it's because I am currently driving a 4 door family sedan

Maybe it's because I haven't driven my Firebird in 7 years

Or maybe it is because Corvette's are just awesome!

I don't mean a newer late model Vette (97-15) Those all have a FAT ass, and after 2006 just get uglier and uglier, then just Hideous.

I Want a 1996 Corvette ZR1, Yellow with Black leather please.

 I am a car aficionado. I have owned and driven many different performance and muscle cars throughout my 26 years of driving. I learned how to drive (mom look away) when I was 14 on my buddies 1979 Camaro Z28 with a Chevy 355 and a Muncie 4 Speed. Then, after he totaled that into a tree, got a 1983 Camaro 2.5L Iron Duke 4 Cylinder with a 4 Speed Manual, Which may have triggered my love for the 3rd Gen Fbody. My first car, that I drove regularly was my Girlfriends 1979 Dodge Omni 4 Cyl Auto. But my very first car of my own was a 1983 Pontiac Trans Am with a Chevy 305 V8 and Crossfire Fuel Injection (same as the Corvette's), and after that Omni, was a Very Fast car.

 Over the years I have owned Various Firebird's, Camaro's, Mustang's as well as a 1974 Plymouth Barracuda for Sports/Muscle Cars. I have also driven many others, Viper's, Corvette's, Shelby's (both Dodge and Ford, I prefer the Dodge's), Firehawk's, Comp T/A's, and a Twin Turbo V8 Lotus Esprit, which was ALOT of fun.

 But, I have always liked the 91-96 Corvette's. The 84-90's are ok too, and can be made to look like a 91-96, they also have a motor I am very familiar with as it is the same one that is in my Firebird Formula, GM's Tuned Port Injected 350. However, the 90's ZR1's came equipped with a 32 Valve 350 V8 LT5 Engine with 405 hp and 385 ft lbs of Torque.

 I do think another reason I am craving something else to play with is, I have owned 3rd Gen Firebird's and Camaro's for the last 25 years, with my current one having been in my possession since March of 1998, and I just want something different. I would love to get a Corvette to play with, but I would use it as a daily driver, saving my Formula as my fun weekend car. I certainly wouldn't leave it stock, but I wouldn't go crazy with it either and sacrifice reliability and being able to use it everyday.

Maybe once I have a house and garage to keep things in......

Warning: Rant Inside

 Well, that didn't take very long. Today at work just set me in a foul mood. I work for a national automotive recycled parts facility. There I was minding my own business, having a fun day as usual. Now I may not like my job, but I truly do love (most of) the people I work with. We always have fun, they are great, I even have a few on my Xbox Live friends list.

 So today must have been retard/asshole/drug addict release day or something....

 A guy comes in with a little girl, she had to have been 3 or so, cute little girl, just playing, looking around the store and being a little girl. Anyway this jackass REEKS of Marijuana, and obviously is not clear headed enough to answer simple questions, What kind of car, what size engine, etc. Who the fuck gets high and takes a 3 year old child out in a car and goes around town? What the fuck is wrong with you? That child should be allowed to grow up and make her own mistakes, not have her life fucked up by some inconsiderate, irresponsible, degenerate asshat! Now I normally let morons be morons, but this kid did not deserve it, I talked to my boss and he would not let me call the police, they are literally up the street, they would have been there in 2-3 mins.

 A couple come to the counter looking for parts, the male REEKS of alcohol, they ask for their parts, I write em up and before they go to the cashier, I look at the female and say "You are the one driving right?" She looks back at me and Says "Huh, oh, yeah". Sure lady, I hope this fucker kills you both and not some innocent person, people or family.

 A phone call, A man calls looking for a tail light for his 2014 Ford F150. I look up the part and give him the price of $130.00. The dude freaks out and says "What? It should be $20.00 you are a junkyard aren't ya?" I said "Have a nice day sir" and hung up. Really dude? you drive a 2014 F150 and you are gonna complain about the cost of a taillight your dumbass broke? WTF?

 And on the other side of the spectrum. A guy calls with a 1984 Chevrolet pickup. He was looking for a "Good, Rust Free door" in a specific color, today. Really? your P.O.S. is 30 years old, do you really think you are going to find #1 a rust free door in Minnesota, and #2 in a certain color? Get a clue ass.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog posts.