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Q + PR are playing in Atlanta tonight.
I had a damn good seat, with face value of 108 bucks.
I set out this morning in my SUV, and did not even make it out of town.
Doing 70 on the freeway...and the engine just DIES......just goes down the fucking drain.
I safely maneuver over to the far right shoulder and look under the hood to see if there is anything obviously wrong with it.....I see nothing on a visual inspection.
I walk 2 miles to a Krogers, and call AAA. Tow Truck literally arrives within 60 seconds. Dude musta been in the very shopping center I was at.
We go pick the vehicle up, take it over to my mechaninc's shop, which is conveniently located within 3 miles.
Timing belt broke.
V-6....it is an interference engine from what I am told.
So after 3 bills for parts & labor, tomorrow we will start it up and see if there was any damnage to the engine other than that.
So, I will travel into the future using astral remote projecto-viewing through my refractable space/time psychic continuum thang, and say that Queen + Paul Rodgers rocked the house in Atlanta, and everyone had a great time.
Everyone except me, that is.
As this was the closest show on their U.S. Tour, and as I can reasonably assume they are never going to tour the U.S. again, it looks like I am never going to be able to see Queen (or any version thereof) in my lifetime.
GODDAMMIT FUCKING SHIT BITCH BASTARD MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!
**ahem**
On the positive side, I will not be using tomorrow as a vacation day, so I will save that for another time in the near future....also the money I would have spent on gas and stuff going down there will go towards the repair bill, and it will be one less thing I have to worry about (my mechanic is one of those god-like creatures who rules when it comes to automotive machinery), and I still have today off from work with pay.
My dog is glad I get to spend the day at home with him, and I still have several warped kind of consolation prizes.
"Jay, tell us what our whacked out contestant has won today on "The Price Is Fucked!!!!"
"Oooooookay Bob our contestant has won an unused ticket to see Queen & Paul Rodgers in Atlanta Georgia in about 5 hours! He only paid $108 for it, and he can frame it, use it to line his bird cage with it, or use it to provide gainful employment to one of his many trash receptacles around the house!!!
AND! IN ADDITION TO THAT!!......He can have a Queen + Paul Rodgers Live In Eurpoe DVD for the low, low price of only 20 bucks courtesy of one of our sponsors, Tower Records!!!!
***sigh**
Christ....
Fucking machines....
I have a second vehicle that I was going to go in, but the door latch post was broken and the door will not shut all the way.
So once again, I am at the mercy of the machine.
We are all at the mercy of the machine.
The Car.
The Computer.
The Phone.
Etc.
So conveneient....yet so fucked up....
So this is the story of this date in my life.
Machines - 1
Hardrock69 - 0
I had a damn good seat, with face value of 108 bucks.
I set out this morning in my SUV, and did not even make it out of town.
Doing 70 on the freeway...and the engine just DIES......just goes down the fucking drain.
I safely maneuver over to the far right shoulder and look under the hood to see if there is anything obviously wrong with it.....I see nothing on a visual inspection.
I walk 2 miles to a Krogers, and call AAA. Tow Truck literally arrives within 60 seconds. Dude musta been in the very shopping center I was at.
We go pick the vehicle up, take it over to my mechaninc's shop, which is conveniently located within 3 miles.
Timing belt broke.
V-6....it is an interference engine from what I am told.
So after 3 bills for parts & labor, tomorrow we will start it up and see if there was any damnage to the engine other than that.
So, I will travel into the future using astral remote projecto-viewing through my refractable space/time psychic continuum thang, and say that Queen + Paul Rodgers rocked the house in Atlanta, and everyone had a great time.
Everyone except me, that is.
As this was the closest show on their U.S. Tour, and as I can reasonably assume they are never going to tour the U.S. again, it looks like I am never going to be able to see Queen (or any version thereof) in my lifetime.
GODDAMMIT FUCKING SHIT BITCH BASTARD MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!
**ahem**
On the positive side, I will not be using tomorrow as a vacation day, so I will save that for another time in the near future....also the money I would have spent on gas and stuff going down there will go towards the repair bill, and it will be one less thing I have to worry about (my mechanic is one of those god-like creatures who rules when it comes to automotive machinery), and I still have today off from work with pay.
My dog is glad I get to spend the day at home with him, and I still have several warped kind of consolation prizes.
"Jay, tell us what our whacked out contestant has won today on "The Price Is Fucked!!!!"
"Oooooookay Bob our contestant has won an unused ticket to see Queen & Paul Rodgers in Atlanta Georgia in about 5 hours! He only paid $108 for it, and he can frame it, use it to line his bird cage with it, or use it to provide gainful employment to one of his many trash receptacles around the house!!!
AND! IN ADDITION TO THAT!!......He can have a Queen + Paul Rodgers Live In Eurpoe DVD for the low, low price of only 20 bucks courtesy of one of our sponsors, Tower Records!!!!
***sigh**
Christ....
Fucking machines....
I have a second vehicle that I was going to go in, but the door latch post was broken and the door will not shut all the way.
So once again, I am at the mercy of the machine.
We are all at the mercy of the machine.
The Car.
The Computer.
The Phone.
Etc.
So conveneient....yet so fucked up....
So this is the story of this date in my life.
Machines - 1
Hardrock69 - 0
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