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For a normally noisy raven, I've been quiet. Here's why.
7 years ago
Well, maybe not noisy a lot, but I do make a lot of noise then go away for a while, be it of my own volition, or forced because I don't fit the narrative of others. In any-case, I've been a bit of a busy bird the past month.
First off, as some know, I'm a truck driver that is Over the Road and drive the "western 11". So I'm out for weeks at a time, coming home for a few days then back out. I do have a gaming laptop and internet access, but its nothing like being at home. So whats new with me is I got a crown put in for one of my top front teeth. Not the very front, but one near. Funny thing was I went in on July 2nd, right after finding my car had been hit on the 1st, for a dental appointment cause I was having tooth pain. So that day they examined and performed a root canal and prepped the tooth for a crown. The numbed me up correctly thankfully and didn't hurt at all. I left with a temp crown, that I broke about a week later. I was scheduled for the perm crown on the 20th of July, and when I went, the ortho dentist had called in sick, so i was rescheduled, but had another temp made, which fell out the next day. No problem, I just avoided biting anything with that area or tooth.
Meanwhile on the front of my car front, I had ordered all the parts needed to replace the damaged ones, as well as new of the other side that wasn't damaged cause lets be real, new and old lopsided look sucks. In all, I think I spent a total of $600 on parts with shipping and taxes included. I had everything shipped to my folks place cause I could work on my car there with ease, and could rely on my folks, as apposed to the people I'm living with. Anyways, I called around and found a place that could do paint and install of the bumper all for $500. Cool. So Thursday August 9th, I was back home and got the crown installed, then went to my folks and took the bumper tot he paint and body shop to gt painted. Came back to my folks and started stripping off the old bumper and parts and installing the new stuff.
It was actually a nice feeling to be working on my car. I found some things that needed to be tightened and re-secured from years of just road traveling. Tighten a bolt here, put in a retaining clip there, straighten a cover, that stuff. So next morning, I go to the body shop, get the bumper put on, and they knocked 50 off the estimated cost. So yay! Front end looks all shiny and new! WITNESS!
hehe
SO yeah, been busy with tooth and car and other minor stuff. Been playing Assassin's creed Origins. Fun, but doesn't feel like an AC game as I knew it. In other news, I got a small window AC unit for my room finally. It is a god send. Helps so much, especially with this year. My swamp cooler just couldn't do the job cause it was weirdly humid this summer. This AC unit is nice though. it has all kinds of settings and a remote.
One last thing.
As seen from my previous postings, I have a few political views that are not part of the left or current liberl's ideology. Infact, because I have a moderate/ libertarian with a slight conservative leaving view and vocal about it, I've suffered the loss of friendships, being removed from chats, and just out right ignored. Fortunately, it is no where as sever as it has been for many others. I know I somehow fly under the radar for the most part, and I know if I was to become far more vocal and stand out, I would be attacked viciously by the leftist mob mentality. Just for the fact that I am a white male I am already deemed super ultra double triple hitler nazi racist facist sexist homophobe transphobe Islamophobe and everything else they pull out of their asses to blame me for doing. While this would be, and to a point is a bother and annoyance, I would like to point out that the Nazis were a leftist socialist party and ideology, which shares many ideas and values the left and most democrats share and express today. Here, have a link: https://wsau.com/blogs/ben-armstron.....d-on-the-left/ .
The point I'm wanting to make is that despite one's political views and siding, what bothers me the most isn't the name calling, the devaluing of words, or the extreme tribalism, its the blatant hypocrisy and double standards being presented by the extremes, though most overtly and disproportionately by the leftist and democrats. If you are going to set standards, then you had better live by them as well.
On a side note, for those that cry for gun control, please realize you are advocating for racism against black americans. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl.....n-control-laws
First off, as some know, I'm a truck driver that is Over the Road and drive the "western 11". So I'm out for weeks at a time, coming home for a few days then back out. I do have a gaming laptop and internet access, but its nothing like being at home. So whats new with me is I got a crown put in for one of my top front teeth. Not the very front, but one near. Funny thing was I went in on July 2nd, right after finding my car had been hit on the 1st, for a dental appointment cause I was having tooth pain. So that day they examined and performed a root canal and prepped the tooth for a crown. The numbed me up correctly thankfully and didn't hurt at all. I left with a temp crown, that I broke about a week later. I was scheduled for the perm crown on the 20th of July, and when I went, the ortho dentist had called in sick, so i was rescheduled, but had another temp made, which fell out the next day. No problem, I just avoided biting anything with that area or tooth.
Meanwhile on the front of my car front, I had ordered all the parts needed to replace the damaged ones, as well as new of the other side that wasn't damaged cause lets be real, new and old lopsided look sucks. In all, I think I spent a total of $600 on parts with shipping and taxes included. I had everything shipped to my folks place cause I could work on my car there with ease, and could rely on my folks, as apposed to the people I'm living with. Anyways, I called around and found a place that could do paint and install of the bumper all for $500. Cool. So Thursday August 9th, I was back home and got the crown installed, then went to my folks and took the bumper tot he paint and body shop to gt painted. Came back to my folks and started stripping off the old bumper and parts and installing the new stuff.
It was actually a nice feeling to be working on my car. I found some things that needed to be tightened and re-secured from years of just road traveling. Tighten a bolt here, put in a retaining clip there, straighten a cover, that stuff. So next morning, I go to the body shop, get the bumper put on, and they knocked 50 off the estimated cost. So yay! Front end looks all shiny and new! WITNESS!
hehe
SO yeah, been busy with tooth and car and other minor stuff. Been playing Assassin's creed Origins. Fun, but doesn't feel like an AC game as I knew it. In other news, I got a small window AC unit for my room finally. It is a god send. Helps so much, especially with this year. My swamp cooler just couldn't do the job cause it was weirdly humid this summer. This AC unit is nice though. it has all kinds of settings and a remote.
One last thing.
As seen from my previous postings, I have a few political views that are not part of the left or current liberl's ideology. Infact, because I have a moderate/ libertarian with a slight conservative leaving view and vocal about it, I've suffered the loss of friendships, being removed from chats, and just out right ignored. Fortunately, it is no where as sever as it has been for many others. I know I somehow fly under the radar for the most part, and I know if I was to become far more vocal and stand out, I would be attacked viciously by the leftist mob mentality. Just for the fact that I am a white male I am already deemed super ultra double triple hitler nazi racist facist sexist homophobe transphobe Islamophobe and everything else they pull out of their asses to blame me for doing. While this would be, and to a point is a bother and annoyance, I would like to point out that the Nazis were a leftist socialist party and ideology, which shares many ideas and values the left and most democrats share and express today. Here, have a link: https://wsau.com/blogs/ben-armstron.....d-on-the-left/ .
The point I'm wanting to make is that despite one's political views and siding, what bothers me the most isn't the name calling, the devaluing of words, or the extreme tribalism, its the blatant hypocrisy and double standards being presented by the extremes, though most overtly and disproportionately by the leftist and democrats. If you are going to set standards, then you had better live by them as well.
On a side note, for those that cry for gun control, please realize you are advocating for racism against black americans. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-bl.....n-control-laws
Who I'm with or part of: 
Always fun to work on a car and save some serious money, especially in states like California where automotive labor costs are over $120 an hour.
My favorite thing now is "Blitz Black" satin John Deere hot-rod paintjobs with a freaking roller or cheapy spray gun outside that end up looking professional and only costing the price of the paint instead of the $2000 for a shitty water based California "professional" paintjob. ^_^
Gotta love the far left's "You can only choose to be with Hitler or Stalin" bullcrap... Never occurs to them that both choices are the worst choices.
And the name calling, good gawd... It loses all meaning when these nutjobs are calling gays, jews, and black guys "Nazis" just because they call out the stupidity of communism/socialism... Hell I've been called a nazi multiple times just for pointing out that a "social service" is not "socialism" and for it to be actual socialism/communism that the means of production have to be seized/controlled by a massive government that basically gets rid of all private ownership and profit motive... And these same people that want socialism/communism are the same people saying fuck the police and government. @_@
I thought the overly nutty anti-gay religious zealot hypocrites from the late 90s early 2000s were the worst I'd see in the USA till the democrats and far left went all "Hold my beer and watch this!".