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7 years ago
Greetings all.
Welcome to to my first FA journal post for the year 2019.
I really wish this could be a more joyous posting, but sadly, it is not.
I have been living at my grandmother's now for a good year, and a half, and as of late, I've been noticing some things that have been taking a turn for the worse.
For starters, I just had to call out of work this morning, due to my grandmother's cat, who is constantly meowing, and crying for attention into the midnight hours, when I'm trying to sleep. This behavior has been ongoing, and has been getting worse over time. A quick bit of Google research as lead me to believe that there might be a health related issue involved, and strongly suggested to my grandmother that the cat be taken into a vet as soon as possible. However, my grandmother keeps firing back that she doesn't have the money for a vet visit, and instead, insists that her truck get the attention instead. When in reality, its next drive should be to a scrapyard.
Which leads me to the second problem.
My grandmother's truck, a 1999 Dodge Dakota Sport 3.9L V6 Magnum 2WD, is pretty much running on borrowed time. It leaks coolant, has a bad lower ball joint on the passenger side, and because the frame rails are so badly rotted, the fuel tank has to be held in place with heavy duty chains, which in turn, act as a support for the bed since all the body mounts rotted away. My grandmother won't get rid of the truck though, as she said it holds so much sentimental value to her, as it was the last vehicle her late boyfriend got her, before passing away 10 years ago. I know for a fact that once that truck goes in for inspection, it won't get a passing, or a rejection sticker. Instead, it's going to get a black sticker that permanently prohibits the vehicle from ever being driven on public road ways again. Yes, that is a thing.
So, in short summary, my grandmother loves to spoil her cat, which is technically a drop-off stray from 2 years ago. But she won't look after its health, citing that a rust bucket on wheels is more in financial aid.
I don't know what to do from this point on, as I just sit back, and watch from afar.
That's about it for now.
Take care all.
Welcome to to my first FA journal post for the year 2019.
I really wish this could be a more joyous posting, but sadly, it is not.
I have been living at my grandmother's now for a good year, and a half, and as of late, I've been noticing some things that have been taking a turn for the worse.
For starters, I just had to call out of work this morning, due to my grandmother's cat, who is constantly meowing, and crying for attention into the midnight hours, when I'm trying to sleep. This behavior has been ongoing, and has been getting worse over time. A quick bit of Google research as lead me to believe that there might be a health related issue involved, and strongly suggested to my grandmother that the cat be taken into a vet as soon as possible. However, my grandmother keeps firing back that she doesn't have the money for a vet visit, and instead, insists that her truck get the attention instead. When in reality, its next drive should be to a scrapyard.
Which leads me to the second problem.
My grandmother's truck, a 1999 Dodge Dakota Sport 3.9L V6 Magnum 2WD, is pretty much running on borrowed time. It leaks coolant, has a bad lower ball joint on the passenger side, and because the frame rails are so badly rotted, the fuel tank has to be held in place with heavy duty chains, which in turn, act as a support for the bed since all the body mounts rotted away. My grandmother won't get rid of the truck though, as she said it holds so much sentimental value to her, as it was the last vehicle her late boyfriend got her, before passing away 10 years ago. I know for a fact that once that truck goes in for inspection, it won't get a passing, or a rejection sticker. Instead, it's going to get a black sticker that permanently prohibits the vehicle from ever being driven on public road ways again. Yes, that is a thing.
So, in short summary, my grandmother loves to spoil her cat, which is technically a drop-off stray from 2 years ago. But she won't look after its health, citing that a rust bucket on wheels is more in financial aid.
I don't know what to do from this point on, as I just sit back, and watch from afar.
That's about it for now.
Take care all.
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~squishydraco
Hey there, hope you been doing well these days, other than talking about this heh. You really could poke me sometime on telegram or something if you want to have a talk about things, you know im always around to help and give company as best as I can. My opinion in this matter is the truck is going to have to go eventually especially if its that bad, if its really something special to her well if it doesn't work anymore she could keep it for awhile or take a part from it for her to remember it by as it is special to her. For the cat a vet visit would be best as well, if she cannot do it maybe you or someone else could try...
