Well, you can always try Black Friday sales if you have the money and you're willing to brawl your way through the crowds. Other than that, I'm not sure you have much other choice.

Problem is, I work at 5am on week days. By the time I'd get to the store, they would most likely be sold out.

Sorry everyone if I seem pessimistic, just not a lot to be optimistic about. Let me try for a minute...

I have a job
I have food
I have a truck
I am healthy
umm... ummm... damn its not working...

I've dropped my PS2 on concrete from a height of about 2-3 feet, and it still works fine. They just don't make 'em like they used to.

I second this.

I think I just read a very beer-snot-blowing-hilarious episode of an SNL skit. "Gamer living with parents playing in basemant, and Dad kills PS3 with jammies". The stereotype just begs for low comedy.

I hate to have a good laugh at your expense, as I'm also guilty of being punched by god... Repeatably, as I'm sure everyone else is; God's relation with man is just a devine game of whack-a-mole.

Man hug? :hugs:

At least something good came out of it. lol I know it seems bad, I'm a gamer and I live with my parents, but I have a full time job, I have an AA and an AS degree and I'm leaving to get a BS degree this January, so its not like I don't have a life not yet anyway lol

Okay, here goes:

The year: 2010
Those involved: Me (The Vyper, military aircraft enthusiast) and a friend (Z-Cobra, a flight instructor and also a military aircraft enthusiast)
The setting: Vacation
Our destination: http://www.airventure.org/

Z-Cobra and I had been planning this trip since 2008. We were going to take his plane from Nashville, Tennessee to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to see the big air. Planned arrival time was around 2:00 PM. After our first refueling stop in Kentucky, we took off only to have to turn around and land due to bad weather. We waited about three hours for it to pass. We took off again and flew without incident for two more refueling stops. On our fourth refueling stop (in Decatur, Illinois) Mr. Murphy caught up with us again. We didn't even make it off the ground, due to engine problems. The airstrip mechanic (a great guy named Mike) looked over the engine and found the problem: one of the valves was stuck in the "open" position, and it would take a week to fix.

Not to be deterred, we began calling rental car companies. We called literally every agency within a fifty mile radius, only to be told each time that there were no cars available. When Mike heard this, he told us we could use the airstrip's courtesy car (since he owned it). He said we could drive it to Oshkosh, then back home, then back to Decature when Z-Cobra came to pick up his plane. This was good news, but had a downside: the car was 18 years old, had just over 250,000 miles on it, couldn't accelerate well with the AC running and sometimes wouldn't start at all. We took him up on the offer.

The car got us to Oshkosh without incident, but Mr. Murphy was still with us. Despite the fact that our room rental was confirmed and we called to let them know we'd be late (11:20 PM late), somebody dropped the ball and gave our room away. We managed to get another room in the same college dorm (yes, they rent those out for this event), but it had no AC. Keep in mind, this was the end of July when it was still rather hot. We stayed for three days, then began the long drive home. About an hour after we passed through Bowling Green, Kentucky, Mr. Murphy paid us yet another visit. While traveling down the highway at 70 MPH, two of the bolts on our front right tire sheared off. We managed to pull the car over safely, but we couldn't change the tire due to the way the bolts had sheared off.

Fortunately, I had my AAA card with me. As I pulled it out to make the call, I noticed the expiration date: August 1, the very day we needed it. Awesome. So, I called the 1-800 number and told them what was up. They transferred me to the Kentucky branch so I could arrange a tow. There was no answer. I called the 1-800 number again and informed them of this. They then tried getting in touch with the Ky branch themselves, with similar results. They then emailed a few of those who worked there and learned they were having phone troubles.

Because the Ky branch could not be communicated with, AAA looked up some number for me and I had to call and get a tow myself. I would also have to foot the bill, then submit a reimbursemant form to AAA. We got the tow, but it took a little over three hours to reach us. It then took another four to reach Nashville, due to a combination of a bad tow truck and worse traffic.

We finally got home at around 1:45 AM. Unfortunately for me, I would have to get up four hours later for work. Even better, that was the day of a job performance review and I was expected to be refreshed, rested and ready to go after my "vacation". :facepalm:

How's that for a run of bad luck?

I wish I had problems I could fix, but I have to live with them. Most likely to the day I die.

Damn, that does svck What kinda plane were you flying, and do you have a PPL? I'm actually going to college for professional aviation this Spring, and already have my PPL.


Like what bro?

And that wasn't even my worst vacation debacle (just the most recent).


It was a Cessna 172. And, due to a childhood seizure disorder, the FAA won't allow me to get a PPL. It doesn't matter that I haven't had a seizure in over twenty years, or that I got a new EEG that confirmed I'm not "at risk" of having them. Oh well. Guess I'll stick to skydiving.

Nothing svcks more than a rejected medical... I know how you feel about that. The doctor tried to fail me for my first class because he thought I had too much correction in my contacts, even after I whipped out my FAR/AIM book and proved him wrong. He sent in my medical to the FAA for review, so I called the surgeon general and the surgeon general called the doctor. Now I don't know what was said, but the doctor immediately apologized for his mistake, and I think he got in trouble because these doctors are supposed to be current on the regulations. I was proud of myself that I showed up a guy that went to med school :celebration: He was a real dike to me before too.

This. No question about it.

I was just jeffin' with you. Sorry you took it seriously.

Well now that you mentioned it some things have been occurring to me. It started last Monday when my grandfather suffered a collapsed lung now having a hole in said lung who is still in the hospital. Two days later father has a seizure on the road that killed him. And now I'm puking up ill with frequent visits to the toilet the day before the funeral. It's been something of a chaotic week.

Na, I'm just a bit testy after what happened. I assumed you were trying to provoke an inflamatory response, so I fired back :gun:

Well, since you want some perspective, I'll give you some. I found out this week that my now-ex-girlfriend had been having an affair with a 30-year-old who is married and has a kid. So yeah... that svcked.

You should be glad your not with her anymore. You don't want a woman like that! I wouldn't anyway. But yeah, that svcks man. Women have you heart in their hand and they can crush it whenever they want.

I think you're talking about the wrong organ.

I walked right into that one didn't I? :sadvaultboy:

I think the simple solution is your dad needs to stop wearing pants.

Related to the subject-

I was trying to get my LCD computer monitor connected to my PS3 and kept buying the wrong parts. I finally get the right parts only to figure out that the LCD monitor wouldn't display the image for my PS3 (even though it did when I had an xbox..weird). I then decided to buy an HDMI cable and a TV. That worked for awhile , but I hooked up my PS3 to my friend's TV, and when I tried to put it away later on in the day I guess I yanked the wrong way on the HDMI cable, and the connector part (please excuse my lack of technological terms) stripped right off. I finally gave up for awhile and let it think it won the war, but I came back with another HDMI cable and I dealt the final blow! Meaning I won... Without using weaponry of any sort. I do know your pain though... not fun when things just don't/won't go your way.

Few months ago my PC had a BSOD after which it wouldn't restart. It's a homebuilt one, so it was on me to figure out what's wrong with it, and how expenive fixing it would be. Thankfully after a whole night of taking it apart and putting it back together it started working again, and has worked perfectly since

That's the story of my life, plenty of close calls, never any disasters, so i consider myself quite lucky ^_^

I can symphatize with how much yous situation svcks, though. That is damn bad luck.

If its anything like Xbox, it'll heal itself in time
Make sure you get your came back though and count yourself lucky it wasn't the TV
Looking at it that way, were you lucky or unlucky or just right.

The TV had a warranty though PS3 didn't

Maybe it was a sign to get an Xbox.....
Just kidding, hard luck though :down: