Originally Posted by asphaltgambler (Post 10824201)

^^^^^^^^^^ It's funny that I haven't seen that book or thought about her in 30 years or more......until ted posted it. Also to be truthful that experience...………….ruined me …….sort of. I was always 'chasing' older girls and then women until I was in my early 40's. It started what could be best described...….. as an addiction for a large part of my life.

I can't help but wonder if the gender roles were reversed...…...would my parents allowed it? I doubt it as I had an older sister. Somehow it all seemed OK.

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak (Post 10823787)

I have decorations.

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Originally Posted by rusnak (Post 10824978)

You could have my problem. I seem to attract a lot younger women for some reason. I think it's the father figure thing, I don't know.

Originally Posted by rusnak (Post 10824978)

You could have my problem. I seem to attract a lot younger women for some reason. I think it's the father figure thing, I don't know.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 10825163)

Problem?

Originally Posted by KC911 (Post 10824109)

I just dropped by to check on Sugarbritches....but now I will just refer to him as

S! :D

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10821586)

You did get lucky but can't see it. You had someone to get you started. A friend, a relative, whatever. No one who works on cars started in a vacuum. Not one person. Zero chance in hell you just picked up a Clymer or Haynes book and started buying tools. You wouldn't even know what you were reading or looking at. You wouldn't even know what tools to buy, or where to even get them. Most people don't have the faintest idea that cars can even be repaired at home. So, yea, you were also lucky. Most people don't have anyone to show them its even possible. This is why apprenticeship is still a thing after 2000 years.

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10821706)

Actually, it's one of the most truthful things ever posted here.
People are totally full of ****. Car guys especially.



I'm curious about space travel.
I guess I'll just build a space ship out back.

There is not one car guy on the planet who didn't see someone else car fixin'.
People aren't always that lucky to have farmer neighbors or friends or relatives who own tools.

So, yea, most people have no idea that fixing cars is even a thing. It literally is not even in their imagination of realm of possibility.
They literally have never seen anyone turn a wrench (even dealerships now do not let you view the service bays)
why on earth would they think to start fixing cars? Have you ever decided to undertake space travel? Why not, you're curious.



I call bull****.

When did you buy a 911?
You were a checkbook mechanic until you got a $30k sports car?
You're telling us that you never changed an air filter and you bought a used 911?

You didn't have even ONE friend who was working on cars and gave you the idea that you could also?
How did you even find this forum? What made you even think there was a forum for fixing cars?
And why on earth would you go to a DIY forum when you don't even know what DIY is?
Did you accidentally type for random letters p-e-l-i-c-a-n-p-a-r-t-s and stumble onto a DIY forum of a car you miraculously happened to own?

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10821735)

Ok, let's see KC's posting history.
First post he's asking about oil.



Guy who never touched a car knows "synth vs. dino"? How the F did he learn those words? Again, how did he even know a forum existed?
He already knows the word "DE"? How on earth did he ever know about DE?
Was he lost and stumbled upon a track? 99.9999% of people have never seen a track, or know that its a thing. How did he? Magic?
You're telling me this guy doesn't know ONE person who is a car guy?
He's operating a in total vacuum? He just magically figured out he can work on cars?
BS!

Next, he's asking about tires.
How the hell did he even know there was a choice?
Why did he not take it to local Firestone, like a normal human?
You're telling me this guy doesn't know ONE person who is a tire nerd?
How the hell did he end up on a forum asking about tires?
He just magically figured out tires have choices?

And his third post. BOOM.
Not everyone is lucky enough to have a "buddy who is a good mechanic"
Check-F'ing-mate.



LMAO at how totally full of **** people are
He just magically figured out he can work on cars? NOT.
He had an external influence that led him to the path.
Your typical clueless office worker is not as LUCKY as you.
(You didn't build that)

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10821903)

Your car broke down, and you just walked to the library?
How did you even know car fixing books were at the library?
It's as arbitrary as walking to the grocery store or doctors office if your car broke down.
Were you lost, and then happened to see car fixing books and were like, "Holy ****! MY car's broken!! I should read this!"

You just magically knew that car broken = get book at library?
What even made you think some book could tell you how to solve your problem?
How did you even know that cars could be fixed ?

Why would you do something that random, when you didn't even own tools?
You had no money for a tow, yet you had money for tools?

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10821910)

Ok, so you were lucky enough to have a dad who told you that people fixing cars was a thing in this world. Most are not that lucky.



No, you did not learn by yourself. Most people have literally never met a person who can fix a car. You were lucky that you had multiple sources that showed you that humans can actually fix cars. THEN you started learning for yourself. BIG difference I am pointing out here. Not everyone is as lucky as you were.

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10821922)

^^^ That's not my point. You had a dad that fixed stuff and owned a screwdriver. You personally WITNESSED that "humans can fix things" This does not exist in a vacuum. The office workers may not have ever seen a human fix anything ever in their lives. So, jackass above was indeed LUCKY that he was exposed to that by SOMEONE ELSE.

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10822439)

What made you subscribe to R&T at age 14?
How did you come to know that magazine existed?

You had friends in school who knew about fixing cars.
SOMEONE ELSE showed you how to fix push rods on your car.
HOW LUCKY.
Your stupid, lazy, uncurious office workers were not that lucky.

Your BROTHER was a god damned mechanic.
You got to ask him questions.
More importantly, you were informed that humans can fix cars.
HOW LUCKY.
Your stupid, lazy, uncurious office workers were not that lucky.

You used a ****ing mechanic's SHOP on Sunday to learn.
HOW LUCKY.
Your stupid, lazy, uncurious office workers were not that lucky.

Like I said, not ONE person who works on cars got into that stuff in a vacuum.
100% of people who can fix a car had a friend, releative, or mentor expose them to the idea of DIY being possible
Not everyone is so LUCKY to be exposed to it BY OTHERS, particularly your stupid, lazy, uncurious office workers.

Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 11880125)

This video reminded me of all the entitled arrogant A-holes in this thread who were lucky and spoiled enough to have a personal mentor when they started out.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/comments/zs7lxt/ok_lets_take_things_a_little_more_slower_check/

Originally Posted by oldE (Post 11880180)

Ye gads man! Have you looked in a mirror lately?
Let go of your anger.
Merry Christmas, by the way.