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I had a crazy weekend… and… well

I guess I’ll just post a recent chat log:

14:19:45 <Nosty-Work>: mornin' oreth

14:19:46 <Taylen>: hola oreth

14:20:45 <oreth|>: guh

14:20:51 <oreth|>: you guys ready for a crazy story?

14:21:27 <Nosty-Work>: Oh oh I am! I am!

14:21:33 <oreth|>: we went down to houston this weekend for an early thanksgiving with a bunch of friends and family

14:21:42 <oreth|>: houston is about 4.5 hours from our place

14:21:43 <Nosty-Work>: lol, oh gods

14:21:58 <oreth|>: about... 3 hours into the trip... we stop at a little town called "Madisonville" for kiifa to pee.

14:22:06 <oreth|>: As we're pulling in, the car kinda shudders a bit..

14:22:15 <oreth|>: "meh", we thought

14:22:41 <oreth|>: called our friend was like "We're 15 miles north of Huntsville, we'll be there in 2 hours!"

14:22:45 <oreth|>: we hop back in the car....

14:22:49 <oreth|>: 10 miles down the road

14:23:00 <oreth|>: the "check engine" light comes on...

14:23:07 <oreth|>: the heat gauge red lines

14:23:10 <oreth|>: all the other lights come on

14:23:15 <oreth|>: and the car dies on the side of the road

14:23:22 <oreth|>: it was pouring smoke and shit

14:23:31 <oreth|>: "FUCK"

14:25:24 <oreth|>: i use my phone to find a tow

14:25:29 <oreth|>: oh

14:25:39 <oreth|>: we broke down about 10 miles north of HUNTSVILLE

14:25:51 <oreth|>: Federal Prison & Death Sentence capital

14:26:39 <oreth|>: Kiifa leaves and finds the nearest mile marker

14:26:45 <oreth|>: that was the hardest thing i've ever had to do

14:27:13 <oreth|>: as we're waiting for the tow

14:27:18 <oreth|>: some dude in a white van pulls up

14:27:25 <oreth|>: and was like "Where's you guys goin'?"

14:27:38 <oreth|>: kiifa, with out thinking, "Houston :D"

14:28:10 <oreth|>: he was like "I'm headin' that way too"

14:28:31 <oreth|>: "I can give you a lift into Houston!"

14:28:35 <oreth|>: brb

14:32:07 <oreth|>: i was like "No way am I getting into a white van outside of huntsville

14:32:30 <oreth|>: we got towed to huntsville, our friends were already heading to pick us upp

14:33:02 <oreth|>: the guy at the firestone was like "Oh man...you guys might wanna go over to the mexican food place across the street.. they have fantastic margaritas"

14:33:19 <oreth|>: we thanked him, and instead went to hasting's to get something to drink.

14:33:51 <oreth|>: we were discussing our predicament and a random stranger was like "Heard you got stranded... Tell you what.. best margaritas in town are right across the street. ya'll should go try 'em!"

14:34:01 <Nosty-Work>: lmao

14:34:13 <oreth|>: and we wer elike "well, that's 2 complete strangers telling us to have a margarita.. sounds like a good idea"

14:34:21 <oreth|>: we got there.. and indeed the margaritas were fantastic

14:36:48 <Nosty-Work>: mmmmmmmmmargaritas

14:37:43 <oreth|>: they called us during dinner...

14:38:01 <oreth|>: "You.. uh... you blew your radiator.. .i t's gonna cost $375 to fix (parts and labor)"

14:38:22 <oreth|>: that was going to deplete our bank account plus some

14:38:29 <oreth|>: i said: "Do it"

14:38:38 <oreth|>: the rest of dinner wasn't nearly as tasty  

14:38:56 <oreth|>: we got out of dinner, and I considered pawning my laptop and my ipod touch to pay for the repairs

14:38:59 <Nosty-Work>: shoulda bought an egg and put it in the radiator =o

14:39:14 <oreth|>: doesn't matter

14:39:16 <oreth|>: i'll get to it

14:39:19 <Nosty-Work>: that sucks, man. Way to ruin a trip, early on no less.

14:39:25 <Nosty-Work>: sorry, please proceed!

14:39:26 <oreth|>: not done  

14:39:53 <oreth|>: our friends get there, and i tell one of them privately our situation.. I wasn't asking for money, but friends tell each other what's going on.

14:40:06 <oreth|>: I went back to our car, grabbed the pillows and stuff, and headed back that way.

14:40:30 <oreth|>: John comes up, puts $100 in cash in my hand and is like "This is from Me and Nolen... it won't finish fixing the car, but it will get you closer"

14:40:37 <oreth|>: i nearly cried.

14:40:54 <oreth|>: we got in the car on the other side of the parking lot, and firestone called

14:41:02 <oreth|>: "It's done.. but i guess you guys already headed out.. "

14:41:12 <oreth|>: me:" Yeah.. we'll pick it up monday."

14:41:14 <oreth|>: him: "Cool"

14:41:20 <oreth|>: we drove right past him as we were talking

14:41:28 <oreth|>: weekend goes by

14:41:31 <oreth|>: have alot of fun with friends.

14:41:55 <oreth|>: sunday night my mom agrees to help us out of the final amount (we only had $200 for the trip)

14:42:06 <oreth|>: but there's no way to get the money to us

14:42:18 <oreth|>: nolen over hears me and says "Just come back in the morning, i'll help you out

14:42:33 <oreth|>: we go back int he morning, and he has an envelope of $120.. way more than we thought we needed

14:42:44 <oreth|>: "Don't worry about paying this back"

14:42:51 <oreth|>: I wouldn't let that one stand

14:42:54 <oreth|>: anyhow

14:42:57 <oreth|>: we get back to firestone

14:43:06 <oreth|>: and they are like "Oh.. by the way... You blew a head gasket

14:43:14 <Nosty-Work>: ...

14:43:17 <oreth|>: "It'll be $1100 to fix... and we don't really even DO that here"

14:43:32 <oreth|>: (i screwed the story up.. they actually told us that when we were on the phone firday night)

14:44:33 <oreth|>: i asked them if we could make it back to dallas...

14:46:07 <oreth|>: he said "You might could hobble it back.. just keep it slow and watch the temperature gauge."

14:46:33 <oreth|>: we get in the car.. keeping it slow... make it 15 miles (back to Madisonville), and it starts pouring smoke

14:46:49 <oreth|>: car dies in an intersection... we pull over to a gas station

14:47:04 <oreth|>: we didn't have any gallon jugs...

14:47:17 <oreth|>: so we bought 3 liter containers of OZARKA bottled water

14:49:17 <Nosty-Work>: =/

14:50:12 <oreth|>: we waited for an hour

14:50:15 <oreth|>: let it cool down

14:50:17 <oreth|>: got back in the car

14:50:24 <oreth|>: drove down the highway a mile,. and more smoke

14:50:36 <oreth|>: we turned around, hobbled into town.. they had a toyota dealership

14:50:41 <oreth|>: it was about noon

14:51:05 <oreth|>: we pulled it... and said "We are looking to trade this car in.. or... see if soemone can buy it... so that we can get home"

14:51:15 <oreth|>: they wouldn't take it as a trade-in

14:51:23 <oreth|>: and one of the mechanics was like "I'll buy it..

14:53:24 <oreth|>: yeah

14:53:46 <oreth|>: and another mechanic was like "I've got a friend who wants to sell his 92 honda accord for $500"

14:54:02 <oreth|>: so Greg (the guy buying our car), was like "Do you have the title?"

14:54:08 <oreth|>: we didn't

14:55:57 <oreth|>: he was like "well.. when manuel's friend gets here.. you give me the title to that car, and i'll send it to you, when you send me the title to your car"

14:56:00 <oreth|>: Fair Enough

14:57:01 <oreth|>: manuel's friend couldn't find the keys

14:58:25 <oreth|>: sorry.. work

14:58:27 <oreth|>: brb

15:00:18 <oreth|>: (to the accord)

15:00:40 <oreth|>: It's

15:00:43 <oreth|>: now 5pm

15:00:47 <oreth|>: we've been here for 5 hours

15:02:28 <oreth|>: we are distraut

15:02:37 <oreth|>: i'm considering giving blowjobs to truckers to get home

15:02:43 <oreth|>: bascially

15:02:49 <oreth|>: we are stranded in the middle of no-fucking-where

15:02:52 <oreth|>: phone's dead

15:02:54 <oreth|>: laptop

15:02:56 <oreth|>: 's dead

15:03:01 <oreth|>: greg comes back over

15:03:35 <oreth|>: "Heard aboutt he problem with the keys... Look.. I've got a 92-93 Honda Passport.. Runs well.. I'll trade it straight up... +50bucks so you can get home."

15:03:46 <oreth|>: kiifa and i look at each other

15:03:46 <oreth|>: "Deal!"

15:05:07 <Nosty-Work>: lol wot

15:05:20 <oreth|>: so

15:05:26 <oreth|>: we traded our 96 toyota camry

15:05:29 <oreth|>: fantastic car

15:05:34 <oreth|>: 30 mpg

15:05:42 <oreth|>: smooth driving

15:05:53 <oreth|>: (but blown head gasket.. not gonna get us home)

15:06:01 <oreth|>: for a beat up 92 honda passport (pseudo suv)

15:06:04 <oreth|>: <20 mpg

15:06:08 <oreth|>: Manual

15:06:15 <oreth|>: no amenities

15:06:29 <oreth|>: we didn't get home till 11 last night

15:06:39 <oreth|>: kiifa absolutely refuses to drive it

15:06:44 <oreth|>: (doesn't know how to drive a manual)

15:09:32 <Nosty-Work>: sheesh

15:10:52 <Nosty-Work>: oreth that story sucks, man.

15:13:19 <Taylen>: holy crap  

15:13:26 <Taylen>: my condolences, oreth

15:15:51 <oreth|>: oh

15:15:57 <oreth|>: and it doesn't go over 65 mph

15:17:01 <oreth|>: it WILL NOT

15:17:18 <oreth|>: maybe it's a 94

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The Subway Deli in the shopping center on the corner of Buckingham and Plano Rd in Richardson, Texas

Two weeks ago ech and I went to eat there, and their bread was little more than a tortilla. Our sandwhichs melting in our hands.

Today, the wife and I decided to dine there for lunch. I got my usual meatball sub.. and she decided to have a turkey breast salad.
Yes.. they have salads at Subway.

We paid, sat down… and she said, “Oops.. .forgot to get a fork.” So I went up to the counter and asked for one.

The guy was like “Ooohh… Forks… ” and started looking around for a fork. He opened all the cabinets.. asked everyone… searched and searched.  Two minutes in, the wife said “Babe.. sit down and he’ll bring it out to us.”

Six minutes later he stood triumphant with a small shrink wrapped package in his hand: “I FOUND A SPOON!”

Needless to say, my wife decided not to embarass herself by eating a salad with a spoon and just took her food home.

Worst.   Subway.   Ever.

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