Hmm, none of the videos I watched had them leaving the alternator loose, they tightened them up and left it as-is. I did see the screwdriver trick, and I tried that, but I just didn’t have the strength to hold the tensioner at bay and force the belt into place.
Thanks for the suggestions though, I appreciate it. :)
No, certain corporate landlords, like Blackrock, is even. Most small-scale landlords are not inherently evil because they rent out their properties. Having a few is not “hoarding.”
Oh, that makes me feel better that I’m not the only one that struggles with them. And yeah, I was so jealous of the people in the video for it. Thanks for the pick-me-up, I feel better about it.
Things went well in that I didn’t break anything except for a corroded bolt. I also dropped a wrench own into the under carriage somewhere, so that’ll be fun to hear rattling around.
Dry hole patching is hard, I’m glad things went well for you too!
Hey thanks. Yeah, the one thing I’m happy about is that I saved about $500 this weekend, if my car starts, that is. Here’s hoping! Thanks for the perk up!
Yes, exactly. I’m a seasoned traveler and have never allowed myself to get anywhere near that point when traveling (never like that at home, either), but I had just had a nasty breakup and my ex-fiance was originally supposed to be on that trip with us. I slipped, and she was there to catch me.
We’re still very close and I’m now her daughter’s honorary aunt. I’ll always be supportive and there for her. I felt that way before this event, and it just solidified that I’d made a great choice in friends. Love her so much. :)
Math was a big issue for me, and all the colleges in CA were shutting down any math classes lower than college algebra. I barely made it into the beginning and intermediate algebra classes before they shut them down.
What they do now if funnel all the students who don’t test into college algebra into “college math topics” which is an array of real-life mathematics that you’d come scross, like voting types and loans/interest rates. Which is a good thing to have as a class, but wouldn’t have helped me get my degree in drafting.
A few years ago I was overseas with a friend. I ended up getting absolutely plastered and blacking out, which had never happened to me before. I woke up in my hostel bed with no memory past a certain point.
My friend had gotten me home, showered me (I had vomited all over myself), changed my clothes, got me food and water to stash by me until I woke up. She even put my hair up in a bun.
Up until then, my idea of what friends did in this situation was get you to your bed and put a bucket next to you, that’s it. But I woke up clean and safe with food and water waiting for me.
I almost cried when I realized what she’d done for me.
Weather wasn’t the only reason I moved from New Jersey to California, but it was one of the top three. Seasonal depression is a real thing and I definitely had it.
I live in a fairly high-income area, and almost everyone drives new cars. I’ve noticed a trend that all new cars have stretched out longer, and it really bothers me. It’s just a very ugly trend.
I worked a lot of different jobs with no degree at all, out earning a friend of mine who got her batchelores in fine art, sculpting specifically, and who also worked a bunch of different jobs (that didn’t gave much to do with her major).
We both went back to college around the same time. She got her masters in interior architecture, and I got my AS in industrial design and drafting for manufacturing.
I got a job first in a civil field that doubled my previous salary. She got a job soon after in an architecture field a dollar less than me per hour.
I got promoted at 8 months with a pay raise of $4. Now I make $5/hr more than she does.
All this to say, it matters what you get your degree in, to an extent. My friend and I both use CAD for our jobs, but her masters hasn’t paid out as much as my Associates has so far.
I think she enjoyed sculpting a lot for her BA degree, but faltered a lot on what to do with it. It’s a degree you have to really figure out how it can become applicable in regular jobs, because “sculpter” jobs are few and far between. She also wasn’t willing to move to places like LA or NY which might have had more opportunities for her skill set.
So yes, in a way it matters, but also not really very much.
It’s cool that you got to create your own major, I would have lived to do something like that.