I think some folks are missing the point of my OP.
I couldn’t care less if a person doesn’t change their oil. I also couldn’t care less what a person spends their money on. What ticked me off is when Roland exclaimed “I don’t have $30!!” as an excuse for not doing something (in this case, changing oil). This is a lie; he has $30. That’s all I was trying to say. Very lame and petty, I readily admit. But what the hell; this is the pit, and I felt like pitting. Sue me.
Yawn.
I HAVE $60 but not the $60 I’d like to spend on weed.
Therefore, I don’t HAVE $60 for weed.
I still don’t really get it, Crafter_Man. I’m not trying to insult you and from your posts, I do respect your intelligence and knowledge.
But geeze. Until his “wife” shows up complaining that he blew the oil change money on strippers, I don’t see the problem here.
Yes, this is about the strangest pitting I’ve ever seen. But if you’re gonna rail against the guy, how can you pass up this statement?
“I have taken it to Miller’s in the past in Shelbyville to have the oil changed, but they always want to fix other things that I cannot afford.”
I wouldn’t have pitted the guy over it, but I definitely did a Lewis Black type shudder of incredulity at that one. He won’t take it to the shop because he’s afraid they’ll force him to have other repairs done?
I’m picturing Miller in a Nazi uniform, saying, “Oh, not only vill you get zee oil change, but you vill get ze brake job, und ze transmission service, und ze new spark plugs. ZIS IS NOT AN OPTION - I COMMAND IT!!!”
I am a spineless pussy of the highest order that has a problem saying NO to anything. Panhandlers can spot me from blocks away and seek me with their “pussy” radar. For example we have five dogs and all of them need to go to the VET. I just took one of them to have a molar extraction (a seven year old stray Boxer we adopted last year after she showed up in our barn half dead) I knew they would want to sell me the $60.00 tooth cleaning on top of the $100.00 dollar extraction and I had practiced saying NO, NO, NO ( and my wife had lectured me on the need for us to practice vetreinary triage due to our limited rescources). Of course when confronted with the Vet (who serves mainly an upper middle class client base given that we are an island of poverty amidst a relative sea of upper middle class wealth here in the burbs) I folded and got the tooth cleaning. I generally end up doing the same with the mechanic. I go in there intending to spend no more than $30.00 for an oil change and walk out shaking my head and wondering how I let him talk me into $200.00 worth of stuff (which most of you would think is probably important, but which I would let go on my own).
By the way our money situation is “feast or famine”. We get maybe 12,000 in student loan/grant money at the Beg of the semesters and earn a relative pittance at our home health jobs (soon to increase for my wife who just got her RN). By the end of the semester we are broke, counting the money from my son’s “change jar” and hoping that the lights are not turned out before the next round of money comes.
Don’t be so hard on yourself, brother.
Life is hard. These people have no business judging you.
Keep your chin up.
BTW that was your six hundred sixty sixth post.
Where’s the devil horn smiley? 
Your car needs weed to prevent the engine from seizing up and costing you thousands in repair? Damn Jeeps!
On a more serious note… A similar situation came up a while back regarding a poster who had $20,000 in the bank but claimed to have no money for proper food. Nobody would bat an eye if this poster said they couldn’t afford a giant $10,000 plasma TV, even though they had enough in the bank. TVs are a luxury, food is a necessity. You don’t claim to have no money for necessities when you have a pile of money in the bank, or spend money on obvious luxuries instead.
Simple maintenance like changing your oil is necessary if you don’t want the engine crapping out on you. Not changing your oil is a BAD move financially, you might get away with it for a while, but eventually it will catch up. Crafter_Man considers changing oil a necessity, not a luxury, and you pay for necessities FIRST.
Roland, if you don’t want to do anything extra, pay with cash and only bring enough to change the oil. Don’t bring your ATM card or credit card, bring $50 and your license. If you have a quik lube place around that does only oil, they might be easier to get in and out of.
Yeah, but why open a new thread? We already have a huge trainwreck dealing with our friend Roland. Take a read through there, and then you’ll see this is small potatos.
Not to mention this thread only gives him another place to tell us far more than we ever wanted to know.
Best Missing Comma Evah.
Regards,
Shodan
Hmmm…I didn’t know I came on that strong. I just thought it was funny; I certainly didn’t intend to “judge” anyone. Sorry if I caused offense.
BTW, I like Cheesteak’s idea of only bringing enough cash for the oil change.
And to be honest, I question whether changing the oil at this late stage of the game is even worth it anyway. Probably just throwing good money after bad.
Thanks for highlighting that for us, champ. God forbid this vile, underhand fabrication should go unexposed. Who knows how many unsuspecting souls were suckered in by his blatantly dishonest claims that he didn’t have thirty bucks? The Republic owes you a debt of gratitude, citizen. Kudos! Kudos and huzzah for the bold truth-finder! You are a model of probity for us all! I, for one, intend to name my first child after you. Heck, I’m naming all my children after you. And other people’s children, too.
In that case,
Roland, I order you to register on the forums at www.bobistheoilguy.com and see if you can persuade the regulars there to pay for an oil analysis on the black stuff in your engine.
Maybe one of them can arrange to have the sample pulled from the car for you, or loan you a suction pump to get it with. It just takes 4 ounces…
Fuckwaffle.
That’s reason enough.
Oh, come now. Crafter’s pit rant may have been a little lame, but I can see where he’s coming from. I mean, it’s just plain irresponsible to claim you can’t afford a $30 oil change to keep up your car, while you seem to be content with the idea that you’ll just fix your car as problems arise, which is much more expensive than prevention. Roland’s behavior is completely irrational and I could understand Crafter’s frustration with that. I run into people like this all the time and it gets irritating. Not worth a Pit Rant, because frankly I couldn’t care less what happens to Roland’s car. If having a car and keeping mobile is an absolute priority in one’s life, I would expect that person to maintain that vehicle as best he can and make the sacrifices in order to keep that maintenance.
Why do people have to “Pit” someone just because they think that something they say is stupid? I’ve never pitted anyone for anything that they have written. Heck, if it were up to me The Pit wouldn’t even exist. I still hold the position that if you don’t like a question simply don’t reply. Furthermore, if you don’t have anything nice to say refrain from saying anything.
I don’t think I’ve ever pitted anyone, and I don’t intend to. But the “if you don’t have anything nice to say refrain from saying anything” doesn’t quite hold at the SDMB, and I’m pretty cool with that. I think the Pit serves a useful purpose for venting and calling people out on their bullshit.
Back in the day if someone pissed you off you had to challenge them to a dual not vent at them behind the refuge of an electronic barrier. I agree with Zell Miller.
So, a dual… ? then?
Jeez, I remember back when a duel meant something.
Okay, I’m up for it. How about chainsaws and blindfolds at dawn? Hot-air baloons and shotguns? Tears and hope?
I just wanna see it.
I wonder if Coozeberry syrup goes well on Fuckwaffles.
I will back Roland up on this one (without vouching for the rest of his troubled history). I notice that far, far too many people on this board read between the lines without even trying to read the actual lines. Roland asked a simple question… how is his car running after not changing oil for a long time… and now he’s getting pitted for his various rationales for not changing his oil.
While silly they may be, those reasons have precisely nothing to do with the original factual question that he posed. Ergo, this pit is full of shit and so is everyone who jumped on the bandwagon.
Disclaimer - I have no special sentiment for or against Roland… at the moment I am finding some interest in the study of his character and the reaction of the board to it.