# The gods hate my family. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189 "2007-05-23T06:21:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/1 "2007-05-23T06:21:48Z")
So, we had this brilliant idea. My husband’s contract position was up on April 30, and we thought it would be great if he took a few months off. Work on the house, do a little side programming, have some fun. Sounds great, right? So we saved up our money. And in April, the air conditioner broke. Completely and irrevocably. It was seventeen years old, so it’s not exactly a shocker. It happened before summer, which was good, but that was a major expense we didn’t want. In May, the vacuum cleaner broke. OK, it was cheap, and it lasted about six years, so I guess we should be happy it lasted as long as it did. Today, the digital projector broke. This is our living room “television.” It’s how we watch DVDs and play Wii. It was a relatively new bulb, and it popped, shattering glass inside the projector. Those fucking bulbs cost $300 each. Now we have to decide: buy a new projector, even if it means looking for a job two weeks earlier than planned, or stick it out, with only the TV from the exercise room. I almost hate to ask what’s next. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/2 "2007-05-23T06:29:33Z")
Well, you and hubby still have your health, right? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/3 "2007-05-23T06:50:06Z")
Everything happens in threes. Vacuum + air conditioner + bulb; check, check, check. You’re good for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/4 "2007-05-23T14:10:20Z")
Is the projector still under warranty? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/5 "2007-05-23T14:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Well, you and hubby still have your health, right? [/QUOTE] Oh, great, **LOUNE**. Now I’ll probably come down with some non-fatal but very expensive wasting illness. I hope you’re right, **bigbabysweets2000**. I don’t think the projector is still under warranty. It’s 2+ years old. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/6 "2007-05-23T14:42:38Z")
You do realize your computer was listening while you made that post, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/7 "2007-05-23T14:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] You do realize your computer was listening while you made that post, right? 😉 [/QUOTE] So was the hot water heater. 😉 Seriously though, **DeadlyAccurate** , I feel your pain - every time we have a few extra bucks, something on the van decides to go all to hell. I swear, it is somehow plugged into my bank account and KNOWS just when I have enough money to fix a major part and goes bezerk accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/8 "2007-05-23T14:52:34Z")
I’m going to sit, frozen in fear, in the middle of the living room, with all the power turned off. Touching nothing. If I can do that for the next three months, we should be good to go. That’s living life to its fullest, right? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/9 "2007-05-23T14:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] Today, the digital projector broke. This is our living room “television.” It’s how we watch DVDs and play Wii. It was a relatively new bulb, and it popped, shattering glass inside the projector. Those fucking bulbs cost $300 each. Now we have to decide: buy a new projector, even if it means looking for a job two weeks earlier than planned, or stick it out, with only the TV from the exercise room. [/QUOTE] Ours had a spare bulb inside. Did you check for one in yours? Ours is the Epson Moviemate (which I don’t recommend, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/10 "2007-05-23T14:59:41Z")
It didn’t have a spare bulb, but the company we ordered our replacement from sent us two. I don’t know why, and I let them know they did so, but they never replied back. So we had a backup bulb to test out the projector, but it won’t come on at all. Ours is the Optoma H30. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/11 "2007-05-23T15:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] Seriously though, **DeadlyAccurate** , I feel your pain - every time we have a few extra bucks, something on the van decides to go all to hell. I swear, it is somehow plugged into my bank account and KNOWS just when I have enough money to fix a major part and goes bezerk accordingly. [/QUOTE] When I was driving my old Wrangler (1990) and my husband was driving his '87 Sciricco (sp?) every single time we had to do something for the Jeep, the Volks would pout until it got something, too. New tires on the Jeep? Volks is gonna get a flat. Oil chage for the Jeep, and the Volks didn’t get one? Volks needs a new air filter. Every time. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/12 "2007-05-23T16:25:46Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] When I was driving my old Wrangler (1990) and my husband was driving his '87 Sciricco (sp?) every single time we had to do something for the Jeep, the Volks would pout until it got something, too. New tires on the Jeep? Volks is gonna get a flat. Oil chage for the Jeep, and the Volks didn’t get one? Volks needs a new air filter. Every time. [/QUOTE] Whoa. You own a Jeep _and_ a Brokeswagen? Man, that’s just asking for it. Ow! Don’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/13 "2007-05-23T16:47:51Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] Oh, great, **LOUNE**. Now I’ll probably come down with some non-fatal but very expensive wasting illness. I hope you’re right, **bigbabysweets2000**. I don’t think the projector is still under warranty. It’s 2+ years old. [/QUOTE] Oh shush. There’s a much better way to look at getting herpes, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/14 "2007-05-23T16:53:36Z")
Is your house built over an Indian burial ground? You might wanna check that out 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/15 "2007-05-23T17:12:01Z")
Sell some old stuff, either online or at a Garage Sale. You’ll get moolah, **and** clean out your closets. Win-win. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/16 "2007-05-23T17:17:24Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] Oh, great, **LOUNE**. Now I’ll probably come down with some non-fatal but very expensive wasting illness. [/QUOTE] Consumerism? Sounds like you’re already suffering. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/17 "2007-05-23T17:27:00Z")
Good one, **Larry**! You’re right (except for the A/C. That’s not an optional feature here.) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/18 "2007-05-23T18:12:10Z")
tyoing with your fingers crossed is kiidmja wreirdl, bhjt I’mj kiee[ing them crossed for oyu;l. good lucvk@! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/19 "2007-05-23T18:31:46Z")
Going by the title, I’m shocked that this thread does not contain the word “Phelps”. ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189/20 "2007-05-23T19:35:12Z")
We make it a rule at our house to never discuss any financial windfalls in front of the appliances or in the car. They’re listening, you know… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gods-hate-my-family/405189.md?page=2)