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Well as a result of the Deer and some Vandals I had to take my car in to the body shop and get some repairs done.

All in all it should cost me about $800

$300 deductible - Deer

$300 deductible - Vandal

$200 deductible - New windshield ( it was recommended that I get done)

I will post some pictures once it’s done. I should have it back this Saturday.

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I am seriously starting to think I should give up on having nice cars and start riding my bike.

Sunday night I hit a deer on 0Ave and around 180th St.:

Then on Monday night the car was vandalized:

The unfortunate part of this is that now ICBC wants two deductibles of $300 each.

I am sick of having bad Carma. (For those thinking “No he didn’t” Oh yes, yes I did!)

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Dawn and I just got home from watching The Simpsons Movie and it…… ROCKED!!

From the opening sequence to the closing credits it was classic Simpsons the whole time.

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I don’t know what I have done to deserve this, but I have had the worst luck ever recently. It all started with me getting into a car accident a month ago. The chain of events is as follows:

1. Crash my car.
2. Girl friend lends me her car which was parked for 8 months.
3. Alternator belt breaks on GF’s car, car over heats and dies. Car gets towed to Chilliwack from Richmond
4. By the time the car gets to Chilliwack the brakes are on fire!
5. Car eventually makes it to a shop, to brakes and alternator get fixed.
6. I rent a car while the GF’s is in the shop, lock the keys in the trunk.
7. The shop needs a part they cant get, I go to pick-a-park and find them, in the process injuring my self and almost needing stitches (yes I was at the hospital)
8. I call the shop to pick up the car; Them: “Uhmm, we have a problem. You need a master cylinder” Me: “Fuck!?! Just fix it please.” Them: “Okay, it should be ready by 5:00pm”
9. 4:30pm they call “Too much air in the system, have to bleed all 4 corners, it will be ready tomorrow, but safe to drive.
10. Total bill $840
11. BCAA chips in $160 for pads, calipers, bearings and hoses.
12. GF pays out $680 for repairs
13. I finaly get the car back, and its not running right. I check under the hood, the belt is not tight.
14. Today, I take the car in, get the belt tightened.
15. Belt is too tight, it snaps off. I don’t notice until I am 30mins from home with no tools, and no BCAA to tow me. FUCK!!!

I just got home, I am not happy with that car, and I want it to die!

The worst part about this whole thing is that its my GF’s car. Which she was sweet and generous enough to lend me, clean out for me, and fill with gas. Plus she has paid for all the repairs. (I hadn’t driven the car for a whole day to be fair)

I don’t know what to do. I just want to cry. I have never had this much bad luck happen to me all at once.

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Ok, so I am so baffled by this… I have to ask… WHY?!?

Edit: I am refering to the spoked rims on a jeep cheroke

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Well, last semester went surprisingly better than I could have predicted, with and 3.32 gpa for the semester I am pretty pleased with how I did.

Now for a summer semester, this time I plan on working much harder to get better grades. Yeah yeah, I know it probably wont happen any time soon, but meh. We shal see.

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My girlfriend just got a job with a very good company. Her job will be to build a “database” of information for this company using FileMaker Pro 8. She has no knowledge of database theory or concepts.
Ok, I have no idea what makes these people think they can call a glorified spreadsheet a database. After reading the instruction manual in an attempt to decipher the correlation between actual database terminology and the terms used for describing relationships.

I was at a loss to find anything that resembled any form of referential integrity enforcement.

At best this is another type of M$ Access, and does not even have an SQL input feild.

My final verdict on FileMaker.. not worth a dime.

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So important in fact that a kind officer of the law notified me ever so politely (via a blue paper on my windshield) that he (assuming based on name) thought my car should be inspected. An inspection that cost roughly $100. And the best part is, there is nothing anyone can do about it, you have to get it done, and you have to pay the price.

Lesson here is don’t tint your windows unless its legal.

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What do you do when someone close to you is making a decision you cant agree with, and feel is foolish..

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I have to admit, I have been battling with where I stand on the Linux-vs-Windows thing for a long time. I have as recently as about 1.5 years ago switched to Linux and never turned back. Not because I hate MS or because I hate windows (which I do), but because Linux offered me the opportunity to experience what software was like before PC’s were a big thing.

Any how, I found this on /. and felt I needed to share it. Opening up Open Source

The author really speaks to me as I share his views, after reading the articles that inspired him to write it, I can see his point, and could not make it better myself.

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