An the universe just keeps on kicking...

May 9, 2011 2:18 PM 5/9/11

So I finally was able to get gas to mow my lawn today and....the front axle on the lawn tractor broken. For those of you who work on your own vehicles my tractor now looks a car with broken lower ball joints.

I’m pretty sure I can cobble together a repair using the 1/2” thick piece of milled aircraft aluminum I have lying around but if I can’t then it’s going to cost me about $250 to replace the part. (Provided I don’t bid and win the local tractor of the exact same model I found on E-Bay today.) Regardless it’s money we really can’t afford to spend right now.

The replacement part would also prevent me from using the plow on that tractor again unless I modify it or can use the old bracket because the old axel has a solid tube for the deck/plow pin on the front while the new one only has a couple of tabs with holes in them. I’d rip those off the first time I hit a snow bank! They don’t make ‘em like they used to. (Of course my plowing with a steel blade is likely what weakened it.)
( Now how the hell am I supposed to wrap up winter? )

Well crapola.

17:47 PM 05/09/2011

I didn't get the Motorola position.

"Although your qualifications and experience are impressive we are unable to properly utilize your skills in relation to our current business needs."

I asked them for a copy of the background check and they told me they didn't do one. That means that I likely blew the interview and wasn't even in the running because they told me that they had to do background checks on all candidates.. So basically I waited on pins and needles all week and weekend for nothing. Thanks. Appreciate that.

On top of it they told me by email not phone. They didn't even have the guts to call me.

It's nice to know I'm not even worth a phone call.

So...back to the job hunt...