Yeah, if i had known it was a member, I might have slapped him


That pic totally belongs on http://www.thereifixedit.com

Congrats, Sean!


This made my weekend though.....

A weekend of big highs and huge lows for me... I am utterly discouraged. To the point of giving it all up.

Drove in on Saturday morning, did OK at qualifying. Got to 27th on Sat evening, but I knew it wouldn't hold long.

Had an AWESOME time at Bally Boy's. Got to play some fun throwdowns with TSlam, Poolman, Vengeance and Bowen Kerins! Truly a nice guy!!! And what a pinball player!!!

Then... the mess started to happen...

Got to my van Sunday morning and someone tried to break into my van and the trailer. They fucked up the only lock I have on the van (driver door). I have remote door locks so I could get in no problem, but I called the garage this morning... 650$. My insurance deductible is 500$. Great...

And they did a number on the trailer door as well. I fixed it myself with the few tools I had, but it took me 2 hours to do it.

And just to make it shittier, the thief(ves) probably got pissed off that they couldn't break into my van or the trailer discretely (obviously amateurs...) so they grabbed my trailer light harness and literally ripped it out of my van. So I no longer had any lights working on the trailer AND on my van, since they tore up my van wiring when they pulled the harness.

I had to walk to a local hardware store, spend 150$ on supplies to fix it all, and by the time I got it all fixed it was 2pm. Too late for the tournament... so I left.

It took me 3 hours to unload everything last night... finished at 1am. Of course, nothing goes as planned. I found out the hard way that Centaur has an oversized head and won't fit through my door. I go to remove the head... oops... no key for the head. Probably dropped it somewhere while moving stuff. Great... I had to wake up my stepfather at 12:30am to help me get it in the shop with me hauling the cab on the dolly while he held the head sideways so it would fit through the door with all the wiring attached. I debated on leaving it in the van but cold + backglasses = trouble.

Last night I checked my email and I got a message from Gory stating that I was 33rd by the end of qualifying... so I felt somewhat better... until a few minutes ago when I saw a message from Vengeance telling me that I should have been there because my name was picked for the wildcard.

Beautiful... F#@*#@# beautiful. So all that trouble and I end up 600$ in the hole.

Last time I haul stuff to TO with a trailer. In fact... I am even debating ever doing a run again... what a waste.

So I have a workshop full of games that aren't mine, no space to work on anything because of it, a back that is screaming at me with pain,

damn sparky that sucks.  sorry to hear all that.  thought it was the top 32 in and my friend chris boyd was ranked in the top 30 and didn't show on sunday at all.  too much parting on saturday night.  didn't know it was the top 30 +2 wild cards.  
   i didn't do that great but had loads of fun.  hate batman but it ended up being the better game for me to play.  i guess i have to get out more often and try the newer games.  wish we could have a classics playoff someday.
   my wife and daughter were with me on the friday.  eve is only 2 1/2 and hung out for over 4hrs and didn't even want to leave when we did.  she had a blast.  saturday i brought up three friends and had more fun.  
   auction was nothing great.  i did bid once and that was it for me.  didn't leave the auction with anything.
  
   what came back with me:
   bone buster is set up and working in the shop
  hyperball is set up but i can't find where one plug goes in the header yet.
   rock is halfway set up and i will do the rest when i go to work today.
  

   great to see you all and i did retain some of your names to memory.  sorry again if we have meet and i forgotten you.  in my line of work i talk to 20-200 people a day in person.  so my old brain gets alittle foggy sometimes (not always the weed).
  

It's OK... but if ever I find whoever did that to my van, he better keep in mind that I have access to heavy machinery.

Never piss off someone that has a backhoe...

Did your truck get broken into at Starburst?

Ian, you have THE worst luck out of anyone I know...

Quoted from jonny_eh

Did your truck get broken into at Starburst?

No... on the street near a friend's place. In a high end neighborhood on top of that... supposedly safe.

Quoted from machine.slave

Ian, you have THE worst luck out of anyone I know...

No mess...

I tried to check the results just now. Sean O'Neil and qualifying info only. Anyone know what the end results were beyond the first place?

Ian. Recommend next time parking your truck and trailer in Newmarket overnight. Pretty much seems like every neighbour around here is a cop. Not a whole lot of crime in this area.

Same in oakville there are 3 cops on our street alone.

Luck you guys, all Russian mafia in my neighbourhood