Ok I'm just plain MAD!!

[greenpigs]

Well, it was fun while it lasted, but I think as of those last two posts, this thread is as good as locked. 

im not sure exactly what you are referring to. Those posts contain no profanity, insults, or crude sexual language. Why would they get the thread locked? 

Because we don't own a 68 Charger.

[mally69]

And as far as your last post goes, if there are certain things that are none of our business, maybe you shouldn't post about them on the WORLD WIDE WEB!  Just one more example of poor decision making          

no one needs to know your personal life, we have our own to worry about, we might try to lead you the correct path

[Mefirst]

Hmm, just a thought... -No wonder chicks/women don't stick around the forum after they get a welcome like this....

[TK73]

All I gotta say is I can relate to hard financial times.  University was my ticket out of sheer poverty and into the comfortable, but still struggling, middle-class.  I watched MANY cars for sale that I would love to have had but there was no way I could $$-wise manage it.  Goes with the territory (poverty).

Hang in there, get a higher education and forget kids until your at least 30 and in a good career...



PS: I don't read most of the long, babbling posts so if I duplicated somebody else's advise... oh well...

[TK73]

PPS:

  In before da lock!

as long as we're at it:

[Old Moparz]

Maybe having a 2nd car is a toy to you, but not to me. If I had a 2nd car then I could have a better chance at going out and getting a job, because then, I could go out during the 1st part of the week as well. Sure a Charger isn't the best choice by far, but I was thinking that If I got a Charger, I could have killed two birds with one stone.

Since you live in an area that has crappy weather during the winter, you will not be using a 35+ year old Charger as a 2nd car or as a back up vehicle. Especially when you have it pulled apart or up on jack stands waiting for a part to pop up on ebay. BTW, you are in an apartment, but do you have a garage to work in for when the car sits.

The seller said he had driven it the past two summers without any problems. But that goes to say that I don't know if he was lying. The car was complete and solid, no rust in the trunk or floors (new floors), only rust was in the quarters, about three quarter sized holes and some bubbling, in which he had new quarters to go with the car.

Sorry to sound like a pessimist, but quarter sized holes, bubbling & the fact the seller had 2 new quarters for the car leads me to believe there's more than a paint job in the near future for this car, or any car.

I was stuck far away and was already frustrated. Who thinks straight while they are frustrated yet sort of happy (me about the Charger), but bitter at the moment (about the trans)?

Since you were able to recognize this, that ought to give you a hint about decision making in the future.

Back off a little. I wouldn't rub your nose in it if you guys overpaid for something. Anyway I just called my bank and our tax refund came in. Maybe things can finally look upward for a change.

I read all the posts & didn't see too many people rubbing it in your face until you went into your defensive mode over some criticisms. They're just words anyway, so it isn't the end of the world. I see people post all the time about what they paid for something, & sometimes it's way too much. It happens, just watch ebay & the BJ auctions & your tranny price is nothing.

People come on here all the time asking for advice & seldom listen to answers. If you don't have a job & have some tax money coming, you should put it in the bank & forget about it. You didn't answer my last question, but I'll ask another one. If you aren't working & the boyfriend loses his job, (Lay off or gets hurt?) what would you do if you spent the tax refund on a Charger project? Buyers know desperation & won't offer you twice what you paid for it.

Like I posted in my first answer, no offense meant, so don't read it that way.

[Daytona R/T SE]

I don't understand it. Why do things have to be this way?? Everytime I get enough money to get a '68 to'74 Charger, something in my life goes wrong. I saved up $3800 and Two weeks ago I found a '70 Charger 383/auto about 50 miles from me, ran good but had some quarter rust, I got the guy down to $3000 (yah I know!) and on the way to the bank, my Neon's engine starts to rev really high (I am going up a hill) and I noticed I wasn't actually driving forward, just rolling. So I get over the hill and pull to the side, shut the car off and pop the hood. My tranny fluid was low so I had it towed to the nearest tranny shop and the guy there was nice enough to put more fluid in, but after he backed it out of the bay there was a nice puddle of tranny fluid and it slipped again right there with him driving. Not only are my tranny seals blown but he said one of the gears is bad. So I had to use my $3800 to get a brand new transmission installed in my '98 Neon (after waiting 4 days for it to come in and yes I had to leave my Neon there and take a freaking taxi home). I was SOOOOO CLOSE to FINALLY getting a Charger!!! Why does this have to happen to me? I only have $87 left after parts and labor and all the other stupid stuff. I'm pissed!!! It took me a year to save up that much after paying my other bills. I'm not like you guys who have good jobs (or one at all-try getting a job in my area right now YOU CAN'T Thank You For Nothing Jennifer Granholm!!) And being 21 and a female, people hassle me all the time!! Either I don't get hired because I am a female or because they say I'm not qualified...well if I had a job I could afford to go to night classes, get better suited, and get a better job. You guys can all go out and spend thousands scooping up Chargers and doing whatever with them and life just keeps kicking my ass! I'm seriously at the point of just screaming until my vocal cords shred. I never knew how much I wanted a Charger until it was literally ripped away from me. I called the guy who was selling it and do you know what?? Another guy came to look at it while I was on my way to the bank and he bought it right out from underneath me!!! Am I not allowed to have one because I'm a female or something? Are Chargers only for guys?? Every single one I have looked at (I looked at 4 others before the '70) I was turned down. One guy even said he didn't want a kid to buy it. What an ass! I told him I was 21 and that I have never been in an accident, zero tickets and I have owned classic cars before. He said it didn't matter because it "wasn't a girls car". I seriously wanted to kick him in the junk! I have become so bitter and I don't know how to get out of it. I am never going to be able to get a Charger (or ANY '68-'74 Mopar for that Matter) because their prices keep going up as does the price of gas. By the time I am able to scrape up enough money for one again, it may be 10 years down the road and maybe I won't have interest in one anymore or the price of gas may even be $5 to $7 a gallon or more. It's rediculous! I mean, once all the gasoline is gone, it's gone, and I don't think a Charger would run very well on corn fuel.....
You guys amaze me yet make me angry because you can afford to have a Charger. I'm not out to hurt anyones feelings but I just feel like I am in a hole and can't get out. I don't think I am depressed, just tired of my state's economy and how things are right now with the job search, bills & car repairs, among other things. I even heard that the city where I live has the highest unemployment rate in the state, or possibly the country (I think the state). Anyway, it's always good to vent, or blow off major steam. Hope you guys don't mind because I'm not trying to put anyone down, I am just tired of it all. Hopefully you guys can see where I am coming from, take care!


98neongirl

1. Are you Hot?

2. Can you Dance? ( Or at least maintain something remotely resembling balance and poise while gyrating to music on a raised platform ?)

If the answers to the above questions are yes, or at least "Well....kinda..?" 

Then start swingin' yer butt around a brass pole at night and you're problems are over 

[Ponch ®]

1. Are you Hot?

2. Can you Dance? ( Or at least maintain something remotely resembling balance and poise while gyrating to music on a raised platform ?)

If the answers to the above questions are yes, or at least "Well....kinda..?" 

Then start swingin' yer butt around a brass pole at night and you're problems are over 

see, people are gonna scold you for that reply, but I think that's a sensible option...

[Daytona R/T SE]

1. Are you Hot?

2. Can you Dance? ( Or at least maintain something remotely resembling balance and poise while gyrating to music on a raised platform ?)

If the answers to the above questions are yes, or at least "Well....kinda..?" 

Then start swingin' yer butt around a brass pole at night and you're problems are over 

see, people are gonna scold you for that reply, but I think that's a sensible option...

Several years ago a friend of mine put herself through school and bought her boyfriend a 'Vette this way, she wasn't bad looking, but she wasn't Catherine Bach, either...  $1500 a week in tips was not uncommon for her, this was in '86 or so....Think she's an RN now....

[Johnny SixPack]

My old boss was in that line of work, and she used the money to start her own business.

Ended up with contracts to strip and wax floors for local businesses.

Plus it was nice to get off from work strippin' floors for $10.00 an hour and then head off to watch my boss strip for fun.

Her chosen form of employment even paid for a nice set of cans, 3 story house and a Mercedes.

All of them hers.

[TheGhost]

It still doesn't give you the right to tell me to break our engagement.

That was called a joke.  You know, one of those haha funny stuff, it made me laugh things?  Yea.  One of those.


Frankly, I would advise AGAINST getting a Charger right now.  Why?  You are just about to be married, at the age of 21, and your future hubby does not pull down alot of money a year.  You are going to need every cent that the both of you can earn, without having to worry about buying expensive parts for a car that is damn near 40 years old.  You will need time to settle, before you can really afford something like this.  Hell, I'm 20, live with my parents rent free (almost), and I STILL don't have the money I need for my car, and it's just a cheap little A body.

[nh_mopar_fan]

1. Are you Hot?

2. Can you Dance? ( Or at least maintain something remotely resembling balance and poise while gyrating to music on a raised platform ?)

If the answers to the above questions are yes, or at least "Well....kinda..?" 

Then start swingin' yer butt around a brass pole at night and you're problems are over 

This string is worthless without PICTURES!

[Orange_Crush]

It still doesn't give you the right to tell me to break our engagement.

That was called a joke.  You know, one of those haha funny stuff, it made me laugh things?  Yea.  One of those.


Frankly, I would advise AGAINST getting a Charger right now.  Why?  You are just about to be married, at the age of 21, and your future hubby does not pull down alot of money a year.  You are going to need every cent that the both of you can earn, without having to worry about buying expensive parts for a car that is damn near 40 years old.  You will need time to settle, before you can really afford something like this.  Hell, I'm 20, live with my parents rent free (almost), and I STILL don't have the money I need for my car, and it's just a cheap little A body.

Actually, I was dead serious.  I'm sure he's a nice guy and all, but it seems to me there is no ambition there.  Sorry.

As far as stripping is concerned...you really don't have to be hot.  There is a strip joint here in Charlotte (Carousel Dolls) that ADVERTISES 30 beautiful strippers and one ugly one.

Believe it or not, the ugly one makes SERIOUS bank. 

If you can move your body (sorta) to a beat, AND you can stay away from the coke and the temptation to become a hooker or porn star, you can make VERY good coin.

[Blown70]

If you can move your body (sorta) to a beat, AND you can stay away from the coke and the temptation to become a hooker or porn star, you can make VERY good coin.

If I was a woman I will tell you right now what I would do...... Just that.

I had a friend (female of course) makeing 3000 a week working 3 nights.  That was it.  that is 12,000 a month......in case you cannot add.

So neon, I understand if you have  some morals against it.  However, if not..... You will have a HEMI charger in a year.....  

YOU DO HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE DRUG THOUGH..

As far as looks well one girl here has some big knockers and is a BIG girl SHE still makes the $$ cause of the Boobs.... Apparenlty that is OK>... I just cannot get past the belly rollls.

[RD]

I just love how some individuals have such great advice to give to this young woman.  "do this" "dont do that" Yet probably 75% of this board is full of shit anyways and cannot figure their own life out.

It is so easy to criticize another especially when you have not walked in their shoes.  I say you lay off of her with your snide and dubious comments.  She came here just to let loose some of her frustrations and instead of just saying "ya know that sux and I am sorry you had to go through that" some of you decide to take it on your own accord to show her the error of her ways.  Especially because we all know how perfect your own lives are and that is more than enough reason to think you can tell someone else what to do with their lives.

My question to you all is this.  HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU VENTED ON THIS BOARD ABOUT A LIFE SITUATION AND BEEN TREATED AS CRAPPY AS SOME OF YOU HAVE TREATED HER?

I remember when Cudaken came on here about problems and all of you just gave him the "sorry bud" and "if you need help, just ask" speeches.  Did any of you give him the disrespectful "you need to do this" "you need to divorce your wife"  "you got screwed" speeches?  I dont remember seeing them.

But hey, she is a woman, so she is supposed to take your shit right?

This just disgusts me.

[Blown70]

Sorry RD

i do feel bad about her situation however, I must say in her post she seems to quiry us as do how we have what we do. 

Again, I am just saying if I was a chick I was bare all for bucks.... That is me....  Sorry if that sounds bad.  Just one heck of a lot of money.

However IF SHE HAS MORAL ISSUES THEN DONT..... I not saying she has to.... I am saying what I would do.  Heck I was offered to do a couple of female bacorlette parties but never did...... $500 for 1 hour..... Not bad bud.

Tom

[SeattleCharger]

I JUST LOVE HOW SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE SUCH GREAT ADVICE TO GIVE TO THIS YOUNG WOMAN.  "DO THIS" "DONT DO THAT" Yet probably 75% of this board is full of shit anyways and cannot figure their own life out.

It is so easy to criticize another especially when you have not walked in their shoes. I SAY YOU LAY OFF OF HER WITH  YOUR SNIDE AND DUBIOUS COMMENTS.   She came here just to let loose some of her frustrations and instead of just saying "ya know that sux and I am sorry you had to go through that" some of you decide to take it on your own accord to show her the error of her ways.  Especially because we all know how perfect your own lives are and that is more than enough reason to think you can tell someone else what to do with their lives.

My question to you all is this.  HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU VENTED ON THIS BOARD ABOUT A LIFE SITUATION AND BEEN TREATED AS CRAPPY AS SOME OF YOU HAVE TREATED HER?

I remember when Cudaken came on here about problems and all of you just gave him the "sorry bud" and "if you need help, just ask" speeches.  Did any of you give him the disrespectful "you need to do this" "you need to divorce your wife"  "you got screwed" speeches?  I dont remember seeing them.

But hey, she is a woman, so she is supposed to take your shit right?

This just disgusts me.

In the quote above, are you giving all of us advice then?

No, I know what you are saying.  I agree with you

[SeattleCharger]

  I wonder why Chris Rock says,         If you're daughters on the pole-  you messed up.   

          I'm sure most strippers are just paying for law school and such, but maybe not the best environment to be in. 

[SeattleCharger]

I just love how some individuals have such great advice to give to this young woman.  "do this" "dont do that" Yet probably 75% of this board is full of shit anyways and cannot figure their own life out.

It is so easy to criticize another especially when you have not walked in their shoes.  I say you lay off of her with your snide and dubious comments.  She came here just to let loose some of her frustrations and instead of just saying "ya know that sux and I am sorry you had to go through that" some of you decide to take it on your own accord to show her the error of her ways.  Especially because we all know how perfect your own lives are and that is more than enough reason to think you can tell someone else what to do with their lives.

My question to you all is this.  HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU VENTED ON THIS BOARD ABOUT A LIFE SITUATION AND BEEN TREATED AS CRAPPY AS SOME OF YOU HAVE TREATED HER?

I remember when Cudaken came on here about problems and all of you just gave him the "sorry bud" and "if you need help, just ask" speeches.  Did any of you give him the disrespectful "you need to do this" "you need to divorce your wife"  "you got screwed" speeches?  I dont remember seeing them.

But hey, she is a woman, so she is supposed to take your shit right?

This just disgusts me.

Dang, now I feel bad we didn't tell CudaKen to go into stripping. 

[98neongirl]

Don't ever let someone tell you how to have a relationship. I am 24 and married for the last three years. I am happier today than I ever have been and it keeps getting better everyday. The day I met my Girl I knew I was done with other women. No one's opinion could ever sway that.  My parents are celebrating their 35th anniversary this fall and the got married at 18 and 19. No where is there a more honorable couple than my parents. My sister and brother in law got married at 19. They have three wonderful children and are happy as all get out.

Moral: When it's right it's right and no obstacle that gets in your way can deter your path. By society's standards I should be filling out divorce papers and my sister should be fighting over custody, but society was wrong. It isn't easy, but then again if it was easy everybody would do it.

I wish you the best of luck!

~HJ

Thank you, finally someone who understands what I was trying to say. I thought that was pretty low to try to tell someone to dump their fiance just because they think he doesn't make a lot (or enough) of money. He hasn't gotten any overtime, his checks used to be about $700 give or take a few dollars. We were better off then, but it has been a good 6 months with no overtime being offered to him. His boss has told him he is an excellent and very reliable worker and his job is safe. he doesn't call in sick, he doesn't show up late. He makes $10 an hour and I think that is somewhat standard for our situation. I had an $8.50/hr factory job but that was a horror story. I have only been unemployed for three months, but it seems like more. The $3800 was what we had managed to save during the past year, it wasn't our only savings....nor was it our emergency savings. The way things turned out though, the only bank at the town we were in (where the Neon died) that we had an account at was Fifth Third Bank, where our "toy/Charger/other/splurge" account was at. I started it when I was 16 and never really got around to transferring everything into one bank, but with different accounts. Anyway, since we got our tax refund back we now have a little over $2600 to work with. We will pay our bills up and what is leftover will be going back into the "Charger" account at Fifth Third. So it was a fun little circle.

As for the whole stripper thing, I would never do that because I would never demean myself to that low level. I don't care if they make good money. I have higher standards for myself than that. I don't know why some of you guys are acting the way you are, telling me what to do regarding my fiance and I, drop the subject because that is what I was referring to when I said that nobody has any business in it.

To those of you who have actually been helpful and listed reasonable ways that I can either better my job skills, Thank You.

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You are 21 and make your own choices everyday, it just sounds like you make BAD choices and aren't willing to take advice from those who have been there and done that.  **(Not true...I am fully willing to listen to what people here have to say and I think about it throughout the day. However, I do disregard stupid, jump to conclusion type comments such as yours in this quote...yeah I made a couple bad choices. You think every one I make or have made is bad....)** You can't expect to come on a public internet forum, rant about your horrible decision making, and expect the rest of the world not to have anything to write about it. **(Horrible Decision making...here we go some more.... )** As far as people blowing up, I just read through this whole stupid thread again and it looks like you're the only one that seems to have blown up. **(When did I say that people are "blowing up" at me? You really need to stop putting words in my mouth.)**  You're right, we don't know anything about you except for the rants you've written on here. **(Which, not everything has been a rant. This one thread is.)**  Thats all that we've got to go on.**(No, it isn't)**   Personally, from the little I know about you, I can honestly say that I don't want to know any more about you.  If this is how you act in person I wouldn't hire you either. **(Very quick to judge, aren't we? Instead of putting me down and jumping to conclusions about me, why not try to get to know me?  I don't act this way at all in person and it's the first time I ever acted like it here but you wouldn't think about that would you? Everyone who REALLY knows me knows that I am the kind of person who will be there for others. I do so many things for other people it's unreal. I HARDLY ever think of myself. The one time I get fed up with something and need someone to vent to, I get put down for it, NOT by everyone but by some people, such as you. I asked for support, not negative critisism. If you don't want to help me in the right way then for now, please don't post anything more regarding this situation here. THANK YOU.)***  

From what you said, Tipopiola, like I said before, it seems to me that you are very quick to judge me based on what was written, instead of really trying to get to know me outside of this forum (email for example). Instead of me saying I wouldn't want to know you either, I will say this. Even though it was negative and I am looking for positive, it just builds me up more. People like you make me stronger in the fact that I can tolerate more crap without losing my cool (most of the time). What I am trying to say is that It takes a while to get to know anyone. I would rather make a new friend that an enemy any day.


Thanks RD & SeattleChargerDog, what you said has mademe feel better.

Have a nice day everyone!
98neongirl

[Ponch ®]

  I thought that was pretty low to try to tell someone to dump their fiance just because they think he doesn't make a lot (or enough) of money. He hasn't gotten any overtime, his checks used to be about $700 give or take a few dollars. We were better off then, but it has been a good 6 months with no overtime being offered to him. His boss has told him he is an excellent and very reliable worker and his job is safe. he doesn't call in sick, he doesn't show up late. He makes $10 an hour and I think that is somewhat standard for our situation. 

ah well then, why leave when you're riding the gravy train with such a high roller.

[ramit]

I just love how some individuals have such great advice to give to this young woman.  "do this" "dont do that" Yet probably 75% of this board is full of shit anyways and cannot figure their own life out.

It is so easy to criticize another especially when you have not walked in their shoes.  I say you lay off of her with your snide and dubious comments.  She came here just to let loose some of her frustrations and instead of just saying "ya know that sux and I am sorry you had to go through that" some of you decide to take it on your own accord to show her the error of her ways.  Especially because we all know how perfect your own lives are and that is more than enough reason to think you can tell someone else what to do with their lives.

My question to you all is this.  HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU VENTED ON THIS BOARD ABOUT A LIFE SITUATION AND BEEN TREATED AS CRAPPY AS SOME OF YOU HAVE TREATED HER?


Holy crap!  I agree with you again.  That is twice in the same day.

I remember when Cudaken came on here about problems and all of you just gave him the "sorry bud" and "if you need help, just ask" speeches.  Did any of you give him the disrespectful "you need to do this" "you need to divorce your wife"  "you got screwed" speeches?  I dont remember seeing them.

But hey, she is a woman, so she is supposed to take your shit right?

This just disgusts me.

[Brock Samson]

I'm with RD on this,.. some of you guys are real a**wipes.. 

[Orange_Crush]

  I thought that was pretty low to try to tell someone to dump their fiance just because they think he doesn't make a lot (or enough) of money. He hasn't gotten any overtime, his checks used to be about $700 give or take a few dollars. We were better off then, but it has been a good 6 months with no overtime being offered to him. His boss has told him he is an excellent and very reliable worker and his job is safe. he doesn't call in sick, he doesn't show up late. He makes $10 an hour and I think that is somewhat standard for our situation. 

ah well then, why leave when you're riding the gravy train with such a high roller.

YOU BASTARD!!!  There's coffee all over my damned keyboard and monitor now.

[Ponch ®]

I'm with RD on this,.. some of you guys are real a**wipes..