Live Stock. Custom Aries. An auto free future.

I took the Starkraft to work on Monday and tried to drive away after a good day of training and NO!! It wouldn't start. DEAD!! I got in touch with Allstate, had them send a van out to jump it and the word was STARTER. So the guy, Hong, says he will fix it for $240 on the spot. the starter was $45 and the rest in labor. I go to watch the Lakers lose and eat some chili fries and return, quite trepidatiously, to find that the job was done and it was no problem. I drive off and by the time i got to the first light, DEAD!! It turns out i ran out of gas. I start to kvetch and then here comes Hong with a half gallon of gas, enough to get me to the station. As i pull in, out of gas again. I go the wrong way against traffic and pull in perfectly. I drive to the first place i think would get the thing checked out and sleep soundly as always. The keys are dropped in to the slot and i walk around looking for the phone number to the place. Miraculously, i find an old flyer that expired in Oct. of 2011 and pocket it. Long story short they want $1550 to get stuff done. I reckon i can get back on the road for $900. Too much doh! I pay the $60 for the information and they say i can pick it up in the morning. I make sure they park it outside so i can sleep tight. I go to Starbux to finish watching "The God who wasn't there". Interesting. Time for a buffet. I do the Chinese for $11.00. Goolah! I met a dude named Jeff who has a hi-top conversion like me and he is also having machine stress. He is writing a book with pen and paper only. I go in to the bar and lose $35 of the $90 i won the night before. DANG!! I do a Hefeweizen with lemon and a shot of Tequila, stock. I walk to work for the second day in a row. Trop to Badura. After training i walk back with a small blister developing on my left foot. Limp.  I get the keys and the Starkraft wont start. I get a message from Manny the landlord and tell him the story. I regret leaving a box of jewelry outside of the Rizide under a sheet. STOOPID!! I call him and tell him i won't be taking the bus out there to hand him $50 bucks for rent. Hakuna matata. He has $100 of up front money for just this eventuality. Coffee. Craigslist mechanic. Movie. Buffet. Phone. Movie and coffee.