Man did I have a crappy couple of days. I run a very small business, and make average money for a teenager doing so. I do it because I don't have to work hardly at all and I set my own hours. Recently, everything I own, has been breaking. So far this month I will have spent more than $1000 just fixing crap not getting anything new. And thats all stuff I fixed myself, so no labor involved. Money that I could have easily turned into 1400-1500 investing. $1000 might not be much to an adult, but to a 19 year old it quite a bit. Its between 10-20% of what I will earn this year BEFORE taxes.
So far this recently:
-I accidentally broke a 7 foot x 4 foot x 1/4" window - $300
-Replaced alternator and battery (yep, both needed it) - $275
-Have to replace ball joint/upper control arm next week (yes Jamie, I will get TRW stuff, I think you own stock in that company lol) - $120
-Computer crashed, had to reformat, lost some stuff, spent many hours working on it....this happened on my birthday...did I mention I run an online business? - $Had everything already, so about 20 hours of my labor. Still have alot to Download.
-Bought a laptop because I can't afford more downtime, need it for school and have a clever way of using it to meet girls. Will be getting about half of it paid for for xmas $250 of my cash.
-Some (edit) doesn't know how to ream a taper pin hole on a mill, so I am having to remake two hardened shafts for the front end of a motorcycle to fit the now over sized taper pin holes. $More labor
-Have to replace my right airbag $already bought it from Jamie months ago. $80 IIRC
-Have to replace a tire next week $free labor at the local tech school I attend
By the way, this is all just in the last week or so.
Happy 19th Birthday to me right?
So who else has had just bad luck or their kitten has died or something?
So far this recently:
-I accidentally broke a 7 foot x 4 foot x 1/4" window - $300
-Replaced alternator and battery (yep, both needed it) - $275
-Have to replace ball joint/upper control arm next week (yes Jamie, I will get TRW stuff, I think you own stock in that company lol) - $120
-Computer crashed, had to reformat, lost some stuff, spent many hours working on it....this happened on my birthday...did I mention I run an online business? - $Had everything already, so about 20 hours of my labor. Still have alot to Download.
-Bought a laptop because I can't afford more downtime, need it for school and have a clever way of using it to meet girls. Will be getting about half of it paid for for xmas $250 of my cash.
-Some (edit) doesn't know how to ream a taper pin hole on a mill, so I am having to remake two hardened shafts for the front end of a motorcycle to fit the now over sized taper pin holes. $More labor
-Have to replace my right airbag $already bought it from Jamie months ago. $80 IIRC
-Have to replace a tire next week $free labor at the local tech school I attend
By the way, this is all just in the last week or so.
Happy 19th Birthday to me right?
So who else has had just bad luck or their kitten has died or something?
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