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^ I completely understand.

Sort of a moped girl. They're fun to ride, but don't let your friends catch you on one.

Please excuse my crudeness.

 
Not sure if it really fits into the theme of the thread, but one bank I don't like: Wells Fargo.

Had an account there a few years ago and they would charge fees for everything. Direct Deposit: Fee, Teller: Fee, Drive thru: fee, Phone: fee, ATM: Fee, Can't afford your fees: Fee, You want to pay your fees? There's a fee for that too...

I think at one point my wife and I were paying 2-3% of each paycheck to that damn bank for fees. Luckily at the time I was just out of college and my wife was working retail so it wasn't a TON of money, but it was still getting out of hand. Switched to Compass Bank (now BBVA / Compass) and haven't payed more than a pair of overdraft fees in the last 3 years...

 
Dexman1349 said:
Not sure if it really fits into the theme of the thread, but one bank I don't like: Wells Fargo.
Had an account there a few years ago and they would charge fees for everything. Direct Deposit: Fee, Teller: Fee, Drive thru: fee, Phone: fee, ATM: Fee, Can't afford your fees: Fee, You want to pay your fees? There's a fee for that too...

I think at one point my wife and I were paying 2-3% of each paycheck to that damn bank for fees. Luckily at the time I was just out of college and my wife was working retail so it wasn't a TON of money, but it was still getting out of hand. Switched to Compass Bank (now BBVA / Compass) and haven't payed more than a pair of overdraft fees in the last 3 years...
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my sister has an account with washington mutal, i believe and they are like that too...want to walk up to a teller to conduct the tansaction it was like $2. They encourage deposits into the atm machine so they don't have to staff the location.

 
Craftsman power tools.

They suck. I bought a craftsman 16" chainsaw. Its a piece of crap. It won't stay idling without shutting off. Carb looks good. I can't wait for the day I throw that POS into a river/casm/jaws of a crocodile. Or mabye I'll just beat it to death with a sledge.

Bought a Stihl and absolutely love it. I should have spent the money when I first needed a chainsaw. You get what you pay for.

 
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^what ever happened to that chihuahua? did he end up in a taco somewhere?
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Funny you should ask that, she (Gidget was her name) actually only died a few weeks ago, if that. It may have even been this week.

Edit: Poor Gidget was euthanized on July 21st of this year after suffering a massive stroke. I, for one, blame the salt content in the Chalupas.

 
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OSUguy98 said:
"Hey Bob, New girlfriend? that's an awful big hickie(sp?) on your neck!"
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I don't think the hickie would have been on the neck.

csb said:
Taco Bell- I used to love it and now even the commercials make me sick to look at...
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Every time I went to Taco Bell in college with one of my fraternity brothers he used to say "why don't we save ourselves the trouble and put this directly in our pants." I laughed my ass off the first time I heard that. Then after a while it wasn't so funny any more because it was so true. I haven't been to Taco Bell since 2002.

 
jmbeck said:
Funny you should ask that, she (Gidget was her name) actually only died a few weeks ago, if that. It may have even been this week.
Edit: Poor Gidget was euthanized on July 21st of this year after suffering a massive stroke. I, for one, blame the salt content in the Chalupas.
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Vaya con Dios, Gidget.

The granola in me loves Teva as a brand.

 
I hate all American car brands with the exception of Ford trucks. I have personally seen 2 Ford trucks make it past 230K. One is my father's '94 F-150 and the other is my brother-in-law's '98 Ford Ranger. Several experiences killed my desire to ever own an American car. Back in the day my brother had a 1986 Ford Escort Pony, 4 speed manual. That thing was a certified piece of shit. I remember us replacing the water pump on probably the coldest day I have ever experienced, wasting over two days trying to get the timing belt back on correctly and the engine patched up. It did, however, survive being barrelled through a corn field.

Back in the day my aunt had gotten a brand new Neon. Within two years the transmission was on its way up. Any time you put it in reverse it would slam into it, then you had to wait like three seconds before you could move. Then there were just several other things that contributed to my bias. I've never owned anything other than Nissans and Hondas and they've all been good to me. I'll never go American unless I come across an insane deal or the American automakers come out with something exciting.

 
Chucktown PE said:
Every time I went to Taco Bell in college with one of my fraternity brothers he used to say "why don't we save ourselves the trouble and put this directly in our pants." I laughed my ass off the first time I heard that. Then after a while it wasn't so funny any more because it was so true. I haven't been to Taco Bell since 2002.
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I was hungry after work a couple weeks back. For whatever reason, I was really feeling like slumming it and instead of picking at some leftover when I got home, I made a Taco Bell run. Had a gordita, double decker taco, and the double cheesey beefy burrito. Put some real salsa and sour cream, along with some Dave's Insanity sauce on it when I got home.

Wolfed it down, felt pretty good. My wife gets home an hour later and suggests we go for a walk at the state park. I'm so glad we decided to walk in the forest rather than through the fields becuase I didn't make it 5 minutes before the contents of my stomach decided to make an emergency evacuation out the rear door.

I don't know what possessed me to eat that crap. When you're used to eating fairly healthy, fast food is torture on your digestive system.

 

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