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      07-05-2022, 07:19 PM   #45
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FML! I just saw in the news that raw lumber TBF prices have dropped over 50% since May. Great if you're building a house, but not so great for those of us who recently purchased a retirement tree farm.....
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      07-15-2022, 04:20 PM   #49
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I feel like the past three years has been a FML period. I moved out of a great house and moved back to Nashville because of family health issues and strange client behavior then was contacted by an Ad Agency about a rebranding project that would have set me up for success. They had delays then a huge tornado went through and the pandemic started the next week.

My clients stopped shooting and I essentially became a full time caregiver for a family member for nearly two years. The cherry on top of the whipped cream on top of the ice cream was when my black cat friend hitched a ride from a total stranger who drops him off and hit and run my car. We got a picture of the license plate but State Farm won't share any information, so I may or may not get my deductible back. They said that a lady is on the registration but it was a guy driving the SUV. I asked the friend one question, "was he impaired" and the response was, "he had no business driving". FML
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      07-17-2022, 02:14 PM   #50
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I feel like the past three years has been a FML period. I moved out of a great house and moved back to Nashville because of family health issues and strange client behavior then was contacted by an Ad Agency about a rebranding project that would have set me up for success. They had delays then a huge tornado went through and the pandemic started the next week.

My clients stopped shooting and I essentially became a full time caregiver for a family member for nearly two years. The cherry on top of the whipped cream on top of the ice cream was when my black cat friend hitched a ride from a total stranger who drops him off and hit and run my car. We got a picture of the license plate but State Farm won't share any information, so I may or may not get my deductible back. They said that a lady is on the registration but it was a guy driving the SUV. I asked the friend one question, "was he impaired" and the response was, "he had no business driving". FML
That's weird. Insurance follows the car, not the driver. Unless the driver is specifically excluded on the policy.
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We will see how State Farm handles it, I will inquire this week and push the issue.
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We will see how State Farm handles it, I will inquire this week and push the issue.
State Farm used to be one of the best and now they are flat out one of the worst carriers out there....they suck these days. Hope it works out for you
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It's funny how rarely I need service, I'm amazed how they seem to be putting me off. I gave them the picture of the drivers license plate, why can't they contact them and give them the chance to do the right thing?
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I had my DW list the Mighty Dodge for sale a few weeks ago on several online web sites. So far, there hasn't been a single call to inquire about it...not even from a Nigerian advanced-check scammer. I looked at the ad today for the first time, and the first thing that I noticed was that our phone number was cut off!

FML, I need to move this thing before the used car market crashes!!!!!
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      08-01-2022, 11:06 AM   #55
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If it's any consolation, when I took a month to get all the ducks in a row with BMWFA, my price from CarMax didn't change. We sold the X3 about 10 days ago, although my wife just (automatically scheduled) sent ANOTHER payment to BMW - SMH.
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      08-01-2022, 11:40 AM   #56
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My FML moment began in late 1980 when my dad died suddenly and unexpectedly, leaving me to run our small family business, plus take care of mom.

Shortly after we buried dad, I discovered that our business was on the brink of insolvency (we had just moved into a new building). I spent the next 2 years working my ass off, eventually getting things turned around and in the black.

My 1st FML occurred in 1967 when I was drafted into the US Army and eventually sent to Vietnam. Like the 1980 FML, I doubled-down and made the best of it in the long run.
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OK, let's lighten up this FML thread.

FML! They milled the main road leading to my office in both directions. There is no way for me to get in without traveling over it. And my damn sticky summer tires are kicking up all that nonsense. I cringe driving over it and hearing the ding ding ding as it hits the car.

They milled to roads near my house in the spring and it took over a month for them to finally pave. I'm not emotionally strong enough for this.
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OK, let's lighten up this FML thread.

FML! They milled the main road leading to my office in both directions. There is no way for me to get in without traveling over it. And my damn sticky summer tires are kicking up all that nonsense. I cringe driving over it and hearing the ding ding ding as it hits the car.

They milled to roads near my house in the spring and it took over a month for them to finally pave. I'm not emotionally strong enough for this.
First world problem.

JK - I know you love your baby. And you have had enough trouble already with it.
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Did I post about the trip to SC that we took last year? I rented a beater vehicle for the long weekend trip, because the Mighty Dodge's AC was broken. When I showed up at the rental place to pick it up, they handed me the keys to an absolutely brand-freaking-new Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk...in white of course. (It still had pieces of the factory window sticker on the glass!) We were driving from winter in NY to spring bugville in SC, and dirt/stone roads were on our travel plans. TL;DR I was a nervous wreck that entire trip, and the real FML moment was driving on a 7-mile stretch of road made of Item 4 (coarse gravel). Thankfully, I didn't put a single ding into that Jeep, and it was a huge relief to drop it off back at the rental place when we returned home.....
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They still use Fred Flintstone methods of "paving" here. Oil and gravel. It killed me to drive home on the backroads when I worked at U of I (50 miles away) back a few years ago. There was always some redneck in a pickup screaming by in the opposite direction. My car would get showered with pea stone. My beloved E39 had a gazillion chips on the nose and hood.
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Lost two parents within a week last year. Still sucks.
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Lost two parents within a week last year. Still sucks.
Wow. Sorry. I lost mine 16 months apart and that was brutal. I can’t imagine a week apart.
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Did I post about the trip to SC that we took last year? I rented a beater vehicle for the long weekend trip, because the Mighty Dodge's AC was broken. When I showed up at the rental place to pick it up, they handed me the keys to an absolutely brand-freaking-new Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk...in white of course. (It still had pieces of the factory window sticker on the glass!) We were driving from winter in NY to spring bugville in SC, and dirt/stone roads were on our travel plans. TL;DR I was a nervous wreck that entire trip, and the real FML moment was driving on a 7-mile stretch of road made of Item 4 (coarse gravel). Thankfully, I didn't put a single ding into that Jeep, and it was a huge relief to drop it off back at the rental place when we returned home.....
My father in law ordered that car with all the bells and whistles and v8. He loves it.
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Lost two parents within a week last year. Still sucks.
That is brutal. Im so sorry for your loss.
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I'm normally a positive person. Recently, however, I've been experiencing a streak of bad luck that just makes me say FML (Foxtrot Mike Lima).

Today, I went to the self-serve car wash to give the Mighty Dodge a final bath before listing it for sale. I wanted to go to the $$$ national chain big rig truck wash where they have professional staff and harsh professional-grade chemicals that work, but my DW vetoed that idea and we instead went to the self-serve place with it's consumer-grade wimpy chemicals and she volunteered to do most of the washing.

As I was spraying the high pressure soap onto the roof with the wand over my head at the self-serve wash, the hose partially split at the wand's input fitting and soaked me with soapy recycled water before I could throw it onto the ground. I wound up having to use $3.00 of quarters in the next bay to run that wash in spot-free rinse mode to wash the soapy mess off of ME (because it probably has the best filters for the recycled wash water), and now the Mighty Dodge smells like a wet dog inside from the drive home in drenched clothes.

Feel free to add your own FML moment.....

I just bought a new X5 for my wife and the second day of driving it, I spilled a gallon of liquid fish fertilizer in the back seat and cant get the dead fish smell out of this beautiful car now.
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