OT - Mens guide to degrees of womens fashion

[DaCan23]

Good: Spending $400 on the latest fashionable purse
Better: Spending $100 on last years fashionable purse bought used on Ebay
Best: Spending $200 on 5 sub walmart quality fake purses that were fasionable 5-15 years ago

Good: Spending $100 on form fitting size 4 jeans, cause thats your size
Better: Spending $100 on form fitting size 4 jeans even though your a size 10
Best: Spending $25 on cheap fashionable size 4 jeans that shrunk to a size 2 in the wash, and still manage to wear them even though your a size 10

Good: Spending $150 on gaudy high fashion sunglasses
Better: Spending $50 on the J Lo wanna be high fashion sunglasses
Best: Spending $10 on faux high fashion street vendor sunglasses that are sub quality to the ones in gas stations

Good: Spending $100 on a nice pair of water proof boots for the winter
Better: Spending $60 on whatever junk Steve Madden is selling this winter
Best: Spending $30 on useless bulky fluffy moon boots that have Eskimos in Alaska LOL at how stupid they look

Good: Wearing low jeans and a tank top to show of your slim waist
Better: Wearing low jeans and a tank top to show off your 20lb budda belly
Best: Wearing low jeans and a tank top to show off your 3 fat rolls and stretch marks

Good: Spending $150 to have blond highlights put in your hair
Better: Spending $150 every 2 weeks to be completely blond because "Bimbo" is the "in" thing
Best: Spending $10 every week on do it yourself blond hair, and swearing on your grandmothers grave that you're a real blond

Good: Wearing a low cut shirt to show off your breasts for attention
Better: Wearing a tank top that shows most of your bra to show off your breasts for attention
Best: Wearing your son's t-shirt to show off your fat saggy mommy breasts for attention

Good: Spending $200 on a nice pair of open toe heels
Better: Spending $20 on a payless pair that is too small for your foot
Best: Spending $5 on a pair of flip flops you wear to work everyday even though your feet are hideous.

Good: Spending $75 on the little wrinkly high fasion skirt
Better: Spending $20 on the old navy version made from recycled clothing
Best: Spending $0 and making your own from your mom's old curtains

Good: Spending $125 on the fashionable euro sneakers
Better: Spending $40 at TJ Maxx for fashionable euro sneakers
Best: Spending $?? on the shoes you left at the bowlarama to take home a pair of bowling shoes

[Gayle]

Ok. This thread should have be allowed to die a quiet death without comment, but noooo...... I just can't let it go. Brake failure of the mouth again (on my part but maybe yours too).

So what is your point? As the lone female here, I am not offended...I just don't get it. Good/better/best--They all sound bad to me.

Do you have a personal issue with one of these items that makes you want to share this and share it on a new thead rather than the joke thread? Do you have fashion issues? Come on....you can tell us.

And BimmerNut Ed--we do need some more emotion choices. Try to imagine something that is a combination of :p :( :D and wtf

[Nick.Hay]

I can see some good points raised here, but on the same token...

Do we really want skanky, bargain basement old wenches dragging themselves out of our E34s, Gentlemen??

If she wants to spend $1000 on a baby Louis Vuitton then thats cool... But as long as its from her pay cheque!! Or we are both on salaries that can easily accommodate this type of expenditure!!

Besides, if I was to buy a baby L.V for my wife/partner, she'd better not say a WORD about the M5 I buy the day after!!! :D :D

[winfred]

heres a few
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[winfred]

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[Gayle]

Do we really want skanky, bargain basement old wenches dragging themselves out of our E34s, Gentlemen??




Absolutely not. I don't want any skanky men getting out of mine for that matter. And I am still looking for a mechanic worthy to work on her.....

But why would any e34 owner want a woman who makes any of these choices??? They either have no brains if they feel compelled to make the high $$$ choice or no taste if they make the low $ choice.

And Nick...I always love your way with words.

[632 Regal]

Gayle, dont you think it's about time you buy some tool and do some wrenching? You will never find anyone as articulate working on your car as you would be...unless your close to another fanatic.

bedides at least youll have some tool.

:D

edit....stupid kkeyboard

[Gayle]

Gayle, dont you think it's about time you buy some tool and do some wrenching?

Yes I do think it is about time. I am inching closer. Psyching myself up. I bought tools--a lot of them. I have been telling myself that I am really good at home repairs so I should be able to do this. I just haven't started to believe myself yet.

I am mentally developing a list of what I want to do myself. I think it is good to start with repairs that will not be fatal if I blow it. :D I concluded that getting to the bottom of my brake noise is probably not the place to start. I keep asking the universe to send me a mechanic buddy. I have been reconsidering your offer of phone support. :)

[winfred]

not that long ago mom use to work on her car if i didn't get to it in the time frame she wanted, oil changes and tire rotations were common

[632 Regal]

I would rather replce the brakes with a bleed than wash the kitchen floor, guess it's priorities in a way. Not to say my floors a scene or anything but between the barn and kitchen floor their close with the kitchen being a touch cleaner...Id like to do a brake job in there someday :D


Yes I do think it is about time. I am inching closer. Psyching myself up. I bought tools--a lot of them. I have been telling myself that I am really good at home repairs so I should be able to do this. I just haven't started to believe myself yet.

I am mentally developing a list of what I want to do myself. I think it is good to start with repairs that will not be fatal if I blow it. :D I concluded that getting to the bottom of my brake noise is probably not the place to start. I keep asking the universe to send me a mechanic buddy. I have been reconsidering your offer of phone support. :)

[Gayle]

I have about another 1500 miles before I need an oil change but I was thinking about doing it myself.... until I reach someone's question on torque specs on the filter filter nut and I just went "arrrrgh --this wasn't supposed to have trick questions---I can't do this". Valve adjustments don't sound that hard--was considering that. And then there is the little **** like the brake light sensor. I will probably just start by changing a piece of trim to build my confidence.

Jeff--would you please get the archive area of maintence for newbies whipped into shape--pleeeze.

[winfred]

i guess when you do this everyday you just don't think about it, i just did a 91 535 that munched a timing chain guide rail, pulled the head (it was needing a head gasket anyway) and oil pan to replace gasket and clean out all of the bits of rail that had fallen in and front covers, the only time the torque wrench came out was for the crank hub and the head bolts, you just get use to feeling it in with the old wrist mounted torque wrench


I was thinking about doing it myself.... until I reach someone's question on torque specs on the filter filter nut and I just went "arrrrgh --this wasn't supposed to have trick questions---

[Jeff N.]

Get some of these (http://www.burneymedical.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BMS&Product_Code=PG-199) ...

...and go for the oil change.

PS - I live and die by them damn gloves. Makes all car work wonderful.

[Bill R.]

to them you may want to try the nitrile gloves here...they hold up better and don't dissolve when you get solvent , brake spray cleaner etc on them..they do provide a nice warning too that your getting too close to something sharp.
Autozone , checkers etc all have the latex gloves and the nitrile gloves in the back of the store in their commercial departments, you can request them in boxes of 200, 100 pairs..They are the only kind i use now that i react to latex gloves..http://froogle.google.com/froogle_image?q=http://www.keysan.com/pictures/big/gbsm0267.jpg&size=4&dhm=f931e06c&hl=en




Get some of these (http://www.burneymedical.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BMS&Product_Code=PG-199) ...

...and go for the oil change.

PS - I live and die by them damn gloves. Makes all car work wonderful.

[Gayle]

Jeff N and Bill R. Thanks for the tips.

I have really sensitive and fragile skin that sunburns easily, tears easily, and breaks out in allergic reactions easily. I have seen some pretty chewed up hands in pictures on this board and I was concerned that I could have a set of those in the future. People just don't want their CPA to have cracks in their skin filled with engine oil. I thought about asking about gloves, but went "nah--these guys will just laugh at me." So I really appreciate the information.

PS I am glad we got this thread back on topic--men's guide to womens fashion.

[Mendozart]

I use those gloves everyday, at work and when I work on the car.

[DaCan23]

LOL how did my post of a joke forward turn into a discussion on gloves.

anyways good ole Harbor has the nitriles and usually on sale

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=37051

[Bill R.]

them.. the quality is not the greatest on the harbor freight nitriles.. and they are actually cheaper at checkers and autozone.




LOL how did my post of a joke forward turn into a discussion on gloves.

anyways good ole Harbor has the nitriles and usually on sale

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=37051

[DaCan23]

Now you tell me as they are in the order on its way LOL