Crappy ending to a good night

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Israfil

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So...I'm convinced that god just loves toying with my emotions. It started out so good.

Went to st. pattys day block party and was having a decent time. Little nervous because of how many people were there but enough booze and I was alright. Walked around with my little giant nicostick mod, occasionally switching to my 510 battery to draw attention with the LED. Got asked by no less than 7 groups of people what I was smoking. Talked to em all, explaining (every single one asked) that it isn't for me to quit smoking, it's for me to avoid cancer while still enjoying my nicotine. One or two had heard of them (via the mall kiosks and radio add scams) and even asked if i was vaping regular or menthol. Always with the surprise when I say watermelon. Anyhoo about 5/7 asked where they could get one for themselves or family members, one girl (who I'll talk about in a minute) actually took a hit. Explained where not to go (kiosks, radio, etc) and namedropped my favorite sites (healthcabin, myst-sticks, TW). So overall good karma, hopefully they'll like it and live happier healthier lives for it.

Met a girl chilling with the band, she was a gamer and totally into gamer guys (yay!!!!). She tried my nic stick and kinda liked it, flirted a lot, and was generally totally awesome. Took my number but I couldn't get hers...my cell had died a few minutes prior. Hopefully she'll call and negate that problem.

Ended up leaving feeling pretty good about myself and the night. Got to the car, started it, plugged in my phone charger, and the car died a few seconds later. Tried for a half hour to start it again, failed. Tried jumping it, it already had juice and the starter was going but just wouldn't start. Found somebody to call AAA for a tow but it was gonna be like 120 bucks to get the car back to my place to work on it...I don't have that.

Thankfully I got lucky and a person I asked to use their phone to try getting a hold of my mom for a ride home (which failed) actually had her mind set on taking me home herself. Overall I'm rather boned...car is across town, no money for a tow, thinking of getting a ride with mom over there tomorrrow with a wrench set and some metal brushes to try cleaning the plugs... Dang rollercoaster ride of yay! aww... yay! aww...

Thanks for lettin me vent ^_^ I don't really have any friends in town anymore.
 

Israfil

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The rest of the night sounds great- I hope that your car is easy and inexpensive to fix.
Thanks :) Actually it turned out to be something REALLY simple.. I went down today with a mechanic friend and he tried it out with starting fluid. Started, but only while it was burning the fluid. He told me to have it towed to the mechanic to check the fuel pump, but I got a brainstorm and checked the fusebox. Sure enough, the fuse that shouldn't be ANYTHING vital to the engine running (cigarette lighter, windshield wipers, that kind of stuff) was popped. Swapped in one of my spare higher voltage fuses and it started.

I maintain that that fuse wasn't blown last night (checked em in the dark lol) and you guys wishing me well fixed whatever else was wrong. ;)

Didn't sound like a bad night, cars fail sometimes.
Wait till your PV fails, you'll be more upset.....Just sayin... :)
Those are cheap to fix (and easier unless its the atomizer) ^_^

As for the car, it's a good thing it wasn't the fuel pump...old mercedes fuel pump would probably cost me more than the car is worth.

Thanks again guys!
 
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