Wobbly One Of Myriads @wobblewuffess@awoo.space

The whole time I'm sick with an ear and sinus infection and miserable.. trying to do some work on my laptop from the dealership.. and never got lunch because repeated "Oh just give them 10-15 minutes" that took 30 minutes each time.

Fuck... please note I specifically signed up for "I'll be staying at the dealership so do it fast" service slot. Somehow an hour and half turned into 3 hours.

If they had just said at the start "We are really busy today." I would have fucking left

Got check with service department "Oh tech is just finishing up.. let me go find out how long it will be."

30 minutes later "Oh let me pull it around, they are done!"

15 minutes later my car is now out front.

Start going over the paper work "Oh tech left the inspection checklist off the clipboard"

10 minutes later "Found it, it was on his toolbox and he went to lunch."

2 hours and 55 minutes later finally going over service paperwork.

5 minutes later. LEAVING FINALLY

So the toss some numbers around, I'm like, "I don't really desire to pay more than I'm currently paying for the Forester per month (445) they come back with well.. with trade in we could get you an Outback for $527/m

Or 445 if you put 4k down.. I struggle not to laugh in this dude's face... mumble something about just give me the numbers on paper so I can talk it over with my partner and escape.

Total time at dealership now 2 hours.

So he goes on to try talking me into leasing a new outback but drops the mention that most of the leases they are taking in are coming back with hugely negative equity, including his own outback.

So why the fuck would I sign up for a lease for a vehicle that you just admitted might end in me owing more than the value of the vehicle at the end of the lease?

Which is shit, because I already had the buy out price + evaluation for financing a lease buy out

(I owe 22k, evaluation after condition and low mileage came in at 27k)

I know the trade in values are different but fuck dude.. 400 bucks? Really? I could finance it at 3.6% APR and then buy it.. turn around and sell it on the open market and easily net 10x that.

Get back.. it has been an hour, go to check and see if my Forester is close to done, service department is like oh.. 30 more minutes! so I don't go to lunch.

Sales dude is like.. why don't I get you a quote on the Outback and trade in value on the Forester..

I agree.. because it gets him to leave me alone for a bit.

He comes back with his manager (is the person that sold me my Forester 3 years ago)

We talk some numbers oh look you have 400 bucks of equity on the lease

In two weeks.placate them by talking to them.

Literally Subaru killed the Forester XT (2.0 turbo) in 2018. I love mine. My only wish is for Android Auto which was never added.

After 30 minutes of talking with this dude I finally agree to placate him by taking an Outback Onyx XT for a test drive. (Really nice car by the way, but way more car than I desire. Just too big. Even if it is super roomy with lots of cargo space. Its a foot longer than my forester and 6-7inches wider)

I was far too exhausted yesterday to grump about this.

So yesterday the Wobblura went in for final inspection and service before my lease ends (I'm keeping it though)

Scheduled everything ahead of time. EToC of 1.5 hours. Sure I'll just walk over to the thai place across the street and get some lunch..

Get there, drop off.. (note I'm sick and I had 3 hours of sleep because of said sick)

Immediately ambushed by sales person that knows my lease is up.

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This is pretty boss... but the image.. is pure gold!

Please hold while we dragon this request.

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Oops.... so I've never made a turkey before, I usually leave that to other folks and cook something more familiar like tri-tip or ribeye. Since we weren't having any one over I roasted a small burd for us.
It is so tender and juicy I can't carve it, it just falls off the bones.

I couldn't get the drumsticks out of my electric roast whole even with tongs...

It is super tasty.

Instead.. I am making the dinner for the kobolds. Which I suppose is fair... I'm thankful for my kobolds.

My everything hurts....

I wish I had some kobolds to help with this whole thanksgiving dinner thing.

Welp...got in a shouting match with my partner.. seems like it is definitely a holiday now.

FINALLY HARD HEAVY RAIN! A bit late this year... not showing up until the end of November..

Somehow I forgot to mention FULL FATHOM FIVE.. which is probably my favorite book in the Craft Sequence

For a lot of reasons but also because somehow the author managed to write one of the best transgender characters I've ever seen... while making the fact she is trans both anecdotal in the since it is only mentioned once... but her shear determination to be the person she believes herself to be ties up the story and is pivotal to her success... and it is really cool.

Publishing order and order I read them was 3, 2,1,4,5 but they are fantastic

If you are ever looking for some good fantasy to read. I strongly recommend "The Craft Sequence" by Max Gladstone...

Despite being published out of order (I didn't know that at first.. was sort like.. wait this book takes place way before that one while reading them) it flows extremely well both in order (Titles have a number indicating order up until the last one.. as a pun. aka The Last First Snow, Two Serpents Rise, Three Past Dead, Four Roads Cross then last The Ruin of Angels