Finished my clear bra
09-09-2013, 03:12 PM
#16
Nordschleife Master
+1.
great job!. i like to be hands on as possible re my possessions but i wouldn't have the b*alls to tackle this myself.
awesome post and i can relate totally. esp to points 1,2,7!
great job!. i like to be hands on as possible re my possessions but i wouldn't have the b*alls to tackle this myself.
awesome post and i can relate totally. esp to points 1,2,7!
Several reasons I wanted to do this myself:
1. I'm cheap.
2. I really, really don't like to have other people touch my stuff.
3. A lack of local references for someone to do it for me.
4. My lack of faith in others to do a job as well as I do (inability to delegate).
5. My love for spending time in my garage with the stereo and the beer fridge.
6. The fact that my car is not perfect, so I didn't feel it was worthy of spending the extra time and $$ to find a pro and pay them to apply a clear bra over imperfect paint.
and...
7. As I get older (I'm 44) and find myself in a higher tax bracket, I find myself paying people to do things that, as a younger man, I would have done myself. Occasionally, I take on a project like this to prove to myself that I haven't become a fat, useless member of the bourgeoisie.
It's kind of silly, really. I know I can do these things (clean my gutters, paint my house, trim my bushes), but I find myself doing them every once in awhile just to reaffirm my manhood. I guess other guys might find themselves taking on a mistress or taking flight lessons or joining a fight club. I get my testosterone boost from banging around in the garage for awhile.
1. I'm cheap.
2. I really, really don't like to have other people touch my stuff.
3. A lack of local references for someone to do it for me.
4. My lack of faith in others to do a job as well as I do (inability to delegate).
5. My love for spending time in my garage with the stereo and the beer fridge.
6. The fact that my car is not perfect, so I didn't feel it was worthy of spending the extra time and $$ to find a pro and pay them to apply a clear bra over imperfect paint.
and...
7. As I get older (I'm 44) and find myself in a higher tax bracket, I find myself paying people to do things that, as a younger man, I would have done myself. Occasionally, I take on a project like this to prove to myself that I haven't become a fat, useless member of the bourgeoisie.
It's kind of silly, really. I know I can do these things (clean my gutters, paint my house, trim my bushes), but I find myself doing them every once in awhile just to reaffirm my manhood. I guess other guys might find themselves taking on a mistress or taking flight lessons or joining a fight club. I get my testosterone boost from banging around in the garage for awhile.
09-10-2013, 10:30 AM
#18
Drifting
Thread Starter
Damn.
Still, there were some neat cars this month and the weather was perfect.
Other than missing the P-cars, the only problem we had was that my three year old wound up standing on a fire ant hill and got ants all over him. He was bitten several times but an hour later you'd never have known it. He's a tough little sucker.
09-11-2013, 12:03 AM
#19
Several reasons I wanted to do this myself:
1. I'm cheap.
2. I really, really don't like to have other people touch my stuff.
3. A lack of local references for someone to do it for me.
4. My lack of faith in others to do a job as well as I do (inability to delegate).
5. My love for spending time in my garage with the stereo and the beer fridge.
6. The fact that my car is not perfect, so I didn't feel it was worthy of spending the extra time and $$ to find a pro and pay them to apply a clear bra over imperfect paint.
and...
7. As I get older (I'm 44) and find myself in a higher tax bracket, I find myself paying people to do things that, as a younger man, I would have done myself. Occasionally, I take on a project like this to prove to myself that I haven't become a fat, useless member of the bourgeoisie.
It's kind of silly, really. I know I can do these things (clean my gutters, paint my house, trim my bushes), but I find myself doing them every once in awhile just to reaffirm my manhood. I guess other guys might find themselves taking on a mistress or taking flight lessons or joining a fight club. I get my testosterone boost from banging around in the garage for awhile.
1. I'm cheap.
2. I really, really don't like to have other people touch my stuff.
3. A lack of local references for someone to do it for me.
4. My lack of faith in others to do a job as well as I do (inability to delegate).
5. My love for spending time in my garage with the stereo and the beer fridge.
6. The fact that my car is not perfect, so I didn't feel it was worthy of spending the extra time and $$ to find a pro and pay them to apply a clear bra over imperfect paint.
and...
7. As I get older (I'm 44) and find myself in a higher tax bracket, I find myself paying people to do things that, as a younger man, I would have done myself. Occasionally, I take on a project like this to prove to myself that I haven't become a fat, useless member of the bourgeoisie.
It's kind of silly, really. I know I can do these things (clean my gutters, paint my house, trim my bushes), but I find myself doing them every once in awhile just to reaffirm my manhood. I guess other guys might find themselves taking on a mistress or taking flight lessons or joining a fight club. I get my testosterone boost from banging around in the garage for awhile.
09-29-2013, 11:23 PM
#21
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Several reasons I wanted to do this myself:
1. I'm cheap.
2. I really, really don't like to have other people touch my stuff.
3. A lack of local references for someone to do it for me.
4. My lack of faith in others to do a job as well as I do (inability to delegate).
5. My love for spending time in my garage with the stereo and the beer fridge.
6. The fact that my car is not perfect, so I didn't feel it was worthy of spending the extra time and $$ to find a pro and pay them to apply a clear bra over imperfect paint.
and...
7. As I get older (I'm 44) and find myself in a higher tax bracket, I find myself paying people to do things that, as a younger man, I would have done myself. Occasionally, I take on a project like this to prove to myself that I haven't become a fat, useless member of the bourgeoisie.
It's kind of silly, really. I know I can do these things (clean my gutters, paint my house, trim my bushes), but I find myself doing them every once in awhile just to reaffirm my manhood. I guess other guys might find themselves taking on a mistress or taking flight lessons or joining a fight club. I get my testosterone boost from banging around in the garage for awhile.
1. I'm cheap.
2. I really, really don't like to have other people touch my stuff.
3. A lack of local references for someone to do it for me.
4. My lack of faith in others to do a job as well as I do (inability to delegate).
5. My love for spending time in my garage with the stereo and the beer fridge.
6. The fact that my car is not perfect, so I didn't feel it was worthy of spending the extra time and $$ to find a pro and pay them to apply a clear bra over imperfect paint.
and...
7. As I get older (I'm 44) and find myself in a higher tax bracket, I find myself paying people to do things that, as a younger man, I would have done myself. Occasionally, I take on a project like this to prove to myself that I haven't become a fat, useless member of the bourgeoisie.
It's kind of silly, really. I know I can do these things (clean my gutters, paint my house, trim my bushes), but I find myself doing them every once in awhile just to reaffirm my manhood. I guess other guys might find themselves taking on a mistress or taking flight lessons or joining a fight club. I get my testosterone boost from banging around in the garage for awhile.
