Friday, September 12, 2008

Good Money --- Bad Money

OK, so I made two significant purchases this week... one good, one not so good...

As many of you know, Zander has spent the last two summers at Cub Creek Science Camp; where (among other things) he has cared for one of their Bearded Dragons. Well, upon his return this year, he was asking for one of his own -- the deal we made with him was: Have a good first month at school, you get a Bearded Dragon.

Well, he upheld his end of the bargain -- so we did too.

This is Sally... and adolescent, female, Bearded Dragon -- she is about a foot long now, and will add about another six to eight inches as she becomes a "Woman".





That is the GOOD spend... now the bad.

For those who have been watching this post, I purchased a motorcycle from an individual last month. The problem, I didn't know it's maintenance history --- so I took it over to Freedom Cycles to have routine maintenance done...

$25 in parts...

$200 in LABOR... WTF!!!!

So, I have just ordered, for $30, (and received) -- my own copy of Haynes Honda Shadow VT600 and VT750 Owners Workshop Manual. Henceforth, I will be doing my own routine maintenance.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You act like you never had a gearhead buddy! Darn skippy you bought the manual!

- Mental