I haven't been able to wash my car for weeks because it's been rainy and shitty. Today was supposed to be rainy and shitty but, against all odds, the sun was out this morning. So at lunchtime I ran some errands and decided on the way home I'd wash the car. By the time I got done with my errands it was sprinkling out. Still, maybe by the time I got to the car wash it would clear up... By the time I got to the car wash it was fucking pissing down. The house I'm in has some bare spots in the back yard so last weekend I picked up some grass seed. I don't really have the equipment to plant it properly, but I guess if it rains enough, you can just sow the shit on the ground. Since it was going to be sunny for the weekend, I decided I'd better get it out there. So I went out and worked in the rain--raking up the ground and scattering seeds. By the time I was done it had stopped raining. It hasn't fucking rained since. I'm considering going to wash the car to see if I can cause God to have a short circuit, like Captain Kirk talking to an evil computer.
I walk around and throw it by reaching into the bag, grabbing a handful of seeds and throwing it. A few weeks later, I have grass. Am I doing it wrong? What kind of "equipment"?
Bah. When God washes my car it looks like crap. He uses dirty water. And leaves even dirtier water all over the roads to splash up on it. Plus he never "shammies*" it off. The grass thing is good to know. If you go on the Internet (or read the bag) there's all kinds of faggoting around: 1) Rake the soil so you have 2-3" of loose topsoil 2) Apply a commercial fertilizer 3) Use one of them grass planting machines that plugs the little fuckers like 1/8-1/4" into the ground 4) Water daily Tomorrow I may pick up some fertilizer anyway. I can put it over the seed to help give it some cover. And if I get the stuff from Scotts, maybe it'll kill off the moss too (I live in the PNW. Even rolling stones gather moss here.) *I know it's "chamois", but I'm going with the phoenetic spelling.
Not always true. Sometimes rain clouds coming in from the west here will rain "mud". Not literal "mud", but the rain drops will have a little dirt in them due to high winds in the western part of the state kicking dust up in to the clouds. Leaves a hell of a mess when it happens (the last time was about a year ago).
The whole subject of painting/washing/waxing seems silly to me. Cars should come with an exterior finish that doesn't depend on so much maintenance. Aluminum body panels with a decent quality powder coat, something like that. [action=Uncle Albert]has extensive rust damage on his jeep. [/action]
1) Aluminum is twice as expensive as steel. So car prices would go up significantly. 2) If I remember my high school science right, precipitation is in the form of clouds and you get rain when you get an airborne dust particle or something eles for the water to condense on.
Car washes sometimes scratch the finish of the car paint. Its very subtle. This causes the dirt to easily stick to the car. the spray on wax that use at car washes is shit. You want a good wax finish on the paint so that the water/rain just rolls off the car. After it rains I just dry the car and my car is beautiful. Get ya car fully detailed once and a while. Or, per Uncle Albert, get a DeLoreon.
Doesn't have to be a DeLorean. Land Rover also uses aluminum body panels. Or at least they did at one time. There are also places making replica Jeep body tubs out of heavy-gauge aluminum. Now accepting donations.....
I know what ya talking about about. A shiny Jeep is GAY. And it doesn't matter if the body panels are aluminum. Its the paint that the dirt sticks to.
They're fucking cool. You can order them to bolt right up to factory framerails, hard tops, and windshield frames. If I can get enough cash together, I definitely think I need an aluminum Jeep.
Well, there's you first problem. Why are you reading directions? Men don't need no stinking directions! Are you sure you're not gay? And, doesn't it rain, like, all the time in the Pacific Northwest?
Yeah, though I think it was her choice. That guy's high-pitched voice gets on my nerves by the end of the show.
OK. Today was supposed to be nice. And I was stuck at home (I'd planned to go skiing but something came up). And it WAS nice. So I washed the car. And by the time I finished it was raining. So now I've got a clean car with water spots on it. And 3 dirty tires because I ran out of tire foam.
