I am flaming livid -caution: rant-

Oooh.. am I ever mad right now. heaven forbid I can have a nice day at the homestead!
I worked until 2pm and drove home. I cut the whole lawn (a couple-hour chore that I never mind doing.) and then washed the Jeep (a half-hour ordeal for such a little guy of a car.) It was a peachy-keen day that far into it.. birds were chirping. Sun was shining. The chives are blooming. Well, I decided to hose off the atv. I pull it out, hose and soap and hose some more.. I get around to the front end.. one of the headlights is Gone.. gone.
Mark's cousins were riding it around last weekend.. no one ever said anything about breaking it. See, the whole corner by the light is broken too, and the cord thing that goes into the lamp is dangling there. The bumper round the light is fine (a lot of good it did..)
Argh. I work 40 hours a week. Mark works probably double that. We are nice and let some people use our toy and this happens. we have not even paid it off halfway yet.
I am cooling off though.. I called Mark at work and he was madder than me! But the good news is, his cousin agreed to pay for the lamp. But ooh; I am so mad! Please be Veeeery careful who you let ride your toys or your cars/trucks, people.

watch out when Gin breaks out the beat stick :sabduel:

I'm sorry. I would be mad too. I was taught at a young age that if you break something that belongs to someone else, you always tell them the truth and offer to make it right. I have only had to do that once and I felt really good about myself when I did.

At least he did offer to pay for it, however he should have brought it to your attention and not waited for you to find it on your own.

I really do not think that Mark's cousin himself, broke it. See, he brought his own atv out and rode that. His friends (it is not like they were strangers to us; mark knows them by name and while is not bosom buddies with them, they are still a common fixture around here.)
Mark has drawn the line that I started today. No more lending it out to anyone. (unless we are right there.. no more trail riding.)
Don't tempt me, Natester!

Unfortunately, it's the nicest people that get taken advantage of the most :(
Don't let it get to ya, relax, put your feet up, and have a glass of wine. Always works for me! :)

Oh, Bummer! :(

I remember that my family bought a jet ski several years ago. We had some friends over who wanted to ride it, so we let them. They rolled it over, flooded the engine, and ruined it. They brought it back and didn't say anything. :(

Hope everything gets fixed up alright!

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Don't tempt me, Natester!

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Thanks for the laugh, Nate, and the sympathy, everyone.
Here are some pics... oh :mad:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...cres/crap2.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/unliness.jpg

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Originally Posted by Sausage

Oh, Bummer! :(

I remember that my family bought a jet ski several years ago. We had some friends over who wanted to ride it, so we let them. They rolled it over, flooded the engine, and ruined it. They brought it back and didn't say anything. :(

Hope everything gets fixed up alright!

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What low-lifes. It makes you want to puke, doesn't it? :(

Grrr, yeah, I can see why you got so upset :(

I bet you look smokin' hot toolin' around in that Jeep in the background, though!

i hear exactly what your saying jen! call me what you want but nobody touches my ride! nobody..........i don't even really want people sitting on it...........looks like i see a crack on the plastic as well! i got ya back! :sabduel:

Sarah; I will have to get some shots in the back on what I call "The Steep Hill." The thing went right up and I did not even have it in 4 wheel! I did peal out a little though.. but that just creates more mud = more fun. It is cool to have a ride that goes from mud road to hill to swamp to two-lane blacktop to grocery-store parkinglot all in one day with no problems :)
Tyree; that is expert wisdom. No one is ever getting on this thing again. I know the people I can trust on it (my sister is one; she is scared to go beyond 15 mph, and only goes in circles around in the yard and knows where the braks is, lol.)

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Sarah; I will have to get some shots in the back on what I call "The Steep Hill." The thing went right up and I did not even have it in 4 wheel! I did peal out a little though.. but that just creates more mud = more fun. It is cool to have a ride that goes from mud road to hill to swamp to two-lane blacktop to grocery-store parkinglot all in one day with no problems :)
Tyree; that is expert wisdom. No one is ever getting on this thing again. I know the people I can trust on it (my sister is one; she is scared to go beyond 15 mph, and only goes in circles around in the yard and knows where the braks is, lol.)

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they cost to much money and so do the parts! plus doesn't it stink when someone breaks your toy before you! ahhhhhh :mad:

A few years ago we went riding on some friends 4 wheelers (my friend was with us) and someone else ran one of my friends 4 wheelers straight into a tree. It was the only time I have ever seen those bars on the front bend. Well he got a new ATV out of it:)

Oh man.. wow.
We think that we've caught our worm. See, Mark talked to his cousin, who right off the bat said "oh, get it fixed and I'll repay you." I know that, granted, he is good about paying money back; we recently lent him $1k until his payday and he paid us back the next day. What inflames me is that he has to know who did it..
His friend is a loudmouth showoff who has to beat on everything he sits on or in.. he was in fact "in a big hurry" to leave that night.. said he had to go to a movie.. but now that I think of it, he did not even know what movie he was going to. I know that he did it.. and then the little weasel had the nerve to eat a cheeseburger here and act like nothing happened. Sorry, but this is not "a little ding" lol.. he could not, not know that this happened. Mark talked to his younger cousin and him nor his friends know who did it.. they were all shooting guns all day and did not even ride the quads.
Sorry if I am unloading all of this ca-ca on everyone, but it helps me to think straight to type it out.. so thanks for listening/co-miserating :(