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spark plugs and new wires. What a crock! That's three or four months worth of feeders or a new kid in the snake room. Man that hurts. I never thought I would have to sell snakes for auto repairs. Maybe I should post in the "trades" classifieds.

"Boas to trade for grease monkey! Preferably house-broken, but not required."

Sorry, just had to get that out.

Phil Goss

Rough day ahead.

Phil Goss

looking at those two beauties ought to cheer you right up and brighten any rough day!!
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Linda Hedgpeth
lindafh@frontiernet.net
Sierra Serpents

"There is just as much horse sense as ever, but the horses have most of it".

np

You got scalped! Should have done your own plugs and wires, and bought another snake.
Nice pic, btw. Argentine?
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1.1 Ball Python 1.1 corn snake 1.0 Bearded Dragon 1.0 Solomon Island Boas 0.0.2 fish 1.2 cats 3.1 kids 1.0 husband

and tape over the "check engine" light on your instrument panel. Most of those lights are timed to coincide with your mechanic's boat payment!

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Derek Roberts
Sonoran Reptile Breeders
sonoranreptile@cox.net
"I remember the first war, the way the sky burned
The faces of angels destroyed
I saw a third of Heaven's legion banished
And the creation of hell
I stood with my brothers and watched lucifer fall
But now, my brothers aren't my brothers" -- Zao

Thats what I do all day while I think about my snakes and we are some of the hardest working and underpaid around. Just think about it home electrical, and plumbing hasen't changed much in the last 50 years, and those guys are getting more than top dollar. We have tens of thousands of dollars of equipment while they have a van and maybe 5k worth of tools. We work hard for our money and deserve every bit we get!!! Thanks Vinnie

I used to work as a machanic, that is before I became one of those high priced construction guys(I do concrete now).I worked in a yard fixing constuction equipment and on the side I would, an still do fix all my friends and thier friends desert toys,like quads and dirt bikes ect.. anyways it seems like whenever somebody wants something done, they want it done yesterday and wanna pay next to nothing if anything at all. Same thing with constuction all these people want stuff done on their house but dont wanna pay up. People will come out and talk about how easy all the work they want done is and how it should only take a few days and we want way too much money blah blah. I say if thats the case then why am I here? Do IT YOUR SELF! Bottom line is the job only looks easy cause the guy doin it has done it so long he makes it look easy and we all need to eat and look out for our loved ones so who cares if you make out a little better sometimes cause theres alot of times you wind up eating your shorts on a job and loseing money. just my 2 cents Rich

Not a construction worker, not a grease monkey (at least not professionally) Have always fixed my own stuff and am almost done remodelling my kitchen. Made my own cabinets, replumbed in copper and installed a laminate floor. I only brought in three trades to help. Texture guy to fix some wall buckling and texture ceiling. Window crew to install new DP windows in the whole house and a granite crew for the countertop. My hats off to those that do this for a living, My kitchen looks GREAT, but it was a LOT of hard work. I probably in many cases overdid it and did things the hard way which if I did it all the ime I would ahve known better.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife
0.2 kids
4.12.136 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (OK, I'm only keeping a few of the 136, just tickled pink with my production this year)
1.1 Ball python
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Hey Rich....I noticed desert toys....do you ride at all? Just curious, nice to find other people that ride and keep snakes. Take care

Paul

yah I ride . That banshee further down is mine and I ride my buddys 05 yfz 450 that I helped him soup up (its too fast for him now.LOL) Im heading out to glamis late tonight and Ill more than likely be there all weekend. Are you in socal. If so maybe we can hit the dunes togather sometime. Rich

what do you ride?

I wish I could hit SoCal! I'm in BFE Illinois, just did a 3 hour GP today. I ride a YZ250 right now, 03' so it's looking to be replaced very soon, harescrambles are pretty hard on them. FINALLY, someone else in here that rides! Talk to you later

Paul

JUST KIDDING!!!!

if I'm getting $400 worth of work and it's someone who gives damn doing it, then take my money. Not a problem. I drive 1,000 miles a week. My car is practically my home. I take damn good care of it. Since I live in it, it is spotless inside. When I pick it up from an oil change I don't want to see oil all over the seat, steering wheel, carpet, and door. I know you can't be a good mechanic and stay clean, but come on. I'm sure you are good at what you do. I know I would not have a clue if you threw me under the hood. All I've done is changed a couple spark plugs. I do believe it took longer than 10 minutes. Auto mechanics is a skill, just like everything else. For this car, it may be worth $400 to have someone change the plugs and wires. That was not my problem. My issue was the unexpected problem with my car. When you travel like I do, your car is your life. There are few things worse than seeing that check engine light pop up. I know this is a pathetic thing to gripe about, but I just felt like griping. Keep up the good work and keep buying the boas. Sometimes your reputation is all you have.

Phil Goss

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I just spent $1100 getting my cv joints on my axels fixed and all new tires. I was like "damn I could of got an albino for that price"
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1.0 Columbian (BCI)
0.1 Suriname (BCC)
0.1 Longicauda (BCL)
0.1 Bolivian (BCA)

... auto repairs.

Sure! Why not?

I worked in a professional shop for several years, was a certified MASTER TECHNICIAN for Porsche/Audi and have worked on everything from a D5 Caterpillar on down.. I just crawled out from under my 4Runner.. it needed a Pitman arm, steering damper and front wheel- bearing pack and adjust.

Tell me what you got.
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Gus
A. Rentfro
RioBravoReptiles.com
www.riobravoreptiles.com

"Quality is not an accident. Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus

what are you- Amish? Ever think about working for CASH? Just kidding (my new disclaimer.) Written word can never replace true face to face dialogue. How's that Boa room coming?

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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

You know it baby! the one and only car Ive ever owned that I truly love. As a kid I used to live next door to a guy that had a bad azz nova and I always thought to my self one day Ill have a car just like that. Well I found one for about 4k put about 6k more in it and still have about 20k I wanna do to it! lol

>>You know it baby! the one and only car Ive ever owned that I truly love. As a kid I used to live next door to a guy that had a bad azz nova and I always thought to my self one day Ill have a car just like that. Well I found one for about 4k put about 6k more in it and still have about 20k I wanna do to it! lol

I had 73 SS Nova,She was chevy orange with the black ss striping down her sides!I could kick myself for selling that car!All numbers matching 64 thou original miles an a 3 speed on the floor an posi rearend to boot!I miss my rodzzzzz!Take Care of that 1 man!Thanks for the pics,Eric[Hypoboa]
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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

but you guys have to admit, $400 for plugs and wires? Come on!!! Plugs cost about $1 a piece. Even if you got platinum or titanium, it wouldn't cost more than $50 for a set of six. And wires, maybe $25. So where is the other $325 going? It takes me 10 minutes to change mine and I have no professional experience. Anyone charging $325 for labor on plugs and wires is scamming. I would be angry about a mechanic charging those prices than I would about people getting upset about it. Just my $.02
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Scott
SpectreBCIs

1.0 Poss Super Ghost
0.1 Anery
0.1 "Abbey" DH Ghost
1.0 "Abbey" Het Kahl Stripe
1.0 PH Anery
0.1 PH Anery

>>but you guys have to admit, $400 for plugs and wires? Come on!!! Plugs cost about $1 a piece. Even if you got platinum or titanium, it wouldn't cost more than $50 for a set of six. And wires, maybe $25. So where is the other $325 going? It takes me 10 minutes to change mine and I have no professional experience. Anyone charging $325 for labor on plugs and wires is scamming. I would be angry about a mechanic charging those prices than I would about people getting upset about it. Just my $.02
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>>Scott
>>SpectreBCIs
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>>1.0 Poss Super Ghost
>>0.1 Anery
>>0.1 "Abbey" DH Ghost
>>1.0 "Abbey" Het Kahl Stripe
>>1.0 PH Anery
>>0.1 PH Anery

I am or was a certified dealership mechanic an I know back when I was spinning wrenches a set of wires for some of the imports run over 100 bucks so its possible for wires to be more than 25 bucks!WELL EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND,THANKS ERIC[HYPOBOA]
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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

I wanted to say sorry for your loss but the post got so long I was afraid it would get lost. In regard to the car post you are 100% correct about part prices. What these guys dont realize is just because you can buy gargage at auto zone cheap dosent mean we will use that crap plus we need to make some money off the parts. In regard to the labor there are many cars where the upper intake manifold needs to be removed to change the plugs and wires. If you can do any set of plugs and wires in 10 mins please come by I will hire you for $100.00 an hour you would be well worth it working that fast!!! I have some Mitsubishi, Caddy and Ford Pick-up tune-ups for you. lol

>>I wanted to say sorry for your loss but the post got so long I was afraid it would get lost. In regard to the car post you are 100% correct about part prices. What these guys dont realize is just because you can buy gargage at auto zone cheap dosent mean we will use that crap plus we need to make some money off the parts. In regard to the labor there are many cars where the upper intake manifold needs to be removed to change the plugs and wires. If you can do any set of plugs and wires in 10 mins please come by I will hire you for $100.00 an hour you would be well worth it working that fast!!! I have some Mitsubishi, Caddy and Ford Pick-up tune-ups for you. lol
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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

and again I have nothing against mechanics, I know a couple of really nice ones that would bend over backward to make sure the job is done right. I've just seen the other side of that spectrum as well. I grew up on a Ford escort where I was changing the plugs and wires before I could drive it, and right now on my Jetta, it too is pretty simple with the right tool. When it came time for my tune up I was getting estimates of over $700 and all they were doing was changing the plugs and doing an oil change and then checking everything else. If any hoses or belts needed to be tightened or changed it would be in addition to that cost. I jsut don't understrand where the money goes!

I mean no offense to the mechanic here and again have nothing against the good ones, but a good manual and the right tool go a long way!
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Scott
SpectreBCIs

1.0 Poss Super Ghost
0.1 Anery
0.1 "Abbey" DH Ghost
1.0 "Abbey" Het Kahl Stripe
1.0 PH Anery
0.1 PH Anery

Wow alot like what happens with this hobby. I guess I am just a gluten for punishment. lol