Comments on: Behind the Scenes of a FML http://tancast.com/2009/07/03/behind-the-scenes-of-a-fml/ Podcasting both weekly and weakly. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jo http://tancast.com/2009/07/03/behind-the-scenes-of-a-fml/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 Jo Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:39:46 +0000 http://tancast.com/?p=853#comment-5032 Damn, that was supposed to be a winking smiley . . . ;) Damn, that was supposed to be a winking smiley . . . ;)

]]> By: Jo http://tancast.com/2009/07/03/behind-the-scenes-of-a-fml/comment-page-1/#comment-5031 Jo Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:38:51 +0000 http://tancast.com/?p=853#comment-5031 OK, here's my FML which all started with "can you smell petrol" :) No, I couldn't smell it, but decided to go to the garage anyway. My friend needed a lift so I said I'd drop him off along the way. We were driving quite happily when all of a sudden the engine died. Preparing to pull over I looked in my rear-view mirror but all I could see was thick black smoke. I pulled over into a bus stop, and as I stopped I saw flames flickering over the bonnet. I pointed to it and we both shot out of the car. A man came running out from one of the houses nearby with a bowl of water: he threw it over the bonnet but it didn't do much! After standing around for a bit watching my car go up in flames and not really knowing what to do, I decided to go back to the car and grab my bag from the back seat and the car keys from the ignition (!?!?!). Someone called the police and fire brigade (don't know who, I was in shock and was just wandering around in the road with my keys!). The police blocked the road, a reporter came and took pics and the fire brigade finally managed to put out the inferno that was my car. The tyres had melted into the tarmac, so when the tow-truck came to recover it, the car had to be yanked and dragged out of the road! The burn scars and the skeletal remains of an umbrella that fell from a melted front door pocket remained in the bus stop for at least a year or so! Lesson learned: if anyone smells petrol, don't keep driving the car! http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o114/Jomash/Newspaper-scan.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o114/Jomash/Aftermath-1.jpg Do I win?? ;D OK, here’s my FML which all started with “can you smell petrol” :)

No, I couldn’t smell it, but decided to go to the garage anyway. My friend needed a lift so I said I’d drop him off along the way. We were driving quite happily when all of a sudden the engine died. Preparing to pull over I looked in my rear-view mirror but all I could see was thick black smoke. I pulled over into a bus stop, and as I stopped I saw flames flickering over the bonnet. I pointed to it and we both shot out of the car. A man came running out from one of the houses nearby with a bowl of water: he threw it over the bonnet but it didn’t do much! After standing around for a bit watching my car go up in flames and not really knowing what to do, I decided to go back to the car and grab my bag from the back seat and the car keys from the ignition (!?!?!). Someone called the police and fire brigade (don’t know who, I was in shock and was just wandering around in the road with my keys!). The police blocked the road, a reporter came and took pics and the fire brigade finally managed to put out the inferno that was my car. The tyres had melted into the tarmac, so when the tow-truck came to recover it, the car had to be yanked and dragged out of the road! The burn scars and the skeletal remains of an umbrella that fell from a melted front door pocket remained in the bus stop for at least a year or so! Lesson learned: if anyone smells petrol, don’t keep driving the car!

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o114/Jomash/Newspaper-scan.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o114/Jomash/Aftermath-1.jpg

Do I win?? ;D

]]> By: Princess Edamame - Melanie http://tancast.com/2009/07/03/behind-the-scenes-of-a-fml/comment-page-1/#comment-5015 Princess Edamame - Melanie Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:29:03 +0000 http://tancast.com/?p=853#comment-5015 Subaru, man, get a Subaru. We have 3. And we don't even live in Colorado, and we aren't college professors. Reliable, no problems, just routine maintenance. The newest is the first-year Tribeca B9, and it has over 80,000 miles. The other two are 5 and 6 years old (WRXs, 1 sedan, 1 wagon), and each has over 100k. They're rocks, man. Rocks. Knock wood... Subaru, man, get a Subaru. We have 3. And we don’t even live in Colorado, and we aren’t college professors. Reliable, no problems, just routine maintenance. The newest is the first-year Tribeca B9, and it has over 80,000 miles. The other two are 5 and 6 years old (WRXs, 1 sedan, 1 wagon), and each has over 100k. They’re rocks, man. Rocks.

Knock wood…

]]> By: Murray (TANcast's #1 Aussie fan) http://tancast.com/2009/07/03/behind-the-scenes-of-a-fml/comment-page-1/#comment-4944 Murray (TANcast's #1 Aussie fan) Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:28:19 +0000 http://tancast.com/?p=853#comment-4944 I can say that I know the pain of having a shit car. I regularly grit my teeth, cross my fingers and wish - not for a better car, but for a colleague to not get a new car, because I am one early-80s vintage hatchback away from having the stand-out worst car at my work (and that includes the 17 year olds). The process of buying the most recent car added to the family (the "good"/"nice" car, which I leave for my wife and kids) took a year, in which I spent several days every holiday and about 30 weekends doing tours of car yards looking for just the right bargain. I got my once-in-a-year bang-for-buck bargain (confirmed by a mechanic) and the car has still cost me over $3000 in the 18 months since I got it. And that's the "good" car. I can say that I know the pain of having a shit car. I regularly grit my teeth, cross my fingers and wish – not for a better car, but for a colleague to not get a new car, because I am one early-80s vintage hatchback away from having the stand-out worst car at my work (and that includes the 17 year olds).
The process of buying the most recent car added to the family (the “good”/”nice” car, which I leave for my wife and kids) took a year, in which I spent several days every holiday and about 30 weekends doing tours of car yards looking for just the right bargain. I got my once-in-a-year bang-for-buck bargain (confirmed by a mechanic) and the car has still cost me over $3000 in the 18 months since I got it. And that’s the “good” car.

]]> By: Tim Babb (TANcasts #1 Host/Editor Fan) http://tancast.com/2009/07/03/behind-the-scenes-of-a-fml/comment-page-1/#comment-4928 Tim Babb (TANcasts #1 Host/Editor Fan) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:03:37 +0000 http://tancast.com/?p=853#comment-4928 oooooh...suck Sorry, Dean oooooh…suck

Sorry, Dean

]]> By: Dean http://tancast.com/2009/07/03/behind-the-scenes-of-a-fml/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Dean Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:34:47 +0000 http://tancast.com/?p=853#comment-4927 Definitely an FML, but at least everything was fixable. Was driving down 101 to work when I heard a "funny noise". Ended up that I had thrown a rod (insert automotive penis joke here). Towing charge = $80 Replacement car = $8000 Topping Babb's FML story = priceless Definitely an FML, but at least everything was fixable. Was driving down 101 to work when I heard a “funny noise”. Ended up that I had thrown a rod (insert automotive penis joke here).

Towing charge = $80
Replacement car = $8000
Topping Babb’s FML story = priceless

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