I just can't stand it!

[bluealtered]

I have had this problem all my life, it used to be race cars, now it is waiting for that new gun or some part to show up. I'm an old man now and you would think that by now i would have learned to deal with this, it's not like i don't have a safe full of other toy's to play with since there's enough firearms in there that from time to time i "find" one i had forgotten about.

This time here i am at 5:00am Sunday morning looking at the fedex route map tracking my new to me, well broken in Savage 110 tactical crawl it's way along I-90 from New York to outback Oregon on whatever snail they strapped it to. I mean come on guys I-90 is still having snow storms, take pity on that poor snail, he's slow enough when the weathers good!

You would think a old man could deal with this at this point in life, but nope it just isn't gonna happen, next they will be expecting me to grow up! Come on Thursday, what in the world is taking so long, give that snail more coffee, he don't need no sleep!

 

[Peebles24]

Im going to assume by your screen name you had/have a blue altered chassis dragster, i had a bright chartreuse altered. Anyway im the same way hate seeing how long delivery can take.

 

[Peebles24]

My altered, she wasnt fast 7.1 @ 93mph 1/8th. Nearly stock 66 327 (factory cam, heads, and internals) way over carbed.

 

[dolek]

My altered, she wasnt fast 7.1 @ 93mph 1/8th. Nearly stock 66 327 (factory cam, heads, and internals) way over carbed.

Now that is a cool pic of a cool car .

 

[joshb]

Find a distraction! Think of something else that needs to get done. Something that’ll take 5 days to do. Maybe do a project for the Mrs. so you gain some credits!

 

[Milo 2.0]

Lol, when you order something today that you absolutely needed yesterday, it is time to upgrade the shipping methods.
Concerns about shipment will have you in the loony bin, go buy a couple 12 packs of beer, support groups I used to call them.

 

[hogpatrol]

I'm beyond all that being in a hurry. Try some Stoicism.

(Hmm, how come my Amazon prime purchase didn't arrive in the one day they said it would?)

 

[hogpatrol]

Lol, when you order something today that you absolutely needed yesterday, it is time to upgrade the shipping methods.
Concerns about shipment will have you in the loony bin, go buy a couple 12 packs of beer, support groups I used to call them.

Not anymore but I used to consume a half dozen diet pills, the ones available at Dunkin Donuts.

 

[Milo 2.0]

I'm beyond all that being in a hurry. Try some Stoicism.

(Hmm, how come my Amazon prime purchase didn't arrive in the one day they said it would?)

My fav is the signature needed packages, the carrier comes between this and this time every friggin day, but not on signature day, they come 2 hrs early.

 

[hogpatrol]

OT somewhat but I had a barrel shipped from Ohio to me in Delaware. I'm tracking it and after a week, it's still in transit. Then I get an update it's in Salt Lake City, Utah. WTH?? I got it eventually but what should have been three days turned into two weeks. At least your snail is on the right route.

 

[Peebles24]

I love it when a package goes 600 miles out of the way. Wtf do shipping companies think.

 

[Milo 2.0]

I love it when a package goes 600 miles out of the way. Wtf do shipping companies think.

It's called "ground" shipping, follow the path of least resistance. It's like being lost and following a stream downhill, sooner or later.

 

[kneedtospeed]

I've heard Xanax helps

 

[Bojo]

How many guys on here are still into cars as well as guns ?

 

[Luisyamaha]

I once sent a package with the U.S. Postal Service from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Portland, Oregon. The tracking went like this: San Juan, Miami, Portland, Miami, San Juan, Miami, Portland, Miami, Portland. 3 weeks.

Luisyamaha

 

[butchlambert]

How many guys on here are still into cars as well as guns ?

Bojo, after working on cars for over 50yrs, I don't care for them too much anymore.
Shipping a lot of items I come across a few weird shipping problems.

 

[Ned Ludd]

I have had this problem all my life, it used to be race cars, now it is waiting for that new gun or some part to show up. I'm an old man now and you would think that by now i would have learned to deal with this, it's not like i don't have a safe full of other toy's to play with since there's enough firearms in there that from time to time i "find" one i had forgotten about.

This time here i am at 5:00am Sunday morning looking at the fedex route map tracking my new to me, well broken in Savage 110 tactical crawl it's way along I-90 from New York to outback Oregon on whatever snail they strapped it to. I mean come on guys I-90 is still having snow storms, take pity on that poor snail, he's slow enough when the weathers good!

You would think a old man could deal with this at this point in life, but nope it just isn't gonna happen, next they will be expecting me to grow up! Come on Thursday, what in the world is taking so long, give that snail more coffee, he don't need no sleep!

You're not thinking straight. If you had planned better and ordered one new item every single day, you would be receiving new things on a daily basis and the wait would not seem so long .

 

[jimmymac]

I''m learning to be more patient as I get further in to this precision Benchrest stuff. It will happen when it happens. The other thing I learned is to always have something in process moving through the pipeline. Take delivery on a barrel, order another. Lather, rinse, repeat. 220 Beggs barrel for UBR score is next...right after the 30BR is finished up and shooting.

 

[jimmymac]

There could be a delivery today though! My gunsmith is changing out the Jewell for a Bix and Andy trigger on my PPC. Having a new barrel chambered and a new tuner added.

 

[Tommie]

Bojo, after working on cars for over 50yrs, I don't care for them too much anymore.

There was a time when I ate, slept and breathed cars. My first car was a V8 Vega. A few decades in automotive service departments cured that problem. Also used to love fishing but a few years as a fishing guide blew that to hell.

Moral of the story: Never turn a hobby into a job.