this is on the phone... slightly condensed



me: parts this is mike how can i help you



them: hi i'm from the city of redwood city, someone hit a pothole and you guys did a quote for a wheel on a 92 mazda and i had some questions



me: ok



them: what do you want? name?



me: how about the part number?



long pause



them: b8e8-37-600



me: (looking in the parts fische, 8be6-37-600, is the closest) ok



them: its 658.90



ME: yep



them: what is that the wheel? or the rim? or is that the same thing



me: its the thing the tire goes on



them: why is it so much? is it some fancy wheel? its only a 92 mazda



me: its just a stock wheel, thats just how much they cost



them: its more than a bmw wheel



me: its prolly cheaper to fix the pot hole!

Haha! Stupid city! Way to go Moike!

our hero!

« pot holerific.»

I want more, I want on fire



i do actually, lol

sue them and STARBUCKS for spilling hot coffee on yer schlong!

https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/blink.png coffee is hot!

i don't know why they call them pot holes. I've never found any pot in them.

Good point.

is it festivus?

It IS!

«I wish i was a festivus.»

I once got paid for a rim from a pothole, took almost a year but they paid me.



Turns out as long as someone has reported the pothole and you hit it they pay you.



I also got paid for a manhole cover, came up and hit the rockerpanel on my car.



I think they are figuring if you stick it out long enough through the difficult process they might as well pay you for it

i got laughed at and told the city could not be held responsible for someone removing the metal plate the city laid over the trench they dug in the street, and that if i was maintaining a proper lookout i wouldn't have hit it - even though it was dark, raining, and full of water flush to the street.

yeah if it is reported and they arent using their resources somewhere else. so pretty much if they are doing something somewhere else they can just say they were too busy to get to it yet...