Outdated Philosophy

July 18th, 2008 @ 12:45 PM in Life Stuffs, Rants

The ol’ man’s so-called philosophy is “don’t fix it if it ain’t broken.” Well, I can tell you that it costs a lot of money.

His car is leaking water this time. The thing is that he never takes it in for regular maintenance, and he doesn’t do it himself, either. He doesn’t even want us to take mine in once or twice a year. Mine has a wheelchair ramp, and I’ll be stuck if it breaks down. It’s not like I can take a regular bus. It doesn’t hurt to plan ahead, right?

He was a driver in the Korean military for freakin’ 3 years, and he studied mechanics in high school. You’d think he’d know a thing or two about cars, eh? Nope, he knows shit about cars.

His life is just like that: No plans whatsoever. :roll:

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7 Responses to “Outdated Philosophy”

  1. By Julie on Jul 20, 2008 @ 6:40 PM | Reply

    Wow, that’s quite a bad philosophy indeed.

  2. By Michael on Jul 20, 2008 @ 8:45 PM | Reply

    Julie » The repair cost us $290. That’s a big chunk of my paycheck.

  3. By Sigg3 on Jul 21, 2008 @ 3:03 AM | Reply

    I think it’s your father, and not the philosophy, that is outdated though. “If it works don’t fix it” makes A LOT of sense in IT :) Takes a couple of years to learn, though.

  4. By Michael on Jul 21, 2008 @ 10:22 AM | Reply

    Sigg3 » Even in IT, it’s a pretty dangerous way of thinking. Even if something is working, you gotta apply patches when they come out; otherwise, you risk security.

  5. By Sigg3 on Jul 25, 2008 @ 8:43 AM | Reply

    Ah, but then it doesn’t work :)

  6. By pchi on Aug 4, 2008 @ 10:32 AM | Reply

    hahaha… it’s his way of life. i think he’s confident enough that he knows his way around cars

    he can fix it anytime it has a trouble
    he’s carefree and i think you’re kind of control freak (no offense, it’s just a thought)

    it’s a difference of personality

    yeah, u are right. maintenance is impt.
    in my case… i do have regular check-ups

    it’s better than one day you realize you’ve got only one day to live because you’re terribly ill

  7. By Michael on Aug 4, 2008 @ 10:53 AM | Reply

    pchi » He cannot fix it, that’s the problem. It usually costs hundreds of dollars when something major breaks.

 

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