It sounds like something is vibrating when it shouldn't be. Combined with sputtering, you might just have a connection loose or a seal broken somewhere.
Not that I'm any sort of expert, but that would be my not-altogether-professional diagnosis.
Following in my mother's footsteps. The official job description is "insurance claims investigator", but some of my young colleagues around here have aptly dubbed it "art theft detective-ing".
those don't sound like realists, they sound like cynics i don't get it, but then again, i don't see the harm in wanting to help people pay it forward, that kind of thing.
raise me on his own, which was probably no easy feat inspired me to pursue my line of interests in school kicked me out of the house because he needed me to expand my horizons
well... that makes it sound worse than it is not so much kicked out, but he's always tried to make me less complacent, i guess is what i should've said
[It's hard to explain, especially for Cloud who sometimes is just not good with words.]
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[Cloud has yet to realize that this has ended up in someone else's inbox, but at least it's innocent enough.]
but there is no vrrrrooom, there's that sputtering sound and then a high pitched noise. like an eeeeeee or something
[...Though it may be slightly embarrassing when he realizes.]
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Not that I'm any sort of expert, but that would be my not-altogether-professional diagnosis.
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And he looks at just who exactly these are being sent to.]
ms. sandiego?
that's embarrassing.
sorry
you weren't supposed to get these.
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if you care to know, i'm probably going to have to take it apart, dig around a little
and figure out where the vroom went in the first place
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You're good at mechanics, aren't you?
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you have to be when you fix cars for a living
but most of it just kind of comes naturally, too.
[Not... bragging, not really. Just a stated fact.]
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It's not precisely why I picked the career path that I did, but it's a philosophy that seems to hold true in practice more often than not.
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but why did you pick your own "career path" then?
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Philanthropy is more of a hobby I'm trying my hand at in my spare time.
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[And he'd ask, but it just doesn't seem like his business?]
philanthropy is a good hobby to have. some people would say the world needs more of it
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I like seeing people dream. The fact that I can sometimes help make them a reality is so much the better.
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but don't take that a bad way
it's encouraging to hear
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Though I've met a fair few realists who've criticized me for it, too. You'd be surprised how often I've heard the phrase "lofty moral superiority".
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i don't get it, but then again, i don't see the harm in wanting to help people
pay it forward, that kind of thing.
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Has someone ever done that for you? Helped put you in a position where you can pay it forward, too?
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it'll sound cliche but
my dad, i guess
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What did he do for you?
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inspired me to pursue my line of interests in school
kicked me out of the house because he needed me to expand my horizons
that kind of thing
like i said, cliche. sorry.
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It's none of my business, I know, but...that doesn't sound much like support to me.
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not so much kicked out, but he's always tried to make me less complacent, i guess is what i should've said
[It's hard to explain, especially for Cloud who sometimes is just not good with words.]
believe me, it wasn't a bad thing.
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you know, stretch your wings and all that
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