When in Rome

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I’m here for music, not to hear the DJ talk.

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I think the bottom price is $4.30 and whoever wrote that needs to work on his or her penmanship.

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I’m not sure I’ve ever met a person who uses nauseous/nauseated correctly

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I sued Express Oil Company in the 1980s after they ripped my oil pan using an air wrench. I was driving a crappy Isuzu Impulse at the time. The Express Oil mechanic told me his air wrench tore the oil pan and Express Oil couldn't fix it. I told him that Express Oil was going to pay and he said he was sorry but I would have to talk to his manager who was gone to lunch. I called the Isuzu dealer and told them I was getting my car towed to them. They told me that they were going to have to pull the engine and disconnect/reconnect a lot of other parts in order to replace the oil pan. The cost was over $1000. I waited at Express Oil for the manager to get back, gave him the cost and he said they weren't paying to get my oil pan replaced and that my oil pan was apparently defective anyway. I told him right then I was going to sue them. Express Oil showed up to court with a lawyer and their oil change specialist and approached me before the case started. They wanted to settle for half of what I told them it cost me. I told them to shove it. The Lawyer told me I would lose the case since he was smarter than me and I would get nothing. I had prior talked with the Isuzu dealer and sales guy and told him what happened and that I might buy another car from them in the future. The dealer had his mechanic go to court to testify in my defense. I showed up with the paid invoice to replace my oil pan, including towing, and the mechanic testified that they had to pull the engine and all of the other details. He also testified that it was obvious that the oil pan was ripped by massive over tightening that could only be done by an air wrench in his opinion and that mechanics should never tighten the oil plug on an oil pan with an air wrench. He brought the oil pan with him to show it to the judge. The Express Oil mechanic said he didn't use an air wrench and he manually used normal force with a socket wrench. The judge looked at the oil pan and said there was no way that no normal human being could manually rip the metal on my oil pan using a normal socket wrench. The Express Oil guy said that's what happened. The judge asked at what point that the metal was tearing for several inches did he realize that the oil pan was being damaged. The mechanic just threw his hands up. The judge told the Express Oil mechanic was a liar and ruled for the full amount in my favor.

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