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This one might be hard to top...

A little while back, my wife and I drove to the store in her old black Jetta.  We pulled up and she dropped me off.  My job was simply to run in and pick up a couple of quick items for dinner.  I had a simple list of 4 items:  bag o' salad; loaf of french bread; random meat pick, and some type of beverage.  Not too hard.

I grabbed the bag o' salad, and headed towards the bakery.  I nabbed a loaf of french bread, then headed over to the meat section.  Out of sheer laziness, I grabbed a package of the pre-cooked chicken, and then proceeded to the beverage isle.  There, I grabbed a 2 liter of coke and proceeded to check out.

After paying at check out, I headed back to the car.  On my way out of the store, I guy was there, who was asking for spare change.  Now I admit, in my years I've become a bit jaded when it comes to folks asking for money, so I told him I didn't have any money.

He of course pointed out the fact that I had the money to buy groceries (ouch)!  Now I admit, he had a decent point, but I also have a house payment and the like and I do my best to run off a budget.  Unfortunately for him, I hadn't set aside money for annoying homeless people for this month. Now officially irritated, I shifted to my 'ignore the pushy guy' approach and briskly walked on to the car.

Okay, here goes another one.

I would like to start this one by saying I know nothing of cars...

So I wanted to be thrifty and save myself a few buck by changing my own oil.  So I spoke to my cousin (who knows a thing or two about cars) and asked him how difficult it would be for me to do something like that.  My cousin assured me it was extraordinarily simple.  First thing I found out is apparently you have to get the right oil can weight.  The cans all looked like they weighed the same to me, but whatever.