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(in february i had to replace the distributor and the starter in my car. that is helpful knowledge to have for the rest of this post)

so i really truly have been meaning to purchase a nikon d70. so once the finances were there, ready to be used, last week the car decides “HEY! I DON’T WANNA START UNLESS SOMEONE PUSHES ME AND SOMEONE ELSE POPS THE CLUTCH!” and i cried. i wanted my camera. luckily though, i had a 12 month parts AND labor warrenty. which was good. yet scary. since it didn’t last 12 months the first time, why should it the second?
anyway. get the car back. don’t buy the camera because i was waiting on a reply from the person i wanted to buy from and started to second guess spending the money on the camera vs the car. two days later, which was this past saturday night, i mentally decided to spend the money on the camera, but the car decides to crap out again and have a nice odometer possession and cough and spit and sputter and then not start again (meaning a failed distributor.) finally i was told about 10 minutes ago that it was the distributor, no warrenty since it was a junkyard find (this experience has caused me to not trust junkyard parts now, unless i am planning on selling the car FAST) and after $310 of parts and labor, my car shall work again.

so a slightly longer wait and i will finally own my nikon d70.

and it’s not like i am complaining… really, this is a minor inconvenience, especially compared to one friend whose child ended up in the hospital with meningitis and a $43,000 bill, or my other friend whose husband will probably go to iraq in november. i can wait a little longer for a stinkin’ camera and a car that works.