Special K

****, Ricky lost that round.

Haha, can't wait to hear what Nate has to say for himself.

The rumors I've heard were that he was using a whizzinator...

That's not coming from Ricky or his guys though, my husband and I haven't talked to him yet.

Roy looks like he's about to pass out, he needs an IV of double cheeseburger ASAP.

Lol! That what the guys in our house are yelling right now...that and other horrible, appetite-related insults, lol.

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GooooOOOOO Rampage!! I heart Rampage, he's freaking hilarious.

Story's got a good chin, needs to bring his hands up though, it would save him alot of the clean shots he's eating

Yeah, that's what we were all yelling too. He was going for too much in the 3rd round and I was afraid Alves was going to land one.

Anyway, go Roy Nelson, lol!!

Yes, Ricky stuck to his gameplan!!! Time to go party!!!

Alves is mentallly broken. Come on Rickkkkkkyyy!!!!

I'm going to ****ing throw up.

I like Story but I just don't seem him beating Alves. Big step up in competition.

Well, it certainly will be his hardest fight to date. But I'm glad Ricky called him out for his next fight. If you want to get to the top, you have to fight the top guys and Ricky has always been like that, very ambitious and extremely mentally tough. Hence him losing every single one of his wrestling matches at PLU his freshman year of college to pushing through that and ending up taking 2nd at nationals his senior year wrestling for SOU. Doesn't surprise me that he called out a fight like this, but I agree, I'm very nervous for him. My husband talked to him this weekend and said Ricky's in a very good place, mentally, right now, so that's good. If he can hang in there, I think can mentally break down Alves...

did anyone watch TUF last night? most drama filled episode I have seen in a long time. probably the worst thing ive heard a fighter say to another fighter in the house I think it even surpasses Southworth calling Leben a fatherless ****.

Saw it. 90% of this guys are freaking losers, particularly when they have alcohol in them. They whine and complain so much on that show, it's actually hard for me to watch. Seriously, what, they're gone 6-8 maybe a couple more weeks from their families and they act like it's the end of the world.

Anyway, back to this weekend's card, totally stoked. We're having a party at our place and buying the fights, just b/c Ricky's fighting Alves. I watched the countdown last night and have to say I haven't been this nervous for Ricky, ever. It's going to be a very tough match for him, I just don't want him to get hurt.

The verdict is in: My mechanic is taking off/out, I don't have a damn clue, the transmission. He is installing a brand new clutch, a branch new bearing thingy, and some cable thing that I have no clue what it does. He said it is 16 years old, and we could leave it, but it would likely wear out soon and we'd have to do this transmission removal crap all over again...which is my nightmare from hell.

Total cost for the operation $885 and some cents. After the $800 part I tuned out and went into a state of deep depression. Whaaaaaaaaa

I'm making my husband drive the car in now and I'm going to get a rental car for a few days. FML and F this Mustang!

I agree with twa, it sounds like a bearing. It could be a noise that you could live with for some time until you can afford to get it fixed. I'd definitely get it fixed when you can but I don't think it will interrupt your driving. It should be something that a good shop can knock out in a day or two, the parts are relatively easy to source on a job like this.

As far a pricing, I'm not sure how expensive an area Colorado Springs is (see my explanation on the last page). Assuming that you're going to replace the clutch at the same time (I'd advise you to do that) it's probably somewhere between $500 and $900.

Coolio. Thanks guys. I'm taking it in first thing in the morning.

If they get 3K to do a clutch there I need to move

Thank you! I am showing this to my husband who evidently has no ****ING clue what he is talking about in terms in pricing. He must have worked for Ford in a former life...

Price guess 300 just to replace bearing,might as well do the clutch and pressure plate for a total of about 550?

bearing is probably 25 bucks,pulling the tranny is a bit more...unless hubby wants to do it

time is a few hrs i ya don't goof off

Okay, that sounds reasonable to me. Fortunately I trust this guy a lot, he's helped me out with stuff he doesn't even charge me for...I think I'm like his prodigal daughter or something, he so nice to me. He's always helping me when I have a meltdown and am crying.

This is also the pricing my dad estimated for me too, maybe a little bit more, but we'll see. I'm okay with that. My husband was saying like $3000. I immediately took had a meltdown and took a xanax, lol. It would probably be $3000 at the Ford Stealership, but this guy I actually trust a lot. He's a good guy. It'll be expensive, but as long as it's not 3 grand, well, I won't need any more xanax

sounds like the throwout bearing(which compresses the clutch)

clutch wearing out usually slips or stutters...but since you have to pull the tranny to do the bearing a clutch might be in your future

He did mention something about the bearing when I got the car back from him....

How expensive is the bearing usually? And how long does it take to fix...like, am I going to need to rent a car for like a month while this bullcrap gets fixed?

Also, if the bearing needs to be replaced...doesn't that mean the entire clutch needs to be replaced?

Well ****. Can a mechanic please tell me the signs of a clutch wearing out?

I just got my car fixed last week. It had a new radiator installed, and some oil pressure plug thing that keeps the oil from leaking (I was leaking oil and antifreeze. He also fixed one of the cigarette lighter thingies.

Anyway, $488 dollars later, the car was fixed. For about 2 days. I was able to put about 100 miles on it with it just being fine. Now today I go to tennis, and I press my clutch down and there is this God awful screeching sound, and the screeching sound continues when I shift gears. Does this sound like a clutch to you? It sure as **** does to me. And I'm pissed this is happening 2 ****ing days after paying nearly $500 for the radiator and other crap. The guy's actually a good mechanic who I trust, I'm just a pissed off person at the moment because my car is a major part of my job (I drive around the state for inspections).

Next question: I have a 1995 V8 5.0L engine Mustang. The engine is fine, but it looks like the clutch has hit the ****s. How the hell much am I going to have to throw down for a new damn clutch?

I apologize for cussing in this thread, but I'm really pissed off.

I'm almost convinced that had to be a scoring error. there is no way a human with eyes could call that 50-43

That's what my husband said as soon as the scores came out.

Oh my GaWD. Did a judge seriously award Jose a 50-43 decision?!?!? Where do they get these mother effers???

I hope this isn't it for Randy.

He already announced that a long time ago.

Sucks that he chose to end his career in Canada.

Wow, first Vitor Belfort...now Couture.

I would love to see Couture win this one, just for the sentimental value. His only chance is to take Machida down and lay on him for 3 rounds and win a decision somehow. But I don't see that really happening.

Stupid gameplan on Koschek's part. Oh well. GSP is my favorite fighter EVER, so i'm happy

Sorry Slacky

I think I was as shocked as Nam with that loss. Freaking ridiculous. Glad they got Ricky's decision right.

Holy CRAP!!! My husband said Lesnar would lose this match too, that's funny. Wow, that could be the fastest gas out I've ever seen, lol. That's just an old-fashioned beat down.

HAHAH!!! Lesnar is GASSED!!!