Ready, Steady, Goat (July 2026 Scapegoat Blame Thread)
7July seems to have snuck up on me. Maybe you’re feeling the same, but who can blame us? Life mostly happens when you’re not looking.
Big thanks to @Pufferfishy, for handling all the heat in June like a champ. Unfortunately, it’s only going to get hotter, and it looks like @Aetherwizard will be the one catching all the heat in July.
Stay cool, Prepotente.
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BLAME: My plane is 38 minutes late and my half-caf cost $8.51 . I have a good mind to do … nothing about it because I don’t want to end up like Tom Hanks in The Terminal.
BLAME! A couple of years ago, I tried to help a couple of friends by selling them a vehicle I didn’t need, at a price they could afford, for less than what I had in it. They have continued to be in dire economic straits, and I’ve ended up doing multiple repairs on it since the sale, at my own expense, just to keep them employable and housed. Now it needs a radiator. The parts will arrive tomorrow, but not in time for me to do the job before one of them has to be at work, so I’ll end up driving to the other side of Houston to give them a ride, and then I’ll spend Saturday doing the repairs.
It’s not like I’m in the mood to be celebratory about a damn thing right at the moment, so having the “holiday” overwritten may actually be preferable to having to take notice of just how effing dismal everything is.
@werehatrack You are in no good deed mode indeed. You remind me of another overburdened friend of mine that deserves a break.
that things go as smoothly as they can under the circumstances.
@werehatrack Why else would you get to enjoy a trip under the not-so-pristine skies of H-town and inspire/ingest Saharan Dust? Don’t forget your N-95s. Take heart in knowing you’re doing good deeds and perhaps Karma might prevail somewhere, sometime. Hope bolts loosen and then tighten cooperatively and no adverse surprises occur.
@phendrick @werehatrack
Remember “No good deed goes unpunished”
@chienfou @phendrick @werehatrack
That’s right… No good deed goes unpunished! And those good karma points are stacking up!
Have you considered getting them an Uber to work instead of making the road trip? But then again, wouldn’t you need to go there anyway to install the radiator?
Hey, at least you have the goat to blame it on!
Errr… 
Now doesn’t that feel better…
@chienfou @Lynnerizer @phendrick Well, the deed is done and it went better than expected and FAR better than usual. It helped that I reviewed two how-to videos before laying a wrench on the vehicle, and I had all of the tools at hand. It also helped that the hubs loaned me his Ryobi cordless fan to reduce overheating while I wrenched on it.
So I guess I’m on the way back to being reasonably functional at last.
@chienfou @phendrick @werehatrack
That’s wonderful! Glad everything went well, and you stayed cool while doing it! I sure do hope your friend knows how lucky they are…!
Well, I sure don’t want to mess with a wizard who has hidden hands
I want to Blame @Aetherwizard for the Weather that would make the devil Happy!
@mycya4me the devil actually likes snow and fire. Whatever drives people mad.
Unblame-its amazing these days how fast things are delivered and for no cost if you have the right program-to wit ordered something from Walmart yesterday (a holiday) and it will arrive today (a Sunday). Have gotten quite a few orders from Sam’s club the same day I ordered them. Puts Amazon next day delivery on most items to shame although have gotten some overnight delivery on some health related items.
Doesn’t hurt to live near an Amazon warehouse or near several Walmart’s and Sam’s club where items are delivered by private car directly from the facility.
@Felton10 Am there, doing that. While I almost never opt for same-day deliveries, I’ve had a few. Mostly, I’m getting very used to the idea that it’s often cheaper overall when I order what I need and let it come to me. But I will continue to shop for groceries in person. Because.
Unblame, because it deserves one. I actually completed a significant but not terribly technical repair on a friend’s vehicle in in the parking lot of their apartment complex, and everything went pretty well. For once, I didn’t have to make six trips for materials and tools that I didn’t think about in advance, or discovered that I needed in mid repair. In my experience, this almost never happens.
@werehatrack
That’s the way most plumbing repairs seem to go as well…
More of an unblame, but goat-related:
, with much relief and thanks.
On Sunday afternoon, a goat wandered into our yard. Good-sized fellow, but friendly and obviously a pet. My kids kept goats for 4H when they were younger and we still have the pen, so I escorted our visitor in and he happily began eating the vegetation. (The pen is visible from the road so we hoped the owner would come looking and see him.)
Sure enough, some time later we got a knock at the door. Goat and owner were reunited
The end.
@macromeh You should arrange for the goat to come visit every few weeks to trim the grass.