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I'm an introverted nerd with average looks at best, so I mostly date the desperate types, overweight with issues and/or baggage. They're pretty good drinking buddies (since they regularly put away more booze than me), but that's about it. Sucks pretty bad when my ideal type tends more towards petite and tomboy-ish with an easy-going personality. Sucks to be average and not very socially-minded, I guess.
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May 6, 2014 16:32
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The Midniter posted:I'm a huge nerd but I'm also a fairly typical guy, I like sports, cars, heavy machinery, guns, action flicks and beer. For some reason the only girls I find myself attracted to are super artsy, intellectual, whose ideal vacation is to sip fuckin espresso at an art gallery in Prague, while I just want to watch playoff basketball, hit the gym, and get drunk. Me and my 3 roommates were discussing what we'd do if we won a million bucks. They all said they'd travel the world for a few years. When I said I don't give a poo poo about traveling and would build a race track in my backyard they looked at me like I was an alien.
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May 6, 2014 16:34
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N is for Nipples posted:AI's sleep schedule is synced and if we were women I'm 102% sure our cycles would be too. It would either be all synced together, or just be a chronic blood bath. There would be no in between The Midniter posted:For some reason the only girls I find myself attracted to are super artsy, intellectual, whose ideal vacation is to sip fuckin espresso at an art gallery in Prague, while I just want to watch playoff basketball, hit the gym, and get drunk.  Though this one seems to not care what I do, drinks beer, is encouraging me to buy a snowmobile and a boat, and other AI related nonsense.
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May 6, 2014 16:34
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Slow is Fast posted:I don't play hard to get. I play hard to want. I'm going to steal this if you don't mind. It's perfect. For the metalheads in this thread, I just had this song play on Pandora and drat is it good. Gives me the chills every time I hear it, it's about the Irish potato famine. Not much happens for the first 2:15 so feel free to skip past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fT7LsoYSlE
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May 6, 2014 16:39
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The Midniter posted:I'm a huge nerd but I'm also a fairly typical guy, I like sports, cars, heavy machinery, guns, action flicks and beer. For some reason the only girls I find myself attracted to are super artsy, intellectual, whose ideal vacation is to sip fuckin espresso at an art gallery in Prague, while I just want to watch playoff basketball, hit the gym, and get drunk. Prague is a place to drink beer, not espresso, in my opinion.
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May 6, 2014 16:54
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The Midniter posted:I'm a huge nerd but I'm also a fairly typical guy, I like sports, cars, heavy machinery, guns, action flicks and beer. For some reason the only girls I find myself attracted to are super artsy, intellectual, whose ideal vacation is to sip fuckin espresso at an art gallery in Prague, while I just want to watch playoff basketball, hit the gym, and get drunk. I like all of these things, I just feel like I'd be actively detrimental to the life of anyone I'm actually attracted to
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May 6, 2014 16:55
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Ineptus Mechanicus posted:I'm going to steal this if you don't mind. It's perfect. Plenty happens in the first 2:15. It sets up the entire rest of the song, you heathen  And yes, Primordial rule. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 17:01 on May 6, 2014 |
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May 6, 2014 16:58
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rscott posted:I like all of these things, I just feel like I'd be actively detrimental to the life of anyone I'm actually attracted to That's your problem, right there. That attitude is a cancer. I like old cars, guns, airplanes, computers. I spent most of my time doing those things. I'm also getting married to a woman who has her own hobbies. We support each other in these endeavors and it's really not complicated.
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May 6, 2014 16:58
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LloydDobler posted:I have huge self esteem issues so I only date narcissistic women who make me earn their love. Eventually I quit putting in the work and dump them when they complain about it and it all cycles back to being single. Now when I think about dating it only takes me about 2 minutes of fantasizing to get to the point where I'm sick of their poo poo. I'm picturing you kissing their rear end, then at the flip of a switch telling them to gently caress off. That's awesome, especially if you go for long periods of time letting them think they have you by the balls only to flip it around, and them not knowing wtf just happened  I always got to the "gently caress off" part a lot sooner, usually the first date when I realized they were insufferable cunts.
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May 6, 2014 16:59
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I'm single because I don't put up with any bullshit/drama, am selfish, have way too high of standards, kind of an rear end in a top hat and don't want more people worrying about me. There's times when I'd like to have a relationship and get lonely but most the time I'm good. Being pretty average looking at best doesn't help. So hallway lights went out an hour or so ago for testing, office lights went out 15 minutes ago. Still have power to outlets sadly otherwise I'd be heading home. Think I'm going to attempt to flush the brakes and clutch on the 928 this afternoon...wonder how many bleed nipples will be stuck. Slow is Fast posted:I don't play hard to get. I play hard to want.
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May 6, 2014 17:44
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..and you judgemental pricks think I have issues. Got another date tonight, then one on Friday. Pray for Mojo. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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May 6, 2014 18:03
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Lightbulb Out posted:That's your problem, right there. That attitude is a cancer. This. My partner and I have some diametrically opposed tastes and interests but we care about and respect each other enough to come to an understanding. Someone who attacks the things that you're passionate about, the things that make you happy, is not someone you want to be with. If a socially stunted goon with crippling self esteem issues like me can make a relationship work anyone can. Granted my gf has been amazingly patient, caring and respectful and I would not be the person I am right now if it wasn't for her. Bulk Vanderhuge fucked around with this message at 18:23 on May 6, 2014 |
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May 6, 2014 18:16
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:Someone who attacks the things that you're passionate about, the things that make you happy, is not someone you want to be with. This is the most confusing thing for me. Why would you ever be with someone who doesn't support you in what you want to do? My fiancé isn't super happy that I want to buy a 3rd E30 when we're getting married, buying a house, and saving to move... but she knows that it's important to me and supports me doing that when the time is right. It's a give and take from both sides of the relationship, as all relationships should be. Why would you ever want to be with someone who doesn't support you, though? It just blows my mind when I meet car guys who just bitch about their girlfriends/wives making GBS threads on their hobbies.
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May 6, 2014 18:32
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Lightbulb Out posted:Why would you ever want to be with someone who doesn't support you, though? It just blows my mind when I meet car guys who just bitch about their girlfriends/wives making GBS threads on their hobbies. If they are neglecting their wives/gfs by spending inordinate amount of time in the garage is one thing. But if they are spending time with them doing dad/husband/bf stuff and also dicking off in the garage for a couple of hours during the weekend, there is no harm in it. And some just get jealous (unsure why you would get jealous over an inanimate object). Much better a guy loving off in the garage for a couple of hours and not spending it all on blow or hookers.
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May 6, 2014 18:42
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rscott posted:I like all of these things, I just feel like I'd be actively detrimental to the life of anyone I'm actually attracted to Are you me? That's my biggest problem, honestly. Every few years I get in a really good mood, forget about my insecurities, and actually talk to women for once; at that point I have no problem "sealing the deal", as it were, whether it be dating for a while until I get bad again, or just a one night stand. It's getting over that initial "NO LOOK AWAY SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU YOU DON'T DESERVE TO EVEN TRY" that gives me problems. I am the gooniest loving goon on the face of the planet, despite showering daily.
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May 6, 2014 18:50
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Text message chat between my wife and I yesterday: Me: I just test drove a Miata, can I spend $3500? Her: Yes. Hey: But you're taking me to NYC to see a show. Marriage can be awesome, but you gotta communicate well! I'm as goony as the next person. It's great to be yourself, but you have to be willing to compromise and make sure your long-term goals line up.
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May 6, 2014 18:50
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I'm very lucky. I ended up with a significantly younger wife who supports whatever nonsense I'm into at the particular moment. She wants me to blow out the wall of the garage for more space because she knows that a suburban 3 car garage was a significant compromise in our house-buying decision... I'm the one resisting doing that because I'm a tight-rear end with that stuff. I have no problem spending money if I know I can make money on it later on, but large-dollar personal spending is tough for me to do. And yeah, mom did just buy a new Fender Beetle. 2013 holdover, stickered at $31k, deal at $23k. Brand new, 10 miles on it. Yeah it's new, but that's a significant jump on the depreciation curve and in 3-4 years it's only going to have 15k miles on it, so I think it's well-bought. She'll like it, too.
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May 6, 2014 19:04
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Also being a legit socialist in a city where the Kochs' make their headquarters doesn't really help things
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May 6, 2014 19:07
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rscott posted:Also being a legit socialist in a city where the Kochs' make their headquarters doesn't really help things You, my friend, need to move north to the Socialist Republic of Johnson County i.e. Iowa City.
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May 6, 2014 19:53
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Rant: A series of events over the last several days has pissed me off more then usual. I realized/decided two things this morning: First, I'm done and no longer taking on other peoples project cars once the current ones are finished and focusing on what I want to do. Second, I'm changing how I deal with these last ~ dozen projects/customers. If I don't make these changes, I'm to the point where I'm going to tell everyone to gently caress off, come get their POS that they won't spend the money on to fix it right and cry to someone else for help. The point of doing this is not for me to hate the cars I'm passionate about- but it's drat hard not to when I'm treated as storage yard and bickered with over pricing and payment for jobs that anywhere else either won't touch or would charge twice as much. To anyone ever thinking about starting a specialty shop let me give you two pieces of advice I leaned the hard way. 1) You can not be a nice guy and run a successful shop. 2) True friends become apparent every quickly and the rest make bad customers and worse employees. /Rant the spyder fucked around with this message at 20:00 on May 6, 2014 |
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May 6, 2014 19:57
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I heartily recommend firing lovely customers because gently caress dealing with shitheads, guaranteed they'll keep coming back to piss and moan about something else even if you do help them out. Some people will just keep taking advantage of you if you show a modicum of decency. With how specialized you are just tell them to gently caress off if they don't like the price/terms and wish them luck in finding someone else who will do the work.
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May 6, 2014 20:57
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Bucephalus mentioned Sock last page.. what ever happened to him? Did he die to frost exposure or tetnus? 
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May 6, 2014 21:09
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fingerling posted:Bucephalus mentioned Sock last page.. what ever happened to him? Did he die to frost exposure or tetnus? Heh, like it has to be one or the other... (looks like he's still posting, we're just not cool anymore) meatpimp fucked around with this message at 21:14 on May 6, 2014 |
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May 6, 2014 21:10
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:I heartily recommend firing lovely customers because gently caress dealing with shitheads, guaranteed they'll keep coming back to piss and moan about something else even if you do help them out. Some people will just keep taking advantage of you if you show a modicum of decency. That's the plan. If I even get the slightest hesitation from any of them, it's their problem and they have 30 days to remove their car before it becomes mine.
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May 6, 2014 21:48
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the spyder posted:they have 30 days to remove their car before it becomes mine. More realistically could you legally get the car flatbed towed off your property after 30 days as long as the owner was given notice and signed paperwork stating they understood that condition?
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May 6, 2014 22:15
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Extra posted:More realistically could you legally get the car flatbed towed off your property after 30 days as long as the owner was given notice and signed paperwork stating they understood that condition? Why do that when you could have a written agreement that says after 30 days you will charge a storage fee of $100 a week/day/minute/whatever, payable whenever they collect their car. They'll either get their busted poo poo off your property post-haste or in a month or two give up and give you the title. No effort needed on your part. It's what most shops do.
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May 6, 2014 22:22
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If you have limited space, the cost of getting it shifted across town could be lower than the cost of having it take up space that could be an actual, paying job's slot.
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May 6, 2014 22:24
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InitialDave posted:If you have limited space, the cost of getting it shifted across town could be lower than the cost of having it take up space that could be an actual, paying job's slot. Fair point.
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May 6, 2014 22:27
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Or just file for a mechanics lien if it comes down to it.
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May 6, 2014 22:59
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the spyder posted:That's the plan. If I even get the slightest hesitation from any of them, it's their problem and they have 30 days to remove their car before it becomes mine. I worked for a Miata specialty shop for awhile and the owner fired customers all the time. Being a specialty shop is a magnet for charity cases, they think you love the cars so much you'll do anything to help them and when they figure out you're *gasp* trying to make money at it, they get all huffy puffy and accuse you of trying to rip them off. You need to tell people right off the bat that you don't do charity work, you're trying to run a business, and if they don't like it they can kick rocks.
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May 6, 2014 23:55
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GF chat: We're about as polar opposite as you can get, I mean in race, background, upbringing, schooling, etc. That said, I support her when she needs support, and I can always count on her to have my back. It's been rough lately as I work 2nd Mon - Fri and she works 9-6 Tues - Sat so we don't really get to see each other as much anymore. That took her some getting used to, but in the end it means we have more time for our personal hobbies, and we make an effort to hang out with people not only as a couple, as we were becoming hermits. Shop chat: I've worked for a few different speed shops, helped/worked at fab shops, and worked in nonautomotive job shops. What I've learned is: -bargain basement pricing brings in bargain basement shoppers -you can't expect to make a living through just word of mouth if you don't produce any products (ie only make 1 off things) -most owners could use some business classes at the local CC, or at least so common sense -don't gently caress with the IRS -never over promise, especially on delivery dates -you can't make everyone happy or you'll make yourself miserable I hope to own my own business someday, and having been a part of successful shops and unsuccessful shops I hope has given me enough insight on how to not gently caress it up.
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May 7, 2014 00:25
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Lightbulb Out posted:You, my friend, need to move north to the Socialist Republic of Johnson County i.e. Iowa City. I crashed on a friend's couch for a few months in Des Moines and it was pretty ok but if I'm moving out of state it's probably to washington because I can probably get a job at an aerospace firm doing boeing poo poo up there pretty easy
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May 7, 2014 00:40
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 Advice needed -- dad took mom's A3 (~21k miles) to a Goodyear store for an oil change. They changed the oil and put a note on the receipt that he'll need a new oil pan bolt next change, since the one there now is stripped. Surprise, surprise, it's leaking like a loving sieve now. He called within hours and they said to bring it in first thing tomorrow morning.So, if the bolt (or more probably the pan) was stripped when he went there, they would have flagged it and not worked on it. I'd bet real money that they just air-gunned the bolt in and stripped it. So, what now? I know a number of you have experience in the chain services, what's the best way to approach it? (My thought is to tell him to just slow-play it. Let them diagnose and suggest a repair. I'd bet that their repair would be a threadcert which would not be a viable option as far as I'm concerned. If the pan is stripped, they'd need to pay for a new pan... with that, I'd say to offer to get it repaired at the VW dealer on the Goodyear store's dime, or offer to go directly to corporate and/or court.) What say you, AI collective?
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Your dad was an idiot taking a car to a tyre store to get an oil change?
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You Am I posted:Your dad was an idiot taking a car to a tyre store to get an oil change? Probably... but I've had alignments and tires done there and he just had the tires changed on the BBS LMs for his M3 there, though... they seemed pretty competent. Anyway, that's beside the point right now.
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May 7, 2014 01:16
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 my AC unit is out, they didn't have any working spares so they found this window unit for me to use until they get a replacement give no fucks, I've got cold air blowing on me and I don't feel like I'm going to melt into a puddle
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May 7, 2014 01:30
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iwentdoodie posted:Anyone have any tips for dealing with LAX? We hit it at 5am this Friday, after leaving Guam at 0630 this Friday, and have to get our bags, then go back through security and make our next flight at like noon. Late to the party, but nope, no vaping inside the terminals at all. Who are you flying with? They should be able to tag your bags for interline xfer if it isn't more than three stops. With all that time, you can hop on a shuttle and grab some outside food or what not. There isn't really much to do in the area, and I'm pretty sure the smoking areas are in some terrible spot outside. If you're mil, there's a decent MWR facility in the middle of all of the terminals outside, kinda hidden by a couple parking structures. If you want to stay in, T4 has a decent pizza, INTL has good burgers and questionable sushi, and T3 might still have good mexican, and if you end up at american eagle/envoy(remote T4), they have a really good food truck with great tacos, but you'll have to bribe an employee to get them. I'd offer an aircraft tour at AA or escort you away into sane territory, if I weren't on vacation. 
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May 7, 2014 01:32
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meatpimp posted:I'd bet that their repair would be a threadcert which would not be a viable option as far as I'm concerned. I take it the stock pan is aluminum? If so, I'd take a thread insert over threaded aluminum any day. That said, the proper way to do it would be removing the pan, and if you're going to go that far, a new pan might not be a bad idea.
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My wife found a 60s-vintage Sero Scotty camper for $700 that needs a good bit of work and fell in love with it. She's committed us to picking it up in Columbia, SC on Saturday. The pictures the seller sent look like they were taken with a 15 year old cell phone, but from what I can tell, it seems to not be complete disaster. One corner definitely needs to be rebuilt from the inside out, but the rest looks solid. A full redo of the inside is in order, mostly to remove the shitter/shower because gently caress having to deal with a black water tank. I have a feeling I am in for a world of pain, mold, and spending. Happy wife, happy life, I suppose.
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