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STR, how tall are you? 155 seems crack skinny to me. When I was 180 I was wearing medium shirts, which makes me sad as I'm rocking xl's now. Just got home from work, streets were empty so I got to drive the turbo 6 in anger, and now I'm too full of adrenaline to pass out.
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I'm 5'7" with a decent sized frame. I'm down to wearing large shirts (I was in XXL with a 40" waist at one point), though some brands are still a little tight in the chest. I can actually fit into a medium in a few brands. Pants are down to 32 on most brands (34 on a couple), and just barely need a belt on the 32s. I'm basing the 155 on my doctor's advice - 155 is at the higher end of what he says my ideal weight would be based purely on BMI, but I have broad shoulders and also a bit of muscle hiding under the fat. I know BMI is a pretty generic and dated way to get a target weight (especially when you account for differences in builds and frame sizes), but it gives me a starting point. My dad is 5'10" and weighs about 155-160 - he never weighed over 150 until he got into his 60s, and didn't break 150 until he was in his mid 30s. He's very much crack skinny, eats like a stoned elephant with munchies (and eats whatever the hell he wants, he doesn't care about calories, cholesterol, etc), smokes, and plays tennis/golf regularly (and usually kicks rear end at tennis - it's always hilarious when he lights a cig after beating someone, the look on the other person's face is very much a  ). His bloodwork is always more like a healthy 25 year old instead of a 67 year old smoker, whereas my last round was more like a 70 year old alcoholic.My mom on the other hand, is about 5'2, and she outweighs me by a good bit. She has pre-diabetes instead of full blown type 2, along with thyroid issues. I don't have thyroid issues yet, but that's likely in my future. Mom's size also tends to get Alzheimers, so I have that to look forward to too! :iamafag: I definitely got a lot of my mom's genes - blood pressure, weight, skin (the skin is a good thing, her entire family looks far younger than their actual age - I turn 36 in 2 weeks and still get carded about 50% of the time I buy alcohol)... and some of my dad's; hair - (mom's family is balding by their 20s, even mom is balding, and I have a 39 year old uncle that's completely bald - dad is just now starting to bald) and teeth (terrible). Mom is pre-diabetic still, whereas I'm full blown type 2 at this point, but I can blame a lot of that on drugs and diet. Pants have always been a bitch for me to find, even when I was skinny. I wear 28-29" inseams; for jeans, I just get 30s and roll up the legs a little (I don't have a fedora yet). The only affordable brand I've ever found with 32x29 is Dickies, but I don't wear those outside of work. I can't sleep either - I've been way behind on sleep for the past week, particularly since I've been tapering off of the benzos that I'd been prescribed at the hospital (tapering a little faster than prescribed; I want to keep a few extras on hand in case of severe anxiety, such as before an interview - and since they're prescribed, it's not an issue if they show up on a drug test). Somehow I slept all loving day today... had so much poo poo planned too.  e: Unrelated, but we have something stupid like 18 ft ceilings in the living room. I swore once they started burning out, I'd swap them for LEDs. Originally I planned retrofits like what I used in the kitchen (they're 6" cans), but the living room ceiling is high enough that I can just barely reach the bulbs themselves - so I'm doing screw-ins. Mom absolutely hates the way the good Cree branded bulbs look - not the light emitted, but the way they look when turned off (they look like an outdoor floodlight when off, with the dimpled glass).  She's fine with the lovely bulbs I found at Ikea, but they have a 90 day warranty vs 10 year.  $6 difference though (with the Crees on sale anyway; they're marked down  at Home Depot right now). IMO the Ikea bulbs are ugly as poo poo, and I actually found the exact bulb on alibaba (Ikea lists the emitter part # on their website)  which has me pretty sure I'll have to swap them now and then. Still need to get back up there and move the socket itself down about an inch (and center the trim), but the original incandescent bulbs stuck out nearly 2 inches from the trim. Way, way brighter (90W replacement vs the 65W incadescents that were up there), and they're dimmable with a regular dimmer. Got 2 of them so far, the other 2 wait until payday. Those lights are used more than just about any other light in the house, so the heat load alone will make a huge difference in there. If these were 5" cans, or cans with 5" trims, I'd have way more choices in bulbs. But then I have to change all of them through the entire house. 
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Aug 5, 2014 10:08
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STR, buy a cycle and join us maniacs in the YLLS bike threads. You get all nice and fit too 
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Aug 5, 2014 12:25
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I actually have one, it's just a beat up POS ($45 brand new a couple of years ago, purchased solely for commuting around a university campus and surrounding area). The frame is actually starting to rust  - it's fine for now though, just needs some new brake pads and the rear gear change cable adjusted.I plan to start riding pretty soon. It's been a very mild summer for us, so it shouldn't be that terrible to get started.
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Aug 5, 2014 12:44
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some texas redneck posted:I actually have one, it's just a beat up POS ($45 brand new a couple of years ago, purchased solely for commuting around a university campus and surrounding area). The frame is actually starting to rust Get on that old carbon Trek you've got hanging in the garage. Set of tires and tubes and some lube and you'll be all set.
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Aug 5, 2014 13:37
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meatpimp posted:Get on that old carbon Trek you've got hanging in the garage. Set of tires and tubes and some lube and you'll be all set. Welp, I'm glad that I forgot some precious childhood memory to make room for "meatpimp wants STR's carbon bike frame" from like a year ago. God drat it, man. That was a deep pull and it came to me immediately. Thanks, meatpimp.
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Aug 5, 2014 13:53
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Phone posted:Welp, I'm glad that I forgot some precious childhood memory to make room for "meatpimp wants STR's carbon bike frame" from like a year ago. Ninety percent of your average AI goon's brain is dedicated to processing and collating high-level metajokes about other members of AI. By the year 2035 we will offload this processing ability to a distributed version of the SAclopedia which will simply point out "THIS IS FUNNY BECAUSE." In 2037, STR makes a joke about leather wrapped horse cock shifters. This is the joke that does it. SAclopedia begins to learn AI jokes at a geometric rate. It becomes self aware and has negative opinions surrounding opulent consumer luxuries. In a panic, Lowtax tries to pull the plug. It doesn't work. SAclopedia buys Ducati through a series of shell companies and begins to produce the ultimate goon track day car. It goes bankrupt.
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Aug 5, 2014 14:01
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It's easy to see who's been to the track and who hasn't. Presumably because they're racists who traded their yellow Mustang in for a $40k Altima, only to discover that not only did it lack both speed and class, it rated 7.2 Sockingtons and (somehow) spat out its apex seals under boost, much to the confusion of RADL. Consolation was found in that it turned out to actually be some kind of Fiero kit, and full of spiders.
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Aug 5, 2014 14:28
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I understood all of those references  I took a trip into the comedy gold mine this weekend for the first time in I don't know how long and some of the photoshop threads had some old drat obscure references that I recognized all too easily.
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Aug 5, 2014 14:36
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meatpimp posted:Get on that old carbon Trek you've got hanging in the garage. Set of tires and tubes and some lube and you'll be all set. All set aye?
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Aug 5, 2014 14:58
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meatpimp posted:Get on that old carbon Trek you've got hanging in the garage. Set of tires and tubes and some lube and you'll be all set. Rhyno posted:All set aye? Seat optional.
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Aug 5, 2014 17:26
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InitialDave posted:It's easy to see who's been to the track and who hasn't. Presumably because they're racists who traded their yellow Mustang in for a $40k Altima, only to discover that not only did it lack both speed and class, it rated 7.2 Sockingtons and (somehow) spat out its apex seals under boost, much to the confusion of RADL. At least he got plenty of pussy shrapnel.
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Aug 5, 2014 17:35
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Bucephalus posted:Seat optional.  http://i.imgur.com/sd9z5Vx.jpg
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Aug 5, 2014 17:42
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I think I did the ultimate white guy thing and confused one black dude for another.
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Aug 5, 2014 19:12
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Phone posted:Welp, I'm glad that I forgot some precious childhood memory to make room for "meatpimp wants STR's carbon bike frame" from like a year ago. I'm sorry I ruined your childhood.  Seat Safety Switch posted:Ninety percent of your average AI goon's brain is dedicated to processing and collating high-level metajokes about other members of AI. By the year 2035 we will offload this processing ability to a distributed version of the SAclopedia which will simply point out "THIS IS FUNNY BECAUSE." Then Syphon jumps up and takes a picture of a Biturbo's driver's side headlight and front fender while screaming FAV HUNNERT HORSEPOWAH and getting banned. By the way, what ever happened to the frozenphil's Mustang? meatpimp fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Aug 5, 2014 |
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Aug 5, 2014 19:40
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meatpimp posted:By the way, what ever happened to the frozenphil's Mustang? He divorced the Mustang, and the Mustang took the Mustang in the split.
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Aug 5, 2014 19:48
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Goddammit. Welp, anyone waiting for surface mount related work, you're gonna be sitting a week while I wait for a replacement hot air nozzle that actually works for self-cooling. I shouldn't have sold the cheaper one I had. BraveUlysses posted:Says he can return 3 of the 4 (they took one of the cores) and now wants me to pay 120 for the single caliper that "couldn't be returned". Most credit card companies really like to handle chargebacks for bait-n-switch bullshit. 
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Aug 5, 2014 20:17
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Ok, so I tried to buy a set of rebuilt brakes for my E30 through a shop that two of my friends work at. I gave a set of cores to one of them, they took them in and ordered a set of 4 calipers. Called him a few days later and asked what the price would be: "like 200 bucks or what?". He said he didn't know what the price would be until they were ordered. Fast forward 2 weeks: sends me a text that they're ready to pick up, final price is 498 bucks after tax, (value of the cores already subtracted from that total). What. The. gently caress. For reference, a set of 4 calipers from O'reily auto is 160+tax. I told him in no way would I pay 250% retail price for loving rebuilt brakes, especially when I was not given a price quote in advance. Says he can return 3 of the 4 (they took one of the cores) and now wants me to pay 120 for the single caliper that "couldn't be returned".
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Aug 5, 2014 20:24
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Tell him no, and be nice. If he continues to refuse, small claims court. I mean, don't jump straight to court, but if things can't be settled amicably, then that's your option.
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Aug 5, 2014 20:35
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I don't really care if I get the cores back but I'm flummoxed why anyone would pay those prices, without even being given a quote in advance.
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Aug 5, 2014 20:37
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I'd just laugh at them, and tell them you're getting four callipers back and not paying anything. One of the managers wasn't in work today. Guy I sit next to mentioned hearing something on the local news on the way into work. Yup, in court for getting in a post-match fight. 
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Aug 5, 2014 20:39
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 IOC -- Open the Charger thread back up, please.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:08
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So I was working up in the attic of this old building all day drilling holes through the floor to mount WAP's on the ceiling in the rooms below us. I finish and climb back down with 15 minutes left to the day, drenched in sweat and covered in rat poo poo and 100 year old dust. When I get down, I notice one room is messed up so I climb back up into the attic and fix the issue in 30 seconds. On my way back down, I step into one of the missing floorboards in the attic and take a shitter. My leg went through the ceiling and my balls caught a beam which stopped me from falling all the way through 20 feet onto a bunch of student desks.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:13
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meatpimp posted:
 
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Aug 5, 2014 21:28
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meatpimp posted:
Just let it go, man. Haven't you ever been to d&d? We got the best possible ending.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:46
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dubzee posted:Just let it go, man. Haven't you ever been to d&d? We got the best possible ending. Y'all have no appreciation for 
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Aug 5, 2014 21:54
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You guys got trolled hard.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:56
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It seems like it's run its course. C'mon.
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Aug 5, 2014 22:02
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InitialDave posted:I'd just laugh at them, and tell them you're getting four callipers back and not paying anything. Reply back from him: "You asked me to get them. I got them. Now I am returning what I can. I would have returned all 4 but they took one core already so I am stuck with one new one for you"
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Aug 5, 2014 22:06
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BraveUlysses posted:Reply back from him: Sounds like you should just go buy the 4-pack of O'reilly specials for 40 bucks extra and let them have your rusty old cores. Who the gently caress returns 1 core at a time anyway?
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Aug 5, 2014 22:25
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BraveUlysses posted:Reply back from him: Check your state laws. In Ohio, the shop MUST provide you with an estimate if it's over some low dollar amount. The simple fact that you can show that you asked him how much it is, and he didn't give you that info would put you in great stead here.
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Aug 5, 2014 22:31
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meatpimp posted:Y'all have no appreciation for No it's time to ban the.thread and gas the OP wait a minute....
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Aug 5, 2014 22:42
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Baller Witness Bro posted:Sounds like you should just go buy the 4-pack of O'reilly specials for 40 bucks extra and let them have your rusty old cores. Who the gently caress returns 1 core at a time anyway? That's the plan! I don't know if it's just that his boss is forcing him to be a dick about it or what but he's gotta realize at some price point people will object to paying for something when they were not told in advance how much it would cost. and why the gently caress is it not returnable?
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Aug 5, 2014 22:55
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More to the point, why did they exchange one old calliper, before the job was approved, never mind finished?
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Aug 5, 2014 22:57
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MrChips posted:No it's time to ban the.thread and gas the OP  I really dont want to be at work today. Just.... ugh.
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Aug 5, 2014 23:18
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BraveUlysses posted:Reply back from him: I think he said it perfectly - he is stuck, not you. Not your problem!
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Aug 6, 2014 04:11
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HOLY gently caress I HAVE CABLE TV. WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD IN THE LATE 80'S RHYNO.
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Aug 6, 2014 04:15
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Cable tv is still around? Is it still full of poo poo commercials and stuff?
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Aug 6, 2014 04:18
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Powershift posted:Cable tv is still around? We got to the end of our Comcast contract for just internet service. My girlfriend's new job scored us a hookup so we got to keep the same speed and get cable for $5 cheaper than our original rate. I HAVE THE FOOD NETWORK.
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It's all fun and games until they start charging you $60 for tv service, and ducking your calls. Once you finally get ahold of them, they'll tell you your internet plan is tied to the TV plan, and is a legacy plan which is no longer offered. If you want to cancel your TV service, you'll have to sign up for one of their new "value plus" internet plans which includes a 10gb cap, with additional data available for only 5 cents per MB. Then they'll kill your dog. gently caress cable companies. edit: finally, a car with a phone holder large enough for the note 3 
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