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That is a fantastic idea. And I want to steal it.
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trouser chili posted:As a bonus, with a winch bolted to the floor I now have a way to pull broken vehicles up to the garage as well.  I think that if I did this, it would be the point of no return. rscott posted:well real leftists do too (labour parties don't really count anymore fuckin class traitors) I figured someone would take the bait, but not be bored with the accusation. 
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The house I'm renting has a steep driveway and I've had a similar idea multiple times, but I don't own the house. Definitely a pro move.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:18
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trouser chili posted:This is how. That's a pretty solid idea. I may need to steal that at some point if I end up with a garage with proper drainage, because currently the winch would just sit in a puddle and rust come winter. How are you going to get it out though? Slow-release/reverse the winch and walk it?
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Aug 7, 2014 16:47
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Phone posted:Oh, to keep up my chances of being in the September thread title...  Read the thread title!
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Canada Post is really giving me the gently caress around. Been trying to send a package to Brampton, it was processed in Mississauga on the 27th and dropped off the face of the earth. Every time I call they keep saying poo poo like "Oh yeah it's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow", but it never gets delivered. They sent me a check refunding my postage cost, but still. I really hope it's not lost. Anyone else get hosed by Canada Post?
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Phone posted:Oh, to keep up my chances of being in the September thread title... After some cursory googling I have to wonder how the gently caress that could relate to anything Miata.
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Aug 7, 2014 18:48
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IOwnCalculus posted:
This has changed dramatically recently. Our local Wal-mart has started calling the police on campers (and I get to represent them on the cites, because it is a misdemeanor). Also, a number of rest stops have weird restrictions on sleeping.
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Aug 7, 2014 18:52
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SlimManFat posted:
You know... As much as I hear people bitch about the post office, they haven't done any wrong to me. Maybe I'm lucky?
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SlimManFat posted:Canada Post is really giving me the gently caress around. Been trying to send a package to Brampton, it was processed in Mississauga on the 27th and dropped off the face of the earth. Every time I call they keep saying poo poo like "Oh yeah it's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow", but it never gets delivered. They sent me a check refunding my postage cost, but still. I have been almost-hosed a few times. Had some packages get lost for months before mysteriously showing up. That being said, its only been maybe 3 times, and I used to ship a fair amount of poo poo between personal and job stuff, so its not too common. That and my luck stinks, so :P
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nm posted:This has changed dramatically recently. Our local Wal-mart has started calling the police on campers (and I get to represent them on the cites, because it is a misdemeanor). I think it's because of how many people were being stuck living in their cars due to the downturn.
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Aug 7, 2014 19:14
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trouser chili posted:
This would be really handy for the guy who had his driveway blocked in the people-you-share-the-road-with thread
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Aug 7, 2014 19:58
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Siochain posted:That's a pretty solid idea. I may need to steal that at some point if I end up with a garage with proper drainage, because currently the winch would just sit in a puddle and rust come winter. The winch runs both directions and freewheels. It also has a 20 foot cable on the controls, so I can just walk it out while running the winch until gravity takes over to keep tension on the cable. Also, if you notice there is a difference in color of the concrete that the winch sets upon, that's because the winch actually sets up on a step of concrete that exists at the back of my garage for some reason I don't know. It's about four inches off the garage floor that way. Pretty nice.
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Aug 7, 2014 20:52
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I have a small winch on the girder running across my garage, at some point I was intending to put a loop to connect a snatch block to under the middle of it, so it can winch in cars like this, too. Luckily my drive's flat, though, so you can push most things by hand.
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Aug 7, 2014 20:57
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Went to Ohio today to see Dad and this building he's looking at Half my photos didn't turn out but here's a few This is the top floor for scale  Other images http://imgur.com/a/eipXf It's loving enormous. The second floor is half warehouse while the front half of the building was converted to living space and then back to storage. It'll need work but there's so much potential here.
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Aug 7, 2014 23:15
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trouser chili posted:The winch runs both directions and freewheels. It also has a 20 foot cable on the controls, so I can just walk it out while running the winch until gravity takes over to keep tension on the cable. Yeah, figured as much for getting it back out. My current garage is too short so I couldn't mount a winch and still fit the wife's car in. Still might do it for the lovely storage shed in the backyard though. And wheeling it out works as I guessed. Great setup, I love seeing an awesome idea take form.
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SlimManFat posted:Canada Post is really giving me the gently caress around. Been trying to send a package to Brampton, it was processed in Mississauga on the 27th and dropped off the face of the earth. Every time I call they keep saying poo poo like "Oh yeah it's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow", but it never gets delivered. They sent me a check refunding my postage cost, but still. How big's the package? If it could conceivably have fallen between the cracks in one of the sorting warehouses you might see it in a few days. If it can fall behind a shelf you might get it during the next reno. We had a postie that was taking days off without approval by showing up for work in the morning and then dumping the day's mail into the back seat footwell of their car, then going home. Considering you got your postage cost refunded my guess is that Canada Post is no longer particularly confident in their delivery guarantee.
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Rhyno posted:Went to Ohio today to see Dad and this building he's looking at MATTRESS PARTY 
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Aug 7, 2014 23:56
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Rhyno posted:Went to Ohio today to see Dad and this building he's looking at In other news, one of my best friends has had his first kid, a little boy. I get to be Bad Influence Uncle. Thing is, I'm an engineer, new dad's an engineer, grandad's an engineer... Young lad is going to end up with a rather interesting toybox as he gets older. 
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You'd probably have to spend at least the asking price of that place to clean it out and make it properly habitable but drat, you could fit a lot of cars, parts and workshop space in that thing
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Seat Safety Switch posted:How big's the package? If it could conceivably have fallen between the cracks in one of the sorting warehouses you might see it in a few days. If it can fall behind a shelf you might get it during the next reno.
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Aug 8, 2014 00:33
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Welp. Pretty sure my truck is boned. Subaru might be too. 
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Aug 8, 2014 00:51
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We got similar hail in MI a few days ago, and somehow my cars were unscathed. Hopefully yours are too man!
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hood on the subaru is bonered. everything else looks ok. All the more incentive to strip and polish it. doesn't carry well to photographs, but there's a ton of little shallow dents.   Rhyno posted:Went to Ohio today to see Dad and this building he's looking at fuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.  I've been looking for a small bay to work on my truck. A building like that would lease for at least 25 grand a month here. Powershift fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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Aug 8, 2014 01:19
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So I'm at a gig today for one of my clients who has a restaurant on the premises of their business. I go in to the restaurant - none of the employees there are expecting me or know who I am, and I don't know who they are - and I say "Hi! I'm the IT guy and am here to work on the cash register!" I'm wearing shorts and a polo, no identifying badge or logo or anything. They say "Oh, OK!" and go around the counter so I can start messing with the point of sale system in privacy. When done for malicious purposes, they shouldn't call this "social engineering." It's something far more simple, like "social arithmetic."
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So this is apparently a thing: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...rs-and/PhZ4RMgz Essentially a petition to lower the import restriction from 25 years to 15 years.
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I thought they stopped responding to those petitions several years ago. I don't know why new submissions are still accepted.
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Powershift posted:hood on the subaru is bonered. everything else looks ok. Turns out the garage bay is part of the building next door so my dream has been squashed. But hey, Dad very blatantly said I'd inherit this building someday, so there's that.
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I made some chili for the VIR 24 hour Chump race this weekend. Secret ingredient was turkey because one of the drivers can't have red meat, and then I substituted Mexican Coke for beer because one of the crew only eats halal stuff. It's sweet and spicy, but definitely not bad. I could have done way worse for turkey chili. *pats self on back*
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Is there a SA thread about leases? I've seen a few posts in the past dropping some great info
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BraveUlysses posted:Is there a SA thread about leases? I've seen a few posts in the past dropping some great info http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3548312 Don't know how good it is though. SA has become my first port of call when "I wonder if/how/what" pops into my head
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I know the speed tests are cliche, but... Dat upstream  I don't know what the gently caress happened there, but I'm not complaining.edit: well poo poo, going to http://www.verizon.com/home/fios-fastest-internet/ shows that ALL of their plans are symmetrical now. I haven't seen that for a consumer plan since the days of a 14.4k modem, or for a prosumer line since the days of ISDN. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:As far as "freedom camping" - is this just parking wherever you feel like and sleeping? Walmart actually encourages this whenever local laws don't prevent it, or there's always highway rest stops (if any are still open on the routes you choose). Freedom camping is basically that, except in NZ you are only 'allowed' to do so in designated areas, ie out of town and the RV/Camper must be self contained for grey water and rubbish. Couple of years back there were huge issues with Tourists renting campers stopping in quiet places or the middle of town, dumping rubbish and making GBS threads next to / in lakes. The Campers would also clog up the center of the town and park and camp overnight avoiding paying a fee at the camp ground. Are smaller vehicles welcomed at truck stops, assuming you don't park some place dumb?
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freelop posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3548312 Oops I should have been more specific, car lease
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Anphear posted:Are smaller vehicles welcomed at truck stops, assuming you don't park some place dumb? Most truck stops and rest areas along the interstate will have fairly clear car, truck and camper parking. Another option for sleeping along the road is Wal-Mart parking lots, many have an area designated for overnight parking and are open 24/7 if you need anything. I've done a few long road trips sleeping at just rest stops and wal-mart lots.
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some texas redneck posted:I know the speed tests are cliche, but... Currently in Hungary in a shared office space so I'm pretty sure there's some internal limiting going on here:  I also love the 7ms ping time over a wireless connection. BTW, Budapest is a loving amazing city.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Most truck stops and rest areas along the interstate will have fairly clear car, truck and camper parking. Another option for sleeping along the road is Wal-Mart parking lots, many have an area designated for overnight parking and are open 24/7 if you need anything. I've done a few long road trips sleeping at just rest stops and wal-mart lots. This. I've traveled cross country in various shitboxes over the years, I've stayed at all 3 of those too with no ill result. Most wal-mart stores have a on site security too if you're worried about someone loving with your stuff.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmt_VmPwKE New Roadkill's out 
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KYB is awesome.
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KYB has probably gotten a lot of shipping complaints. Half my GR2 order had liberated itself from the box mid-shipping last time.
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