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I call every girl Ive ever met "team" and its been working out pretty great so far.
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So the place I'm at ordered 15 expensive rear end cameras that use CAT7 from Germany. They spent 2 weeks on the docks in Boston before getting here. Each camera has 2 LED boards for wide angle light and spot light. All of the LED boards are are in the wrong position. In every camera. All I've done today is drill and tap all the I beams they are getting mounted to. Work is dragging. Which is why I assume my boss wanted to get Chinese food for lunch. I've always used the terms "guys and girls" and "chicks and dudes".
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Nov 7, 2014 18:08
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Viggen posted:
Since you insist. 
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Nov 7, 2014 18:15
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Since when was making GBS threads on Viggen thread specific?
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Nov 7, 2014 18:19
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goatse guy posted:If you make assumptions about my ability to operate machinery based on my gender, I will not make out with you. This goes for all genders but if some one says "I love cars!", and that is followed up with "I really like the blue ones" pretty much discredits them as "car people". Dream cars? Sure I get it. poo poo boxes? Sure. But blue cars is not an answer.
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Nov 7, 2014 18:42
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The Midniter posted:My dream Jeep is a TJ Unlimited Rubicon. I think the two-door stretched wheelbase looks baller as gently caress. I was crestfalled when I found out that the switch to the JK Unlimited was four-door only, which I still cannot get past. Two doors or none! I kinda agree but then again I could probably haul an axle or I6 engine back home in a JKU. Not sure I'd want to do that in a TJ/YJ. And JKUs seem roughly XJ-like wheelbase and clearance wise... once you put a couple inches of spring lift in them and maybe stick some 35s or 37s on.
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Nov 7, 2014 18:45
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kastein posted:I kinda agree but then again I could probably haul an axle or I6 engine back home in a JKU. Not sure I'd want to do that in a TJ/YJ. And JKUs seem roughly XJ-like wheelbase and clearance wise... once you put a couple inches of spring lift in them and maybe stick some 35s or 37s on. Pay for the hard top, and you've basically got what the new Cherokee should have been.
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Nov 7, 2014 18:47
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Ozmiander posted:Pay for the hard top, and you've basically got what the new Cherokee should have been. It's like you read my mind... no 4.0L though 
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Nov 7, 2014 18:54
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Super Aggro Crag posted:So the place I'm at ordered 15 expensive rear end cameras that use CAT7 from Germany. They spent 2 weeks on the docks in Boston before getting here. Each camera has 2 LED boards for wide angle light and spot light. All of the LED boards are are in the wrong position. In every camera. All I've done today is drill and tap all the I beams they are getting mounted to. Work is dragging. Which is why I assume my boss wanted to get Chinese food for lunch. Viggen posted:I'm having the "Did I make the right decision?" second-guessing remorse today. I really miss my 'lil Bud. I think Watterson put it the quite eloquently in the last panel in much fewer words than I could ever hope to. I put my cat to sleep on the summer solstice, and I live right where they do the festival including the parade. I could hear it going by outside but all I wanted to do was sleep.  Loss sucks.
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Nov 7, 2014 19:18
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kastein posted:It's like you read my mind... no 4.0L though You gotta modernize eventually. It's progress! *hides the fact that all his engines are older than both of us combined*
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Nov 7, 2014 19:18
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Terrible Robot posted:In regards to the manual thing, I tend to ask anyone who shows an interest in cars whether they can drive a stick, regardless of gender. Never even thought of it as a sexist thing before. On its own it's not really a sexist thing. It becomes a problem when men use it as part of a process to grill women on their bona fides as car enthusiasts. This applies to any male dominated "enthusiast" community, I think-I saw it a lot when I used to hang out on musicians' forums. Girls practically had to write a dissertation about their instrument/amp/music theory knowledge/whatever or post pics of themselves before they could hang with the group, but guys got a free pass. It was (and is) an ugly double standard. You don't need to know the spark plug thread pitch of a 1927 Packard to be a car enthusiast, just like you don't need to know the entitle history of ($obscure_instrument_builder) to talk about guitars. Guys who set up those kinds of criteria for women are obnoxious and I really appreciate that it's never been an issue for AI even though I'm a guy. SUSE Creamcheese fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Nov 7, 2014 |
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Nov 7, 2014 19:30
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zundfolge posted:On its own it's not really a sexist thing. It becomes a problem when men use it as part of a process to grill women on their bona fides as car enthusiasts. This applies to any male dominated "enthusiast" community, I think-I saw it a lot when I used to hang out on musicians' forums. Girls practically had to write a dissertation about their instrument/amp/music theory knowledge/whatever or post pics of themselves before they could hang with the group, but guys got a free pass. It was (and is) an ugly double standard. Except driving a manual is a pretty drat good indicator of being a car enthusiast, regardless of gender? In the USA anyway.
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Nov 7, 2014 19:38
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Ozmiander posted:Except driving a manual is a pretty drat good indicator of being a car enthusiast, regardless of gender? I don't see why. I'm perfectly capable of driving a manual transmission car and have done it for several years, but both of my current vehicles are autos. I still consider myself an enthusiast.
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Nov 7, 2014 19:42
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CharlesM posted:I put my cat to sleep on the summer solstice, and I live right where they do the festival including the parade. I could hear it going by outside but all I wanted to do was sleep. Word. Keeping myself busy by painting the Cheby wheels while impatiently waiting for my new wires. Not gonna do the plugs without doing the wires at the same time, since I know these wires are shittastic. angryhampster posted:I don't see why. (We) Americans are notoriously lazy. We have drive-through food, banks, liquor stores, and even wedding chapels. Having to shift manually requires moving two limbs somewhat often, that an automatic does not. Hence, "enthusiast".
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Nov 7, 2014 19:44
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Call me crazy but I do like having a car around I can drive one handed or one footed. Call me crazy, but I've spent too long in assorted casts for that not to be a problem, and managing a cluch in a Bledsoe boot is a stone bitch.
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Nov 7, 2014 19:51
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Ozmiander posted:Except driving a manual is a pretty drat good indicator of being a car enthusiast, regardless of gender? I agree completely. I'm just saying that it's a problem if you set out to use it as an arbitrary criteria to exclude someone based on their gender.
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Nov 7, 2014 19:56
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Drive a DSG to get a little of both worlds and really show your enthusiasm 
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Nov 7, 2014 20:01
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Liquid Communism posted:Call me crazy but I do like having a car around I can drive one handed or one footed. Most folks seem to do this anyhow.  zundfolge posted:I agree completely. I'm just saying that it's a problem if you set out to use it as an arbitrary criteria to exclude someone based on their gender. The truth is, as already stated- tons of "enthusiasts" can't drive stick. Many can't parallel park. It is just an arbitrary excuse for a "not willing to put the effort forth" exclusion. I learned to drive stick on a B2200 years ago, but that doesn't change the fact that I haven't had a stick since 2011. You can't really choose a used cars' transmission when you are trolling for cheap cars (at least in my small SAAB world), and it really is a pain in the rear end to drive stick in any city that has hills. Every loving jerkoff wants to get 2" off your rear end and you need to be able to feather the fucker so you don't roll back, etc, etc, etc.. My 4 speed autotragic in the daily is perfectly usable, and bulletproof. Do I miss having a stick for a DD? Yes. Do I miss it enough to give up the convenience and reliability of my 4 speed auto? No. grope proof vest posted:Drive a DSG to get a little of both worlds and really show your enthusiasm Did that with a CVT Versa, prayed to not die. It was scary as hell trying to get it up to 20, and then eventually beyond 20. It is literally the first car I decided I'd rather take the bus than own. I'd take a goddamn '81 Chevy Citation, but don't give me a Versa.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:03
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The world is going soft. I hate everyone equally regardless of gender. 
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Nov 7, 2014 20:05
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Adiabatic posted:The world is going soft. I hate everyone equally regardless of gender. Gender is a misnomer and you are a beast to even consider that someones' born gender is their TRUE SELF. :bigtran:
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Nov 7, 2014 20:06
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Viggen posted:Gender is a misnomer and you are a beast to even consider that someones' born gender is their TRUE SELF. :bigtran: Says the Saab-kin.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:07
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You lost that in the crash too? I'm sorry dude.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:08
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Ozmiander posted:Says the Saab-kin. Oh you.  cursedshitbox posted:I'm sorry dude. Its all good. I'm on the donors list for a few spare inches when you eventually get crushed beneath a rover. If nothing else, I'll have something to post to snapchat.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:11
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Viggen posted:Gender is a misnomer So is Saab Sports Club
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Nov 7, 2014 20:12
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If you want it, You can have it. all. of. it. E:
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Nov 7, 2014 20:12
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Adiabatic posted:So is Saab Sports Club THATS RACIST. cursedshitbox posted:If you want it, You can have it. Not interested in a loan. I'm happy that my colon works (again), unlike most of AI. Thanks.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:13
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have =/= loan.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:14
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cursedshitbox posted:have =/= loan. What the gently caress would I do with that thing? Beyond scare livestock (also real livestock).
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Nov 7, 2014 20:15
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well it makes taking a dump more interesting. Like a saab its fun to show off at parties but its usually broken and useless.
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I drive a manual, my wife drives a manual and she won't let me buy an automatic anything if she's going to drive it. (There are a few cars I'd swing on, most of them containing AMG in the name somewhere, though...)
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Nov 7, 2014 20:21
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cursedshitbox posted:Like a saab its fun to show off at parties but its usually broken and useless. All you need to do to get the SAAB to boost is often to just thread a bolt into a hose connected to a bad valve and ziptie it off.. but enough about your weekends..
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Nov 7, 2014 20:28
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goatse guy posted:After seeing the way men interact with other male car enthusiasts, and then seeing the way they interact with female car enthusiasts, I can confidently say that it is a gender thing. There's a reason why AI is the only car forum that I'm on these days, and it's because it's the only one where I feel I'm getting treated as an equal. One of the first things I noticed about AI that made me realize it's a cool group I want to be a part of is the lack of sexism and other discrimination. I've only seen one other forum where a woman could join without being constantly belittled or creeped on, but I was basically exiled from there when I bought a different car. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Nov 7, 2014 |
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goatse guy posted:I'm fine with female, but I cringe every time someone at work addresses me and my coworker as "girls." I've never felt like I am limited at my workplace because of my gender, but when someone calls us "girls" I just feel like they're reinforcing that 1960s Mad Men-esque office environment where women got paid 77 cents to every dollar a man earned. The US gender pay gap TODAY is that big, I pretty sure women made a whole lot less on the male dollar in the 60s.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:30
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Nidhg00670000 posted:The US gender pay gap TODAY is that big, I pretty sure women made a whole lot less on the male dollar in the 60s. Please, regale us with the advantages of socialism once more. 
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Nov 7, 2014 20:38
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Please, do point out where I talked about socialism in my previous post.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:43
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Viggen posted:Please, regale us with the advantages of socialism once more. you're getting confused that was me
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Nov 7, 2014 20:51
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rscott posted:you're getting confused that was me Beautiful.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:55
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rscott posted:you're getting confused that was me Are you a commie chameleon?
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Adiabatic posted:The world is going soft. I hate everyone equally regardless of gender.  Come on, meteor.
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Commie, commie, commie, commie, commie chameleon.
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