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Goober Peas posted:This times eleventy-billion. There is always something to be done, and deferring becomes exponential in time and money. Yep. You let water get in anywhere it's not supposed to be and you are hosed.
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Feb 4, 2015 15:46
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some texas redneck posted:OH HELL NO. I can't stand Microsoft keyboards or mice. They feel loving terrible to me, especially the "ergonomic" ones - I taught myself how to type in 3rd grade, and use all fingers on my right hand and 1-2 fingers on my left hand to type (and bang out well over 100 WPM doing so), and have no concept of home row. The ergonomic ones turn me into a 20 wpm hunt and peck typist. Those 'split down the middle' ergo keyboards and most of their other 'ergo' products are rear end, but I've had some insane range issues with Logitech wireless stuff. I have a k400 that doesn't work unless I stand less than 3 feet from my HTPC, and my mother had a mouse that refused to work properly with the rx on the other side of the laptop not 17 inches away and their mice are loud as hell compared to Microsoft's. Also the 1st gen MS optical with the little taillight on it is still the best mouse I've ever used (except the scroll wheels were kinda lovely on them), and I've never held a controller that feels better than the 360's.
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Feb 4, 2015 15:56
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kastein posted:Yep. You let water get in anywhere it's not supposed to be and you are hosed. Same with flame. 
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Feb 4, 2015 15:57
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kastein posted:Yep. You let water get in anywhere it's not supposed to be and you are hosed. Tommychu posted:I've had some insane range issues with Logitech wireless stuff I thought garage journal had been down for the last week or more, looks like the customer is blocking it. Yay for VPN...just wish I would have thought to try it last week when I resorted to using my phone to dig for a post.
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Feb 4, 2015 15:58
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How's the roof? If it's old enough to start leaking it's probably time for a new one, unfortunately. Not that hard, I think I have 5 grand or so into mine including all the tools, a whole roof worth of new 3/4" CDX, and two pallets of 25 year architectural shingles. If I had done it at a sane-person time of year instead of starting in November, alone, it would have taken me maybe a couple weeks working evenings and weekends by myself. Hassle your brother and any friends you can into helping and it should go pretty quick.
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Feb 4, 2015 16:19
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kastein posted:How's the roof? If it's old enough to start leaking it's probably time for a new one, unfortunately. Roof looked good last time I was up cleaning gutters a month or two ago. House is 7 years old so I'm guessing it's a small leak around a vent tube or something, should be easy to spot.
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Feb 4, 2015 16:33
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NitroSpazzz posted:Yup, I'm grabbing the big rear end c-clamp and slip joints from work tomorrow and doing it that way. I thought maybe I would get lucky and it would work nicely for once which was a stupid thought. Doesn't help the rental tool was hosed up so it didn't rotate the thing as it pressed the piston. I could get it to work but I only mess with something so long before I say gently caress it. Cheap and cheerful....i picked this up recently for the rear brakes on my VW. Haven't used it yet, but i figure with a ratchet and extension in there, it will accomplish the task. http://www.harborfreight.com/four-wheel-disc-brake-piston-tool-68972.html BrokenKnucklez posted:You can send her a picture of my butthole if you like. I joined....the black hat with the facial hair and big league chew! With my tax return, I need to pick up an iPad for the wife (Valentines/Anniversary gift), all new suspension and brake components for the VW, tranny fluid and oil for the Subaru, and maybe some stuff for the Alfa. But thanks to military, i'm getting a pretty decent return, so that shouldn't take too much 
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Feb 4, 2015 16:34
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NitroSpazzz posted:Roof looked good last time I was up cleaning gutters a month or two ago. House is 7 years old so I'm guessing it's a small leak around a vent tube or something, should be easy to spot. Oh, well that's great news. Make sure to check for disconnected shower/dryer vents and hell, make sure they didn't just vent that poo poo into the attic. Also look for a plugged AC drain line if there is an AC in the attic.
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Feb 4, 2015 17:01
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kastein posted:Yep. You let water get in anywhere it's not supposed to be and you are hosed. Related: don't be a landlord. My tenant let me know at 8am on the Saturday morning of a 3 day weekend that it was raining in his kitchen - a full month after a chunk of tree hit the roof. That was a $9,000 happy fun adventure. I was passed this morning on the highway by a super-clean Geo Metro on nice alloy wheels going at least 15mph over the speed limit. It wasn't downhill; I didn't know they could go that fast!
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Feb 4, 2015 17:33
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Advent Horizon posted:Related: don't be a landlord. My tenant let me know at 8am on the Saturday morning of a 3 day weekend that it was raining in his kitchen - a full month after a chunk of tree hit the roof. That was a $9,000 happy fun adventure. ...what you failed to mention was the speed limit was 30mph.
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Feb 4, 2015 18:05
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Advent Horizon posted:Related: don't be a landlord. My tenant let me know at 8am on the Saturday morning of a 3 day weekend that it was raining in his kitchen - a full month after a chunk of tree hit the roof. That was a $9,000 happy fun adventure. They may only have 100 hp, but when the car only weighs 2300 pounds, its quite enough to get going.
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Feb 4, 2015 18:16
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Previa_fun posted:Microsoft, for all their faults, seem to be really good about repairing/replacing their consumer electronics. Years ago when my 1st gen poo poo brown Zune crapped itself (a year of bouncing around in a cupholder is not good for a mechanical hard drive) Microsoft sent me a new one no questions asked. A while back I had a 360 that got the RROD. I called MS at 5 pm on a Monday. Tuesday a return shipping box hit my doorstep at 8 am, I packed it and shipped it out that evening. Friday morning at 8 am another one was delivered to my house. That was by far the quickest turnaround on any product I've ever had. Apple and Google have also had really great turnaround times. Nintendo was one of the worst. I had a nexus phone that the mic stopped working 3 months into ownership. I called Google and they sent a new one overnight with a return box for the bad one, it was a 12 hour turnaround time from call to new phone. keykey fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Feb 4, 2015 |
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Feb 4, 2015 18:21
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kastein posted:How's the roof? If it's old enough to start leaking it's probably time for a new one, unfortunately. We just had our roof done by a roofer a friend of my wife's works at. The owner guaranteed us that the pitch was enough for shingles (compared to a modified flat roofing), and that we'd be better off because the shingles have a much better warranty. When the workers balked at using the shingles it should have been a sign, but they went ahead at the insistence of the owner and after completion it promptly failed inspection. And guess what? Upon further research we find out from the shingle company the warranty is void under a certain pitch. Besides that the quality of work was poo poo, the flashing in most areas looks like it was done by a two year old. Luckily for us we haven't paid them a dime yet, but now it's turned into a royal pain in the rear end because lawyers are involved and yadda yadda yadda gently caress motherfucking contractors right in the rear end. The one thing I can't do myself is of course hosed up by someone else. Never fails. Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Feb 4, 2015 |
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Feb 4, 2015 18:27
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Goddamn, this insurance poo poo is pissing me off. Just spent 2 hours on the phone and got pretty much nowhere. The hospital I went to in October was shown as in-network on my insurance website for my plan. Even though they thought it was serious enough to put me in the ICU, the claims have been denied. They forward anything related to mental health to Magellan Behavioral Health. Magellan keeps denying the claims, saying they're not related to substance abuse. Blue Cross says it is, so they kick the claim back over to Magellan. The hospital also coded it as substance abuse. The Blue Cross rep called Magellan twice on my behalf; the first rep told her the hospital was out of network (which is not what my explanation of benefits says - the EOB from Magellan states it's a medical expense, not behavioral), the second rep said it wasn't in any way related to behavioral health (the claim was coded as related to substance abuse). Magellan doesn't have any way to look up an emergency facility on their website, and I had no loving clue the claim would be outsourced anyway - I'd never heard of them, and nowhere does my policy state Magellan handles that part of my medical insurance. So I've got two bills sitting here. One for $30k (for the hospital), one for $1k (for the ER doctor). The Blue Cross rep told me she saw a lot of coding issues with the claims as well, but both her and her supervisor don't understand why Magellan keeps kicking it back to them. I filed a complaint with the Texas Dept of Insurance against Magellan, and may wind up filing one against BCBS as well. The BCBS rep was incredibly helpful though, and on her 3rd call to Magellan, managed to get an appeals address out of them, and what needed to be included in the appeal (full medical records from the hospital  )Advent Horizon posted:I was passed this morning on the highway by a super-clean Geo Metro on nice alloy wheels going at least 15mph over the speed limit. It wasn't downhill; I didn't know they could go that fast!  There was a super rare factory turbo version.Brigdh posted:They may only have 100 hp, but when the car only weighs 2300 pounds, its quite enough to get going. Try 1600-1800 pounds (depending on year) and 48-84 hp (depending on engine and year). There was a factory turbo version sold in Canada for a couple of years, a few have made their way to the states. It's rare enough that I can't find the power specs for it though. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Feb 4, 2015 |
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Feb 4, 2015 18:36
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Okay, now you've got me curious. Which would sound angrier at 70mph, the regular or turbo? This thing sounded pretty mad. A friend used to own a RHD Metro in Arizona. He got hit head-on about a year ago and it decapitated his left-seat gag skeleton. He probably would have been killed if it had been a USDM model.
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Feb 4, 2015 18:42
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One of the lenses for my glasses is on back order and I have to drive 500 miles tomorrow in 2 unfamiliar cars. Every time direct light shines through my 13 year old back up glasses it washes everything out to the point where I can't really see anything so I'm kind of afraid I'm going to wind up hitting someone again
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Feb 4, 2015 18:50
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leica posted:We just had our roof done by a roofer a friend of my wife's works at. The owner guaranteed us that the pitch was enough for shingles (compared to a modified flat roofing), and that we'd be better off because the shingles have a much better warranty. When the workers balked at using the shingles it should have been a sign, but they went ahead at the insistence of the owner and after completion it promptly failed inspection. And guess what? Upon further research we find out from the shingle company the warranty is void under a certain pitch. Besides that the quality of work was poo poo, the flashing in most areas looks like it was done by a two year old. That's the thing, if you are a reasonably skilled person you can probably do anything you put your mind to. Roofing is not difficult, just hard work, and most people need more exercise so get to it! I've never seen anyone recommend shingles for less than about a 4 pitch roof. One manufacturer says a 2 pitch is alright, but if it's under 4, you need two layers of underlayment instead of one which is their way of saying you shouldn't do that, but if you insist, here's a way to make it last (barely) past the warranty period.
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kastein posted:How's the roof? If it's old enough to start leaking it's probably time for a new one, unfortunately. I think Rooves are the worst part of house ownership. Maybe because they cost so much and are the only bit I cant do myself (I'm not working at height without shitloads of scaffold) Mine is 65 years old. The joists are perfect and the underlay is fine but the clay tiles are now hosed along with much of the flashing and all the pointing on the top and edges.
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Feb 4, 2015 19:04
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some texas redneck posted:Try 1600-1800 pounds (depending on year) and 48-84 hp (depending on engine and year). Ah yeah, I had the Geo Prizm in mind. Same basic idea though, you don't need much power to do decent speeds if the car weighs as much as a tin can. Just don't expect world record shattering top speeds.
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Woke up to firetrucks, police, ambulances outside my driveway this morning. At first, I thought one of my neighbors had passed, as most of them are 60+. Nope. BMW driver flipped their car on it's roof. I'm impressed. I've seen dozens of accidents on this corner over the years, but never someone flipping their car onto it's roof. 
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Feb 4, 2015 19:32
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Just got offered an amazing job for a really cool company with a £5k salary bump within 2 hours of leaving the factory.  As a bonus I get to leave the Midlands and move back in with my bf's family rent free, which is both awesome and lame at the same time. I might enjoy one or two beers tonight.
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Feb 4, 2015 19:56
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I somehow managed to introduce my dad to the ruf ctr yellowbird ring hotlap. He was like I aint seen wheel action like that in a while.
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jammyozzy posted:Just got offered an amazing job for a really cool company with a £5k salary bump within 2 hours of leaving the factory. Congrats, where you moving to?
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Feb 4, 2015 20:46
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some texas redneck posted:
I think you are thinking of the Chevy Sprint turbo, which was apparently a rebadged Suzuki Cultus. It came stock with a 1l 3 cylinder turbo engine and was pretty hilarious to drive.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:04
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I'm doing an interview later today with some kid whose facebook profile is basically all about rolling coal. dammit.
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I thought that trend would die off soon. I am really in the wrong line of work. Selling things to stick on, or tunes, or HIDZZZZ to idiots to stick on their vehicles seems to be way more profitable.
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Negromancer posted:I think you are thinking of the Chevy Sprint turbo, which was apparently a rebadged Suzuki Cultus. It came stock with a 1l 3 cylinder turbo engine and was pretty hilarious to drive. Geo Metro, Suzuki Cultus, Suzuki Swift, Chevy Sprint, Pontiac Firefly, all the same car. Sort of.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:17
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kastein posted:That's the thing, if you are a reasonably skilled person you can probably do anything you put your mind to. Roofing is not difficult, just hard work, and most people need more exercise so get to it! I should tin mine. It's getting to 28 years on what were likely 25 or 30 year shingles in the 80's - not leaking (thank gently caress), but getting there. My house is a huge, low pitch roof. I can't tin the damned thing myself hahah. So yay a bunch of $$$ go bye-bye this year.
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Cakefool posted:Congrats, where you moving to? I don't actually have a signed contract yet and I don't wanna jinx it, so I'll post when that's all out of the way. 
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bolind posted:Ah, gently caress, assumptions is the mother of all fuckups. I just looked through it and saw you being one of a few who hadn't posted in a) a long time generally and b) since mid-december in the AISS thread. My apologies. It's cool, work got stupid crazy with getting a new Mayor and a new Boss. But in cool work news, I got to do one of my favorite things --go explore someplace people usually aren't allowed to, and take a poo poo ton of pictures. I got a tour of DuPont Underground. Then I got to gently caress around with photoshop for the most of the rest of the day, and I made some HDR pics, because I had multiple shots of the same drat thing because it was so dark in there.         That place is cool as hell, and this was the first time in forever that I was excited to do something I know I used to enjoy. And with it being February, I realized I'm going to be 27 this year. drat. Getting old sucks, and time seems to pass faster the older you get.
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It started snowing again and so far there have been three accidents in the parking lot at work.
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I have the G930 wireless headest, and it's loving awesome, except for one thing. Whenever the baby monitor is on, it drops out every few minutes for a few seconds. Makes watching anything or trying to carry on a conversation pretty infuriating. That's the only thing that fucks with it though, I'd happily recommend them to everyone and anyone. This is the second set I've had, the first one had the little tab that sticks into the micro-USB charging cable bend down so it wouldn't charge any more. Logitech replaced that one nearly a year out of warranty, which is the other reason I'd recommend them.
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lol I signed up for that secured credit card and now all of a sudden I exist again to banks I guess and unsecured credit card offers are appearing in my mailbox. 24% APR with awful fees and only a $300 limit but I guess that's progress?
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CornHolio posted:I'm doing an interview later today with some kid whose facebook profile is basically all about rolling coal. Ask him what it's like to be an rear end in a top hat
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Feb 5, 2015 00:04
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CornHolio posted:I'm doing an interview later today with some kid whose facebook profile is basically all about rolling coal. He probably needs the job honestly. to buy a ten-thousand dollar engine
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Man I feel depressed as gently caress right now. It was like 30* inside at work today and I was sweating my balls off the entire day so I was freezing. My back hurts. I am getting pretty sick of being single with zero prospects. I can't even get a girl under 300lbs to reply to me on any dating websites. I'm sitting here in class bored as poo poo and can't focus on the lessons because my boxers are still soaked in sweat and I gotta drive 4hrs roundtrip to work again every day for another few weeks. I haven't smoked weed for over 24hrs and the anxiety from being so broke and a month behind on all my bills is making me nauseous. I just want to lock myself in my bedroom until Spring.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Man I feel depressed as gently caress right now. It was like 30* inside at work today and I was sweating my balls off the entire day so I was freezing. My back hurts. I am getting pretty sick of being single with zero prospects. I can't even get a girl under 300lbs to reply to me on any dating websites. I'm sitting here in class bored as poo poo and can't focus on the lessons because my boxers are still soaked in sweat and I gotta drive 4hrs roundtrip to work again every day for another few weeks. I haven't smoked weed for over 24hrs and the anxiety from being so broke and a month behind on all my bills is making me nauseous. I just want to lock myself in my bedroom until Spring. the obvious solution is to find a sugar momma that's got a little bit of weight to her. Aint no shame in the sugar momma game. But in my own news I was interviewed at an all euro/jdm shop. seemed like it went well now im just waiting for the call back. If they take to long im dropping my resume off at more shops. Also BONER
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Cat Terrist posted:Ask him what it's like to be an rear end in a top hat Who also is homeless. I'm officially never allowing another tenant with a diesel. They always seem to want to leave while I'm asleep. Related: there are multiple nearly-new bro truck on our Craigslist due to 'unforeseen financial circumstances'. Maybe you should have bought a Chevy Prism for the same price as those tires?
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