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Goober Peas posted:
Mmmmm, I can fill my garage with the sweet smell of used motor oil and ball sweat dancing playfully together in a wispy trail of smoke that will titillate the senses.
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Tide posted:Nice job! The trade was HVAC. We had 4 stations, each with a different problem, the first was an electrical problem, we were given the problem, and has 20 minutes to solve it. In this station the problem was that the unit would come on, hum for a few seconds, and shut off. The problem was that the capacitor was wired incorrectly Station two was a brazing contest. We had to bend some tubing, and join it together. We had to to do two 90 bends, a loop, a pinch off, and join two different sizes of tubing. The third station was a salad cooler, which had a different electrical problem, I'm not sure what the actual problem was intended to be, cause when I did it the extension cord powering it was messed up. I think the problem was supposed to be with a relay. And the final station, we had to do a pumpdown on a walk-in cooler, and replace a filter on it. Which was easy enough, pump all the refrigerant into the receiver, cut the filter out, pop a new one in, braze it up, vacuum, and open the valves back up. This one sucked though, not caused it was hard, but hey gave everyone 45 minutes to do this one, so this why the day was so long. We also had a 50 question test, similar to an EPA test. The other thing that sucked about the day was that we weren't allowed to use our phones, and supposedly, weren't supposed to be talking to each other, but they didn't enforce that. Thanf God too, cause we spent at least 3 hours just sitting there waiting for everyone else to finish.
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Day off so drove my landy around. Drivers door latch has started playing up meaning that when you turn hard left the door swings open and then slams itself again as you keep turning. Shits me up every time! - I have clearly got soft from too much car driving! It used to do this when I first got it 15 years ago and was too poor to replace the latches when a bungee strap would work. It now has anti burst latches which I thought were supposed to not do this. Clearly high quality landrover parts Tomarse fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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Mar 3, 2015 19:37
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Oh hey tomarse, I got in touch with the MAB as you advised, on first glance they thrash my bank with a lower rate for a mortgage 9 years shorter, on a 15% deposit like I need so I'll be checking that out in detail tomorrow, thanks buddy.
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Mar 3, 2015 19:45
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Anybody wanna come help? 
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Cakefool posted:Oh hey tomarse, I got in touch with the MAB as you advised, on first glance they thrash my bank with a lower rate for a mortgage 9 years shorter, on a 15% deposit like I need so I'll be checking that out in detail tomorrow, thanks buddy. No problem! You now owe me a beer once you have moved!  I wish I'd gone to them a couple of years earlier as I could have saved 40k on my house. I actually got laughed at by a mortgage guy when I previously tried to get a mortgage back when I was 21 and self employed with a company with bugger all trading history. I almost ended up being a water pikey! (you can get a loan on a boat)
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jammyozzy posted:I need a reliable, fuel efficient driving appliance for my new ~60 mile daily commute along the motorway. 60 mile 1-way? You need a diesel, preferably built by Ze Germans.
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InitialDave posted:60 mile round trip? Consider electric. What is this, Automotive Sanity?  It's 60 miles round and I was kinda umming and ahhing about an electric car. My main concern is I don't own my own home and if prices carry on the way they are I won't do for a long time, so I've no guarantee I'll have somewhere to charge the thing in the future, plus I'm about to switch jobs and there's currently no charging stations anywhere near my new place. If I had some long-term security in my living situation I'd be on that in a heartbeat. I have a diesel at the moment but it's getting to the point of being uneconomical to repair and I'm bored as poo poo of it so now seems like as good a time as any to switch. I know diesel will save me a packet in fuel but working on them myself scares the crap out of me, non-DI petrol is like a warm comforting blanket of familiarity.  Anyway I'm just spitballing, I think secretly I want a hot hatch but don't wanna condemn it to a life of miserable commuting.
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On the train in this morning, I heard a guy with terrible (Apple) earbuds in with his music turned all the way up. It sounded familiar, so I listened for a second before putting my headphones on. I realised then that the world must be ending, because it's 2015 and he was listening to Limp Bizkit. psyduck_exploding_psyducks.gif
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Mar 3, 2015 22:09
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Well I quit my job working on the F-150/250/350 frame assembly. It got to the point where they were making it a mandatory 12 hour shift 7 days a week. Good money but drat, I need a day off once in a while. So I got a job working for Bendix. I now help assemble and quality inspect brake systems for commercial trucks. Better pay (I started out @ 14/hr) with weekends off.
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Mar 3, 2015 22:15
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jammyozzy posted:What is this, Automotive Sanity? I have a 50 mile commute and I've got a 2014 outback. In the summer I get about 29 mpg and right now I'm getting around 23. Honestly you probably could get away with any sort of civic, accord, corolla, or camry within the last 10 years
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Mar 3, 2015 22:53
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I get a solid 27mpg with the Beetle. I only have to sacrifice comfort, safety, and speed to do so.
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Mar 3, 2015 23:05
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Actually got sent home from work for being sick (this is actually HARD in the military) at about ten this morning. It feels like my ears have a scratchy film inside them, and I can't stop hacking. Also can't breathe. And have a fever. But water and Tylenol will fix me right up, thanks doc!
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Mar 3, 2015 23:25
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Bitch you need some motrin
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Memento posted:On the train in this morning, I heard a guy with terrible (Apple) earbuds in with his music turned all the way up. It sounded familiar, so I listened for a second before putting my headphones on. I realised then that the world must be ending, because it's 2015 and he was listening to Limp Bizkit. They're touring aren't they? I found out today that Coal Chamber will be doing a gig this month at my university. Coal Chamber. The band nobody actually liked.
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Mar 3, 2015 23:30
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Edit: ^BURRRRN MOTHER FUCKERRR BURNNNNNGeirskogul posted:Bitch you need some motrin I think this is the first time they didn't give me Motrin. It kind of scared me, honestly. I literally got Tylenol and told to drink water.
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Mar 3, 2015 23:30
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88h88 posted:They're touring aren't they? I found out today that Coal Chamber will be doing a gig this month at my university. Coal Chamber. The band nobody actually liked. BIG TRUCK!!!!
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Fart Pipe posted:BIG TRUCK!!!! LOCO. LOCO. LOCOOOOOOOOO. MLOCOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... etc etc etc.
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Mar 3, 2015 23:57
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88h88 posted:The band nobody actually liked. You take that back right now 
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I used to like them but that was around the same era as when I paid money to see Limp Bizkit.
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88h88 posted:They're touring aren't they? I found out today that Coal Chamber will be doing a gig this month at my university. Coal Chamber. The band nobody actually liked. How? Aren't they all dead? I mean, with zero research done, I assume Fred Durst either mouthed off to an MMA fighter or drowned in a pool of his own vomit sometime during the late 00s.
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Devyl posted:You take that back right now NEVER! I used to request their poo poo down the local goth/metal club because it made me laugh. It was never good though and recent revisits to their back catalogue have confirmed this. I sitll mostly remember the lyrics to Loco and the like despite not having heard them for a good 15 years.
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My wife just informed me that MS occurs far more in the north than it does in the south  what the fuckkkk
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Thanks everyone, I feel the love. Really looking forward to getting out of the refinery work and into commercial/industrial HVAC and controls where I belong, and this is my first step in that process. Super Aggro Crag posted:Nice man. They do a LOT of work in Western MA. What's their rate if you don't mind me asking? I honestly don't know exactly since I am still an apprentice and don't make the full rate, but from some rough math it is around $41/hour for commercial work and $45ish for industrial. The service contract through my union is different from the industrial piping contract that I am used to, so I don't know the exact numbers yet. I'll have a company van from day 1 and I'm super excited to not have to burn my own gas for work anymore. I'll have a couple days of safety training and paperwork to sort through, but it sounds like they have my first job lined up for early next week.
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Tusen Takk posted:My wife just informed me that MS occurs far more in the north than it does in the south Yeah, more like the farther from the equator the higher risk of ms it seems, which lead to the vitamin d deficiency theory for a while. It's still recommended to take supplements though for ms patients. No known cause as of yet, and no cure, just management, disease modifying treatments, and a lot of quacks who prey on the uniformed and desperate.
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Jesus, what a loving slow day. 5 deliveries all day, and I don't get off until 7. On my break now and sitting in my car, good thing I brought my laptop, and the USB port on my phone can still (barely) handle tethering. e: welp, owner just pulled up next to me. I got an odd look, to say the least. driguy posted:If you decide you would rather just set up a wireless access point, I have 2 Linksys wrt54g that are already set up with dd-wrt and can send you one or both for the cost of shipping. I have upgraded to 2 tp-link tl-wr841n's and the 2 Linksys are just taking up space. I was going to sell them, but you seem like you could use them more than me. Let me know via PM if you have it or via the forum if you don't. Peace. Appreciate the offer, but I already have one WRT54G with DD-WRT, and a Netgear N300 with Tomato. Also, fish tape isn't an option, as there's some beams at the top of the walls that have to be drilled through first. We've decided to just put the jacks on the wall I can get to, they've been meaning to move the desk anyway.
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Geirskogul posted:Done with all of them! Dude, you're fricking awesome for doing this. I know they're just little trinkets, really, but they're COOL little trinkets.
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My roommate is telling me how in college he sold doors... door to door. I am loving dying.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:My roommate is telling me how in college he sold doors... door to door. I am loving dying. That's from Bill Bailey's comedy sketches, ain't it?
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Re: Coal Chamber, not a huge fan but I do dig DevilDriver. Dez Fafara is a loving awesome vocalist.
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T1g4h posted:Re: Coal Chamber, not a huge fan but I do dig DevilDriver. Dez Fafara is a loving awesome vocalist. If their first singles title hadn't used horrible grammar I probably would've listened to them.
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iwentdoodie posted:If their first singles title hadn't used horrible grammar I probably would've listened to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoAXB_Swj-Y Now you can fix that and see what you're missing out on
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meatpimp posted:Indeed. 1 probation in 9 years is shameful. Psh. 27 and counting bitches!
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http://i.imgur.com/WpNSxqg.gifv Linked for big .gif. 
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T-Square posted:http://i.imgur.com/WpNSxqg.gifv That face.
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Haha, awesome.
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T-Square posted:http://i.imgur.com/WpNSxqg.gifv This owns.
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So a house I had saved on Zillow sold.It was listed for this: And sold for this:  Either something was very wrong with the house or lowballing isn't nearly as offensive as it is up here
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Tusen Takk posted:So a house I had saved on Zillow sold.It was listed for this: There are honest-to-god double-wide trailers that go for more than that here. Good lord.
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As someone who has been using Zillow for the better part of two years, believe about 1/4 of the numbers it throws up. You can find out the actual sales price on your county probate website. If it sold within the last day or -hell even the last month- it won't be on Zillow before it's listed on the probate Court website. Those numbers won't be public until it closes. There's an outside remote chance the listing agent updated the listing, but I doubt it. Long story short: Zillow is full of poo poo, man E: topical, I won't be closing on my new house until almost the end of the month Tide fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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