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IOwnCalculus posted:Handyman-type question: What do you guys like for lubricating door locks on houses? I keep using dry graphite and it seems to last a shorter and shorter amount of time every time I do. Either this:  Or this:  Whichever is nearby CharlesM posted:edit: I'm glad I got to see it at the only 70mm IMAX in the state. A theater near us has one of the few remaining 35mm film projectors in the province, so we went there and saw it. MustardFacial fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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My favorite theater has 3 or 4 35mm projectors still in use - one in one of their large theaters (they have two), and the rest in the smaller ones (I think they have 7 or 8 total). This is a theater that's only been open a couple of years, but they always have special screenings of old movies (stuff like Citizen Kane, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail [with a sing along], etc). They're opening 3 more locally this year, I can't wait.  Used to be one of my first stops every time I visited Austin.And that white lithium poo poo gets EVERYWHERE (and is a bitch to clean up), but it's the closest thing I can find to the OE recommended lube for my sunroof, door hinges, door latches, and pedal pivots. It attracts dirt like nobody's business, but it works well for several months. I wouldn't suggest it in locks personally though, it's kind of thick. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:A mile later, one of the folks who had passed him ahead of us was on the side of I use WD40 but I'm a terrible person.
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MustardFacial posted:A theater near us has one of the few remaining 35mm film projectors in the province, so we went there and saw it. The film projector is now gone from that screen, although they still have one on the smaller screen. It's been replaced with a laser projection system. Opens tomorrow.
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Darchangel posted:Also, a reminder: for the DFW and nearby goons, the annual Pate Swap Meet starts tomorrow (Thursday). Biggest swap meet in the area. I'm taking $$, no telling what you find out there m What's this all about? Sounds interesting.
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God drat I have no will-power. Just dropped $65 on a blast white NGC MS63 1904-O Morgan Dollar even though my rent and utilities (and weed) are all due today. I have enough money to pay it all but it basically leaves me with just enough money for groceries and gas until next pay day. Impulse purchases suck when you are in tons of debt and live paycheck to paycheck but I had to scratch the itch. At least it is shiny. 
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Super Aggro Crag posted:God drat I have no will-power. Just dropped $65 on a blast white NGC MS63 1904-O Morgan Dollar even though my rent and utilities (and weed) are all due today. I have enough money to pay it all but it basically leaves me with just enough money for groceries and gas until next pay day. Impulse purchases suck when you are in tons of debt and live paycheck to paycheck but I had to scratch the itch. At least it is shiny. Buying a dollar for $65?
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gently caress yes. Pay day. Raise went through and withholdings lowered a bit. 
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Apr 30, 2015 14:13
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Dude! Welcome to Utah. MMP is incredible and the Shelby museum makes you realize that you haven't amounted to much in life. I also never play games of chance. If I do I become that guy with instant regret. Thanks. Starting today at Bryce, then driving up scenic route 12 I think. Need to be in Park City tonight for a reception at Hoonigan HQ, then spend all day tomorrow at MMS.
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Got another laptop out of the trash at work! This one is a Dell Studio 15 something. Core 2 Duo. Needed RAM and a hard drive, and the fan sounds like an idling diesel, but I can't find anything else wrong with it. Advantages of being an IT janitor at a university that has "technology recycling" boxes I guess.
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So my bosses didn't buy the recommended cable spec'd for the jacks we are using and decided to use all the 3 yr old cable we had stored outside the shop in the conex. So far 90% of these cables are failing for Return Loss. There are like 700 of them total...
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88h88 posted:Buying a dollar for $65? its worth a lot for its age and silver content i would guess i used to collect coins but then i realized i have about 50 years to go before i'll be old enough to be able to do it and afford it
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lollllllllllllllll second breakup of the year and I didn't do either. Where did all the game go?
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I had this piece of poo poo digital watch that just chilled in the "junk" drawer at home as I don't wear a watch. Well the fuckin' thing kept randomly beeping every hour, so I promptly took it outside, put it on the patio, and stomped the poo poo out of it. It was cathartic but I think I bruised my right heel. Worth it.
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The Midniter posted:I had this piece of poo poo digital watch that just chilled in the "junk" drawer at home as I don't wear a watch. Well the fuckin' thing kept randomly beeping every hour, so I promptly took it outside, put it on the patio, and stomped the poo poo out of it. It was cathartic but I think I bruised my right heel. Worth it. this but my feelings
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Tusen Takk posted:its worth a lot for its age and silver content i would guess I usually stack bullion and junk silver but I wanted to add some graded slabs into the mix. The better the grade the more they are worth, just like baseball cards. An MS66 is gonna be worth a lot more than an MS63. But I found that MS63 graded coins is the best middle ground in terms of reasonable cost to collect and the aethetics of the coin itself.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:God drat I have no will-power. Just dropped $65 on a blast white NGC MS63 1904-O Morgan Dollar even though my rent and utilities (and weed) are all due today. I have enough money to pay it all but it basically leaves me with just enough money for groceries and gas until next pay day. Impulse purchases suck when you are in tons of debt and live paycheck to paycheck but I had to scratch the itch. At least it is shiny. Get it, use it, have more willpower.
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Adiabatic posted:this but my feelings  Adiabatic needs an internet hug. 
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ilkhan posted:YNAB thread is here http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3599364 nice, me and my wife have been using EveryDollar and it suits our needs pretty well, but this might be better
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Does it budget in beer and bi-monthly drug binges?
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CharlesM posted:I got angry at him in the theater and without even thinking yelled out "gently caress you" when he blows up the airlock and dies and of course it's at that moment the music stops and the movie is silent. Awkward. Everyone was with me though. :P I half expected them to try to turn it into some sort of fight between Mann and Cooper, standard Hollywood poo poo, I was wholly impressed that they made Cooper more of a rational thinker. Either way, when Mann blew the airlock, I was thinking the same thing: "gently caress you coward, go to hell" The creepy part being: Mann's reaction to being on the planet was actually based on a study NASA did about Cabin Fever among astronauts on long duration missions, and his reaction is actually quite realistic. Between isolation driving you to insanity and power tripping, its something that astronauts on long duration missions could actually face or even experience. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Does it budget in beer and bi-monthly drug binges? Tell us more about your drug & alcohol problems, we really want to hear more about it.
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Big group hug!
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Adiabatic posted:lollllllllllllllll second breakup of the year and I didn't do either. Where did all the game go? You have your dog, he'll always appreciate you.Finished The Martian this morning. Holy poo poo. Everyone read this. Pissed this is the only book he has written, any recommendations for similar authors or books? Dad's VW is loaded up and ready for the weekend, think we're headed to BIR sometime tomorrow morning. We'll arrive way too early, finally get in and setup then realize we don't have anything to do since we have everything prepped. Same every race but I'd rather be way too early than rolling in at the last minute and trying to do an engine swap or something the night before the race...we've seen this a LOT from other teams. Setting up the sim in the second garage once it warms up a bit more. Dad offered to buy it from me after we unloaded it last night.
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Lightbulb Out posted:Tell us more about your drug & alcohol problems, we really want to hear more about it. Don't you have a Miata to go drive and rave about or something?
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I got out of bed yesterday and stretched and my right leg cramped up so bad I couldn't walk on it. Sitting here today and it still hurts so bad I'm worried about being able to walk normally this weekend and I have to be mobile. Anyone got some vicodin?
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Don't you have a Miata to go drive and rave about or something? lol get out of here with this lightweight garbage. You're gonna be too blitzed to realize that tt's gonna steal your hood one of these days.
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Why would he want my hood when his can't dent? 
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Rhyno posted:I got out of bed yesterday and stretched and my right leg cramped up so bad I couldn't walk on it. Sitting here today and it still hurts so bad I'm worried about being able to walk normally this weekend and I have to be mobile. drink some water, you're probably dehydrated otherwise I have muscle relaxers if you want some
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Tusen Takk posted:drink some water, you're probably dehydrated All I drink is water! If anything I'm bloated! Twenty years ago I hurt my knee pretty badly and we elected to not have surgery because I would've been off my feet for a long time and probably had to repeated a grade. They warned me that it might come back to haunt me someday and I am kind of freaking out that it's happening now.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Don't you have a Miata to go drive and rave about or something? Is that supposed to be an insult? I really just wanted to know all about your drug & alcohol dependence.
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Tusen Takk posted:drink some water, you're probably dehydrated Y'all post way more than you ought to. You're "turning into" a bunch of catty teenage girls.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Don't you have a Miata to go drive and rave about or something? You have posters confused.
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Rhyno posted:All I drink is water! If anything I'm bloated! Stop being a baby. I hosed up my knee when I was younger too (twisted it big time, pops out a lot still, grates when moving). Consequence of that is my back and other knee took 20 yrs of extra strain, and the're stuffed now too). Point is, you just had a cramp. E: I hardly ever had painkillers. They gave me good ones in hospital when I had pancreatitis and all sorts of internal referred pain which helped that. Not one of their painkillers ever helped my aching back though. I often wonder what I could ever do to help that pain go away Fo3 fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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Fo3 posted:Stop being a baby. I hosed up my knee when I was younger too (twisted it big time, pops out a lot still, grates when moving). Consequence of that is my back and other knee took 20 yrs of extra strain, and the're stuffed now too). Probably have back surgery, like I am going to. Also, gently caress you and your "stop being a baby, you just had a cramp". Ignoring injuries is how people end up crippled for life.
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April 1~~~Guys I just dropped my whole paycheck on shiny coins and some dank April 20 ~~ LOL I'm so hosed up April 21 ~~ I feel so lovely today what's up with this? It literally does not make sense and I can't even April 30 ~~ drat I'm broke I don't get it AI : The Saga
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Baller Witness Bro posted:April 1~~~Guys I just dropped my whole paycheck on shiny coins and some dank Just drink another bottle of fireball and stop being a pussy!
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Lightbulb Out posted:Just drink another bottle of fireball and stop being a pussy!
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