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slidebite posted:It's a Benelli Bingo! May 10th might turn out to be an interesting day. The bid placed is low enough that I won't feel bad if the cycle world long term reviews on this bike end up being 100% accurate. Or I dodge a mad Italian bullet.
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Siochain posted:This is the proper, and best, answer. Mainly because I'm going to make a small one in my back yard this summer and need more ideas :P I've been tackling this for the last while couple days. Actually just spring landscaping in general. Pulled shrubs using jeep in low range. Laid down cardboard as a weed blocker.  Went to gravel yard, purchased 3/4" washed tile rock. Asked the loader to fill the box 3/4 full. I figure that would be around 1800lbs.  WRONG. Check out at the scale, 4750lbs !! Drove 30km home taking range roads at 90kph. Truck didn't tag the bumpstops, trans stayed around 55*c. Averaged 14.1L/100km which isn't bad for a 2.1 metric ton load on a 5.7L gaspot. jonathan fucked around with this message at 06:44 on May 5, 2015 |
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May 5, 2015 06:41
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That kind of poo poo is how you get a hole in your transmission. I had a pallet of rock in the back of that dodge i had, 4000+lbs, i had to take the tailgate off to get enough torque on it with the forklift to get it out, you could barely tell it was there, still got 14mpg cruising in 6th gear. That was a dually and a diesel with a proper transmission though. 
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May 5, 2015 07:14
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gently caress after all that bedbug talk I just saw two cockroaches outside my building while walking my dog this morning. I think that's going to be the straw that causes me to move.
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May 5, 2015 16:57
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Powershift posted:That kind of poo poo is how you get a hole in your transmission. I think the newer ram autos are better than the older gen stuff, but still I don't trust them like I would an allison or a manual. If I had airbags on the rear It would have been good. Mind you I didn't have to go down any hills.
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May 5, 2015 17:29
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Biggest load the Tacoma has taken so far, about 2500 lbs worth of industrial gearbox and associated doo-dads. Didn't really bring it down too bad and actually handled surprisingly well. Truck had literally 300KMs when I put this in and the guys at the plant were asking if I wanted a blanket or carpet down in the plastic bed so I wouldn't scratch it. Also, remember to vote today people.. not that you could forget with all the robocalls for the past few weeks.  Actually had the PC candidate herself come through our neighborhood last night campaigning and came to my door. She's a little worried and rightfully so. Our riding is a bit of a unicorn in the far south in that it's actually got a pretty strong history of voting Liberal, only to recently go PC when the MLA crossed the floor a few years back. slidebite fucked around with this message at 18:24 on May 5, 2015 |
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May 5, 2015 18:14
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slidebite posted:Biggest load the Tacoma has taken so far, about 2500 lbs worth of industrial gearbox and associated doo-dads. Didn't really bring it down too bad and actually handled surprisingly well. Truck had literally 300KMs when I put this in and the guys at the plant were asking if I wanted a blanket or carpet down in the plastic bed so I wouldn't scratch it. Man I miss my old Taco. I love my new(er) Tundra, but gently caress the Tacoma was a goddamn amazing truck. I beat the piss out of mine, and she never failed me. Greatest little trucks ever (except for rust, oh lords, the rust)
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May 5, 2015 19:36
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Without dragging this too much into politics chat, the voter compass results are up at CBC in case you haven't seen them yet. http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/features/vote-compass-albertans-on-the-issues-1.3061737 Some genuinely interesting results.
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May 5, 2015 20:16
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Alberta AI: I for one welcome our new Socialist Overlords.
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May 5, 2015 20:29
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Watch, PCs are still going to win and pollsters will all 
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May 5, 2015 20:43
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I wouldn't bet against it. I highly doubt the NDP are going to capture a majority like most are predicting, but on the other hand they haven't fallen apart in the last week like wildrose did.
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Every AB:AI member should go buy a RX-2/3/4/5/7/8/REPU/13B swapped nova: https://edmontonrx7club.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/edmonton-rx-7-club-road-rally-scavenger-hunt/ I'm working on the scavenger list now - feel free to toss in some ideas.
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May 5, 2015 23:20
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McTinkerson posted:Every AB:AI member should go buy a RX-2/3/4/5/7/8/REPU/13B swapped nova I now have an incredible urge to ruin my Safari completely by swapping a rotary in.
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slidebite posted:Watch, PCs are still going to win and pollsters will all Don't blame me, i voted for kodos.
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1500quidporsche posted:gently caress after all that bedbug talk I just saw two cockroaches outside my building while walking my dog this morning.
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1500quidporsche posted:Alberta AI: I for one welcome our new Socialist Overlords. Prentice is going to be in Toronto on a bank board within a couple months.
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ExecuDork posted:You sure about the ID? I've never seen a cockroach in Alberta or Saskatchewan, nor heard a reliable report of one. I could be wrong, of course, but there are a few beetles and other harmless insects that look like cockroaches if all you get is a quick glimpse as they disappear under the 'fridge or something. This. There are no cockroaches in Alberta; they spend part of their life cycle outside and it's too cold for them here. slidebite posted:Prentice is going to be in Toronto on a bank board within a couple days. Fixed that for you. I would celebrate with bubbly, but that's the drink of the petty bourgeoisie. Vodka for everyone! 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs stealth edit: looked pretty drat close to a cockroach.
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May 6, 2015 03:51
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I know Provincial politics do not translate well to Federal, but Harper is probably guzzling gaviscon by the bottle tonight. PCs probably won't even be the opposition. Anyone have that .gif of the janitor stealing the booze at Quimbys headquarters and running off?
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May 6, 2015 03:56
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I can't imagine how many old people these election results have killed. Either through heart attacks from shock or suffocating while forgetting to breath during their homophobic rant about the hippies taking over.
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May 6, 2015 04:08
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I can't wait for tomorrow to hear all the pissing and moaning.
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May 6, 2015 04:10
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MrChips posted:I can't wait for tomorrow to hear all the pissing and moaning. Stagger yourself. We've got years of the olds pissing and moaning about the socialists sinking the economy. I would imagine for the federal election, harper is going to revise history and proclaim that our current economic slump started today on election day.
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May 6, 2015 04:17
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Powershift posted:Stagger yourself. We've got years of the olds pissing and moaning about the socialists sinking the economy. just get the coles notes version and read the calgary sun comments section tomorrow.
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May 6, 2015 04:20
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Powershift posted:Stagger yourself. We've got years of the olds pissing and moaning about the socialists sinking the economy. I will freely admit I am not an NDP supporter but change is a good thing and I'll certainly give them a shake (not that I have a choice). I genuinely hope they don't raise taxes more or less across the board (including a sales tax) within the next couple years. If they can actually do what they say they will, I can be converted.
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I think most people are thinking along those lines, this is very much a test drive to see what they can do. If the economy is still in the shitter four years from now it'll be back to business as usual. Sales tax is going to kill them if they bring that in.
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slidebite posted:The irony is that the NDP really cater to the elderly with health care and services.
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THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN COMRADES. WE SHALL FUEL RACHAEL'S SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC WITH JIM PRENTICE'S TEARS
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There's no way they'll introduce a sales tax. It would take years for it to pay for it's own implementation, and by that point they'd have gotten the boot for it. They'll probably just go to progressive income tax, and higher corporate taxes like they were elected to do.
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Even with the NDP tax plan (which is well documented on their platform) you will pay less in personal income tax than under the proposed 2019 PC plan until you make $300,000 a year. If anyone in that thread has that problem, please give me all income that you make over $300,000 and I'll take care of the taxes for you. The higher corporate income tax is partially designed to offset small business subsidies and part of their job-creation plan which I don't really understand but probably includes partial coverage of salary in order to give small businesses a leg up on being able to expand. Sales tax is super regressive and is not a component of the ANDP platform. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 04:55 on May 6, 2015 |
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May 6, 2015 04:52
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Can't wait to hear Prentice's speech.
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1500quidporsche posted:Can't wait to hear Prentice's speech. It's on right now. It's super awkward.
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May 6, 2015 04:58
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"I had a sure thing and burned it straight to the ground. I'll be the head of the bank managing your pension in three to four months."
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1500quidporsche posted:"I had a sure thing and burned it straight to the ground. I'll be the head of the bank managing your pension in three to four months." Jim, I don't know why you thought you would have a job here at CIBC when you came back from your summer vacation. You see Jim, here at CIBC we hire winners.
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May 6, 2015 05:07
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Hey look at that we have actual progressives running the show and actual conservatives as the opposition. This is pretty cool. Brian Jean actually has a drat good speech going even if I'm not crazy about the dude or his party.
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May 6, 2015 05:33
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This is the raddest thing to happen in our province in decades.
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May 6, 2015 05:51
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She gave a pretty good speech and was absolutely beaming. Handled the anti-Harper brigade pretty well too.
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May 6, 2015 05:56
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Love how she was laying savage burns on Prentice right to the end.
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FB is a mess already. But it's mostly people who can barely afford RV cams for their smallblock 350's, in the oilpatch. IE not the brightest group. 
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I'd love to hear the economic rationale behind them not leaving because the price of oil is half what it was a year ago, but they definitely will if corporate tax is raised 2%. math is hard
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