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T1g4h posted:It wasn't anything too horribly bad. Removed one of the regulators from our 150lb bottle right as I was inhaling so I got enough of a dose to burn my throat for a bit and spent most of the day feeling like I had a rock on my chest, but it's cleared up now. Why in god's name do you have 150lb bottles of chlorine gas? e. I guess it's got industrial uses. That's still unusually terrifying. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 20:35 on May 6, 2015 |
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May 6, 2015 20:31
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Safety Dance posted:Why in god's name do you have 150lb bottles of chlorine gas? To chlorinate our water system, duh  Realtalk (and I can't remember the math off the top of my head so don't hold me 100% to this), I think we use ~1lb or so a day. We usually run 2 bottles side by side so we have right around a year's worth of gas hooked up at any given time. Lately one of our regulators hasn't been feeding, hence us taking it off to check it and me getting a lovely dose of gas. e: I think they're 150lb bottles. 150 or 130, somewhere in that general vicinity.
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May 6, 2015 20:38
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Fo3 posted:That's retarded advice to give to everyone. I certainly think everyone is different wrt metabolism. That was general advice. I'm sorry if it seemed patronizing or attacking - that was not my intention. I actually don't recommend eating less often at all. In fact, I recommend the opposite. Eat small portions more often to keep your metabolism up during the day. It's not very wise to fast until 5 o clock and then pig out on carbs or something, of course that's going to end poorly. In your case, it might just be that you needed even more exercise to help burn off your excess weight. I 10000000% understand where you are coming from man, believe me. It just took me a long time to realize that I had to commit to eating healthy and working out a bit more than I would like but if you want to see a real change you need to critically evaluate what is and is not working for you. To be perfectly honest with you I see a lot of people who "eat right" who are straight up lying to themselves. I am certainly NOT saying this applies to you but its a disturbingly common theme I keep seeing with friends and acquaintances. If you are happy in life being you and maintaining a weight, I think that's great. Feeling good about yourself is what matters.
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May 6, 2015 21:11
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Astonishing Wang posted:Can we go back to talking about mbps? ManBoobPorkSlab? I think I'm about 160lb and have felt for ages that I need to lose 20, reality is I probably wouldn't care what I weighed if I had stamina and less belly. Tell you what AI, tomorrow I'll go out for a jog, harass me if I don't. E: Baller Witness Bro posted:In fact, I recommend the opposite. Eat small portions more often to keep your metabolism up during the day. I thought this had been debunked? cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 21:28 on May 6, 2015 |
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May 6, 2015 21:15
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some texas redneck posted:
I've got a couple of the db25-DB9 here at work, and maybe one or two at home, I think. I think I still have my Practical Peripherals 28.8 or 33.6 floating around. quote:I'd have to track down a PC new enough for Win2k, but old enough to handle actual serial ports and 16 bit software - at least that way I could still handle both telnet and dialup. I could probably toss together an old Celeron or Pentium for like $50. I know my software of choice (Telegard) won't run under XP without a huge fight. I know Synchronet is still an on again/off again development, but I always preferred WWIV-based software (TG, Renegade, etc). A couple of our HP models here at work still have serial ports, and the rest have a header on the system board for an add-on. That 7700 you bought should have the header for a serial port, and I'm pretty sure it'll run Win2K. I'd probably just run Win2K in emulation inside of Win 7. You might be able to get away with a USB-serial adapter. Maybe. NitroSpazzz posted:Speaking of Texas Motor Speedway, anyone in that area bored enough to spend a day or two at the track helping in the pit at the end of the month? We're racing there May 30-31st with WRL and could use some help if anyone is available. As of Sunday there were 94 cars registered which is fairly terrifying Maaaaaaybe. What would it entail? Music: I listen to all sorts of crap: some pop. lots of classic rock and "hard rock" a little metal (I don't like screaming or the guttural growling poo poo - I'm really digging the band fronted by an operatically trained singer, whose name I just forgot), various forms of electronica, particularly Outrun Electro lately, big band on occasion, movie soundtrack music (if you want movie music that's not actually attached to a movie, look up Two Steps From Hell, and even my secret shame, Abba and Yanni, from time to time. Michael Bolton is still a no-talent rear end-clown, though. And he's playing the damned sax wrong (at least, according to my sax-playing former roommate.) Oh, and some classical. Those robots were pretty cool and unique.
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May 6, 2015 21:30
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Cakefool posted:ManBoobPorkSlab? Maybe so. It probably only works because you end up eating a few smaller, healthier meals instead of hitting Cracker Barrel for dinner and downing 2500 calories of gravy covered deliciousness.
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May 6, 2015 21:51
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Well, doors open at 5:30. Venue is at the far other end of the metroplex (far west Ft. Worth). Looks like a bit over an hour drive. Think I'm going to hit the road now, before rush hour gets TOO bad. Darchangel posted:I've got a couple of the db25-DB9 here at work, and maybe one or two at home, I think. The 7700 does have a serial port IIRC, but so does my desktop. No idea why my desktop has one, it's a Z68 based Sandy Bridge i5, but it's there. Always had it disabled in the BIOS. I forgot PP even existed, IIRC they were a decent modem? I also had a ZyXEL 16.8k at one point. I actually emailed USR to see if they could at least get me a pinout, but they said they had zero documentation for it anymore. A 56k Courier is pretty drat cheap on eBay now anyway, and uses a standard (if not beefy) wall wart. kastein, want this old Courier? I bet you could come up with a power supply for it. Looking closer at it, it looks like 2 or 3 pins aren't even connected to anything (or the board just has so many layers it may not be obvious), so it may have just been their way of making sure you used USR-branded power supplies.
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May 6, 2015 21:54
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Stop talking about food assholes. Making me hungry.
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May 6, 2015 22:02
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External modems kick rear end... I have a picture of my old 28.8 modem somewhere but can't find it. That thing was great and I am totally up for any modem-based shenanigans people want to get up to. UUCP news distribution? Jonny 290 would probably be down for some sort of collaboration with the YOSPOS BBS, because he's a cool dude.
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May 6, 2015 22:02
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415lbs and a hosed lower back until I get ortho inserts and PT. I was down to 370 a few years back, but losing jobs and gyms hosed me hard. Of course new principal has decided to clear house so I'm out of a job and my back is hosed, so I'm not doing so well right now. Don't be me.
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May 6, 2015 22:04
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Automotive Insanity: we bitch about giant cupholders but we use them for our ultra double mega big gulps.
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May 6, 2015 22:10
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Big gulps, huh? Alright! Well, see ya later!
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May 6, 2015 22:12
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Pham Nuwen posted:UUCP news distribution? AI-FidoNet With HF links.
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May 6, 2015 22:12
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Cage posted:Big gulps, huh? Alright! Still one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Put it on with Blazing Saddles and I'm worthless.
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May 6, 2015 22:16
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Back in my day we used to dream of 28.8 modems. The SPEED. the CLASS. Picture taken last night
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May 6, 2015 22:17
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Darchangel posted:Maaaaaaybe. What would it entail?
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May 6, 2015 22:24
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Well work sucked today. Just smashed in our old 52" DLP with a baseball bat to take out my frustrations.
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May 6, 2015 22:27
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Well work sucked today. Just smashed in our old 52" DLP with a baseball bat to take out my frustrations. You should go out and loot your local shops, too. Those are effective and beneficial anger management techniques.
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May 6, 2015 22:29
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Do I look like a middle school drop out on welfare to you? No looting for me.
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May 6, 2015 22:32
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Ether Frenzy posted:Back in my day we used to dream of 28.8 modems. The SPEED. the CLASS. I still have one of those. Well, an older one actually. It's a 128k.
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May 6, 2015 22:37
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Motronic posted:AI-FidoNet but are you allowed to send 90s porn scans over HF? progressive jpeg of course. Edit: by the way, my landline has free long-distance, I guess that's pretty common these days? So dialup across the country is not such a big deal any more. Pham Nuwen fucked around with this message at 22:57 on May 6, 2015 |
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May 6, 2015 22:47
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 Every day all day. I'm getting so tired of seeing c7's already.
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May 6, 2015 23:29
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Ether Frenzy posted:Back in my day we used to dream of 28.8 modems. The SPEED. the CLASS. I sold off a few classic macs to help raise funds to buy the Niva. I have a stack of them somewhere still too... but I can't remember where. Plumbing chat. Since I shut off the raw water feed to the taps around the house and dug some trenches for the water to leech into the kitchen wall has returned to almost where it was. This makes no sense to me whatsoever but I'll accept it as a success. I'm in the process of digging a trench from the raw water meter to the house, following the pipe so I can lay poly to replace the galvanized pipe. Hopefully it'll also mean that the taps will flow faster than a piss stream when I'm done. To water the garden I had to experiment to find the lowest flow micro spray jets I could and set up multiple staggered timers with long durations to water the different garden beds. I'd gaze in jealousy at sprinklers in people's yards throwing out mighty arcs of foul smelling water. I tried using sprinklers. The water would just trickle out. The problem I'm facing with the poly plumbing is I have no idea how to do it. I'm going to have to ask my in-laws what fittings they used and where they got them.
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May 7, 2015 00:02
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You guys really need to watch the Mad Max series Mighty Car Mods is doing if you aren't already. Their project car is turning out awesome so far 
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May 7, 2015 00:09
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T1g4h posted:You guys really need to watch the Mad Max series Mighty Car Mods is doing if you aren't already. Their project car is turning out awesome so far The new episode went up a couple hours ago and it's fuckin awesome.
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May 7, 2015 00:27
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Yo, racing sim dudes, what would you guys suggest I get if I wanted a decent wheel to play DiRT Rally with? I'm picking up a GTX 970 + another 8GB of RAM in a few weeks, after that I think I'm gonna splurge on a nice wheel / pedal combo. I kinda want to get a Logitech G27 but I don't know if I can justify that $240 price. I mean, it looks loving rad and I really really really want it, but is there anything decent that's a bit less pricy?
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May 7, 2015 01:16
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T1g4h posted:Yo, racing sim dudes, what would you guys suggest I get if I wanted a decent wheel to play DiRT Rally with? I'm picking up a GTX 970 + another 8GB of RAM in a few weeks, after that I think I'm gonna splurge on a nice wheel / pedal combo. I kinda want to get a Logitech G27 but I don't know if I can justify that $240 price. I mean, it looks loving rad and I really really really want it, but is there anything decent that's a bit less pricy? I have a G25, it's the model before the G27 but it works just as well. you could try searching CL or ebay for one for cheaper.
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May 7, 2015 01:31
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Speaking of racing sims, I picked up a ps4 a few weeks ago. Any good racing game recommendations? I've just been playing COD:AW and I wanna see some awesome car graphics for a change.
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May 7, 2015 01:34
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MustardFacial posted:I have a G25, it's the model before the G27 but it works just as well. you could try searching CL or ebay for one for cheaper. Oooh, didn't think about that. I'll check eBay out and keep an eye on some G25s. Devyl posted:Speaking of racing sims, I picked up a ps4 a few weeks ago. Any good racing game recommendations? I've just been playing COD:AW and I wanna see some awesome car graphics for a change. Project CARS. Without a doubt. It just came out and it looks phenomenal. I'm grabbing it for PC eventually.
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May 7, 2015 01:40
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Do I look like a middle school drop out on welfare to you? No looting for me. Ahhh.... I am not even going to go there.
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May 7, 2015 02:04
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Do I look like a middle school drop out on welfare to you? No looting for me. Yeah, I'm with meatpimp on that one. Smashing poo poo up because you're mad, even if it's old and broken, is what I would expect from a three-year old, not an adult. And even then the three-year old would be punished for it too.
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May 7, 2015 02:13
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Darchangel posted:Those robots were pretty cool and unique. I loved TARS and CASE. Probably one of the coolest designs of the film.
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May 7, 2015 02:15
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T1g4h posted:Yo, racing sim dudes, what would you guys suggest I get if I wanted a decent wheel to play DiRT Rally with? I'm picking up a GTX 970 + another 8GB of RAM in a few weeks, after that I think I'm gonna splurge on a nice wheel / pedal combo. I kinda want to get a Logitech G27 but I don't know if I can justify that $240 price. I mean, it looks loving rad and I really really really want it, but is there anything decent that's a bit less pricy?
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May 7, 2015 02:27
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MrChips posted:Yeah, I'm with meatpimp on that one. Smashing poo poo up because you're mad, even if it's old and broken, is what I would expect from a three-year old, not an adult. And even then the three-year old would be punished for it too. Look at mister "too good to hit things to relieve stress". Guess boxing is for dumb babies too, right?
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May 7, 2015 02:28
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Ozmiander posted:Look at mister "too good to hit things to relieve stress". Guess boxing is for dumb babies too, right? Yes. I smashed up a battery charger at work once, but to be fair it was an old out-of-stock unit that was ordered destroyed by upper management.
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May 7, 2015 02:35
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One of the larger tenets of becoming a functioning adult is understanding that it's not about what happens to you, but how you react to it. Enjoy your high school-level mental purgatory.
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May 7, 2015 02:42
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In other news, I came home today to find my roommate eating an iguana:
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May 7, 2015 02:44
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gently caress YOOOUUUU E30 DIFF WHY WON'T YOU JUST GO IINNNNT1g4h posted:Yo, racing sim dudes, what would you guys suggest I get if I wanted a decent wheel to play DiRT Rally with? I'm picking up a GTX 970 + another 8GB of RAM in a few weeks, after that I think I'm gonna splurge on a nice wheel / pedal combo. I kinda want to get a Logitech G27 but I don't know if I can justify that $240 price. I mean, it looks loving rad and I really really really want it, but is there anything decent that's a bit less pricy? Tool around on eBay. I idly browsed it between stuff at work for like barely two days, and I scored a Fanatec CSR and pedals for $230 I think, and I love it. I just missed the same wheel and pedals for $200 like fifteen minutes before that  But yeah, pretty much anything Fanatec and your Logitec G25's and G27's will do just fine. Also, join iRacing and race with me pleeaseeeee
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Adiabatic posted:In other news, I came home today to find my roommate eating an iguana: ....I actually feel bad for the iguana 
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