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CommieGIR posted:Every time someone says 'Bootstraps' in a connotation to getting out of debt or poverty, I want to punch them in the face for not understanding what that phrase actually means.... I don't want to punch anyone, you should all come down here to enjoy our semi free/subsidised healthcare that cost money, and enjoy that last year of the commodore and falcon sedans and utes. Don't be angry, just use it while it lasts... Fo3 fucked around with this message at 17:57 on May 14, 2015 |
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Sigma X posted:1994 RX-7 in Montego Blue with saddle leather interior and moonroof (which I think means Performance Equipment Group package). First owner, never modified, never raced. Pre-children, it was daily driven to work; under 60K miles. Kept in a garage since new, covered with a car cover and forgotten in the past several years. Was "running fine" when it was put away, will not start now. I'll give her $6k. It's going to need $1500 in parts just to R+R it.
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Sandbagger SA posted:Most people I know that use the phrase use it ironically to describe a lack of empathy. Yeah, this is basically how they are using it. Its also a great stand in for 'gently caress You, Got Mine' Fo3 posted:I don't want to punch anyone, you should all come down here to enjoy are semi free/subsidised healthcare that cost money and enjoy that last year of the commodore and falcon sedans and utes. Don't be angry, just use it while it lasts... Needs more Audis and VWs.
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CommieGIR posted:Needs more Audis and VWs.
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May 14, 2015 18:00
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I had a dream about an audi 90 once. I got meds the next day to fix that. I have no idea how common they are around here, but last time I checked e30 BMWs here were cheaper than the US as no one here thinks much of old euros, so maybe there's hope for you here too?
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May 14, 2015 18:01
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Adiabatic posted:What in the hell. My greatest regret is that I will not be able to go into space and see a new world. Growing up on Heinlein and Asimov and all the rest, and seeing the space program, and then watching it peter out into nothing... I have hope for the race what with SpaceX and all that, but I will not be one of the pioneers. 
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May 14, 2015 18:07
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InitialDave posted:You're a sick, sick man. I know what I like and how to take care of them.  I daily an Audi 90 Quattro 20v with working AC and everything works. I have a TDI conversion that works like a top, just needs a new turbo because the hot side oil seal blew out after 250,000 miles on the OEM turbo.
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May 14, 2015 18:10
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I might not have enough land to start a small hobby farm  Now I don't get to have a tractor
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Beach Bum posted:My greatest regret is that I will not be able to go into space and see a new world. I should have learnt how best to earn maximum income like investment banking or real estate, and then cry to government bodies like bbb about how my hard earned gets taken by some lower peon in the auto repair/restaurant industry who does me wrong somehow. Being responsible in this world does not have any rewards. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 18:18 on May 14, 2015 |
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Beach Bum posted:My greatest regret is that I will not be able to go into space and see a new world. Growing up on Heinlein and Asimov and all the rest, and seeing the space program, and then watching it peter out into nothing... The Orion program, along with SpaceX, should hopefully bolster some funds and interest. One of my big nerd wishes is to be a non-pilot astronaut that does experiments in space, and age 30-45 is the prime for that. The candidate school requires you be moderately physically fit and have a bachelors in STEM, as well as at least three years experience. You have to have corrected 20/20 vision though, so I'm working on that part 
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May 14, 2015 18:16
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Adiabatic posted:The Orion program, along with SpaceX, should hopefully bolster some funds and interest. Here here, I can't wait to see the SLS launch. I'd love to be a pilot astronaut, or even a non-pilot. I doubt I'll ever get there, however.
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May 14, 2015 18:18
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Wow. We have over $450,000 worth of change orders so far in this one building. Gotta love it. My company just built a $20 million building that they undersized by about 20%. So now everyone's cubicle is about 25% smaller. At least they're not in the ghetto neighborhood anymore.
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MustardFacial posted:I might not have enough land to start a small hobby farm There's always mustard seeds 
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CommieGIR posted:Here here, I can't wait to see the SLS launch. NOT WITH THAT FUCKIN ATTITUDE 
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May 14, 2015 18:23
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Adiabatic posted:NOT WITH THAT FUCKIN ATTITUDE Hey now, I'm a realist.
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My not-a-shadetree-mechanic coworker just bought a 1974 Stingray 'vette off Ebay. Previously "restored" by https://www.maymusclecars.com , the owner says "It hasn't been dynoed but I'm pretty sure it has about FOUR HUNNERT HORSEPOWER". I told him the first thing to do was to upgrade the wheels so he could upgrade the brakes. And then put in A/C. EDIT:He is selling his M-B SL off. This is going to be his new daily driver. I may be starting a new side job as a 'vette repairer. The Prong Song fucked around with this message at 18:33 on May 14, 2015 |
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May 14, 2015 18:31
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Adiabatic posted:Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. This. Wholeheartedly. Beach Bum posted:My greatest regret is that I will not be able to go into space and see a new world. Growing up on Heinlein and Asimov and all the rest, and seeing the space program, and then watching it peter out into nothing... This, too. This is probably my biggest disappointment with the world/government/etc. there was so much hope, once, and now that's all been pissed away in petty infighting and corporate (and personal) greed to no good end. I expected to be living on a space station or the moon by now, or at least flying cars. They'd have to be autonomous, though, because people drive badly enough on the ground...
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Sigma X posted:My not-a-shadetree-mechanic coworker just bought a 1974 Stingray 'vette off Ebay. Previously "restored" by https://www.maymusclecars.com , the owner says "It hasn't been dynoed but I'm pretty sure it has about FOUR HUNNERT HORSEPOWER". I told him the first thing to do was to upgrade the wheels so he could upgrade the brakes. And then put in A/C. Looks decent in the pictures, at least. Not a big fan of bass-boat metalflake, and I'm not certain about the SS stripes on a 'Vette, but not terrible. Kind of on the fence with the spoiler, too. Center-bolt valve covers, so it likely has modern heads. Hopefully there's no horrors lurking just out of sight.
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Goober Peas posted:My company just built a $20 million building that they undersized by about 20%. This university is trying brand new equipment as far as switches, patch panels, WAPs, etc go so things keep getting changed. I basically just did a closet with 700+ cables as an as-built design since the original prints are so different now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AwphlNG_Tc New episode of /AUSSIE RACER is out. That fuckin' Escort 
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How do foreign citizens get handled when injured in a country with government run "free" health care? Do they just get a $0 invoice and sent on their way, or do they get billed and somehow held responsible for it in their home country? Also, de-redneckified my "yard" a little.  lolol, jk y'all 
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Nice little documentary on Pratt Institute's chief engineer. Really hit home with me, I want to meet this guy and shake his hand. He manufactures his own parts to keep 100+ year old steam equipment running. https://vimeo.com/127713670
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Ozmiander posted:How do foreign citizens get handled when injured in a country with government run "free" health care? Do they just get a $0 invoice and sent on their way, or do they get billed and somehow held responsible for it in their home country? I'm not sure but check this madness out (don't go on vacation in the US while pregnant!) http://www.today.com/parents/canadian-mom-who-gives-birth-hawaii-gets-near-1-million-1D80302220
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I really want to do this now... VW Bus turned into R2-D2
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El Jebus posted:Yeah, we need to know this. You should at least go check it out and see what could be the issue... Then report back so someone else can buy it the spyder posted:I'll give her $6k. It's going to need $1500 in parts just to R+R it. "According to (husband), it made noise but never started, he thought it was old gas." spyder: Srsly? I mean, I'll throw your offer at her, but it's a hell of a drive from Oregon to NC and back.
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BraveUlysses posted:I'm not sure but check this madness out (don't go on vacation in the US while pregnant!)
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BraveUlysses posted:I'm not sure but check this madness out (don't go on vacation in the US while pregnant!) I wish I saved the company wide memo I got when that happened. They wouldn't even tell us if we'd cover it. Which made for some great conversations with clients.
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Jesus christ, playing DiRT 3 with a G27 is madness. It's so loving fun but the force feedback seems insane, the wheel is perpetually fighting me every step of the way. Worth it. So worth it
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Adiabatic posted:The Orion program, along with SpaceX, should hopefully bolster some funds and interest. Still the wrong Orion program, IMO.
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MrChips posted:Still the wrong Orion program, IMO.
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Adiabatic posted:NOT WITH THAT FUCKIN ATTITUDE Space is so loving cool. I'm currently working towards an Aerospace Engineering degree and I would poo poo myself to have even a small hand in something space related.
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MrChips posted:Still the wrong Orion program, IMO. Well, obviously, but they recently put some more money in their Nuclear Propulsion research so I have some glimmer of hope.
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Adiabatic posted:How bout that EM drive tho I need more solid data before I really start drooling. Don't get me wrong, its getting interesting, but it seems like its mostly reactionary media coverage right now, kind of like Lockheed's work on a Fusion device. However, the Skylon has my full attention, as not only did the engine designs pass initial inspection, the UK Government has stepped up to funding it after seeing the tests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(spacecraft) CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 21:09 on May 14, 2015 |
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Space owns, I hope the private companies figure it out and I can get buried on Mars after retiring there and living to be 150.  *looks around, checks news* Humanity is gonna die on this rock.
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Ozmiander posted:How do foreign citizens get handled when injured in a country with government run "free" health care? Do they just get a $0 invoice and sent on their way, or do they get billed and somehow held responsible for it in their home country? You get charged the walk-in rate of 10 euros or whatever trivial sum, given your prescription, and sent on your way. Even if you and the doctor don't speak any shared language at all. Then the pharmacy charges you 5 euros for your antibiotics instead of $500. It's some weird notion, I know, but it turns out most other civilized western countries believe that health care is a human right. And don't even require you to prove that you're a white landowning person (preferably male) to qualify as 'worthy' of these benefits. Source: US citizen, been to the doctor in Spain, Greece & the UK
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Adiabatic posted:How bout that EM drive tho The one that fairly recently showed test results that could indicate that it's an inadvertent quantum drive/Alcubierre drive?
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Beach Bum posted:My greatest regret is that I will not be able to go into space and see a new world. Growing up on Heinlein and Asimov and all the rest, and seeing the space program, and then watching it peter out into nothing... 
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I want a Kugel Komponents rwd kit for a Ford Focus but use a Ecoboost 2.3 instead of a 302 v8. Then I would drive it over Griggs Racing and let them work their magic on the front end like they do with Mustangs. I might even let them do the thing with the live axle rear end since getting an IRS back there would be  . Then I would come back to Georgia and drive it off the side of Blood Mountain.Edit: Or a FD Mazda Rx-7 with a Hartley v8. The Hartley v8 is two Hayabusa inline 4's butt hosed together at the crank. Around 400 hp and 10,000 rpm redline, a piston engine to do the character of a Rotary proud. Same idea that Radical uses on their v8's. Coredump fucked around with this message at 21:36 on May 14, 2015 |
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