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Part of my box is that you are scored against all the other people with the trackers, those in the top 5% get an extra reduction whereas those in the bottom 5% get an increase.
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some texas redneck posted:I don't know what the hell came over me today, but on my way to class I just got incredibly loving tired. This was me before I had a sleep study done and found that I had severe sleep apnea and wasn't getting 'good' sleep, pretty much ever. I now have a CPAP machine that I get to sleep with, and while it kind of sucks to have to sleep with a mask on, I got used to it very quickly, and having proper sleep did AMAZING things for my quality of life. The way you've posted before about your sleep issues, and this 'sudden exhaustion' thing, is just a dead-ringer for how I was sleeping/feeling before.
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Last time I went camping with a buddy we hooked up his CPAP to the jeep via a 100ft extension cord. It was like sleeping in a tent with Darth Vader
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I think I just upset a TVR driver by overtaking him on a roundabout in my tatty Peugeot, he spent the next quarter mile boxing me in behind a van. Not my fault you're scared of the loud pedal buddy. 
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Jun 19, 2015 07:47
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Adiabatic posted:Add "the worst date I've been privy to so far" to the list of this week's joys. Wow. Listen, you can't post that without any details... That's just rude.
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Jun 19, 2015 09:09
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Renew AAA, opt for roadside with insurance, or ... ? Looking through the insurance binder, they can't raise my rates for making a roadside claim, though I do have a limit of 4 claims in 36 months, at which point they remove roadside. $4/month for their top tier, includes 100 miles of towing, up to $500 to cover hotels/food if I get stuck out of town. AAA Plus - 4 claims per year, towing up to 100 miles. $100/year, plus $30 per person if you're covering more than 1 person. Similar other benefits. Both allow me to use my benefit if I'm riding with someone else, but that limit of 4 claims in 3 years with my insurance has me a little gunshy. Then there's... AutoVantage. $69/yr, 150 mile tow radius, covers the entire house. I'm definitely gunshy on this one, since they rock the "AS SEEN ON TV!!1!11!" logo on their website, sell memberships at Wal-Mart, and do very heavy TV advertising. My car is the newest and lowest mileage in the house - 2006 with 117k. Mom's is a 2003 with 155k, stepdad's is a 2001 with 130k. I do the most driving by far, but I'm only concerned with towing (and I would want it towed home, not to an "authorized repair facility", which seems to be a sticking point for a lot of roadside assistance programs). Mom doesn't stray out of DFW much, she's mostly concerned with jump starts and tows.
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Jun 19, 2015 09:56
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Jun 19, 2015 10:36
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gently caress. Of course the car I was gonna check out tomorrow sold yesterday. This is annoying.
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The best part about this is the reason they were tracking him. He made a single comment about something terrorist-related on Reddit, admonishing it.
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88h88 posted:Listen, you can't post that without any details... That's just rude. It's more for E/N but whatever y'all can share in my  Our first date went great. We hit it off, had a great time, were both engaging and had very similar interests. Didn't have to think about making conversation because it happened naturally. Yesterday, she was just awkward and stand-offish the entire second date. I could tell she was nervous so I did my best to guide the conversation to topics she might be more comfortable with. She eased up after that, but still just no more personality whatsoever. I should have ended it there, but I'm new at this. At the end of the date I say we should have some beers at my place. She seems to be into the idea, we make out some, hey there's the chemistry again finally. We head back there, she gets awkward again, we're sitting on the couch, drink, talk, make out, and then she says "I'm not feeling it". Okay, cool, would've been good to know earlier but no harm no foul. Then she just sits there. On the couch, right beside me. I'm just waiting for her to, ya know, leave. At this point I'm fully out of "keep the conversation rolling" mode I've been having to play the entire night, and she's doing her thing of being awkward. Silence. Five minutes roll by. I ask "So what now?" She says "Your dog is really nice" "Thanks. You should leave." 
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Super Aggro Crag posted:gently caress. Of course the car I was gonna check out tomorrow sold yesterday. This is annoying. "Hey, why don't you come down anyway? I'm sure we can find something for you. We've got lots of great deals."
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gently caress that noise. There's another 2014 R Spec with about the same mileage and same price an hour the other way in CT. Gonna see if my girl is down to drive there this afternoon, even though she uas to put her dog down today.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Gonna see if my girl is down to drive there this afternoon, even though she uas to put her dog down today.  Maybe put her first today of all days?
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Jun 19, 2015 14:09
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Super Aggro Crag posted:gently caress that noise. There's another 2014 R Spec with about the same mileage and same price an hour the other way in CT. Gonna see if my girl is down to drive there this afternoon, even though she uas to put her dog down today. Your entire account has to be a troll right? Who the gently caress says these things
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Jun 19, 2015 14:11
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Well I already told her I could find another ride out there if she was too upset but she said it was fine. I meant more along the lines of when I see her if she looks too distraught (sp?), since she has a way of hiding her emotions.
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Adiabatic posted:Add "the worst date I've been privy to so far" to the list of this week's joys. Wow. jammyozzy posted:I think I just upset a TVR driver by overtaking him on a roundabout in my tatty Peugeot, he spent the next quarter mile boxing me in behind a van. some texas redneck posted:Renew AAA, opt for roadside with insurance, or ... ? Wow that's pretty rough. If my dates this weekend go lovely I'll have to share. Neighbor with too many dogs that roam the neighborhood bought another. I snapchatted it to a few of you, awesome little puppy. Going to keep treats around and see if I can train it a bit to be a mellow garage/porch dog. No clue wtf kind it is but it's small and fluffy so who cares.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Well I already told her I could find another ride out there if she was too upset but she said it was fine. I meant more along the lines of when I see her if she looks too distraught (sp?), since she has a way of hiding her emotions. It's cool, she will probably be on a blind date with Adiabatic next week no big deal
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Today's front page article was very relevant to flag chat.
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Woke up to smoke a pork shoulder, went out to the garage to find the door open (might be my fault or my wife's, doubtful it was a break in) and my cheap circ saw and orbital sander were stolen. They also took the ancient Skil 12v cordless drill in case with flashlight and air compressor but no battery combo, but I am actually kind of happy about that. Weird that they didn't take the nice 5/8 corded makita, the 12v makita WITH batteries and charger, any of my torque wrenches that were next to them in cases, or any of the awesome other stuff in my garage such as 10# co2 tank hooked up to full corny kegs of beer or any or my bicycles or etc. gently caress June. I am still going to enjoy the gently caress out of some pulled pork later, so maybe even a net positive.
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NitroSpazzz posted:At this point I'm not sure if I'd rather have a lovely date or get stood up, it's close. Been pretty lucky so far but not lucky enough to not be doing a bunch of first dates. I'd rather get stood up. I'm busy as gently caress so if you're going to waste my time, waste it quickly.
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some texas redneck posted:Besides, the car has OnStar, and a modern ECU with plenty of data logging capabilities - I'm sure it already has some form of mini black box in the ECU that logs stuff like throttle position, speed, etc leading up to an accident. If I had OnStar enabled, I know part of what it sends out in an accident report is GPS location, vehicle speed, whether brakes were used, which airbags deployed, if the car was spun around or rolled over, what direction the impact came from, which seats were occupied, which seatbelts were fastened, etc etc etc. If an insurance company or police department wants to reconstruct an accident, all of the data they would need is already there, and can usually be accessed without a warrant. Not sure if the onstar part involves the ECU, I'd have to look up the wiring diagrams and read up on the general architecture of your vehicle electrical system and CAN bus + firmware to answer that. However, I can tell you that 99% of the time, accident data reconstruction is based on data logged in the ACU (airbag control unit.) The ACU logs almost all the stuff you mentioned plus a bit more. ECU really only cares about the engine. If it's a combined engine/trans control system, it's generally termed a PCM (powertrain control module) or VCM (vehicle control module) and does all the same stuff as an ECU, TCU, and sometimes ABS HCU, combined.
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Nah, it'll be funnier to hear the story of how she left him for being a heartless prick. "I just don't get it, guys." Thank you for sharing. 
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88h88 posted:Nah, it'll be funnier to hear the story of how she left him for being a heartless prick. It really is funnier this way, and isn't that what the SomethingAwful forums are really about?
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Super Aggro Crag posted:gently caress that noise. There's another 2014 R Spec with about the same mileage and same price an hour the other way in CT. Gonna see if my girl is down to drive there this afternoon, even though she uas to put her dog down today. I know I can be an rear end in a top hat. But this is such a ridiculously rear end in a top hat-ish statement that you've left me thinking that there has to be a more rear end in a top hat-ish word for "rear end in a top hat" than "rear end in a top hat." Edit: if this guy is not real and is actually trollbait, then I need some hook removal services. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Jun 19, 2015 |
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jammyozzy posted:I think I just upset a TVR driver by overtaking him on a roundabout in my tatty Peugeot, he spent the next quarter mile boxing me in behind a van. Earlier this week I passed a (v6) Mustang on some curvy roads in my Fit and got honked at. Pretty sure it is no one's fault but your own if you get passed by a Fit.
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I got paid so now I can finally do my namechange/avatar decisions DECISIONS i already have my username chosen so now i need to decide if i want mad max or dancing dick-sucking dino
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Jun 19, 2015 16:19
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You should drag it out for another 2 months.
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Phone posted:You should drag it out for another 2 months. That's another good option!
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Tusen Takk posted:I got paid so now I can finally do my namechange/avatar Dancing, dick-sucking mad max, of course.
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Well, the Mad Max stuff may eventually pass as a fad, but double-knob-gobbling dinos are forever, man.
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Adiabatic posted:worst date thats loving awful. At least you found out second date. kastein posted:Not sure if the onstar part involves the ECU, I'd have to look up the wiring diagrams and read up on the general architecture of your vehicle electrical system and CAN bus + firmware to answer that. OnStar and the ECU do talk, if you are driving and the check engine pops on, OnStar can run the codes. Now how far it dives in, I am not sure. Super Aggro Crag posted:Well I already told her I could find another ride out there if she was too upset but she said it was fine. I meant more along the lines of when I see her if she looks too distraught (sp?), since she has a way of hiding her emotions. I am going to splash you with my car. Who cares, its a god drat car.
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QuarkMartial posted:It's super popular among poor whites because waaay back in the day, conservatives did an amazing job of convincing poor whites that they were better off than poor blacks. Like, an amazing job. Living in the South, it's really unreal to see people of the same socioeconomic status do the same poo poo, yet call blacks some racial epithet for doing it. I mean, in the media you kind of expect it because the media is really sensational; but what's sensational in the media for most of the country is Tuesday for us here in the South. It happens all the loving time and arguing against it is an exercise in futility. No, it gets better than that: Not even 60 years ago, it was basically legal to lynch blacks, and this happened wholesale in the 40s and 50s even until the Federal Government finally got off their rear end and started prosecuting during the Civil Rights era, and yet they look at you all cross eyed if you explain why SOME people don't find the flag very appealing to be flying around. Its even more hilarious because a lot of these chucklefucks would be doing the same poo poo ISIS does if they didn't fear retribution or legal consequences.
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You know the dino one is a FYAD thing right? I think it's actually someones avatar. Not that it matters if you want it of course.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:gently caress that noise. There's another 2014 R Spec with about the same mileage and same price an hour the other way in CT. Gonna see if my girl is down to drive there this afternoon, even though she uas to put her dog down today. Please post more. I enjoy hearing about the roller coaster ride that is your life.
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I can literally get fired for not having a car for a few days. It's important.
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Rather than rushing into the purchase and finance of what is probably the largest asset and liability you will own you may want to consider renting a drat car for a few days/weeks.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:I can literally get fired for not having a car for a few days. It's important. You know what they have these days? Rental cars. Its incredible, you show up to a counter, you hand them a credit card, and they toss you keys to a shiny newish econobox. Edit: Is it bad that me and Motronic often think alike?
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Guys, It's serious.
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