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MustardFacial posted:UK trip day 3. Pop into the Coventry Motor Museum if you have time. It's free and has plenty of stuff to look at. Leicester is decent to look around too.
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bandman posted:So my mom had a mammogram a couple weeks ago and they found something that they biopsied last week. Mom got the results today, and they were not good. Cancer. They're doing some more tests to determine the next steps.  some texas redneck posted:4 days sober.
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some texas redneck posted:I'd be lying if I didn't give serious thought to grabbing a 12 pack on my way home from work today. Holy poo poo I thought that was just me. I'm trying to wean myself from a bottle+ wine a night and I'm down to three glasses and I feel like I'm starving and in a bitch mood all day. The stomach pain also is there. WTF? Also, gently caress cancer. I had a scare last year thinking I had lymphoma because all the symptoms pointed at it, but I came up negative. It was so awful confronting your mortality every day.
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Darchangel posted:Like, the beer Labatt? Could be interesting. Srirachi, curry and cayenne, definitely. yeah, it's really fuckin good
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Jul 21, 2015 13:35
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I already drink tons of water, but my thirst is even greater now. So.. 8am doctor's appointment. Office hours on the door say they open at 7:30. Place is locked up and nobody is here, what the hell? E:looks like I'm not the only one. 4 other people have tried to walk in now. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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Jul 21, 2015 13:58
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MustardFacial posted:UK trip day 3. GO TO GAYDON! YOU NEED TO!
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Jul 21, 2015 14:30
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IT TAKES LIKE 90 MINUTES TO GET ROUND. GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Jul 21, 2015 14:31
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HERITAGE!
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http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ lol FCA edit: whoops i guess kastein beat me to it in the terrible car thread FAT32 SHAMER fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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Jul 21, 2015 15:53
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Keep at it STR, and when you think of what it cost now realize that it probably pays for itself within a couple months in saved booze costs. Good luck to all the goon moms, gently caress cancer
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Jul 21, 2015 16:07
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Sister just texted me. Mom's boyfriend also has cancer (it's a loving trend right now) and they're at the ER, things have taken a turn for the worse. I don't post about it because I have enough terrible poo poo in my life and I feel like I'm looking for sympathy I don't deserve but it really sounds like our lives are going to go swirly.
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Jul 21, 2015 17:45
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You know, going into work an hour early is all fun and games until you realize you gotta go to bed when it's still bright outside.
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Jul 21, 2015 17:53
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some texas redneck posted:4 days sober. Awesome, STR. You can do this!
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Jul 21, 2015 18:02
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88h88 posted:GO TO GAYDON! YOU NEED TO! Yeah come visit me at work and stare in amazement at my spreadsheet of parts 2 buy this week while still doing work
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Jul 21, 2015 18:03
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Rhyno posted:Mom's boyfriend also has cancer (it's a loving trend right now) and they're at the ER, things have taken a turn for the worse. I don't post about it because I have enough terrible poo poo in my life and I feel like I'm looking for sympathy I don't deserve but it really sounds like our lives are going to go swirly.  JulySuper Aggro Crag posted:You know, going into work an hour early is all fun and games until you realize you gotta go to bed when it's still bright outside.
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Bape Culture posted:Yeah come visit me at work and stare in amazement at my spreadsheet of parts 2 buy this week while still doing work That's just working smart.
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Tusen Takk posted:http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/ Just came here to post this actually. I figured it would happen eventually.
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Jul 21, 2015 18:32
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3 weeks without a cigarette. 2 weeks without breads, sugars (except my coffee), pastas, and rices. 14 lbs down. 
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Tide posted:3 weeks without a cigarette. 2 weeks without breads, sugars (except my coffee), pastas, and rices. 14 lbs down. But losing weight is impossible! 
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Tide posted:3 weeks without a cigarette. 2 weeks without breads, sugars (except my coffee), pastas, and rices. 14 lbs down. So potatoes, meat and veg then?
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Jul 21, 2015 19:52
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Is Rockauto's return policy any good? My brick and mortar place I use here is now charging 3 times the price.
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Jul 21, 2015 19:54
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Marauder Stig posted:Is Rockauto's return policy any good? My brick and mortar place I use here is now charging 3 times the price. RockAuto is pretty good with it. The only complaint I've had is the cost of shipping it back.
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Marauder Stig posted:Is Rockauto's return policy any good? My brick and mortar place I use here is now charging 3 times the price. Very good.
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Jul 21, 2015 20:23
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I really, really, really want to hear justification for why someone would ever buy a Chrysler product now.
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Jul 21, 2015 20:48
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Phone posted:I really, really, really want to hear justification for why someone would ever buy a Chrysler product now. Does this work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMNYLbdbsnU
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jamal posted:Does this work? No, it doesn't.
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Phone posted:I really, really, really want to hear justification for why someone would ever buy a Chrysler product now. so I can customize my firmware OTA and turn it into a really loving sweet remote control car? I bet you can even watch the rearview camera while controlling the steering, brakes, and throttle in reverse. Would make hitching a trailer up so simple, just use your phone as a controller and hitch the trailer up before getting out of bed. It's like sub7, it's not a vulnerability it's just an unauthorized remote management tool. (I actually knew people who used sub7 on their own machines because it was more powerful than most other remote sys management software available at the time.)
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Phone posted:I really, really, really want to hear justification for why someone would ever buy a Chrysler product now. I'm still planning on getting a Challenger, I haven't seen anything else that fits my needs nearly as well.
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Ok guys, time to talk me out of switching careers from IT to auto technician at 30 years old. Ready: GO!Phone posted:I really, really, really want to hear justification for why someone would ever buy a Chrysler product now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS6AXjNcTPU sure would do it for me. Modern Mopar stuff (Hellcat notwithstanding) hasn't really done much for me, but boy, do I wanna get me one of those.
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scuz posted:Ok guys, time to talk me out of switching careers from IT to auto technician at 30 years old. Ready: GO! At 30 unless you have a mortgage or family to worry about, do it now while you don't have those things? I don't know.
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Jonny Nox posted:At 30 unless you have a mortgage or family to worry about, do it now while you don't have those things? I don't know.
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scuz posted:Have a mortgage, but also have a deep, deep apathy for my chosen career. More specifically, I'm looking for those of you who are working on cars for a living to provide me with tales of woe on the job so that I stop whining and stick with my current gig. Your hobby and interest always looks like a good career change, until you actually do it and the horrible reality of grinding away on a daily basis turns your once-precious hobby into yet another dreary, lovely, wearying job. Except moving from IT to auto repair, you're gonna be making less money, it's gonna be harder on your body, and it's a bit harder to move back in the opposite direction.
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Sigma X posted:Your hobby and interest always looks like a good career change, until you actually do it and the horrible reality of grinding away on a daily basis turns your once-precious hobby into yet another dreary, lovely, wearying job. Except moving from IT to auto repair, you're gonna be making less money, it's gonna be harder on your body, and it's a bit harder to move back in the opposite direction.
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scuz posted:Bam, that's what I'm talking about. Do what the smart guys here do; get a place with no HOA and a decent sized backyard, build a nice garage, throw in a lift or two, get shop air, some big fans, a creeper, and a rolling toolbox and work on poo poo at your leisure for fun. Maybe let your friends come over and use the space, until you get tired of being roped into "helping" with their repair projects and being paid in beer. Keep your day job.
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Sigma X posted:Your hobby and interest always looks like a good career change, until you actually do it and the horrible reality of grinding away on a daily basis turns your once-precious hobby into yet another dreary, lovely, wearying job. Except moving from IT to auto repair, you're gonna be making less money, it's gonna be harder on your body, and it's a bit harder to move back in the opposite direction. Yup. This. I'd hate working on my cars if I had to do it every day.
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If you work on cars for a living you will grow to hate cars. You will do oil changes that pay 1/2 hour whether they take 15 minutes or an hour because the last guy mangled the plug and you have to order a replacement (flat rate is loving bullshit). You will kill yourself trying to slap everything together at the last minute because "the customer needs it NOW i don't care that the parts truck is just now arriving". Depending on your state's safety inspection situation, you will periodically have to slap together the remains of what used to be a functional suspension/brake caliper and watch the customer drive away in their deathtrap, hoping to god the waiver you made them sign is enough to remove your liability in case it kills someone. You will work 40-50 hours a week, in sweltering heat, in an environment where you gradually turn your personal car's interior into a superfund site. E: And sometimes only get paid for 20 of those hours (flat rate is loving bullshit). Depending where you work you will be constantly pressured by management to upsell all sorts of services, replace parts on a store-dictated mileage interval instead of manufacturer specs, talk to customers face to face to explain why they need this $1500 of services they don't need, meet the same time deadline for a job no matter what unique challenges a particular vehicle poses (why yes, a dually with 6 150 lb wheel-tire assemblies takes just as much time to change tires on as a civic with 14 inch rims), get told to bend over backwards for customer satisfaction often at great personal financial loss, have to finance your own tools because lol we neither pay for your tools nor pay you enough to buy them outright (flat rate is loving bullshit) you get the picture. Get an old commuter car or pickup truck and wrench on it in your spare time, you'll get all the satisfaction with none of the bullshit.
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scuz posted:Ok guys, time to talk me out of switching careers from IT to auto technician at 30 years old. Ready: GO! My dad was a mechanic and has alot of mechanic friends. The poo poo just grinds away at you until eventually what was the novelty and magic of working on a car is now a monotonous daily task that you're destroying your body for to put food on the table. I only know of one guy that was a mechanic over the age of 50 that still has a genuine love of cars and his current job now that he's in his late 60s is sitting on a stool identifying parts in a junkyard because he can't do anything else. Do what I did when I considered going into auto repair in university, pay way too much for some lovely 30 year old project car that is beyond saving and try and bring it back. Even when my Scirocco has some bizarre poo poo going wrong I'm fairly confident it gives me more joy than doing the 7th oil change of the day ever would.
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Sigma X posted:Do what the smart guys here do; get a place with no HOA and a decent sized backyard, build a nice garage, throw in a lift or two, get shop air, some big fans, a creeper, and a rolling toolbox and work on poo poo at your leisure for fun. Maybe let your friends come over and use the space, until you get tired of being roped into "helping" with their repair projects and being paid in beer. Keep your day job. CommieGIR posted:Yup. This. I'd hate working on my cars if I had to do it every day. Enourmo posted:If you work on cars for a living you will grow to hate cars. Thanks, AI, you guys are the best 1500quidporsche posted:My dad was a mechanic and has alot of mechanic friends. The poo poo just grinds away at you until eventually what was the novelty and magic of working on a car is now a monotonous daily task that you're destroying your body for to put food on the table. I only know of one guy that was a mechanic over the age of 50 that still has a genuine love of cars and his current job now that he's in his late 60s is sitting on a stool identifying parts in a junkyard because he can't do anything else.
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Actually if you want a simple reason, just remember that 14 INCH is a career mechanic. (i aint hatin on ya 14, just saying it does strange things to a man)
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Being the guy that bills out book time, flat rate sucks and I'd never be a tech for a living. It would also kill my enjoyment of working on cars too Never make your hobbies your profession because you'll just end up growing to hate it and be burned out on it
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