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MrChips posted:Birthday today Too late, yesterday was when the Happy birthday anyway! 
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NEAI got to this point much later than I expected based on last night's Snaps.
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Aug 22, 2015 22:02
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Mooseykins posted:I had some tuna once and it was gross. I also once ate an achovie by mistake and thought i was going to This is like refusing to eat a filet mignon because you had bad experiences with a beef hot dog and an overcooked frozen hamburger.
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Aug 22, 2015 22:48
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Fish and what not is delicious. Shellfish is not because I'm allergic to shellfish. Everyone seems to forget this and invites me out for sushi.  I know there's sushi without shellfish in there but the risk of cross-contamination isn't worth it.
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Aug 22, 2015 22:56
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i'll eat nearly anything in fact the only thing ive ever refused to eat is natto
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Aug 22, 2015 23:04
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This is more Cycle Asylum than AI, and my cell phone has a poo poo camera, but dad's latest project is making progress: https://youtu.be/C1hEQ8t8LjE
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Aug 22, 2015 23:19
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Received a check from our mortgage group for $3k that they thought they would need for taxes but didn't! Yay! Oh, what's that dear? It is going to our savings and the most we will spend from it is treating ourselves to a good lunch out? Ok! This is a pretty awesome Saturday.
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Aug 22, 2015 23:47
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14 INCH SLIT posted:Mistakes were made. Others will be blamed. you should try turning it in for warranty.
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Aug 22, 2015 23:53
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corn in the fridge posted:i'll eat nearly anything in fact the only thing ive ever refused to eat is natto Natto is delicious though. It just smells bad.
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Aug 23, 2015 00:28
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Phone posted:ETA on delivery is 30-40 days. It takes 2 weeks to go from Hiroshima to the west coast, and about 4 weeks to go from Hiroshima and through the Panama Canal. There are at least two east coast ports: Jacksonville and Baltimore, and it's put on a truck for the last leg of the trip. There are a bunch of people on mnet who are tracking boats coming out of Japan, so I might try to find that information in a few weeks. What a world we live in that we can track the boats our cars are on via satellite. loving crazy and awesome. This is so great, I love it. Last night a buddy of mine that has recently been teaching himself to draw said "hey after we saw Mad Max I started a cartoon portrait of you, but never finished it, but check it out anyway":  Not only do I know understand more of why we're friends, I think he should finish it 
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Aug 23, 2015 00:33
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Ether Frenzy posted:So on one side you have a Englishman who's eaten an anchovy once and decided he doesn't like fish and somehow has avoided ever eating a fish & chips in 26 years of living in old blighty. I ate a bunch of fish-n-chips in the UK when I was there for a few weeks, and the only one that wowed me was in Cardiff. poo poo must have been caught that morning because it was fantastic. I was on hostel budget, wish I had more cash at the time to try nicer places but we were spending all our money on beer at pubs and red wine at tesco. We did spring for one three-digit meal at a nice place but I don't remember it at all so meh.
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Aug 23, 2015 01:31
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The Locator posted:It's 105 degrees outside. At 6:35pm. 95F in Dallas/Ft. Worth @ 8 PM, and 52% humidity. Fortunately I'm in SoCal right now, and it's 74F. 78% humidity, but there's a lovely breeze off the Pacific. also, it's only 6 PM. El Segundo had a Car Show on Main Street today, so I felt I needed to see that. Uploading pics now, will post in Awesome Car Things when done. I think I'll go out to Irwindale or Auto Club dragway tomorrow.
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Aug 23, 2015 02:31
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So my loveable "fun uncle" just came by the house with a 93 notchback foxbody in terrible shape, 4 cylinder automatic, saying something about how he doesn't know how he'll keep going to work and also find time to change the u joints in the drive shaft. I sent him away with my old beater truck, I told him I'd get the joints changed and he can just bring the truck back then. While all the sensible people around me are telling me what a bad idea it is to let him borrow the truck, I'm over here wondering if he'd like to swap vehicles with me. I'll have to throw some pictures up tomorrow. So far I've gone to relocate it on my street and roll the window up only to find that 1) the window doesn't roll up and 2) I can't get the key out of the ignition now. He had left it in when he showed up and it came out like normal, but he'd said something about how you have to try hard to get the ignition cylinder to move after parking it so I guess that's the issue. Oh also he says the U joints went bad because 6 months ago he accidentally employed the car and it's bell housing as an impromptu stump puller then "pulled the drive train back straight with a come along and put some c-clamps on it". Surely I'm smart enough not to want this car. Surely.
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Jack B Nimble posted:So my loveable "fun uncle" just came by the house with a 93 notchback foxbody in terrible shape, 4 cylinder automatic, saying something about how he doesn't know how he'll keep going to work and also find time to change the u joints in the drive shaft. I sent him away with my old beater truck, I told him I'd get the joints changed and he can just bring the truck back then. Strip it, gut it, cage it, stuff a 302 / 351 in it mated to a T56, and turn it into a drift monster  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EphjLzP0OT0
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Aug 23, 2015 03:51
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 turns out the 3rd bolt wasn't actually the 3rd starter bolt, it was just some bolt. The 3rd starter bolt was hiding behind it. And then after all that hassle to change starters, it seems the problem may have been my battery terminals all along. May have been. I didn't try old starter + new terminals, so it's entirely possible the old starter was also bad. For my own happiness, I choose to believe that.
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Aug 23, 2015 04:34
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Pham Nuwen posted:May have been. I didn't try old starter + new terminals, so it's entirely possible the old starter was also bad. For my own happiness, I choose to believe that. This is the same logic I used when I replaced a fuel pump on my Volvo 240, only to discover that the fuse that powered the ECM had a bad holder. (Common problem but mine had already been replaced by the PO so I never considered it.) I still maintain that pump was bad 
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Aug 23, 2015 05:16
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I bought a new starter for my bus because the old one was weak (even bought a new battery), but after doing the oil seals the starter works like new, because I inadvertently cleaned the ground points 
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Aug 23, 2015 05:30
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Replaced the fuel pump in my truck assuming it would fix an issue I was having. It fixed a completely different issue, so the pump was in fact failing, it just wasn't the source of my original problem! 
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Aug 23, 2015 05:41
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I usually park in the driveway (garage is too full of poo poo to get a car in there), and the only easy way to get out there is via the overhead door. I hit the button for the door. And the door opener starts running. But the door isn't moving, yet the arm that attaches to it is moving fine.  That explains the 2 bolts I found on the ground the other day. Turns out it ripped two of them out of the door (again), and the 3rd must have ripped out today. Stupid sheet metal door, there's a few sets of holes where the bracket has torn out before. Except every time we noticed a bolt fall out or something and caught it before it ripped completely off, except when the spring broke. I kind of hacked it back into working - found a couple of starter holes on the door, but had to lengthen the arm on the door opener to make the bracket reach. Got 2 of the bolts in there, then realized I had to clearance the beam at the top of the door slightly with a BFH. I'll dig out my drill tomorrow and get the 3rd bolt in. Need to adjust the open and close positions by about 1/4". I'd prefer to just replace the door and opener (opener is a 21 year old noisy as poo poo Genie screw drive that hasn't been maintained at all, door is bent from when the spring broke and ripped the bolts out of the door opener mount at the same time), but as long as it opens and closes for now, it's just gonna have to wait. I need to get a working lock for the door in case the door opener calls it quits for good. There is a lock on it, but we never got a key for it, and the lock has been painted over anyway - it can only be locked/unlocked from inside (lock bar is bent really bad anyway, so if you hulk it you'll pop it out of the rail easily). On the up side, my mileage has definitely gone way up since replacing the thermostat. Haven't run a full tank through it, but it's definitely taking a lot longer to go through a quarter tank.
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Mooseykins posted:You're thinking of Ireland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nhTLaD1n2g 
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Aug 23, 2015 06:47
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We popped electrotechniks cherry with CSB dick pics
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Aug 23, 2015 07:47
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I cannot unsee them
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Aug 23, 2015 07:49
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It is rather hard to forget about something that really shouldn't be attached to a human, isn't it?
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Aug 23, 2015 07:52
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Mid trip report: I'm the only one not drunk and I still do dumb poo poo. Only minimal blood loss. 10/10 would NEAI again.
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Aug 23, 2015 08:36
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14 INCH SLIT posted:lol at anyone intimidated by csbdick we arent all 14 inches
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Pham Nuwen posted:
When my wife's civic left her stranded at work, I fuckled with the cables going to it and it worked again. Then it left her stranded again. So I replaced the starter, thinking it fixed the issue. Then it left her stranded a third time. It was then that I undid the electrical tape around the positive terminal, which I'd replaced 3 years prior because it went from metal to green granola. I found that the lead terminal was fine, but the copper cable was turning green again. I replaced the positive side lead from the battery to the ECU and starter. $29 fix. After I'd spent $300 on a honda genuine starter  Car diagnoses can be just as stupid at computer diagnoses. "Is it plugged in?  "
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Powershift posted:I'm going to install a back-up alarm in everything i own.
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The Jabberwocky posted:Hey so is there anybody in the Austin, TX area that's willing to go check out a car at a dealer for me? I'd pay you for your time and\or expertise. Not sure if you still need some help with this or not, I just saw it. In Cabo until Tuesday night, but then I've got the entire rest of the week off and I would be happy to go take a look for you. What are you looking at?
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Traveling for work today. I'm going to get so much overtime this week due to travel. I don't have PMs but I'll be about half an hour from Boston if anyone wants to get dinner. I know that I missed out on NEAI.
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Aug 23, 2015 15:17
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 Shenzhen (formerly Portland), Oregon. Looking east from SW 23rd. That's not fog.
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sharkytm posted:Really bright LED backup light pods do the same thing. My old truck came from a fleet company, so it had a beeper. I swapped it with a 13w LED. Not around here. When every brotruck has 30 feet of them slathered on every corner, people ignore it. People seem to ignore back-up lights, and large chunks of steel moving towards them, but a little eardrum shattering "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP" and they move like it's an ambulance. i crawled under there and the speaker itself is only a little 2 inch box. i could probably hide that in the trunk of the cars and it would still be loud from the outside.
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Well the weekend is over, am I in my new house? No. Builder has apparently done all the paperwork required of him so we're waiting for the warranty certificate. The house looks fantastic but it's Still Not loving OURS. So everything has to happen this coming week, because I'm back to work on the 31st and my son has to be resident in that area to go to school the following week. All the paperwork and solicitors bullshit and bank bullshit etc. Good thing the loving builder isn't going on loving holiday later this loving week then. I could legit throttle the man. E: you can buy reverse bulbs with beepers built in, easy installation compared to wiring in a special box The house is full of boxes and everyone is stressed and I can't loving deal with it anymore cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Aug 23, 2015 |
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RIP Paul Walker posted:
Here's Missoula on Friday:  We haven't even had the worst air quality in the area. Cleared up yesterday due to some wind and storms, but it's all starting to come back in.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:
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Preoptopus posted:Is it smug? That's a pre-existing condition. With all the surrounding states on fire it's really dicking up the air quality here in Utah even. We do a rather fine job of polluting the air we breathe without forest fires thanks. Knock on wood we've actually done a decent job at not catching on fire for a while. Good thing too since we've had some dry years.
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sharkytm posted:Really bright LED backup light pods do the same thing. My old truck came from a fleet company, so it had a beeper. I swapped it with a 13w LED. Powershift posted:Not around here. When every brotruck has 30 feet of them slathered on every corner, people ignore it. In my van, with all the lights on, which is 2 reverse lights, 2 reverse LED lights, two rear flashing lights, rear corner flashing lights and hazard lights on, people will look right at it (Well, you can't miss the loving thing.) and still walk behind it when reversing. Some trucks here have to have reverse alarms by law, which people ignore all the time. People are idiots. There is not cure, fix or solution.
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IOwnCalculus posted:280Z is fine. 280ZX makes less power, weighs more, has an overly complex interior, has an awful fuel injection setup, and an awful ignition setup. Both are unreliable and lovely even when working. Show me where the bad datto touched you. I'm an s30 guy at heart, but I'll let you in on a few secrets. The stripper 79/80 ZXs are actually lighter than the 78 280z. They also use the exact same drivetrain as the late (78-78) 280zs, same efi system, and made the same power. The lower power number on the plaque comes from dyno standard differences between sae gross and sae net. 1980 ZXs got updated transmissions (-80 5 speeds are weak), with a gearing revision again in 1981 and a switch to a high compression, better flowing head, and o2 sensor feedback in the efi. The biggest driving differences between a Z (s30) and ZX (s130) come from the ZX having rack and pinion steering and semi-trailing rear suspension. It's true though, they do feel less sporty than the earlier cars, but come loaded with power everything and a cushier suspension. ZXs are also much more aerodynamic than Zs (stock for stock). Even with all the "improvements", I'd still prefer a Z. (But I'd love an 82+ ZX turbo for a DD)
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mafoose posted:Show me where the bad datto touched you. My wife had a 79, which eventually went to my youngest brother. That thing was a never ending source of fuel leaks, coolant leaks, ignition problems, and emissions trouble. It would also vapor lock if it got too warm. Just to loving spite us, the drat thing had a master cylinder failure the day the people who ended up buying it came to inspect it.
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