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Just got a performance bonus at work! ...and then immediately went out and bought this GOOOODBYYYYEEEEE SHOOOOUULLLDERRRRRR
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nm posted:(The above ignores the Fiesta ST, which is awesome and everyone should buy one)
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DJ Commie posted:I stop nearly anything involving cars* for a few years, and now I check out WRC and its full of Hyundais and Volkswagens. What the hell is going on? I stopped watching because of Loeb, and now I see that Russian kid that couldn't stop crashing, and Lattvala still in second or third place. Welcome back. Where the gently caress ya been?
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Adiabatic posted:Just got a performance bonus at work! quote:The .458 Lott is a .458 caliber belted hunting cartridge designed as a replacement for the less powerful .458 Winchester Magnum. It is based on the full length .375 H&H Magnum blown out and shortened to 2.800 inches (71.1 mm). The cartridge is designed for the purpose of hunting African dangerous game.[1] You see many Cape Buffalo in your neck of VA? e. That said, I've lusted after a similar CZ in .17 HMR for years now. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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Safety Dance posted:You see many Cape Buffalo in your neck of VA? I'm gonna make one out of Tannerite.
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Motronic posted:You're right except for as you mentioned: long haul where single mode fiber still excels. Don't know of anything on the horizon that it likely to replace the any time soon. And that usage is still a big deal. DWDM and EDFAs pretty much guarantee we will stay with fiber for a long rear end time, because... zundfolge posted:but when I was working on the wireline side we were beginning to install equipment with the ability to multiplex 88 10Gbps channels onto a single fiber circuit, or use the circuit to carry a 40Gbps or 100Gbps channel. CommieGIR posted:Fiber ain't goin' anywhere, and very few Datacenter Architects want to do short haul 10GbE over copper, when Fiber is going to give better latency. Deeters posted:Why the hell do GMs turn their reverse lights when in park? I do not like driving through parking lots and expecting cars to back up and then have them just sit there (ok, this is better than a car reversing without any warning, but still). The Royal Nonesuch posted:Yeah, and now she has an excuse to go buy a cart full of new ornaments to fill it out I am partial to frasier fir, they look better to me and have stubby blunt soft needles so you don't feel like you tried to wrestle a porcupine after decorating one.
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Adiabatic posted:I'm gonna make one out of Tannerite. <3 Video this
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Dec 7, 2015 18:18
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Adiabatic posted:I'm gonna make one out of Tannerite. loving hipster caliber in an awesome CZ rifle.
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Dec 7, 2015 18:26
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leica posted:Either 1/43 or 1/24 under $50. I don't care if it's made in China, but if it's shipped from China it won't be here by christmas, and it seems like everything i can afford online is being shipped from china. Nobody in the states has anything in stock I guess China can definitely get stuff across the planet before Christmas. A friend of mine had some steering wheels custom made and it took 3 days from point of order for the wheels to get delivered to his house. Chinese postage is cheap because it's subsidised so throw them a few dollars on top and it'll be with you in short order.
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Dec 7, 2015 18:29
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Ozmiander posted:loving hipster caliber in an awesome CZ rifle. It can shoot .458 Win Mags if I'm feeling like a pussy that day.
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Dec 7, 2015 18:31
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Adiabatic posted:It can shoot .458 Win Mags if I'm feeling like a pussy that day. No joke, i will have a 527 American in 7.62x39 sooner or later.
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Dec 7, 2015 18:34
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88h88 posted:A friend of mine had some steering wheels custom made and it took 3 days from point of order for the wheels to get delivered to his house. ??? I'd like to know more!
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Dec 7, 2015 18:37
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The company I was doing work for in NH a few months ago went outta business like I figured they would. Glad I jumped ship when I did.
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Dec 7, 2015 18:38
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kastein posted:DWDM and EDFAs pretty much guarantee we will stay with fiber for a long rear end time, because... As an aside I kind of miss working in the landline business, even if it was a bureaucratic nightmare sometimes. The office I used to work in had several varieties of telephone switch (dial tone and tandem), plus the ROADM equipment I mentioned in my previous post, a whole bunch of SONET gear, and some things you'd never see anywhere else. It was graybeard heaven, and it makes me kind of sad that the PSTN equipment is on its way out. Our cell network is cool in its own way but the equipment is pretty much the same at every site and since the technology turns over so much faster (at least compared to the landline world) it's designed to be somewhat disposable, whereas the landline switches were obviously meant to last for generations.
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mafoose posted:??? They're nothing particularly special, ABS/vinyl coating over steel frames and custom logo centre caps. They're of the same quality as any of the 'fashion' brand wheels you can buy as in they're nothing particularly special but they're certainly not poo poo or dangerous. They bolt to a standard 6 bolt hub. I think he just trawled Alibaba.com to find a supplier and he orders them as and when he needs to as oppose to keeping stock of the million and one colour options. He said at the most it takes a week to get one and yes they supply samples if you're insistent...    
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Dec 7, 2015 19:14
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88h88 posted:They're nothing particularly special, ABS/vinyl coating over steel frames and custom logo centre caps. They're of the same quality as any of the 'fashion' brand wheels you can buy as in they're nothing particularly special but they're certainly not poo poo or dangerous. They bolt to a standard 6 bolt hub. All I can think of is that guy showing off the fake brand steering wheel and bending the piss out of it.
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Dec 7, 2015 19:15
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CommieGIR posted:All I can think of is that guy showing off the fake brand steering wheel and bending the piss out of it. I thought the same until I actually played with one. As with everything made in China, corners can be cut but these are solid. God knows what sort of cheese metal that one from the video was made from.
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Dec 7, 2015 19:17
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Happy Holidays from the Goobers
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Dec 7, 2015 19:18
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Goober Peas posted:Happy Holidays from the Goobers Ooh! I little sail boat!
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Dec 7, 2015 19:23
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The Locator posted:Ooh! I little sail boat! It's a schooner. I said lets get poinsettias and the wife informed me they were poisonous to cats and I responded with: exactly!
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Dec 7, 2015 19:26
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The Locator posted:Ooh! I little sail boat! gently caress, someone get the sedatives.
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Dec 7, 2015 19:27
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El Jebus posted:It's a schooner. We were gifted a poinsettia, and rather than just throw it out (my vote) we have to keep it on top of the only bookshelf in the house the cats haven't figured out how to jump onto yet.
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Dec 7, 2015 19:40
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LS Swaps: Let's put the same damned engine in every car because whats the point in having something unique.
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Dec 7, 2015 19:45
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Some people don't like uniqueness and just want bang-for-buck. This is okay and A Good Thing.
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Dec 7, 2015 19:50
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Adiabatic posted:Some people don't like uniqueness and just want bang-for-buck. This is okay and A Good Thing. I will rage forever about LS conversions.
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Dec 7, 2015 19:53
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I'd rather put in a motor that's heavier and makes less power.
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Lightbulb Out posted:I'd rather put in a motor that's heavier and makes less power. Iron Duke swap it is, then.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:01
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Adiabatic posted:Some people don't like uniqueness and just want bang-for-buck. This is okay and A Good Thing. It is, but I do agree with Commie in that I wish people would stop jizzing their pants every time somebody starts an LS swap. When it's the de facto choice its not all that insane and crazy.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:02
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Yes, let's have a ~~zany~~ monkey cheese motor combination just so you can be so special and unique. Go ahead and make less power and spend more money; heaven forbid someone wants some performance.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:02
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1500quidporsche posted:It is, but I do agree with Commie in that I wish people would stop jizzing their pants every time somebody starts an LS swap. When it's the de facto choice its not all that insane and crazy. Raluek posted:Yes, let's have a ~~zany~~ monkey cheese motor combination just so you can be so special and unique. Go ahead and make less power and spend more money; heaven forbid someone wants some performance. Everybody does it. And then they act as if they've done something amazing. Its like everyone in my shop in the ANG buying a Corvette and then going on about how they are all going to get the same power mods to achieve the mythical 1000 HP level of manliness. I'm okay with people swapping LS, I get it, its there, its cost effective, its got support, but acting as if someone swapping an LS into something is amazing? What's so amazing? Everybody does it. Might as well offer it like LEGO kits at Autozone or Oreillys. Do something original. Do something different. Stop cookie cutter-ing everything.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:05
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Yeah seriously, it's like me saying "I love my .45-70 and all you dudes that actually hunt with .30-06 are sheep".
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Dec 7, 2015 20:05
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CommieGIR posted:Everybody does it. And then they act as if they've done something amazing. Its like everyone in my shop in the ANG buying a Corvette and then going on about how they are all going to get the same power mods to achieve the mythical 1000 HP level of manliness. Because adding horsepower and a nice soundtrack to a car is a good and cool thing? It's not some awesome feat, but does that make a cool car with a fast motor any less cool? Traditional hotrods are formulaic as poo poo, but they still completely own.
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Adiabatic posted:Yeah seriously, it's like me saying "I love my .45-70 and all you dudes that actually hunt with .30-06 are sheep". AR-15s: The LS of the Gun World. Raluek posted:Because adding horsepower and a nice soundtrack to a car is a good and cool thing? It's not some awesome feat, but does that make a cool car with a fast motor any less cool? Traditional hotrods are formulaic as poo poo, but they still completely own. Actually, it does. It kinda makes it 'Oh, well you did the same thing all these other guys did?....well, good for you I guess'
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Better than being somewhere where people seem to spaff their pants about loving Rover V8s.
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CommieGIR posted:LS Swaps: Let's put the same damned engine in every car because whats the point in having something unique. Have fun spending 1k on a 5.9 cummins that weighs 3-400lb more when you can have an LM7 for 300 at the yard, tune it up with some basic boltons and be making more power, more torque, and still getting 25mpg on the highway. Also diesel isn't as cheap compared to gas as it once was. Sure, diesels are cool, but I'm looking at this economically, not just fanboying over one particular type of engines. If I was gonna do that, everything I own would have a Junkers Jumo 205 in it. Which, yes, is a diesel. A 2 stroke, 12 piston, 6 cylinder, turbosupercharged, aircraft diesel with zero head gaskets and zero valves. I don't care what kind of engine you like, that is better than it.
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kastein posted:Have fun spending 1k on a 5.9 cummins that weighs 3-400lb more when you can have an LM7 for 300 at the yard, tune it up with some basic boltons and be making more power, more torque, and still getting 25mpg on the highway. Also diesel isn't as cheap compared to gas as it once was. I don't care if its a Cummins. And yeah, Cummins get overdone too for the same reason as the LS: Community support and availability for Cummins is everywhere. And I'd be behind an awesome Junkers Jumo 205 powered vehicle.
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CommieGIR posted:AR-15s: The LS of the Gun World. Ohhh so you're just contrarian about everything, got it.
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Adiabatic posted:Ohhh so you're just contrarian about everything, got it.  Yes I am!
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Adiabatic posted:Well in that case you do you, boo boo Meh, the LS thing just gets to me because I constantly run into people going on about their LS swaps in *Insert Car Here* at nearly every car meet.
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