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um excuse me
Jan 1, 2016

by Fluffdaddy
Just applied to a manufacturing position at Tesla. It's more like buying a lottery ticket to me, but a guy can dream.

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Goober Peas
Jun 30, 2007

Check out my 'Vette, bro


You know you're having a bad day when your late 70s Impala has a flat front tire..and the rear bumper jack has collapsed on the rear bumper :confused:

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

The Royal Nonesuch posted:

At 30 my hair is as thick as a goddamned wheatfield, and drives me crazy because I have to get it cut constantly. In the summer it grows about as fast as my fingernails and gets even extra thicker and my head is hot constantly. I have a gigantic goddamned head (size: 8 1/4) and don't want to shave it all off because I would look like a freakish white watermelon. Thankfully my haircolor owns and if I spend any time at all outdoors it bleaches out and gives me these apparently fantastic highlights that girls love and I don't give a gently caress about. I cannot count the amount of times women have asked me where I "get my highlights done" hahaha. I'm always like, "well, typically on my lawn while mowing".

My grandfather on my mothers side went bald at like 17 - My other grandfather and father have spiderweb fine hair. Who knows.

Are you are that crazy bastard with the Youtube channel featuring the homemade bump fire shotguns?

46 going on 47, the rest of my family / relations other than a very few on mum's side bald...... me not even CLOSE. Not as thick as it used to to be of course but eh, not complaining at all.

wallaka
Jun 8, 2010

Least it wasn't a fucking red shell

Tide posted:

You are the milk man's kid.

(I think hair genes come from your mother's side)

That's an Alabama myth. I believed it until I started going bald, cause my mom's side of the family has hair until they die.

Elmnt80
Dec 30, 2012


The Royal Nonesuch posted:

At 30 my hair is as thick as a goddamned wheatfield, and drives me crazy because I have to get it cut constantly. In the summer it grows about as fast as my fingernails and gets even extra thicker and my head is hot constantly. I have a gigantic goddamned head (size: 8 1/4) and don't want to shave it all off because I would look like a freakish white watermelon. Thankfully my haircolor owns and if I spend any time at all outdoors it bleaches out and gives me these apparently fantastic highlights that girls love and I don't give a gently caress about. I cannot count the amount of times women have asked me where I "get my highlights done" hahaha. I'm always like, "well, typically on my lawn while mowing".

My grandfather on my mothers side went bald at like 17 - My other grandfather and father have spiderweb fine hair. Who knows.

Sup glorious flowing locks buddy. I was admittedly pretty bummed when at the begining of high school, my hair become somewhat curly and became much darker compared to the platinum blond it was before. Me and my mother suspect one of the medications I was on, but I'm not complaining. It went from random chicks complimemting my hair to random drunk chicks sitting in my lap to play with it at parties.

In other news, always wear safety glasses. I'm sitting here with one eye jammed shut due to it being dialated after having a piece of rust that was embedded in it dug out. I'm really only pissed that this couldn't have waited 3 weeks to happen so I could have had full insuramce through work. Thankfully the doctor who has seen my mother for years was willing to let me in with no appointment, only charge me what he normally charges for a checkup (The only other place in town that would even tough me without insurance wanted $285 minimum) and gave me the antibiotics for his office's price which is $18 vs $169 at the pharmacy. :smith:

Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Feb 19, 2016

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



Tide posted:

Today I experienced a eureka moment. An emotional breakthrough of sorts. Today, I decided that I gave zero fucks about the fact that I am thinning at the crown (made worse by a double cowlick) and will learn to accept it.

A big thing for a guy who has always been proud of his hair/hair snob.

I did this a few months ago and shaved my head

Except I'm 24 so :rip: me

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

fyad has gone too far this time.

its zombie time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI

everyone sing along

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



Did you guys see what the new autocorrect for I'm gay/im gay is?

Edit: what if you actually are though? What confusing times we post in

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

Tusen Takk posted:

Did you guys see what the new autocorrect for I'm gay is?

cucked

cuck

cucking

cuckservative

im gay

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



Enourmo posted:

cucked

cuck

cucking

cuckservative

im gay

loving lmao @ Jeb!

All the catchphrases have been dethroned

Hail satan

goatse guy
Jan 23, 2007
hello im back in ai buy me avatars plz :-*
Hi AI.

I have a labral tear in my shoulder and have to spend the next six weeks resting and doing physical therapy, and I'm already bored out of my mind because I don't currently have any hobbies that aren't some kind of physical activity.

What's new with y'all?

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Enourmo posted:

fyad has gone too far this time.

its zombie time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI

everyone sing along

I'd forgotten how much I loving love rob/white zombie so thanks for this gentle reminder!

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

goatse guy posted:

Hi AI.

I have a labral tear in my shoulder and have to spend the next six weeks resting and doing physical therapy, and I'm already bored out of my mind because I don't currently have any hobbies that aren't some kind of physical activity.

What's new with y'all?

YOUR MOTHER AND I HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED YOUNG LADY.


No seriously, welcome back.

Great Beer
Jul 5, 2004

Enourmo posted:

fyad has gone too far this time.

its zombie time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI

everyone sing along

Thanks jerk, I had other things to do besides listen to Rob Zombie all night.

Who am I kidding, no I didnt. Superbeast :black101:

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqPClltS5k8

Gripping the wheel his knuckles ran white with desire, the wheels of his mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a forty five. True death. Four hundred horsepower of maximum performance, piercing the night.

This is black sunshine.

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

zoom-zoom
Toilet Rascal

goatse guy posted:

Hi AI.

I have a labral tear in my shoulder and have to spend the next six weeks resting and doing physical therapy, and I'm already bored out of my mind because I don't currently have any hobbies that aren't some kind of physical activity.

What's new with y'all?

How are the doggies?

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
My friend who was looking for a crossover turned down the CX-3 ("i don't really like the way it looks") in favor of the GLA250, only now to be asking me about the Lexus NX :eng99:

eberbs
Aug 29, 2011

And I wonder, I still wonder, who'll stop the rain.
was at my local pig iron (princess auto) and they had a bunch of NOS Pentium 2\3 sloket heatsinks for sale. What the actual gently caress, it's not like it's universal or anything. why. why.





Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Hey now the PIII is a fine piece of machinery I tell you hwat

literally a fish
Oct 2, 2014

German officer Johannes Bolter peeks out the hatch of his Tiger I heavy tank during a quiet moment before the Battle of Kursk - c:1943 (colorized)
Slippery Tilde

goatse guy posted:

Hi AI.

I have a labral tear in my shoulder and have to spend the next six weeks resting and doing physical therapy, and I'm already bored out of my mind because I don't currently have any hobbies that aren't some kind of physical activity.

What's new with y'all?

Have an avatar :sun:

I just spent an hour ragegineering the loving AFFRONT TO GOD, BOOST, AND ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORLD that subaru australia had dealer techs HAMFISTEDLY INSTALL FOR NO loving REASON out of my Legacy.

The ECU has been in france being modified and it made it back today but the loving PIECE OF poo poo AFOREMENTIONED AFFRONT TO DECENCY refused to let me START MY OWN loving VEHICLE

So I brutally ripped it out of the car and lobotomized it into a dumb junction box and now the car behaves like every other vehicle on the road i.e. you put the key in and it starts

tomorrow I'm going to pull the rest of this HELLISH MONSTROSITY THAT NOBODY SHOULD EVER HAVE AUTHORIZED out.

I stole someone else's picture of what has to come out:



gently caress YOU SO VERY MUCH SUBARU OF AUSTRALIA
(they installed one of these loving IRREFUTIBLY REPREHENSIBLE PIECE OF poo poo brant keypad immobilizers in every vehicle they sold here from 2001 until like 2006 and it is a STEAMING PILE OF BUGGY DOG poo poo)

IF I EVER FIND THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HORROR SHOW I WILL MAKE SURE THAT HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHY I AM SLOWLY DISEMBOWELLING HIM WHILE HIS FAMILY WATCHES IN HORROR KNOWING THAT THEY ARE NEXT.

I'm a little upset, can you tell? :v:

bolind
Jun 19, 2005



Pillbug

Slavvy posted:

Hey now the PIII is a fine piece of machinery I tell you hwat

Brings back memories of the Compaq 7U quad CPU Pentium Pro that my buddy's brother bought for a cake, and I installed Linux on, and got SMP running on, and we used to serve porn from it's massive eight disk SCSI array of, like, 8 gig disks in his house filled with frat boys until frat dad, who owned the house, discovered how much juice it sucked down, and put the kibosh on it.

Also, welcome back, Goatse.

bolind fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Feb 19, 2016

Super Aggro Crag
Apr 23, 2008




And, of course as always, kill Hitler.


Oh my lord my GF snores like a freight train.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

wallaka posted:

That's an Alabama myth. I believed it until I started going bald, cause my mom's side of the family has hair until they die.

Every male on my mom's side loses their hair by 30. Women lose it by 50.

I'm coming up on 38, and have a full head of hair. :smuggo: Though most of it is grey now.

Super Aggro Crag posted:

Oh my lord my GF snores like a freight train.

Try staying in a hostel sometime. :v: There's 2 other dudes in here snoring, and the one dude (aside from me) that's awake is getting laid by a drunk chick from down the hall.

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


Got an offer for cheap name-brand motor oil from Ivan down on the corner? Yeah, it's fake.

http://www.automotorblog.com/watch-counterfeit-engine-oil-russia/

BloodBag
Sep 20, 2008

WITNESS ME!



Yesterday was... interesting.

The bad: the house smells, but not as wretchedly as I expected. It's kindof like bad old dog food. I thought it would be more like road kill in the sun. I guess him being a vegetarian and quite skinny helped. The house is huge and full of strange stuff he built. He was always eccentric and messy, so there's piles of paperwork everywhere and random little machines he made. It's so bizarre. I have to fix the door frame from where the sheriff kicked it in. My FIL had barracaded all the doors with homemade wooden barricades. I now know what a decomposing body does to carpeting. My wife has been in various stages of meltdown all day. From the medications and books we found, it's somewhere between heart problems, prostate problems, or liver problems as to what took him.

The good: the house is huge and the neighbor we spoke to said that the property should go for $400-$600K, after fixing. We found all of his account numbers and logons! I won't touch any of it, but at least I can start figuring out who is owed what. Also, gently caress charter. They left 38 out of the 44 messages on his answering machine. He has a safe deposit box, but I'm unsure whether we'll be granted access. The will is very likely in that box.

I need to buy an ozone generator because that wierd dog food smell does truly get into everything. I dunno what the legality of removing anything is, but I will try to arrange to have his laptop and desktop transported to houston. All of his research for his patent is on those machines and he was adamant the last time we saw him that we keep track of that stuff. There was also paperwork in his office for a trust. Hopefully we can figure some of this out.

It's amazing how big a hole one man can make in other people's lives. The morbid reality of walking through a dead man's house is a heavy burden to bear. We'll be in touch with an estate attorney today after some helpful advice from some nice goons. Today after that I need to fix his door frame and striker plate so the house is somewhat secure.

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


BloodBag posted:

The morbid reality of walking through a dead man's house is a heavy burden to bear.

It's a very strange feeling, it feels very transgressive, like you're trespassing into something private that should be left alone.

BloodBag
Sep 20, 2008

WITNESS ME!



KozmoNaut posted:

It's a very strange feeling, it feels very transgressive, like you're trespassing into something private that should be left alone.

Exactly. I felt horrible paging through his old tax returns. I kept expecting to hear *geeeeet ouuuuuuut* whispering from the house.

To bring it back to something car-related: the 330 highway up into the forest is a loving riot to drive on. I'm in a little shitbox yaris. It has the benefit of being pretty light so it doesn't feel that pokey with it's 4spd automatic. I was caning the poo poo out of it up the mountain and the cute little thing was trying to engine brake on the way down. :3:

How to hell do you get comfortable in of those things anyway? I have the seat all the way back and all the way down and it's not like I'm a leggy guy, I'm all torso, so it's like driving a goddamn box truck for legroom. My knees are up and my arms are all out like a Ferrari test driver. I'll just pretend I'm in Kimbo's white Ferrari the rest of the weekend...

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

BloodBag posted:


It's amazing how big a hole one man can make in other people's lives. The morbid reality of walking through a dead man's house is a heavy burden to bear. We'll be in touch with an estate attorney today after some helpful advice from some nice goons. Today after that I need to fix his door frame and striker plate so the house is somewhat secure.

An estate attorney is the best idea. It's okay to look through his stuff, he's not going to use it any longer. The logins are fine, but just keep a look-don't-touch zoo mentality until you get things sorted.
Also, public records are your friend, if you're wondering about mortgage and stuff, the county recorder's office has all of that info, often searchable online.

You missed a key point -- what did he drive?

BloodBag
Sep 20, 2008

WITNESS ME!



meatpimp posted:

An estate attorney is the best idea. It's okay to look through his stuff, he's not going to use it any longer. The logins are fine, but just keep a look-don't-touch zoo mentality until you get things sorted.
Also, public records are your friend, if you're wondering about mortgage and stuff, the county recorder's office has all of that info, often searchable online.

You missed a key point -- what did he drive?

I love you guys :glomp: He drove the same beat-rear end 1999 yukon that I remember from when I first met him. I was considering transporting his car to Houston if it was a newer SUV or subie or whatever, but yeah, a 17 year old truck? I think I'll just let the estate take care of it unless someone else has a better idea.

Gives credibility to the "chevies run poorly longer than most cars will run at all"

goatse guy
Jan 23, 2007
hello im back in ai buy me avatars plz :-*

CharlesM posted:

How are the doggies?

Harry is a crabby little bastard, because he doesn't get to come to work anymore. Turbo has made me wonder if dogs can have Aspergers, and I started an informal support group with two other rescued heeler owners so that we can cry about how awful our dogs are but then murmur in agreement that their insanity makes them more rewarding.

Thanks for the new avatar, literally a fish.

Super Aggro Crag
Apr 23, 2008




And, of course as always, kill Hitler.


Was excited to come home early and watch some recorded shows on the big TV since my roommates have been on vacation all week and have been on an N64 kick, only to find some rear end in a top hat asleep on the couch.


Also, this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trzofZ_GRt8

Super Aggro Crag fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Feb 19, 2016

The Locator
Sep 12, 2004

Out here, everything hurts.





BloodBag posted:

I'm in a little shitbox yaris...

How to hell do you get comfortable in of those things anyway? I have the seat all the way back and all the way down and it's not like I'm a leggy guy, I'm all torso, so it's like driving a goddamn box truck for legroom. My knees are up and my arms are all out like a Ferrari test driver. I'll just pretend I'm in Kimbo's white Ferrari the rest of the weekend...

In my experience, you don't. They gave me one of these to drive while my car was being repaired after I was in an accident and I had injured my knees. I made it less than an hour, trying every possible seating position before calling the rental company and demanding a different car, because it put my knee in a position that granted constant and building pain.

Good luck sorting the estate.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

The Royal Nonesuch posted:

At 30 my hair is as thick as a goddamned wheatfield, and drives me crazy because I have to get it cut constantly. In the summer it grows about as fast as my fingernails and gets even extra thicker and my head is hot constantly. I have a gigantic goddamned head (size: 8 1/4) and don't want to shave it all off because I would look like a freakish white watermelon. Thankfully my haircolor owns and if I spend any time at all outdoors it bleaches out and gives me these apparently fantastic highlights that girls love and I don't give a gently caress about. I cannot count the amount of times women have asked me where I "get my highlights done" hahaha. I'm always like, "well, typically on my lawn while mowing".

My grandfather on my mothers side went bald at like 17 - My other grandfather and father have spiderweb fine hair. Who knows.
Same, except that my grandparents all either died with a full head of hair or are still kicking and still have all their hair.

Safety Dance posted:

I wasn't at Eric's wedding but I know probably about half the people in the ps1 IRC channel anyhow, so it's likely we've met.
poo poo, I could have sworn you were. I must be conflating our AI stop in Chicago from earlier in the year with it.

Enourmo posted:

fyad has gone too far this time.

its zombie time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI

everyone sing along
One of my favorite artists and he's from my hometown... yet I've not managed to get to any of his shows yet. I am a bad Zombie fan.

Super Aggro Crag posted:

Oh my lord my GF snores like a freight train.
You're just finding this out now? :confused:

I think the dog snores louder than either me or my girlfriend. Fortunately none of us snore as bad as my dad, who sounds more like a freight train and a top fuel dragster had a jackhammer for a baby.

glyph
Apr 6, 2006



Video request:

The vertical milling cabinet (haas?) with the billet that was way too big and unbalanced for the speed it was spinning.? Almost looked like prospective buyers were demoing a new machine? The billet let go and dented the poo poo out of the door.

Hope that's not too vague.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe
sup goatse welcome back and stuff!


:rip: Excalibur. You were older than me and my dad and had a good run. That axle bolt was just too much.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
Get yourself an HF 3/4" breaker bar (may only be available in the metric or sae huge-socket bulk kit with a 3/4" ratchet as well) and the impact adapter set that includes 3/4->1/2 and never look back. You wouldn't believe the things I've broken loose with that combo plus a 4 foot pipe for leverage.

scuz
Aug 29, 2003

You can't be angry ALL the time!




Fun Shoe
That's my next stop after the tool library for an air compressor this weekend. I took a look at Home Depot's selection (I have gift cards) and wasn't terribly impressed. If I'm gonna get it from China, I'll get it from HF. A 4-footer, eh? Seems good.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
The 4-footer is best bought from home depot :v:

Guy knew exactly what I was after when I walked into the plumbing aisle with my brand new 3/4" breaker bar and started test fitting its handle in long drops of black steel pipe. I got one with one end not threaded because it lets me grip the very back end of the extension pipe for maximum leverage without digging threads into my soft dainty hands.

Behold, 5' of torque:


I've been trying to break it for two years and I can't.

Super Aggro Crag
Apr 23, 2008




And, of course as always, kill Hitler.


Really regretting this POS DVD drive I bought in 2007. I just wanna reinstall Windows 7 ya bastatd.

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glyph
Apr 6, 2006



glyph posted:

Video request:

The vertical milling cabinet (haas?) with the billet that was way too big and unbalanced for the speed it was spinning.? Almost looked like prospective buyers were demoing a new machine? The billet let go and dented the poo poo out of the door.

Hope that's not too vague.

Found it. But the video isn't loading for me. Balls.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=775009032523726

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