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Have you ever wanted to fight pollution with your mower and stay cool? have you ever missed an important family event because you mow during the day like a fool and the grass was just too long? Would you believe they actually use those as selling points? It's high beams and a battery for a mower so you can mow when it's cool out (and too dark to see normally). Apparently pollution is turned into pollution by sunlight, so if people mowed at night it would be like taking 31 million cars off the road, according to them. Luckily, the solution is easy: mow at night. That will keep the emissions from turning to pollution since it's not like the sun will rise again and do so with a short delay. There is also the issue of it being two cheap lights and a lead acid battery strapped to a mower. And let's be honest, who wants to have that neighbor who goes out at 11pm and flips on a set of high beams and starts mowing? Also apparently mowers kill 6,400 people per year (it's actually only 75-100 in the US in a year) and frankly the kickstarter science is so bad that it does need to be pointed out the mower still spews VOCs and all anyways and mowing in the dark with a couple lights would be way more dangerous than during the day when you can actually see things. They also want $250,000 for two cheap 12v lights, a lead acid battery and a pouch. For a $x39 (139, 239, etc) they will send you one of the $39 lights. The $40 reward tier? A shirt. For the cost of what they want to sell it for, you get a shirt, and for the cost of three of them and change you'll get one.
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https://equity.indiegogo.com/?refer...20161116_equity
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fishmech posted:
"Why hasn't this company making (garbage you can find on ali express) given me anything back? And why don't they have any financial filings? Also, this stock proof is in Mandarin."-99% of these "investments". The other 1% will be shut down for non -scam SEC violations.
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evilcat posted:Have you ever wanted to fight pollution with your mower and stay cool? have you ever missed an important family event because you mow during the day like a fool and the grass was just too long? Would you believe they actually use those as selling points? The only people I've known to mow at night are meth heads
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evilcat posted:Have you ever wanted to fight pollution with your mower and stay cool? have you ever missed an important family event because you mow during the day like a fool and the grass was just too long? Would you believe they actually use those as selling points? look at these scrubs without a riding lawnmower
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Dolomite posted:look at these scrubs without a riding lawnmower look at these scrubs who aren't paying some chump to mow their lawn while drink a beer watching.
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Wrath of the Bitch King posted:ll my cast iron stuff is a hand-me-down from my grandmother, a full set of BSR cast iron from the 40s-50s. the dutch oven I have is a wagner from the 60s. there's so much great old poo poo like this that you can get at yard sales, flea markets, etc. and people don't know. They'll just buy poo poo like lodge and never know the difference, or understand why cookware is considered an investment. these are the same kinds of people that buy a new set every 5-6 years with some goofy professional cook's face on it. my sister picked up an old Elna sewing machine in perfect condition. They're super nifty cast iron machines you'd buy your daugther whe she gets married  they use an interesting disc method to choose the kind of point you want. there's a set of discs with geometric shapes on them that define how the needle works. ireally don't know poo poo about sewing but i love how abstract geometry translates into different movements  basically old high quality stuff rules a lot
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Nov 16, 2016 16:32
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evilcat posted:Luckily, the solution is easy: mow at night.
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unpacked robinhood posted:basically old high quality stuff rules a lot
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lancemantis posted:The only people I've known to mow at night are meth heads Well... At least they have a possible customer base?
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unpacked robinhood posted:basically old high quality stuff rules a lot the nice about old poo poo is that if it's still around and working then it's probably still great. all the really lovely stuff already got tossed
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Nov 16, 2016 19:22
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:look at these scrubs who aren't paying some chump to mow their lawn while drink a beer watching. look at these scrubs living in suburban sprawl hell instead of surveying the city skyline from their penthouse apartment
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Pingiivi posted:Well... At least they have a possible customer base? methheads generally only have money for more meth, if they're lucky also they tend to just have another methhead friend that can run in front of them with a flashlight
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lancemantis posted:methheads generally only have money for more meth, if they're lucky quote:The hard core tweakers, well, I will have to write about some of them, I mean, some of the poo poo they pulled to get meth was amazing - put it this way, I never once had to do any lawn work. Just because i felt like it I had one of the tweakers go out and go find some good sidzed rocks, carry them back, and line the path to the door of the house with them. After he did that, I told him "oh, no, you need to scrub them lean first" ... Igave him a bump and he complied... an hour later he knocked on the door again ... "oh, did I forget to tell you, I wanted them painted white" ... 2 hours later he knocks and I give him a gram and send him on his way ... I also have to thank this one tweaker - Max - Max was a guy that would steal anything not bolted down - and even that wouldn't stop him - he would go steal some wrenches and unbolt it! He was the one that got me into a hobby I still practice today - metal work - first he brouht me a brand new Miller MIG Welder, having just checked online, this is like a $2,700 unit, drat! (I talked about using this earlier) and I taught myself to weld scrap metal... I then told him i'd give him an eighth (more then I ever gave for stolen property) if he got me either a plasma cutter or an oxy/acetylene torch - within THREE HOUR the guy was back in BROAD DAY LIGHT with a torch, hoses, two fulltankswith regulators and everything, including gogles, striker, and it all fit in this dolly type cart ... hey, who knows, he may have actually "got his from his dad who didn't need it" like he said he did ... either way, within a month I had mastered MIG welding and making very percise cuts with the torch ..
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Gobbeldygook posted:reminds me of this post from the best thread. op was a large scale meth cook: what is it with morons bragging online about breaking the law in ways that will result in life sentences where you're nowhere near as anonymous as you'd like to think? mycrimes.txt
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:what is it with morons bragging online about breaking the law in ways that will result in life sentences where you're nowhere near as anonymous as you'd like to think? a lot of people think that they're far more anonymous online than they actually are. there's something about the lack of immediate feedback that seems to trick the human brain.
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I wanted to see what he got permabanned for. PERMABAN 09/17/09 08:36pm PhreeX Deceased. 
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duTrieux. posted:a lot of people think that they're far more anonymous online than they actually are. there's something about the lack of immediate feedback that seems to trick the human brain. this is so true and its comical to think sa, of all places a pay forum, is an anonymous place to post your crimes and your dumb choices
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:what is it with morons bragging online about breaking the law in ways that will result in life sentences where you're nowhere near as anonymous as you'd like to think? Synthbuttrange posted:I wanted to see what he got permabanned for. Gobbeldygook fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Nov 16, 2016 |
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Synthbuttrange posted:I wanted to see what he got permabanned for. yikes. https://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=21736 Member Since May 21, 2001 Post Count 241 Post Rate 0.04 per day Last Post Dec 26, 2007 21:03 Location Oblivian
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Agile Vector posted:this is so true and its comical to think sa, of all places a pay forum, is an anonymous place to post your crimes and your dumb choices [tell] me how to commit insurance fraud because my husband turned into a hot dog
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NoneMoreNegative posted:will trade Skooma for full Daedric Plate
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exploded mummy posted:[tell] me how to commit insurance fraud because my husband turned into a hot dog "im not owned! im not owned!!", she continues to insist to the court as she slowly shrinks and transforms into a corn cob
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unpacked robinhood posted:my sister picked up an old Elna sewing machine in perfect condition. They're super nifty cast iron machines you'd buy your daugther whe she gets married nah you aren't comparing like to like. That sewing machine cost $290 in 1954 and that's over $2500 adjusted for inflation. That much would buy you a similarly bulletproof and full featured machine today. sure cheap old machines are generally better than cheap new machines, but that's because there was no such thing as a $20-in-today's-money sewing machine back then. and why did sewing machines cost so much? Well... mostly because they had mechanisms which look like a clockwork factory threw up inside of them.   
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Gobbeldygook posted:he posted the thread in 2006 and was describing crimes he committed in 97-98. Thread took a heavy turn
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Shifty Pony posted:nah you aren't comparing like to like. That sewing machine cost $290 in 1954 and that's over $2500 adjusted for inflation. That much would buy you a similarly bulletproof and full featured machine today. sure cheap old machines are generally better than cheap new machines, but that's because there was no such thing as a $20-in-today's-money sewing machine back then. Red_Fred posted:Thread took a heavy turn
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Vicas posted:fidget cube sent out backer surveys and is still looking to ship in december and i'm honestly kind of in awe  lmao
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Sagebrush posted:western codes of ethics... sucks.
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Sagebrush posted:honestly that just makes me feel lovely. so what if it's a dumb product -- they are getting totally hosed over by a country that just doesn't give two shits about western codes of ethics.
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Sagebrush posted:honestly that just makes me feel lovely. so what if it's a dumb product -- they are getting totally hosed over by a country that just doesn't give two shits about western codes of ethics. it's about ethics in western consumerism
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Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:it's about ethics in western consumerism lolactually,
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I looked and found a bunch on Aliexpress -- all for roughly $12-$13 and one I checked randomly had a specs/features infographic ripped straight from the kickstarter. Had a good KS campaign but an easily copied what you see is what you get gadget is nothing you can build a company slash future on, especially todayabouts.
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Shifty Pony posted:nah you aren't comparing like to like. That sewing machine cost $290 in 1954 and that's over $2500 adjusted for inflation. That much would buy you a similarly bulletproof and full featured machine today. sure cheap old machines are generally better than cheap new machines, but that's because there was no such thing as a $20-in-today's-money sewing machine back then. yeah i'm not really making comparisons, i just find this kind of tech baffling in how they manage to have a working "logic" with only mechanical parts, and hold up for a hundred years. i guess cpus are also accomplishments of science and ingenuity but they're less obvious. old stuff doesn't necessary mean quality but Improbable Lobster posted:the nice about old poo poo is that if it's still around and working then it's probably still great. all the really lovely stuff already got tossed e:i think someone on twitter made/twitted about a fake kickstarter to attract china so they'd make the product he wants for cheap
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they went through a lot of effort taking those pictures. most sellers on ebay just use the kickstarter images
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unpacked robinhood posted:yeah i'm not really making comparisons, i just find this kind of tech baffling in how they manage to have a working "logic" with only mechanical parts, and hold up for a hundred years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY_wfKVjuJM
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