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Alarbus posted:Haven't read more than project threads, but I ended up at Grassroots Motorspots for the "Fix the AMG minivan at home" thread, and it seems decent. The build threads scratch my itch for people building fun things. Same here and I am also reading a guy rebuilding a 350 in a crap corvette. It is all pretty much dad chat over there so really not much humor and such but seems like a quality place with sincere people. Just don't like expect "let's try to save 14" level of adventures
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I can't remember the last time I was this sick. We attended a family event this weekend for easter, one of my nieces was sick with the stomach flu- but left early. My wife and I came down with the worst stomach flu either of us can remember. It's coming out both ends-at the same time I had to take the day off work and just lay curled up in our bed. There was no sleep last night and I'm expecting the same tonight. God save us.
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the spyder posted:I can't remember the last time I was this sick. We attended a family event this weekend for easter, one of my nieces was sick with the stomach flu- but left early. My wife and I came down with the worst stomach flu either of us can remember. It's coming out both ends-at the same time I had to take the day off work and just lay curled up in our bed. There was no sleep last night and I'm expecting the same tonight. God save us. Sounds horrible. I hope you have at least tried Imodium. Praying that you and yours get relief soon.
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Geoj posted:Job chat - eagerly awaiting a call back from the place I interviewed with in February and again about a month ago, their own deadline for deciding was end of last week. Fired off an email early Friday afternoon politely asking WTF, they responded Monday with "by the end of this week." Given that they haven't held to any of the previous timetables I'm not sure if I believe them but I still have my fingers crossed. Since the job you don't want, but would pay the bills is a contract gig, can't you just walk away from it if the other place makes a good offer?
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Apr 19, 2017 06:57
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The Locator posted:Since the job you don't want, but would pay the bills is a contract gig, can't you just walk away from it if the other place makes a good offer? Assuming they don't want me to sign a non-compete (I haven't seen the fine print yet, but if they do I'm walking), yes - just not the kind of situation I'd like to get into.
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Apr 19, 2017 07:55
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One of my neighbors took a picture of his new doorbell. It's really tempting to do something like that. He admitted he reversed the springs to keep anybody from getting hurt...
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Apr 19, 2017 11:40
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Like I expected, I had a really bad emotional day (20th anniverary of a failed marriage as well as a bunch of other poo poo gone wrong). But right now with a cup of tea and the smell of ecalyptst oil from a scent burner I think I am the single most chillaxed human on the planet.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I think I am the single most chillaxed human on the planet. Glad you're letting it pass you by, though, does you no good to get tied in knots over that kind of stuff.
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Apr 19, 2017 12:32
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Dunno about Brazil, but Buicks in China are like Mercedes here. They're a status symbol. Most of Buick's market share is in China.
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Adiabatic posted:Dunno about Brazil, but Buicks in China are like Mercedes here. They're a status symbol. Most of Buick's market share is in China. Final proof that the Chinese have no taste.
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Enourmo posted:full-size wheel covers instead of the typical cop hubcaps.
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Apr 19, 2017 13:24
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I'm trying to decide which is more important to do in my '97 N/A Volvo 850: new tires or the timing belt. The tires date to about '09. Plenty of tread but they're hard as a rock. Not a whole lot of rot though. Fronts are feathered at the edges. Timing belt dates to about October of 2010. Only 26k miles on the car since then, though. I only drive the car about a couple thousand miles a year and its main purpose is as a winter beater.
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the spyder posted:I can't remember the last time I was this sick. We attended a family event this weekend for easter, one of my nieces was sick with the stomach flu- but left early. My wife and I came down with the worst stomach flu either of us can remember. It's coming out both ends-at the same time I had to take the day off work and just lay curled up in our bed. There was no sleep last night and I'm expecting the same tonight. God save us. Been there, done that - food poisoning in Cuba. On our last night there. Cemented that the wife was the one - can't go through that together without it being real love. Worst loving night of my life.
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Apr 19, 2017 15:04
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CornHolio posted:I'm trying to decide which is more important to do in my '97 N/A Volvo 850: new tires or the timing belt. How much do you care about the car? If you care about it, I'd do the timing belt and get a set of newer used tires. If you don't care about it and can replace the car easily, OR you don't mind fixing it after the belt breaks, get a set of new tires. I've been bit by a broken timing belt on an interference engine before, it wasn't fun. I especially don't trust low mileage belts with a lot of years on them. That belt is about as hard as your tires at this point.
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Aaaron Hernandez killed himself and ESPN is acting like somebody important died. The guy was a piece of poo poo and got off easy, who cares.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:How much do you care about the car? The car's not worth much and it needs tires, a timing belt and honestly some suspension work. If the belt is that sketchy because of the age, though, it sounds like I better replace it. Water pump and pulleys should be fine at least. I'm going to order only the tensioner and belt.
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My pace of project on my S14 240SX is glacial but I should be doing some work on it tonight. The last thing I did was finally get the brake booster into the engine bay. And yes, the 4 cam is a big, wide engine that barely fits. I also have it 2 inches from the firewall, which made stuff more complicated.
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The gently caress Windows... task bar quit doing task bar things entirely, and the desktop was restarting constantly. At least it's easy enough to create a new user profile in 10, and since my account was tied to ~the cloud~ it sucks a bunch of poo poo back down on its own. My dumbass forgot to move a lot of stuff over to the new account, but hey, looks like it's a good time to test my backups.  I really shouldn't try to fix poo poo when I've been awake for 24+ hours  CornHolio posted:The car's not worth much and it needs tires, a timing belt and honestly some suspension work. If the belt is that sketchy because of the age, though, it sounds like I better replace it. That's what I'd do, personally. I mean, you could probably drive it for awhile like that, maybe for a long time, but timing belt + interference engine = something I don't like to gamble on.
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I'd imagine the tensioner and pulleys should be in good shape, right? $15 for a timing belt vs $240ish for a kit with everything. The tensioner and pulleys all have 26k miles on them.
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Apr 19, 2017 16:33
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:One of my neighbors took a picture of his new doorbell. It's really tempting to do something like that. This is awesome. Living in suburbia in Utah we get an absolute shizton of door to door sales. The most egregious is the solar panel sales. It is out of hand between phone calls and door knocks i am losing my mind. A friend from high school made this sticker, which I purchased: https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17763-no-solariciting-sticker-keep-the-pesky-solar-salesman-away
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CornHolio posted:I'd imagine the tensioner and pulleys should be in good shape, right? $15 for a timing belt vs $240ish for a kit with everything. The tensioner and pulleys all have 26k miles on them. I don't see why they wouldn't be. They don't degrade from sitting nearly as much as a belt would. If the belt hadn't been under tension the entire time I'd probably be more likely to trust it too, but if it's sat for more than a month or so at a time it'd be the first thing I'd change, personally. Wistful of Dollars posted:The poor pizza delivery guy. That's when you put a note on the door asking the pizza guy to knock.  He reversed the springs on it.. killjoy  Somewhat Heroic posted:This is awesome. Living in suburbia in Utah we get an absolute shizton of door to door sales. The most egregious is the solar panel sales. It is out of hand between phone calls and door knocks i am losing my mind. A friend from high school made this sticker, which I purchased: I'm in an apartment, so it's generally religious types, ISPs, or electricity resellers that knock on my door - the area I'm in is deregulated when it comes to power, and I have a choice of fiber or cable for internet/tv/phone (no copper). For electricity there's literal hundreds of companies to choose from, but the power still comes from the same lines no matter what. Door to door stuff makes me kinda glad I'm on the top floor of a pretty sketchy building. The stairs aren't covered and sway a bit, and the landing going to my door has a somewhat unnerving slope to it. So far it's discouraged everyone except Jehovah's Witnesses, Frontier, and a couple of power companies. I stay polite with the religious guys, but anyone else gets reminded of the "no soliciting" sign in a not-so-nice voice. I did find out one possible reason why this place seems to be falling apart so much faster than most other properties I've lived at... talked to a neighbor who's been here for a long time. Turns out some guy bought up all of the land around here in the late 70s and threw up dime a dozen condos between roughly 1975-1985, then got himself arrested. Sounded odd, so I googled the developer's name and found a ton of lawsuits... then checked the county appraisal district website ownership history for where I'm living. Yup, this is one out of thousands of places he threw together. And I remember the maint manager telling me these used to be condos. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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Somewhat Heroic posted:This is awesome. Living in suburbia in Utah we get an absolute shizton of door to door sales. The most egregious is the solar panel sales. It is out of hand between phone calls and door knocks i am losing my mind. A friend from high school made this sticker, which I purchased: I have solar, which is clearly visible to anyone that doesn't need a white stick to find curbs, and I've still had someone ring my doorbell trying to sell solar. Really dude?
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The Locator posted:I have solar, which is clearly visible to anyone that doesn't need a white stick to find curbs, and I've still had someone ring my doorbell trying to sell solar. Really dude? But...what you need is...moar solar!
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Here it's the Jehova's, and what annoys me about them is they don't give up, if they know you're home and ignoring them they will pound on the door until you tell them to gently caress off. answer naked. works every time.
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In my city door to door solicitation is illegal
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Geoj posted:Assuming they don't want me to sign a non-compete (I haven't seen the fine print yet, but if they do I'm walking), yes - just not the kind of situation I'd like to get into. Check your local laws, but non-competes for low level gigs, especially contract gigs, are generally unenforceable.
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cursedshitbox posted:answer naked brandishing a firearm. works every time. Fixed for living in the south. I have no soliciting signs on the mailbox and the ramp to front porch, if they still bug me they're getting yelled off the property. I'm a very chill friendly person but I don't put up with that poo poo. Was 2-3 times a week for a while, the signs slowed it to once a week then taking their picture (personal and plate) and information while pretending to call 911 reduced it to once a month. If the girlfriend answers and its solicitors she either slams the door in their face or grabs the shotgun. edit: Getting a new work laptop in a week or so, this is finally motivated me to install LastPass
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Non-competes are generally unenforceable unless you are actively working for two companies at the same time or are some sort of personality or CEO/higher up working on proprietary systems
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NitroSpazzz posted:Fixed for living in the south. I have no soliciting signs on the mailbox and the ramp to front porch, if they still bug me they're getting yelled off the property. I'm a very chill friendly person but I don't put up with that poo poo. Was 2-3 times a week for a while, the signs slowed it to once a week then taking their picture (personal and plate) and information while pretending to call 911 reduced it to once a month. I had a roomie in college who was a huge goth, and took great pleasure answering the door to solicitors in black robes with a giant novelty knife with fake bloodstains on it. It was hilarious at the time.
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Last time I had Jehovah's Witnesses come to the door, I had on a Black Sabbath T-shirt. It was the one depicting the last supper, with with Ozzy and Iommi and everyone replacing Jesus and some of the apostles. I just happened to be wearing it at the time. They haven't come back, years later.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Fixed for living in the south. I have no soliciting signs on the mailbox and the ramp to front porch, if they still bug me they're getting yelled off the property. I'm a very chill friendly person but I don't put up with that poo poo. Was 2-3 times a week for a while, the signs slowed it to once a week then taking their picture (personal and plate) and information while pretending to call 911 reduced it to once a month. I just ignore solicitors and they go away, the Jehovas are the only persistent assholes.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:In my city door to door solicitation is illegal Arrest them girl scouts 
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Goober Peas posted:Arrest them girl scouts they get to stand at kroger 
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Non-competes are generally unenforceable unless you are actively working for two companies at the same time or are some sort of personality or CEO/higher up working on proprietary systems Kind of relevant. As discussed, I had an offer from a competitor recently. Today I got copies of all the documents I signed when I started back in 2012, which includes a non-compete. Interestingly, it was a document between myself and XXXX Corporation, which has since been officially dissolved since another company bought us. We're just a brand of the bigger company now. Is my non-compete invalid now because one of the two entities is no longer in existence? Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I don't see why they wouldn't be. They don't degrade from sitting nearly as much as a belt would. If the belt hadn't been under tension the entire time I'd probably be more likely to trust it too, but if it's sat for more than a month or so at a time it'd be the first thing I'd change, personally. That's what I thought. I ordered just the belt. I don't need to drive the car so once I get in there, if any of the pulleys are making noises I'll just order them at that time. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Apr 19, 2017 |
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CornHolio posted:Kind of relevant. As discussed, I had an offer from a competitor recently. Today I got copies of all the documents I signed when I started back in 2012, which includes a non-compete. If the company was purchased then dissolved I would assume they would have been smart enough to transfer all of that kind of documentation to their ownership on purchase but you'd want to ask a lawyer about that one
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funny Star Wars parody posted:If the company was purchased then dissolved I would assume they would have been smart enough to transfer all of that kind of documentation to their ownership on purchase but you'd want to ask a lawyer about that one Wouldn't I be required to sign a new document? I don't think I'm going to test it out, but it seems to me like I should have had to sign a new non-compete.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:The gently caress Windows... task bar quit doing task bar things entirely, and the desktop was restarting constantly. Haven't done it on a win10 system but for future reference you should be able to delete the registry entry for your profile (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList) which allows you to create a new one with the same name but leaves the previous profile's directory intact.
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