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everdave posted:Man Tremek has well over $500 in just the camper please try to get it sorted. We were trying to give you some semblance of safe shelter. Please try to explore those links that show how the lift works. If you need a part or something I can Amazon post here. HAIL SATAN! It would have been ~$1,000 to ship the truck the rest of the way to Florida. Piss on Automotive Sanity, Piss on I Bought A Truck: Good Decisions ITT. No one cares about the truck anymore... be honest, do you remember the year of the truck? Do you remember the make/model of the truck? loving cut up the truck for parts to make the trailer work. DIG THAT WELL, DIG THAT WELL, DIG THAT WELL!
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Stitecin posted:HAIL SATAN! When you're finished, please jump in it and don't post here anymore, TIA.
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Stitecin posted:A retard You hosed up, it's Automotive Insanity. Please go away. GBS must be leaking.
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Would it be beneficial for someone with contact with Dave to setup an Amazon wishlist? There's probably a fair number of people who would jump in and order stuff (especially piecemeal tools) if there's a link they can click to a site that already has their card number. I don't mean to be lazy and I'm in to help out either way, but it seems like there's a lot of potential for him to end up with 6x 1/4" ratchets and no sockets or whatever because we don't all know what's going on. I think you can even mark things as bought if you're shipping something on your own, so it's also a good way to make sure he gets what he needs without buying direct from Amazon.
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Sep 10, 2017 06:38
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Stitecin posted:Idiocy The door (and the point) is over there. gently caress off.
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I think maybe you have missed the subtle underlying current of this (it is not about a truck anymore though a truck still appears in this narrative)
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verbal enema posted:I'd have never guessed to see you here I like cars. I don't have any tools and haven't driven a manual since i was 16. But I read a lot?
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Don Dongington posted:When you're finished, please jump in it and don't post here anymore, TIA. No, I'm being serious. I sincerely support this effort 100%, I sent money to help cover hotel room costs. I love this thread. Edit: Also, I was a bit butt hurt, so I looked it up, I last posted in GBS on January 18th. Double Edit: I don't think that chucking a few bucks towards somewhere safe for 14" to sleep for one night entitles me to poo poo up the thread. I just embrace the absurdity of the whole thing. This whole thing is bug nuts insane, and I love it. Stitecin fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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Sep 10, 2017 06:53
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Stitecin posted:I sincerely support this effort 100%, I sent money to help cover hotel room costs. I love this thread. Then why did you post what you did?
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Like I said the first time around, this isn't about fixing a truck, it's about fixing a beloved member of the AI family, or more to the point, giving him the tools and the venue for him to fix himself. To forge himself anew in the fires of Truckhalla (or a handy jeep). For all of our laughing and sending him pickled quail eggs to visit a Carthaginian ritual of pure destruction on some poor guy's toilet, this is, at its heart, an act of love. When we look at Dave, we don't see a mechanic or a monkey who dances on command, we see ourselves but for the grace of whatever. By helping Dave, we admit on some level that we ourselves are worthy of care and maintenance and repair. Also, a truck. edit to add: and he's one hell of a storyteller. PopeCrunch fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Then why did you post what you did? I edited my above response to cover this a bit, but honestly if Tremek wasn't acting as Patron of 14" right now he'd be where? Homeless, penniless, hungry, walking to somewhere to scream into the void until someone gives him back his bike, tools, and jacket? I'm not missing the subtext of the thread, I'm pointing out the aparant lack of concern by anyone for the central point... a 1951 Chevy 6400 Dump truck. I want to watch from afar and see how 14" fairs in dismal living conditions, I want to watch from afar and see whether it's possible to make a truck with "15' Wheelbase, 20' total lengh, and weighing in a 3 tons" run in the middle of a muddy/frozen field in nowhere NE. I also want to remain cognizant of the fact that it's absurd, and what I'd rather watch from afar is ExplodingSims going full on Moocow and bring this monster to its final form.
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Stitecin posted:I edited my above response to cover this a bit, but honestly if Tremek wasn't acting as Patron of 14" right now he'd be where? Homeless, penniless, hungry, walking to somewhere to scream into the void until someone gives him back his bike, tools, and jacket? Honestly? The truck is secondary, threads about restoring old trucks pop up fairly frequently. The truck isn't even close to the point.
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PopeCrunch posted:Like I said the first time around, this isn't about fixing a truck, it's about fixing a beloved member of the AI family, or more to the point, giving him the tools and the venue for him to fix himself. To forge himself anew in the fires of Truckhalla (or a handy jeep). For all of our laughing and sending him pickled quail eggs to visit a Carthaginian ritual of pure destruction on some poor guy's toilet, this is, at its heart, an act of love. When we look at Dave, we don't see a mechanic or a monkey who dances on command, we see ourselves but for the grace of whatever. By helping Dave, we admit on some level that we ourselves are worthy of care and maintenance and repair. Also, a truck. I don't know anything about 14"''s story other than what I can gather from this thread. I don't know him and I don't deserve to. From 1,000 miles away I don't think that if substance abuse is an issue for him that the best way forward is misadventure rather than structured recovery, but again I don't know anything. I am also not a mechanic. I don't know whether it's possible to drive the truck away from Valentine, it seems a lot more likely if the only guy working on it had at least a couple of crescent wrenches. In the meantime, this whole project is the goon in the well and everyone else must see it. I embrace it. You should to.
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Stitecin posted:I don't know anything about 14"''s story other than what I can gather from this thread. I don't know him and I don't deserve to. From 1,000 miles away I don't think that if substance abuse is an issue for him that the best way forward is misadventure rather than structured recovery, but again I don't know anything. What you're missing is that structured recovery a la rehab simply isn't beneficial for everyone - knowing a number of people like Dave, and having been much like him myself before I got too old for it, he is not the sort of person for whom a 12 step program, guided meditation, and cognitive behavioral therapy is going to be most effective. (He's more the 'other' type of CBT). What works best for folks like this is half chosen family supporting him and half a goal to work toward - and you don't get much more supportive than 'here, let's literally pull you off the street and get you set up somewhere far enough away where you won't have the same places and the same people helping you fall into the same problems', 'let's make sure your basic needs are sorted out without making you feel like a charity case', and 'no matter what, we absolutely have your back' combined with honestly? A pretty loving baller project for a goal. The core of AI, like the core of any community, is a family (and not one I feel like I've really earned my way into, I mainly just lurk threads and check out rad stories), and this is a family affair. This community is kind enough to accept folks that aren't in the inner circle and welcome them to hang out, the least you could do is not piss on their favorite son. That's enough derailing from me, methinks. PopeCrunch fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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PopeCrunch posted:What you're missing is that structured recovery a la rehab simply isn't beneficial for everyone - knowing a number of people like Dave, and having been much like him myself before I got too old for it, he is not the sort of person for whom a 12 step program, guided meditation, and cognitive behavioral therapy is going to be most effective. (He's more the 'other' type of CBT). What works best for folks like this is half chosen family supporting him and half a goal to work toward - and you don't get much more supportive than 'here, let's literally pull you off the street and get you set up somewhere far enough away where you won't have the same places and the same people helping you fall into the same problems', 'let's make sure your basic needs are sorted out without making you feel like a charity case', and 'no matter what, we absolutely have your back' combined with honestly? A pretty loving baller project for a goal. The core of AI, like the core of any community, is a family (and not one I feel like I've really earned my way into, I mainly just lurk threads and check out rad stories), and this is a family affair. This community is kind enough to accept folks that aren't in the inner circle and welcome them to hang out, the least you could do is not piss on their favorite son. First and foremost, 14" I'm sorry to have been part of a discussion about you and your needs. Even worse, one that you are 100% party to that has taken place as though you weren't. Second, what "favorite son" have I pissed on? Click on the little question mark under "Mayor of Stitecinopolis" and read every post I've made in this thread, at first I wanted to convince ESims to just get the truck hauled home but since February I've embraced the whole thing, trying to drive it home is a ridiculous lark that I support and can't look away from. Third, Hail Satan, dig the well, ride shiny and chrome! Stitecin fucked around with this message at 08:25 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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Your post at the goddamned top of the page says otherwise. If you mean what you're saying now, then that post is a masterful work of inauthenticity and linguistic massacre. That's all.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Your post at the goddamned top of the page says otherwise. If you mean what you're saying now, then that post is a masterful work of inauthenticity and linguistic massacre. That's all. Bullshit, reread it instead of being a snowflake. Stitecin posted:HAIL SATAN! Seems fair enough. Stitecin posted:It would have been ~$1,000 to ship the truck the rest of the way to Florida. Refers to the absurdity of the amount of money spent by various goons on this project. Stitecin posted:Piss on Automotive Sanity, Piss on I Bought A Truck: Good Decisions ITT. Shows my embrace of that absurdity. Stitecin posted:No one cares about the truck anymore... be honest, do you remember the year of the truck? Do you remember the make/model of the truck? loving cut up the truck for parts to make the trailer work. Meshes pretty well with everyone who posted saying that the truck isn't the point anymore. Stitecin posted:DIG THAT WELL, DIG THAT WELL, DIG THAT WELL! DIG THAT WELL, DIG THAT WELL, DIG THAT WELL!
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gently caress off dude. Go be edgy somewhere else.
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Stitecin posted:snowflake Oh boy. This can only go well from here 
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Stitecin posted:Bullshit, reread it instead of being a snowflake. Read your own goddamned words you loving troll. Do you have autism or something? Something that prevents you from recognizing your own influence and statements? I don't give a gently caress if you have donated money, or if you seemingly agree with other posters here. If you made a mistake in what you said, then say so (and perhaps edit your post). If you haven't, then gently caress off forever. This is not about your or me or the other people who disagree with you. This is about helping someone else, and about witnessing an epic journey. Please, go.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Read your own goddamned words you loving troll. Do you have autism or something? Something that prevents you from recognizing your own influence and statements? I don't give a gently caress if you have donated money, or if you seemingly agree with other posters here.  Yeah.
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Stitecin posted:snowflake. right here is where everyone with a modicum of intelligence stopped reading and lol'd at you. EDIT: I had to fix a grammer mistake. The Irony is not lost on me. AcidRonin fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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I'm here for epic 14" adventures not whatever the gently caress is going on now. What were the details of how to support Dave and the truck again? What's required?
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AcidRonin posted:right here is where everyone with a modicum of intelligence stopped reading here and lol'd at you. Yeah, this, right here.
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Just Chompin' posted:Yeah, this, right here. Yep. This right here is you at the bottom of the well, and all of AI just whipped their dicks out. And we've been hitting the mountain dew pretty hard.
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Dave, what size in leather jacket do you use? Sims, can you send me his address via the email we used? And if you have strong preferences about leather jackets Dave, let me know It won't be like the jacket you had, but hopefully I can get you something you like
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Pull up thread! Pull up! Been lurking the hell out of this thread, and keeping up with the antics of our protagonist for a while. Not going to weigh in with anything other than that because it's the loving internet and everyone has an opinion and each one is probably lovely (see what I did there?). As for the guy that everyone pissed on.. dude does have some points regarding cost to ship and funds spent thus far but that's including the benefit of hindsight. Pretty sure a few goons did try to bring something like this up after the first season of "Truk and Warboy" concluded and they were subsequently pissed on as well. Dave is in a field in Nebraska, helping to keep him from becoming a popsicle is about the best thing to do at this point. My main concern for our dude is that if his camper crushes him, or the truck crushes him, or one of those split rims decides to make a break for freedom (aren't there still tires to mount?) he won't be able to call for help and no one will go looking for him because the only people that really know he's there are on the internet. SpaceBanditos fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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lets stay rad and cool thread, this is good and distracting from the death hurricane
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You picked a pretty odd hill to die on, dude. As far as the camper, we used to have one of those when I was a kid. The roof doesn't weigh a ton, and the uprights aren't frictionless, so it'd probably come down really slowly. I think crushing is unlikely, at least in a way that might cause injury, but it may come down in a way to trap. If you sleep on one of the wings, keep a knife there to cut your way out of it if need be. Ours had these braces that pretty much prevented it collapsing - they were 4 metal thingies the length of the supports that you kind of pressed on, with a cross section of ]. Did it come with those? But I think I'd go with a tent until that's less of a concern. Dave - do you think one of the auto parts store dudes might be willing to come out and help you with that if you're still on good terms with them? I'm not sure if that's the best idea, but I think it's worth considering. A second pair of hands would really help.
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Ok so at last break the engine was running, if questionably wired. 4/6 tires were mounted. I believe brakes needed to be gone over, and maybe some minimal exhaust figured out to keep CO out of the cabin. Get lights working. Is the battery still good and there? How about a jack to work on brakes? Jack stands/wood blocks?
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Hey there's a lot of new posts I wonder if something inexplicably expl..... 
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Jealous Cow posted:Hey there's a lot of new posts I wonder if something inexplicably expl..... I mean basically.
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68 posts must have got the camper safe errr nope. I have seen the poles to the ground on the outside a lot at the classy campgrounds I frequent. Steel pipes full on a frame rigging sometimes.
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"I didn't know we had a Napa," one man said to another as he walked down Main St. Valentine was a small town, and he didn't remember seeing that particular store before. He was certain that something else was there before, but he wasn't sure what. A deep unease filled the man as he stared at this building; an ancient sense, a primal, even prehistoric desire to flee slowly ebbed into his core. His eyes fixated on the building. Despite his feelings, he couldn't look away. He was entranced, as if starting down some great ancient predator...
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Elephanthead posted:68 posts must have got the camper safe errr nope. Yeah, this should be a simple fix... poles/wood/whatever holding up the corners and done.
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Beach Bum posted:PM me an address, I'm going to be sending my old Pittsburgh ratcheting wrenches at the very least, and I'll be going through my box to see if I can part with anything else, probably a few screwdrivers and pliers. I sorta kinda forgot there's a hurricane barreling toward me in Tallahassee and I've just finished battening down the hatches. The garage is absolutely stuffed full and I can't get at my box. I won't be able to ship anything until Tuesday at the earliest.
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What's 14's PayPal again? Tyranid something? Where's the link to contribute/coordinate mailings. Would really like to throw something towards this entertainment I've been reading/catching up on for the last few weeks!
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Krakkles posted:Would it be beneficial for someone with contact with Dave to setup an Amazon wishlist? There's probably a fair number of people who would jump in and order stuff (especially piecemeal tools) if there's a link they can click to a site that already has their card number. Or it's not actually a good idea, I dunno.
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