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There's this guy who drives a really nice blue Cadillac ATS-V in my neighborhood, and he has roughly the same commute as me and drives about the same speed I want to go. It's kind of nice having a kindred spirit in traffic whenever we happen to match schedules these past couple months.
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If you think that's bad, try the Melbourne Cup. This entire hosed up country literally stops for that loving nag race with everyone suddenly becoming a horse racing expert or rushing out to get loving maggoted on the cheapest piss possible, then pretending to be oh so sad when yet another horse is put down all in the name of entertainment and gambling. Bulldoze all horse racetracks for parklands
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May 7, 2018 23:40
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So who's in Virginia and wants to do me a huge favor.... https://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/d/1993-mazda-rx7-r1/6571198533.html
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IOwnCalculus posted:Newest thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3852329 Thank you. I looked, I promise. Bookmarked. Enourmo posted:Man every repair job has some dumb thing, huh. Doing my intake and the fuel rail needs to come off; there's a crash bracket over it on the driver's side, and one of the bolts for that points out of the head at the firewall, and requires removing the whole cowl and wiper assembly to get a wrench on it. If that bolt was pointed up and they had an access hatch through the cowl plastic, it would shave easily 45 minutes off the job. I'm sure there's an engineering reason but it still irks me. The engineering reason is that the engine isn't in the car when they build it. That's pretty much it for any number of "you can't do that without doing this first" things. It boils down to cars being designed to be put together on an assembly line, not taken apart. Olympic Mathlete posted:I know the guy who owns the Acty, it was furnished with incredibly period accessories like a loving Head holdall and an empty bottle of Lucozade that was a full on timewarp. Same guy owns an incredibly cool Nissan Elgrand, it has a fully custom interior and is more comfortable than your living room. If I have to drive a minivan, I want it to be that. Or Bisimoto's.
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May 7, 2018 23:57
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Bulldoze all horse racetracks for parklands Pfft, just leave 'em and do what any sensible road did a hundred years ago - ban horses and allow cars.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Pfft, just leave 'em and do what any sensible road did a hundred years ago - ban horses and allow cars.  Horses are generally only banned from freeways.
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May 8, 2018 00:31
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the spyder posted:So who's in Virginia and wants to do me a huge favor.... https://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/d/1993-mazda-rx7-r1/6571198533.html I'm less than five minutes from the tunnel to Norfolk. Whatcha need me to do?
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Darchangel posted:The engineering reason is that the engine isn't in the car when they build it. That's pretty much it for any number of "you can't do that without doing this first" things. Oh I fully understand, but I still reserve my right to bitch when I'm playing service tech
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Jesus gently caress we are in some kind of dystopian future. Melania Trump's booklet "Talking with Kids About Being Online," released today: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Talking-with-kids-about-being-online-_2018.pdf The FTC's "NET CETERA Chatting with Kids About Being Online," released in 2014: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0001-netcetera.pdf They changed the pictures of the phones showing more modern thin bezels... that's almost all of the substantive changes. Un loving real.
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Goober Peas posted:The fact that people listen when stupid people talk blows my mind. I....uh... You know you're on SA....right?
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Fermented Tinal posted:
Annoyingly true here as well.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Annoyingly true here as well. Don't you savages eat horses?
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I'd rather horses on the road than bicycles.
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angryrobots posted:I'd rather horses on the road than bicycles. You and I are about to have words you aint gonna like
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:You and I are about to have words you aint gonna like Let's dance?
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Do you have horses in Australia or is there a marsupial equivalent?
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angryrobots posted:Do you have horses in Australia or is there a marsupial equivalent?
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angryrobots posted:I'd rather horses on the road than bicycles. Say what you will about cyclists, at least they don't literally poo poo on the road
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angryrobots posted:Do you have horses in Australia or is there a marsupial equivalent?  Once a widely popular mode of transport, especially among farmers and remote settlements, the Riding Roo has been largely replaced by the Falcommodore. Riding Roos are now seen as an affectation of the rich and a tourist attraction. Of particular disgust to many is the branding of Roos with sponsors logos or the phrase "Such Is Life" by CUBs (Cashed Up Bogans) who view Riding Roos as a link to their cultural touchstone, Ned Kelly. There was some serious handwringing during the Emu War when it seemed as though the Roos would go over to the Emu side, leaving most of the rural population stranded. This was the impetus for bringing Camels into Australia, fortunately the Roos stayed loyal and the Dromedary Corps wasn't needed. GODDAMMIT BEATEN LIKE A RENTED RIDING ROO  
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Bajaha posted:Say what you will about cyclists, at least they don't literally poo poo on the road https://youtu.be/02tHFgBzWXY http://wqad.com/2015/03/26/hampton-posts-signs-asking-people-to-stop-pooping-on-bike-path/
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Bajaha posted:Say what you will about cyclists, at least they don't literally poo poo on the road No, they just take up 6' of a lane and treat red lights like a suggestion. gently caress cyclists. Also, after letting my anger cool, Indy isn't so bad. Other than everything closing at hours I normally associate with nunneries.
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LED nerds.. where are you buying your LED strips? I need to redo undercabinet lighting in the kitchen. Something with more output than this set I'm currently running. If it's the "S shaped" strips, even better, there's a turn in each run of lights and added flexibility is bonus for those. I understand I'll need to upgrade the power supply I'm using (2 runs on this set using a 12v 1A on each run). It's hooked into the wall, and dimmable preferred. What's your go to to obtain? I'm a little leery of just purchasing on some rando website... and amazon isn't a ton of help.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:You and I are about to have words you aint gonna like All you euro types, Austrians included.
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iwentdoodie posted:Also, after letting my anger cool, Indy isn't so bad. Other than everything closing at hours I normally associate with nunneries. 
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iwentdoodie posted:No, they just take up 6' of a lane and treat red lights like a suggestion. No, your initial reaction was correct. It's a gently caress-hole of a city and I dread every time I have to go there.
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iwentdoodie posted:No, they just take up 6' of a lane and treat red lights like a suggestion. Hello PCOS Bill, is that you?
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iwentdoodie posted:No, they just take up 6' of a lane and treat red lights like a suggestion. gently caress you too buddy. I'm sure you follow every road rule to the letter.
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Lol, bullshit. Everyone knows you ride in the pouch.
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iwentdoodie posted:No, they just take up 6' of a lane and treat red lights like a suggestion. Look at this dude mad on the internet.
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The complaint about them taking up roadspace is loving stupid. Yes, they're road users. They use road. Cyclists ignoring red lights are a problem pretty much everywhere. The best guess I have is that it's because there's a big chunk of people who treat being on a bike as being a wheeled pedestrian rather than being a vehicle, or even worse, freely switch between the two the instant it suits them. Properly buggers things up for other cyclists because that ends up being the image drivers have of them, and for other road users, because people try to "fix" the problem with additional legislation that doesn't address the actual root cause of fuckwits on bikes being fuckwits.
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I like to cycle but I also get furious at those that zip through red lights. The closest I've been to coming off my bike on the road was due to someone deciding they would carry on through as I was turning on a junction with lights. Had I been in the car I'd have been a little bit faster and there probably would have been a collision
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nm posted:gently caress you too buddy. I'm sure you follow every road rule to the letter. I obey lights and signs and don't switch to sidewalks when I hit intersections, as seemingly every cyclist where i live does. I don't see why it's a problem to be annoyed by that. Or that they don't obey the signs stating single file bicycles only and ride 3 across.
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InitialDave posted:The complaint about them taking up roadspace is loving stupid. Yes, they're road users. They use road. Yeah [annoyingly] cyclists are allowed to take command of an entire lane if need be and are encouraged to ride two abreast as it makes them more difficult to overtake and thus safer for the cyclists but seriously gently caress them anyway
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iwentdoodie posted:I obey lights and signs and don't switch to sidewalks when I hit intersections, as seemingly every cyclist where i live does. You said "gently caress cyclists," not "gently caress cyclists who run red lights". And got forbid they take a few feet of your precious road, odds are it wasn't wide enough to share safely anyhow. The sidewalk thing is a total symptom of bad cycling facilities. I know you thought you were posting about those fuckers in spandex in a goddamn car forum, but this isn't one of those toxic places, this is AI where like half the good posters are cycling thread regulars.
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The path to my school has both a dedicated bike lane, and an actual sidewalking lane. Yeah, I know, that sounds weird, but they renovated the road and made the sidewalk on the same side as the bus stops super duper wide and put up a few of those "who yields to who?" signs, along with reminders for which side of the road to ride on. (for you AZ goons, Southern at the 101 to Dobson, then Dobson to the college). A dedicated bike lane is so rare that I didn't even use it for half of my first ride. Then I noticed it and felt like an rear end in a top hat.
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The road cyclists around here are pretty good, save for one idiot recently who was visibly pissed tthat I was creeping behind him without passing, because it was A BLIND loving CORNER GOING OVER A CREST. The racing dudes on the Schuylkill River Trail can be utter asses, though, and blow through their stop signs at Spring Mill Station ... well, every time, I've never seen one stop. Overall I'm more scared for the road cyclists than anything else. The drivers here are assholes.
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I've had that same experience several times... Hanging back waiting on traffic to clear so I can cleanly pass a cyclist and they start waving their hands about, wanting me to come around. You want me to squeeze you to the shoulder or what?
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fridge corn posted:Yeah [annoyingly] cyclists are allowed to take command of an entire lane if need be and are encouraged to ride two abreast as it makes them more difficult to overtake and thus safer for the cyclists but seriously gently caress them anyway Some drivers take the attitude that it forces them into the opposite lane for the overtake, but leaving enough gap as you pass someone generally does that anyway. "Taking the lane" to block dodgy overtakes at pinch points is a bloody good idea, too. I get very annoyed with idiots on bikes, but people who dislike cyclists as a general thing are more likely than not crap drivers who don't understand how things are meant to work.
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Enourmo posted:Oh I fully understand, but I still reserve my right to bitch when I'm playing service tech Absolutely. Personally, I think all MEs need to spend at least 6 months to a year servicing poo poo before they're allowed to design things. angryrobots posted:I'd rather horses on the road than bicycles. At least cyclist don't poo poo on the road. Usually. I laughed. Bajaha posted:Say what you will about cyclists, at least they don't literally poo poo on the road Dammit. At least when I get beaten, I know I'm among like-minded beings.
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