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Metal Geir Skogul posted:There's a guy in SAMart that sells 7 keys for $20. You can still upgrade to 10 with them. You like your cheezy retro stuff so thought of you when I picked this treasure/trash:  Come for terrible acting, stay for Niki Lauda racing vintage cars. And good luck finding even a trailer online - typing 'top kids movie 1987' into google sucks.
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Anthoy Ho approves. Still searching for all the Chrome tapes I can find, gotta finish out recording a few albums.
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Queen Combat posted:Anthoy Ho approves. If you are keen I can maybe  it
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Ah I shouldn't have capitalized it, I meant chrome/type IV not Chrome. Chrome is still great though and now I'm gonna search ebay all night for their albums on tape.
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Queen Combat posted:Ah I shouldn't have capitalized it, I meant chrome/type IV not Chrome. Chrome is still great though and now I'm gonna search ebay all night for their albums on tape. I meant the movie haha
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Tape, movie, rock band, slide film, bumper trim? I have been eyeballing a few VCRs at my weekend Goodwill runs recently though. Queen Combat fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Sep 3, 2018 |
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angryrobots posted:Just to clarify this - every gang meter base I've ever seen has the unit disconnect fed from the meter. Not that you would be screwing with it beyond this test, but just FYI. The meter stabs are fed directly off the buswork so the meter will stay lit up no matter what you do with the disconnect. I've no doubt there are exceptions but that's what I've seen. Oh I know the disconnect is after the meter, but there's no lights in it, and it's a mechanical meter. Nothing to go blank; it just stops moving, and the lights go off in the apartment. I'm thinking the coils probably are dirty; I'll probably swing by the office and see if they can at least clean the outside unit. The inside coils are a different kind of hell, since it's an above-the-ceiling style air handler+heater+coils that apartments in Texas love. Getting to the coils requires yanking the heater and fan out of the ceiling, plus disconnecting the return air ductwork (if there is any... a lot of apartments I've been in just have an opening in the wall/ceiling from the filter to the air handler). This place actually has a competent maintenance staff, which is a refreshing change after the last place. Reminds me, I need to bug them about the AFCI that keeps tripping. It's only for the bedroom, and the only thing that's ever on when it trips is the ceiling fan (which stays on 24/7). The vacuum doesn't trip it, so I think the breaker can be ruled out. I'm guessing the ceiling fan motor may be wearing out? I mean... it's 14 years old, it's expected to act out at this age. ilkhan posted:Takes less than 10 minutes to hook it up. And the convenience factor is huge. Just go it. I'm all for it (and I've owned a Nest before), she's the one that's iffy about hooking it up. "Well, we're maybe moving when the lease is up next year...".  I'll probably just hook it up tomorrow anyway. It's 4 wires and a handful of screws, FFS.I'm glad she went for the Nest though; they also had a Honeywell and ecobee on sale at the same time, but both of those require 5 wires. This is a 4 wire setup (because even really nice apartments are slapped together as cheaply as possible). Enourmo posted:I am getting pretty loving sick of wearing out chairs due to my FREAKISHLY HUGE OGRE BODY. Latest casualty is the folding lawn chair that I've been using since my office chair snapped a caster leg a few weeks back; this one was even supposed to be rated to 400 lbs. Apparently not, since my 335-lbs rear end just got dumped on the floor; the rivet holding the front crossbars together sheared completely, and the side bars from the seat back to the front feet snapped in half around the pivot bolt (thanks stress risers!). Not sure what broke first but they're all completely hosed. Only a little related, but kinda funny (now, anyway). My desk chair is an Ikea special (a pretty nice one for Ikea, but still). I leaned back in it one day, heard a pop, and next thing I know my head hurts really bad and I'm staring at the ceiling fan. The loving back of it popped off, and my roommate said I smacked my head on the end table by the couch on my way down to the floor. The back had been loose for a couple of weeks. Nothing actually broke; the bolts had just backed out (despite Loctite) and finally popped out. Still have that drat thing, I'm a lot more religious about tightening the screws now and then though. Tomarse posted:Didn't you have one of those clip on energy monitors in the old place that told you how many watts you are pulling? If not get one of them and a plug through power meter and go chase down what is using the power. It's a plug in style (Kill-A-Watt), but I'm too lazy to move the fridge.  (seriously it's most likely the HVAC, this ancient thermostat isn't doing us any favors... neither is the fairly expensive power co-op we have) spog posted:I stopped adding washer fluid to my car cause I bought one with a different smell and didn't want to mix it with the original fluid. So the plan was to run it empty then fill it with all fresh stuff. I found out my car holds a loving GALLON. It takes a long time to go through that much. MC Hawking posted:I got $50 worth of redline and a Purolator filter and am going to undertake babbies second oil change. I also have gloves, cat litter, and stands. Uh, I too had a 91 Integra. The filter really wasn't bad. Messy yeah, but it was typical FWD 4 cylinder. You didn't need both hands or a filter wrench unless some jackass overtightened it. Try one on a Subaru with the ring of fire exhaust. Or a Toyota with the 1MZ-FE right after it's been driven. The 1MZ has it directly under the front exhaust manifold, wedged up against the radiator fan, while a lot of Subarus... well, a picture says it a lot better.  But a brake job is a bit harder to get right than an oil change. And since you're coming prepared, you're not even gonna spill a drop.  Dagen H posted:It's a Dell Optiplex refurb that had a cheap paper sticker on it with the refurb product key. That sticker has long since been obliterated. Going online to resolve the issue only gets you a demand for the key. I have a legit Win7 Pro key I'm no longer using if you want it. Check your PMs.
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slidebite posted:Alyson Tabbitha is dressing up as Wonder Woman again
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InitialDave posted:Should I buy a Panasonic TZ200 (I think it's called the ZS200 in the US) as a do-everything/holiday camera? That's a good camera. When do we see some car pics? I think you were kind enough to share an ebay discount code and I used it to buy some stuff (finally got some Tyre Slime, but misread the description and got the smaller, motorbike-sized bottle) There's an automotive one now: 
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spog posted:That's a good camera. When do we see some car pics?
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Queen Combat posted:Anthoy Ho approves. I've been wanting to bring old albums on a car trip with me. Problem is all my really old albums were on tape and they have been thrown out I guess. I don't think I have a cassette player anymore anyway (and goodwill type shops don't sell electrical stuff/electronics, and there's really no cheap 2nd shops for cds or tapes either). I didn't start buying CDs until about 1994 when I got a disc stacker for my car, so everything before that I mainly bought on tape, and now it's all gone. I found ac/dc live, incesticide and mindfunk?! but that's it. I'm going to be hitting the blogs for links for everything I used to have from 1986-1991ish. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Sep 3, 2018 |
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Yeah I was 19 and dumb as a rock and had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I spent most of my 20s commuting by bike and since the PO of my Mazda did such a good job doing upkeep on it, I'm trying to do the same with high grade oil and whatnot. I'll be having some executive supervision/moral support from a bud whose driveway I'm borrowing for this. The ZY-VE engine in the 22 has the oil filter right up front on the bottom, it's ridiculously easy to get to. Great engine, albeit the automotive equivalent of an exasperated hamster in terms of power.
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Today’s yay is that there’s FINALLY been applied for building permit for our house. And I could only find two mistakes in the application, good job, construction company! 
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There's a Mexican dessert chain in my area that has amazing food. I always get their elotes, and they have the best fresh fruit, so I figured I would try their Hawaiian torta. A Hawaiian sandwich is supposed to be fried spam, honey ham, sriracha/smoky peppers and pineapple with a bit of mayo and maybe lettuce. But it was tons of regular ham, tons of lettuce, uncooked hotdogs, jalepenos, almost no sriracha, tons of mayo, and a couple chunks of pineapple and cucumber I ate it.... It didn't taste bad, but now I feel like I'm going to vomit
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The Door Frame posted:But it was tons of regular ham, tons of lettuce, uncooked hotdogs, jalepenos, almost no sriracha, tons of mayo, and a couple chunks of pineapple and cucumber That's disgusting
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Servalan died today. Lung cancer did what Blake and his 7 failed to do.
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Do not drink metal sulfates.* *unless directed to do so by a physician
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Da doo doo doo Duh da da da Is all I have to say to you
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My buddy asked what kind of car he should look for on Craigslist because his daily driver exploded, I kneejerk recommended any LS400 with less than 200k miles that has had a recent timing belt and/or starter motor replacement, or any of the first two gen CR-Vs for less than $1500. He found an extremely clean LS400 for $2500 with 110,000 miles, that had both the starter and timing belt (and EGR tube IIRC) replaced within the last 30k miles. I'm super duper jealous.
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Yesterday. Or whenever.
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I don't know if this is more appropriate for here or for the idiot questions thread, but I've been thinking: what's the deal with coil overs? It seems kinda sketchy to me to put the whole weight of the car on the shock mounts instead of the spring perch. Are shock mounts that overbuilt from the factory? I guess racers all over the world get away with it, so it must work fine.
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BraveUlysses posted:when did you change your screen name Queen Combat posted:Yesterday. Or whenever. Who were you?
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Speaking of changed titles, finally got rid of the stupid old man who's been staring at me for the last two years. Also no longer have to deal with the fact that "enourmo" is not in fact a correct shortening of "enormous".
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Dagen H posted:Who were you? MGS
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Fender Anarchist posted:Speaking of changed titles, finally got rid of the stupid old man who's been staring at me for the last two years. Also no longer have to deal with the fact that "enourmo" is not in fact a correct shortening of "enormous". loving really? E: That's a goddamn Gibson you twat, if you're gonna gently caress with me at least do it right Fender Anarchist fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Sep 4, 2018 |
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Raluek posted:I don't know if this is more appropriate for here or for the idiot questions thread, but I've been thinking: what's the deal with coil overs? It seems kinda sketchy to me to put the whole weight of the car on the shock mounts instead of the spring perch. Are shock mounts that overbuilt from the factory? I guess racers all over the world get away with it, so it must work fine. Most cars have "coil over" suspension already, so the mounts and chassis are already designed for that. And then most aftermarket "coilovers" for cars that do have a seperate shock and spring do still retain that system and just add an adjustable spring perch for height adjustment and corner balancing. It is fairly rare to go from a seperate setup to a coilover (but cars like the nissan 350/370z and corvette come to mind), and in those cases, yes, the chassis generally should have reinforcement of some sort. With a race car, there will often be roll cage pickups tied to the shock mounts in the chassis and reinforcement plates to make them stronger. Or there should be.
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It's generally only old, old cars where modding with a coilover can break the shock perch. ACVW people did it all the time to fix the "butt sag" that they were endemic with, because it's a drat sight easier than adjusting the torsion spring index.
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angryrobots posted:Anyhow, your biggest energy usage is HVAC as you know, so I'd focus on that first. Install your NEST and make sure the coils and filter are clean. I cleaned the condenser coils on my wife's old house that I'm reno'ing last week and it seemed to make a difference in supply temp. Should have taken readings, but I'm always in a god-damned hurry. ilkhan posted:Takes less than 10 minutes to hook it up. And the convenience factor is huge. Just go it. Got the Nest (the basic Nest E model) hooked up today. Color me loving shocked - not only was there plenty of slack in the cable, but the old thermostat was mounted to a single gang box, instead of a cable coming out of a hole in the wall with the thermostat just screwed into the drywall. Which... the mounting plate for the Nest isn't designed for, of course. So it's held by 1 screw instead of 2. But that's good enough for me. Had an initial issue with it bitching about the battery being dead, turned out there was a break in the red wire just under the insulation. Probably nicked when it was originally stripped. angryrobots, on a whim I grabbed the electric bill and double checked my meter ESID. It was correct. Also commanded the AC off with the Nest app while watching the meter, and the meter immediately slowed way down. So I'm definitely being billed for the correct meter. But going by the bill and current meter reading, I've used nearly 500 kWh in a week.  I'm reaaaaaaaally hoping the billing cycle printed on the bill isn't the read date, otherwise I'm on my way to a $250+ electric bill.
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jamal posted:Most cars have "coil over" suspension already, so the mounts and chassis are already designed for that. And then most aftermarket "coilovers" for cars that do have a seperate shock and spring do still retain that system and just add an adjustable spring perch for height adjustment and corner balancing. It is fairly rare to go from a seperate setup to a coilover (but cars like the nissan 350/370z and corvette come to mind), and in those cases, yes, the chassis generally should have reinforcement of some sort. With a race car, there will often be roll cage pickups tied to the shock mounts in the chassis and reinforcement plates to make them stronger. Or there should be. The car I had in mind was the 68-72 A-body, which does have the shock inside the spring, but my understanding was that the coil bucket rested against the bottom of the frame whereas the shock mount was an additional (sturdy, I admit) piece welded over top.  I was looking at UMI's cornermax kits to see what that was all about, and it looks like it just bolts the coilover into the shock mount, if I'm looking at it right.  So, it seems to me like it's putting all the car's weight on that bracket instead of down on the bottom of the frame where it's meant to be. But I'm no ME, so maybe it's kosher? Just seems like it would over-stress that shock mount.
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Yeah if those are now mounted on that smaller point with the shock mount where previously the spring sat up against the whole cup thing, that could definitely cause a problem. Even going to too stiff of springs or too low of a ride height can increase the forces enough to break shock towers when they are designed to have the weight of the car on them.
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Dagen H posted:Oh, sorry, I have your avatar blocked. If it makes you feel better, either she's got two accounts or there's a forums glitch, because there's still an MGS account
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Two, safer to leave the old one behind. I've got a tampermonkey script that I'll fire soon that will edit the posts as far back as they can go, and there's a reason I always hosted the pictures on an imgur account instead of uploading anonymously or spreading them between image hosts. QC is one letter shorter than MGS anyway I've had Geirskogul since 2002 with early xbox live stuff, and it's time to retire that username. Other than video game weapons and, you know, actual Prose Edda stuff, just about 9 out of every 10 google/twitter results online are...me. Not good, easy to doxx. STR posted:I've used nearly 500 kWh in a week. How the gently caress? Do you at least have a two-stage AC? If so, the old thermostat could have been running both stages whereas the nest will slowly learn which stage is needed for what weather and temperature setpoint. I'm super miffed that I don't have a Nest in this place. I know it's just a tiny apartment, but the Nest was really, really loving smart in both my last house and townhouse about how to use the AC for maximum efficiency. It learned how to use the circulating fan, which stage (both places had two stage heatpumps/cooling) was best for the demand, and how the weather affected how much it needed to pre-cool the place (and would kick in the bigger stage if needed on a hot cloudless day versus maybe only the small one for a cooler, overcast day). It was also connected to our power company's account, meaning I could tell Nest which hours were more expensive so it would calm the gently caress down during that time and plan appropriately. Went from 250+ bills to $105 bills when averaged out once it got set. Baller stuff. I've got a Sensibo now, got for $80 on Prime Day. It bills itself as a budget Nest-alike for in-wall and window air conditioners, but it isn't at all. I mean, it's still baller to be able to control the in-wall AC with my phone, and set schedules, but the geofencing is broken and there's a massive delay between button press -> action, which is my biggest beef with all "smart home" devices anyway. I had better reliability setting an IFTTT recipe to shut the AC off when I disconnected from my wireless LAN than relying on the Sensibo app's internal geofencing/location awareness, and that's after I went into battery settings and exempted it from power saving. Plus the Sensibo app would freak out sometimes and rapid-fire on-off-on-off-on-off commands to the AC when I was on the geofence's edge, like at a stop light by the apartment. However! It does work with LCD remote ACs, which no other product that I tried (and returned) did. Most LCD remote ACs don't send basic "temp up, temp down, AC off, AC on" commands, like a TV remote. Instead, whenever you press the button, it sends a super long command that includes the status of every parameter. This means that you can hold your finger over the remote emitter with the AC off, turn it "on" with the remote, set the fan speed, set oscillation or whatever, and adjust temp down to 75. On the last button press, like with the temperature change, you can point the remote at the AC, and it'll turn on and set all of those settings at once that you were futzing with while out of sight. That's nice for the Sensibo because it doesn't need to "sync" its status with the AC or anything, like a lot of other products I tried. Unfortunately this also means that it can't act as a live thermostat, either. It can only really be used for remote control and scheduling. Queen Combat fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Sep 4, 2018 |
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Oh jesus, that was a huge gripe I had with my portable AC unit. You could change settings on the remote out of sight, then the next time you hit a button on it within view of the AC, it'd change everything all at once over a few seconds. Tons of fun if I fell asleep with the remote next to me on the couch or bed. Ate batteries like a motherfucker too. No, single stage AC - the place is old enough (2004) that dual stage wasn't common in multifamily housing yet unless the developer was shooting for some kind of tax credit - and I'm sure the wiring isn't here to support multistage. I'm also just baaaarely outside of Austin itself in one of the smaller suburbs (by less than a mile), and several miles outside of Travis county (most of Austin is inside of Travis... Travis isn't complaining, last I heard ), so a lot of the environmentally friendly feel good laws and regulations Austin is known for go out the window here. I'm not sure if it's R-22 or I know my power company in DFW took a week to get a bill to me online after the meter read, with another few days for the bill to show up in the mail. But that was a deregulated area where you could choose your own retail provider. Most of Austin is served by Austin Energy, and a small chunk of the suburb I'm in is also served by them (not my part, though). Either way, it's all public utilities here instead of "choose your own retail company, where you might get billed 4c/kwh or 50c/kwh, where you might get shut off for being 5 minutes late paying your bill". I'm not sure how well Nest's geofencing works now. I'm sure it'll work fine on GF's phone (Samsung Galaxy S7), no clue on my phone (Essential PH-1 running Android Pie - both phones completely stock). It was iffy last time I tried it (Nexus 6P, but it was rooted). Also don't know how long it takes to go into away mode once we're gone; I checked on it 30 minutes after we left earlier and it was still on home, so I manually put it on eco until we were on our way home. The cats stay locked in the bedroom when we're not here, so they wouldn't be tripping the occupancy sensor on the Nest itself (they're locked up because they're destructive assholes even with all the toys in the world; same reason there's nothing with a cord in the bedroom ).I'm thinking I may look into switching to the time-of-use billing, but the superpeak rates just flat out scare me (... not that the flat 12c/kwh we pay now is that much better). And we'd have to get a meter swap for that. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Sep 4, 2018 |
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