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64bit_Dophins posted:Yeah I love glasses but whenever I have to work outside or go to the gym with them they're annoying and I can't afford contacts. Contacts are OK, but my eyes are jerks and don't produce enough tears for contacts, so they get uncomfortable. I have to constantly use rewetting drops, or everything gets blurry. In my case, expense isn't really much more than glasses, though it's been a while since I used them. Had some to test which sort of correction I wanted for the LASIK, and that just reconfirmed how annoying they are to me. I'm still going to have to wear one of them in the interim between cataract surgery and LASIK, though, I think. Suburban Dad posted:Garage chat: Mine is small, but I still fit 2 cars in and a bunch of tools and poo poo. More space is always better though for sure. My garage would be much better if I didn't have to share it with the washer and dryer, and therefore the laundry that inevitably gets strewn about while washing is going on (always.) At the very top of my list for the next house is "dedicated laundry room". That's non-negotiable. quote:Lasik chat: that's awesome Darchangel! I wish I could pay money to never have to worry about my eyes degrading and have perfect vision. I'm not a good candidate for Lasik and I'm sure they're only gonna get worse from here (only 33). See if you can get Crystal Lens. That's basically the implants I'm getting for the cataracts, but elective without the cataracts. I'm angryrobots posted:You should shop around, cause that's real expensive. Agree. The place I'm going is fancy in an upscale suburb (Southlake, for you Dallasites) and it's $1750 per eye all in without any insurance or discounts. Some of the LASIK "mills" around here are considerably less, and still have acceptable results, per reviews. The place I'm going to specializes in cataracts and LASIK (they did my previous cataract) Boaz MacPhereson posted:I've got the 66" Husky bench with the cabinet door and the wood top not long ago. I'm very happy with it. They remodeled a floor here at work, and I salvages two of the doors - 8' x 36 of solid wood with a convenient hole for cords in the back. Currently they're in storage, to be fitted when I build shelving along the left wall of the garage (built the right side a few years ago.) Another guy salvaged a bunch of the 8' tall tempered glass panels in varying widths to use in a greenhouse, and several more of the doors for workbenches as well.
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Darchangel posted:They remodeled a floor here at work, and I salvages two of the doors - 8' x 36 of solid wood with a convenient hole for cords in the back. Currently they're in storage, to be fitted when I build shelving along the left wall of the garage (built the right side a few years ago.) Another guy salvaged a bunch of the 8' tall tempered glass panels in varying widths to use in a greenhouse, and several more of the doors for workbenches as well. My last bench was about 36" deep (I built it to fill a specific space) and it was just wide enough to be a pain in the rear end. I'm 6'1" on a good day and I had to reach for a lot of things on the pegboard. New bench/cabinet is 24" wide and it's great not having to stretch for poo poo anymore. If those doors are going to go under pegboard, I'd think about ripping them down a bit. Might be good full-width under some cabinets, though.
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veiled boner fuel posted:I walk up to random people on the street and say “I wish I was aborting a baby right now.” Yeah but do you mean aborting one from your own body or someone else's?
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Suburban Dad posted:In real life when somebody expresses a differing opinion, I don't think most people are confrontational enough to do this. In real life most people are scared to voice their lovely opinions on controversial subjects anyway. I have no problems confronting people spouting horse poo poo, but it's probably because i confront people for a living so I'm used to it. I have a really hard time not calling out racist poo poo and have called out random strangers for it before. And of course it's always "I'm not racist, but......" 
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Garage chat: jealous of all y'all with big garages. Though I could have it worse, I have an oversized one car. Big enough for the car and bike and tools and lawn stuff, but no room to work on a car, so its just for parking.
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I have a three car garage but we were dumb when building our house and didn't think to extend it a foot or two. Additional with our lot and other houses on the street that were already built to make our houses seem level and inline with others it meant our foundation/basement was not as deep in the ground as others. That means the man door from our garage has 5 or 6 steps rather than one or two to get into the house. Those steps encroach enough that it eliminates one spot from the two car garage. I am going to get a landing and some stairs built that will allow the second car to be parked in that spot. Suffering from a case of  because there are kids toys/bikes/strollers and stuff taking up that space anyways. The real solution is to build some storage shelves for crap, and then import a Kei car like Kaker which would have no problems fitting (This genuinely is what I want to do).The third bay is about 1 1/2 deep so I have a nice hobby/workbench area where the M3 lives and is away from kids.
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Darchangel posted:Contacts are OK, but my eyes are jerks and don't produce enough tears for contacts, so they get uncomfortable. I have to constantly use rewetting drops, or everything gets blurry. In my case, expense isn't really much more than glasses, though it's been a while since I used them. Had some to test which sort of correction I wanted for the LASIK, and that just reconfirmed how annoying they are to me. I'm still going to have to wear one of them in the interim between cataract surgery and LASIK, though, I think. I wasn't kidding I'm going to look into getting LASIK when I get a better job. For now though I like wearing glasses because they're hip and make me look like a dude in an indie rock band which is convenient for many different situations. Also just found out that my boss is into tuner culture. He rolled up with a new Focus RS the other day and I finally got around to talking to him about it. He used to do a bunch of Honda engine swaps with the B series motors.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I have a three car garage but we were dumb when building our house and didn't think to extend it a foot or two. Additional with our lot and other houses on the street that were already built to make our houses seem level and inline with others it meant our foundation/basement was not as deep in the ground as others. That means the man door from our garage has 5 or 6 steps rather than one or two to get into the house. Those steps encroach enough that it eliminates one spot from the two car garage. I am going to get a landing and some stairs built that will allow the second car to be parked in that spot. Suffering from a case of I'm honestly shocked you haven't mounted a racing seat to a Vekta.5 yet.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:My last bench was about 36" deep (I built it to fill a specific space) and it was just wide enough to be a pain in the rear end. I'm 6'1" on a good day and I had to reach for a lot of things on the pegboard. New bench/cabinet is 24" wide and it's great not having to stretch for poo poo anymore. If those doors are going to go under pegboard, I'd think about ripping them down a bit. Might be good full-width under some cabinets, though. Yeah, I'll fiddle around with the design. I definitely don't need them to be 8' long, I don't think. I need to measure my current benchtops, which were once Mrs. Baird's bread displays. 3' x 6' I think, arranged in a corner, one along each wall, at two different heights. Also, I think I'll go with a frame made of 1" square tubing this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA1jeViV4l8 Jamie has an excellent point. If you have a welder, trying to build stuff like that out of wood is just dumb. Also, I love those nested tables. 64bit_Dophins posted:I wasn't kidding I'm going to look into getting LASIK when I get a better job. For now though I like wearing glasses because they're hip and make me look like a dude in an indie rock band which is convenient for many different situations. Do it! It's still a chunk of change, but being able to see and not worry about lenses... I've been waiting, literally, 40 years for this. Worn glasses since 3rd grade. loving hate them. Less than 2 weeks 'til the first part now. If I stop posting after the 23rd, I died or went blind. edit: just realized I'm going to need a chop saw for that table frame. New tool time!
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Darchangel posted:Yeah, I'll fiddle around with the design. I definitely don't need them to be 8' long, I don't think. I need to measure my current benchtops, which were once Mrs. Baird's bread displays. 3' x 6' I think, arranged in a corner, one along each wall, at two different heights. nah you'll just be shitposting with a braille keyboard.
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64bit_Dophins posted:nah you'll just be shitposting with a braille keyboard. Gotta learn braille first. I'll dictate to my daughter instead.
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Ha, yeah it's $4K before the discount, I just didn't read the entire form. Should be under $3100 for both eyes. I was quoted $2600 PER eye about 4 years ago.
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Darchangel posted:Gotta learn braille first. "I told you, it's colon s c a x colon, get it loving right!"
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Gingerbread House Music posted:I'm honestly shocked you haven't mounted a racing seat to a Vekta.5 yet. I need to! I should at least pull my kids around with one. Who else is happy that Fall TV is back? It’s the best way to deal with the oncoming seasonal depression.
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I know you guys like doggies, and I created a thread in Pet Island with some breed test results if you guys are curious how two different brands compare. I thought you might be curious. Spoiler alert: I don't really know which is the most correct. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3871173 Otherwise, here is a doggy pic 
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World Time attack livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjyzQgsl9QM It's 1:40pm australia time, 1st afternoon open class going now, pro and pro am next. schedule here: http://www.worldtimeattack.com/downloads/2018/EventProgram2018.pdf
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Dry now, mca put down a 1:22, rp968 1:23 for their first hot laps of the session.
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CommieGIR posted:Oh cool, restricting abortions and advocating for Eugenics and ignoring the massive financial drain that is our military budget. Olympic Mathlete posted:I read the first bit about abortion and was all "huh, what a lovely opinion" then later on dude supports it if it was in the interest of the mother?? I'm not gonna read back through that lot but there were a few things in that screed that seemed contradictory. You saw this, right? I mean, fair enough to be mad at an absurd wall of text getting quoted a million times or a lovely joke not being funny but... builds character posted:I started out trying to get (and rationalize) a 10/10 for authoritarian conservative, but then I got carried away in the other direction when I realized that the state wouldn't like the free market very much and now I can't stop. Humphreys posted:He is. Single dad just trying to do his best and gets this blow. In the ~12 hours since, we (his friends) already secretly have a SC V8 Statesman and hand me down seats for the girls ready to roll out tomorrow. Also a talk to the cops have released the comfort toys. Charles posted:I know you guys like doggies, and I created a thread in Pet Island with some breed test results if you guys are curious how two different brands compare. I thought you might be curious. Spoiler alert: I don't really know which is the most correct. These are both very good.
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CommieGIR posted:Free Market is trash. Stop reading Ayn Rand. The Free MarketTM is a golden cow that we should sacrifice its worshipers upon. A free-ish market is good, but some of the largest companies in our market should be nationalized as essential utilities. Even worse, the freedom the market gives them actively deincentivises them to innovate or improve any aspect of their service, since they sit on a nice, regulation free monopoly
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Hey guys: the wall of text was a fakepost. It was a joke that didn't land. p sure builds character doesn't actually hold those views. chill
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Tomarse posted:Yeah, check hoses and the rad first. you might have got lucky. InitialDave posted:Assuming it is the HG, it could well be a popped radiator or similar. Investigate first. Thanks, I'll tear into it this weekend and see if it's bad. It's the 1.8 Volvo S40, I think we'll get it back together and get rid, neither of us actually like the car and we need something bigger. My wife has been on autotrader and her current browsing list is Volvo V70, Citroen Berlingo, VW touran and Honda FRV. All petrol, I don't actually have a problem with anything on that list.
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fridge corn posted:either way im glad i didn't read it 
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CommieGIR posted:I need more garage space....for reasons. 20x30x11 foot shop with a workshop and mezzanine at on end and I still cant get a loving car in the thing... 
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Off to Glasgow for my stag do today. It's nice to hear the locals are so friendly handing out smiles and kisses
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freelop posted:Off to Glasgow for my stag do today. If you are English, make sure you tell everyone you meet and you'll get a great welcome.
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Make sure you call them English too, so they don't feel left out.cakesmith handyman posted:Thanks, I'll tear into it this weekend and see if it's bad. It's the 1.8 Volvo S40, I think we'll get it back together and get rid, neither of us actually like the car and we need something bigger.
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cakesmith handyman posted:My wife has been on autotrader and her current browsing list is Volvo V70, Citroen Berlingo, VW touran and Honda FRV. All petrol, I don't actually have a problem with anything on that list. My father looked at a Berlingo a couple of years ago and thought it was horribly flimsy inside. InitialDave posted:How about a Skoda Yeti? AWD turbo one, obviously. The look good in the flesh and seem terribly popular.
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InitialDave posted:Make sure you call them English too, so they don't feel left out. Practically speaking I vetoed anything too mechanically complex so we're down to non-turbo petrol things. No need for AWD either. Yetis are good cars but not roomy enough. I may advise against the V70 too based on running and service costs. The touran and Berlingo look favourites. E: the previous gen Berlingo feels like a cheap plastic shed inside, I hope the later one is slightly better.
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the consumer versions of those light duty commercial vans are never nice imo and the only people who seem to buy them are oaps you love walks in the countryside and they drive slow as gently caress
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Ferremit posted:20x30x11 foot shop with a workshop and mezzanine at on end and I still cant get a loving car in the thing... Spare parts, engines, and transmissions are eating up my free space.
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Going to the courthouse in Caledon this morning to meet with the Crown prosecutor about my speeding ticket. Wearing a suit, but my question for ya'll is, hat or no hat? 
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Today is a Good Day
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Fermented Tinal posted:hat or no hat? No hat.
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