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Well, today got dark. Mom and I talk daily, especially now that I'm a few hundred miles away, even if it's just for a few minutes (gently caress you, I'm very much a momma's boy, as if you didn't know it). She texted "call me, I have news". That's.. never good. My uncle (and godfather) is in late stage kidney failure. He's apparently "too old for a transplant" (early 80s, so that's very believable), and has decided against dialysis. He's decided to let nature take its course. Found out he and my aunt sold off almost all of their property after finding out (aside from where they actually live - they both owned the homes they grew up in, respectively, though one had burned down during a wildfire about a decade ago... so it was just land and a cast iron stove sitting in rubble). On one hand, I very much understand why he's decided against treatment. His quality of life would be pretty poo poo, and at his age, would only be prolonging his life by a couple of years (and they wouldn't be comfortable years) - he's checked off dozens of bucketlists over his lifetime, and has lived a full and happy life, married to my mother's sister for 60ish years. On the other hand, I really don't want to lose another family member. I've lost tons of friends and family over the years. Sadly, the pace has been 1-2 people a year for a long time; it's been a year and a half since I lost anyone, so sadly, I'm overdue. I guess the upside is for a switch, it's not drugs taking someone from my life, it's just... life ending on its own terms. He's content with nature taking its course. I'm gonna go find a dark corner for a bit and chop some onions. 64bit_Dophins posted:There is a very nice 1998 Prelude in my area with only 120k miles on it. Everything works too (supposedly). I'm gonna check it out but I really don't want to pay $4k for it. Honestly, 4k is about what it takes to get a Honda that's barely above beater status, at least here. They hold their value way too loving well. I'd be very concerned about the timing belt. They're due every 60k or 7 years on that engine. Might be able to haggle on that if they don't have proof it's been done. Also, Honda did a lifetime warranty on the seat belts. They're power seatbelts, and dealers will push back like hell when you try to do a warranty claim on the power mechanism, but it's in the warranty booklet if you get it with the car. Rhyno posted:If anyone wants to chime in and mention things that are conventionally overlooked in home inspections please feel free. I'm going to assemble a list and hand it off to whomever we hire and say "plz do dis too." Outdoor water spigots. Try them. See if they can be turned fully off again easily. This is something every loving inspector has overlooked that my parents have used, and if it's a faucet that doesn't get used often, it is already hosed. QuarkMartial posted:I'm not sure edging that long is healthy.... So that's what's wrong with my dick. keykey posted:Holy crap, you drew the poo poo card on your HVAC. The only thing to poo poo out is the capacitor on my AC condenser twice over the past 15 years, which is How's that -5 SEER workin out for you? Joking aside, I've lived in a house with late 70s central air. It was cold as gently caress, but the two units sucked down power big time. When the compressor locked up on one, it just kept buzzing until it got hot enough to start a fire (bunch of flammable poo poo piled up next to it  ). Guessing it was pulling just barely under the rated amperage of the breaker for it?AFAIK the other unit is still chugging along - at least, it's visible from Google Street View, which was updated a year ago. 40 year old Payne.. but that unit only cooled the 4th bedroom and laundry room. When the contractor came out to replace the dead one (granted, this was in 1994 or so), he took a literal axe to one of the lines. Who cares about recovering? Just heard a *THWAK* *HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS* and looked outside to see a huge cloud of refrigerant and the guy holding an axe.
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Oct 19, 2018 08:18
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and a super quick and easy fix. Both HVAC units are from 1978.
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Rhyno posted:The basement is finished but needs paint and flooring. We're going to pull the molding and paint, then pull the carpet and install the laminate and then put the refinished molding back in. Hahahahaha a few days. I got a BRAND NEW House handed to me, totally painted, no furnishings or flooring. It took me 3 WEEKS before I could live in it. Just laying the 90m2 of laminate flooring took 3 of us 3 days by the time we pulled all the skirtings, laid the flooring, cut in around all the doors and corners, put the final coats of varnish on the skirtings and refitted them to the walls. Painting alone is several days. They took about a week to fully paint the inside of this house, and they used a sprayer gun for the ceiling and all the walls are one colour.
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Oct 19, 2018 08:48
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That was just us doing two rooms. I've painted before, we knocked out an entire house in a week by supplying beer and pizza to a few friends. But luke I said above, we are most likely going to have it professionally done. The only thing I will be doing is the molding and floor in the basement.
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Oct 19, 2018 09:19
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Get a moisture meter and check every square inch of that house. - guy whose basement took on water
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Oct 19, 2018 13:33
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STR posted:Well, today got dark. Condolences. I just found out something similar day before yesterday. (you can skip the rest) My mom's oldest brother is apparently hospitalized and awaiting surgery to fix an issue he's been having with some broken vertebrae (he's in considerable pain apparently). But that's not the ultimate kicker... He's been dealing (poorly) with Lewy Body Dementia+Parkinsons. It's apparently fairly advanced enough that he's not recognizing his other sister when she visited this summer. None of the siblings are handling it well, and are largely avoiding the whole situation (not to saying I've been doing anything about it either). He's got friends helping out local to him, which is awesome as they seem to be good people. All of the siblings have been kind of split for awhile due to some behavior of the brothers (mom has 2 brothers and a sister). Frankly, there's not much I could do anyways, he's a 24 hour drive away, and I'm working full-time and all the family stuff I have going on local to me would make it tough to contribute in anyway. The whole things sucks. Feeling torn by the "He's family" mindset that is pushing me to try and help out some how, even if I can't. I'm also thinking about his kids that are my age and (probably) dealing with this on some level (though that's not evident by facebook. hah). It also surfaces some guilt I have over not helping/handling my grandfather (father's side) and his Alzheimers and related complications when I was late teens/early twenties rear end in a top hat. Just weighing on my mind the past few days. Blah.
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Oct 19, 2018 13:35
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One of my groomsmen fell and broke his goddamned femur last week. He's 51 and they're really worried about his ability to properly heal from such a bad break. Poor bastard.
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Oct 19, 2018 13:57
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STR posted:
BTW, this is known as "environmental" reclaim in the biz.
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Oct 19, 2018 14:03
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Beverly Cleavage posted:Condolences. I just found out something similar day before yesterday. Been through this before. The guilt sucks, but don't let it get to you. Reach out to the cousins your age, and just check in. Doesn't need to be much. Sometimes just a quick call/chat makes all the difference.
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Oct 19, 2018 14:51
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I got my new Hero 7 Black today and it is very neat. I will enjoy this gadget very much I think. Let me know how you like it. I did one search for a GoPro product maybe 2 years ago and I still get notifications from Chrome asking me if I'm still interested every couple of months.
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Oct 19, 2018 14:58
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Ferremit posted:Hahahahaha a few days. This. By about week 2 in the house you're going to experience a level of exhaustion you've never experienced before. I've been in my new condo since April and the list of "to-do" is long. And you never reach the end of the list.
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Oct 19, 2018 15:10
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STR posted:Well, today got dark. That sucks, sorry man. I remember when my mom made the same decision to not want to keep going with treatments since her quality of life sucked so bad. I was the one that had to tell everyone else. The 8th was 14 years since she's been gone and my friend who I lost over the summer her birthday was Monday. Every day I think of something funny to text her and it hurts when I realise I can't and won't ever be able to again. Need some help with those onions?
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Oct 19, 2018 15:21
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STR posted:Well, today got dark. Sorry to hear about your family fan. My Grandmother died to kidney failure this time last year and it was pretty hard to see. Not a great way to go out  Also as far as the Honda goes yeah they all seem to hold their value pretty well unfortunately. I really need a new car though my Accord is really starting to lose compression now.
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Oct 19, 2018 15:25
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64bit_Dophins posted:Let me know how you like it. Getting to where I want to use Incognito mode always and everywhere. What's hilarious is when I use my VPN and get regional/local ads from Colorado or wherever I happen to show up then. Rhyno posted:We potentially have a hookup on having the entire interior of the house painted. My wife's been in the rental industry for 6 years now and has made a ton of connections and their primary painter made an offer to do it. So that's a good option to have. My wife works for a paint and drywall company. ...but they only do business and commercial. They refuse to do residential because of complexity, and the, erm, finicky nature of homeowners. I may or may not have cracks in the wall that have been there for years, and I definitely don't have bamboo flooring that's been setting in boxes in the living room for a decade. (Mainly because we've got so much crap that I don't have anywhere to move the poo poo that's in that room so I can put down the flooring and/or fix the drywall and paint. I've *almost* cleared out enough space in the garage to use temporarily. Finally.) Goober Peas posted:This. By about week 2 in the house you're going to experience a level of exhaustion you've never experienced before. I've been in my new condo since April and the list of "to-do" is long. And you never reach the end of the list. Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy always increases.
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Oct 19, 2018 15:56
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Darchangel posted:Getting to where I want to use Incognito mode always and everywhere. Yeah it's pretty wild. They're getting really persistent and it bothers me. These days you have to watch ads even when you pump gas... What a sad world. If anyone in the southeast/Atlanta area has a crappy beater car with a stick shift they would be willing to sell for $2500-$3000 please let me know. My Honda is misfiring really really bad this time and I think it's the engine is not long for this world.
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Oct 19, 2018 16:26
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Goober Peas posted:This. By about week 2 in the house you're going to experience a level of exhaustion you've never experienced before. I've been in my new condo since April and the list of "to-do" is long. And you never reach the end of the list. Yep, home ownership in a nutshell. I'm not working at the moment, and between the house and three cars I have been full time busy. Currently detailing my xB that i haven't touched in over 6 months and it's dirty as hell, the clay bar feels like it's rubbing on pavement the paint is so dirty. All day job for sure. Yesterday spent all day pruning all my palm trees and the cleanup associated with that. Thankfully my son is old enough to cut the grass now my back can't take it anymore
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Oct 19, 2018 16:48
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Goober Peas posted:This. By about week 2 in the house you're going to experience a level of exhaustion you've never experienced before. I've been in my new condo since April and the list of "to-do" is long. And you never reach the end of the list. 10 years in and we still have unopened paint cans from when we built the house. The exterior doors and door jams are still primer and the basement stairway is still primer. Also haven’t painted the interior walls of the garage but at least I don’t have 10 year old paint cans sitting around for that one. We actually moved in with 1 room completely unfinished and within a few months we finished it but then we quit there. The to do list is so long...
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Oct 19, 2018 17:46
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Goober Peas posted:This. By about week 2 in the house you're going to experience a level of exhaustion you've never experienced before. I've been in my new condo since April and the list of "to-do" is long. And you never reach the end of the list. I got handed the keys to my house in May '17 and the house still isn't ready for us to move in. Mind, we're doing a complete renovation but the amount of time wasted by builders is simply staggering
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Oct 19, 2018 18:03
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64bit_Dophins posted:Yeah it's pretty wild. They're getting really persistent and it bothers me. One way flight to Seattle can't be that bad.... 89 Honda prelude si 5speed Family owned since new excellent mpg A/C - $1950 (Seattle) Also, why isn't everyone on here running Ad Block(or something like it) on their browsers? The biggest downside to using it is that it makes web browsing and watching youtube on my phone unbearable, since you can't run ad block there. It took me years to realize that youtube started playing ads during videos, since I don't see them. The homeowner stuff gets even more fun after the kid shows up. I am working on building out what was my stepdads shop into my home office, but now that I have a baby, I have zero time to do anything. Unless shes asleep, but my office is directly underneath the nursery, so I can't make any noise. There are a ton of projects upstairs, but I am just limping everything along till we start the remodel in a couple months, since everything is getting gutted down to the studs. Its gonna suck having our house torn apart with a ~6 month old, but its not gonna get any easier as she gets older. And it will be worth it to finally have a kitchen thats not from the 70's and finally be rid of the last of the knob and tube wiring thats left in the house.
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Oct 19, 2018 18:19
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slurry_curry posted:One way flight to Seattle can't be that bad.... Oh man this is an awesome deal. I'm actually considering flying out to pick this thing up
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Oct 19, 2018 18:41
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Powershift posted:I've been helping my mom look for a new vehicle for the past week, and we got dicked around haaaaard by the local kia dealer. gently caress shifty as gently caress dealers, for wasting your time if nothing else, but I do like those new Colorados. Miles better than the old one.
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Oct 19, 2018 19:10
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I need lights to turn on with a timer and I'd prefer it was the lights in the ceiling, not a floor lamp. I don't want an Echo / Alexa / Google home device in my house, and I'm just renting. I was looking at some of those smart bulbs, then I'd need some sort of interface for them, but I'm open to suggestions. It's probably cheaper to just buy a cheap analog timer and a floor lamp, but if anyone has ideas, let me know.
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Oct 19, 2018 19:48
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MomJeans420 posted:I need lights to turn on with a timer and I'd prefer it was the lights in the ceiling, not a floor lamp. I don't want an Echo / Alexa / Google home device in my house, and I'm just renting. I was looking at some of those smart bulbs, then I'd need some sort of interface for them, but I'm open to suggestions. It's probably cheaper to just buy a cheap analog timer and a floor lamp, but if anyone has ideas, let me know. Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Coralife-05152-Digital-Power-Center/dp/B000CMKHR2
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Oct 19, 2018 20:40
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MomJeans420 posted:I need lights to turn on with a timer and I'd prefer it was the lights in the ceiling, not a floor lamp. I don't want an Echo / Alexa / Google home device in my house, and I'm just renting. I was looking at some of those smart bulbs, then I'd need some sort of interface for them, but I'm open to suggestions. It's probably cheaper to just buy a cheap analog timer and a floor lamp, but if anyone has ideas, let me know. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpets&field-keywords=timer+light+switch you can easily remove them when you leave.
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Oct 19, 2018 20:48
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Never mind the ylls get fit pledges, sounds like AI needs a DIY pledge
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Oct 19, 2018 20:57
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slurry_curry posted:One way flight to Seattle can't be that bad.... Because advertisers are getting smarter and have started implementing content paywalling if you use an ad-blocker. The ones that will get around that are generally beyond the average computer user to set up and maintain continually. It's an interesting war, between the consumer wanting usability and the ad firms demanding impressions.
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Oct 19, 2018 21:11
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Yea, I run into sites from time to time that have the "please turn off your ad blocker" as well as pay walls, but the majority of the time they are garbage sites that are littered with lovely ads. Those warnings are usually a good sign its not worth going to the site at all. It can be a bit of a pain in the rear end to deal with(tho not nearly as annoying as my no script plugin), but well worth it to not be constantly spammed with ads everywhere. Hell, its probably worth it to just use on youtube.
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Oct 19, 2018 22:40
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I have no issue with a minimal payment in exchage for accessing content, and I await that being the next interpretation of the paywall system. "Please commit to a 5 cent/pence to access this content without any ads". Yup, no worries, go right ahead.
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Oct 19, 2018 23:54
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slurry_curry posted:One way flight to Seattle can't be that bad.... Whoa. My first car was an 89 prelude with 4ws. This is super cool.
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Oct 20, 2018 01:06
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Ads are a malware vector let aline advertisters have been bad actors forever so they can go gently caress off. NoScript and I have a addin that gives Adblocker dectors the go gently caress themselves ... And yeah the sites that try to get you to turn off blockers are almost always crap or are bad actors themselves
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Oct 20, 2018 01:25
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ads are a malware vector let aline advertisters have been bad actors forever so they can go gently caress off. NoScript and I have a addin that gives Adblocker dectors the go gently caress themselves ... Yeah, they've completely lost the loving plot. Playing noises and songs and having huge java or flash bullshit ads makes me want to see your company burn to the ground. How do advertisers not realize how much people hate that poo poo, do they not use the internet themselves?
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Oct 20, 2018 01:30
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Man, even with pre approval lenders pretty much want everything about you going back to the third grade. Submitted the last documents today and we should be all good now. Now for some sweet overtime to pay for this.
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Oct 20, 2018 01:40
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Congrats man! Wait until you have to sign on the bottom line multiple times for the mortgage paperwork. That's when it really hit me.
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Oct 20, 2018 05:22
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slidebite posted:Congrats man! Wait until you have to sign on the bottom line multiple times for the mortgage paperwork. That's when it really hit me. I refinanced after rates dropped / HARP got rid of the LTV ratio (buying in 2007 in Phoenix was a baaaaaaaaaaaad idea financially) and even then I think it was a solid half hour of turn the page, scribble my name, repeat.
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Oct 20, 2018 06:32
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This house chat is giving me that deep anxiety all over again. Ever since I started school again and cut back my hours, something as "small" as a surprise $1200 vet bill is a huge blow to my wallet instead of a speed bump like it should be My dog ate nearly a pound of chocolate this morning when I was in class and is now doing an overnight at the vet. She's going to be fine, it wasn't anywhere near a lethal dose for her bulk, and the overnight just for IV fluids and observation I can't even get upset about this though, I'm honestly impressed that she even got to the the chocolate in the first place. I was gone for 2 and a half hours and she knocked down a child gate, opened a door, tore apart a shipping package, and ate 6 and a half bars because she could smell the one opened bar of imported Norwegian chocolate in that room. Didn't touch any of the food in her bowl either, she knew there was better stuff to be had  Hell of a nose on her 
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Oct 20, 2018 07:34
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Beverly Cleavage posted:My mom's oldest brother is apparently hospitalized and awaiting surgery to fix an issue he's been having with some broken vertebrae (he's in considerable pain apparently). But that's not the ultimate kicker... He's been dealing (poorly) with Lewy Body Dementia+Parkinsons. It's apparently fairly advanced enough that he's not recognizing his other sister when she visited this summer. My grandmother on my mother's side had pretty advanced dementia when she finally passed. It was... not fun to deal with. She thought I was my uncle toward the end, before she stopped really talking (instead she would just single Christmas carols at the top of her lungs). My grandfather on my dad's side got nailed with Alzheimer's in his 50s. I really don't have much in the way of memories of him, since he died when I was 3 or 4. tl;dr I have a drat good chance of getting hit with Dementia/Alzheimer's, on both sides, genetically.
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Oct 20, 2018 08:56
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Goober Peas posted:And you never reach the end of the list. Word. This is the FOURTH list. 
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Oct 20, 2018 09:04
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Oh. And Just as a massive kick in the balls. The loving tiida just blew its head gasket. I would fix it, but when a used motor is $375 and i have a gantry crane that can lift the entire loving car...
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Oct 20, 2018 09:07
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Hopefully it's just the cooler weather, but I got a low coolant warning on Negative Ions today. Took about 2 cups to bring it back up to "max cold" (I had some leftover Prestone Dexcool already mixed with deionized water from when I changed the coolant on Saturd). It also loving reeeeeeeeks of gas, bad enough that I'm getting pretty bad headaches while driving, even after a new OEM gas cap (and has gas dripping from around the gas tank). Looks like it's off to a dealer for the enhanced warranty bulletin about the plastic fuel lines doing what plastic does when it gets exposed to heat. Any goons have any Austin area Chevy dealers to recommend? Reddit recommends Autonation, Capitol (cringey as gently caress because all of their ads are "I'M A VETERAN AND ALL VETERANS ARE WELCOME!!!!11!1!), Covert (too drat far, and more of a truck dealer), and Hewlett (kinda far, but the body jewelry company I order from frequently is based there, so I'm out there once a month or so to pick up from their warehouse). I had an Autonation Chevy dealer employee reach out to me on Reddit - said he wasn't in service, but I sent him the bulletin, and he said he was sure they could knock it out without much fuss. He was honest and said the service advisors might get pushy about critical stuff (well, my parking brake cable snapped today, and oh god let me tell you how fun that is in downtown and west Austin on a manual with really tall gearing.. it's on order tho). randomidiot fucked around with this message at 10:53 on Oct 20, 2018 |
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The Door Frame posted:This house chat is giving me that deep anxiety all over again. Ever since I started school again and cut back my hours, something as "small" as a surprise $1200 vet bill is a huge blow to my wallet instead of a speed bump like it should be Please pet dog
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