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I went to Goodwill today to stock back up on ethernet cables (I have a big roll of CAT5 and RJ45 ends, but  I can't find my crimpers and at goodwill they're like a buck a piece) and found a BNIB Canon scanner from 2004 for $5. "Why not?"Got home, set it up like it was nothing (had to use the Windows 7 x64 drivers), and it works just fine with excellent resolution. My printer is a Dell 3130C color laser toner so I've been avoiding picking up an all-in-one because the printer itself is baller as gently caress and already takes up a ton of space. Photo scanners are pretty good nowadays but like once a year I just need a flatbed. This works a treat and it's crazy that something that's nearly 15 years old and proclaims "Works with Windows XP/2000/NT4" on the box works just fine with a modern x64 system, without any issues. Feelin' pretty good.
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I went to the dispensary for some legal LA weed and everything was 25% off. They also were giving out tickets for free donuts at a fancy donut truck outside and I got a bacon maple donut and a rosewater pistachio one for my wife and they were super good and I barely like donuts. So, same.  Ether Frenzy fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Nov 19, 2018 |
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Oddly, I had to throw away a perfectly good Canon flatbed scanner because it was impossible to get drivers that ran on win 10. Which annoyed me because I have gotten used to win10 being very forgiving with that type of thing. I bought a black socket set because it looked cool. I know absolutely everyone here has pointed out that black is the worst possible colour, but it just looks so good.
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I've got a Canon Canoscan something or other that has lasted for like ten years. Two years ago our stupid minisplit ac leaked on it, but we dried it out and it's still going strong. Can even remove an insert from the lid and scan in film.
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Nov 19, 2018 01:43
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I Picked up one of the $200 Spidey PS4 bundles at Best Buy and bought RDR2 with the 20% off coupon it came with. It's currently downloading 93GB.  I just want to play with guns and horsies, dammit.  I miss my flatbed scanner. I can get by well enough using the multifunction beast at work since I have to scan things all of never, but a proper photo scanner is really the bees knees.
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I bought an Epson Perfection scanner to digitise all my old negs. It is not a fast process. During the project I found all the old vehicles I owned and ran their details through the govts online database to see when they were last tested and taxed. It is fair to say that I am become death, the destroyer of vehicles.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Yeah I don't get that, I've noticed lots of people mounting their TVs so far up the wall you get a kink in your neck watching it. A buddy of mine has his hanging like a foot from the ceiling angled down which is horrible imo, but he says he likes it like that Its sooooo bad. I get it if you have no other options for the room, but it still stinks. Makes watching anything painful. But they literally build houses now assuming the TV goes over the fireplace and nowhere else.
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opengl128 posted:But they literally build houses now assuming the TV goes over the fireplace and nowhere else. If you actually use your fireplace wouldn't that be a bad idea? You'd be cooking your TV  I know it's not getting flames on it, but still that's a lot of extra heat coming out and then rising right into it.
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Yeah it's not ideal but TBH I don't really spend any time sitting on the couch to watch TV. If I'm watching it I'm across the room in the kitchen and that's right at eye level for me at 6'4"
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Not sure if this is the place but I got rear-ended by a very apologetic European coupe in a rental car yesterday. (Probably ~5mph?) Only a few scuffs on the bumper but I'm anal with my car and gently caress YOU. SO WHAT THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE GPS. EAT A DICK. Its almost buffable but I want to get it inspected. I have it on my dash cam. Any advice? Thanks. I have non-garbage (USAA) insurance.
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Chinatown posted:Not sure if this is the place but I got rear-ended by a very apologetic European coupe in a rental car yesterday. (Probably ~5mph?) Only a few scuffs on the bumper but I'm anal with my car and gently caress YOU. SO WHAT THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE GPS. EAT A DICK. USAA is usually no-nonsense and will take care of you, but why shame the poor coupe?
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So just how long can/should I keep ignoring this leak on the front of the motor on my landcruiser? Im sorta over working on it but its starting to leave spots everywhere...
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Chinatown posted:Not sure if this is the place but I got rear-ended by a very apologetic European coupe in a rental car yesterday. I heard you like cars, so I put a coupe in your coupe so you can rear-end while you drive  No advice other than file a claim with your insurance, take good photos and ask around for a good bodyshop in your area. If it's really as minor as you describe, you could also probably order a paint pen kit and spend a couple hours learning how to wetsand and/or hassle a friend with a orbital buffer.
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So I just realized I haven't really driven my Explorer for like 2 weeks. Turns out once you have a company vehicle and all the stores are on your way home you don't do much driving. Also, I need to change the blend door motor on it and...well
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:I heard you like cars, so I put a coupe in your coupe so you can rear-end while you drive The only other times (two) were full on tows to the bodyshop so the little minor stuff is new to me. Upon examining the paperwork I took photos of they are from Italy, and were super nice. I can't imagine nailing some local in Italy. Yikes. I just want to get a once over on a lift. Drives fine etc. I just always do stuff by the book. I hate involving insurance but I know that poo poo can happen under 5mph.
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Ferremit posted:So just how long can/should I keep ignoring this leak on the front of the motor on my landcruiser? Im sorta over working on it but its starting to leave spots everywhere... Ah drat, after all that work you did as well 
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You Am I posted:Ah drat, after all that work you did as well Theres an oil gallery plug thats leaking on the front side of the block. Problem is, ALL of the timing gear has to come off to get to it, so its a two day job and Im struggling to find the motivation. Hasnt dropped the level on the dipstick yet (but probably wont considering its got an 11.4L sump) but its coated EVERYTHING in oil cos it weeps out of the gallery plug, runs down the timing cover and dribbles onto the top of the harmonic balancer. Which flings the poo poo EVERYWHERE. Tho here's a new one... Im in the middle of our slashing season at work. Every year we have to go around and slash down the grass and shrubs on our fire breaks and fire tracks so we have at least a tiny chance of stopping a fire turning into a Californian BBQ. So im driving all over the place in this thing, slashing grass as we go.  Now, we've started fires before with the tractors. 8' wide slasher with 1/2" thick boron steel blades with 100hp in front of them driving through grass thats anything from 6" tall to 6' tall. We hit rocks, stumps, bits of steel all laying in the grass that you cant see on a daily basis. Normally tho, you get a fair old warning you've hit something with the big bang and shake from the tractor and cloud of dust that kicks up, so you can stop and sit there till the dust clears and you can see its dust and not smoke. We started another fire on Friday, but we got no warning. The other operator in the 2nd tractor did a pass down a break, turned around at the end just in time to see a plume of flame pop up from where he had been slashing and a big cloud of smoke that then started turning into a small grass fire. Couldn't work out what the hell happened, then he sent me this pic after he put the fire out.  We're reasonably sure that he's found someones lost phone in the grass and busted the LiPo battery open! Thats definitely a new one!
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Do you have access to just put a tampon or something on/under the leaking plug?
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New Project Binky! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzWC2G3mr0
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Well, at the moment, I'm glad I'm a renter. Walked past the laundry room and heard trickling water and splashing. The water heater is in there, on a shelf above the dryer. Thankfully it has a pan under it. Stuck my finger in the pan. Yup, there's hot water in it. Tried to climb up on the washer to get to the shutoff for it. I couldn't budge it by hand. Called emergency maintenance, they had me look at the meter (right by the water heater) and verify it was turning (yes, very slowly, but yes). Asked which unit I'm in, he immediately said "oh, you have one of the original tanks. The water shutoff for your apt is behind the washer, you'll probably break the plastic handle off, just hulk on it with pliers to shut it off. I have several new water heaters on hand, I'll be by with a new one around 8-9am. Good job catching it before it did any damage". (and yeah, snapped off one of the ears on the plastic quarter-turn valve, but it's as off as it's going to get). I haven't lived in an apartment that gave 2 shits in so long that I'm just flabbergasted, but this was the head of maintenance that called, and he's apparently been here for at least 8 years (he was here when GF originally moved to the property). Out of curiosity I looked up the mfg date on the tank... 2002.  The place was built in late 2003. They got their money's worth. Also may explain why our electric bill was so high last month; it's not usually quiet enough in the apartment to hear something like that, and going by the amount of rust in the (plastic) drain pan, it's probably been dribbling for a bit. I get the WHY of why they put it here, but goddamn, that's gotta be a bitch and a half to change out. They were just out here a few days ago to fix our dryer too (surprisingly, fixed instead of replaced - guy who was out here said these older GEs are dead simple to work on, and the newer replacements have been nightmares for them, so they're trying to keep the old dryers working as long as possible - replaced the drum bearing on it, I think) QuarkMartial posted:I've got a Canon Canoscan something or other that has lasted for like ten years. Two years ago our stupid minisplit ac leaked on it, but we dried it out and it's still going strong. Can even remove an insert from the lid and scan in film. The combo Canon Pixma printer/scanner I used for years was found in a dumpster during dorm move out week in 2012. In pouring rain. Let it dry for a week or so. Worked fine up until I moved to Austin (once I peeled the shipping seal off of the black cartridge  ). Was still working fine, just gave it to a friend because GF had a better printer/scanner combo with wifi.
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Queen Combat posted:I went to Goodwill today to stock back up on ethernet cables (I have a big roll of CAT5 and RJ45 ends, but My local "Goodwill" is the electronics garbage bin in the cellar of my apartment building. I've found unopened ethernet cables, HDMI cables, Apple TV etc. Got myself one of those detectors you use on walls for find wood/metal/wires before drilling. One of the battery terminals were "broken" so I fixed it. Probably >$100 in stuff.
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Chinatown posted:I can't imagine nailing some local in Italy. Yikes. Italy being the country where they park with the handbrake off so the person trying to park behind them can squeeze in by hitting their bumper... I think you’d be fine.
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Chinatown posted:I can't imagine nailing some local in Italy. Yikes. I feel like we have different life goals
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Italy being the country where they park with the handbrake off so the person trying to park behind them can squeeze in by hitting their bumper... I think you’d be fine. Buzzes off up the centre of Rome in a cream linen suit, ogling anything in a skirt 
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Ugh. Still feeling like poo poo. Woke up around 4AM and laid in bed for an hour before just getting up and going to work. 
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Slept like poo poo sitting up on the sofa because lying down causes horrible coughing fits. Also woke my wife up to tell her she has to take the dog to the vet because what she said was a scab from a scratch looks awfully like the tip of his tail is dead to me. It's not bothering him but if it's bad he needs it dealt with before it gets infected.
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InitialDave posted:"Law says I need a helmet on a scooter, but I just got my hair done, so I'll hang it off the handlebars and slip it on real quick if it looks like I'm about to bin it" It important to look stylish, Italy invented the term ‘fresh to death’
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:carlos ghosn is going to jail Interesting...
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:carlos ghosn is going to jail Isn't it just Japan that wants him? I can't imagine he's going to be extradited or anything.
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Drove to Chicago yesterday to visit my dad in the hospital. Had to haul four other people so I (with permission of course) took dad's '13 SHO. Fine car but holy poo poo the electronics are hosed. Touchscreen would freeze for ten minutes at a time and the GPS stopped working for twenty in downtown Chicago, deciding I must be driving through Lake Michigan. And gently caress auto-brights, I disabled that poo poo as soon as I figured out how. Decent car otherwise though, I'm sad to see it go.
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Haha man it sucks when GPS fails and you dont know where you are and really need it.Coming out of New Jersey somewhere I was trying to get to 87 then 287 to get back to CT. Mine thought I was driving on surface streets at some point where I had a choice of probably 5 connectors to choose from with dubious signage. My friend and I were laughing and took the best guess to find out maybe 5 minutes later when the GPS came around that it was the right one. When I was cleaning out the Scirocco the other day I found my trucker atlas from 2006 that I used a ton before GPS. I had a 99 Beetle around that time and the huge dash was perfect for laying it out between having to look at it. What a relic, its all sun faded. Ill never throw that out, so many road trip memories with that thing.
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I know that I'm kind of late too it but I'm sorry for your loss (the Kia Forte). If it makes you feel any better I had a 2009 Focus SES for 2 months before it was totaled. I was put at fault and I only had liability. I inherited the car but it went into the crusher just 2 months after I got it. I'm still upset about it so I know how it feels
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Update, dog isn't a rattlesnake, it's just a scab. £30 for a checkup isn't extortionate either, clean bill of health at 9 for an inbred ratter was nice also.
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64bit_Dophins posted:I know that I'm kind of late too it but I'm sorry for your loss (the Kia Forte). Friend just had a bog standard Ford Fiesta stolen from outside their house. Keys not taken, no fancy keyless entry, not towed/lifted. Anyone heard of Fords being stealable? E: it's a 2014 spog fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 19, 2018 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Isn't it just Japan that wants him? I can't imagine he's going to be extradited or anything. as far as I can tell he was taken in to custody in Japan, since sources say he was arrested and not that there is a warrant for his arrest
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Older stuff is just easy to steal. My mom had her old Buick Century stolen and they took it, broke the front seats so they leaned back farther, put speakers in the back window and smoked crack in it. Looked like it was just some kids having a great time with something easy to steal and dump it wherever when they were done. It was really sad though, we had that car for like 10 years growing up and my mom cried when she saw it.
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Humphreys posted:New Project Binky! 41 minutes of tool and die porn.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:as far as I can tell he was taken in to custody in Japan, since sources say he was arrested and not that there is a warrant for his arrest You're right! I guess they're finally getting serious about that whole everyone-in-the-Japanese-auto-industry-committing-rampant-QA-fraud thing.
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