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shy boy from chess club posted:Oh man yes I'm a huge music nerd, more than cars even. That's good to know, thanks for the heads up on that. I get to listen to stuff all day at work and I need to hear that one now. Lindsey Buckingham was on Live From Here recently and he played the best version of Big Love I've heard yet so I've been thinking about Fleetwood Mac more than usual, haha. I love Fleetwood Mac's first two albums, classic stuff. I love the way Lindsey plays guitar too, super talented guy. I was right about the name of the podcast, song exploder. A lot of it is all newer stuff tho, I wish there was more classic rock or 80's and 90's in there would be so much better. https://www.prx.org/song-exploder/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2P30pMSc4gIVzFYNCh3KuAQzEAAYASAAEgIqyfD_BwE The Flaming Lips podcast is here, Steven Drozd is a musical genius: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sorcerers-orphan-a-song-by-song-history-of-the-flaming-lips/id1398604916
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Bozo the Clown's old Lincoln Continental MkV is up for sale on Bring a Trailer. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-lincoln-mark-v-5/ You know you want to pay homage to his legacy by riding around in this fine Ford.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Bozo the Clown's old Lincoln Continental MkV is up for sale on Bring a Trailer. quote:The 400ci V8 was factory rated at 159 horsepower at 3,400 rpm and 315 lb-ft of torque at 1,800 rpm, and it is backed by a three-speed C6 automatic transmission. lmao, jesus christ 
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I love Fleetwood Mac's first two albums, classic stuff. I love the way Lindsey plays guitar too, super talented guy. I stood in line for 7 hours to score tickets for FM back during the Dance tour. I didn't even get to go!
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Rhyno posted:I stood in line for 7 hours to score tickets for FM back during the Dance tour. I didn't even get to go! Oh I remember that, I didn't even try getting tickets the buzz around that tour was crazy, everyone wanted to go. Just like the stupid Hell Freezes Over tour of the Eagles. At least I got to see Kiss on their first reunion tour that was a kid's dream come true, loving epic.
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Black88GTA posted:lmao, jesus christ You'll never find a smoother V8, though. It's sort of like when you have an easy drinking beer that's 0.9% ABV. Hey, those are also American.
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Black88GTA posted:The 400ci V8 was factory rated at 159 horsepower at 3,400 rpm and 315 lb-ft of torque at 1,800 rpm, and it is backed by a three-speed C6 automatic transmission. 6.55 liters. That poo poo probably got 9 mpg too. Malaise Era For the Epic Loss.
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Holy poo poo that ivi video is such horseshit. It's got an English-speaking actor reading clearly Chinglish text, and the fundamental design uses a curved polycarbonate base? Don't expect anything within the year.
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shy boy from chess club posted:Did anyone else listen to the Terry Gross/Howard Stern interview today? It was so interesting if youve listened to Howard Stern at all and anyone that regularly listens to Fresh Air will know why. It was actually so long that there will be a second half tomorrow and I cant wait. I stopped listening to Howard when he went to satellite just out of laziness and now I think that I missed out on a lot because of the changes he went though due to that among other reasons he talks about in the interview. I find the human condition endlessly fascinating and appreciate good interviews and the show was two of the all time greats from opposite sides of the spectrum. Highly recommend it after the whole thing is released to listen to as a podcast probably tomorrow sometime after the second half of it airs. I specifically subscribed to SiriusXM for Howard, but I don't listen to him nearly as much these days. Mostly because it's so hard to follow a show when I'm in and out of the car constantly all day (mine is a streaming-only subscription, so I can play the on-demand episodes the day after, but the Android app is kinda garbage and loses my place frequently). I still keep an active SiriusXM subscription, but more because they have so many channels that it's hard to get bored. Also it's so drat easy to get a retention plan, $5.99/mo is basically the difference between me eating garbage food for one meal vs cooking at home. But I heard the teasers for it on my local NPR station today; I'm hoping the podcast version comes out like normal Fresh Air podcasts. Cage posted:According to bmi charts which I don't usually care about I am enjoying the fact that technically I'm not obese anymore, merely overweight. Haven't been this low since maybe middle or early high school? I don't know. I've been getting calls from my medical insurance for the past week about needing to make an IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT with my doctor. Finally called them back. They want me to get my BMI checked. Seriously? That was done during my physical a few months ago, you dumb fucks. Had I called them back before my appointment yesterday, I probably could have turned it into some kind of "reward" (they sent me a debit card that they put rewards on for various things, up to $500 a year I think?). That card can be used for copays (n/a for my PCP visits since my copay is $1, and it costs them more to take the $1 than to just eat it), premium payments (that's always good), or anything at Walmart. My BMI (29) says I'm almost obese. BMI doesn't factor in things like how much muscle you have, how large your frame is, etc. Depending on the brand of pants, I wear either a 32" or 34" waist (down from 40 inch several years ago - now THAT was obese), but I can toss my (admittedly skinny) GF over my shoulder with one arm. My doctor thinks I should lose about 25 pounds (which is about where I want to be), but if you go by BMI, I should lose 40+. And going by BMI, my high school weight (and what I weighed through much of my 20s thanks to copious amounts of meth) was normal (120-130 lbs @ 5'7"). Applebees Appetizer posted:Howard is the best interviewer ever by far. I had satellite for awhile but they kept raising the price so I said gently caress that, the only thing I listened to was howard but it was probably worth it anyway, I miss listening to him. Sign up for a 90 day trial using a different email account; a week or two before it's set to bill at full price, call and say you want to cancel, say it's just too expensive. You'll get kicked over to an "account specialist" (read: retention dept). Their first offer last time was $5.99/mo for a year. Their last offer is usually $30 for 6 months, but it takes so much more arguing to get to that point that I'd rather just eat the extra $12/year. This is assuming you're doing a streaming plan. My car had optional factory XM, but I don't have the factory stereo anymore, and the add-on tuner is specific to the 06-07 Ion (i.e. impossible to find). So long as I'm in an area with decent data coverage, the streaming plan works great. Even though the streaming plans actually cost them more to service, they seem to be a lot more prone to negotiate on them vs actual satellite plans. My stereo does support a SiriusXM module, but the only way I'd do that is if I could somehow tie it to the factory combo XM/OnStar antenna. Actually finding the XM/OnStar combo antenna is also a pain in the dick, since they only used the specific antenna I have for a few years (I have the first generation of the plastic roof antenna; stock it only does GPS and CDMA [OnStar], you replace the fin to add XM). shy boy from chess club posted:He's another I should listen to. The one where he interviewed Terry Gross was amazing and he got her to talk a lot about herself and she's usually pretty reserved about that. The one with Obama was really good too, super funny and interesting. Wait what? BRB downloading both of those episodes. Applebees Appetizer posted:There's also a podcast of the Flaming Lips going through a bunch of their music describing the writing process and all the little happy accidents that happen, it's pretty cool to hear how they DIY'd their way through most of it. If you're a music nerd it's good listening. Oh man, I GOTTA hear this. I've been lucky enough to see them twice, and I've been a fan of theirs since high school. Looks like it's called Sorcerer's Orphan? Fender Anarchist posted:Ha, the med that does it for me is also used for BP suppression, now I'm wondering. It's prescribed at a much lower dosage for that, though, so your testosterone's probably safe. I don't think either of mine are used for any kind of HRT stuff - I'm on an old school beta blocker and a nearly as old ACE inhibitor. Fairly low dose of the beta blocker, highest dose on the ACE inhibitor (one that's also used to help prevent kidney damage). 120/62 @ 70 bpm a few days ago; not happy with the 70 bpm considering how much exercise I get, but I'll take the 120/62. Black88GTA posted:lmao, jesus christ That's pretty generous for a 1979. I had a 1980 F-150, 1979 build, with the 351M (which was a destroked 400), with a C6. It could yank a house off of its foundation just above idle (... when new anyway), but I think it was rated at 130 hp. It didn't go anywhere fast unless you dropped it off of a cliff, had two 19 gallon tanks, and I normally got 6-8 mpg. And I'm pretty sure a whoooole lot of those torques and ponies escaped in the 16 years before I got it. That C6 was a trooper though - I scraped almost 2 inches of solid sludge out of the transmission pan (it had the original Ford gasket on it, so... never changed, had a trailer hitch, and the fluid was essentially tar the first time I dropped the pan). When I first got it, I'd start it, set the parking brake, and throw it in reverse... then go hang out inside until I heard the KACHUNK of the sloppy rear end taking up slack and hear the RPMs drop. That meant I could finally back it out of the driveway... usually took another couple of minutes before it'd go forward in more than 1st gear. That's in the summer. Winter took a good 30+ minutes before the transmission would do anything except laugh at you. For comparison. the 2.2L in my Saturn is rated at 140 hp (and it's only rated that low because the intake/exhaust are significantly different vs most of the other cars it wound up in.. most of them gave it an extra 10 hp). It also gets MPG in the low 20s, even with a rusted out fuel line making sure the LR tire can't get traction (it'll probably be back in the mid-high 20s city once I fix that, probably even tickle 30s on the highway).
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Queen Combat posted:Holy poo poo that ivi video is such horseshit. It's got an English-speaking actor reading clearly Chinglish text, and the fundamental design uses a curved polycarbonate base? My thoughts exactly, looks like it's targeted at a non-Western audience. Normally kickstarter (et. al.) vids are much more hipsterish and informative, this smells like vaporware. edit: why does my title say pillbug?
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I have a super random geeky question. Maybe someone knows something. I'm looking for fuel consumption /mileage numbers at constant speeds. Like, this car consumes X at constant speed Y. Found someone on YouTube who did it for the Prius, and I'm looking for any source where that is available for more cars. Doesn't have to be scientific accuracy, users writing down what their car says is fine. Its purely for feeding an obsession of mine.
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the spyder posted:Not chat related- anyone know any Nissan 350/370 experts? Looking for trans help. Wrar posted:Our fearless mod is buddies with the owner of a manual 370Z. the spyder posted:Pretty much that. I’m trying to find out if there were any significant changes from 2013 to 2017. Planning on using the trans in another engine with an adaptor. Will ask him. He's always up in that things guts so I know he knows.
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bolind posted:edit: why does my title say pillbug? You donated money to Lowtax. It'll change every time you donate. There's a chart in the SAclopedia that tells what each level is, so we can go see what you donated.
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Last month I bitched about my Ford Escape being properly hosed. It was. I got it back today, after 35 days in the shop (unfortunately lemon law doesn't apply in my instance, I did call a lawyer to see if I had a case.) They had to replace the entire long block on the engine and the vacuum pump as well. The cylinder heads on my old engine were proper hosed and leaked coolant into the 3rd cylinder, and the vacuum pump was leaking oil like nobody's business. So I got a real champ of a vehicle, I guess. I'm just glad it was under warranty, replacing the engine would have probably just totaled the car and I'd have to be shopping for a new one. Now, the loaner F150 Lariat the dealership gave me was really nice...
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For the first time ever in my working life I've been written up. As in, received written notice that I am on notice. Apparently I've been late 24 times and called in sick 10 times. 24 loving times late? That's not even remotely accurate, I can count the number of times I've been late on one hand and don't even need all the fingers to do it. As for the sick days, I've literally been making GBS threads liquid for two months and have called when it's been really bad so I don't dispute those. So the first course of action HR takes isn't finding out why an employee is calling in sick so much but to tell them "stop calling in sick or we're firing you."
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Fermented Tinal posted:For the first time ever in my working life I've been written up. As in, received written notice that I am on notice. maybe it's some hidden "if you're not an hour early you're late" bullshit
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Fermented Tinal posted:For the first time ever in my working life I've been written up. As in, received written notice that I am on notice. How are they determining that you were late?
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Fermented Tinal posted:For the first time ever in my working life I've been written up. As in, received written notice that I am on notice. How long have you had this job? Also did you see a doctor to get your leaking butthole fixed?
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^^ Since mid December. As for doctor? Yes. As for a fix? No.KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:How are they determining that you were late? We punch in/out on tablets and there are times I forget to punch in/out, but we're supposed to notify our supervisor to correct things when that happens and that's what I do. Like this morning I forgot to clock in because I'd been gone for four days and came in to find my work area a disaster so I got to work instead of clocking in. I guess that means it's 25 times now. Fender Anarchist posted:maybe it's some hidden "if you're not an hour early you're late" bullshit HR lady will yell at us for being late if we aren't 10 minutes early for our shifts. She's not very supportive or uplifting.
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Just found out Worthington Industries might be taking over the company I work for by the end of the summer. Its always been on the horizon (current ownership is partnered with them) but it was always 3-4 years down the road. Not sure what this means for me...they will certainly need an onsite IT person for day to day operations, but it could potentially mean a drop in title for me (I'm currently working somewhere between a systems admin and engineer - effectively I'm a one-man IT department for a company of ~100.) OTOH I'd probably maintain my current salary (lowest IT salary I could find on glassdoor was a bit more than I make now) and get a large block of vacation time and benefits worth buying, but I'm kind of bristling at the prospect of going back to work in a 100% MS shop.
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Fermented Tinal posted:We punch in/out on tablets and there are times I forget to punch in/out, but we're supposed to notify our supervisor to correct things when that happens and that's what I do. Like this morning I forgot to clock in because I'd been gone for four days and came in to find my work area a disaster so I got to work instead of clocking in. I guess that means it's 25 times now. Hate to say it like this because it kinda implies that it's your fault, but your absolute #1 priority at your job needs to be clocking in and out correctly. This is true of any job where you are paid hourly. The charge may be bullshit, but you've left them the opportunity to charge you.
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mariooncrack posted:You should check out the Session with Christian James Hand. He breaks down pop songs and why they work. It's best listened to by headphones because he has access to the master tapes and plays each track individually. Oh that isolated drum part is gnnaaaarly. Powershift posted:I haven't sat in a 370z for like 10 years Similarly, my brother-in-law bought a '18 Oddysey and it was almost the exact same van with some (surprisingly minor) cosmetic changes in both the engine bay and interior of my old '03 That said, the Oddysey is a set of folding middle row seats short of perfect, anyways.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Hate to say it like this because it kinda implies that it's your fault, but your absolute #1 priority at your job needs to be clocking in and out correctly. This is true of any job where you are paid hourly. The charge may be bullshit, but you've left them the opportunity to charge you. Ya this is exactly true. For the sick days, did you bring in work excuses from your Dr? I'm assuming you have health coverage, I think most insurers have a Dr on demand virtual portal. If your copay or out of pocket isn't outrageous, that's the best way to CYA.
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Darchangel posted:The TCL 617 (or is it 615? - one of those is Best Buy's exclusive model number but same TV)? Seems like a heck of a value. There are complaints of the panel quality being something of a roulette, but TCL has been making any bad ones right. I'm at a point where I won't even consider a smart TV with anything but Fire or Roku. The proprietary OSes can suck it. Not that it's terribly critical in my case - I have an Xbox One, and Xbox 360, and an PS3 all connected to where that TV would be. The 617 (it just showed up). Just got it set up and the advertised dimensions of the feet are off by half an inch so I need to sort out my tv stand as I was expecting it to be a perfect fit. Anyways, picture looks amazing, I need to calibrate and run all the tests to make sure the panel is solid.
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Jonny Nox posted:Similarly, my brother-in-law bought a '18 Oddysey and it was almost the exact same van with some (surprisingly minor) cosmetic changes in both the engine bay and interior of my old '03 I'm looking to pick up a 2014+ Odyssey very soon. First thing I would do is rip out or permanently fold down the rear seats and remove the 2nd row middle seat if so equipped. I'm so weirdly excited for a van that I can have my bike in all the time and can haul kids around or take on trips... and just otherwise not GAF about too much. I was a little surprised that it still has a timing belt vs. a chain (  Honda) but I guess that's a minor inconvenience since it should otherwise be reliable (in theory).
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Rhyno posted:The 617 (it just showed up). Just got it set up and the advertised dimensions of the feet are off by half an inch so I need to sort out my tv stand as I was expecting it to be a perfect fit. Dang it. I want one of those, but, since I bought a 3D printer (hopefully...) instead, and also just had to pay for a roof... going to have to wait a bit more.
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Darchangel posted:Dang it. I want one of those, but, since I bought a 3D printer (hopefully...) instead, and also just had to pay for a roof... going to have to wait a bit more. They're just over $500 on Amazon, it'll probably go on sale for cheaper in the future but I didn't want to wait. The 65" is about $800 but my 5 foot viewing distance would have made that a bit rough on the eyes. Edit: Before I even got to play with the tv today I put a second coat of primer on some more interior doors and touched up the primer all over the house to prep for the trim white out that I plan to start tomorrow. Then I went outside, raked out a bunch of brush and crap away from the house and set up some bins to store the lava rock we're pulling out of the front yard. After that I dragged about a ton large fallen branches to the junk pile and pulled 50 little tree saplings out of the ground and ended up clearing a huge spot in the back yard. Progress! Rhyno fucked around with this message at 20:14 on May 15, 2019 |
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angryrobots posted:Ya this is exactly true. No Drs notes, the times I've been were normal days off for me. As for 3rd party insurance I don't have benefits until next month. Also, what's a copay?
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Darchangel posted:I've seen similar to this happen several times in front of the stereo shop I used to work at, and it wasn't even someone using the should illegally. See, there's a side street just before the light, and a right turn lane just for that street right there. People leave a gap, folks try to cross into our parking lot, and suddenly there's a poor guy who wasn't even speeding about to clock you. I've done the same thing. Some idiot in a Mercury Mystique shot the gap on me when I was driving a full-size GMC 1500. Hit them right behind the B pillar, at 35, it was a drat miracle I was able to turn it enough to do that. If I'd turned in towards the curb the passenger would have been in a bad way. 
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Fermented Tinal posted:Also, what's a copay? A clever way for insurance companies to avoid paying as much as possible. Between that, deductibles and "coinsurance" its not uncommon to need to spend over $10k out of pocket (annually) before your insurance starts paying for "everything." And by "everything" I mean "technically is on the hook for it, but will likely come up with a half-dozen reasons why a medically necessary and very expensive procedure or medication isn't covered."
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How’s the reliability on these newer Chevy Colorado/Canyons? I want a cheapish used truck to tow a 6500lb trailer and they seem like good options.
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Fermented Tinal posted:For the first time ever in my working life I've been written up. As in, received written notice that I am on notice. I find it weird that HR gives a poo poo/keeps an eye on this. It's not really their business until a supervisor brings it to their attention (which could be the case I suppose.) You'd think that'd be up to the department manager, for example if you work in the service department here and you're 5 minutes late three days in a row, the service manager is going to give you an earful. Me, I can waltz in an hour late and my supervisor could care less as long as my poo poo's getting done. But yeah, the first thing you should do is punch in and the last thing you should do is punch out. If you would have gotten hurt cleaning up your workspace, I'm sure someone as lovely as your HR person could have tried to find a way to stick you with responsibilty since you weren't clocked in. (I don't know if workman's comp is a thing in Australia or not, so that may be a moot point.) Also I do payroll at the dealership and going through and fixing thirty missing time punches every Monday morning is annoying AF so you'd probably be one of the many on my poo poo list 
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Geoj posted:A clever way for insurance companies to avoid paying as much as possible. Wow, you Americans really do have it rough, eh?
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T-Square posted:Also I do payroll at the dealership and going through and fixing thirty missing time punches every Monday morning is annoying AF so you'd probably be one of the many on my poo poo list This is the only job I've ever had where you have to punch out and back in for breaks and lunch, that's where most of my gently caress ups happen wrt the clock.
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T-Square posted:Last night I had one last weird margarita Gose thing left, and poured it into a pint glass. Avery El Gose + Tequila is fantastic.
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