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Ferremit posted:Thats why you go and camp literally 100km away from any other fucker on earth with your friends who know how to camp. Counterpoint: It's really fun to float downriver past all the other campsites at night in a canoe adorned with thousands of glowsticks while blaring techno music and shooting lasers everywhere. Except for the bugs. Every drat bug on that river will find you because you're riding a giant insect lure.
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Fermented Tinal posted:If you smoke cigars the bugs will leave you alone. This.  Chrome bill before the phone bill.
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Fermented Tinal posted:If you smoke cigars the bugs will leave you alone. I have kids and age 5-12 cigars are never in stock so I go with antisocial amounts of garlic
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Ferremit posted:Thats why you go and camp literally 100km away from any other fucker on earth with your friends who know how to camp. Simpson Desert? Or some other one? Regardless, gorgeous as hell.
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cakesmith handyman posted:Antisocial amounts of garlic A truly noble goal
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Fermented Tinal posted:If you smoke cigars the bugs will leave you alone. I like where this is going but I think the floating rave could use substantially more smoke to really set it off. Though actual smoke might not really work unless the wind is correct. Maybe handfuls of dry ice pellets thrown ahead of the canoe?
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May 27, 2019 19:26
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Galler posted:I like where this is going but I think the floating rave could use substantially more smoke to really set it off. Though actual smoke might not really work unless the wind is correct. Maybe handfuls of dry ice pellets thrown ahead of the canoe? or fireworks
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bolind posted:Making a department vacation tracking sheet in Excel and can I just publicly declare my total and utter hatred for this piece of software. What the gently caress. Why Excel? That's a job for either sharepoint or outlook calendars, or at least get a template rather than scratch build.
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May 27, 2019 21:34
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Siochain posted:Simpson Desert? Or some other one? Regardless, gorgeous as hell. WAA line in the Simpson. What’s mind blowing is the sheer number of animal footprints in the dune I’m standing on in the foreground! I love that part of the world. Don’t get out there anywhere near as often enough
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Galler posted:I like where this is going but I think the floating rave could use substantially more smoke to really set it off. Though actual smoke might not really work unless the wind is correct. Maybe handfuls of dry ice pellets thrown ahead of the canoe? Have a fire barge tied to the back of the canoe
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So today i did the first oil change on our new (to us) LS460. After pulling out the drain pan from under the car, in the sunlight I saw sparkling in it and what looks like metal particles.  How hosed am I? What are rod bearings made of because a magnet wouldn't pick it up.....The cartridge filter didn't seem to have anything like that in it either which was strange if it were in the oil pan. I kept some of the oil and the filter as well should i get it tested?
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May 27, 2019 23:06
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Looks like copper from the bearings. Definitely get it tested.
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For reference, the car is a 2011 and has only 30k miles on it. Should I use Blackstone or is there anyone else that's better/cheaper How the gently caress does this happen on a newer car like this? Maybe the PO didn't break it in right or something? Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 23:22 on May 27, 2019 |
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May 27, 2019 23:19
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Wow that's surprising since copper is the second layer after lead in the bearings. With that much copper it should be making some noise, it's not knocking or ticking? With that low mileage maybe it's something left over from break-in? I don't think it would be but that's a lot of metal. I only know of Blackstone but maybe someone else can recommend another one.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:For reference, the car is a 2011 and has only 30k miles on it. Should I use Blackstone or is there anyone else that's better/cheaper Maybe the odometer has been rolled back or the oil was changed for the first time in 30k. I would drop the oil pan if its possible and check the pickup screen. If its not knocking and has oil pressure maybe you can salvage it.
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shy boy from chess club posted:Wow that's surprising since copper is the second layer after lead in the bearings. With that much copper it should be making some noise, it's not knocking or ticking? It ticks/knocks at idle sometimes (not all the time), but when i looked into it, these cars have a common piston slap issue so I assumed that's what it was. If it was a rod knock it would be constant wouldn't it? Also wouldn't there be particles in the filter too? rdb posted:Maybe the odometer has been rolled back or the oil was changed for the first time in 30k. The car was (and still is) like brand new when we got it, totally immaculate and still had the new car smell. That's why this is confusing to me. Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 23:40 on May 27, 2019 |
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May 27, 2019 23:37
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That oil looks chocolate-milky to me... Did another fluid get in there?
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Applebees Appetizer posted:It ticks/knocks at idle sometimes (not all the time), but when i looked into it, these cars have a common piston slap issue so I assumed that's what it was. Yea there should be particles in the filter too. If it's rod knock it should show up around 2-3k rpms and get louder when you let off the throttle. Warm it up all the way and see if it sounds bad around those rpms. I'm gonna assume it's dbw so it might be hard to hear if you aren't under the hood unless it's really bad.
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KillHour posted:That oil looks chocolate-milky to me... Did another fluid get in there? Not today, but I use that pan for all types of fluids shy boy from chess club posted:Yea there should be particles in the filter too. If it's rod knock it should show up around 2-3k rpms and get louder when you let off the throttle. Warm it up all the way and see if it sounds bad around those rpms. I'm gonna assume it's dbw so it might be hard to hear if you aren't under the hood unless it's really bad. Definitely not rod knock then. Only happens at idle, once you get on the gas it completely disappears. Pretty classic piston slap with these cars and it doesn't hurt anything, just a bit annoying sometimes. Only reasonable thing i can think of because of the low mileage is that it's left over from break in.....Maybe possibly from the threads from the drain plug? Otherwise there should be poo poo in the filter.....Idk, guess I'm just gonna have to bite my nails until I get the oil tested, and that won't be for a few weeks yay. Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 00:04 on May 28, 2019 |
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May 27, 2019 23:57
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My 2006 Impala's 4T60 has started slipping at 244,000 km. After I bought it at 241,000 km three months ago. It's mechanical problems day in AI, apparently.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Not today, but I use that pan for all types of fluids I would be at Lexus in the morning and try to find a mechanic to ask or the service manager this could be normal don’t freak yet. I worked at a Lexus dealer a million years ago and they should have good people there.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Otherwise there should be poo poo in the filter.....Idk, guess I'm just gonna have to bite my nails until I get the oil tested, and that won't be for a few weeks yay. Unless you caught oil directly while it was draining in a clean, never used container (mid stream, just like when you do a pee in a cup test), or you've NEVER used that pan for anything before (not even an oil change), you can't use that sample. Blackstone will send you a collection kit for free. Run it for 2-3k, collect another sample (directly into a container while the oil is draining out - and not the very first part or last part of the stream).
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STR posted:Unless you caught oil directly while it was draining in a clean, never used container (mid stream, just like when you do a pee in a cup test), or you've NEVER used that pan for anything before (not even an oil change), you can't use that sample. Well gently caress, so much for what i saved then. I ordered a kit, just gonna have to wait now until I can get a clean sample. And this loving car uses 9 quarts of oil, it shot out of the pan so fast when it hit the container a shitload of it splashed all over my driveway, I'd say at least three quarts got spilled. First time in my life I've ever had to go to the parts store and get oil dry for a spill, what a loving mess. And don't get me started about the dumbass cartridge oil filter....
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Well gently caress, so much for what i saved then. I ordered a kit, just gonna have to wait now until I can get a clean sample. Those experiences are never fun, but I'm with STR, hopefully that torrent of oil stirred stuff up in your catch pan from another vehicle. I may have missed -- did you open up the pleats of the oil filter?
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Olympic Mathlete posted:and it has a single DIN unit for a digital clock with a display the size of a watch... It's a very odd little car!  I once drove a Daihatsu that had something like that, but it also had an FM radio with a built-in speaker.
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Liquid Communism posted:Why Excel? That's a job for either sharepoint or outlook calendars, or at least get a template rather than scratch build. Because My Boss Said So and That's What We Did Before. I even made a fairly nifty version in Confluence but we didn't have sticky column/row headers in edit mode, so that was nixed.
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Hope all of the Amerigoons had a good Memorial Day weekend. I slashed my palm wide open chopping lettuce for smash burgers, and didn't wear a high enough SPF sunscreen so now my shins feel like they're going to split open like over-cooked hot dogs! 
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I'm sitting at home waiting for a text about a case subpoena because the primary physician on the case simply declined to respond to e-mails from hospital legal. If I knew that simply ignoring the e-mail was a tenable legal option, I'd be at the goddamned gym right now.
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That works? My life has changed
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Ferremit posted:Thats why you go and camp literally 100km away from any other fucker on earth with your friends who know how to camp. God drat
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I am unemployed. Versa might be sold. I feel good.
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:That works? If DHS really cared they could have been more aggressive in pursuing her testimony. I'm just going to make liberal use of "if you want someone to elaborate upon her chart, you'll have to ask her yourself."
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Ferremit posted:WAA line in the Simpson. What’s mind blowing is the sheer number of animal footprints in the dune I’m standing on in the foreground! Man, I so loving need to somehow come up with like 6 months off and enough budget to build at least a decent budget 4wd rig and go explore Australia. You guys have such stupidly gorgeous landscapes.
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meatpimp posted:Those experiences are never fun, but I'm with STR, hopefully that torrent of oil stirred stuff up in your catch pan from another vehicle. I may have missed -- did you open up the pleats of the oil filter? Well if that's the case then it's from my xB, so now I need two test kits lol. I looked through the pleats of the filter and didn't see anything, but I'm thinking about cutting it and spreading it out to get a better look.
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Is it definitely metal? How confident are you that the pan was spotless before you started? I get rocks and dirt and poo poo in my drain pan all the time just because it sits open in the corner of my garage.
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:That works? only for rich people like doctors
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tetrapyloctomy posted:If DHS really cared they could have been more aggressive in pursuing her testimony. I'm just going to make liberal use of "if you want someone to elaborate upon her chart, you'll have to ask her yourself." What on Earth does the Department of Homeland Security want with a physician's chart?
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