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mariooncrack posted:Please be careful. Don't forget a former forum member's jeep caught on fire due to a leaking gas line. I still remember opening the Facebook notification of the live video being started on the group and I was like "well what do we have...  "
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Darchangel posted:I like her, just for that. She then claimed that mine can't be classified as toots, because they're routinely loud enough to startle her 
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I still remember opening the Facebook notification of the live video being started on the group and I was like "well what do we have... I still have the badges and license plate. 
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meatpimp posted:I don't think the cause was ever determined, and he had a penchant for the call of the void. If it sates any latent curiosity, he admitted to me near the end of his stay that he had deliberately set it on fire.
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Tremek posted:If it sates any latent curiosity, he admitted to me near the end of his stay that he had deliberately set it on fire. Wow
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Guess who just bought a diesel RV in Japan? This guy
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everdave posted:Guess who just bought a diesel RV in Japan? This guy That the 2.4 or the 2.8 engine?
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KakerMix posted:That the 2.4 or the 2.8 engine? 2.4
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Tremek posted:If it sates any latent curiosity, he admitted to me near the end of his stay that he had deliberately set it on fire. I am not remotely surprised.
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It's a really nice feeling to wake up and go out to a car that starts without a bunch of complaint. Ya ever get that diaassociative feeling? Where you remember the same scene from years ago and it was always a guessing game if the fart rocket would ignite? But now it's....kinda more fun to be a square with poo poo that just works because ain't nobody got time to dick around with a cantankerous starter relay. I have developed a grudging respect for the humble Toyota Prius. It may be a numb, heavy sack of listless potato soup by any reasonable metric. But you can fit an absolutely gargantuan amount of poo poo in it. The seats are firm and remind me of public transit. On the flip side I don't have to dick with much and tires are very reasonable. I kinda want an older one that's been well kempt just so I can fill it with fertilizer sacks and hate it for being the proverbial black hole where fun goes to die. MC Hawking fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Aug 10, 2019 |
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Tremek posted:If it sates any latent curiosity, he admitted to me near the end of his stay that he had deliberately set it on fire. I always had a nagging suspicion. That's why I worded that post the way i did.
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MC Hawking posted:It's a really nice feeling to wake up and go out to a car that starts without a bunch of complaint. Every day. Same vehicle. I was a lazy cheap bastard for far too long. I wouldn't buy a new battery so even with my hosed back and legs I would crawl through the rear door to the battery compartment and hit the super-cap jump starter, then wait for it to charge and fire up. I did my back and legs a LOT worse for the sake of $150. Now I also fixed the tailgate electric switch so now I second guess my angle off attack everytime I go to load the wagon up.
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"I need more internet points, better set my only form of transportation on fire."
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Rhyno posted:"I need more internet points, better set my only form of transportation on fire." I always thought it was kind of sad that he felt he constantly needed the approval of AI and FB or whatever and did dumb poo poo just to try and stay relevant. The fact that he started the Jeep fire doesn't surprise me at all. MC Hawking posted:It's a really nice feeling to wake up and go out to a car that starts without a bunch of complaint. That's why I'm getting another xB, it just works. All the utility I need without any bullshit and the best stock stereo I've ever had in a car. Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Aug 10, 2019 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I always thought it was kind of sad that he felt he constantly needed the approval of AI and FB or whatever and did dumb poo poo just to try and stay relevant. This forum did a lot to encourage this sort of behaviour
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MC Hawking posted:It's a really nice feeling to wake up and go out to a car that starts without a bunch of complaint. Yup, having a cheap and reliable daily removes a lot of stress and extra crap to think about. Also saves money for fun weekend cars and other projects. I'm pretty sure on Thanksgiving this year I'll have had the TDI for 9 years, only car I've owned longer is the 320i at 10 years in October.
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Tremek posted:If it sates any latent curiosity, he admitted to me near the end of his stay that he had deliberately set it on fire. It's not surprising, just disappointing.
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fridge corn posted:This forum did a lot to encourage this sort of behaviour Oh without a doubt, but the fact that he was more than willing to appease didn't help either.
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Does anyone know of any good antique shops or used machine tool stores in Las Vegas, Los Angeles or San Francisco? I'm heading over to the states for a vacation in a couple of weeks time, and I would like to see if I can pick up a couple of tap handles and maybe a set of calipers. I'd also appreciate tips for other cool stuff to see in or around those cities, maybe something a little off the beaten path?
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fridge corn posted:This forum did a lot to encourage this sort of behaviour Yep, it was quite sad. His threads seemed like a weird cry for help/attention, crowd funded by goons.
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I think by now we all realize that we hosed up by enabling him. But he was actually homeless and we wanted to help him to not die, it just went too far.
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Darchangel posted:You guys who can ride bikes to work etc. are lucky. I've only been gone a year, but hoooooly poo poo I do not miss that. I especially don't miss the drive from my old apartment to Amazon's warehouse when I was delivering for them full time. I lived right on the border of Rockwall/Garland/Rowlett (right on I-30), the warehouse I delivered out of is next to Love Field. That drive could take anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours, depending on if a single drop of rain had fallen from the sky in the past 24 hours. Austin is still spread out, but it's a lot more bike friendly. I'm 1.7 miles from work, which is walkable or bikeable - but with how physical my job is, and how many 10-12 hour days I put in, I want nothing to do with exercise when I get off. Plus they shut off the AC at night, so I eat lunch in my car (both to cool off with the AC and to charge my phone, which is streaming music for 5 hours of my shift). I've only been at this job for 2 months, and I'm already at the point that driving more than 15 minutes seems so far away (when I was driving 100-150 miles every day when I first moved here...). I was talking to one of the managers after I clocked out today (I occasionally work in his department too), and he mentioned he'd tried walking from his old place a few times and it just took too long. I mentioned yeah, it takes about a half hour for me. He asked where I live. Turns out he just moved out of my apartment complex.  Rhyno posted:Yo I hate my dad because he is in really good health but he's morbid as poo poo and wants to talk about what to do after he dies all the goddamn time! We already have a will and documents for all his poo poo! drat it Dad, let's just eat pizza and talk about trains! Is he related to my mother? Anytime she even has a doctor's appointment, it's a half hour phone call of where all her worldly possessions are, along with her will, important documents, etc. I keep asking her to just WRITE IT DOWN, because no way in hell will I ever remember the 30 locations in the house she has stuff stashed (including a couple of guns). mariooncrack posted:Please be careful. Don't forget a former forum member's jeep caught on fire due to a leaking gas line. My leak is in front of the left rear wheel - the exhaust is about a foot away, but has a heat shield (the fuel line is also wrapped in heat shield tape from the factory - which is why it winds up leaking, it traps crap against the line, and this is a MN car). Not a lot of risk unless I flick a cigarette at the right spot (and I don't smoke cigs...). Tremek posted:If it sates any latent curiosity, he admitted to me near the end of his stay that he had deliberately set it on fire. I thought that was common knowledge. T-Square posted:She was whining and telling her that she was probably going to have a hard time getting a vein because hers roll around or whatever, and the phlebotomist just goes "Aw, have no fear, whenever I'm in the room blood will spill" My veins always roll, and it suuuuucks. My doctor's office has a Quest lab on-site, and so far they've always managed to hit it first try. Every time, I give them the "drat, you're good!" line. Out of 3 times now, 1 did go for my hand (the one vein most people can hit), the other 2 went for the crook of my arm and nailed it (one in each arm). I have another round of blood work sometime this month - last month, he hit me with bloodwork early when I went in to have some meds adjusted, but couldn't do a lipid panel. Both of us want that done - he's wanting to put me back on Lipitor, even though my LDL and HDL are normal (triglycerides were a little high, but not significantly) And that fart was totally intentional. 
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I saw a Porsche 959 today and literally nothing else matters. I wanna see a 959  I still think about the time i saw an MC 12 on the highway, that was a good day. Got the first mount done. Ignore the crusty rear end chair, I'm currently shopping for something affordable that can accommodate my size.  Some fine tuning to do.but it owwwwwwwwwwns. Now to do the other side. I'm going to be able to just pull a pin, and spin the joysticks behind the chair for the days where my insides are trying to become my outsides, or spin them them straight out to the side for local multiplayer goat simulator with my nephews. 2 sticks, 3 pedals, a wheel and shifter with a combined 12 analog inputs, 34 buttons, 2 POV hats, a D-pad and h-gate shifter. Those fuckin cars/tractors/planes/space planes don't stand a chance.
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I dont remember feeling this anxious on any other trip to Canada. But I didnt have 10 Grand worth of race bike packed and I wasnt getting married either those other times. This is my second marriage and I know all too well how things can gently caress up let alone I'm going halfway around the world to do this. Guess mostly I want to get out of here and get on with it. At least yesterday I forgot most of it and just belted out 122kms on the race bike which was glorious abeit in incredibly windy conditions. It does amuse me me in one respect - all these years thinking marriage was a waste of time and yet here I go again. At least "To import a drat good Canadian" is a great reason.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I dont remember feeling this anxious on any other trip to Canada. But I didnt have 10 Grand worth of race bike packed and I wasnt getting married either those other times.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I dont remember feeling this anxious on any other trip to Canada. But I didnt have 10 Grand worth of race bike packed and I wasnt getting married either those other times. So are you finally coming in for good? There are some applications that have to be made from outside of the country, which literally sometimes just means driving over the border and mailing it from there. There are all kinds of goofy rules, and if Scheer comes in to power in October, they could start looking for any kind of mistake to get rid of non-millionaire visa immigrants. You might be able to find an immigration lawyer that does free consultations, but you might have to learn Mandarin. doogle posted:
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There's a new movie coming out, about that one time some lovely little inconsequential Iti company refused to be bought out by Ford, and in a fit of pique Ford had Carroll Shelby build the greatest racing car of the era, and possibly of all time, with Matt Damon as Caroll and Christian Bale as Lee Miles https://youtu.be/SmwnmDsqRQM
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Double post: The story of Dave might be a lovely one, but there's a big chonky silver lining, at least for me.     
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Elviscat posted:Double post:  Rosie is such a cutie
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I feel terrible for my oldest friend. His wife is undergoing first round of chemo for cancer in her chest. No one deserves to go through this especially her with two younglings under 5. However I have a moral predicament. They setup a GoFundMe but I know for a fact they have private medical cover AND friend is a miner on a healthy 6 figure income and she is an accountant. Not exactly short of money. I want to support them one way or another but I think the GoFundMe is a really poo poo thing to pull.
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Humphreys posted:I feel terrible for my oldest friend. His wife is undergoing first round of chemo for cancer in her chest. No one deserves to go through this especially her with two younglings under 5. However I have a moral predicament. They setup a GoFundMe but I know for a fact they have private medical cover AND friend is a miner on a healthy 6 figure income and she is an accountant. Not exactly short of money. I want to support them one way or another but I think the GoFundMe is a really poo poo thing to pull. Other people who are also struggling are not your enemies. For-profit health care is inhumane.
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Humphreys posted:I feel terrible for my oldest friend. His wife is undergoing first round of chemo for cancer in her chest. No one deserves to go through this especially her with two younglings under 5. However I have a moral predicament. They setup a GoFundMe but I know for a fact they have private medical cover AND friend is a miner on a healthy 6 figure income and she is an accountant. Not exactly short of money. I want to support them one way or another but I think the GoFundMe is a really poo poo thing to pull. Even in Australia cancer treatment with private medical is insanely expensive out of pocket. They are easily going to have every scrap of saving consumed so fast and they are down one income. Medicare is way better but even then still gonna be plenty of costs not covered Thak gently caress we aint the USA tho on this one. Full coverage of any cancer treatment was one of the promises by Labor in the last election and welp so many people fell for the scare campaign by the LNP about being taxed so nope we cant have that nice thing.
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They're filming the new ghostbusters a couple hours away. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fort-macleod-filming-ghostbusters-1.5242807 What's all this booing, about, eh? take off, ya slimer.
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ilkhan posted:She's moving to Aus with you? Not this year but yes. Hopefully everything lines up visawise and I get to take her to her new home next year
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I thought you were looking at like, vancouver island. Why would you choose flaming spiders over old people and rain
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Powershift posted:I thought you were looking at like, vancouver island. Why would you choose flaming spiders over old people and rain If her name is Katie and from Ft McMurray - Run don't walk
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