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LloydDobler
Oct 15, 2005

You shared it with a dick.


Gross. Still would pet.

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Imperador do Brasil
Nov 18, 2005
Rotor-rific




That’s a bear

Grakkus
Sep 4, 2011

Tomarse posted:

What is it? Where is it? What time would need to get there?

I actually have a working forward control landrover at the moment!. It did its longest completely trouble free trip for years last weekend (40 miles) - I want to do a bigger one this weekend. My toolbox and spares are already in the back ;)

Yeah what meltie said! I'm going to be there around 3-5pm roughly in case anyone is in the area, see you there maybe :)

Tomarse
Mar 7, 2001

Grr



Grakkus posted:

Yeah what meltie said! I'm going to be there around 3-5pm roughly in case anyone is in the area, see you there maybe :)

yesterdays DIY ran over leaving me no Saturday fettling time and I decided that i'm not brave enough to road trip 180 miles in the landrover quite yet, especially when i actually have work tomorrow that involves getting up at 4am.

I'm gonna attempt a more sensible distance next week instead (perhaps 100 miles).

I'm definitely up for this place as a uk AI meet up in the future though. it sounds great!

meltie
Nov 9, 2003

Not a sodding fridge.

Grakkus posted:

Yeah what meltie said! I'm going to be there around 3-5pm roughly in case anyone is in the area, see you there maybe :)

Trip report? Did you get a parking spot?


Tomarse posted:

I'm definitely up for this place as a uk AI meet up in the future though. it sounds great!

I am quoting this because it is a thing we should do

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

HAHAHAHA
well lesson learned I suppose. I used to just keep newspaper nearby so If I heard my cat heaving Id shove it right in front of 'em and they can puke on that.

Last week I did a baseball slide and caught it in my outstretched hands. My initial revulsion was overcome by not having to re-clean the goddamn carpet for the eighth time this year.

slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

HAHAHAHA
well lesson learned I suppose. I used to just keep newspaper nearby so If I heard my cat heaving Id shove it right in front of 'em and they can puke on that.
Oh yeah, most rooms have a roll of paper towel around for ~emergencies~ and indeed a roll was only 5-6' away from where this disaster happened - but the problem was when I sprung out of the chair when I heard the heaving I had to fly out of my room to hit a lightswitch in the hallway to see where he was - and the furry football was between my office door and the wall switch.

Seat Safety Switch posted:

Last week I did a baseball slide and caught it in my outstretched hands. My initial revulsion was overcome by not having to re-clean the goddamn carpet for the eighth time this year.
Been there, done that, many a time. It's one of the reasons when we bought our current house while it wasn't quite built I insisted on vinyl plank throughout every floor, except the basement. Clean ups are a jiffy
cats still make a bee-line for any throw carpet though

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

HAHAHAHA
well lesson learned I suppose. I used to just keep newspaper nearby so If I heard my cat heaving Id shove it right in front of 'em and they can puke on that.

If it's regurgitated dinner (especially kibble), I let it dry and vacuum it up the next day. :shrug:

I'm a filthy animal.

big dong wanter
Jan 28, 2010

The future for this country is roads, freeways and highways

To the dangerzone
My catte only pukes in his litterbox, a good catte

Wrar
Sep 9, 2002


Soiled Meat
Ohio has the most garbage roads. Holy poo poo.

Geoj
May 28, 2008

BITTER POOR PERSON

Wrar posted:

Ohio has the most garbage roads. Holy poo poo.

Our previous governor (Kasich) cut state funding to municipalities for road maintenance about a decade ago.

Despite being one of maybe three voices of reason in the Republican party currently he did a lot of bad stuff while in office that widely gets panned by the media when they play up his outsider status.

e: also we have historically had an insane freeze-thaw cycle between November and April. Its not uncommon for the temperature to flip well above and below the freezing point several times in the same week. This takes its tolls on the roads, which is only exacerbated by deferring or ignoring road maintenance.

Geoj fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Nov 24, 2019

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

lmfao i am pretty sure i snapped a shift cable in my mr2 on the way in to work tonight gently caress everything

this was how i started this week

i ended it by having a tire on the car i'm borrowing blow out on the highway

rofl

KYOON GRIFFEY JR
Apr 12, 2010



Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

Wrar posted:

Ohio has the most garbage roads. Holy poo poo.

Bro come north to Michigan you can always tell when you enter this state. Ohio roads are Teutonic in comparison.

Ferremit
Sep 14, 2007
if I haven't posted about MY LANDCRUISER yet, check my bullbars for kangaroo prints

big dong wanter posted:

My catte only pukes in his litterbox, a good catte

Mine always go for the hardwood floors when they hork. I dunno why they don’t like carpet?

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Wrar posted:

Ohio has the most garbage roads. Holy poo poo.

This is true.


KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

Bro come north to Michigan you can always tell when you enter this state. Ohio roads are Teutonic in comparison.

This is also true. A lot of Michigan is unpaved. A lot of Ohio is paved, but actively trying to go back to unpaved.

briefcasefullof
Sep 25, 2004
[This Space for Rent]
I know cats puke.

I have a cat.

I have yet to observe him puking.

I am also terrified of finding a hidden puke spot when we move.

Or maybe our dog gobbles it up...

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Not all cattes will puke

That’s a terrible haiku

You should hug your catte

mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Wrar posted:

Ohio has the most garbage roads. Holy poo poo.

Where did you drive? Ohio City/Tremont in Cleveland?

Alarbus
Mar 31, 2010

Wrar posted:

Ohio has the most garbage roads. Holy poo poo.

Did you not drive through PA at all?

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Saw Ford v Ferrari tonight. Definitely worth seeing on a big screen with big sounds. I'm very glad to see another movie that manages to be both a good movie and a good depiction of racing.

Spoilering the only thing that really yanked me out of immersion because if you don't recognize it you might not notice otherwise:
California Speedway is a pretty poor stand-in for Daytona. I realize that modern Daytona arguably looks even less like period-correct Daytona, and there's probably not enough CGI budget in the world to cleanly edit out SAFER barriers, but leaving in the 40-position LED-lit scoring pylon? Really?

Road Atlanta was also recognizable but that track even today still can look the part.

Turbo Fondant
Oct 25, 2010

Powershift posted:

Not all cattes will puke

That’s a terrible haiku

You should hug your catte

Two types of cat folks

Those who've had Cold Foot Surprise

And who haven't... yet

Wrar
Sep 9, 2002


Soiled Meat
I drove from NC through VA and WV. From Huntington I went through Columbus to Ann Arbor to get to Grand Rapids. There are at least stretches of road in Michigan that aren't unmitigated garbage. Ohio was pure stank.

Ferremit
Sep 14, 2007
if I haven't posted about MY LANDCRUISER yet, check my bullbars for kangaroo prints

Ten year anniversary with the missus today. What did she give me to celebrate this milestone?

Strep throat. The joys of sleeping with a teacher who works with little kids... all the diseases without owning one yourself!

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


I'm planning a bucket list cross country roadtrip for next year in the USA. Obviously very premature in asking for 'must see' stuff but all info is good info. I'll hit up most of the tourist traps, and one of every major sport (Basketball, Baseball, NASCAR, Ice Hockey). There's something about small town americana, like diners and truckstops that are right up my alley. Dodgy places with amazing food that's off the maps. For reference I spent most of my 10 days in Hawaii in a below ground local bar where the hookers and dockworkers drank. Best hotdogs I've ever had!

bolind
Jun 19, 2005



Pillbug

Ferremit posted:

Ten year anniversary with the missus today. What did she give me to celebrate this milestone?

Strep throat. The joys of sleeping with a teacher who works with little kids... all the diseases without owning one yourself!

Truth. The worst cold I ever had was after banging a girl who worked in a daycare.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Voluntary OT fri-sun, 16 hours of which is double time. I'd be a fool to pass on that right?

Wrar
Sep 9, 2002


Soiled Meat

Rhyno posted:

Voluntary OT fri-sun, 16 hours of which is double time. I'd be a fool to pass on that right?

Are you burnt out? Nothing is worth it if you're toast.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Wrar posted:

Are you burnt out? Nothing is worth it if you're toast.

I was exhausted last week. Feeling good today. I want the cash but at the same time, the 4 day weekend would be legit.

InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.

IOwnCalculus posted:

Saw Ford v Ferrari tonight. Definitely worth seeing on a big screen with big sounds. I'm very glad to see another movie that manages to be both a good movie and a good depiction of racing.

Spoilering the only thing that really yanked me out of immersion because if you don't recognize it you might not notice otherwise:
California Speedway is a pretty poor stand-in for Daytona. I realize that modern Daytona arguably looks even less like period-correct Daytona, and there's probably not enough CGI budget in the world to cleanly edit out SAFER barriers, but leaving in the 40-position LED-lit scoring pylon? Really?

Road Atlanta was also recognizable but that track even today still can look the part.

Ehh, there's a lot of stuff in the film that's basically wrong one way or another, including fundamental story elements, but I just decided to ignore that stuff and treat it more like a period-set Days Of Thunder than a historically accurate film.

nitsuga
Jan 1, 2007

Rhyno posted:

I was exhausted last week. Feeling good today. I want the cash but at the same time, the 4 day weekend would be legit.

I've opted for the cash plenty of times, and was relatively happy I did most of the time. Maybe you could still sneak a day off in the mix.

T-Square
May 14, 2009

slidebite posted:

Thanks cat.

I'm sorry but this is hilarious and I immediately texted it to my girlfriend.


Neither of our cats have ever puked that we know of but one of them sure can't resist occasionally taking a good whiz on our thick fuzzy bathmat :mad:

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Another one bites the dust. Maybe.

Last night the frozen lead looked like poo poo. Shaking bad, sweating, could barely catch his breath or talk. Looked like someone in a full blown panic attack. Or having a heart attack. Or on a bunch of speed. Now he does have a history of drug use, but that was pretty much limited to college for him (he's in his late 20s), so I think we can rule that out.

5 minutes later.. "I can't take this, I'm going to the hospital" and started to go off on a spiel about how much stress he's under both at home and work, hasn't slept in 2 days, until I told him "dude, STFU and get yourself to the hospital, you look like you're about to die". His phone is off now, so either he got a 72 hour mental health hold (I'm betting that's what happened), got hospitalized without access to a charger, or got a calm-the-gently caress-down shot and sent home (and turned off his phone.. wouldn't blame him). He took the expensive bus ride; his car is still at work.

They've been piling more and more poo poo on his plate, and he only makes 20 cents an hour more than me. Every other lead makes at least $3/hr more.

e: he'd already made it known he's stepping down from the lead position. I'm going to do a big hearty laugh if they ask me if I'm interested, and specifically mention "I saw what you guys did to coworker, you need to give me at least a $5/hr raise to deal with that level of bullshit, officially make me full time, and backdate all vacation accrual to my hire date instead of the day I get classified as full time". I know they won't do that. It's the manglement that makes the job such poo poo, not the company.

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Nov 25, 2019

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Picked up a new edition to the family yesterday.

Goober Peas
Jun 30, 2007

Check out my 'Vette, bro


That fuzzy face

:kimchi:

redgubbinz
May 1, 2007

STR posted:

It's the manglement that makes the job such poo poo, not the company.

If this is a typo, it's still incredibly accurate.

My job has four shifts, 12hrs long, two day and two night. One of the two night shifts has a notoriously terrible manager (petty, micromanaging yet unavailable, mostly clueless about actual operations, an all-around rear end in a top hat) and has had crazy attrition rates for years. The solution? Put him on the OTHER night shift, where everyone is already aware of him and as such, are transferring over to the now understaffed first night shift (or quitting) :lol:

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Picked up a new edition to the family yesterday.



Would attempt to pets and get bited

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

He's a nice kitty and doesn't bite :)

Been almost a decade since we've had a cat so it's nice to have one again, he's a sweetheart.

He's a ragdoll and male so he's gonna get really big :v:

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
All cats bite.





Eventually.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

I've never been full on broken skin bitten by any of my cats before, play biting sure but there's a difference.

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T-Square
May 14, 2009

One of our cats will only bite if you get him super riled up with some wrasslin' but the other one loves to get you to pick him up and nuzzle your neck and then chomp your ear or cheek. He also loves to give good morning bites.

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