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Just finished the first real mow of the year and I have to say if you have a suburban sized yard (we're on a little over a 1/4 acre) battery electric lawn tools are the way to go. No worries about winterizing, no anxiety on if it's gonna start in the spring. Just make sure the batteries are charged and off you go. I had a few areas where the cool season grass has already come in really tall and think and I was mulching and the mower didn't miss a beat.
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Previa_fun posted:Just finished the first real mow of the year and I have to say if you have a suburban sized yard (we're on a little over a 1/4 acre) battery electric lawn tools are the way to go. No worries about winterizing, no anxiety on if it's gonna start in the spring. Just make sure the batteries are charged and off you go. Absolutely. I used my new Ego today mostly just to mulch down some leaves and even it up. I expected it to be louder than it was, I'm very impressed how quiet it is. Really just a much nicer mower than I used to have all over. Deck height is easy to change, speed control, comfortable height. I put the battery on the charger when I was done and the charger said no thx not yet. So that's awesome. The trimmer is great too. Not much more to say, it was comfortable and powerful. Also had a great chat with my barber today about cars, his project, my project, I showed off the Binder after. I saw a lot of great cars out and about too. Just a great day for seratonin.
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shy boy from chess club posted:The only car content I still watch is Hoonigan. They're the only only ones that still consistently wear masks. ...which is amazing because they have such a lack of interest in any other type of safety gear in the workshop usually 
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I must be a real simpleton (and I like it this way) because I am able to just watch YouTube videos and enjoy them if the content is good. If the video content itself starts to turn political (in any direction) I usually just shut it off then and move on. Not worth getting so worked up over.
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Apr 4, 2021 03:32
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Counterpoint: gently caress giving these assholes money. I can fill the rest of my life watching non-chuds do stupid stuff with cars, I don’t need to give open-carry MAGAts my views.
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Rhyno posted:What did Ben Heck do? Just check his twitter for gems like these: https://twitter.com/benheck/status/1378021319414063107 https://twitter.com/benheck/status/1376545189582491659
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shy boy from chess club posted:I didn't know that either until now, I haven't watched him in years but I respected his work. He can go gently caress himself now. Adrian, of the Digital Basement, is an old friend of mine from IRL - I've known him for 20 years. He is 100% the AntiChud and an incredibly nice and knowledgeable guy.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Adrian, of the Digital Basement, is an old friend of mine from IRL - I've known him for 20 years. He is 100% the AntiChud and an incredibly nice and knowledgeable guy. That's great news cause it's his videos I've been marathoning right now. I've always wanted to know how computers and logic work down to like the how the 1s and 0s move around and I've learned a ton from him already watching his method of diagnosing things. A lot of stuff is clicking into place in my brain because of his videos. All the random knowledge that I had is making more sense. Tomarse posted:I'm struggling a bit with hoonigan. I like them but it feels like only about 10% of each video they make is actual content and the rest is the same old skids and 'cool' video editing. Oh yea I definitely agree, a lot of their stuff is boring content wise but even in those videos the interactions between them can be hilarious. They seem to have a lot of genuine fun together. There are good content shows though like build and battle, kucklebusters, anything Dan, Suppy or Jamo works on, stuff like that. Vince and Mike Cox are the best part of anything they do though, their B and B and building the merch van was super great content.
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Rhyno posted:What did Ben Heck do? Aside from the tweets above he also goes off on libertarian rants fairly often in his videos. I stopped watching his videos after I realized I was skipping past more content than I was watching. All the rants, singing, and movie quotes take up a larger chunk of his videos than the actual electronic stuff.
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mariooncrack posted:Just check his twitter for gems like these: I mean, that is the exact reason. Maybe if we could trust people we wouldn't have to extend mask mandates. I got a super nice MTD mower with a stainless deck and bigass Honda motor today, it cuts grass so hood, this time of year parts of my lawn grow like 4" a week, and this is the first mower I've had that can mulch the big clumps, even the big Honda engined Husqvarna would stall out. I am not interested in bagging an acre of grass clippings. I have a riding mower, but it's a PoS, and needs constant care and attention to keep running, and I'm gonna have a couple kids housitting for awhile, and they need something they can pull the cord on and go.
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shy boy from chess club posted:That's great news cause it's his videos I've been marathoning right now. I've always wanted to know how computers and logic work down to like the how the 1s and 0s move around and I've learned a ton from him already watching his method of diagnosing things. A lot of stuff is clicking into place in my brain because of his videos. All the random knowledge that I had is making more sense. Yeah, it's awesome to see how his channel has blown up. We became buddies from talking about old Apple computers & old Volvos and used to eat lunch nearly every day until he moved out of town -- He's always been my go-to Tech Guru for all things PC and phone related, told me about modding an original Xbox years ago to run XBMC which was groundbreaking in 2005 or so - and has helped me pick the last 5 or so phones I've bought since he usually changes phone about every 3 months just to try them out. Really the nicest dude and wickedly smart. I'll pass along that I bumped into a fan "in the wild"!
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Ether Frenzy posted:Yeah, it's awesome to see how his channel has blown up. We became buddies from talking about old Apple computers & old Volvos and used to eat lunch nearly every day until he moved out of town -- He's always been my go-to Tech Guru for all things PC and phone related, told me about modding an original Xbox years ago to run XBMC which was groundbreaking in 2005 or so - and has helped me pick the last 5 or so phones I've bought since he usually changes phone about every 3 months just to try them out. Really the nicest dude and wickedly smart. Yeah Adrian is fantastic. If international shipping wasn't a pain for heavy poo poo, I would definitely send him some old editing gear to fiddle with. Ben Heck is long off the deep end. Wondering if thats why he is no longer with Element14. I love the banter between the Hoonigan team. A recent video of the new building was great "Hert will always find a chair". And an older video where they notice a bunch of kids riding BMXs and go join them, then bring them to the yard to do tricks off poo poo.
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Deteriorata posted:Generally, I don't care about the politics of makers or mechanics unless they make an issue of it. Most of the politics I see from makers are various rainbow or trans flags in the background, prominent "makers love equality" stickers here and there, I'm all for that.
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My wife was watching a makeup channel on YT and the creator went on a short rant about how it is legal and encouraged to burn the rebel flag in like 47 states and now I have a bunch of makeup tutorials in my YT recommendations.
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Boss contacted me and said I can come to work so long as I'm symptom free and without a fever. So I went in (I do have a test for tomorrow just to be safe, and they did a temp check when I got there). Glad I did... plugged a forklift in to charge, and once the charger contactor clunked on, heard a whole bunch of crackling. Cord from the charger to the wall was sparking a fair bit at the wall plug, charger shut down after a few seconds, but still sparked occasionally (I guess from the charger trying to power back up?) Glad the night lead trusts me enough that when I say "hey I need the key to the electrical room NOW", he knows I'm not loving around. Most people just walk away as soon as they plug in the forklifts or pallet jacks to charge - there's a 5 second delay before the chargers kick in.   Yup, dem be crispy. Found the breaker and shut it off, taped a big DO NOT USE note on the charger, reported to manglement. I give it 3 months before it gets fixed.... IOwnCalculus posted:I loving love that stuff, though I usually just get it a slice at a time. Delicious and horrible for you. Driving a 10' U-Haul back from MS, I passed 2 of these following each other. Seems they were governed a little lower - the 4.8 in the 10 footer would do 75 so long as it wasn't going uphill, but was very much governed there. The F650s looked like they were limited to 70. Whoever thought putting a gas V10 in a F650 can go shoot themselves in the dick. I know U-Haul was trying to get rid of diesels, but that engine is seriously NOT the right power plant for a truck that big. Though the 16 ft Penske I rented with the V10 a few years ago was able to hold 95 with a flatbed car hauler + Saturn on hauler + fairly full box. I was shocked it was governed that high (and unlike the Chevy 10 footer, it didn't slam down 3 gears every time it came off of the limiter if I still had it floored). 64bit_Dophins posted:Quicktrip is huge in atlanta. I grew up next door to one and I’ve had pretty much everything they have to eat. They're big in Atlanta because that's where Racetrac is based... their biggest foe. (I think their Wikipedia entry even specifically mentions this is why they're so big in ATL? been awhile since I looked). In DFW they literally build across the street from each other constantly. Except QT pays significantly better and has nicer stores. Atlanta and DFW are their two largest markets.
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Humphreys posted:I love the banter between the Hoonigan team. A recent video of the new building was great "Hert will always find a chair". And an older video where they notice a bunch of kids riding BMXs and go join them, then bring them to the yard to do tricks off poo poo. Yea the chair thing was so funny. Them making fun of Scotto about the color on the donk and his car so much they had to cut if off was great too. Or any time he brings up that color like at the Audi museum.
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I appreciate the editor and the camera guy on the latest new hq video. When Scotto started rambling on about ponies and horses whoever had the camera immediately went over to the dog in the room and the editor flashed up a message about everyone losing interest and then it cut. Perfect. Seems like a good group, genuinely can't hate them.
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rdb posted:There is this whole victim culture that surrounds rural white males. I drive through rural indiana every day, grew up in rural upstate NY, been to a poo poo ton of nowhere towns. Its all in a state of massive decay. For the erik o, ivans and a lot of these guys its easy to point the finger at the government or whoever and say “they left us behind, tax dollars on welfare, we are slaves to taxes, <insert dog whistle here>”. Then they surround themselves with the same propaganda on FB, TV, radio, and everyone of their friends has the same opinion and its just inescapable. Unfortunately they are only making the problem worse and are rapidly becoming radicalized. The gun culture/blue lives matter is particularly toxic, more and more of them are literally preparing to fight whatever religious or culture war fox tells them to. Its become ok to put facist bumperstickers on your car, talk openly about shooting “liberals”, and wear clothing that brags about shooting anyone “who comes for my gunzzz”. Its brainwashing man, and even here when we talk about them we are doing some “othering” as well. Yeah I went to college in upstate ny and living up there the last two years (I lived there for a year out of college) really radicalized me for real. I moved to NYC and shortly after to Atlanta and made friends with some black software developers and I talked to them about some of this stuff and they managed to de-radicalize me. It's pretty wild how isolation and living in a weird echo chamber like that can really detach you from reality. I would have voted for Trump but fortunately I was literally too hosed up on drugs and booze to make it to the polls lol. I went on a bender and at the time and completely forgot about voting... So yeah I guess I filtered myself out to the equation which is good because I would feel pretty guilty about it now otherwise... It's sad tbh people that live in towns like that really just need to cut the cope and move to a place where things are going on. Half of the problem is that a lot of these people are simply unwilling to change with the times. That is far from a unique observation but at the end of the day that is really what's going on. STR posted:They're big in Atlanta because that's where Racetrac is based... their biggest foe. Yeah people here are split down the racetrack vs quicktrip line. I personally like both of them. Racetrack coffee is unironically cool and good and I enjoy it from time to time. Back when I was a smoker I used to prefer quicktrip because the one by my house would not card me bc they recognized me as a regular (I think it's racetrack policy to check everytime no matter what). I think Buc-ees is still my favorite though tbh. They pay way better than both of those places. They are Trump supporters but they treat their employees so well from what I understand that I don't even care. Also completely unrelated and not trying to derail any discussions, but are any of you guys trading crypto? I've been into it for the past few years and never heard anyone mention it but it's such a big thing this bull cycle that I figured I'd ask. Is there any place on the forums where people talk about this kind of stuff or nah?
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64bit_Dophins posted:... I think this GBS thread is about it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3838405 Don't talk about in the GPU thread in SHSC. It's a pretty loaded topic in general, so tread carefully.
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STR posted:Whoever thought putting a gas V10 in a F650 can go shoot themselves in the dick. I know U-Haul was trying to get rid of diesels, but that engine is seriously NOT the right power plant for a truck that big. The only time I did anything other than gingerly touch the throttle was with the truck unloaded and heading back to the UHaul center to return it, where I used WOT turning onto the main road. It felt and sounded exactly like it did when I had been babying the throttle, and was still absurdly slow. Plus side overall is that the truck was marked off as only having half a tank on the contract when I picked it up, but was just below 3/4 - so I didn't have to try and maneuver that monstrosity into a gas station.
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The 10 footer wasn't bad to get into a gas station - except for my wallet. I think I spent right at $100 for ~650 miles, and it got turned in pretty much with the gas dead on 3/8 (what it had at pickup). The DIC showed right at 12.2 MPG, though it was packed to the gills. It showed 13.9 MPG when I picked it up, but I had it pinned once I got on open highway. The 16 foot V10 Penske, pulling a flatbed car hauler, with a car? 13 MPG as measured by fillups. How a 4.8 LS in a much lighter truck does worse than a Ford V10..... 
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Weather is finally good here and we are down at the creek a lot, plus riding at our track beyond the creek. Today was the first time I saw fish bigger than minnows that also weren’t catfish.    
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I’d kill to have a place like that when I was your kids’ age! So my work truck, a 2009 Chevy express, started grinding from the rear brakes. I jacked up to do rear pads and rotors and the passenger side that was grinding was also covered in rear end fluid, so add new axle seals to the list. Got to the drivers side and there were still factory clips on the rotor. This truck has 250,000 miles on it! I don’t remember doing the passenger side but I must have at some point, or it was done within the first 25,000, before I got it.
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64bit_Dophins posted:Also completely unrelated and not trying to derail any discussions, but are any of you guys trading crypto? I wouldn't look at SA for that kinda stuff, it's basically considered a crime against the environment, and a lot of posters who were real into it have been banned, and in at least one case perma'd.
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Elviscat posted:I wouldn't look at SA for that kinda stuff, it's basically considered a crime against the environment, and a lot of posters who were real into it have been banned, and in at least one case perma'd. I figured that was the deal. Thanks for the heads up! nitsuga posted:I think this GBS thread is about it: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3838405 I'm just going to continue posting on Tradingview lmao but thank you for linking. Won't mention it again. Listening to people talk about crypto when you want to talk about literally anything else is intolerable anyways.
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My only real experience with crypto has been watching all the dumbest people I know deciding that it's the future and jumping in headfirst, seeing a definite bubble forming and currently every fb group I manage is being deluged with join requests from get-rich-quick crypto day trading spambots, so I can only assume they want to scam people with it.
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The trading platform I use offered $50 for trading crypto when they started it. So I bought the minimum of the cheapest one, held it for a week, got my $50 and sold it for the small profit. The IRS will be breaking my door down any minute.
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kastein posted:My only real experience with crypto has been watching all the dumbest people I know deciding that it's the future and jumping in headfirst, seeing a definite bubble forming and currently every fb group I manage is being deluged with join requests from get-rich-quick crypto day trading spambots, so I can only assume they want to scam people with it. Yes 90% scammers. It's just a hobby and it is my preferred method of gambling. Like I said I did not intend to derail the thread but yeah. My ex texted me yesterday just to say that she bought a 2020 Corolla as per my recommendation. Kind of ironic that the first person to actually take my car advice is a woman that does not care for me very much haha.
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Humphreys posted:Well Hello Nice. Send me one,plz (US). shy boy from chess club posted:The only car content I still watch is Hoonigan. They're the only only ones that still consistently wear masks. Roadkill made a recent video going to Cleetuses track so they're sinking fast in my respect column. Oh yea please tell me Deboss is ok, I haven't noticed any dog whistle stuff yet but I only follow him on yt and the other social media is usually where you find the chudery. I'm down to Hoonigan and Deboss for car stuff. Deboss is Canadian,so, while not above reproach, hopefully less likely to be a chud. No signs so far that I’ve seen. I keep waiting for Vice Grip Garage to go off the rails, just because I like watching them so much, and I can’t have nice things. shy boy from chess club posted:I've got this one and I love it. I actually have two because I lost one by leaving it in the glove box. I has so much neat stuff besides normal code reading. A dash you can set up to watch whatever 6 things it can read, data logging and a performance meter. Oh yea and can tell if the monitors have passed their checks. I use that same software (OBD Fusion) with a no-name wi-do dongle. Base software is free, vehicle specific code reading is $10 IIRC. Deteriorata posted:Mustie1 sort of is. He posted a comment pointing people to a terrible YouTube video about the "stolen" election and all the supposed fraudulent votes shortly after the election. The replies were mostly a chorus of "shut up and stick to wrenching" and it disappeared after about a week. God drat it. mariooncrack posted:Just check his twitter for gems like these: It’s fascinating when a “technology” guy with can’t, or refuses to understand science. Humphreys posted:Well this is a bit different. Local spotto I want that to be on the Subaru flatty. In personal Subaru news, I smelled burning oil when we got back from strip today, so I popped the hood hoping against hope that it wasn’t the cam covers I had just done a few months ago. It wasn’t, but there’s a split n the inner right CV joint boot, and it’s throwing grease right onto the right exhaust manifold. Rats.
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64bit_Dophins posted:I figured that was the deal. Thanks for the heads up! No worries, dude. It’s a beautiful day up here, and I got to see my niece play on FaceTime. Can’t complain a bit.
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Darchangel posted:Nice. Send me one,plz (US). Organise a shipping container and for $1000 my other one can be yours :P
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Took a nap after work, whipped up an easy Easter dinner (half of a spiral sliced ham, oven roasted baby potatoes with garlic and rosemary, brown n serve rolls brushed with butter, mac & cheese, frozen mixed veggies tossed with some salt and pepper, half a gallon of ice cream). Had a (fully vaccinated) friend over, the 3 of us enjoyed pigging out. Then I promptly fell into a food coma. Just woke up; I'm off tonight since the store was closed all day (and no truck tonight), but can't have my hours drift too much. Work always comes up with crazy combo coupons for holidays - in this case, you buy the ham, and everything else I mentioned was free (~$17 savings for buying one of the smallest hams - only $24). Have about half of the ham still left and most of the mac & cheese. Happy Easter, for those who celebrate it. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Apr 5, 2021 |
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Easter was good, dinner at my Mom's food was good, Mom, GF and I, Brother & Fam, plus the two stray teens they picked up who are going to house sit for me soon. Nephew didn't act out as much as you'd think, they had a massive Easter Egg hunt on my property, one of his friend's moms is immunocompromised and has to be super careful, mask wearing+social distancing is the only way to keep her safe, and my piece of land allows that, and lets the kids run off some energy. My GF brought her GM's potato salad, which is a compromise between the best dressing ever (German style mayo+mustard with added pickle juice) and worst disgusting undercooked and crunchy potatoes ever. Pretty good time overall. E: it'd be nice if I could heat my house rn.
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Reply all: RE: Memo from the General Manager - Potato Salad Recipe
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Reminds me of the time I was living in Eindhoven, wanted to make an Apple Pie. Found these wonderful pre-cut bagged apples at the market. Pie looked wonderful, cut me a slice, bit in and found they weren't apples. They were potatoes. Potatoes do not taste good with nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar, and cloves.
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