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Previa_fun
Nov 10, 2004

I saw the Intel logo and thought it was an x86 joke.

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xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Previa_fun posted:

I saw the Intel logo and thought it was an x86 joke.

:same:

I'm not dumb, I'm just so drat smart that I assumed the puzzle was actually a puzzle.

Mad Dragon
Feb 29, 2004

At least it wasn't a simple math problem everyone always gets wrong because they don't understand the order of operations.

Please excuse my off-topic posting, and have a pic of a car covered in FOIL.

Only registered members can see post attachments!

InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.
Whether that counts as a car is an interesting debate, it's pedal powered.

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...
This dude is a hero

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AryJfB7C5-8&feature=youtu.be

Snowy
Oct 6, 2010

A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense



No decent human puts giant flags on the back of a truck

Gomi Day
Nov 15, 2007

Trust me, Bill. Large spectacles lend distinction to any countenance, as I have reason to know.
Plaster Town Cop

this is the greatest tuff trucks run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzKFf_ZqrE

boxen
Feb 20, 2011

Gomi Day posted:

this is the greatest tuff trucks run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzKFf_ZqrE

Goddamn, I had no idea this went on. I think there needs to be a PDX AI meet for this next year.

honda whisperer
Mar 29, 2009

Should have been a straight line with no direction. l vs 1 backwards.

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

That's how I play spintires, followed by 20 minutes of getting a repair truck on site.

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Gomi Day posted:

this is the greatest tuff trucks run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzKFf_ZqrE

Yeah, that guy gets it.

OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002

Boaz MacPhereson posted:

Yeah, that guy gets it.

A discount from his chiropractor?

KakerMix
Apr 8, 2004

8.2 M.P.G.
:byetankie:

BraveUlysses posted:

A discount from his chiropractor?

Why would he want to destroy his spine even more? :confused:

Suburban Dad
Jan 10, 2007


Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself




Gomi Day posted:

this is the greatest tuff trucks run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzKFf_ZqrE

Didn't listen with audio but I'm going to assume the back window wasn't broken out before the run. :iia:

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Larrymer posted:

Didn't listen with audio but I'm going to assume the back window wasn't broken out before the run. :iia:

pops out at about 0:22

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Snowy posted:

No decent human puts giant flags on the back of a truck

Yeah, but they're American.

When it comes to flags, Americans get weird.

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

BraveUlysses posted:

A discount from his chiropractor?

Spine replacement sponsored by Bilstein.

Fifty Three
Oct 29, 2007

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Yeah, but they're American.

When it comes to flags, Americans get weird.
Just think of it like Last Night of the Proms, but it's at every opportunity and everyone's on the same page. :v:



Edit: After Bin Laden was killed, I was walking through State College (PSU) to get back to my apartment after my shift at the campus sandwich shop. My first clue that something had happened was the group of frat bros in a giant lifted dually with an enormous American flag tearing up and down the street. Shortly thereafter, a mass text went out informing us that police had authorized the "celebratory activities" but to please refrain from damaging property.



That night was a loving blast.

Fifty Three fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Aug 22, 2018

Dennis McClaren
Mar 28, 2007

"Hey, don't put capture a guy!"
...Well I've got to put something!

OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002
timetofap.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyqJxXolico

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless

Gomi Day posted:

this is the greatest tuff trucks run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzKFf_ZqrE

With some perspective on things, that 5 ton :stare:

InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.


















quote:

This could be a fun airport taxi or parade vehicle. It does have a clean title so you can license it.
It's a 1959 Cessna 172 on a 1968 VW bug chassis. It is also street legal. It has a full original instrument panel. The condition is good, fuel is gas, the engine is a 1600 VW 4 cylinder and manual transmission. It doesn't fly.

https://reno.craigslist.org/avo/d/car-airplane-on-vw-bug-chassis/6664580589.html

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
Is the plane body shortened anywhere, or is it just hacked off the back with tail relocated? The proportions are really pleasing.

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy




If this is the same model, and I'm no expert on 172s, the cabin seems pretty much intact but the nose is shortened by quite a lot and the tail is just hacked off.

MetaJew
Apr 14, 2006
Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!
Can a clutch on the prop be engaged to drive an emergency turbine/generator?

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011
I really like it. However, I would rig the rudder to turn with the steering wheel (just a bit), for fun.

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
would, hard

wood hard

fakeaccount
Jun 22, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

wesleywillis posted:

I;'ve got a bunch of seasons of the show Bonanza on DVD cause I'm old and still buy dvds.

Chevrolet was a sponsor of the show, and some of them Bonanza motherfuckers copped some skrilla promoting Chevrolet products.

Heres a video that was supposed to be for sales people. Starring Lorne Greene.

Holy gently caress the guy at 8:00 minutes, who goes over the jump in the bare chassis, with no roll bar...... :eyepop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wVCup6d1nM

What the gently caress is with those hats the audience is wearing?

As Nero Danced
Sep 3, 2009

Alright, let's do this

fakeaccount posted:

What the gently caress is with those hats the audience is wearing?

I don't know, but I think Chevy was overselling the 396 a bit

SquirrelGrip
Jul 4, 2012
I thought this was just a fancy reception ornament but it’s the real deal, spare engine in a glass case nearby as well

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

As Nero Danced posted:

I don't know, but I think Chevy was overselling the 396 a bit

Whoa now that's a big block!

Suburban Dad
Jan 10, 2007


Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself




wesleywillis posted:

Holy gently caress the guy at 8:00 minutes, who goes over the jump in the bare chassis, with no roll bar...... :eyepop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wVCup6d1nM

Hahaha, holy poo poo. It took me a minute to realize that section of the video is where I go to work every day. It's changed a bit since then. :v:

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Where we're going, we don't need no roll bar.

Warning, 1 hour, 42 minute documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgIhGTpKTwM

Reminder, this is not a mockumentary or cringe comedy. These are real people.

My favorite part of the whole thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgIhGTpKTwM&t=2919s

BlackMK4
Aug 23, 2006

wat.
Megamarm
New M5 Review

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2018-bmw-m5-test-review

quote:

In 2.8 seconds you’re at 60 mph and in 10.9 you’re whisked through the quarter-mile at 129 mph.

:wtc:

otaku69
May 18, 2003

Fifty Three posted:

There's sound if you view it on imgur and it doesn't sound hacked up. :shrug:

how do I do that?

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

Powershift posted:

Where we're going, we don't need no roll bar.

Warning, 1 hour, 42 minute documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgIhGTpKTwM

Reminder, this is not a mockumentary or cringe comedy. These are real people.

My favorite part of the whole thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgIhGTpKTwM&t=2919s


That was a brilliant doco, I remember watching that back in the 90s. Carter was absolutely batshit insane

Chillbro Baggins
Oct 8, 2004
Bad Angus! Bad!

T'other day I was in the car with my mother, who grew up in the musclecar era. She saw a new Mustang, and commented that it looks retro, but they probably don't go like they did back then.

Her first husband had a '67 Mustang fastback, which she trashed the transmission of at the local dragstrip. Her ex-father-in-law, upon the divorce, knowing his son was an rear end in a top hat, made up for it by giving her a blank check at a Chevy dealership. She got a Nova SS 350, where you could see the needle on the fuel gauge move. Mom had badass cars in 1970-81*

I replied that tires and engines are bettter, but with no hard proof at the moment.

Two weeks later I read the M5 stats-- "this thing is a giant sedan, one step away from being a limo, and does 0-60 in under three seconds, and a 10-second quarter-mile."

Mom: :gonk:

*she sold the Nova to her cousin and got a Ford Fairmont wagon when she learned I was gestating. Cuz wrapped it around a tree two weeks after he got it.

Chillbro Baggins fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Aug 24, 2018

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Boomers always have their tales about how much quicker cars were back then, but they just weren't.

They might have felt quicker because their movements were more dramatic. Flooring it made a bunch more noise and the front end came up and it felt like you were going fast, but they weren't that impressive. the Hemi Roadrunner was one of the fastest cars of the era, and only did 0-60 in 5.5 seconds and 13.56@105.38mph. Yeah blah blah blah tires, but they didn't have those tires at the time they are recollecting. They didn't even have the option of better tires.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
I think it's a combination of cars sounding better to their (and my) ears, the way the older suspension lets you feel the body shift under hard acceleration, and how for most of the time since that era, most cars had garbage performance. When we think of muscle cars, we think of things like Impalas and Chevelles. Those were the Avalons and Camrys of the era. It took a long time for those segments to get anything close to interesting again.

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Mad Dragon
Feb 29, 2004

Godholio posted:

I think it's a combination of cars sounding better to their (and my) ears, the way the older suspension lets you feel the body shift under hard acceleration, and how for most of the time since that era, most cars had garbage performance. When we think of muscle cars, we think of things like Impalas and Chevelles. Those were the Avalons and Camrys of the era. It took a long time for those segments to get anything close to interesting again.

And now the Camry has over 300hp. :haw:

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