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Holdbrooks
Jan 1, 2005

NEAI 2015
RIDE ETERNAL SHINY AND CHROME
ONWARD TO THE HALLS OF RUSTHALLA

13 INCH DICK posted:

What's the approved method of reply to someone who legitimately asked me to turn down Holy Diver on the radio?

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?!?!?

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Tomarse
Mar 7, 2001

Grr



13 INCH DICK posted:

What's the approved method of reply to someone who legitimately asked me to turn down Holy Diver on the radio?

Reply by simply turning the radio up until you can no longer hear them asking.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

13 INCH DICK posted:

What's the approved method of reply to someone who legitimately asked me to turn down Holy Diver on the radio?

Sounds like a resonable request to me.

Terrible Robot
Jul 2, 2010

FRIED CHICKEN
Slippery Tilde

13 INCH DICK posted:

What's the approved method of reply to someone who legitimately asked me to turn down Holy Diver on the radio?

This

Tomarse posted:

Reply by simply turning the radio up until you can no longer hear them asking.



Cat Terrist posted:

Sounds like a resonable request to me.

Why do you so consistently hate fun?

InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.

Brigdh posted:

Sorry mate, but every time I see one of these stories, it makes me appreciate that my work will accept personal packages, and I can swing by the loading dock to get them at any time. There is usually 5 or 6 sets of tires there all the time from all the car guys.
Yeah. As long as I don't get anything delivered that's too big (and I think that would have to be "forklift can't get it off the truck" territory), it's cool with the guys running goods inwards, and no-one else gives a drat.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Terrible Robot posted:


Why do you so consistently hate fun?

Music AND terrified screaming of passengers? Too much distraction from actual real fun.

Edit : Plus, that "music" is pretty boring and generic. We have better on in the office every day.

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

In the last week, I've seen no fewer than half a dozen Audi Allroads on the road; all of them moving under their own power.

I fear a powerful, dark magic is upon us.

Holdbrooks
Jan 1, 2005

NEAI 2015
RIDE ETERNAL SHINY AND CHROME
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I am about to go look at this maita for the exocet, what should I offer?

"The miata has 164k miles on it and it has never been in a wreck as long as I have owned it which is over 2 years"

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/4465697753.html

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Welp, went to see my cat today. He's... not happy about the IV, and was growling at the vet techs when I walked in. He started to hiss at me, then I guess he recognized me.

They'd just finished doing blood work, and... it's not looking so good. His kidney and liver functions haven't improved much at all They're going to keep him another night, but the vet didn't seem very hopeful. :smith:

One unhappy catte:



Holdbrooks posted:

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?!?!?

I was in a convenience store the other day, and a goofy looking guy (probably 16?) ran in and yelled "I'M AN EVIL GENIUS, TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?!" and ran back out. Wearing super short shorts and a tie-die turtleneck.

It was definitely a :wtf: moment.

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

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

:kheldragar:

Holdbrooks posted:

I am about to go look at this maita for the exocet, what should I offer?

"The miata has 164k miles on it and it has never been in a wreck as long as I have owned it which is over 2 years"

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/4465697753.html

$1400-1500, then get some of it back by selling the front bumper to blk.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Dude I got the rotors from is giving me a credit for the pads that I can use towards better pads. I am quite pleased.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Holdbrooks posted:

I am about to go look at this maita for the exocet, what should I offer?

"The miata has 164k miles on it and it has never been in a wreck as long as I have owned it which is over 2 years"

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/4465697753.html

drat, I wish I was closer because I'd gladly buy the rust free chassis off you and put suspension/drivetrain crap out of a rotmonster from up here back on it.

Maybe when I win the lottery.

Mat_Drinks
Nov 18, 2002

mmm this nitromethane gets my supercharger runnin'

Shampoo posted:

I really have no desire to skill up further as a support monkey. I'm a senior level computer janitor, and skilling up means picking another route and basically starting over, or going to management. I'd love to manage a small to medium sized support department and be able to improve the skills of the people under me and such. What I'd really like would be the head of IT for an organization in 15- 20 years time, but I'm not sure how realistic that goal is given the trouble I'm having breaking in.

I know, I know, it's mostly networking and word of mouth, but I don't know anyone in the location where I want to work. The real answer is probably suck it up and try and get a low level IT team lead or something job around here for a few years.

Ahhh ok. I'm lucky in that I'm not a support monkey but a senior analyst so I'm mostly working on projects, upgrades, etc and I can basically just take more and more responsibility on until I'm basically doing the job of two to three people (I'm actually at about two people right now). If I'm going into management though I want to manage analysts before support.

Do you have your MBA yet? In my neck of the woods it's requisite if you want to be CIO/department head and is almost requisite for even being a manager.

And are there any "lead" or "supervisor" opportunities where you're at? That might be a more attainable way to keep stepping up.

Holdbrooks
Jan 1, 2005

NEAI 2015
RIDE ETERNAL SHINY AND CHROME
ONWARD TO THE HALLS OF RUSTHALLA

Holdbrooks posted:

I am about to go look at this maita for the exocet, what should I offer?

"The miata has 164k miles on it and it has never been in a wreck as long as I have owned it which is over 2 years"

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/4465697753.html

I tried to get him down to $1400 but I own it now for $1500. Perfect shape other than the hood, top and dry rotted tires. No rust anywhere and a mint interior. The ac even works, but cuts what little hp the 1.6 has in half lol.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

Holdbrooks posted:

I tried to get him down to $1400 but I own it now for $1500. Perfect shape other than the hood, top and dry rotted tires. No rust anywhere and a mint interior. The ac even works, but cuts what little hp the 1.6 has in half lol.

Install a turbo to compensate for the A/C power loss.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
The Colts can suck my rear end in a top hat but I scored 6 free folding chairs from work today.



2 Colts, 3 Cowboys and 1 Dolphins. Only thing wrong is the edge of some of the feet are cracked. Boss just decided to chuck them and said I could have them.

Holdbrooks
Jan 1, 2005

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Stupid phone double post.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
I might need to burn down the Sears tomorrow if I don't have a 55" Samsung TV at my house in the evening.

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011

Rhyno posted:

The Colts can suck my rear end in a top hat but I scored 6 free folding chairs from work today.



2 Colts, 3 Cowboys and 1 Dolphins. Only thing wrong is the edge of some of the feet are cracked. Boss just decided to chuck them and said I could have them.

Only use the dolphins one, and when you sit in it, keep mumbling something about Einhorn.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

Phone posted:

I might need to burn down the Sears tomorrow if I don't have a 55" Samsung TV at my house in the evening.

This is a good plan regardless hth

mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008
I found out tonight that my last close friend in my hometown is moving away tomorrow.

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
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Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
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on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Geirskogul posted:

Only use the dolphins one, and when you sit in it, keep mumbling something about Einhorn.

LACES OUT, DAN!

Terrible Robot
Jul 2, 2010

FRIED CHICKEN
Slippery Tilde

Phone posted:

I might need to burn down the Sears tomorrow if I don't have a 55" Samsung TV at my house in the evening.

This is a pretty good tactic, generally I just try finding sales or the scratch & dent section, never thought to try outright extortion.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
It's OK though, they gave me back 5% because they can't even guarantee the delivery time of between 7 loving AM IN THE MORNING TO 9 PM IN THE EVENING, but trust me sir, if you call back tomorrow at 7am, we'll totes def have your poo poo in order.

tl;dr: Sears is so desperate for cash they're leveraging crazy midnight sales of big dollar items and going "oh poo poo" when they have to fulfill them. I guess it's better than AT&T who just straight up said "we can't verify your details, so we canceled your order since we're awful".

blk
Dec 19, 2009
.
Can someone ID this car for me? It was my late uncle's (that's him in the pictures)


Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


mid 60s AMC rambler classic.

nm
Jan 28, 2008

"I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Powershift posted:

mid 60s AMC rambler classic.

1963 I think, based on the tails.

OBAMNA PHONE
Aug 7, 2002
I just witnessed the most painful scrape by some dudebro trying to get over two speedbumps near my house. Guy must have scraped half of the entire length of his g35

blk
Dec 19, 2009
.

nm posted:

1963 I think, based on the tails.

Looks like a 63 770, thanks!

Kia Soul Enthusias
May 9, 2004

zoom-zoom
Toilet Rascal
Why can't you get Warcraft 2 anymore? :(

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

mariooncrack posted:

I found out tonight that my last close friend in my hometown is moving away tomorrow.

I know of 3 friends that are still in my home town.

One is actually making a decent living in real estate (rental properties) - the guy nobody thought would go anywhere. He graduated at the bottom of the class. Decent guy, total meathead. Out of everyone I've stayed in touch with from my home town, that's still in my home town, he's done the best by far.

The valedictorian of my class is morbidly obese (less than 5', around 250 lbs), on welfare, with a deadbeat husband that hasn't worked in 5 years. She has a nursing degree, but since they have 2 kids and can't afford day care or sitters, it's hard for her to work. Their house is classic hoarder as well, you literally cannot see the floor anywhere in the entire house. I'm not a neat guy by any means, but every time I visit, I feel so bad for their kids.

The 3rd is 34... and AFAIK, has never had a job, nor has he ever moved out of his parents house. He graduated the year after I did.

(my graduating class was less than 20, yay tiny schools)

Others from my high school: one is a cop in Arizona (he was a bully in school, we're actually somewhat-friends now); another became a carnie, then settled into restaurant management up north. He just got canned from that; he was almost my stepbrother at one point too.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

CharlesM posted:

Why can't you get Warcraft 2 anymore? :(

Blizzard hate games that are actually fun HTH.

mafoose
Oct 30, 2006

volvos and dogs and volvos and dogs and volvos and dogs and volvos and dogs and vulvas and dogs and volvos and dogs and volvos and dogs and volvos and dongs and volvos and dons and volvos and dogs and volvos and cats and volvos and dogs and volvos and dogs and volvos and dogs and volvos and dogs
Today I wished I had an automatic. I hosed up my back over the weekend moving transmissions and motorcycles, and it just hated me doing some setup job at work. Big machine required me to lean forward using my lower back to do work. I haven't felt this lovely in a long while.

Clutch in and braking was painful... If I feel like this tomorrow I think I'm going to go see a doctor.

What are the specialists called? Not chiropractors, the real doctors.

rscott
Dec 10, 2009
Orthopedist. Definitely a good idea to get it checked out now, back problems are for life, as my orthopedist tells me more or less every time I see him

Siochain
May 24, 2005

"can they get rid of any humans who are fans of shitheads like Kanye West, 50 Cent, or any other piece of crap "artist" who thinks they're all that?

And also get rid of anyone who has posted retarded shit on the internet."


rscott posted:

Orthopedist. Definitely a good idea to get it checked out now, back problems are for life, as my orthopedist tells me more or less every time I see him

This x 1000000. I have a slightly-hosed back from a hockey injury that had my parents/coach/someone insisted on going to a doctor about might not exist/be as bad.
gently caress bad backs.

yep_yeppers
Jun 1, 2013
Who else has a high mileage car? My '96 Ford Ranger is at 345k+ one of my goals is to get the lovable junk to 400k.

Siochain
May 24, 2005

"can they get rid of any humans who are fans of shitheads like Kanye West, 50 Cent, or any other piece of crap "artist" who thinks they're all that?

And also get rid of anyone who has posted retarded shit on the internet."


yep_yeppers posted:

Who else has a high mileage car? My '96 Ford Ranger is at 345k+ one of my goals is to get the lovable junk to 400k.

I hit 500,000 km on my geo tracker (traded in), 300,000 on my tacoma (written off), 300,000 on the wifes old highlander (traded in). My dads old 1987 chevy diesel has almost 700,000 km on it iirc. I love rolling vehicles to high mileage :) Turning over the 100k marks is the best.

Liquid Communism
Mar 9, 2004
My Sonoma's at 245k now, although I don't drive it much anymore since I got the XJ. A buddy of mine from highschool used to have a VW bus with ~600k on it, although by that point the engine had been rebuilt so many times that it was a Grandfather's Axe situation.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
My delivery has been narrowed down from June 4: 7am to 9pm to June 5: 8am to 9pm.

I guess I'm going to sleep in tomorrow because I'm worth it.

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kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
I'm at like 250 or so in the white MJ and IIRC 265 in the red crapcan right now. It'll hit 300 around this time next year.

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