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Motronic posted:Just add kevlar laces and they are perfect for quite a while. I need more information immediately  I went through like 6 pair of laces on that last pair of boots, mostly because I end up grinding dirt into them and dragging them over gravel while working on junkyard cars. Ever see this happen? Welp.  The laces naturally get sawed through in exactly the same spots (half the eyelets are like that) and it annoys the poo poo out of me. Actually, kevlar probably isn't the right tool for the job, I suspect it will get cut by dirt/dust just as easily. In fact... the new ones already have a bit of worn away metal there.
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kastein posted:I need more information immediately It was so awesome when I found these because I always had the exact same problem. Ironlaces. That's not the only brand, but that's what I've got at the moment.
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Tried Red Wings. Not impressed so far. The soles on mine are not wearing as good as I would like and the toes have really taken a beating. The water resistance is mediocre at best. I'll be back to Carolinas soon. Just waiting for the next free boot voucher to hit.
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Motronic posted:While I appreciate that, I seem to not be able to find my local cobbler's shop anymore. All three of the large indoor malls in my city (and about half of the strip malls) have a shoe repair place in them, they shouldn't be that hard to find.  A quick google search for "Portland Shoe Repair" got me a half dozen places right at the top of the page: https://www.google.com/maps/search/shoe+repair+portland/@45.5424364,-122.654422,11z/data=!3m1!4b1 Surely there has to be at least a few shoe repair places near you?
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Went to a NYW party, told four dudes in attendance they can get hosed and we're done! Then downed an entire bottle of Kettle One and got drunk as gently caress, woke up with a bitch of a hangover but feeling great. Had a steak and egg lunch, did some shopping with the lady and it was a great day. Also reconnected with a friend that I've been losing touch with and made a vow to hang out so we don't drift any further apart. Tomorrow is day 1 of work in my elevated position, we're already planning a vacation for the fall, life is good. gently caress 2014, 2015 shall reign eternal.
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I had to be to work this morning at 9a and idk what I ate last night cuz I sure didn't drink a whole lot but I puked my loving brains out while staying at my wife's parents. I guess I was so loud that it woke my father in law up and he said something like "yikes, guess he's not going to work" to my wife the. Was absolutely shocked when I walked out of the bathroom saying how much better I felt see you nerds later. It's amazing how well years of puking all the time from stomach issues prepares you for getting over a simple stomach ache puke compared to other people Edit: it was either from a shitload of Brie and apples or from the four coke and raspberry vodkas I had, idk
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HotCanadianChick posted:All three of the large indoor malls in my city (and about half of the strip malls) have a shoe repair place in them, they shouldn't be that hard to find. Last I time I went looking for local shoe repair I only found delicious alcohol.  Hanson's Shoe Repair A really cool local speakeasy bar. Kinda pricey but had good drinks.
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Paging meatpimp to the chat thread, meatpimp to the chat thread: How about that upset? 
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T1g4h posted:Paging meatpimp to the chat thread, meatpimp to the chat thread: How about that upset? Ho-lee poo poo. So are people going to hate the Buckeyes more or less now that they downed Alabama? It's like they're trolling in real life.
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meatpimp posted:Ho-lee poo poo. So are people going to hate the Buckeyes more or less now that they downed Alabama? It's like they're trolling in real life. I hope they get nothing but love for this. It's so drat nice to see Alabama get beaten 
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meatpimp posted:Ho-lee poo poo. So are people going to hate the Buckeyes more or less now that they downed Alabama? It's like they're trolling in real life. They didn't impress me much. Oregon's going to eat them alive. 'Bama just imploded on offense, and gave the game away in the second half.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohi5mQJPLOM From the maker of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker and one last gently caress 2014 and a peremptive gently caress 2015!
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Well, I am gonna be MIA for awhile. With all I raised from selling my poo poo on samart- it isn't enough. I had hoped to fly, but can't. I'm stuck driving half-an-invalid to see off a full one. Keep 13" drunk to keep up shitposting quantity/quality. Don't tell Ozzy that we're talking the Ferd (all terrains have only about 10k on them.)
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I wish I took a picture now that I'm posting about it. Spent new year's with a couple good friends drinking and being silly, but we went out for dinner at a new local brewpub/restaurant that was so busy we had to sit at the bar. I had a buzz to begin with but fortified it with a few G&T's over snacks and dinner. But what really made the night memorable was the bartender, a super cute blonde woman in her late 20's who was just working her rear end off. She was smiling at everyone, hustling like a loving pro, paying attention to everything and always had time to cut in and help us out, never left us hanging with empty drinks or anything. She was witty with the customer chit-chat and when she wasn't doing that she was humming along to whatever song was playing on the PA system. Basically she was killing it at her job and seemed to be in a great mood the whole time. She dropped "my husband" into the conversation pretty early in the evening to ward off too much flirting but it didn't keep me from superficially falling in love with her anyway. I tipped her 30%. Reminded me of the kind of woman I'd really like to meet, I always tend to go for perpetually unhappy narcissists who make me do all the work and blame me for anything less than perfection. Explains a lot about why I've given up dating, but that bartender really got me pondering again. Here's to 2015!
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STR catte #2 has turned into quite the fearless cat. He's stealing food from the counter, from the dog, etc. Now the rear end in a top hat is photobombing my selfies. Jackass.  The tradeoff is he keeps my lap warm when I'm sitting down, and keeps my side warm when I'm sleeping. I think it's a fair trade.
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I'm feeling the effects of getting older. I spent most of new year's day talking about electronic radiator valves with my dad He's been looking into switching all of their radiators to electronic valves, since they have 25 radiators and it would be super convenient to be able to regulate all of them from a PC, rather than slogging around and twisting all of them when they go on vacation. Plus, they won't have to come home to a cold-rear end house when they get back again. They also have a couple of rooms they only use once or twice a week, like the band's music room, so most of the week there's no reason to keep a comfortable temperature there. So as sort of a pilot project, I'm installing electronic valves on the 2 radiators in my apartment, to see how well it works. I found a kit with two valves, two window sensors and a control module, which was perfect for my needs. Unfortunately one of the valves was faulty and I'm waiting for the replacement. But even with just the radiator in my living room under electronic control, the radiator is cooler than before for the same comfortable room temperature. I have no idea how that even works, but I'll take any heating savings I can, last winter was brutal for heating costs. The system also reduces the temperature slightly at night and when I'm at work. That'll probably give another 5-10% savings. I'm getting older and more responsible. It feels weird. And of course there's an app for it.  It's like that Nest thing, but for civilized countries that use water-based heating instead of air-based heating. I've also learned that heating geeks are even worse than lighting geeks. Seriously, the things some of those dudes hack up with home automation and customized heating profiles. It's worse than PC modding. Unfortunately for my parents, 23 of their 25 radiators use return valve thermostats, and there are apparently no electronic return valve thermostats on the market. So they'll have to retrofit all of them with conventional valves. But when you're looking at saving ~10% on a $8000/year heating bill, it's probably a good idea anyway. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 13:07 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Commited to helping a buddy with a few CEL codes his Mazda6 is throwing, a cylinder 3 misfire and a lean code on both banks. From googling, looks like we will check the MAF, vacuum leaks, swap the coil out of cylinder 3 and see what we get. Bonus: I forgot it was a fwd v6 car, and of course cylinder 3 is on the back bank, requiring pulling the intake manifold and like 20 various connections to it. Also, its like 28 degrees out and I dont have a garage. I guess I am a good friend?
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http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/2014-us-initial-quality-study-iqs Holy gently caress... Land rover is better than quite a few vehicles in the latest initial quality. Though seeing scion down the list is shocking.... Along with Jeep.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/2014-us-initial-quality-study-iqs Volkswagen made the list. I'm honestly surprised they exceeded the Industry standard. Even worse, they beat out Dodge and Ford. Interesting.
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Things I never thought I'd say: These new tires have way too much grip. 40mph down a gravel / dirt / mud road, and I couldn't get my Crown Vic to slide at all. For 225/65/16's they have ridiculous amounts of traction.
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CommieGIR posted:Volkswagen made the list. I'm honestly surprised they exceeded the Industry standard. Read the whole thing: VAG as a corporate entity made it solely because they now own Porsche; VW as its own brand is still where they've always consistently been: below industry average.
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loving  at fiat. People talk about those cars and my canned response is do you really want an italian designed/engineered dodge built in mexico?T1g4h posted:Things I never thought I'd say: These new tires have way too much grip. 40mph down a gravel / dirt / mud road, and I couldn't get my Crown Vic to slide at all. For 225/65/16's they have ridiculous amounts of traction. I too know this feeling. New snows and a two ton vehicle and I cannot slide my wagon around unless I'm really hee hawing on the steering wheel or doing dumb poo poo.
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I was kinda annoyed when I discovered I couldn't do 4x4 donuts in snowy parking lots anymore, only RWD donuts. drat studded winterforces ruined all my fun.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Read the whole thing: VAG as a corporate entity made it solely because they now own Porsche; VW as its own brand is still where they've always consistently been: below industry average. I shouldn't respond to this, but: You know I have you on ignore because you are generally a pretentious rear end, right? And I don't care.
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Up early on saturday to go to work. Wish it wasnt because this was happening. http://www.news.com.au/national/sou...4-1227172035133 Im on fire standby today because they are predicting dry lightning and another day of nearly 40 degrees with strong winds and all of the other crews they HAD for standby are off at this massive mess of a fire at Humbug Scrub. They havent been able to get a lid on this thing at all last night because the weather was crap, its threatening the suburbs and numerous towns. Its a poo poo storm regardless of how you look at it.
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CommieGIR posted:I shouldn't respond to this, but: You know I have you on ignore because you are generally a pretentious rear end, right? Ignore is playing the internet on easy mode. 
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I thought FedEx lost the $300 in parts I ordered from Pelican but they merely did like every other delivery driver and delivered them to the wrong building, that was a depressing couple of hours though
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Have the day off today. Get up, the wife made breakfast, she has work today and asked what I had planned: 1. Video games, drink beer. 2. Climb through a bunch of yards for some interior bits. 3. Work on my greenhouse. I told her that any of those are solid possibilities and I would go where the wind took me. An hour after she left for work, she calls and asks if I can drop off a few things she forgot. Oh, and by the way, could you take the daughter to the mall because she is down to her last pair of jeans. FUUUUUUUUUUCK. The mall is 45 miles away + traffic. Back home at 2PM with $200 less in my wallet. It's started raining off and on so #2 & 3 are off the list now. HotCanadianChick posted:Ignore is playing the internet on easy mode. Realized this was boring as poo poo a while back. A lot of the turds here grown on you.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Ignore is playing the internet on easy mode. piss boner posted:Realized this was boring as poo poo a while back. A lot of the turds here grown on you. And bragging about having someone on ignore is a worse forums crime than many others.
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I went to the gym today. There were a lot of people at the gym that I don't expect to see in another month or so.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:OTOH, people here seem to be of the opinion that Chrysler & Dodge explode faster than they can make them, and Chrysler almost makes the top third (and the Challenger is the highest ranked "Midsize sporty car"). It's Chrysler and VW. Chrysler owns Dodge.
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mariooncrack posted:I went to the gym today. Oh god, the smugness.
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meatpimp posted:Oh god, the smugness.
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