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some texas redneck posted:They've had that for at least a few years now. Well, poo poo. I should have done the 30-day, then I could be driving the damned thing while waiting on the paperwork. <looks at link> Ah, 30-day costs $25. 5-day is free, and is good if the seller keeps the plates (which they can do in TX.) T-Square posted:Wait, so am I the only one who just drives whatever I happen to buy home without doing anything? I feel like if we had to get some permit or some poo poo, the second I purchased one the dickhead from craigslist that I had planned to buy the car from would flake out or something. First time I've done it. I only did it on this one because both the reg and inspection where out of date.
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Tusen Takk posted:Do any of you guys still play BF4? A little on XB or XBone. Mainly switched to BF: Hardline on the 'Bone, because that's what my friends are playing. I'm trying to get them to play the Hotwire game type, where it's Conquest, basically, where you hole positions, but the positions to hold are cars, and you can't capture them unless they're moving at speed. That was the funnest game type in the beta. they made the cars sound pretty good too, at least the sports sedan and the musclecar. Basically sound like CTS-V and Challenger, respectively.
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T-Square posted:Some gently caress went and grovelled to him and he loving came back. I love my job, but I've been with this company before in a different position for several years, and I still wonder what the gently caress these people are thinking. This is a service manager who SCREAMS at his employees in the middle of the service drive while multiple customers are literally standing right loving there, screams and THROWS poo poo in his office (which is a fish-bowl, customers can also see him in there), and according to all of the Service Writers is just plain lovely at his job and doesn't know what he's doing. So, I guess it's time to video him surreptitiously, preferable from somewhere a customer would be, and then post the videos on YouTube, including the dealer's name, etc. Once he's publicly embarrassing enough, maybe they'll wise up. 1500quidporsche posted:So I apparently let some meth heads into the building a week ago and they stole $13000 worth of stuff out of various units. Feel pretty lovely right now. How did that happen? I more pleasant news, I checked the option codes on my P71, and confirmed that I have a limited slip. And 3.55 gears! That explains why it scoots so well, V8 aside. Still waiting on the guy my cousin bought it from to release the lien, though. Not going to do anything major to it until then.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just called my PCP and they said I have to see my Doc first and then have him refer me to a specialist, so I went ahead and scheduled an appointment with him too. Just make sure your chiropractor isn't trying to cure a disease or something that isn't you back and you should be able to trust them. But I'm going against the grain of the vocal majority here, and I'm biased: my sister is a chiro, and a good one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic_controversy_and_criticism "Some people believe chiropractic has little more than a placebo effect, but there have been many satisfied patients and many randomized trials of spinal manipulation have verified its effectiveness for the treatment of low back pain"
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some texas redneck posted:So last night I went ahead and threw an application at Pizza Hut. For a corporate owned store in a very well off area. After that draconian bullshit your current pizza-based employer laid on, good for you! Tusen Takk posted:So I took your guys recommendation and checked out some shelters, and lo and behold, we found a Lab/Husky/German Shepherd mix. We're picking him up tomorrow after I get off work What a cute little guy! congrats! Dannywilson posted:Wolfhound scmolfhound, you need either a Caucasian Mountain Dog or a Komondor.  zundfolge posted:Probably drove his car into a swimming pool. He'll never for for Cosa Nostra Pizza again. mariooncrack posted:I bought a used mechanical keyboard from SA Mart awhile ago (This was my first mistake). The seller warned me that it would be dirty but holy poo poo I didn't expect it to be that dirty. I finally finished cleaning it out and I'm typing on it now. Probably will be giving it to my girlfriend in a few days. Re: hand salsa: as far as I can tell, at least one of the previous regular users of my P71 never washed his goddamned hands, and had a habit of resting his arm on the passenger seat top, gripping the headrest. I know this because the grey fabric headrest was BROWN on that side. And leathery. Seriously gross. Fortunately, the cop upholstery is pretty hardy, and a good scrubbing with Simple Green cleaned it up. the steering wheel and driver's door panel and armrest were nasty, too. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Apr 6, 2015 |
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Tommychu posted:One advantage of being a packrat is that when you have a falling-out with a roommate and he takes a bunch of your poo poo on his way out all that's obviously missing is a bunch of worthless broken crap that you should have recycled years ago anyway. Snagging your stuff's a pretty lovely thing to do, falling out or not. Sounds like you're better off without him CommieGIR posted:http://www.theonion.com/video/today...view:NA:InFocus That was perfect!  .SperginMcBadposter posted:http://www.theonion.com/articles/engineers-unveil-new-driverless-car-capable-of-com,38358/ Almost as good.
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I'd also like to punch the genius engineer at ford who decided that the EGR valve, the solenoid that controls vacuum to it, and the senor that provides feedback to the ECU about EGR flow should be a complete unit on my P71, rather than 3 separate, replaceable parts like on the earlier models. Because the sensor (DPFE, for those of you who speak Ford P0401) sensor is daft, I have to buy an entire $175 EGR assembly, rather than JUST the sensor. Jerks. I found it for $127 on Rock Auto, but still... Once that's replaced I can get the silly thing inspected and registered (because Texas just went to a single sticker, so you can't just get one or the other.) I also need to replace the bearings in the $Texas 200A alternator, because I sure ain't buying a new one. But first, I need a special tool to get the goddamned pulley off, because it has a built in overrunning clutch for some reason. Fortunately that tool is only $25 on Amazon (on the way, as well.)
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kastein posted:Wow they found a way to make it worse than the one I had to do a couple months ago. Fuckin' Ford. At least the EGR is right on the side of the throttle body adapter, right on top of the intake on this 4.6. Easy to reach. And no rust-Texas, though that would be the one place where it would rust to a nub. Fortunately, this one is new enough to not be a problem. Thanks for the offer, though!
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some texas redneck posted:never use 635, even late at night on a weeknight. Yeah, just don't. I learned the same thing a while back. CommieGIR posted:I liked Interstellar so much, I printed the ship: Neat! Are those 3D prints of the robots from Silent running I see in the background, there? Car stuff: Oh, hey, it wasn't the alternator bearings making noise, which I only discovered after I bought the overrunning clutch pulley removal tool, because I'm too stupid to, you know, remove the belt and spin stuff by hand before buying tools/parts. At least I didn't buy a replacement alternator first: $200 new/rebuild, $80-90 used (200A cop stuff.) the tool was only $25. Turned out to be the water pump bearing. Wasn't leaking yet. Oh, hey Ford, aluminum water pump in a cast iron block, which fits in closely with an o-ring seal. Let's not put any sort of grease or anti-seize on that, shall we? Even in Texas that thing took a lot of hammering on pry-bars to get out. Now I just need to replace the EGR (actually, the DPFE, but it's integrated with the EGR assembly) to get rid of the P0401, get it inspecticated, then registered (title transfer already done), and I'm good. Love my P71.
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Quite A Tool posted:When I came out from under after my double hernia repair I was loving miserable. Confused and in mega pain. Once they doped me up again everything was fine. So do you get to participate in all those lawsuits/settlements I keep getting spam for? CommieGIR posted:Yes, they are. I'm not a huge fan, but my brother is, so I printed him a few for when he gets back into town. It was an interesting, if depressing, movie, the model work was very good, and those little bots were a unique design, at least. NitroSpazzz posted:I feel bad for laughing but my brother's wife is ballooning up at a pretty unhealthy rate because all she does is sleep, watch movies and eat lovely food. She constantly gives me poo poo about my diet (lots of meat, milk, potatoes), tracking my calories and working out. I feel really bad because it's starting to really bug my brother and wear on him, he's visibly unhappy with things but is afraid to say anything. Not a good situation, poor fool. That's some class-A lack of consideration or appreciation right there. I mean, you're basically letting them stay for free, right? I had to get rid of some now-ex-friends (a "married" coupe) because of poo poo like that. I give 'em a place to stay while they get back on their feet and then they bitch about me wanting them to clean up their mess and do the dishes, for gently caress's sake.
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Ferremit posted:Dude, no one is going to think of you less for admitting to this. Get the help you need, we'll be here when you need to vent. Seconding (thirding?) this.
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Cat Terrist posted:Okay, the onboard ECU's on newer cars have well and truly gone overboard. My VE Commodore (Or Pontiac G8 SS if you have been following my latest thread) had to get it's fuel pump changed. ALSO needed to be replaced was a seperate ECU specifically for the fuel pump. Grand cost? 1200 dollars. The pump is coded to only obey the commands of it's own ECU. What in the everliving gently caress? Why would this ever be viewed as anything but a blatant money grab and/or anti-consumer (no one but the dealer can work on it)?
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Shampoo posted:Ugh. On the hunt for a new job out near my folks and in-laws (Albany NY area). Current work got wind I was looking and no matter how much I say "I'm not looking for another job around here, I like it here" I'm now dead to them. Career fallen off a cliff. The most annoying part is that Albany doesn't have a lot of positions open for what I do, so I've been on the hunt a long time (more than a year) and people don't get that I want to relocate so they're like "Why are you applying, you live in Boston??" Doesn't help that the glut of entry level IT guys means that everyone wants a cheapo contractor and any permanent positions start at half what I'm making now. What's up disposable/interchangeable IT buddy? I continue to work for our Indian Outsourcing Overlords because, realistically, I can't find better, thanks to the aforementioned Indian Outsourcing. I've always thought that if any President wanted to "create American jobs", step #1 would be to end all H1B visas. Helped a friend do a bunch of rear suspension work on his bone stock '79 RX-7. Spent all day Sunday outside, mostly on the ground. I'm old now, and everything hurts. Couple this with a a storm system moving through North Texas, and I hate moving right now, and can barely stay awake. fjelltorsk posted:I actually feel decent today, i even did a shorter ride on my bike. drat right they should pay for the damage. That could have been a disaster.
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I mentioned Monday that I felt like I'd been run over? Turns out it may not have been spending all day outside, or maybe it was. I felt nauseous after lunch Monday, as well as every damned joint hurting and lots of fatigue, and headed home early from work. Went to bed when I got home. Stomach hurts, like lots of gas, and, well, I have to be careful of farts. Spent all day Tuesday at home, trying to find a way to be somewhat comfortable with an aching stomach. I have no idea what the hell happened. Now it's after midnight, and I cant sleep. Either my tummy hurts, or my back aches. I am such a baby when I'm sick. I either caught a bug from my brother-in-law or his kids (we were over there for a birthday party on Saturday, and they had been sic earlier in the week), managed to get heat stroke on Sunday, in 70-degree weather, or ate some bad chicken for lunch on Monday. Or any combination of the three. Send help, the Pepto Bismol does nothing. STR: yeah, tell 'em to gently caress off. That's just spiteful bullshit. Mom car chat: my wife bought a 2000 Astro van when we had our daughter in 2001. That lasted until 2008, when she decided she wanted something smaller, with a manual. We ended up with a Kia Spectra5, and I have few complaints about the car. The only major work done so far has been the transmission (second-gear synchro went out), and the expansion valve in the AC, both covered under warranty. I've replaced the clutch once myself.
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CharlesM posted:Stay hydrated! I did. About 1 AM as I was dozing, trying to actually sleep, I suddenly realized that the stomach pain was gone. Slept soundly through the night. Still a little tired, but felt good enough to go to work. Still feel pretty decent after lunch (took it easy - a PBJ and some yogurt.) I hate being actually sick on sick days. :P iwentdoodie posted:Edit: so my 10lb dog ate a bag of mixed chocolate candy a couple days ago. He just poo poo in the floor and there was literally a turd in a snickers wrapper. Seen that before. You just have to laugh.
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DICKPOCALYPSE NOW posted:also to continue animal chat i wait for my cat to fall asleep and fart directly onto his face I laughed way too hard at this. fjelltorsk posted:50% chance i quit by monday, i just canīt deal with the bullshit. Do what now? they hosed up, but you and your guys catch the flak? how does that work? I'd say that if you are to be made responsible for everything that happens in the shop, then no drivers get to come in the shop. Basically, what your sign said.
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some texas redneck posted:Also uh, suggestions on a cheap corded (120V) drill? One that isn't Ol' Sparky? I got 2 holes drilled before the cordless one poo poo itself, and the hole saw barely made a dent in the 2x6 I was trying to go through. I think I got about half an inch into the 2x6 before it died. A new battery for this piece of poo poo drill costs more than the entire drill did. Need to get some new bits too, these are so dull that 1.5 inch could use them for sounding and not bleed (though I got a nasty 2nd degree burn when I pulled the drill back and the bit brushed my arm). The cordless one has started spitting sparks as well, though not nearly as bad as the ~30 year old corded one we have (which shocks the gently caress out of you if you even touch it while plugged in, and instantly trips any GFCI circuit it's on). I just bought the cheapest Black & Decker at Wal-Mart. It's worked fine so far. I'm irritated that I had to do so - I suspect my former roomy stole my nice HD Ridgid corded drill. Looks like Home Despot has the same B&D I bought for $20: http://www.homedepot.com/p/BLACK-DECKER-5-2-Amp-3-8-in-Drill-Driver-DR260B/202516274?N=5yc1vZc27fZ1z141kh bolind posted:I haven't tried it, but I saw a cool trick for using larger-diameter hole cutters: get the hole started so that outer cut is just defined, then drill one or more smaller holes right on the edge of outer cut. That way the chips have somewhere to go, and the teeth won't get gunked up. Holy crap, that's brilliant! Hope I remember it next time I've got the spade bit or hole saw going... jammyozzy posted:Posted my V5s and driver's license off to the DVLA a fortnight ago to have the addresses changed. Found the receipts in my wallet today and thought I'd double check they got there... So your  Royal mail isn't any better than out colonial one, then?They actually allow someone to sign with an "X"? How asinine is that? How much you want to bet they lost that piece of mail?
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Fart Pipe posted:My great uncle gave me a couple more awesome space things today. He worked on the space program from the beginning until the mid 80s. Dude, that's loving cool!
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Geoj posted:This is actually what is considered the legal minimum for a signature, at least in the US. Wow. How useless. I found this in front of a MCM video today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EOAXrTrsOE That's awesome.
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Pham Nuwen posted:No, watching that video is amazing, skip to 22m25s and watch him prepare for a drive Oh, god, the beer bottles clinking around when the car hits bumps. If he can balance the gameplay versus spergey details, this could be silly fun.
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some texas redneck posted:Going through my homework stuff. Yers, yes they do, even back in 2000 when I did that poo poo. Net+ is a little more interesting. some texas redneck posted:CCNA is included. I have the same problem, hence the silly amount of money still owed for student loans to ATI. I'd love to learn more about the networking side (as opposed to the desktop support/computer janitoring I currently do), but I'd really need to hit up some junior college or continuing ed courses to make it happen. quote:They also pay for all exams, even stuff not included in the classes, even if I fail and have to re-take, so that comes in kinda handy. Nice! I had to pay for A+ and Net+, so never took 'em. some texas redneck posted:So I'm getting a shitload of threatening texts from former coworkers over me not finishing out my 2 weeks. Seriously, what in the living gently caress? IT'S A loving PIZZA SHOP THAT PAYS MINIMUM WAGE, WHY DO YOU CARE THAT SOMEONE FOUND A BETTER JOB YOU FUCKSTICKS?!?! Yeah, they're way to serious about a poo poo pizza job. Would this be the bitch manager influencing things, perhaps? Great Beer posted:Lots of moving parts made as cheaply as possible, used frequently, and need software that supports a wide variety of file types and operating systems while still needing to maintain a high degree of precision. Label printers and their designers/programmers/technical writers can all go die in a fire. They are the most poorly implemented and documented, special snowflake pieces of poo poo ever conceived. Fortunately most of hours are used by a terminal emulator, and the mainframe talks directly to the printer through the serial port, so I don't have to gently caress with them, since if they gently caress up, it's a mainframe problem, not a desktop workstation problem. some texas redneck posted:So I just got off the phone with Verizon. I was trying to downgrade to just internet. Of course it's never a problem, until you actually try to do it, and deprive Verizon of it's well-deserved $$. Tide posted:So UVerse botched out install date. So no TV until the 23rd. Comcast, who previous checked the house and said "Everything is great! Address checks out! You can get the 50mb down service! Call us the day you want to transfer from your old house to your new one and we'll take care of it" has now changed their tune to "We can't find the house in our system so we'll need to get a line tech to your address. The earliest we can have someone there is the 24th." Could be worse. there was that guy on Consumerist who was told he could get broadband, no problem, at his potential new house, so he bought the house. Then he was told that no, he couldn't get broadband, from either of the towns providers, and would have to pay an obscene amount of money to have cable strung. Now he's probably going to have to sell the house, because his job depends on access. No surprise: it's Comcast. http://consumerist.com/2015/03/25/new-homeowner-has-to-sell-house-because-of-comcasts-incompetence-lack-of-competition/
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Gorson posted:Another tech here ran into this once. A user had a nested folder structure that had at least 50 folders/files at the bottom of the heirarchy that were beyond the limit by 10 characters or so. The other tech was trying to transfer this data, and many of the files would not copy. He was attempting to fix it by going folder by folder (at the bottom of the heirarchy) and shortening the folder names so that they were under the limit, then individually copying over the folders and files that would not transfer. I LP 2824 mostly, and some of the other big network-connected bastards, but I don't have to deal with them much. How did you know?
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Good weekend. Geeking out at WhoFest 2. Met Colin Baker (Doctor Who #6), Nicola Bryant (one of the Doctor's Companions from Colin's era), Terry Malloy (Davros from the classic series), and Nicolas Briggs (voice of the Cybermen and Daleks in the recent series.) Talked and listened to bunches of other geeks talk about Doctor Who and related. Yeah, I'm a nerd. Next weekend is the annual Pate Swap Meet out at the Motor Speedway for the Dallas/Ft. Worth-area folks. Going to be getting my car nerd on all weekend there.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Pretty sure the gauges and everything don't work. As nuts as the guy that built this thing is he isn't that nuts. He's holding it for me, I'll check it out Wednesday afternoon. I should be able to get it sent down on a work truck or with one of the guys I race with who does a lot of odd pickup/haul jobs. We'll see. This guy made his work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmgALMafoBc I like this one - he just user select bits and interior trims hung on a wood framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSwr9WPAa5k Though his gauges don't work. He appears to have something connect to the AC controls (I'd totally have a blower hooked up just for a little cooling air...) Here's an idea: this guy used an additional monitor in place of the gauges to show in-game gauges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4XRZafo8TI This is actually the one I was looking for: http://www.inmygarage.com/admit-it-you-want-this-bmw-e30-driving-simulator/ http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=110239 edit: actually, I think these are two different ones. Same idea. edit2: nah, same one. He swaps in the actual e30 cluster later in the thread. I would love to build something like this eventually. DICKPOCALYPSE NOW posted:On the phone itself I have the option for.as a camera, as MTP, or USB3.0 which my laptop doesn't have. Coincidentally mom and dad just asked me if I had want or need for a windows 7 15" laptop and I said sure send it over, they upgraded and don't need it any more. I'll finally be off XP! USB 3.0 is backwards-compatible with earlier versions. It just won't be as fast. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Apr 28, 2015 |
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BraveUlysses posted:You do realize he has an account here right? Why would I know that? Also, a reminder: for the DFW and nearby goons, the annual Pate Swap Meet starts tomorrow (Thursday). Biggest swap meet in the area. I'm taking $$, no telling what you find out there m Darchangel fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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N is for Nipples posted:What's this all about? Sounds interesting. Sorry, didn't check the thread after work. http://www.pateswapmeet.com/ Runs through Sunday, though Sunday is usually pretty thin. Computer chat: my Mac Pro quad-core decided it doesn't wan to start any more. I usually use a Mac laptop, and run the Mac Pro in Win 7 via Boot Camp, sometimes Mac OS 10.10. I have no idea when it quit, but all it does when you hit power is whir the fans for about 2 seconds then shut off. Sounds like the power supply to me. Well, it was a free Mac, all I've got into it is the RAM and RAM carrier cards. Tusen Takk posted:I just heard back from Dassault: I got the internship Cool!
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