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Yond Cassius posted:Die Rose ist ohne warum; sie blühet weil sie blühet. A rare phrase that is beautiful in both English and German. (and: nice. Well-chosen quote)
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# ¿ May 8, 2016 05:55 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 06:06 |
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Alberta. poo poo. I was still only in Alberta. Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back on Aurora. When I was home after my first shop, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my Honda, until I said "yes" to a frame-up resto. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the bay. I'm here a week now... waiting for a truck... getting softer. Every minute I stay in this Honda, I get weaker, and every minute Seat Safety Switch squats in the truck, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around, the walls moved in a little tighter. My mission is to proceed up to YYC in a Westjet 727. Pick up the truck's path at Frank, follow it and learn what I can along the way. When I find the truck, make it move under its own power by whatever means available and terminate... the truck's immobility. Terminate... the truck? Terminate... with extreme prejudice. ninja: from memory, motherfuckers. Apocalypse Now is my favourite movie of all time.
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# ¿ May 11, 2016 07:31 |
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Faerunner posted:Ride Eternal, Shiny and Chrome. By my deeds I honor him, V8. HandlingByJebus fucked around with this message at 19:34 on May 12, 2016 |
# ¿ May 12, 2016 19:32 |
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rndmnmbr posted:If there was one thing you could absolutely trust 14" to do, it was walk into the mouth of madness and bring something hosed up but functional back out. I call shotgun.
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# ¿ May 18, 2016 15:59 |
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14 BAR RIFF posted:So since I don't have to worry about rent, a couple hundred bucks in side jobs will handle the rest of my storage and bills. In.
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# ¿ May 19, 2016 16:10 |
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ExplodingSims posted:So, I've been talking to Dick. We've been brainstorming things to do for this trip, and after seeing how many goons want to make this happen, we came up with IDEAS Piston art purchased. God drat I love AI. ninja: FIRST
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# ¿ May 21, 2016 04:07 |
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Midjack posted:Satellite High with an appropriate track: This is loving brilliant.
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# ¿ Aug 7, 2016 07:18 |
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Darchangel posted:Just have one of the machine shops in town mill up a chunk of steel with the right inside and outside threads, like the adapter that kastein posted. Or is time more pressing that that? +1 - local machine shop wizard is probably the best and quickest solution here.
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# ¿ Oct 31, 2016 23:44 |
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Elephanthead posted:Flip the bed cylinder around so it can lift the wheels off the ground so you can fix the brakes. Allow me to draw you attention to the title of (and picture behind) the horrible mechanical failures thread. Don't do this.
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# ¿ Nov 3, 2016 01:29 |
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God drat, dude.
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# ¿ Nov 7, 2016 04:49 |
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14 BAR RIFF posted:Incredible. Thank you all for allowing me to be part of this story. Its really brought my life back and I can't put a price on how much that means to me This is all we wanted. It'll be great to see the War Rig rolling but this. This. we love you, man.
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# ¿ Nov 21, 2016 18:05 |
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:God dammit it's gonna be another one of those nights where I'm refreshing this thread til 12 like when 14 was on the way to Valentine. Literally me right now:
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# ¿ Dec 7, 2016 03:22 |
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14 BAR RIFF posted:THE BEAST STIRS. IT DEMANDS FRESH BLOOD Do tell?
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# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 01:03 |
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14 BAR RIFF posted:I AM THE ONE WHO HAS CAPTURED THE SUN \m/_ gently caress YEAH!!!!!!! _\m/
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# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 01:48 |
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Wrar posted:You did it you glorious maniac! High praise from TYRANNOSAURS IN F-14S!!!
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# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 05:06 |
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Is that... a truck-shaped void in the snow?
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2016 22:59 |
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That's a sight for sore eyes. Very nice.
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# ¿ Dec 11, 2016 23:26 |
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14 BAR RIFF posted:BREAKING NEWS THE WHITE CORSICA IN THE FIEKD WITH THE 3.1 HAS A PULL STYLE BOLT ON BRACKET GAS PEDAL AND A THROTTLE CABLE END IDENTICAL TO THE L05
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# ¿ Dec 28, 2016 23:33 |
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Dave! The man they call Dave! He turned every wrench and built Sims a truck Stood up to the wind and din't give a gently caress Our love for him now, weren't hardly foreseen, The hero of AI, the man they call 14! Now Dave saw the split rim wheels loomin' He saw Sims' pending regret And Danno and Dave was a-roomin' While Dave's quail egg farts sounded wet. Dave said "These aren't the worst of my quagmires. I'll swap engine, and wiring, and those tires." He put on his Carhartts and ripped out some huge farts Then built poo poo, and set several fires. He pulled poo poo from cars in Dan's yard for the truck, slogged through the build while all covered in muck. Our love for him now, weren't hardly foreseen, The hero of AI, the man they call 14! Now here is what separates heroes from common folk like you and I. The man they call Dave, with a rant and a rave, made that 350 roar second try. He dropped it into the dumptruck. He dropped it into the field. The man they call Dave, he was awesome and brave, and his effort paid off massive yield! Here we go! Dave! The man they call Dave! He turned every wrench and built Sims a truck Stood up to the wind and din't give a gently caress Our love for him now, weren't hardly foreseen, The hero of AI, the man they call 14!
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# ¿ Jan 2, 2017 06:29 |
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Oh crap! Oh crap! Oh crap! Oh crap! OH CRAP ON A CRAP CRACKER
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# ¿ Feb 28, 2017 02:55 |
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DICK DICER posted:The old man at N "I felt a great disturbance... as if dozens of goons had cried out in great joy... and then had expectations set of an entertaining spring."
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# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 21:58 |
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Super Soaker Party! posted:Well, it took most of the day (actually most of that was sorting through clips, I only did one or two takes on the lyrics), but I suppose I've been enjoying other people's content for 10 years on this forum so it's my turn to contribute. Well done, sirs. Well done.
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# ¿ Apr 18, 2017 01:30 |
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Noblesse oblige. God drat, dude.
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# ¿ May 1, 2017 18:15 |
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Lots of us care, but enough Davechat in here, yeah? We can have a thread for that, but let's focus on the truck and ExplodingSims in this one.
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# ¿ Jun 19, 2017 01:30 |
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Have just returned from 14's place with a couple of Jeep souvenirs, and some other bric-a-brac Dave can't take with him, all of which is going on the walls of my garage. I'm also holding onto his toolbox and what's left of his tools, which we'll use to get him some cash once the itch goes away. You made a good choice by not selling or trading the tools, Dave. Happy for you. Goonspeed!
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 01:07 |
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wesleywillis posted:Is there an online account/gofundme type dealie available here? Standing order from the mods - and frankly, pretty important to recovery plans - was that we're not sending Dave any more cash. Adabiatic, I assume this remains the case? I'm happy to help organize food / supply drops and / or prepaid cards though, if that's going to be ok. e: to be clear, I'm not asking folks to donate anything. If people want to help out and mods are alright with it I'm volunteering to do some coordination, is all. ee: step 1 is Dave getting on that Greyhound tonight, which despite my utter lack of religion, I am close to praying for.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 02:44 |
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He pinged me about bike issues half an hour ago and I haven't heard back from him.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 04:16 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I ask that mod rule that was rightly put in place gets rethought if Dave gets on the bus. He didn't. Pretty close, he got there on his packed-up bike with his packed-up backpack, but 15 minutes late (I have a photo from Dave at about 8:30 last night of him there on his bike - it was unstable with all of the load on it) . There's a 9AM he can catch with a change fee he can cover. I gather he's slept near the bus station with his camping gear. I've told him that if there are any fees / what for the bus that he can't cover to have them call me and I'll pay for them. If Dave wants to get on a bus, I will get him on that bus. If he doesn't, there's nothing we can do.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 16:00 |
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Facebook indicates that Dave's not seen my messages and that he was last online at 11PM. I think his phone may be dead. I'm making a couple of calls and then will drive down to the station to see what's up [fake edit: the number for the Seattle Greyhound depot goes to their central ticketing office, ]. If he needs to box up the bike, he didn't have a box that I saw yesterday, but if I can find him we can get that sorted out and get him there for the late bus (11:45PM, gently caress me) tonight. Just to head off any of the eye-rolling "never trust a junkie" poo poo here: I believe that 14 is trying to do the right thing for himself at this point. His level of preparation was obvious to me yesterday (ninja: also notable was the level of prep that he achieved in spite of what must be very strong physical urges to not prepare so that the escape would be sabotaged) - the bike, the bags, the backpack, what he was packing / leaving, the couple of things he asked me if I would be willing to take care of and why, etc. He knows - acknowledged verbally - that he has a problem and that Seattle is a bad environment for him. I believe that he's sincerely trying to use this trip, and the truck, and our excitement about the adventure to get himself out of the situation where it's trivial for him to feed the demon. Maybe we can help him get on the bus, maybe we can't. Maybe Valentine and the truck are what he really needs to break his habit, maybe they aren't. Maybe the addiction wins in the end, but let's hope it doesn't, because Dave - actual Dave, not the person any addict ends up being because of the urges that eat them alive - is a good dude, and the world would be a less interesting place without him.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 17:45 |
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Thanks man (and everdave too). If there are fees, I've got them, no worries. Appreciate the offers though.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 18:23 |
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I agree. Greyhound won't confirm whether on not he's on the bus without the confirmation number. Can you PM it to me?
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 18:32 |
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Welp, they confirmed that such a ticket exists (thanks sims!) but still can't confirm whether or not Dave is on the bus unless asked by an LEO. I'm going to do a quick grid search around the station and if I don't find him will call SPD to see if they're willing to help. Given their focus on running street folks out of town on a rail, maybe they're willing to help us get a dude somewhere else to recover The Greyhound dude mentioned that there are charging stations on the bus so I'm guessing we'd have heard from Dave by now if he was on it. Fake edit: oh, Messenger says the IMs are delivered but not read, so phone has power and data? This may be a good sign.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 18:51 |
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So, didn't find and sign of 14" around the terminal or on the route between it and his place. Spoke with a bunch of street folks in the areas and none of them recognized him; just stopped in at the coffee shop beside his place and they haven't seen him this morning either. I'm starting to be hopeful that, per previous poster, he's sleeping on the bus because exhausted. When I get home I'm going to call SPD to see if they have any interest in helping. Things I learned today: 1) It's really hard to do a grid search in Seattle. 2) Folks living on the street are often suspicious when you hail them, but to a person are helpful about trying to locate someone you want to help. Unless they're mentally unstable, which isn't always as obvious as one might expect. 3) The sketchy parts of Seattle are waaaaaaay sketchier than even someone who has worked with the community in Vancouver's Downtown East Side could have anticipated. This city should be deeply ashamed of the lack of services and support offered to homeless and / or mentally ill people.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 19:55 |
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El Jebus posted:You make me proud to be a Jebus. Seminal Flu posted:Thank you for this. You're a good man. sneakyfrog posted:
Thanks all, but I would have been disappointed in myself if I hadn't done anything. So I spoke with SPD, and the officer with whom I chatted was friendly, sympathetic, and as helpful as he could be. I gave him an outline, in general terms, of the situation - didn't want to provide names or details immediately just in case SPD would like to talk to Dave about something other than fixing the truck in a field and riding, shiny and chrome, to Valhalla. The bottom line is that unless somebody is an imminent physical danger to themselves or others, the police won't get involved, even with a missing persons report (officer's wry note: "people are allowed to not answer their phone and to go places without telling anyone"). AKA: now we wait, because we very much need to not invent a scenario where 14" is suicidal or likely to hurt someone. That wouldn't help him at all. Dave, man, I hope you read this post from a bus station in bumfuck nowhere and laugh about how we're being a bunch of wrist-wringing worrywarts. Also: I'm a moron and didn't get his current phone number yesterday.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 20:49 |
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Yup, he's in Seattle. I'm on my way to pick him up. Gonna help him get the bike boxed up, sort out whatever needs sorting with Greyhound, hang out for the afternoon, and get him to the station on time.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 21:20 |
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Current status: at thrift store with 14. We're going to sort out his rack and panniers then box the bike up. He just canned himself with the bike rack. I'm rolling here.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 22:18 |
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Prepping for box. New front pads! Dave didn't lie about the farts.
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# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 23:13 |
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Inch Bike:
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# ¿ Sep 4, 2017 02:20 |
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14" is on the bus, and it is rolling. Repeat: 14" on the move, en route to Nebraska. Tac teams ready! Do not open fire until I say the word. Repeat: not authorized for deadly force at this time.
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# ¿ Sep 4, 2017 04:54 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 06:06 |
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Message from Dave:DICK DICER posted:Pls alert thread thank you whoever put 30 on, mobile data seems to not work(if/yet/whoknows). Bus has working strong wifi, clean seats, near empty, working outlets. List of things packed into freight cargo: all wall chargers, spare cables, headphones, food or snack items, unread copy of Neuromancer. Luckily i have a fully charged brand new Anker Powercore 20100 mAh portable battery i left my only cable on hand for at the bus depot. Also the bus blocks SA. Whoops. At least we made sure he had the 20Ah (not a typo) power brick charged...
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# ¿ Sep 4, 2017 05:10 |