January Chat Thread: The year is dead, long live the year

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cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

You could build the fastest trabant ever for that sort of money.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2016 22:59

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 10:05

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Man I kind of wish I had a social life. Instead I'm drinking beer watching Dirk Gently with my wife. We spent the day playing Lego with the kids.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2016 23:31

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Can I point out it's special Tahoe Beer imported (well, actually exported?) fron Reno. :smug:

# ¿ Jan 1, 2017 00:15

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Hmm new years fireworks have died down, sensible thing would be to go to bed but there's another beer in my hand.

Nearly in my hand. Let me just go fetch it.

e: Don't worry everyone, got it.

cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jan 1, 2017

# ¿ Jan 1, 2017 01:25

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Hunt him down and kill him.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2017 01:31

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

eighty-four merc posted:

Finally got a little snow to find out if I made a horrible mistake putting oversized light truck tires on this thing.

Turns out I made the right decision.

Yeah quit the bitching and lets make this guy post videos.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 23:02

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

One of my wisdom teeth politely shuffled over to fill a gap created by a molar I had removed.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 23:29

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

This makes me feel real good for you, good luck with your date.

Speaking of robotics I quickly gave up trying to get my ancient lego RCX robot controller working again and I've ordered an arduino and some breakout boards, I need to get something working before my kids lego ability catches up :v:

# ¿ Jan 6, 2017 22:26

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

cursedshitbox posted:

Yeah don't bother with the stock lego controllers. at minimum arduino + whatever sensors/drivers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJOGc32gXE
^my final for the semester.

Awesome. I bought this kit ten years ago when I was doing my degree and it taught me all sorts of stuff, like multiplexing sensors and motors and managing current and memory and so on, because it was so loving limited. I'd have done bad bad things for an arduino back then and now they're like £15.

Funny thing, ladder code was mentioned once in one lecture: "nobody uses this". I use it every damned day at work.

My final project was an autonomous fish. We built lego robots all the time though, peaking at the mobile ashtray that had an extending arm and sought out particular coloured lights.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2017 21:43

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I boarded the loft out and now I'm buzzed on bourbon. Bourbuzzed if you will.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2017 01:18

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Any UK goons got home CCTV? I'm thinking of putting a Swann system up incase my neighbour escalates his dickheadery beyond passive-aggressive but I'm open to recommendations.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 19:44

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I can only speak for white goods but brands and stores commission their own version of goods often with unique model numbers, good luck price matching an identical product when it's only sold in Store-X. Quality of components is certainly different depending on the price point being targeted, the brands I used to work for resurrected old designs and tooling for really cheap crappy stuff. They then pushed new cheap crappy materials through it, resulting in whole new swathes of crappy often lift-threatening issues.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 20:58

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Geoj posted:

This typically doesn't go well for the supplier - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/etc/script.html

TL;DR Rubbermaid announced to its retail customers in the late 90s that since their raw material cost had increased so would the prices of their products. Walmart responded by saying they would either have to sell at a loss or not sell at all, resulting in Rubbermaid shuttering a large factory in Ohio, laying off roughly 1,000 workers and moving production to China.

Good job Walmart.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 22:21

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Surely there are ads in the back of classic car magazines for buying imperial bolts?

# ¿ Jan 10, 2017 14:32

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Our 14yr old cat has recently taken to our 6yr old son, it's quite sweet, she waits for him to go to bed then sneaks into his room and cuddles.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2017 21:19

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Someone that I've never met in person offered me a
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"By the way, do you know anyone needing a washer and dryer?"

This did not go where porn led me to expect.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2017 23:36

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

funny Star Wars parody posted:

The NAIAS is real good

The hi-res pictures of the GT car are the best thing I've seen so far from there, everything else is meh.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2017 19:45

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

KozmoNaut posted:

You misspelled whisky.

You misspelled whiskey

:v:

I'm drinking Jim Beam white label (is that better than the regular stuff I don't know?) and my wife comes back from the kitchen with reheated pizza from yesterday and I got the munch so I made a fajita with pizza ingredients and it's the best thing ever guys you got to try it..

# ¿ Jan 14, 2017 22:49

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Well you could stay together and raise a kid in a toxic household full of mutual hatred or sever. Your choice. If it's as simple as you say it's as simple as you say.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2017 21:45

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

clam ache posted:

But giving them two happy parents is one of the best things for a kids mental state.

Hell they could end up with anywhere from 1-4 happy parents, assuming no Polygamy.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2017 22:17

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Pham Nuwen posted:

Well, I traded the MG for a Volvo 164.

That was the brown midget right? I was browsing morris travellers earlier today then got depressed when I realised I can't afford one now and they're only going up. .

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 00:05

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Enourmo posted:

God I hate being fat. I went to the Highland games yesterday, spent a good four hours walking around a slightly hilly park with mild sun exposure (lots of trees and tents) and I feel like absolute dogshit. Hit the sack as soon as I got home, have spent most of the last 30 hours in bed, feeling exhausted, with a sore neck, headache and generally feeling bleh. (I drank 2 whole beers so it's not a hangover).

This should not have loving drained me as much as it did.

Sounds like heat stroke dude.

kastein posted:

Generations are made up lines in time just like years. Actually years at least correspond to trips around the sun.

What I am saying is "man gently caress millennials" is a less valid statement than "gently caress 2016".

Previa_fun posted:

The only thing worse than millennial hate is the self-hating millennial and/or the millennial tripping all over themselves to not admit they're a millennial.

I'm 29, born in 1987. The number of folks my own age I see who are so goddamn mad about these drat millennials is depressing. For a sizeable chunk of the population it seems to mean "someone younger than me that I don't like."

All this arguing about millennials masks no sense unless it's a strictly defined term, otherwise it's just a convenient faceless boogeyman to blame.

I get depressed about debt and my kids future and my abject lack of a social life occasionally, it's hard to deal with but I'm aware I'm lucky. Mid thirties with a decent job, a well built house and a healthy family. Sure I don't have money for a project car and I'll never have the money to throw away on taking the kids to Disneyland (if I had that spare I'd prefer to put it in savings for them because gently caress Disney) but I'm okay.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 07:20

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Right so a 20-year age range are all treated exactly the same lumped under a banner it's convenient to call whatever you want.

And I'm a millennial according to most of those sources. Glad to know I'm destroying civilisation.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 07:35

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Rhyno posted:

Maybe you should stop destroying civilization then

I don't like parts of civilisation as it stands, since the facade of democracy allows me no real way to affect beneficial change I'm training my kids to maintain dunebuggies and fire crossbows so they'll be the leading class of the post apocalyptic society.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 08:25

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

He knew exactly what he was asking :corsair:

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 18:31

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Tomarse posted:

I need to work on my social life too! We should sort something out as I have also got a box of electronics and arduino stuff to learn to use and I also like drinking and no longer know any other nerds locally.
I'll message you!

I also have too many project cars so if you ever want to play with one then let me know!

I have no problem with any of this but you must promise not to let me try buy a saab off you.

E: it could be a bug but I've had mild heatstroke that did that to me for a day if I've over exerted doing diy in the summer.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2017 07:23

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Just raise the price $50 every time they ask.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2017 08:58

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Lightbulb Out posted:

Computers are loving garbage no matter the brand. The Apple/PC pissing match gets really old quick.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 00:25

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

You wore ill-fitting uncomfortable jeans for 2 years to look good now. Lol.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 08:24

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

slothrop posted:

I want a 1986 MR2 Supercharged.

I want a morris traveler.

And chillis on pizza aren't meat but are great.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 09:58

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Tomarse posted:

Chillis and pinapple = best pizza

Hypothesis submitted to test queue.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 10:25

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Adiabatic posted:

The self-affirming completion of a huge goal may be worth it to you?

I like completing goals. It also becomes contagious to all facets of my life once I start pounding out goal after goal. The inverse is also true in my skull.

Semi-serious: treat it like leveling up :v

Last year I started an archery class, my accuracy is now nearly 80%, that's got to be a couple of levels at least! I've a couple of basic joinery/woodwork projects planned, there's a level there. I'm learning Arduino, that's a level there.

Just need to increase my stamina and strength stats :rolldice:

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 18:59

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

What did it do? Please tell me it passed the butter...

# ¿ Jan 20, 2017 16:10

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I feel sorry for you if you choose to have the Facebook app installed. The mobile site isn't as bad.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2017 19:05

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

McTinkerson posted:

Yo, you rang?

How do people still fall for this?

Dr Jim beam has proposed a solution to my horrific cold/flu-like symptoms, my wife is sceptical.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2017 22:50

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I have no idea what or who you're all talking about. As long as someone passes the new forum address on to the Facebook group I'm good.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2017 10:20

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

InitialDave posted:

Ash, Cakefool, Tomarse? We have a job to do.

Alchotron assemble!

I haven't bought a pizza since I stopped living with my parents, I've eaten delivery pizza at parties etc but I don't know where it came from.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2017 09:03

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

CharlesM posted:

Amy's No Cheese pizza is my jam. But why is it more expensive than cheese pizza??

They've got to take all the cheese off. Labour isn't free.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2017 10:52

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

poo poo I just found someone selling a morris traveler in pieces near where I live and it's affordable. I don't have any money though. Serves me right for looking.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2017 12:06

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 10:05

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

spog posted:

If it is any consolation, you have not missed out on a car in CKD condition that you can put together into a working vehicle: you've missed out on some boxes of spare parts that happened to come from the same car.

If you've seen the average morris traveller the only difference is the order the parts turn up on your drive.

It's also like 5 miles from my house so if I had the cash I could probably deliver it piecemeal :v:

cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jan 22, 2017

# ¿ Jan 22, 2017 16:23

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