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2016 just claimed one more. RIP Rhonda Rousey's career
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Dec 31, 2016 07:10
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We're hosting again this year, expecting about a dozen guests so I'm about to start prepping my simple beef and noodles that is usually a crowd pleaser.
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Dec 31, 2016 22:41
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From the Dec threadCAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Yo. SysAdmin here. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Yo. SubaruAdmin here. Rhyno posted:FTFY because I'm rather proud of myself
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Dec 31, 2016 23:24
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Safety Dance posted:What's your beef and noodles recipe? Pretty basic. Get some decent beef, about a pound, cube it into 1 inch pieces, brown in a sauce pan. Dump that on a plate and throw some onions and butter into the pan and cook that poo poo up till they're limp as hell. Toss the beef back in, salt and pepper however much you like, pour a cup of beef stock in, stir it all up really well, throw in some bay leaves and crank the heat up til it boils. Let it boil for a bit, turn it down and stir the poo poo out of it again. Cover it and leave it for like an hour. Spear a piece of meat and it should be tender as poo poo now. Depending on how I feel I toss some peas or chopped celery in there after that hour. Then depending on how thick you want it you mix in one or two tablespoons of cornstarch. Turn the heat up a bit, let it cook up for another 20 minutes til the cornstarch makes the gravy thick. It should be ready to eat. I serve it over store brand egg noodles but it's great on rice as well. Very basic but it always tastes good unless you buy lovely beef. I used a london broil from Kroger for this batch. Last year we had more guests and I was pressed for time so I bought a top round roast from Meijer and cubed it up.
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Jan 1, 2017 07:28
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Safety Dance posted:My wife and I watched some old X-Files episodes, drank a bottle of wine, and ate like a pound of cheese last night. Today we should probably take down the christmas tree and do some laundry/house cleaning. Yeah pretty similar, not as much gravy though. The longer you leave it the thicker it gets and it's loving delicious the longer it cooks. I've crock-potted it before with good results but I didn't have all day to prep this time.
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Jan 1, 2017 21:18
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Borders died because they refused to work with Amazon. Amazon approached them about using their warehouse infrastructure and Borders laughed it off.
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Jan 3, 2017 02:44
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Innovate and disrupt are two of the stupidest words that are thrown around Amazon wanted to partner with Borders but Borders seriously thought that internet sales were a fad. I was a manager at the store here, I saw a lot of the emails and couldn't believe how stupid the execs were.
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Jan 3, 2017 03:59
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Let's be honest things are going to be a lot better for all us white males but it will suck to be anything else https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieeL9FWURM
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Jan 3, 2017 05:52
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Apartments are built as cheaply as possible, and generally skimp on things like "insulation", "HVAC that's remotely efficient", and the like. One of the things I like about where we live (and the gf works) is the high quality of construction. We have decent appliances, quality HVAC equipment and a room to room fire suppression system. Oh and we have gas heat, something only one other community in the city offers. So far my highest heating bill has been $27.
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Jan 3, 2017 07:07
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I nailed over $600 that August... and nailed $500 in January. There was absolutely zero insulation in there, the ac couldn't get it below 85 during the day in the summer, and the heat couldn't get it above 55-60 in the winter.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Sprinklers are required by code in multifamily housing these days in most of the US, same with building-wide fire alarms. Some areas have gone so far as to mandate sprinklers in new single family homes now. The sprinkler system is unique herein that it only goes off in the room where the fire is detected as we learned in August. Most of the new construction here has an all on system so if you set your kitchen on fire your bedroom is gonna get soaked as well.
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Jan 3, 2017 07:51
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Uh... no. The great majority of fire sprinklers are like the ones you have. What you have is what's called a wet pipe system, where the sprinklers always have water pressure behind them. Look at a fire sprinkler sometime. See that little (usually) red part in the middle? That's all that's holding the water back. It's full of liquid; once that liquid gets hot enough, the little vial pops, unleashing the water. There's no reason to cause water damage to an entire building when a fire may be limited to one room. Some of them may use a thermal fuse instead of the liquid vial, but the function is the same. This is also why the sprinkler itself has to be replaced after it's been triggered. The sprinkler system at my apartment was linked to the entire building. So when the old guy two units over on the first floor set his kitchen on fire my place got soaked. Our last place had the same system setup but it had been illegally disconnected.
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Jan 4, 2017 00:23
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To be fair, I lived in a few really lovely places. Edit: And those were just the places that actually had supression systems. I lived in a 10 story building in Chicago that had NO sprinklers at all. Rhyno fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Jan 4, 2017 |
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Jan 4, 2017 00:28
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clam ache posted:Yeah but that was some time ago. Now most of them have some fire supresion. But I would deliver to old 6 story apartment buildings with no fire sprinkling system at all. And this is within the past 5 years. Good money says my old place in Chicago still doesn't. And I know for a fact nothing has changed at my old place here in town. They keep skirting under the new laws somehow.
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Jan 4, 2017 01:26
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Seminal Flu posted:So in November '15, I found this: That's amazing. Like, holy poo poo amazing.
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Jan 5, 2017 00:59
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Sears is closing like 150 more stores between the Sears and Kmart chains. Like how do you gently caress up that badly? Edited with list of closures http://fox2now.com/2017/01/04/full-list-of-kmart-and-sears-stores-closing-across-the-country/
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Jan 5, 2017 04:59
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Getting my tooth yanked! They found a crack in the filling and two cracks in the tooth itself. I'm going to set my primary dentist on fire.
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Jan 5, 2017 18:07
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Went great! Tooth is out, pain killers are ingested, just waiting for the numbing agent to wear off so I can have a milkshake and not dribble it down my chest.
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Jan 5, 2017 19:25
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CommieGIR posted:I have a tooth that needs a root canal. Even with dental insurance, it's not in our budget for a while. Isn't the failure rate on RC's stupidly high? My dad had his tooth extracted and then had an implant put in and it was less than the cost of the RC. Is it a visible tooth or a molar?
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Jan 5, 2017 19:29
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I don't plan on getting an implant right now. My brother suggested I wait til I visit him in Taiwan and have it done there. I saw some cheaper options where the new "tooth" looks like a mini life saver. It's no visible so who gives a gently caress what it looks like right?
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Jan 5, 2017 19:44
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Holy poo poo. The numbness hasn't gone away but I have an itch that I can feel for some reason but I can't pinpoint it and it's driving me crazy!
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Jan 5, 2017 20:23
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My whole face is still numb and so is my tongue. I just have this one itchy sensation and it wont go away!
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Jan 5, 2017 20:26
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God drat, my face was numb for six hours! Never take anything for granted guys, especially having tactile sensation in your drat face.
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Jan 6, 2017 00:05
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My girlfriend tried to get me to take the stupid Harry Potter house sorting test online and I refused because HP is loving stupid but she kept insisting and I said I was a man of science not magic so when she was in the shower I printed a bunch of PROPERTY OF STARK INDUSTRIES signs and stuck them on all her Harry Potter stuff and I don't think she's at all amused and also these painkillers are loving great.
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Jan 6, 2017 04:55
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BraveUlysses posted:I didn't really like the MCM/RK videos, but mostly cause I guess I don't like MCM? It's definitely an acquired taste. Same for RCR.
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Jan 6, 2017 17:26
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I've seen plenty of claims that Walmart oil is a different "less pure" formula but never a scrap of proof.
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Jan 9, 2017 17:56
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Pham Nuwen posted:Ok guys, we're doing the special Walmart run today, so go grab your piss-bottles. Make sure you don't mix up the indistinguishable jugs and cartons with that other lot we're sending to the dealers (DEALERS HAVE THE BEST OIL). The best was a guy who claimed to work for a MAJOR OIL MAKER and they stamped codes in UV ink on the bottles that identified it as destined for Walmart.
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Jan 9, 2017 18:39
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Pham Nuwen posted:That sounds like it would be real easy to verify. Oh when called on it he claimed they wiped every bottle so it couldn't be tracked back. He was shortly kicked from the FB group this conversation happened in.
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Jan 9, 2017 18:51
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nm posted:The walmart items will have some clue like a different model number. They will have a different upc. If the upc is the same, it is probably the same. I believe I saw someone compare the UPCs on name brand oils across Walmart, Meijer, Autozone and O'Reilly's and they were identical.
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Jan 9, 2017 19:42
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I have a friend with a kid who just turned 18 and let me tell you, this kid is a grade A fuckstick. I don't know how because his parents are fantastic people. Well this kid is now well known in the local auto circles for poo poo talking, saying LET'S RACE and basically being a little poo poo. He makes threats and then runs off and hides behind MY DAD IS A COP SO DONT gently caress WITH ME. Not even a week ago I saw him driving as I was heading home and he swerves in front of another car and brake checked them. Well today I find out somebody loving shot at him and actually hit him through the car. I'm being sympathetic to his mom but holy poo poo I called this months ago.
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Jan 10, 2017 02:28
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I'm glad the kid isn't dead. But yeah, this won't change much.
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Jan 10, 2017 03:00
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Have you mentioned to his parents that their child is a well known poo poo head who constantly challenges people to races? And that quite possibly his retarded antics towards other drivers is why he was shot? When he was under threat of a massive rear end kicking I did tell her about his antics in the non-public FB groups. All his posts vanished the next day and he was out of both groups. Seeing as this is the day her son got shot in the leg I have opted to not be a jerk and tell her that her kid probably brought this on himself.
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Jan 10, 2017 04:25
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Jack Reacher is bad movie but Rosamund Pike is pretty easy on the eyes so it's not a total wash.
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Jan 10, 2017 05:33
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Does your mom appear to be a little out of it or is she still sharp? My mom likes to put on this aloof, spacey act whenever she needs to have a service done just to see if they'll try to gently caress her over and without fail some dick always tries to upsell her on poo poo. I can't remember but did I mention I almost bought a car? These painkillers have made me loopy as poo poo for some reason. Anyways, almost pulled the trigger on a Mazda6 wagon on Monday but decided to pull out of it at the last minute. I really need to get the other two cars fully sorted before I pull a third one into the stable.
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Jan 10, 2017 06:01
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Come on. You can have more that three. Dont I inspire you? You own land! I do not and have not yet convinced my father that he should let me fill his new driveway with cars.
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Jan 10, 2017 07:21
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Hahaha! Turns out the kid who got shot PULLED A GUN AND AIMED IT AT THE OTHER CAR FIRST. It was an airsoft pistol but it doesn't matter. The other diver was defending himself.
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Jan 11, 2017 00:32
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His father is a cop! His is gonna be a hilarious ride. He absolutely didn't tell his parents that he aimed a gun at the other car but when witnesses started showing up he admitted he had a gun. He still claims he didn't point it at the other car but like every witness that has come forward says he did.
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Jan 11, 2017 01:33
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I admin the local cars & coffee group, just had a pow-wow with the guys who run the other local club pages and we've effectively banished that little bastard from all car events in town and the surrounding area. A stupid little gently caress who pulls a (toy) gun on people for making fun of his lovely car is not someone we want around. Here's some links about Captain Fuckhead http://wane.com/2017/01/09/police-investigate-road-rage-shooting/ http://www.wowo.com/man-shot-after-road-rage-incident-in-fort-wayne/
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Jan 11, 2017 05:01
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BraveUlysses posted:He drives a stock tan accord? Well he is a poor 18 year old kid with an inferiority complex.
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mariooncrack posted:What was he trying to accomplish by doing this? His story is full of holes and he has since been told to shut his mouth. He's not a minor anymore so his parents can't really protect him. eighty-four merc posted:There's no way you can be road raging on someone then light their car up and successfully claim self defense, right? I was on my phone earlier and if I wasn't clear I was kidding. That post is kind of a mess. But here in good ole Indiana we just had a guy open fire on a crowd of people "because he feared for his life" and one of them pulled a weapon and shot back, killing the original shooter. That dude just went to prison. Lil Zachy is probably going to get some manner of charge here.
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