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kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

The point is that the devils lettuce might give you schizophrenia and you'd shoot people!!! :tinfoil:

Adiabatic posted:

GUN CHAT

I'm a big giant hugely impractical idiot and I love big giant hugely impractical idiot guns.

Current hillbilly collection (sans the big one):

Left top: Ruger LCP 380 (.380 auto) It's super thin and light. Great for conceal carry.
Right top: 4" Astra .357 Magnum. Used to be my dad's backup when he was a pilot in the Marines.
Middle: your standard surplus AK-47. Shoots 7.62x39, and will shoot the dirtiest cold war bullshit ammo you give it.
Bottom: Henry Lever Action, chambered in .45-70 Government. The term "Elephant Gun" is nebulous, but you could call this rifle an entry-level one.
Not pictured: CZ 550 chambered in .458 Lott. The Lott was made because the .458 Winchester Magnum couldn't reliably penetrate a charging bull elephant's skull from 100 yards.

Left to right, key for scale: .380 auto, .357 Magnum, 7.62x39, .45-70 Government.

Left to right: .380 auto, 7.62x39, .45-70 Government, .458 Lott.

Buncha Lott
code:
     Caliber              Muzzle Velocity      Muzzle Energy
    .380 Auto                1,000 ft/s           200 ft*lbf
    .357 Magnum              1,240 ft/s           539 ft*lbf
    .308 (7.62x39mm)         2,396 ft/s         1,555 ft*lbf
    .45-70 Gov't             2,275 ft/s         3,449 ft*lbf
    .458 Lott                2,800 ft/s         5,873 ft*lbf
The .45-70 would gently caress UP a bear. the Henry or the Marlin lever action .45-70s are excellent trail guns, as they're like 7 lbs and short but can stop a Buffalo.

The .458 Lott would probably vaporize poor Yogi.

Speak of the devil, the firearms licensing officer in my town literally just called me 5 minutes ago, my license to carry is in! I can pick it up anytime and start buying fun things.
On the list so far:
- ruger 10/22 because why not (wife already has an sr22 for pistol plinking)
- ruger redhawk krh44 unless I find something I like more
- remington 870 because everyone needs a shotgun
- who knows what the gently caress else, ~~whatever the hell I feel like~~ whatever pittances the massachusetts approved firearms roster will grant me

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 19:51

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 07:44

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

I know a guy in Pennsylvania who says he knows of a gun store where I can get a used one for 50-150 bucks depending on condition. gently caress new prices for that, I agree.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 21:39

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

I'm going to stuff avocados into the intake valves on all your rotaries CT

And also replace your subaru rod bearings with avocado skins

"but rotaries don't have..."

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 23:33

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

jamal posted:

I like how there are only 202 people in the "I hate avocado" facebook group that CT just joined.

If you try hard enough, you can find people who agree with you about anything on the internet.

You are playing right into the latest extreme contrarian view expressions

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 15:05

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

If you guys aren't careful the steak crossfitters are going to find this thread.

ExplodingSims posted:

WRT steak: Anything over medium is a travesty.

However, Bleu or Gorgonozla cheese makes for a fantastic and delicious topping.

Sauteed mushrooms in some sort of dark brown sauce (which I can't remember the ingredients for, sadly) are AMAZING with steak.

LTC-A ALP in hand. Can't wait to buy some guns :haw:

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 19:20

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Darchangel posted:

I'm worse. I use an *shudder* electric razor. Rotary, of course. I also have a goatee, and not long ago, a full beard. I don't shave because:

(Seriously. those that have seen my FB know.)

So, yesterday, I get asked to meet with my boss's boss, because my boss is out of town.
I didn't really think anything was up, because there's a lot going on, but as it turns out, I have an HR complaint from someone in our host company. Not only that, but it's apparewntly my second complaint - they decided they didn't need to tell me about the first one whatever that was. Now the beauty of being a dirty worthless oursourcee is that apparently I don't get a chance to defend myself, or, so far, to even know what the complaint is. I've worked at this company, for three different companies, for 17 years, and this is what I get. All I've got is that it's something about my attitude, I think. Which, of course, just makes me want to scream at them "well, yeah, you outsourced me after 10 years of service then keep trying to treat me like a push-button replaceable cog!" (That they haven't managed to figure out how to replace *yet*.)
Good news - the actual company I work for has no intention of firing me. Boss boss emphasized that. Boss boss would rather not remove me from the contract right now as it is - we've already got another guy leaving that he has to replace. Another one like me, who originally worked for the host company, and made it to both oursourcers. Lot of tribal knowledge going with him, so good luck with that.

About time to leave anyway, I think. Familiarity is definitely building contempt, and it is painful working with a company that is transitioning from smaller company tribal knowledge to big company processes and knowledge-bases.
I'd love to work for a small to medium company, but I'm afraid I may need the benefits of a larger company if my wife's health issues don't get any better. Id rather not work for an outsourcer, but that may just be what's do-able.

drat dude, that sucks. Time to spin up the resume shotgun I guess? One of my coworkers timed this sort of thing perfectly a few years ago, he got dragged into the VP's office to "have a discussion about his work enthusiasm" and took the wind completely out of the guys' sails by resigning on the spot since he had literally just accepted another job offer the day before and hadn't quite thought through what he was going to say while resigning.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 02:16

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

You guys know what the difference between roast beef and pea soup is?

I can roast beef.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 05:04

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Adiabatic is in kitty jail

NO MODS NO MASTERS

e: please don't probe me for mod sass :ohdear:

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 20:48

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

IOwnCalculus posted:

So, this Macchina looks pretty loving cool. Wonder if it could be used to replace / handle maintenance functions that you'd normally need an OEM tool (i.e. Chrysler DRB3) to do.

It looks like it could be amazing, or also useless to anyone except a programmer with reverse engineering experience or an inside info source, depending on how much effort they put into the software.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 19:45

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

but you see global warming is a chinese hoax, that's why the chinese are currently enacting tougher environmental laws to try and catch up

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 22:05

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Like what, what color of switches are in our keyboards or what boots we wear? Maybe what book some brit thinks we should read or whether or not avocados are great?

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 23:27

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

I had pine&swine for lunch. If we go to hell for that I'm sorry but it was worth it

# ¿ Mar 9, 2017 00:51

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

InitialDave posted:

Short version: "If it doesn't actually work off road, it can get hosed."

I'm not responsible for what X-thousand muppets buy. Any manufacturer presenting me with something 4x4/4WD/AWD had better actually mean it.

If you want an economical hatchback, you don't need 4WD. If you want 4WD, "economic" is very secondary.

If someone tries to sell you an "economic 4WD hatchback", they're either lying and it won't do what you want, or it will do what you want, and your priorities are stupid/delusional.

excuse me, have you heard the word of the one true economical* 4WD hatchback yet? ~45-50mpg is possible, 4wd, 5 speed, seats 5**

* until you have to start buying it new oil pumps and $480 NLA timing covers
** as long as at least 3 are midgets and/or multiple amputees

# ¿ Mar 9, 2017 20:58

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

KakerMix posted:

I'm got a kinda dumb question, what's the procedure for getting parts from a junkyard typically? There is a junked sc300 up in Tampa that has three parts that I need, maybe more. Window trim, the center arm rest bit and the pair of rear exhaust brackets that hold up the exhaust. I've never actually bought anything from a yard before so I'm completely ignorant in generally how it works.

Around here, either I show up and it's a wepull/fullservice yard and they quote me $xxxx for the part, or I show up and it's a selfserve yard, I grab what I need and pull a half dozen other things while I'm there, the guy at the register asks me why I'm there for the second time that week then quotes me $xx for all of it. I don't haggle at yards, so the yards with already decent prices where I buy an assload of stuff and never haggle just give me poo poo for a great price right off the bat. Half the time they don't even charge me the $2 admission and they waved me out for free with wiring pigtails in my hands twice last week.

Basically, once you find a good yard that's got not-dickhead employees, treat em well and you'll get the same. That one yard, Sandbagger and I got $480 worth of stuff (at list prices) for $130 once because the register guy recognized me and was too lazy to ring up the whole cart worth of parts, and I got my LM7 with literally everything bolted to it still (and the ECU, and harness, and torque converter, and part of the exhaust, and all the cooling system hoses and AC parts...) for $340 including tax. It should have been well over $500.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 01:22

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

This all reminds me I need to get DVR systems for the house and hangar.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2017 17:10

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

InitialDave posted:

Garage update: Got visit from door contractor tomorrow morning to assess what's needed (clue: a new loving door) and pricing. Will discuss potential uprated options with him.

http://thechap.co.uk/

Will you get in trouble if you put a big piece of chicken wire in the middle of the door connected to an electric fence transformer, so if someone cuts through again they get lit up? I figure that would give any return customers a bit of a wakeup call that they should look elsewhere.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 00:06

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

nm posted:

This gets you in trouble in the us.

An electric fence doesn't kill or actually harm anyone, I thought it was only stuff that kills or harms people that gets you in poo poo here.

Glad I asked! :v:

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 00:55

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

HD lumber is garbage.

scrubs season six posted:

I love those old Justys. CVT?

Nope, the CVTs aren't particularly reliable so I went for a manual. Also just got the full FSM for it so now I can rebuild my spare motor and trans and drive it again.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2017 16:43

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

I think "try searching" should be bannable unless it is immediately followed by a list of useful relevant search terms. There doesn't need to be yet another thread about something already well documented and thoroughly discussed, but when I don't know a car/platform well yet, I don't know what to search FOR, that's why I didn't, or did and found nothing useful.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2017 20:50

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

IOwnCalculus posted:

Admit it, anyone in here (who isn't too lazy to do so) would do a giant because why not.

http://www.geek.com/geek-cetera/pilot-uses-gps-flight-path-to-draw-giant-penis-over-disney-world-1617941/

# ¿ Mar 15, 2017 22:25

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

I barely know anything about diesel but here you go.
6.9/7.3 idi - slow, will go forever on a steady diet of the correct coolant and oil cooler end castings
7.3 idi turbo - slightly less slow
7.3 powerstroke - good, goes forever
6.0 - bulletproof it and expect the ficm, HPOP system, and random other poo poo to fail?
6.4 - same
6.7 (ford and cummins) - good
5.9 cummins 12/24v - good, goes forever, do the kdp fix before it eats all the timing gears
6.2 - lol many slows
6.5 - less slow
Duramax - going to need injectors eventually

Trannies are a whole other subject. Each company had their good and bad ones.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2017 13:23

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 07:44

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

If you are near central mass feel free to come by and rag out my 500 dollar forester to learn first, I have a spare motor and trans on the front porch and already drove it with the clutch cylinders acting up for a while then fixed that and drove it misfiring so bad I had to slip the hell out of the clutch to avoid stalling. If I can't kill it doing that you certainly can't.

E: and if you murderfuck it, it is an excuse to finish teaching my wife to drive standard (she's a perfectionist and afraid to break something trying to learn, just like I was once) and then swap in the spare engine that doesn't sound like a metal trash can full of billiard balls on cold startup. gently caress I hate this car.

kastein fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Mar 19, 2017

# ¿ Mar 19, 2017 04:59

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