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Garage2Roadtrip posted:I think you're right. Probably a good idea both from a landing gear standpoint, and a stopping standpoint! Yeah, I imagine they softened the springs up a lot at least, so the landings aren't a killer. Dagen H posted:Halloween candy will soon be on clearance for pennies on the dollar. And here I am trying to lose weight/avoid sugar.
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Because I'm a contractor, I have no vacation or holiday pay, but at least the contracting agency I work for actually does have health care. It's literally twice what I paid working at my last gig, though. Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and the particular plan I'm on is zero copay, zero deductible EXCEPT for lab work and specialists, and they don't cover hospital care AT ALL. For that I have a secondary insurance that will pay out if one of us needs emergency care or a hospital stay, which is why altogether it's $400/month. It's open enrollment month, so I'm going to look again at the high-deductible plan. My daughter's psychologist is considered a specialist, of course. The problem with the high-deductible setup is that there are NO copays or negotiated rates. You pay full price until you hit the (high, did I mention that?) deductible, *then* you pay 20% up to the out-of-pocket, which is also high. Yeah, we're hosed here in the US. It's time to put term limits on Congress and get those old crony fucks out of there, at the very least.
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Geoj posted:I think IT offering excellent benefits across the board is a bit of a myth. Even when I worked for HP before the split I would have called my benefits just on the good side of mediocre at best. My aforementioned poo poo tier healthcare is in the IT field. My coverage with the giant Indian outsourcer I worked for previously was actually very nice, though. Olympic Mathlete posted:In the UK it's been shown that the general public believe that 'lazy shiftless sad sacks' are leaching ten hundred billion quid from the pot. Fact is the real number is absolutely gently caress all in the grand scheme of things. Ironically those that are loving the country over are the huge multi million pound + companies. It's not all that different in the US, with respect to most of the leaching coming from jackholes/corporations who already have too much money.
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ilkhan posted:Yup. But you're using "rest of the world" style health care, not the US style health Care system. The difference is that we in the US get to pay more for the privilege of lovely health care. edit: Yeah, that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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InitialDave posted:Yeah. Pretty much. That, so much. I literally have a "F*CK CANCER" sticker for my car. I don't think there's anything that can make you feel quite as helpless. At least when you're being hosed over by the government/your job/corporate masters/whatever, there's someone to blame, and you can plan or fantasize about revenge.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Who wants to play a game of "poke the LiPo"? I think I have a spare supercap for one of those, after I replaced one, and it just turned out that my G1 was just sucking too much power in standby. If I can remember where I put it, you're welcome to it. Just plugs right in in place of the battery, I think. FAT32 SHAMER posted:Everyone should do what i do and ignore the news and stay in bed for as long as possible every morning because the future is terrifying and life is mediocre qft
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Also why is that poo poo never written up in plain English?? I learned this one from my wife, the recently-graduated degreed Legal... assistant? gently caress, I've completely lost the word I wanted to used rather than legal assistant. Old age. Anyway, they don't use "plain English", because plain English is incredibly, horribly ambiguous, imprecise, and open to interpretation. Legal English, AKA "Legalese", has very well-defined precise meanings for every word - and even so *still* has interpretation issues. It seems overly-complex, but Legalese is an attempt to be unambiguous as much as possible, across a wide variety of regional language differences. edit: paralegal was the word I was trying to find.
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loving LOL. I just signed into the NAPA website to look up a store and services (to get a bearing pressed onto the axle of my AE86) and decided to change my decade-old login password to something more complex than a 5-letter all lower case word. Their stupid-rear end website is enforcing complexity rule ON THE GODDAMNED "CURRENT PASSWORD" FIELD OF THE FORM. Meaning I can't change my password to a sufficiently complex password because... my existing password isn't complex enough. Dear God what child wrote this garbage code. Guess I'll just tell it I can't remember the password so it will force a new one, right after I send them feedback on their idiocy. I know it's a small thing, but this sort of poo poo is why people, non-technicals in particular, find technology so frustrating. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Nov 2, 2017 |
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Enourmo posted:Hybrid rocket adventures continue. You'd think small-diameter nitrous tanks would be more common for stealth installs on racecars, but apparently they either don't exist or I just don't have the google-fu to dig them up. Just use a bunch of Whip-Its.
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Enourmo posted:For the size motor we're building we'd need like 10, that piping would get complicated and heavy very quickly. I was mostly being facetious, but have now ended up learning something.
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RE: gas prices, I may be in a good position having just bought a mostly-stock 4AC-powered AE86 coupe, then? edit: is there an AE86 thread, by chance? I'd like to avoid other forums if possible, for the usual reasons.
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freelop posted:Went into aldi today looking for plum sauce. Sometimes that's just the way it has to be. The universe wills it. How did the ladder taste?
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MomJeans420 posted:Can someone remind me the name of the guy on here who was a good welder, and I think sprayed an old BMW green? Is there still a current thread with cool welded poo poo? That's Ultimateforce. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3572280
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:So much for Whole Foods. I thought I had left on good terms when I left in 2010; they just called and said I had been marked not for rehire (I still have the email from my old boss saying I'm eligible). How do you even counter something like that? What, did you just call up, say "I'm STR, and gently caress you"? Do they have caller ID records? They just trust that the caller was you? Does that make ANY sense to them that you would do such a thing while trying to get hired? e: f,b: InitialDave posted:How unintelligent do you have to be to just take at face value that someone you want to hire would do that, and then know gently caress-all about it when you contacted them? You put it better than I did.
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spog posted:If you want to pursue this and you don't mind playing the card - you could call HR and tell them that you are concerned about the hate call that was done to stop you working there and that you worry it is related to your sexual orientation and could they tell you more about it. It's worth a shot. You may get the one-in-a-hundred HR people that actually care about the "H" in "HR".
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General_Failure posted:Oh they do here. Hell, where the Niva was concerned they also got me for bad U joints (barely visible play when grabbing and twisting on one, and the other tucked up above at the transmission output shaft was a bit stiff. Needed to replace them. Freeplay in the idler arm, steering box and a wheel bearing. Those were fixed by a slight tweak but still. C'mon. At least I didn't get into any arguments about freeplay in the seat backrests this year. I mean that's because I went to another place because of that reason. Y'all need to lighten up on that inspection poo poo. It's kind of hilarious that a nation that markets itself with the whole freewheeling, casual, shrimp-on-the-barbie attitude is completely militant about private/personal vehicle inspection. I understand keeping the vehicle safe enough to drive, but the key part of the phrase there is "enough". It doesn't have to be factory-perfect, and requiring such is a burden on lower-income folks, unless yuou want to provide a good, solid, efficient public transportation system. We'd have like 30% fewer cars on the road (legally) here in the US if they nixed cars with minor leaks. Probably more, actually. Seminal Flu posted:I'd never heard of TheWorkNumber before... looked it up... god drat, commercial Equifax. QFT, though it appears that one has to provide permission for employers to access it. I'm almost afraid to create an account and check my history with them. I'd never heard of them either.
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slidebite posted:Just walking through Walmart and see an Xbone X on the shelf. WTF is that? It's supposed to be a significantly more powerful Xbox, and from what reviews I've read, it really is. For the games that have been enhanced for it, they look and perform better even on 1080p, but they get positively gorgeous if you have a 4K, so they say. I'll probably limp along with an Xbox One S for a while. General_Failure posted:I'm procrastinating so hard on draining the Jeep's transmission oil so I can get rid of that ridiculous smashed lasagna cork gasket that someone put on it. I bet one of us could find you one in the wrecking yard for a whole lot less, unless most of that is the shipping, VAT, etc. You said Grand Cherokee, right? What year? On a note related to the above vidya gaems discussion, I just watched the trailer and noted that two of the cars available are a '55 Chevy Bel Air, and a '65 Chevy C10. And they can both be fitted for off-road. Might be interesting. Oh, hey, there's also a Buick GNX!
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angryrobots posted:I came across this drat van today and I don't know, I kinda like it. '64 G10, straight 6 and 3 on the tree. Lose the whitewalls, get 15x10 Cragars or slotted mags with N50-sized tires, and replace/paint the rusty bits, and it's all good. KakerMix posted:
That's a hard choice. That said, *plenty* of people keep cars around just because they think they're cool. Jay Leno, for example. So, just go buy a warehouse or something. You'll need it for the import business anyway, right? General_Failure posted:Just a plain old Cherokee. Manufacture plate actually says 1994. I goofed again. Thought it was '95. The wiper arm is probably not different from the Grand version, for that matter. Both Cherokees and GCs are all over the place here. I'll look for a wiper arm assembly next time I'm in the yard. I would be shocked if it was more than US$10, and for a '94, the arm should fit from '84-96. I actually bought one, along with the motor and all the squirty bits, and added the rear wiper to my '95, and I think that whole mess cost me maybe $20. Should fit in a poster tube for shipping. Cop Porn Popper posted:I had someone tonight ask if I could get p clips in bulk, say 0.79/ea was too rich for his blood, then bought packaged ones off the shelf that were $1/ea. No, what they want is bias confirmation. The customer (and the racist, conspiracy theory rear end in a top hat) is always right, right? Cop Porn Popper posted:Motortrend went to an Wannagofast event for their modified show. I went to one of the florida events in january of this year and it was awesome. The sheer sound of violence on some of those cars just is not captured on camera and needs to be witnessed in person. If you have one of their events in your area, its definitely worth the trip. The pits are also open so you can walk around and talk to the drivers, owners, guys who run the performance shops and of course lots of vendors. Its just tons of gorgeous high horsepower cars going flat out and a really good time all around. Holy poo poo there's one right by me this weekend! You are the MAN. I know what I'm doing Saturday and/or Sunday.
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Like I said, its a good waste of a saturday and/or a sunday. https://wannagofast.com/rules-safety/ "ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL INSIDE AIRFIELD STRIP. NO COOLERS OR OUTSIDE FOOD PERMITTED. Tents & Chairs are permitted." Jerks.
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CommieGIR posted:That's an odd way of saying masturbate. Well, considering that a fair number of religions refer to it as self-abuse, not really. See also: beating the bishop, flogging the dong, beating the meat.
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On a completely different topic, I went to the WannaGoFast 1/2 mile event on Saturday. It was fun, but I was expecting a bit more variety. It was pretty much dominated by GM LSx at this one, on that day. Who knows what showed up on Sunday, but it was literally 80% LSx - Lots of Camaros, C5s and C6s, and a whole freaking shitload of CTS-Vs, bot the brand new ones , and a whole lot more of the last gens, including a few wagons. A couple or 3 C4 Corvettes, one LSx pickup (that I never saw run), A few Mercedes Benze AMGs, including an E63 wagon that sounded like doom when it ran - so very noticeable after all the LSx GMs - one lone VW GTI (Mark IV, I think - it was pretty epic really), an AMG G63, a handful of Porsches - including a 918 Hybrid, which was neat, a passel of Lamborghinis of various flavors, including a couple Super Legerras, a smattering of Audis including an R8, and some other stuff. The only musclecars present were a lone '69 Camaro, and an actual top-speed prepped third-gen Trans Am that moved pretty damned quick. Japanese flavors included a few WRXes, 2 Mark IV Supras, and a pair of 300 ZXes, one that was turbo'd out the wazoo. Oh, and a pair of McLarens. One of which was a P1, I believe. Oh, duh, forgot about the batch of R35 GTRs. One of those had front-mount turbos and was just evil. FTD that I saw was just over 250 MPH, set by a Lambo that was twin turbo'd. The McLarens did 240, and most of the other Lambos topped 200. Pretty neat to watch. We were near the end of the half-mile most of the time, so they were really moving by that point. Fast enough that you actually noticed that they were going fast, unlike about 100, where it doesn't seem to *look* as fast from an observer's standpoint. There were several spins as people lost traction one way or another, a couple at the high end so they went for a ride for a while. No injuries, and not a lot of damage to the cars. One guy drove off the track before the marshals and emergency crews got to him. I imagine he got an earful later, as that's a huge no-no. There were a few engine hurting events as well, but no one managed to oil down the track. It was overcast and in the 60s (F) all day. Perfect for making horsepower, I imagine. I've got pictures - just need to take them off of my camera.
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One of the Lepai or similar amps might work. I believe there are a few that are designed to mount like a normal car stereo. Blaupunkt used to make some of the more conservative head units out there, but Crutchfield has exactly *one* Blau head, and it's a double DIN touch screen. Maybe try Clarion? The ones on Crutchfield look to have a little flash at my cursory examination, but are somewhat restrained. https://www.crutchfield.com/g_300/All-Car-Stereos.html?tp=5684#&nvpair=FFBrand|Clarion edit: this one is pretty much non-glossy and is USB: https://www.crutchfield.com/p_020FZ105BT/Clarion-FZ105BT.html?tp=5684
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Comedy option: https://www.crutchfield.com/p_158RSXGS9/Sony-RSX-GS9.html?tp=5684  It's $1500
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Yeah, ours is about 35% LS powered, 30% GTR, 35% everything else as well. Sadly, it kinda goes with the territory of top speed events like wannagofast/tx2k/fl2k/etc. People tend to drive what works if they're out there trying to be competitive. Also, I saw video of that 250mph warmup run. Apparently on followup runs he got up to 268mph before breaking something. I don't recall any 300Cs, but I did forget to mention the handful of Chargers and Challengers. I saw at least one that was a Hellcat. Basic stereos: maybe look at an import site like Banggood? Thy have some basic stereos, but of course the quality is going to vary widely. Something like this: https://www.banggood.com/Auto-Car-Audio-Stereo-In-Dash-MP3-Player-USB-SD-FM-AUX-Input-Receiver-p-915186.html?rmmds=category&cur_warehouse=CN or this: https://www.banggood.com/Car-Stereo-In-Dash-MP3-Player-FM-USB-SD-AUX-Input-Receiver-p-916248.html?rmmds=category&cur_warehouse=CN Though that second one I would avoid since it appears to be common-ground given the look of the wiring, which is bad.
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Seminal Flu posted:My Corolla was a little bit newer. Mine is newer still:  And I really enjoyed Atomic Blonde. Good period espionage/spy thriller.
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:ALL the colors of a retrowave music video Pretty much. Mine's supposed to be a light ice blue, but the front fenders and hood are silver, and the previous owner was a 20-something. Gonna have to sand all that poo poo off, and fill the 2 million pop-rivet holes when I remove the fiberglass rear over-fenders.
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Kid that traded for my FC RX-7 just put a post up on a Facebook group to sell the engine out of it. He's getting another, presumable more stout, engine built. The irony is that I bought the car long ago to nap the engine and rear seat, but it ended up being my daily after my '79 RX-7 lost compression. I'm seriously considering buying the engine back to put in the aforementioned '79... or in the AE86.
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Company I'm working at is doing a Security Awareness push, sending out emails and providing training for phishing, pretexting, and the like, and testing associate's understanding thereof, with their own phishing emails and such. Of course, they want to see how they do against pretexting phone calls. Do they get Infosec to do that? gently caress no, they drop it on desktop support, because we've got, like, nothing else to do, right? Never mind that they never once asked us if we'd be willing or able to do this poo poo. Just dropped it on us, without any warning. Never mind that I absolutely hate, hate, hate cold calling people on the best of days, now they want me to pretend to be someone else and extract internal phone numbers from the marks. I'm sure this is easy for some folks, but it makes me uncomfortable as hell. I can't really refuse, because I'm a contractor, and would really like to stay here, I guess... I'm going to have to do something about that contractor status as well, because, despite the hourly rate being pretty good, I'm bringing home way less than I was, thanks to my contracting companies ruinous healthcare costs, and the fact that I get no holiday pay whatsoever when the host company has 12 holidays per year. That's around $2500 I just don't get, and my base rate is not awful, but it's low enough that I notice a day or two per week missing. Ugh, it's been 6 months guys - hire me or let me go. Permanent contractor is not going to work for me. </job whining>
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mariooncrack posted:Long term contacting sucks. I'd start looking for something more permanent. How long was the contract supposed to be? To be fair, they didn't specifically mention a time span. Probably because one of my predecessors quit immediately when they didn't hire her at 90 days like they said. Goddamn this calling sucks. I'm having trouble working up the nerve to call. This should be easy, but it just mortifies me. It's not, like, and anxiety attack, but I just. don't. want. to. do. it. gently caress them for not asking.
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Geoj posted:My advice? Get out. Nah, this is the only thing they've asked me to do that makes me uncomfortable, and that's because *I, personally* am uncomfortable with cold calling and pretending to be someone else. I don't improv (AKA bullshit) well, and it's vaguely stupid and poorly planned anyway. I like the work. I build and deploy machines. It's 99% at the local office, and there's none of that call metric/ticket queue metric SLA garbage. The other two IT guys at this location are permanent employees, and, outside of a few very specific things, they've treated me like an employee. I got to go to San Diego for their annual conference, and participate in whatever parties and such that they provide. I mean, I've had ample time to type this up... I hate for it to boil down to money, but I got to pay the bills, unfortunately. This stuff with the pretexting calls is me just being... me (spergie.)
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Rhyno posted:I am stunned. Unpossible!
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The Locator posted:Random music chat. Oh, yeah, thanks for that. I'll need to add them as a seed to my "orchestral metal" Pandora station. QuarkMartial posted:Reminds me a little of Nightwish. I'm behind the times, though. The only bands like that that come to mind are Theatre of Tragedy and Lacuna Coil. Absolutely. Also Epica, which is where Amanda Somerville comes from. The Locator posted:I'm probably behind on new bands too, but the bands I like seem to have a lot of longevity and all the new ones that I try seem to mix in way too much of the growling/male vocals (Amaranthe would be loving amazing if they would seal the guys mouths shut). Nightwish is what got me into the genre, and their current lead singer Floor Jansen is really good, but they went through a couple duds after losing Tarja. Yeah, I'm not interested in growling/croaking/gargling either. I can't understand any of it, and it just sounds like inarticulate grunts. Cop Porn Popper posted:^^^ Nice. Are you familiar with Turisas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woW7DmnR0E FAT32 SHAMER posted:Eluveitie are v good Nope. Previously posted one was good, but the screaming guy needs to shut up and let someone with talent sing. Olympic Mathlete posted:Music chat: Seminal Flu posted:Sounds like They Might Be Giants from 15 years ago. Huh. You're not far off. I;m disappointed that there's no Himalayan throat-singing, though. Kinda digging that next track "Opus Brain". The screaming is a bit much, but mercifully a small part. FAT32 SHAMER posted:This is probably a more obvious recommendation but Korpiklaani is v good folk music (trigger warning: finnish) ((tervaskanto is their best album, their newer stuff is too watered down mainstream for me)) Korpiklaani shows up in the same Pandora station I have Turisas on. Thumbs up.
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and stuff, but shes 100% right. How do you forget the mane on a unicorn? Its kinda important man.
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The Locator posted:She was a fill in for Simone Simons for a tour, but she has never recorded with Epica, that is pure Simone. Yeah, it bums me out when a group is grooving right along then someone opens their mouth and ruins it. It's not always the growling stuff - sometime a singer just doesn't fit the style, or just sounds bad. Kamelot has come up for me in Pandora, and I'm happy to let them play. Seat Safety Switch posted:If he's in his 20s he's never seen MTV run a music video, and perhaps only vaguely remembers Much running music videos. Also, the video is probably literally older than he is.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Got to see Ragnarok yesterday and it was great! Lots of laughs and a good time. Cate Blanchett is incredibly good looking, not even taking into account she’s nearly fifty years old Went and saw it on Sunday. I had a blast. Such good fun! I loved how things didn't always go the way Thor wanted them too. The bit with Dr. Strange was funny, too. Larrymer posted:
Started doing that recently (less than a year) myself, for the points I get on the CC, if nothing else.
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ilkhan posted:Habit > In'N'Out > whataburger This is someone who has clearly never eaten at Whataburger. edit: In 'N' Out is overrated hype. They're good, but nothing special, at least compared to what we already had here in Texas. Are other burger shops in California just bad? Darchangel fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Nov 20, 2017 |
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ilkhan posted:Actually I may be thinking of Five Guys. Which was... exceedingly mediocre. And expensive. I'm not fond of In'N'Out, but its definitely better than Five Guys. I like Five Guys, too, but agree that they are a bit expensive for what they are. Whataburger is no gourmet burger by any means, but as far as fast food burgers, at fast food burger prices, they rock. In 'N' Out is good for the price, don't get me wrong. I just didn't think that they were the Nirvana of burgers deserving the idolatry I witnessed from SoCal transplants here. That said, when I worked for a couple of weeks in Cali, I may have waxed poetic for and/or lamented the lack of Whataburgers there. FAT32 SHAMER posted:They’re v good and I can send you my guy’s number, he can hook you up This is something I noted when comparing my current Uverse plan with charter/Spectrum/formerly Time-Warner cable here. I'm currently exempt from the data cap because I have Uverse TV as well, but I was planning on dropping that in the very least. $90 for poo poo I don't watch is starting to get annoying. Need to get off my butt and switch, especially since I can get 100/10 Mb for $45 (for one year, then $65.) I'm paying $50 for 18 Mb. AT&T's high-speed offering is 50 Mb @ $60, and still carries the 1TB limit. I don't even need to pay the $5/mo extra to Spectrum for a WiFi router, since I have a Ubiquiti. trouser chili posted:Five Guys has never made me a burger I felt was worth paying for. I'd rather have a lovely unloved McDonalds quarter pounder than Five Guys. I think everyone whom likes their burgers must hate burgers. I've tried multiple different Five Guys restaurants over the years, every single time the result was the same dry, overcooked patty wrapped in a forgettable bun and bland toppings. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but as a fat, burger-loving 'merican I was pretty exited when they showed up to town and tried to give them every chance. Huh. I never get a bad burger at the one I go to by work. Always fresh and juicy, and the folks working the counter and back are enthusiastic. I'm sorry you've got crappy cooks where you are. GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So how do you guys feel about Smashburger? Tasty. I also like their Veggie Frites, since I'm trying to be good and cut down on sugar/carbs. If I'm honest, the only real reason that Five Guys wins out over Smashburger when I'm choosing lunch, it's because I really want Five Guys' cajun-style fries. for some good burger, there's "The Porch" on Greenville in Dallas. Too far to go now that I don't work in downtown, but they were in the top 10 in Texas some years back. It was definitely tasty. First time I had a burger with an egg on it. Now I order that whenever it's available.
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redgubbinz posted:Five Guys is ok, McDonalds/BK taste like sadness, best burger is a greasy as hell fully loaded bacon cheeseburger from any local diner. I've yet to visit a diner that couldn't make a burger to beat any chain, maybe I've had good luck though. At least BK does actually flame broil the burgers. It's not much, but it helps. Not to mention that you can smell it for miles thanks to the required actual chimney exhaust. Denny's - not bad, but nothing particularly special. I just remembered Chop House Burgers here in DFW, an offshoot of the Chop House steak place. Oh, man, those are good.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Have you tried Twisted Root Burger Co. in Deep Ellum? There's a Twisted Root in Hurst, as well. Yummy, but a little pricey, and they don't have a lot of the exotics listed any more. edit: actually in Bedford, TX. edit 2: I love their atomic and ranch pickles, and their root-beer flavor of the day scheme. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Nov 20, 2017 |
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