December chat thread: Try it now.

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InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

slidebite posted:

Was fantastic to watch something like that with a woman old enough to be a grandma to kick rear end.

Ask Billy Connolly to record a theme song for her.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 14:27

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 17:07

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Fo3 posted:

Why a gift card over cash?

Partly to show you put at least some thought in, "I know you like shopping here, but I don't know precisely what you want/need".

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 16:19

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Fo3 posted:

And back around in a circle it comes.
"I know you need money to buy things you like, but I don't know precisely what you want/need, here's some money"
The whole gift card angle is not necessary.
People buy them because ?
It's an inferior form to regular cash. Shops go bust, people forget them, they expire, people don't find what they really need at that shop and have to pay cash elsewhere?

Some people find cash impersonal, and feel it sends a message that you don't know anything about the person, or haven't put any thought into what to give them, so at least a card for a place you know they go shows you know something about their tastes.

It's a gift. Shut your trap and accept it with some grace.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 16:37

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Bajaha posted:

Re: Subaru wave

Locally we have a lot of subies and the wave seems to be restricted to the turbo models and the obvious enthusiasts (some form of visible modification).

Bog standard crosstrek aint giving a wave back.

I'm trying to think of how many people I've seen driving around in performance or modified Subarus whom I'd want to wave at or be associated with.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 18:54

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Any bourbon geeks here? Need a suggestion for good SMOOTH bourbon that isn't too expensive, I'm willing to spend around $100.

Blanton's Original Single Barrel or Eagle Rare are both very good and well under that price point.

Blanton's is what John Wick drinks if they're into that.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 00:39

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

meatpimp posted:

*warning lights.

I think QC was fairly specific in her wording.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 12:58

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Well to be fair a 16 year old has no business selling porn on the internet and should have nothing to do with the tumblr ban, that's on the parents for it even getting to that point. It also sounds like she needs counseling, again something her parents should have taken care of, she is a child.

16 is old enough to have, you know, actual sex in lots of places, selling her dirty fanart online is pretty much a non-issue relative to everything else that's clearly going on in her life.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 18:54

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I'm unconvinced by an argument simply based on her age. It's not a cookie-cutter situation with that, I know people twice her age who I'd barely consider to be functional adults. Maybe she's too young, maybe she isn't, I think that she clearly has some problems that she feels whatever it is she's drawing makes easier to cope with. Those problems are the problem.

Given where some people look for outlets, drawing dirty pictures is about the mildest poo poo ever.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 21:10

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Mix Nando's peri powder into mayo if using it as a dip for potato wedges or chips etc.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2018 01:39

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Geoj posted:

Most (all?) minivans are just big FWD cars.

Short of severe weather/blizzard conditions you should be fine. Just give yourself extra following distance, drive like a grandma and treat pedal inputs as if there was a newborn puppy laying behind the pedals - light, slow & deliberate - if there is snow visible on the road.

Honestly driving on snow isn't as bad as you may have been led to believe - it's ice that you need to watch out for.

Yeah, in an ideal world you'd have winter tyres for snowy roads, but that's probably wishful thinking on a rental. While 4WD isn't at all necessary, I would be wary of RWD with fat rear tyres, some stuff (modern BMWs are a prime example) are shockingly bad on their factory rubber.

Just remember that the car won't really do anything it wouldn't do normally, it'll just happen at a far lower threshold.

If snow hits, take yourself to a quiet parking lot and have an experiment with how the car drives on it, then just drive to suit.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2018 09:34

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

spog posted:

I met a colleague from Germany.

I mentioned the war.

This may have been a bad thing.

Well, it's not like you could just wait around for an American colleague to mention it.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2018 21:08

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

slothrop posted:

I sense a huge marketing opportunity here. QC, get onto it!

Run the whole cosmetics gig like a Snap-On truck, too, going round workplaces selling women stuff they never knew they needed on credit.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2018 15:16

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

spog posted:

Run the whole tools gig like an Ann Summers party, having an evening with the boys, drinking wine and playing games before staggering home with a paper bag filled with spanners that you will never use because they are too big for you.

I already have enough trouble convincing people that the vaseline in the garage is for battery terminals.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2018 18:56

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

QuarkMartial posted:

It's a band-aid solution to public transportation problems. They end up piled everywhere so they clog sidewalks so people, in particular people with disabilities, can't get through. They're motorized and afaik not allowed on streets, so if they ride on sidewalks it's a collision hazard for pedestrians.

Could be worse.
https://youtu.be/OXX423ErY1U

# ¿ Dec 8, 2018 22:49

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

jamal posted:

I wonder what the biggest hazard is to pedestrians.

Stupidity.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2018 09:35

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Rhyno posted:

In early 1996, I was a very small guy. 5'1" and maybe 125lbs. I'd also recently changed schools and didn't have many friends. So I was a target and dude nearly twice my size beat the unholy gently caress out of me. Like, beat me so bad I got knocked out. And after all the hoopla he got a single day of suspension because basketball is more important than an child's safety.

So it was incredibly satisfying to run into him today. Bald, horrifically out of shape and married to a beast of a woman who if I had to guess was 300lbs minimum. When I said "oh this is my wife" you could see the sadness gather in his eyes. It was wonderful. I'm a bum but I won in that contest of life.

Nice. I was picked on for being a big bastard, so had the opportunity to learn other methods of conflict resolution, but that sounds pretty satisfying.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2018 01:03

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

nm posted:

Rhyno, you sure he didn't just feel bad for your wife?

'Kin 'ell.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2018 02:16

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I have just received an honest to God aerospace process document written in comic sans.

Signed off by the OEM and everything.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 12:15

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Titanium really isn't that hard a material. Common Ti-6Al-4V is probably mid thirties Rockwell C, about the same as a lot of alloy steels, something like Inconel can be mid forties quite happily.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 16:57

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I feel that box contains some kind of quest item.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 01:14

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Queen Combat posted:

Also what kind of quest requires a Daft Punk vinyl, two extension cable adapters, a hairbrush, a fountain pen, and various colors of metallic lipsticks?

In my experience, running an anime convention.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 01:22

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

IOwnCalculus posted:

Gotta keep grinding it for better loot.

I've met a couple of girls who seem to adopt this philosophy to life.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 17:34

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

cakesmith handyman posted:

Was it this thread or the last people were making great bourbon recommendations?

Might have been last month.

What's the budget and I assume it's in the UK?

Baseline guidance is get a bottle of Eagle Rare (Asda sell it of all places), �35ish.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2018 13:18

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I guess a nail bomb wouldn't be reusable.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2018 23:56

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

They really aren't that expensive now.

In perfect conditions, a good V brake is a hell of a thing, but for all round "just works", get discs.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2018 00:16

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

SeaGoatSupreme posted:

Surly bikes aren't cheap, I'm sure just the frame is more than 400 new.

I can hear people involuntarily moving themselves into the Wonka meme pose at their desks.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2018 19:40

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

It was Gatwick, specifically, London has multiple airports.

I'm expecting the result of this to be additional regulation that makes things harder and generally buggers things up for everyone, while failing to actually prevent anything similar happening again.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2018 12:57

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Don't be silly, they don't give them knives either.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2018 15:43

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

ilkhan posted:

Something something guns.

Pretty much, it's loving ridiculous here.

QuarkMartial posted:

Iunno... the ones guarding Windsor must have been imported from the US. They had MP5s and a facial expression that said "Just give me a reason."

We make them watch Hot Fuzz and Dredd at the start of every shift to get them in the right frame of mind.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2018 16:42

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Darchangel posted:

Sounds good to me.
Just don't mess up and use the Stallone Judge Dredd.

Oh, that's for when we need them really angry due to heightened terror alert levels.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Gun laws are very effective actually.

But guns are cool and I want several.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2018 21:54

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Things that go pew pew are fun and I go pew pew with them even with the laws. I can even own them if I want to.

They otherwise need to be heavily regulated.

Yeah, I can own them too*. It's that asterisk I want to gently caress right off.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2018 23:28

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Hang on, if they're shut down, what's she meant to do other than be on holiday? And how does that even work anyway, losing time that's booked already?

# ¿ Dec 22, 2018 01:37

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

QC, do you get the missed payments back later?

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

I now this I *have* to check out

# ¿ Dec 22, 2018 19:48

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I'm surprised places like your nursing school (they call them schools, right?) don't have contingency plans for stuff like this. They aren't going to get a new enrolement halfway through a year, and there's a clear paper trail that you have the funding.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2018 20:01

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Queen Combat posted:

At least I'm in good academic standing, and have secured funding, so they're willing to work with me. Just finished year 1's finals with a 3.71 cumulative, for example.

I have literally no idea how US grading works with this stuff, but yeah, if you're known to be a good student and can show you're good for the money, I hope that keeps you safe.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2018 20:41

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

But that'd mean getting up before noon..?

Cakesmith, maybe don't go out specifically to get shopping in, rather treat it as going out for a relaxed walk to get you out the house and get some fresh air, and grabbing a couple of bits on the way?

# ¿ Dec 23, 2018 13:58

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I really don't follow music chart stuff at all, but apparently Ariana Grande has been number 1 for the past month and a half, only to lose the coveted Christmas spot to a Nottinghamshire dad's song about sausage rolls. :laugh:

# ¿ Dec 23, 2018 16:58

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Queen Combat posted:

Good that he's OK.

Just woke up, can't walk. drat foot is still inflamed around the nail puncture point. It's not a large area, maybe 2 inches, but it's right in the middle of the ball.

Stupid apartment maintenance people.

When wishing you had another orifice in your body, it's very important to be specific with the universe at large as to where.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2018 20:20

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Queen Combat posted:

Holy gently caress abandon thread

In seriousness, though, I've done the nail-into-foot thing, and yeah, it sucks, and that was without it showing any kind of inflammation etc, so I do hope you're doing something about it.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2018 10:07

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 17:07

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Queen Combat posted:

3 ton trolley jack and blocks of wood!

2-ton long chassis/high lift trolley jacks are where it's at.

# ¿ Dec 25, 2018 16:52

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