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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:A6 threw another starter, trying to sell the thing on Craigslist. I very nearly started off 2019 by buying a cheap basket case Audi, but a friend of mine reminded me I don't have a garage or any place to park it.
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sigtrap posted:I resolve to move somewhere cheaper this year because It's now been 2 years since I've driven a car. Here's a list of everything cool about this: I'm with you on this
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In all likelihood, I'll be heading to Gdynia, Poland in a week or so for ship work. What's happenin' in the Gdansk area? e. God dammit I just found out Poland still uses złoty; I've got €50 that's been in my wallet for weeks now Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Jan 7, 2019 |
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My trip to Poland got a little more interesting; I need to make my way down to southern Spain by the 21st to meet up with a second ship in the strait of Gibraltar. Unclear whether the ship will be berthing, or sitting at anchor for a couple days. So hooray, I get to gently caress around in unpopular parts of Europe for a week! Also I just learned today that International Drivers Permits were a thing, so I guess I need to stop by my local AAA office tomorrow.
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everdave posted:There is nothing boring about southern Spain, what city / town will you be in? You can bus in Spain easily other places if you are not in a good spot for cheap. Make a go of it. Algeciras. I honestly found out this morning and haven't spent any time researching the region. What's the best airport to fly into, Gibraltar? Or is that going to be a pain in the rear end, what with it being a British Overseas Territory? What's your favorite rental car company? I don't see any Sixt offices down there.
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everdave posted:I have never rented a car in Spain only trains and buses so can’t help there. Was going to recommend Faro in Portugal but it’s quite a ways from your location. You will be at the bottom of Spain I’ll look a few minutes. Unless you hate sun and beach and drinks I’d be thanking my lucky stars hell the bus to Faro is like less than $50 for 350 miles I would t do that but a bus to somewhere else is going to be cheap and clean Thanks! Malaga looks like a good bet, and tickets back to New York are pretty cheap. I'm going to rent a car; the tools and equipment I'll be carrying are too annoying to lug around on a train. It looks like Enterprise has an office at the Malaga airport. I'm excited to try driving a SEAT!
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> In order to drive in Poland, American citizens must have either an international driving permit or a Polish national driver’s license: a U.S. State driver’s license without an IDP is insufficient https://pl.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/driving-in-poland/ > U.S. citizens wishing to drive while in Spain or Andorra must obtain an international driving permit prior to their arrival. https://es.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/information-for-travelers/ Seems authoritative. e. The Léon (or similar) is pretty reasonable to rent. I'll check that out!
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MrOnBicycle posted:Don't listen to KYOON and respect the rules of the country you are visiting. Besides, the last thing you want to do is waste time (and potentially money) trying to explain why you didn't follow the rules to someone who may or may not speak good enough English to understand / care to understand you. That's my thought, and work is paying for it. Seems like it'd be foolish not to.
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Suburban Dad posted:That's racist! I've rented cars that were supposed to be manual in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland in the last couple years, and only the Mini in Sweden was a manual. I think people see my American passport and think about how much they don't want to replace a clutch.
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Grakkus posted:I missed this earlier but here's some stuff about Poland and Gdansk: Thanks for all this! I'm meeting up with a German colleague there, and he's threatening to take me to what he described as a traditional diner run out of someone's home. I think he called it a "shashinki", but I can't understand him over the phone at the best of times.
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Grakkus posted:In my experience most Polish words sound like "shashinki" to an English speakers ear, it sort of sounds like everything and nothing in the language so it could really be anything Is a store like Obi likely to carry bulk Cat6 ethernet cable? Where could I find that in Warsaw or on the road to Gdansk? Edit: found it! https://www.obi.pl/przewody-telekomunikacyjne/przewod-ftp-kat-5-4x2x0-5-mm2/p/4290771 76 produkty dostępne! Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Jan 14, 2019 |
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Fender Anarchist posted:How is clickspring so great? I just watched a 20 minute video on various ideas for ancient layout fluids and enjoyed every second. I watched it twice (granted, I fell asleep a minute into the first watching). It's super relaxing, and beautifully shot.
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keykey posted:Any Atlanta goons in here? If so, what is your experience living there? Extra credit if you’re a out of state transplant. I grew up in Atlanta. Moved to Chicago in 2013 (at age 26ish), and then to New York (following my wife around the country). It's a really neat place. Diverse in a way that a lot of places that claim to be diverse aren't. It's very much located in the middle of a huge forest. Most places in the city feel like they're nestled in between oceans of pine trees. The hills will surprise you too, if you're from a flattish place. Atlanta is also huge. Car ownership is almost non-negotiable, and there's a wide variety of different neighborhoods to live in. A lot depends on the specific area in the city you're interested in. Overall, I liked living there. It's not a "destination" city, but it's a good place to be. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Jan 17, 2019 |
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Poland verdict: it's a cool place. The Fiat 500 I rented proved barely powerful enough for the road from Warsaw to Gdansk and just barely big enough for two guys + tools, but it worked okay. We went to the WWII museum as well, which focused largely on how the Polish people got kicked in the teeth over and over again. It was a bummer, but really powerfully displayed. I dropped my colleague off at the airport and visited Sopot as well; just took some pictures on the beach and pier. Drove back to Warsaw stupid-early because I had to catch a 9:00 flight to Hamburg, and it snowed the whole way. I'm in Hamburg now visiting my colleague at the company he works for. I rented a Skoda Rapide, and I'm really pleased with it! Much nicer than the Fiat. Hamburg got a light dusting of snow last night, so it felt extra German today. I'm proud of myself for negotiating a haircut, including chit-chat with the barber, almost entirely in German! Tomorrow: Spain.
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I keep wanting to buy a Miele, but our whatever-brand canister vac that we got for free keeps working well enough. I rented a Skoda Rapid in Hamburg and took it on the autobahn. I got it up to 185kph before the combination of nighttime and slightly damp roadway got the better of me. I really enjoyed cruising at 160 though. Hamburg and Lübeck are very cool cities; I'm going to have to bring my wife back to Germany when she gets a vacation.  Continued onto Malaga, Spain, as was recommended. Enterprise gave me an Opal Mokka X, in diesel. Not at all exciting, but it was big enough to haul my bullshit down to Gibraltar, back up to Malaga, then down to Algeciras over the course a day.  The ship was late getting into Gibraltar anchorage so I basically had a day to kill in Gib, and then the agent decided he didn't want to bring the box of equipment we shipped to him into Gib because he'd have to pay customs fees, so it was more convenient to get the ship to move to Algeciras anchorage instead and take a service boat from there. The agent told me I'd get an hour's warning when it was time to get on board, so I drove up to Malaga (2 hrs), got a change of clothes, drove back, and checked myself into a Holiday Inn. The next day I got on the service boat with a couple other technicians and discovered we had to climb this:  They decided the best thing to do was to let us sleep on board the ship, so I got to see sunset from the bridge, which was cool.  They put me in an officer's cabin. Nothing terribly special, but it was cozy enough. I disembarked on the 08:00 service boat. Winds and swells were a little higher in the morning so climbing down the ladder was an experience. I got back to shore in just enough time to check out of my airbnb and get a hotel near the airport for a 6:00 am flight home.
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Paper towels get dirt off your hands and into the garbage. Blowers get dirt off your hands and into the air.
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MomJeans420 posted:I currently have a tungsten wedding ring but seeing a pic of a degloving injury has me looking at silicone rings. I don't do that much work on the cars/bike, and I have an office job, so I'm not sure if I'd really get into a situation where that would be possible. Maybe crashing the bike, but I always wear good gloves. Any horror stories on how common it can be from mundane things? My only horror story is about the time I picked up a heavy bag and it squeezed my fingers together against my ring and that was uncomfortable. I'm wearing a silicone right right now, because I have no idea what happened to my original wedding ring. It came off some time on a day when my wife and I were out together, and neither of us could find it. My silicone ring was $15 on Amazon and it looks pretty decent, so I'm just rolling with it until I feel like picking out a new nice ring.
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STR posted:You're a brave soul. I did a round trip from <suburb of Austin I'd rather not mention for reasons that many know> to (almost) Denton and back today. I found two bait cars on the way back - one an obvious dealer to dealer transfer (brand new Subaru sporting logos from a DFW Subaru dealer, and a temp tag from an Austin area dealer, with "XFER TO SUBARU OF <dealer name> written on it that matched the temp tag), then a Mercedes CUV. This was on dry roads, just chilly for the area (40s, farenheit), and the car still felt pretty sketchy at high speeds. I think a combination of new-ish car and well maintained, very wide roads engendered confidence. The Skoda felt composed, moreso than the Mazda Protege and Toyota Sienna I've also taken up to 110mph+.
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. I had forgotten how crazy DFW drivers are too... and forgot rush hour starts at 2 or 3pm there. Austin's rush hour is horrible (especially on 35, we need to nuke it from orbit), but it's a 4-6 thing instead of 2-7 thing.
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slidebite posted:E: I am a big manchild and my dinner tonight is going to consist of 2lbs of buffalo wings. Good thing I just lost over 10lbs That's nice and low-carb. I picked up an old camera on eBay. I used to own one just like this, but it went missing when I lived in a house where a lot of my things went missing.   I'm exceptionally pleased with it. So much so that I'm pricing film development kits.
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slidebite posted:I didn't know that was a serious thing. I mean, I know you could do a darkroom and that kind of stuff (part of shop class in grade 7-8 or something) but I didn't even consider that "kits" were a thing for that. I've used a couple of DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, and I found I was missing the feeling and the control of my old Minolta. I guess I learned on that camera and the muscle memory never went away. I bought another one for 1/10th the price of a high quality digital camera, and I never have to worry about my sensor not being good enough. I can just get a different roll of film.
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I just had the dangerous thought that pumping gasoline onto the ice might have melted it. Probably not though
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