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Forgive me AI, for I have sinned and bought a demon. plz don't make the wheelie gesture at me because I'm not cool enough to do those yet or likely ever. That being said, I did half of Mulholland today and this thing rips 
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:Forgive me AI, for I have sinned and bought a demon. plz don't make the wheelie gesture at me because I'm not cool enough to do those yet or likely ever. Do a dank wheelie pls
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kastein posted:Heard about several tornados in Pennsylvania. Been there done that, how are you guys in PA holding up? I got missed by a half a mile in 2011. Just tons of rain in this part, but I heard south of me got hit way worse. The only time a real tornado touched down in this immediate area it was at my kids’ elementary school and they got to see it, the lucky little shits. I always miss out on the good stuff. Speaking of good stuff - I decided to give myself a birthday present this year for the first time in a long time. I’m a loooooooooongtime Metallica fan and one of their 40th anniversary shows is going to be played on my 40th birthday so it’s like fate that I should go. I convinced my wife to take a long weekend trip sans kids to San Francisco in December. She has never been to CA and she’s never been to a big concert. This is the first year since I started this job that I’ve been able to take any real time off and now I just planned my third vacation in one year. Feels good, man. Edit: Creek yesterday @ 1500  Creek today @ 0700 
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Sep 2, 2021 12:00
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The Door Frame posted:I don't get the whole background check thing that employers are obsessed with. Is it just to be sure that I'm honest on my application? Is it so I'm cheaper to insure? I get wanting to make sure you're not a serial killer, but in my case I'll also be driving for work, so they need my MVR. Which takes 5 seconds to get as part of a background check. I pulled my own from the state in a couple of minutes just to make sure there's nothing on there. HR called me yesterday evening and said the background check company is waiting for two counties in the other two states I've lived in to get back to them. "I've never lived anywhere except Texas" Oh, did you maybe get any tickets recently in those states? "Uh, I was 7 when I was in one of them, and didn't touch a car the week I was in the other... 20 years ago". Checkr now shows a completion date of next week.. it was showing by end of day yesterday.  They just did a background check on me a few months ago for Uber, and it took a few minutes. 
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Just tons of rain in this part, but I heard south of me got hit way worse. For the storm on the 19th, we were moving the kids downstairs, and I was going to get my son after setting up the pack and play in case we needed it. My wife called out "The sky is green and I hear the train". She grew up in Wisconsin, so she knew exactly what that meant. We both knew somewhere close was going to get hosed, and yep, right over by 309. Though this time I'm pretty sure the Tornado Warning alert was lost in the 20 loving flood warnings. I got it from a goddamn Nextdoor email. Nextdoor isn't supposed to be important!
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We spent several hours last night/this morning in the basement. Multiple water spouts in the Bay, but no tornadoes confirmed. Kid slept though it all, safely swaddled in a Tupperware on the basement floor. PA, NJ, and NYC got whacked bad. Hope everyone's ok, it's gonna be a mess for sure. sharkytm fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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Sep 2, 2021 14:11
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NYC is hosed. I hope all NYC goons are okay.
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bolind posted:So, uh, my 42 year old wife just presented me with a small plastic thingie with two blue lines on it that smelled of pee… My grandparents waited to have both their kids in their 40s (in the 1940s no less) and while a bit of a stir then, but not quite so much now. Good on ya guys! I'm sure you'll be happy whether XX or XY 
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sharkytm posted:PA, NJ, and NYC got whacked bad. Hope everyone's ok, it's gonna be a mess for sure. The northeast is getting Florida type weather events now that's crazy. We're used to that type of poo poo down here, and now it seems like it could be more of a regular occurrence for you guys. Climate change isn't a thing tho, no sir.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:The northeast is getting Florida type weather events now that's crazy. We're used to that type of poo poo down here, and now it seems like it could be more of a regular occurrence for you guys. Climate change isn't a thing tho, no sir. Nope. Totally a fabricated story so "big science" can keep raking in the billions in cash they make.
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Congrats bolind!Advent Horizon posted:It’s a bit far but Channel Islands National Park is open and awesome. We had hoped to get a day hike in before we head out on a camping trip friday after labor day - 2 nights Joshua Tree, 3 nights grand canyon, 3 nights Zion. We've got Golden Gate National Recreation Area here which is open, but it's overrun to gently caress on a normal sunday so i can't imagine what labor day + forest closures will do. Lot of gravel bike races have been cancelled due to this which is a bummer. After our camping trip we're booked to go to NYC for a week but uhhhhhhh that might get cancelled depending on how well the city's doing the next couple days
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I sent this meme (thanks Kastein) to a friend… …and he responded with an invitation to the Gustavus Demolition Derby this weekend, over in Glacier Bay National Park. https://alaskamagazine.com/travel/southeast-alaska/gustavus-demolition-derby/ My friend sent over a prepped Explorer on the ferry this week; we’re loading up on his boat Saturday morning with plans to explore the bay on Sunday.
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I’m somewhat happy/bittersweet news, my 4th gen swapped MR2 has been sold and I have been paid. Made a couple grand and got to drive a fast car for a while, not a bad result. Now to fix/sell 3 other extra cars so I can start Boxster and Elise shopping!
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Thumposaurus posted:I had a stress induced bleed behind the cornea in my one eye. It presented as a discolored spot in my vision like when a camera flashes and you see the spots from it. The biggest issue with that is <waves hands around at everything> CerealKilla420 posted:I don't remember if you are in Texas or not like STR but if you're in Austin you can have the gaming chair lol - it's pretty much brand new. Well, I'm not STR (you replied to me) but he is in Austin. I'm in TX, but up in the Dallas area (and I already have a gaming-ish chair :P) Oh, and I'm still using the Toyota bucket seat at my WFH setup. Not sure why I said "was." It's pretty comfy. Fermented Tinal posted:I myself am getting ever closer to the halfway point this month. I'm honestly not sure if I hope I'm at the halfway point or not. I really kinda wanted to retire and/or die before the world fell apart, but <again, waves hands> I'm too old to Mad Max or Cyberpunk IRL. Advent Horizon posted:The heck with discounts, pay extra to get knocked out if you can. I would 100% do it again but having a dude crack jokes while can hear and smell the sizzle of your junk getting cauterized is not a great time. I got snipped almost 20 years ago, and it was... not all that bad. I was awake. Bag of peas was handy afterward, but I wasn't severely handicapped. I took that weekend nice and easy because I was supposed to, but it really wasn't that much of a handicap for me. I apparently have a stupid high tolerance for pain, though, so YMMV. Mine was covered by insurance, so F R E E. Though, yeah, the sizzle is a bit disconcerting. Now my wife and I can be spontaneous! as spontaneous as one can be with a kid in the house, even 19 years later. We don't try to be too quiet now, thoughm, hoping she'll eventually be disgusted enough to move out. The Royal Nonesuch posted:Forgive me AI, for I have sinned and bought a demon. plz don't make the wheelie gesture at me because I'm not cool enough to do those yet or likely ever. Neat! I really should got take The Course and get my MC endorsement, and resurrect my GS450L. Poor thing has been sitting there looking sad for years.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Found a gopher tortoise wandering around my front yard eating the vegetation today. I put him in my back yard and now I'm trying to figure out what to do with him follow him around the yard and feed him more tasty vegetation. If anybody finds watching car cleaning videos like ammonyc satisfying then you should buy yourself a carpet spot cleaner. I did this week and today I removed this from the rear seats of my saab today with one super light cleaning session:  I'm gonna scrub the minging cream seats in my abused daily driver fiat panda so hard this weekend (I think this means i am officially old now)
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Drove home from NYC to PA today. Lots of abandoned and flooded cars left on the highways.    Also saw this in Staten Island...a tim hortons!  and lol at the cop stereotype.
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The used car market is going to see even more of those back on the road than before.
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Today has been loving poo poo, and I'll leave it at that for now (some possible legal poo poo coming up, though my dashcam very likely saved my rear end).Darchangel posted:Well, I'm not STR (you replied to me) but he is in Austin. I'm in TX, but up in the Dallas area (and I already have a gaming-ish chair :P) I mean, if you want it, and it'll fit in the 'Vic, I'm heading up to DFW this weekend. I don't mind dropping it by - you're between a taco place I love and my parents (they do a solid knockoff of El Paso's Chico's Tacos - they're off of 20, near Six Flags). I have PMs, you have my Bookface stuff, or there's awfulbean at the gmail thang. (or I can always use a gaming chair )
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Tomarse posted:follow him around the yard and feed him more tasty vegetation. After buying the smaller unit pictured, I upgraded to the slightly larger one on Prime Day. 10/10 would buy again. Just pre-spray the area with some Chemical Guys carpet cleaner, brush, and extract. Works great. Almost a must have with kids. That and a steamer. the spyder fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Sep 3, 2021 |
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slidebite posted:The used car market is going to see even more of those back on the road than before. This was my first thought too. Gonna be a ton of really questionable flood repairs out there soon.
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The Door Frame posted:I don't get the whole background check thing that employers are obsessed with. Is it just to be sure that I'm honest on my application? Is it so I'm cheaper to insure? Thumposaurus posted:Take care of your eyes fellow goons if something doesn't seem right get that poo poo checked ASAP. 
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Found a gopher tortoise wandering around my front yard eating the vegetation today. I put him in my back yard and now I'm trying to figure out what to do with him Put a flag on him https://www.instructables.com/Wandering-Tortoise-Flag/
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Donkey is dead. Long live donkey. Frame cracked in North Dakota. game over. 7800 miles, 10 states. Two weeks ago one of the tiedowns started pulling out so we redesigned how the camper mounts to the truck. This imparted too much force on the bed to frame mount on bad roads doing it in. Getting it welded in braced on both rails then headed back to the west coast. I don't know what the future of this truck is. The Injection Pump is showing sings of failure too.  
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Looks right next to the fuel tank, too. Fuuuuuck.
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Advent Horizon posted:Looks right next to the fuel tank, too. Fuuuuuck. a full fuel tank... in the shot there's 3 lines. one brake, two nylon fuel... yeah this is gonna suck.
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cursedshitbox posted:Donkey is dead. Long live donkey. RIP in peace. You got a lot out of that truck and hung it all the way out.
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drat. That truck (and more specifically your work on it) has always been motivational to me. Long live donkey!
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Happy Friday fuckers. Joined the Sore Arm Club today and got my first shot. Also scraped the front corner of my car pulling out of a tight driveway. Sorry Beryl 
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Wife and I bought the new house one year ago. Sump pump hasn't gone off once. Compared to the non stop running at the door house for the first 9 months of ownership.
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cursedshitbox posted:Donkey is dead. Long live donkey. RIP, I loved that thing
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the spyder posted:After buying the smaller unit pictures, I upgraded to the slightly larger one on Prime Day. 10/10 would buy again. Just pre-spray the area with some Chemical Guys carpet cleaner, brush, and extract. Works great. Almost a must have with kids. That and a steamer. Check. Also blind 18 year old cat and a dog that's allergic to all but 1 brand of food. Every morning the first thing I do when I come down is check what needs cleaning up and that little machine saves our asses every time. Spent an hour and a half last night on the phone to an old friend, it turned into impromptu therapy, didn't realise I had so much bottled up. Nothing fixed but talking helps. It's her turn next, my turn to listen. Also finally got the wife's people carrier back from the shop, £2k bill for head gasket, including the injector that snapped, the vacuum pump that disintegrated and the turbo that failed on the test drive the morning they were due to give it back to me. I honestly think the garage lost out on this deal. And if anyone sees me so much as looking at French cars ever again just knock me out. gently caress this thing, gently caress tiny over-stressed turbo diesels, gently caress manufacturers who don't put real temp gauges in their cars, gently caress anyone who dumps snake oil into their cars to try and disguise and sell the problem on. The next car I buy is either going to be a classic or electric.
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cursedshitbox posted:Donkey is dead. Long live donkey. head over to Art Morrison and get a new frame asap
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cakesmith handyman posted:Check. Also blind 18 year old cat and a dog that's allergic to all but 1 brand of food. Every morning the first thing I do when I come down is check what needs cleaning up and that little machine saves our asses every time. Have I mentioned yet how much of a loving nightmare it currently is trying to get hold of fiat Panda engine parts and how poo poo it is driving a 0.9l 2 cylinder turbo engine without a working turbo
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Tomarse posted:Have I mentioned yet how much of a loving nightmare it currently is trying to get hold of fiat Panda engine parts and how poo poo it is driving a 0.9l 2 cylinder turbo engine without a working turbo just hook up a wet shot to it imo
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RIP Paul Walker posted:RIP, I loved that thing
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Elmnt80 posted:The march of time is never ending. It will continue until the heat death of the universe. gently caress 110% given. Conversion therapy is an unbearable evil on so many levels.
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