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Last month Guns 'n' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II turned 30 years old. That triggered some meatpimp introspection, and I've been on that double album since. Looking back, it was a band in its prime, in a country just starting a precipitous descent. They were simply better times, before the internet hosed everything up. For you young 'uns who haven't experienced GNFNR, here's a taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE Though commercial, it at least tried. I prefer some of the other tracks, such as Get in the Ring or Coma. Use this chat thread and discard it, like every other. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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New thread, new week, new month! I hope everyone's Halloween was great. We actually got some visitors, including some honestly good costumes. I have a new appreciation for trick or treaters now.
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Nov 1, 2021 10:52
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For some reason nobody was willing to let their kids wander up the driveway of the guy who was throwing pavers and rubber mallets around and had rammstein cranked up on the stereo to trick and treat last night. Only visit was a friend who chatted for a bit while his kids annoyed other people for treats to save walking up too many hills
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Nov 1, 2021 10:55
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oh poo poo its november how did this happen
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Nov 1, 2021 10:59
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Ferremit posted:For some reason nobody was willing to let their kids wander up the driveway of the guy who was throwing pavers and rubber mallets around and had rammstein cranked up on the stereo to trick and treat last night. Scared some kids, was fun.
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Nov 1, 2021 11:18
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Humphreys posted:Scared some kids, was fun. Living in the boonies has its benefits. No strangers come to the house. Except in my dreams where they tear up my driveway to do construction at the fictional neighbors’ and I have to hold them here under duress to pay for the damages. Meanwhile my wife is leaving me because she can’t stand the noise. Happy November!
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Nov 1, 2021 11:50
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Living in the boonies has its benefits. No strangers come to the house. Theres a lot to unpack here
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Nov 1, 2021 11:54
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meatpimp posted:Last month Guns 'n' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II turned 30 years old. That triggered some meatpimp introspection, and I've been on that double album since. A new Mastadon album dropped on Friday. Sounds pretty dope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8GeSCV2bZI
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Nov 1, 2021 13:06
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I'm taking a four year old to get vaccinated today, wish me luck.
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Nov 1, 2021 13:29
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bolind posted:I'm taking a four year old to get vaccinated today, wish me luck. good luck! i couldn't keep up with the October chat thread, too much going on. took a bit of a forums break, got off social media, feeling good overall!
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Nov 1, 2021 14:01
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meatpimp posted:Last month Guns 'n' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II turned 30 years old. That triggered some meatpimp introspection, and I've been on that double album since. guns and roses are the worst dadband outside of maybe the eagles or daddy cool e:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQfAZVsz6KM god this song loving sucks
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Nov 1, 2021 14:01
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big dong wanter posted:guns and roses are the worst dadband outside of maybe the eagles or daddy cool 50 year anniversary! Also work parties are now banned from playing it as I keep taking my pants off.
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Nov 1, 2021 14:17
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Humphreys posted:50 year anniversary! Also work parties are now banned from playing it as I keep taking my pants off. i should try that at my local so nobody plays that god awful song
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Nov 1, 2021 14:28
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big dong wanter posted:guns and roses are the worst dadband outside of maybe the eagles or daddy cool I'm a terrible poster, so I should listen to terrible music. Now Lego isn't taking preorders on the Titanic, now it says "Coming Soon on November 8." 
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Nov 1, 2021 14:54
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sharkytm posted:I hope everyone's Halloween was great. We actually got some visitors, including some honestly good costumes. I have a new appreciation for trick or treaters now. Didn't get anyone but then I assume that is because the city did a trick or treat thing in the park with a concert near by.
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Nov 1, 2021 15:36
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Nothing is worse than the 30 songs played on repeat on classic rock stations. I just listened to the DJ in the store say let's enjoy some The Joker holy poo poo no gently caress you
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Nov 1, 2021 15:38
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I was at my parent's in the boonies attempting to fix my dad's computer (hard drive appears to have forgotten what a "BCD" is, according to the error) without wiping the entire drive, and my wife was sick in bed at our house, so porch light was off for Halloween. No idea how TnT went - our neighborhood has a fair number of kids, so I hope they were out having fun. It was a great mild night for it (low 60s and clear.) I know *someone* had fun. Neighbor catty-corner to us got TP'd. Because of dad's PC and my wife's reunion dinner on Saturday, I sadly did not get the rowdier exhaust on the Crown Vic. Sorry to disappoint. shy boy from chess club posted:Nothing is worse than the 30 songs played on repeat on classic rock stations. I just listened to the DJ in the store say let's enjoy some The Joker holy poo poo no gently caress you You listen to radio? Why? We have the internet and gigs of storage on our phones. I put a spare old PC out in the garage explicitly to do that, even. I do occasionally listen to the local alternative rock station, now that there is one again, but even it can get repetitive. They at least play older stuff as well as new stuff.
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Nov 1, 2021 15:45
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A real bust of tricks and treaters last night, maybe 20? In past years I've had 100 or so, but the cul de sac crew set up a fire pit in the street and had a few beers, which ruled. After a Halloween weekend adult party with a bottle of Smirnoff, and a Broncos game with a friend who pushes the beers, I'm considering a version of sober November. The biggest problem is number keeps going up (on the scale). I think I can knock 5-8 lbs off and be able to fit into all of my pants again, instead of just a few stretchy pairs.
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Nov 1, 2021 15:47
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:good luck! Thanks. He was screaming bloody murder for 45 minutes straight, and I’m covered in sweat, drool and tears, but he’s now being spoiled rotten in the couch watching TV, and appears to have suffered little to no permanent damage.
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Nov 1, 2021 15:54
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shy boy from chess club posted:Nothing is worse than the 30 songs played on repeat on classic rock stations. I just listened to the DJ in the store say let's enjoy some The Joker holy poo poo no gently caress you Eagles and Beetles Eagles and Beetles we hope you like some goddamned Eagles and Beetles.  Sharky: Late to the party, sorry to hear about your FIL, my condolences. Engine swap done. Total shitfest. little over 20 hours of work. Everything that could fight, did. Stuck glowplugs in the new engine, found a cross threaded injector line and broken off exhaust stud at the block, ugh, engine didn't want to stab the transmission, motor mounts that didn't want to bolt together, clutch was frozen, it goes on. Its one of the most brutal engine swaps I've ever done. Wrapped up just in time for sleet.  spouse running the crane, just 1200lb of engine 6 feet up, nbd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wg79RxAsio This truck's engine has always been trash. I'm glad that we opted to repower rather than try and fix this one. There's no fixing it without a full teardown then having a machineshop sleeve and linebore the block. I can't get half the parts for a rebuild anyway. New runs a w e s o m e for the little I've driven it at the time of this posting.    Cyl #7. I'm able to move the piston around in the bore. the crown looks damaged. Close inspection will reveal that there's valve and cylinder head precup marks on it. part number and type letter are worn off the piston. Bore is excessively worn. There's an extreme groove between where the ring rides and where it does not. A finger nail catching is worth 5 thousandths of an inch of wear. This is many multiples of that. The 3 bores I could check were like this with this being the worst. Album of the shitfest: https://imgur.com/a/DahfpM1
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Nov 1, 2021 16:10
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congrats on getting that done!
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Nov 1, 2021 16:27
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Darchangel posted:You listen to radio? Why? We have the internet and gigs of storage on our phones. I put a spare old PC out in the garage explicitly to do that, even. Lol you gotta be kidding, you couldn't pay me 100k a year as a job to listen to the radio. I hear it in stores or whatever. I used to love classic rock too when I was young. I'm super annoying hipster way into music guy though I've learned now to keep to myself and not annoy people musically.
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Nov 1, 2021 16:35
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Oh yeah date went awesome! Having hopeful feelings about this one  e: he even listens to all the music I show him and likes it <3 shy boy from chess club fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Nov 1, 2021 |
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Nov 1, 2021 16:36
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did everyone make it through Halloween okay? We got a surprise hoard of trick or treaters. Last year we didn't get any and before the pandemic we had like 6. I still bought 18lbs of candy. Made goodie bags with an assortment of choices. I only used like half the candy to make the bags because I didn't expect to have more than a couple dozen visitors. BOY WAS I WRONG. Kids descended on our 'hood like loving locusts. There were dozens of groups of dozens of kids. Literally hundreds. They all showed up at once. It was CHAOS! I was scrambling to refill our bucket with candy at the same time I had neighbors showing up asking if I had spare candy to give out.
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Nov 1, 2021 16:41
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Sharky, really sorry to hear about the mess your family got dealt. Hopefully everything gets better from here. Shy boy from chess club - congratulations! Good luck dude, you deserve it. cursedshitbox posted:
"Oops! We couldn't find that page." "Sorry, something went wrong. Try again later." These are the extremely helpful error messages imgur website and app give me. Glad to hear it runs better than ever! What a pain in the rear end though.
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Nov 1, 2021 17:23
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cursedshitbox posted:Engine swap done. Total shitfest. Link started working again for me. CSB, you should do your IG as the anti-#vanlife. All the poo poo that goes wrong. Just make it look as unappealing as possible so we can have our outdoor spaces (and cheap 4x4s) back.
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I was really expecting a light turnout in my hood, but I was pleasantly surprised. My son is only 1.5, so he's right on the cusp of caring/remebering - My wife and I had a discussion about it and kinda came up with the fact that we were going to go to the neighborhood thing rather than doing a big outlay like we had done in the past. It was kinda bitter sweet - our halloweens have always been a big deal ever since we moved here - there was a big time attraction in our neighborhood, a guy set up a massive display with little animatronic skeletons that was really fun and attracted people from all over the city, so me and a handful of other neighbors exploited that and did other fun layouts - I aligned myself to being the "scary" house - Typically I'd have a jump scare, and fun vintage themed displays - our friends would come and we'd make a night of it. in 2019 our friends from New Zealand came and it was really a great time, my wife was pregnant and we all kind of knew that this would be our last "big" hoorah for awhile - It was such a good time, the food, the laughs, scaring the crap out of kids, then parading old cars thru the hood - it was just a really great time. Sadly my friend from NZ passed away at the onset of covid from something not related - he was 43 years old. We attended his funeral via the internet when our son was a few weeks old. It was also a time when NZ was not locked down but we were, so it was extra emotional to see people congregated sharing stories of our friend while we were watching this thru our TV - it was like a portal to another world. Last year was a wash, but I was kinda emotional this year. heres a taste of halloweens past:   
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Nov 1, 2021 18:13
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shy boy from chess club posted:Nothing is worse than the 30 songs played on repeat on classic rock stations. I just listened to the DJ in the store say let's enjoy some The Joker holy poo poo no gently caress you ~212 kids here. Planed on ~300 but it was cold. My mom has a neighbor that goes totally ~all out~ and decorates their yard over 4-6 weeks and the kids come in droves. It's literally a traffic jam on their street. I think she typically gets something like 1000+ kids or something. They had a friend dress up as freddy kruger scare the poo poo out of them (and parents) as they were walking up the driveway. I suspect some kids get nightmares. Dr appointment today. Concurs it's likely fasciitis. Gave me some different stretches to try. I told him I have probably the hardest work out of my life tomorrow (Black belt fitness test) and he chucked and said yeah, good luck with that lol. Good news, he said my health is great. My blood pressure is well in the normal range, blood work is great (even cholesterol), heart appears to be in fantastic shape (had an echo-cardiogram). I don't really drink alcohol anymore so that's fine. Don't smoke. About the only thing I have left is if I want to tackle my diet and lose 10-20 lbs would be great, but he knows I am very fit, which, coming from a Dr to a guy who's always been chunky and not the most active gave me the warm fuzzies  He's setting up a consult with a dietician and see if we can clear the last hurdle. Hopefully my body can hold together a few more years.
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Nov 1, 2021 18:35
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I just got my wife's Christmas present, a custom neon sign with a line from our kareoke duet song. It's hopefully the best present I've given. And it's acquired so far before Christmas I get to just vibe for a while. The downside is we're having a get together, a murder mystery party actually, this month and I would like it on the wall for photos... oh well.
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Nov 1, 2021 18:49
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slidebite posted:~212 kids here. Planed on ~300 but it was cold. Yeah next year I'm going all out. Gonna put candy shooting sentry guns on the roof and dress the drones up as UFOs. Laser lights and spooky sounds and chainsaws and equal amounts of chaos to throw right back at the droving hordes. I'll probably also dig a couple graves in the front yard because it coincides with that time of the year where I till in fresh soil and replant grass seed. I kinda feel bad not doing any decorating this year but I mean I was sick all week and also was expecting like 6-12 visitors anyway.
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Nov 1, 2021 19:15
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Darchangel posted:You listen to radio? Why? We have the internet and gigs of storage on our phones. I put a spare old PC out in the garage explicitly to do that, even. Radio is nice when you don't want to have to think about what music to put on KEXP out of Seattle is the one good radio station I've found, because the DJs can pick their own music instead of being a front-end for a shuffled playlist
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Yeah next year I'm going all out. Gonna put candy shooting sentry guns on the roof and dress the drones up as UFOs. Laser lights and spooky sounds and chainsaws and equal amounts of chaos to throw right back at the droving hordes. The graves might be occupied for the following year if you tune the candy corn gun too hot!
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Nov 1, 2021 19:25
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i like listening to the radio because its low effort and there's a decent spanish language station that plays mostly puerto rican stuff
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shy boy from chess club posted:Lol you gotta be kidding, you couldn't pay me 100k a year as a job to listen to the radio. I hear it in stores or whatever. I used to love classic rock too when I was young. I'm super annoying hipster way into music guy though I've learned now to keep to myself and not annoy people musically. OK, just making sure. The really sobering thought is that, technically, "classic rock" now includes stuff from the '90s like Nirvana...
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I had something to say about that but you know what? Nevermind.
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Smart rear end.
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Darchangel posted:OK, just making sure. Yea those songs have been ran into the ground as well. There is so much great music out there old and new, and people that say they don't make music like they used to are so wrong. There is totally amazing stuff out there. How about this? This was the last complete album I loved and still do. I know not everyone will like it but seriously give it a shot. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXZ1Z4XFfRZnb3WycFxSXPMt75PqL5RsM
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Nov 1, 2021 20:32
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kastein posted:I had something to say about that but you know what? Nevermind. Boooooo 
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cursedshitbox posted:Eagles and Beetles Eagles and Beetles we hope you like some goddamned Eagles and Beetles. Those sandwiches look great though.
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Our new neighborhood only has a handful of houses and from what I've been able to tell, the vast majority are empty-nesters at this point (we only know of kids for sure at two houses, and only one of those has elementary-aged kids). So we didn't do any real decorating and instead went to my mom's. Which is also heavily empty-nest but connected to neighborhoods that still have younger families in them. There weren't as many houses lit up as there were when I did it 30 years ago, but still enough for the kiddo to get a pretty full bag. Definitely helped by the one house that clearly had some high-schoolers hanging out handing out candy because they threw four fistfuls of candy in her bag before she could finish "or treat".
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