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LobsterboyX posted:Oh you wanna talk about music? this better be full of some obscure classic Cubano / Brazilian tunes.
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shy boy from chess club posted:All music is sacred I've heard worse. And I like early Aerosmith (Toys In The Attic, for example) and the oddball Eagles stuff - "Seven Bridges Road", "Journey Of the Sorcerer" (which was used for the title song of the original Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy TV series!) I had intended to do some stuff to the Crown Vic yesterday while WFH, but it's been raining for the past two days. Glad I mowed the lawn on Saturday.
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Nov 3, 2021 18:35
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Maybe not really terrible soulless cover stuff like Pat Boone and this song which is the worst song I've ever heard:
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Elmnt80 posted:Slash and Duff Mckagan were the only good parts of that band and I will 100% die on this hill. this is steven adler erasure and i won't stand for it
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Nov 3, 2021 18:42
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how about some pop with a very late 90s internet vibe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlhIk7iPU9o
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BraveUlysses posted:how about some pop with a very late 90s internet vibe Oh God, their website. Why did I do that?
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Nov 3, 2021 21:07
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90's websites you say? https://www.lingscars.com/
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Nov 3, 2021 21:54
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Soon to be convicted idiot piece of poo poo felon has completely awful taste in cars: http://www.dreamworksmotorsports.com/henry-ruggs-chevy-corvette-stingray
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Ether Frenzy posted:Soon to be convicted idiot piece of poo poo felon has completely awful taste in cars: But that 'vette did fantastically well in a rear-ender with a ~85mph speed differential. It was hard enough to break the joint at the windshield header / removable panel, but from the driver's door back, there was minimal damage.
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Yeah the car itself is apparently extremely impressive in most ways a performance car should be. Just looked better in the "Before" stage imho! Also I'm sure people had noticed it before but the rear end looks a lot better in darker/solid colors.
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Nov 4, 2021 01:22
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certainly holds up better than a pantera
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big dong wanter posted:certainly holds up better than a pantera Maybe football players are better drivers than hockey players.
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Nov 4, 2021 02:31
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I actually kind of like the new(ish) Jeep Gladiators I've been seeing everywhere lately. Are they any worse than other Jeeps?
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Just got back from a hell drive from DC to Arkansas and back. 2 days to drive down 1 day to chill out and 2 days drive back. My partners Gran is in the hospital there for a heart thing that she'll probably not recover from. She's 95 and had a good life they are just keeping her comfortable for now. I drove her down there to be with her Mom and Gran I'm starting the new job on Friday or I wouldn't have turned and burned so quickly. Her best friend still lives in the town so they'll roadtrip back up after whatever happens happens Flying her down was considered but ruled out to keep covid safe. Sorry to keep bumming out the chat thread with death stuff.
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Thumposaurus posted:Just got back from a hell drive from DC to Arkansas and back. 2 days to drive down 1 day to chill out and 2 days drive back. It's all good. Glad they got to see granny. Missing out on a loved one passing is lovely. I missed all 4 of my grandparents passing. One before I was born, 2 when I was in college or at sea, and one didn't want anyone around. One bit of good news: my COVID test came back negative and the neighbor is doing ok in the hospital, COVID-pneumonia be damned. I guess the vaccine works?  Counterpoint: Mom's PET scan results are in. The existing tumors grew, and there's a new one in her liver (hepatic tumor count: 3 now). Doctors appointment tomorrow morning to discuss options. It ain't gonna be good. Counter-counterpoint: I got my kid to laugh for the first time over the weekend. He had giggled at my wife blowing raspberries on his belly late last week, but I got a couple of legit laughs on Saturday night and again on Sunday. No more since then, I guess the humor wore off.
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Imagined posted:I actually kind of like the new(ish) Jeep Gladiators I've been seeing everywhere lately. Are they any worse than other Jeeps? I’m currently sitting in a rental 2019 Gladiator with 29,000 miles. I can feel the body flex over bumps and it has a poo poo-ton of electrical quirks. We spent 10 minutes at one point today doing everything we could think of to turn off the hazards.
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Deteriorata posted:"Pop" includes all popular music regardless of genre. Rock, rap, do wop, swing, Big Band, jazz, ragtime, whatever. Whatever has been popular at any given time. Right. I know that pop(ular) music is a catch-all umbrella for whatever was popular at the time. What got me thinking about it is that there are sub-genres of 'classic rock', there used to be 'oldies' stations for 50s/60s/70s music, people refer to 'old school hip-hop', etc. We're nearing the point where there is as much time between now and music like the aforementioned Hanson song (which came out in 1997) as there was between the Hanson song and some of the music on those classic/oldies stations (1972). '...Baby one more time' is also from '97 and neither are rock/R&B etc, so would the development of 'classic pop' be a thing.
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Advent Horizon posted:I’m currently sitting in a rental 2019 Gladiator with 29,000 miles. I can feel the body flex over bumps and it has a poo poo-ton of electrical quirks. We spent 10 minutes at one point today doing everything we could think of to turn off the hazards. So, like every other Jeep?  I think you really need to be married to the idea that you need a vehicle that is both a Wrangler and a pickup, and that sacrifices were made in order to do so. It's longer than a Wrangler so if your idea of driving around offroad involves technical trails where the length is a problem, it's worse than even a 4-door, let alone a 2-door. It's taller, worse-riding, noisier, and more expensive than any comparable midsize truck, while only really beating those trucks offroad on trails where solid front axle rockcrawling helps. Oh, and every mod you do to it to improve one aspect (say, a lift kit and bigger tires for better Jeepin') makes the other worse. I think they look cool, but I think I'm much happier with a nice-ish midsize truck ('18 Canyon Duramax) and a shitbox TJ Wrangler so that one vehicle doesn't have to be both. Hell, if I could do so without impacting the cargo/towing capacity on it at all, I'd consider lowering the Canyon just to make the bed that much easier to work with. Captain McAllister posted:We're nearing the point where there is as much time between now and music like the aforementioned Hanson song (which came out in 1997) as there was between the Hanson song and some of the music on those classic/oldies stations (1972). '...Baby one more time' is also from '97 and neither are rock/R&B etc, so would the development of 'classic pop' be a thing. The "it'll happen to you" Simpsons meme is now older than the music it references. IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Nov 4, 2021 |
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Radio chat! I rarely voluntarily listen to the radio. But there are two or three stations that are somewhat palatable: Kink FM or kink indie: https://kink.nl/player You can click on one of the four streams in the left bottom corner. Can be just about palatable enough for use in the office, but avoids the played to absolute death easy listening poo poo. This one is actualaly worth a try to listen to for fun, not just to have a radio playing in the background. Radio Seagull: http://www.radioseagull.co.uk/listen.htm Mostly run by people who do it for fun. They titled themselves as 'Because there is more than music than just hits'. They have old school presented shows too. Radio Caroline. Yes, the one from the pirate radio stuff: http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html Their content varies. Sometimes it's those same old 10 boomerific played to death, sometimes they actually have an hour of music that i haven't heard before. As a bonus, if you're in the southwest UK or near the dutch or belgian coast, you can hear them on 648khz AM. I like to use my old tube radios once in a while. I'm cursed by having coworkers at the lab/office who can have music on and not pay attention to it. They don't notice that SkyRadio already played the same Adele or Ed Sheeran song twice today, and those same songs yesterday and the day before. December is even worse. Multiple times a day they'll start playing All i want for Christmas (and similar songs) which aren't too bad in themselves, but rapidly become 40 grit sandpaper to my ears if i hear them multliple times a day, every week.
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BraveUlysses posted:how about some pop with a very late 90s internet vibe This is deee-liteful.
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Nov 4, 2021 12:23
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The missus made a litte poster for me
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I found this account recently and it has fast become a favourite. Look at this! https://twitter.com/mediarchaeology/status/1456282588713086979?s=20
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kastein posted:Shy boy from chess club - congratulations! Good luck dude, you deserve it. Thanks man! It's going super great. Yea obviously the honeymoon stage but we talk every day and have covered so many important and heavy things already. Probably just being older and knowing what you want and what matters and time is too short for dumb things. Plus I mean he did restorations for 15 years and drives trucks now so always something to talk about. We've done plenty of tragedy dumping on each other and are still talking so that's always a good sign. Dating in your 20s "Hey what are you into?" Dating in your 40s "So what kind of tragedies have you delt with and are you ok now?"
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Got the call about 3 am Gran passed peacefully. Her mom is a mess obviously. After her Grandfather passed away years ago Gran made all the arrangements for her burial while taking care of his so that's less to have to worry about for them. I only got to meet her a couple of times but she was a good old southern lady that didn't take any poo poo from anybody. Bye Gran...
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Thumposaurus posted:Bye Gran... I'm sorry for your loss.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I found this account recently and it has fast become a favourite. Look at this! Literally Pop Up Video
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:this better be full of some obscure classic Cubano / Brazilian tunes. I have some Django Reinhardt in there, early R&B, some Xavier Cugat, Harry Belafonte, a lot of western swing, Ink spots and some gag tunes from Spike Jones. and a baby.  that was about a year ago, up until a few weeks ago I'd put him to sleep listening to some soft stuff from the Ink Spots - you know, "maybe" the opening from Fallout. only recently he started wanting to go to bed on his own
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Thumposaurus posted:Got the call about 3 am Gran passed peacefully. Her mom is a mess obviously. After her Grandfather passed away years ago Gran made all the arrangements for her burial while taking care of his so that's less to have to worry about for them. Condolences dude. I was thinking, I went years without anyone close to me having a serious medical condition or dying, but the past 1.5 years I've made up for it. Part of getting older I guess, everyone we care for is too so they are more likely to get the older age illnesses and pass 
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Hey guys, been awhile. Life is busy, we're finally out of the inlaws, my family is nuts, and minivans are boring. Can I call in a goon favor? Looking at a car in/around Trenton NJ and was hoping I can get someone to poke it a little bit for me. Pictures are great and seller is pretty up front about it and it's condition, but doesn't hurt to have a separate set of eyes to look it over before I can make the 6 hr drive and buy it. Can compensate for time/hassle.
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Yeah. The older I get, the more dead people I know. But you have to go to other people's funerals or they won't come to yours. 
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meatpimp posted:But that 'vette did fantastically well in a rear-ender with a ~85mph speed differential. It was hard enough to break the joint at the windshield header / removable panel, but from the driver's door back, there was minimal damage. Piece of poo poo was double the legal BAC limit, doing 156mph and only managed to bring it down to 127 before he killed that poor woman. I hope he rots in jail for a very, very long time.
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Liquid Communism posted:Piece of poo poo was double the legal BAC limit, doing 156mph and only managed to bring it down to 127 before he killed that poor woman. Yeah, he's a peice of poo poo and will do some time but goddamn, his yards-after-contact stats are going to be incredible.
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Liquid Communism posted:Piece of poo poo was double the legal BAC limit, doing 156mph and only managed to bring it down to 127 before he killed that poor woman. He's got a charge that nets 2-20 years, so he'll be out in 10. But the backstory here is the Corvette -- not only did it sustain that impact, but it sat there idling after the crash. I am just fully impressed with how that car handled that impact.
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Back from the quiet getaway, they didn't lie about beach frontage. I'm about 25 metres away from our cabin. This rear end in a top hat lived in the tree above us and LOVED jumping out of his tree, onto the roof and start his mating calls early morning.... I guess in retaliation from ours during the night  Speaking of, there might be a normal sized human getting cooked up when you average our sizes... 
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You can fairly accurately predict a child's future height: add the mother and father's height together, then add 5 inches (13 cm) for boys, or subtract 5 for girls, and divide this total by 2.
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That's not super far off for me and one of my brothers, we're 6'5"and 6'7" and it says we should be 6'3". It mispredicted wildly on the third but so did the rest of us so I'm not going to point any fingers.
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Supposedly another one is twice their height at 2 years old for boys, or at 18 months for girls. I imagine this method would at least predict more of the outliers the other method doesn't.
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Any thoughts on siphon feed vs pressurized sand blaster setups? In either case it will be used outdoors with maybe some cardboard taped together to keep the media from traveling long distances. Do the pressurized tanks "cut" faster?
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IOwnCalculus posted:So, like every other Jeep? I had to call roadside assistance today and trade the dying Gladiator for a different jeep (I need the ground clearance). This one is a 2019 Sahara JK Unlimited. It’s less bad but these things are still terrible. Between the two JKs (edit: JL, dammit) and Gladiator we have determined that keeping water out was not a design goal. When you open the doors the roof drains directly inside, for both the convertible and hard tops. That USB port on the dash labeled ‘media’? Yeah, that’s not for ‘media’. Phones will only connect to the stereos via the USB port at the bottom of the center console. Advent Horizon fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Nov 6, 2021 |
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Advent Horizon posted:That USB port on the dash labeled ‘media’? Yeah, that’s not for ‘media’. Maybe it's for like mp3s on a thumb drive, because that's a thing people still use in 2021.
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I am that guy. I still use mine because I don't like using the phone for podcasts and it doesn't integrate worth a poo poo into the infotainment center. I find It's easier to just use the thumb drive and download a few gb every couple months.
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