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slidebite posted:Bit of a tradition of going out for a nice dinner with friends, although it won't be a midnight evening with them as my mom is with us for the holidays so we won't abandon her all night. Chillin' no plans. Probably making lamb for dinner. We did essentially nothing for Christmas because we were all sick so the family couldn't come visit and it was kinda nice, so I am not upset at the prospect of a nothing New Years.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:oh hey that reminds me, I was looking at a turn of the century Audi to commute to work in. Depends on the Audi, really, and the engine/transmission combo.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So, y'all got any New Year's plans? Heading out to St. John's, Newfoundland by way of Laborador and car camping along the way. The goal is to greet the New Year's sunrise before anybody else in North America. This is MY sunrise! Suck it, chumps!!
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Olympic Mathlete posted:^ specifically ON boxing day? Probably Deliveroo tbh. Bang their postcode in and they'll tell you if they're working in the area and what they can get hold of. Looks like Deliveroo is not in their area, but they do have a Tesco a mile or so from the house, so I managed to get something sent out for the 27th. Thanks for the recommendation!
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So, y'all got any New Year's plans? Being on call away from home all weekend, so that means lots of YouTube and take-out.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So, y'all got any New Year's plans? On call so gaming then going to bed early. Wife works new years eve then she's headed downtown with a few coworkers to celebrate.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So, y'all got any New Year's plans? Hopefully I'll be installing some stuff I ordered post-Christmas to make the Mini GP a little more road-friendly. In Mini's quest for Nurburgring lap times they lightened the car by deleting anything that could save weight. I have no illusions of winning any races in this thing so a few extra pounds more or less shouldn't matter; more on this in the Hot Hatches discussion thread. Oh and a nice dinner with my spouse for our dating anniversary. 22 years as of 1/1/2024. Arishtat fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Dec 27, 2023 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So, y'all got any New Year's plans? Going to an NFL game, Bucs vs Saints in a battle for the division should be a great game!
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Eh, probably fiddling with the cars all weekend, weather permitting. Bought a headlight kit - the Outback headlights are looking a little foggy after a couple years since last polished - a new backup camera, also for the Outback (current one suddenly went foggy or out of focus, and it's not something on the outside of the lens), new, hopefully brighter headlight bulbs for both cars, and I'm thinking of buying floods or a light bar for the Crown Vic, since the high beams on the aftermarket fancy headlights are garbage. Like totally unfocused, hot spots right in front of the car. Low beams are projectors, and fine, just could use a little more range, maybe. I don't need high beams often, but when I do, I want all the light in the world (I'm usually in rural Texas on back roads when I notice this. Where I live in the mid-cities there's rarely an unlit street, so low beam is fine.) Gaming, probably on NYE. My gaming group in in like 4 time zones (Central, AZ, and Pacific for certain,) so will likely be multiple celebrations.
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Oh, and I found this entertaining: https://www.motorbiscuit.com/1000-buick-dealerships-refused-to-sell-evs-so-gm-shut-them-down/ tl:dr, GM did the right thing and shut down Buick dealers who refused to get the training, etc. to sell EVs. Bought them out, it says, which I assume is a contractual thing. The funny part: Buick currently has no EVs.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So, y'all got any New Year's plans? Heading out with the family to Florida. We’ve never been, going to visit an aunt and uncle that moved there a couple years ago. I think they are on Amelia island, or adjacent to. Then heading to Orlando for a week, hitting the parks. Kind of a once in a lifetime chance thing with the kids ages and all. Really excited actually. This will be the longest scheduled time off I’ve ever had in my working life.
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I'm gonna try to make it to the local cars and coffee event Sunday in Tacoma but who knows if that'll happen. It's supposed to be sunny and nice at least.
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kastein posted:I'm gonna try to make it to the local cars and coffee event Sunday in Tacoma but who knows if that'll happen. It's supposed to be sunny and nice at least. What are the details for that?
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Going to do a 200 mile circuit around the national forests north of Los Angeles with a couple of Porsche buddies, including a GT4 RS... at least if it doesn't rain
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I always go to the Oregon coast with my family for new years, we just rent a house somewhere. It's become a tradition. Sometimes we get fantastic weather believe it or not, where it's like 60 and sunny. And then we get pictures like this: Usually though it's just cold and gray like this, and we turtle up inside except for the occasional walk. It's still pretty, just not in the traditional sense. More serene I think. 
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kastein posted:I'm gonna try to make it to the local cars and coffee event Sunday in Tacoma but who knows if that'll happen. It's supposed to be sunny and nice at least. I'll be setting things on fire and blowing other things up, as well as grilling, feel free to swing by.
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TheBacon posted:What are the details for that? Elviscat posted:I'll be setting things on fire and blowing other things up, as well as grilling, feel free to swing by. Oh, I may try and go junkyarding in between the C&C meet and your place, not sure if you need anything or want to go. I need to scout for parts donors for an LS swap I'll probably be doing for someone shortly.
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kastein posted:So it turns out it's not the main cars n coffee one, it's one run by a smaller group I have been recruiting members for called Drive Deviant that's specifically been founded to be LGBT-positive after too many local car people turned out to be a bunch of shitheads. I thought we were just piggybacking on the main cars n coffee event off in one corner but this is our own thing I guess. It's 10AM at 2209 N Pearl St (Cutters Point) in Tacoma. It may be a pretty small crew, only a few hundred members nationwide at this point. That sounds awesome. If I am cleared of covid by then I might drop by.
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did one of y'all send me a postcard? I have no idea who this is from and it's only signed with a first name and no return address.
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If you're bored at work head over to the Hot Hatch thread for the first installment of acquiring and driving a Mini GP3 1500 miles back home: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3556665&pagenumber=388#lastpost BEEEEES
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Arishtat posted:If you're bored at work head over to the Hot Hatch thread for the first installment of acquiring and driving a Mini GP3 1500 miles back home: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3556665&pagenumber=388#lastpost yo that thing loving slaps. If you're ever in VA (or just passing through) hit me up. I'd like to check it out.
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Just got back from the vet with  ! Hope they work because the big bastard is down to 15 lbs and is starting to look skinny. Elviscat posted:I'll be setting things on fire and blowing other things up, as well as grilling, feel free to swing by.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:yo that thing loving slaps. Whereabouts? I live pretty close to DC. Also I have every intention of taking it to Summit Point and/or VIR next year so that's an option as well.
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Arishtat posted:Whereabouts? I live pretty close to DC. Also I have every intention of taking it to Summit Point and/or VIR next year so that's an option as well. I live out here https://maps.app.goo.gl/Z3kQjKEbpZ4npp7g6 But I work up near Tysons. A track day would be hella fun in that thing!
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Over the last 4 days i have eaten essentially an entire 2kg Costco cheesecake on top of Christmas dinner/leftovers. I regret nothing.
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Powershift posted:Over the last 4 days i have eaten essentially an entire 2kg Costco cheesecake on top of Christmas dinner/leftovers. Powershit
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Arishtat posted:Whereabouts? I live pretty close to DC. Also I have every intention of taking it to Summit Point and/or VIR next year so that's an option as well. I too am in the DMV and hope to finally get my car on a track around here next year!
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Not Wolverine posted:Back to gaming, I was stupid enough to keep Cyber Punk installed on the PC that my son likes to play Minecraft on. Unfortunately, he is at the age where is he is smart enough to have enough hand eye/mouse coordination to launch vidya games other than Minecraft, and one day he clicked the Cyber Punk icon. I was watching in the background (ie poo poo-posting from my phone while in the same room) and I was stupid enough to just let things play out hoping he would hate the PC vehicle controls as much as I do and abandon the game. The first hurdle was character creation where I had to explain to him what gender and genitalia are. For some stupid reason CyberPunk lets you select the size of your character's dong. I wouldn't mind this if it actually effected gameplay (bigger dong = more bravery and stronger attack or something) but everything I have read says the genitalia in Cyberpunk have absolutely no effect on gameplay. Regardless, my son got through that traumatic experience and I thought everything would be ok, but then I realized Cyber Punk has a lot of nudity and swear words and poo poo I just don't feel is appropriate for a child his age. Yeah, CP2077 is not a game to let a kid play. They went way edgy and part of that is stepping up the sexual content. The in-game ads are creepy as gently caress about it in an exploitative way and mostly look like the cover to porn parodies of 80's commercials.
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kastein posted:I'll absolutely be by! Not sure what Britt will be up for but I did tell her about it. Till I got on the plane Christmas Eve I wasn't honestly sure I'd be back in time. Sweet! I don't need anything yet, but I really need to tear into this shitbox focus so I can give it away or scrap it. SpeedFreek posted:Just got back from the vet with Hope the big guy gets through it ok. Some of the things that blow up will briefly be on fire, it is important to keep the fire pointed toward the ground though, if it starts to point toward space you are having a bad day.
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Powershift posted:Over the last 4 days i have eaten essentially an entire 2kg Costco cheesecake on top of Christmas dinner/leftovers. I haven't worked out in a week and I feel it. I need to do something at home but I am exhausted. My cat has decided that 6AM is now his feeding time and will not relent meowing until he gets it. And then, 60 minutes later starts meowing again because he's used to me getting up for work by then..... and that's when he gets fed, apparently regardless if he was fed 60 minutes earlier. On top of this, a couple months ago we started the positive reinforcement thing when he had litter box issues which worked (among other things) by giving him a treat when he goes into his box, but now he yowls at us to make sure we're paying attention to him so we are watching when he takes a dump so he can get rewarded. So wherever we are in the house (including sleeping), he makes drat sure we know about it if he needs to drop a deuce. We created a monster.
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Powershift posted:Over the last 4 days i have eaten essentially an entire 2kg Costco cheesecake on top of Christmas dinner/leftovers. I have been very well fed this entire week (Family dinners, eating out, and work caters lunch some days - all week this week.) I regret everything, yet I know I would do it again, because I'm dumb, and my taste buds are far to easy to please. Liquid Communism posted:Yeah, CP2077 is not a game to let a kid play. They went way edgy and part of that is stepping up the sexual content. The in-game ads are creepy as gently caress about it in an exploitative way and mostly look like the cover to porn parodies of 80's commercials. It *is* a dystopian game based on current exploitative trends in capitalism... Humphreys posted:It's almost as if games have ratings for reasons. slidebite posted:Good god. No, you own a cat.
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slidebite posted:Good god. Don't kink shame your cat bro.
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slidebite posted:My cat has decided that 6AM is now his feeding time and will not relent meowing until he gets it. And then, 60 minutes later starts meowing again because he's used to me getting up for work by then..... and that's when he gets fed, apparently regardless if he was fed 60 minutes earlier. We have two cats (littermates). One of them is finally recovering from urinary crystals (our carpet probably won't ever recover). My SO normally wakes up at 4am. They're used to being fed around 4:15am. Guess what happens when she's out of town... like right now?  they yell at me until I get up and feed them, even if I stayed up late and fed them at 3am before laying down, LIKE loving LAST NIGHT...And the one that had crystals makes drat sure the entire apartment complex knows every. single. time. she pees. She's used to getting pain killers if she yells enough, but she's no longer straining - hop in, quick pee, a few shuffles of litter, hop out, tell the entire neighborhood about your success in emptying your bladder.  I get that it might still be a bit painful, but she's not trying to pee 50 times a day anymore, and the litter box no longer looks like a war zone when I scoop it twice a day (huge top entry box).
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Liquid Communism posted:Yeah, CP2077 is not a game to let a kid play. They went way edgy and part of that is stepping up the sexual content. The in-game ads are creepy as gently caress about it in an exploitative way and mostly look like the cover to porn parodies of 80's commercials. Humphreys posted:It's almost as if games have ratings for reasons.
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Elviscat posted:Sweet! randomidiot posted:We have two cats (littermates). One of them is finally recovering from urinary crystals (our carpet probably won't ever recover). slidebite posted:So wherever we are in the house (including sleeping), he makes drat sure we know about it if he needs to drop a deuce.
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slidebite posted:My cat has decided that 6AM is now his feeding time and will not relent meowing until he gets it. And then, 60 minutes later starts meowing again because he's used to me getting up for work by then..... and that's when he gets fed, apparently regardless if he was fed 60 minutes earlier. One of my cats started waking me up far too early but, fortunately, setting up an automatic feeder to dispense a single portion of kibble at 6:30am was enough to tide her over until breakfast.
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Galler posted:One of my cats started waking me up far too early but, fortunately, setting up an automatic feeder to dispense a single portion of kibble at 6:30am was enough to tide her over until breakfast. We have auto feeders for the cats and I always say it means they don't associate us with feeding which has brought peace to our land. I still can't open any sort of can without drawing unwanted attention. Pull tabs or can opener style, the sounds of those actions bring all the boys to the kitchen.
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