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Darchangel posted:Knots?! Oh, hell no. Ratcheting straps made for the job, son. Or chains with tensioners. Nothing else, ever. And now you know why. I am a bad person and I do feel bad. I have ratcheting straps made for the job and I left them at home because I am TERRIBLE, so 4WD rescue rope with eleventy billion knots was all I had to secure it. The front-end was perfectly fine, went through the tow hooks and rims a few times, etc etc, but the back-end didn't go so well. I am fully aware of how lucky I was that this did not go very pear-shaped very quickly  Rhyno posted:That's the lead singer of Jane's Addiction. Ahhhhh. That makes sense, then.
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Rhyno posted:That's the lead singer of Jane's Addiction. Took a few seconds, but goddamn. It's terrible and I love it.
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Fart Pipe posted:Does anyone know a good online eyeglasses place? I just got a new prescription yesterday and Id like to get both sun and safety glasses in addition to the nice frames Im getting. Most recently used: coolframes.com Used Melissa for a long time now, great communication, send her your frames with your requirements: theeyeglasslady.com Also good poo poo: warbyparker.com
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Rhyno posted:That's the lead singer of Jane's Addiction. Still dont get it
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Still dont get it The lead singers name is Perry Farrell.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Still dont get it perry farrell perryfarrell peripheral
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Rhyno posted:That's the lead singer of Jane's Addiction. I got that, but I still don't get the joke. In other news, Evan Williams Single Barrel: not too shabby. I'm sure it's no Angel's Piss or whatever 14" was drinking, but it'll work for me. Edit: AHH gently caress. ^^^
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Spent way to long debadging the Amarok. considering slapping on a "biturbo" badge to please 14 inch. i mean, it does have two turbos after all. went for a long drive it with a buddy who is into trucks and he gave it high remarks. he even called it fast. one thing is for sure, i am going to get so stuck with this thing someday when i overestimate my wheeling skills and the cars clearance. oh, and i am researching getting it wrapped in "holdbrooks" orange
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fjelltorsk posted:Spent way to long debadging the Amarok. considering slapping on a "biturbo" badge to please 14 inch. i mean, it does have two turbos after all. Needs a timbo badge. 
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Powershift posted:2 of em, stacked. Just square it.
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Powershift posted:perry farrell Oh gawd that's awful
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fjelltorsk posted:Spent way to long debadging the Amarok. considering slapping on a "biturbo" badge to please 14 inch. i mean, it does have two turbos after all. Aftermarket suspension goes a LONG way to making utes a lot more livable- things like greasable shackles and polyurethane bushings in the rear leaf springs and higher quality dampers all round improve the unladen ride immensely and stop the thing looking like a dog with worms dragging its arse when you load the back up. Also gains you a handy 2" or so clearance too! Also consider getting a good set of All Terrain tyres when you wear out the road tyres they come with- Tyres alone will turn a mediocre 4wd into a drat good offroad vehicle. Personally I run Mud Terrains on mine, but that has a massive downside in terms of road noise and wear but when the only way to get into your back yard looks like this at the moment:  Mud terrains are about your only choice if you want to actually MOVE anywhere. The rest of the yard behind it isnt much drier either!
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Darchangel posted:Canadian ones are unmotorized, right, and that's why you love them? They are on the RX-7s. Got a link or anything that says this? All I can find is something saying 25 years, which is up in 2 months... I would love the Canadian static belts. There's also a 5 speed escort gt that needs work for $400... If the motor is OK and I can talk them down, I'd love to have the 1.8l in this car! Fart Pipe posted:Does anyone know a good online eyeglasses place? I just got a new prescription yesterday and Id like to get both sun and safety glasses in addition to the nice frames Im getting. Never had any issues with zenni. Just make sure to look at the measurements of the frames. Some are really small.
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mafoose posted:Got a link or anything that says this? All I can find is something saying 25 years, which is up in 2 months... In the US market, the S4 FCs had static belts, the S5s had the motorized ones. The S4 belts are a straight swap into a S5 chassis. You should be able to find the S4 belts at a local junkyard. As far as the warranty, its for the life of the vehicle. See the official letter linked here: http://fc3spro.com/TECH/PROBLEMS/INT/sbelt.htm You may need to argue it with the dealership through. They'll probably look up your VIN, tell you the recall was done, and say that recalls are only done once so you are screwed. You'll have to point out the lines at the bottom of the letter saying that the motor, etc are warrantied for life. I was lucky to be able to convince them without needing to call MNAO. I think it took 4 weeks for the parts to come in.
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I need to go on a home improvement rant. Who the gently caress thought it was a good idea to install a bathroom vanity into a wall in the corner of the bathroom and then tile around it? Was that standard procedure in the 60's? To save maybe 40 bucks? It's the original vanity and looks like dog poo poo, but it's an odd size so there's nothing that can replace it that will cover up the giant hole in the tiled wall if I take it out. It literally looks like a 5th grade wood shop project, but to replace it I'll have to spend a ton of money on something custom or just tear out all the loving tile and start over. All I want is a vanity that doesn't look like is was built by the Romans and won't cost me a shitload of money, if they would have tiled the loving wall first THEN put in the vanity I could have just got a drat vanity from Home Depot for 300 bucks and be done with it but noooooo I have to look at this lovely piece of poo poo until I can afford to renovate the entire loving bathroom! [/rant]
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leica posted:I need to go on a home improvement rant. Who the gently caress thought it was a good idea to install a bathroom vanity into a wall in the corner of the bathroom and then tile around it? Was that standard procedure in the 60's? To save maybe 40 bucks? It's the original vanity and looks like dog poo poo, but it's an odd size so there's nothing that can replace it that will cover up the giant hole in the tiled wall if I take it out. It literally looks like a 5th grade wood shop project, but to replace it I'll have to spend a ton of money on something custom or just tear out all the loving tile and start over. All I want is a vanity that doesn't look like is was built by the Romans and won't cost me a shitload of money, if they would have tiled the loving wall first THEN put in the vanity I could have just got a drat vanity from Home Depot for 300 bucks and be done with it but noooooo I have to look at this lovely piece of poo poo until I can afford to renovate the entire loving bathroom! cmon no pic for us to judge?
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 It looks much worse in person. I've looked it over really well inside and out and it appears that it was built on site on to the wall using the studs and then they tiled around it. Yes the tile is pink but it's still in really good shape, and wraps around the entire bathroom. If I could just replace the vanity and then tile over the terazzo floor it would be fine for a decade or more. But if I can't find something reasonably priced I might as well tear the whole thing apart and start from scratch. My bathroom is the last part of the house that hasn't been touched, everything else has been renovated.
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Fart Pipe posted:Oh man its sofa king hot today. Went through a gallon of water so far and only peed once. Lol, that reminds me of when I went to South Africa and saw an actual Sofa King store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQTyGP2wNXs Makes me miss driving RHD a lil 
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Christ you should see my loving condo, between the shoddy original construction, PO's fuckery, and the lovely job the restoration contractors did when it flooded out I've got my work cut out for me. Highlights at this point are probably the fact that whoever did the kitchen tiles just decided to say gently caress it and not grout anything below the top of the original stove, restoration contractors being incapable of laying down 5x15 foot of laminate flooring without it bubbling up everywhere and then staking the baseboard trim onto a retractable door that was inside the wall due to it being retracted. I'm trying to make it my goal this winter to rectify a lot of these issues, but I haven't done any home DIY poo poo in my life so we'll see how that goes.
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So my new phone showed up. It was an open box from Amazon Warehouse Deals. It was sold as carrier-neutral, unlocked. ... they sent me a loving SIM unlocked AT&T phone. Which means I can't toss a T-Mobile ROM on it to enable wifi calling or HD voice. Or root it, for that matter. And it has a bunch of AT&T bloat on it. AT&T is really good at making sure you can't unlock the boot loader. Since it's from Amazon Warehouse deals, Amazon is supposed to handle the customer service. I contacted them expressing my displeasure at getting an AT&T device, and they said I "need to contact 'Amazon Warehouse Deals', as they are a third party seller on Amazon". Except the contact page on Amazon Warehouse Deals takes you to Amazon's own customer service pages. They suggested I order another phone and get it overnighted, they'll pay the difference in shipping, but the only credit card I have has a very low limit (it was maxed out by buying this phone), and I don't have the cash on hand to just order another phone. I had to cut my SIM to make it fit in this phone, so I can't exactly (nor do I want to) go back to the lovely ZTE I was using. The way I see it, I bought a (open box) carrier-neutral phone from Amazon's open box/returns arm. They sent me an AT&T branded/ROM phone, but SIM unlocked to work on T-Mobile. The stock ROM is fantastic, but not being able to root it pisses me off, and also prevents me from installing Ad-Away. I'm also annoyed that I can't remove all of the AT&T apps from it, more annoyed that it shows an AT&T logo at bootup, and especially annoyed at the AT&T logo on the back. The only reason I didn't already return it is the AT&T version supports all of T-Mobile's frequencies (many, if not most, AT&T phones don't). If it were a new phone, I'd be able to exchange it. But they're being a pain in the dick about exchanging it for one of the many phones listed as being sold under Amazon Warehouse Deals (which is part of loving Amazon anyway). Usually an Amazon exchange results in them sending you the replacement, then once you get the replacement, you send back the defective/wrong/etc item (if you don't send it back within <x> time, they whack your credit/debit card for the full amount of the replacement). kastein posted:haha, same. In fact this is my justification for buying a fixer upper. I'm pretty sure everyone agrees it was more of a "it needs to be torn down and burned for kindling, but gently caress it, I'm gonna fix it" purchase.  BraveUlysses posted:So I'm finally going to update the cable wiring to RG6 and add cat6 to my house--should I run it in the crawlspace or in the attic? Oh hey something I can actually relate to - I pulled new coax and CAT5E through the house this year. Still not completely done, but when is a home project ever "finished"? Keystones are loving easy as long as you have a punchdown tool. And you can get some (crappy) ones for  on Amazon. You'll save a ton of money by buying bulk wire and keystones. Also, CAT5E is a bit easier to run (physically) - CAT6 has a plastic stem in the middle of the cable. If you're not planning to go above gigabit speeds, CAT5E is plenty. If you want to future proof though, CAT6 is a better choice. The super budget option is copper clad aluminum CAT5E (which is what I went with), but I've found the wires tend to break pretty easy when you punch them down.There's two wiring standards - T568A, and T568B. It doesn't really matter which one you use, just keep it consistent through the entire house. I went with B, apparently a lot of people prefer A. The only time it matters is if you want to make a crossover cable, then you wire one end's plug to the A standard, and the other end to the B standard. The jacks often have the color codes printed on them, making it easier. Same with the punchdown blocks. I went full generic on everything, except for the switch (which is a really nice oldschool US Robotics gigabit switch, kindly given to me by the spyder). TP-Link makes downright decent stuff for a cheap price, but you absolutely want to go with gigabit switches. Ignore anything that says "fast ethernet" (which is 100mbit), and run from anything that says "hub". You'll also want whatever router you wind up with to have a gigabit port for the WAN connection, if you plan to get anything over ~75mbit. If it's an ISP supplied router, then just run a single cable from it to whatever switch you wind up using, if you wind up needing more outlets than the ISP supplied router has. I have a 5 port TP-Link gigabit switch that I could pass along, if it helps. I'd guess attic would be easier, especially if you don't have anything to fish it with (all of mine is attic, though I don't have a crawl space, and it's a single story house with a concrete slab foundation). Stud finder (so you can be sure you're dropping the wire into the right cavity), drywall saw, low voltage old work rings, keystones, wall plates, and a punchdown block will be what you need. Monoprice will be your best friend for keystones and wall plates. The keystones sold at Home Depot will also fit Monoprice wall plates, if you're suddenly in need of a keystone that you forgot to order. Monoprice is also slightly cheaper for the trim rings (they basically attach to the hole you've cut in the wall and allow you to screw the wall plates into place) I will say coax is a pain to strip properly. Spend on a Klein coax stripper, save 10 minutes per connection. If you have a Fry's Electronics in your area, go snag some compression coax fittings and a tool, they're a lot more reliable than crimped connections (that stuff is hilariously marked up at the big box stores). I'd much rather punch down CAT5E/CAT6 to jacks or a punchdown block vs dealing with coax though, it's pretty finicky in general. A cable jacket ripper will also come in handy for the ethernet cables (they're a PITA to rip the jacket on without knicking wires), cheap ones are $5 or so at Home Depot.If your internet is via cable, now's a good time to look at the modem stats and see what your signal levels are like. They'll only get worse once you add outlets (though replacing old coax with RG6/RG6U will help some), so you may have to do what I did and add a cable amplifier. This is the one I went with. Ignore the VoIP part unless you have landline service via a method other than traditional copper - if you do (like I do), then just connect the phone adapter to the "modem out" port (it's a pass through port that still works even if the power is out). Darchangel posted:That said, the domain was up today, I just had to track down a network guy to get all the IP info to give the machines a static IP and DNS server, etc. My part is basically don. I got a free lunch both days, and my afternoon should be quiet. I'd still consider that a fail, personally. Disaster or not, there should be something handling DHCP. Having to run around to every workstation in an actual disaster event to manually enter IPs and DNS is just a lot of extra work, adds another layer for human error, and hinders productivity (even more than the disaster itself, if the site is close enough that your staff can show up within an hour or two). I assume this was a cold site that was being tested, not warm or hot, right?  I don't mean to sound like an rear end in a top hat; every company needs to test their disaster recovery plans regularly, and it sounds like you found some flaws with the plans your employer has in a practice run, instead of the real thing, which is good.Super Aggro Crag posted:The only movie you need to watch is Black Devil Doll. For once, I actually agree with this guy. Fart Pipe posted:Does anyone know a good online eyeglasses place? I just got a new prescription yesterday and Id like to get both sun and safety glasses in addition to the nice frames Im getting. optical4less.com and zennioptical.com optical4less charges in HKD, so you'll get hit with some kind of conversion fee by your bank. Zenni has a US office they ship from in California, and a nicer website, but they're still made in China (they just get shipped to California, then shipped to you). It takes about a month for them to show up from either company. They're not quite the most stylish frames, but for the price, I'm not bitching. I have 1 pair of sunglasses and 3 pairs of untinted glasses, and I think I spent less than $150 on all of them combined (from both companies). If you're looking for someone that carries more modern (and, uh, not so cheaply made) stuff, check out Warby Parker. IIRC they'll ship you frames that you can try on. Darchangel posted:Yeah, we've got just the one. We've pretty much just gotten big enough for the company to really take IT seriously. It's tough for a 100+ year old retail company to take this new-fangled electronic stuff seriously.  One domain controller for 15k employees? No backup controller?I mean, I'm familiar with your employer (and definitely their reluctance to change), but I'm kinda amazed they've made it this long without something ugly happening.  I've worked in places with 150 employees that had a backup DC.leica posted:
I know a custom built one will be $$$, but will it be cheaper than re-tiling the bathroom? It'll definitely be easier... e: any chance of just finding a more modern sink/faucet that will fit? The vanity honestly doesn't look bad at all, the sink makes it look ancient though. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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piss boner posted:Most recently used: coolframes.com mafoose posted:Never had any issues with zenni. Just make sure to look at the measurements of the frames. Some are really small. some texas redneck posted:optical4less.com and zennioptical.com Thanks guys, Ill check them all out.
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leica: Yes, that is sadly incredibly common in 60s Florida. "A sunny place for shady people."
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leica posted:My bathroom is the last part of the house that hasn't been touched, everything else has been renovated. I've got to do the bathrooms on my "new" house next year and oh my god I don't want to. BUT they are they part of the house I dislike the most, so...
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That's gotta be super common on any house. Kitchens and bathrooms are always expensive. But they're some of the most noticeable parts of the house. Outdated ceiling fan in the living room? Who cares, as long as it's not wobbling or buzzing. Older light fixture in the dining room? It still lights up, right? The house I'm in was built in 1994, and I really want to rip out the kitchen and both bathrooms. We replaced the countertops about 8 years ago with granite, but didn't touch the cabinets... and holy poo poo, they are DATED. If it were up to me, I'd rip out the center island to open up the kitchen a bit, but leave the layout essentially the same - just put something that's not generic mid 90s whitewash in the kitchen for the cabinets. And get rid of the loving Bosch wall oven and dishwasher. They're nice when they work, but they've far exceeded their purchase price (by several times) in repairs (one oven hasn't worked properly for about 5 years - takes almost an hour to heat up, and if you dare to open it while cooking, it takes at least 30 minutes to return to temp). For the bathrooms.. ugh ugh ugh. It's white tiles/counters and polished brass everywhere. Even just a new light fixture will help, same with new towel bars. A new vanity would be amazing. Get this polished brass poo poo out of here, give me some satin nickel stuff that looks like it's from this millennium. 90% of it could be DIY too. the only part I probably couldn't DIY would be the garden tub in the master bathroom - I don't even know if the pump in it works, it hasn't been used in over 10 years. It's built into a corner between the vanity and the shower, so it likely some special run that the builder requested (every house in this subdivision has the same tub). It's made out of some fake pearl-white plastic poo poo that matches the vanity counters. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Welcome to my day... This has been going on, practically non stop, since 9am. Stupids in the cage because hes got a broken leg and refuses to NOT run around relentlessly chasing the other cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B_cBgIDnuA Hell is real, and its got cats in cages in it...
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Ferremit posted:Welcome to my day... This has been going on, practically non stop, since 9am. Stupids in the cage because hes got a broken leg and refuses to NOT run around relentlessly chasing the other cat. On the bright side playing that confused the hell out of my cats which is pretty entertaining.
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Galler posted:On the bright side playing that confused the hell out of my cats which is pretty entertaining. Im glad someones getting enjoyment out of my misery! Vet soon for a checkup on the healing. Hopefully he will be allowed out of his cage more. Two weeks more to go before he should be back to normalish.
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piss boner posted:Most recently used: coolframes.com Do any of them do prescription sunglasses without having a less than two year old prescription? Or does anyone know of a place that'll support that? I know WP doesn't, and sure, I could just go to an eye doc to renew my script, but that's such a PITA when just over two years ago my eyes were the same as ten years before that.
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As the licensed optician of the group, I highly recommend seeing an eye doctor every two years, even if the Rx doesn't change. You'd be amazed at what else can change. And if they offer fundus photography for something like $50, then go for it. That's the moneymaker right there, along with the physical slit lamp examination by the doc (the part where you see the reflections of your own eye veins in your vision).
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Mat_Drinks posted:Do any of them do prescription sunglasses without having a less than two year old prescription? Or does anyone know of a place that'll support that? I know WP doesn't, and sure, I could just go to an eye doc to renew my script, but that's such a PITA when just over two years ago my eyes were the same as ten years before that. optical4less and zenni both just let you type in your prescription - you just need to measure your PD yourself (distance between pupils - a couple of MM off doesn't matter as long as you're not doing bifocals or above). WP has a PDF you can print to actual size for the measurements, just use a bathroom mirror. They don't require you to send a copy of the rX. And I feel you on that - my vision has barely changed in the past decade. Every few years it gets slightly worse, but I went 5 years on my old glasses without an issue. The eye doc said I was "one click worse" on my right eye compared to the script that was (then) 5 years old (6 now). She said it likely won't change much again until I hit my late 40s or early 50s, and if I didn't have the Paula Deen poo poo going, I could easily go 3 years between checkups. Unfortunately, I'm supposed to get an eye exam every year now, including dilation (gently caress I can't stand eyedrops, or anything getting close to my eyes in general, period - need to find an eye dr that has that super expensive machine that fires off the world's brightest green flash in your face to get a picture).
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If I start over I'm only going to tile the shower. And trust me the vanity is bad, it only looks passable because it was recently painted. Thought for sure Ikea would have something but no dice 
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leica posted:If I start over I'm only going to tile the shower. And trust me the vanity is bad, it only looks passable because it was recently painted.
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corn in the fridge posted:have you considered that maybe you're in the wrong occupation All American mechanics are in the wrong occupation or at least the wrong country
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Ether Frenzy posted:I vote for start over. That pink tile is never going to be okay for another decade. You'll thank me when it's gone. I think you're right. No point wasting money on polishing a turd I suppose.
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