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That's a good analogy. Also, sold the Panasonic G3 camera and zoom lens it came with for a mad, mad profit. Turned around and bought a G5 (really the next gen newer, a lot of Japanese companies skip gen 4 because one way of counting "4" is shi and that's phonetically similar to "death", "shi") and a few lenses with the money. Already sold half the lenses for another profit, and have the camera and a few primes to see if I can take better pictures of my cars. Also spending hours and hours on YouTube. Filmmaker IQ is my favorite so far re: cameras and lenses
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spog posted:Do you have a kitchen? I do indeed have a kitchen. I used to make pizza a lot, cold rising the dough but then I got lazy. Currently I'd pay ca$hmoney for cake though I'll look into making some so I can get fat for winter. ...I still want a kitchen aid to make my dough less forearm intensive. I also currently have a 1987 Toyota Supra manual which was £140 to buy, it has poo poo like valve shim clearances, code for the specific bolts which tell you the torque and yet misses stuff like how to adjust the timing. 
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Liquid Communism posted:An example of one of the places in town, which has surprisingly made it 5 years on a cocktails and cupcakes concept : http://cremecupcake.com/cupcakes/ Only 33 bucks a dozen? Bargain. A dozen from the better cupcake places - and remember, this is JUST cupcakes - is 36 bucks and one place is $50. Not far from the office you get a dozen for 55 bucks. There's a coffee and cupcake place that has lines out the door.... 10 bucks a coffee and cupcake. That is a lot but also note a lot of cafes in Sydney sell coffee that is the match for Italy or Melbourne. It's amusing to see American coffee chains keep trying to compete in any way, they just get smashed by a tiny hole in the wall and two guys. Dunno why Australians got a taste for good coffee but it's welcome.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Only 33 bucks a dozen? Bargain. A dozen from the better cupcake places - and remember, this is JUST cupcakes - is 36 bucks and one place is $50. Not far from the office you get a dozen for 55 bucks. I'm jealous of the good coffee (not the prices though). I'd kill for a decent cup atm.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Dunno why Australians got a taste for good coffee but it's welcome.
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So the weathers a bit poo poo in Adelaide today (45mm of rain yesterday, 50mm as of 6pm today and STILL raining) so what do you do if you own a big 4wd? GO PLAY IN PUDDLES! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w86q5swwwA
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Yo cat interceptor, what makes the four-door escorts crap? like i get they are old but how do they compare against ke20s and the like
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blk posted:It sounds pretty drat interesting, so you have some wiggle room - tell us more It's not. But  blk posted:OK AI, what's the closest thing to a 4 door Miata that's daily drivable (no stripped race cars), is not an E30 or FiST and is available and repairable in the States? E36 M3 sedan or E90 M3 sedan
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Geirskogul posted:That's a good analogy. Thanks for reminding me that I bought a T2i last year to shoot video and I haven't even loaded Magic Lantern on the dumb thing yet. gently caress. E: buy a Mazda2
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Ether Frenzy posted:I have a sociology degree from a small liberal arts college and I'm a Director of Software Engineering at a fairly huge and extremely well-known tech company. Like I said previously, I spent my entire college career trying to avoid IT. BA in Communication Studies with a Minor in French. (Would have been a double major but I got suspended for a year and came back under a new curriculum) I've been working IT for 5 years now 
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It simply amazes me how many ppl itt work in IT
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fridge corn posted:It simply amazes me how many ppl itt work in IT Does IT Management count? I run a help desk for a State Authority. Luckily, we have our own IT dept rather than relying on the State IT Black Hole (TM) but it's not bad. I get paid decent, have good health care and don't have that much to do off hours.
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Do you all post in YOSPOS too??
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I don't YOSPOS cuz I don't need more computer.
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scuz posted:I don't YOSPOS cuz I don't need more computer. Yeah. I'm already computer as gently caress.
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I meant our software tools. Also Cat Interceptor you should check out Graphite/Graphana.
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blk posted:OK AI, what's the closest thing to a 4 door Miata that's daily drivable (no stripped race cars), is not an E30 or FiST and is available and repairable in the States? Plus its happy to see you!  And it fits miata wheels.
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I just realized I have a literal goldmine in old lego sets and according to brickmaster they're worth a pretty decent amount. Should I try to sell them here first or shall I just toss them on eBay? I have all the manuals and some original boxes 
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blk posted:OK AI, what's the closest thing to a 4 door Miata that's daily drivable (no stripped race cars), is not an E30 or FiST and is available and repairable in the States? What nm and Phone said. I haven't driven one yet, but from what I've heard a Mazda 2 is the closest thing you can get to a Miata with a roof and four doors.
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Both the police and the impound lot could not have given any less of a gently caress that my van got the poo poo scraped out of it while parked last night, even the attendant at the gate some twenty yards from where my van got smashed with both the door and the window to her booth facing my van just shrugged her shoulders and said she didn't see anything. On the plus side the fuel pump for the Scirocco shipped and the grommets for the RX7 should be in today 
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Wrar posted:I meant our software tools. Also Cat Interceptor you should check out Graphite/Graphana. I was about to say graphite != monitoring, but it looks like Graphana adds some of that functionality. I used to manage/maintain a big nagios system, as well as smaller nagios/icinga systems at different companies. I am just super happy that I am no longer in an oncall rotation. Still not sure how long I will stay in the solutions architect/sales engineering role, but it was a nice change for pace after being oncall pretty much 24/7 for ~10 years. *edit* poo poo I am getting old, I can't believe its been 10 years since I moved into the tech world. Started being a helpdesk bitch at around 21 and worked my way up as a linux sys admin, to a systems engineer/devops engineer, then made the move into the solutions architect role 1 year ago today. Just got back from my companys conference last week where I gave my first talk ever. Its almost like I am an adult... slurry_curry fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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scuz posted:I don't YOSPOS cuz I don't need more computer. This. My own laptop and my wife's desktop are both "experiencing issues", but I can't be arsed to fix them because I'm sick of computers by the time I get home. Cobbler's kids and all that. I'd rather do something analog after work.
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Ether Frenzy posted:I have a sociology degree from a small liberal arts college and I'm a Director of Software Engineering at a fairly huge and extremely well-known tech company. Sociology degree buddy  I only became interested in cars midway through high school and started a program in auto mechanics but decided against it as a career. I really enjoyed working on my cars and racing but just loathed doing menial work on rusty appliances. So of course after I graduated I ended doing automotive electronic installations and was running my own bay until the entire chain was shuttered. Being laid off made me realize just how miserable I was from working on cars. For the time being I've been doing work for a friend who has a sizeable classic car collection and at a shop that specializes in British sports cars (I should start a thread maybe?) Working on restorations and race cars was my ultimate goal but I'm not sure where it's going to take me. I'm leaning towards aircraft maintenance or industrial design but I don't know how I'm going to get the money to do so  TLDR: Hated working on cars professionally, ended up doing nothing but work on cars professionally. Bulk Vanderhuge fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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Tusen Takk posted:I just realized I have a literal goldmine in old lego sets and according to brickmaster they're worth a pretty decent amount. Should I try to sell them here first or shall I just toss them on eBay? Gimmie a list..... or post post post pics
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Tusen Takk posted:I just realized I have a literal goldmine in old lego sets and according to brickmaster they're worth a pretty decent amount. Should I try to sell them here first or shall I just toss them on eBay? Research eBay pricing, sell them to goons at a discount equal to your eBay fees bearing in mind eBay fees based on the entire sale amount including shipping. If goons don't bite at the 15% or so discount then off to eBay it goes. Goons will be less likely to abuse eBay/paypal's buyer protection but tend to low ball so stick to your guns on pricing. I've seen "goon online friends" completely rip off each other on transactions so do your homework. puberty worked me over fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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Double post train postin.... YoSPOS is loving awful I have too much self respect that to read that shithole. And I dont have much self respect Big Daddy Keynes posted:Yo cat interceptor, what makes the four-door escorts crap? like i get they are old but how do they compare against ke20s and the like Ooooh Lord where do I start. Even when new the engines were asthmatic turds the rust was a dealer option, brakes are just suggestions, the interior was loving nasty rear end poo poo that fell apart, handling was..... oh god the handling was a crime against humanity and the steering was awful beyond belief. And in all honesty, two door Escorts are as hosed , except a bunch of clever people fixed a god awful amount of problems. All those classic Escorts racing have gently caress all factory parts in them..... its all works racing replica or modern implants. The KE20 wasnt great standard to say the least its more the last gen RWD that are pretty neato. The big difference is that Ford never got the Escort more than a ball of turd... Toyota was beginnig to get reliable and just do poo poo like not leak oil. The 70s RWD cars are still loving awful but hey they ran and lasted that you will still see the odd 40 year old Corolla still knocking around. Every Escort left is either a horror or restored 3 times or turned into aforementioned non OEM monster
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Got a leak on the fuel rail on the car (or rather the hard line that feeds it) and it's very slowly evaporated away like $40 of petrol.
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88h88 posted:...I still want a kitchen aid to make my dough less forearm intensive. Raise your eyes my son and get the Bosch universal mixer. I scored mine from a special buy at Costco and got the cookie paddles, and some other attachments for a smoking deal. My wife has since made it her hobby to bake treats. Between the Bosch, a half dozen cookie sheets with silpats and our double ovens she will rip out like 72+ cookies in about an hour. Our neighbor's all love us because we share most of what's made. At any given point we have 12-20 pounds of butter on hand and ~10 pounds of varied ghirardelli chocolate chips.
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Tusen Takk posted:I just realized I have a literal goldmine in old lego sets and according to brickmaster they're worth a pretty decent amount. Should I try to sell them here first or shall I just toss them on eBay? Bulk Vanderhuge posted:For the time being I've been doing work for a friend who has a sizeable classic car collection and at a shop that specializes in British sports cars (I should start a thread maybe?) Working on restorations and race cars was my ultimate goal but I'm not sure where it's going to take me. I'm leaning towards aircraft maintenance or industrial design but I don't know how I'm going to get the money to do so
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Bosch universal mixer. Couldn't help but picture this...  Can you get an SDS+ whisk attachment? Edit: I was joking but  
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:TLDR: Hated working on cars professionally, ended up doing nothing but work on cars professionally. This is probably the best thing about working IT. I can hate my job and not ruin any of my passions. I still love photography, and working on motorcycles even though I haven't done much of either lately. I'm starting to get a little disenchanted with cooking. BUT THANK loving GOD I'm not forced to do any of them to make a living. Or, I would probably hate them all. ...actually looking back. Working on motorcycles was the best job I've ever had. Somewhat Heroic posted:Raise your eyes my son and get the Bosch universal mixer. I scored mine from a special buy at Costco and got the cookie paddles, and some other attachments for a smoking deal. My wife has since made it her hobby to bake treats. Between the Bosch, a half dozen cookie sheets with silpats and our double ovens she will rip out like 72+ cookies in about an hour. Our neighbor's all love us because we share most of what's made. At any given point we have 12-20 pounds of butter on hand and ~10 pounds of varied ghirardelli chocolate chips. Sup baking buddy? I just made some 10 loaves of banana bread the other night. The wifey said "we're out of flour?!?!" at which point I informed her that any of the several WHITE 5 gallon buckets are full of flour. The orange ones are for sugar. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:This is probably the best thing about working IT. I can hate my job and not ruin any of my passions. Yeah, this. I had to do something to make $$, and I've learned that I'm probably going to end up not liking some aspect of whatever it is. People ask me why I didn't become a mechanic, and I tell them that I didn't want to hate cars. And then I regale them with stories from our resident mechanic goons and the hell that is flat-rate. I've got just enough ADD, and the type of brain/attitude that would probably hate *anything* I *have* to do day in and day out. I can tolerate IT stuff in that context. Being in charge of the Mac stuff is better. It's still got some janitoring, but I'm doing some planning and admin stuff now, too. Today I realized that I have no idea how or if our Mac-based file servers are being backed up, so there's a new adventure.
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Tusen Takk posted:I just realized I have a literal goldmine in old lego sets and according to brickmaster they're worth a pretty decent amount. Should I try to sell them here first or shall I just toss them on eBay? I have the boxes and manuals to some of my old Technics stuff from the 80s, including the original pneumatic Technics that Lego made. They're all in storage at the moment
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:This is probably the best thing about working IT. I can hate my job and not ruin any of my passions. I try to do as little IT related stuff outside of work as I can. No more side gigs, no more fixing family PC's, no more $150/m in electricity home lab. It's great. My only regret with cars right now is continuing to work on them on the side and not working on projects I want to be. The side money is nice, but the stress and community are not worth my health/wellbeing. (I know, I've said it 3x before- this time I'm done.) Also, what the heck do you do with 10 loaves of banana bread? I've been hiding our over-rip banana's in the fridge for months... I should have enough for 5-6 loaves.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Raise your eyes my son and get the Bosch universal mixer. I scored mine from a special buy at Costco and got the cookie paddles, and some other attachments for a smoking deal. My wife has since made it her hobby to bake treats. Between the Bosch, a half dozen cookie sheets with silpats and our double ovens she will rip out like 72+ cookies in about an hour. Our neighbor's all love us because we share most of what's made. At any given point we have 12-20 pounds of butter on hand and ~10 pounds of varied ghirardelli chocolate chips. I should have bought the Bosch, but the wife wanted the KitchenAid. Its been awesome. We also bake like mother-fuckers, albeit due to trying to eat better, we don't have that much butter on hand...usually.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Gimmie a list..... or post post post pics NitroSpazzz posted:Add me to the interested list Sweet, I'm gonna go through them tomorrow and take some pictures I know I have a bunch of Star Wars ones including the original AT-AT walker and X-Wing so if that piques your interest more just u wait baby
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Sup baking buddy? I just made some 10 loaves of banana bread the other night. How do you keep it all from spoiling?
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You know the service is bad at the restaurant when the missionaries at the table next to you get up and leave.
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the spyder posted:I've been hiding our over-rip banana's in the fridge for months... I should have enough for 5-6 loaves. You bring it to work and watch everyone get fat. All 10 loaves gone in 2 days between 8 people. QuarkMartial posted:How do you keep it all from spoiling? The bread or the ingredients? The answer to both is you don't. You just make a LOT of baked goods and give them all away. People seem to really like getting free delicious baked goods. And I seem to really like baking them, so it's a win/win. The most expensive ingredient is usually eggs and I don't mind spending $10 to feed a dozen people or so with leftovers. I mean, if you're gonna turn on the oven, you might as well fill it to the brim.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:This is probably the best thing about working IT. I can hate my job and not ruin any of my passions. I made a living as a photographer for 4 years. I take pics with my phone now mostly, could give a gently caress about photography and I used to love it.
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