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THE FUTURE IS HERE AND IT'S 5 BELOW Live view of Santa in Australia for Christmas in July  COLLECTIVE AIGASM INCOMING For those that are late; This is a chat thread for anyone who reads AI. We talk about computers, life, how much alcohol we drink, how long it will take Ricco to relapse and fail a pee test at his new job, where it's finally getting hotter than the asscrack of Satan in the USA and colder than Elsa's lady parts in Australia, STR amuses us with delivery driver stories, Mad Max fan fiction and shipping Furiosa and one of the Wives, LITERALLY A FISH occasionally slam truth bombs while CAT INTERCEPTOR infects our minds and sends us all to the cycle asylum - leading an army of AI cyclists to slaughter hipsters on fixies, WE DONT TALK ABOUT GUNS, laugh at Brexit, wonder how the gently caress Chris Evans hasnt been reprogrammed with a baseball bat, we post cat pics, whatever! Just imagine this as one large garage and we are all pretending to work on some broken rear end Falcon Coupe while talking poo poo about anything that comes up. Anyone who is just wandering by, stop and say hello! We don't bite and we're a pretty chilled out bunch of normal people. Except apparently when [list of topics you already know to avoid] comes up. anyway.  aw yeah check out that sweet-rear end setting - pull up a barrel and lets talk some poo poo! ASMITH ACTUALLY HAS A FALCON, LETS GO TO HIS PALCE AND SINK HIS PISS - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3767188 I stole half of that paragraph from CAT INTERCEPTOR and LITERALLY A FISH..... and the January chat thread and I am not ashamed IN THE SLIGHTEST Is Literally a Fish literally a fish? I've always wwondered. If you don't like chatting, how about reading? July's book of the month is Clarkson On Cars for a bit of low brow, High Brow is either American Salvage - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VA5OO4/#navbar or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness_%28novel%29 Blindness by Jose Saramago ----------------------------------------- FOR IMMDEDIATE RELASE – From the desk of Alliance Motorsport’s evil Overlord Greenie the Budgie Debate and outrage flowed through the rally community as an Internet Slap Fight has begun between WRC drivers and Alliance Motorsport’s own Kaptain Ballistik over the night stage at this year’s Rally Australia. Rally fans and teams have been taking sides, based on wether they think dust will spoil their makeup. “BUt look at me! I’m a prety boy, how can I be expected to drive my air conditioned car in anything looking like dust? I’ll get dirrrrty!” An unnamed Ford driver wailed. “I broke a nail last week and it really made me look ugly until the team’s nail doctor fixed it for me. And what about our vegan carefully prepared dietry controlled meals if I get a bit of grit in it? I’ld have consumed .5 of a calorie too much, I’d have to stick my fingers down my throat and puke it to maintain my looks!” Former rally gormless corespondant and cocksucker to anyone who wears an FIA badge Suqma Diq agreed. “How an we have these prima donna drivers actually…. get dirty? You’ll enxt be saying there would be mud and…. ewwww! How can you put such horror on our highly paid professsional athletes these days? They have to spend so long at the salon to look good in front of the cameras…. we dont want to go back five years to the drunken swill of Petter Solberg, I mean…. even Sebastian Loeb like dirty girls! How can we have such animals in the sport anymore????” After spending the evening in the shed building the WRC Tank, Kaptain Ballistik was less than amused. “Dust? That’s just fog with dirt in it, go harder!” he said. “If Michelle Mouton could drive a 600hp Audi in the dark and dust, then these so called pros can put up with getting grit under the fingernails, what would Colin McRae think?” McRae it is believe is spinning so fast in his grave, a generator has been hooked up and he is currently able to power a small city. Michele Mouton, the worlds greatest female driver of all time whose name we are barely worth to mention, who drove Group B cars in the dark and walls of dust, who we are not worthly to speak of let alone grovel in her presense is said to have laughed at the current generation of so called WRC drivers at how lacking in the downstairs department they are. “What is this? WRC Drivers not man enough to handle a little bit of dirt?” she said. “Next they will be saying they dont drink…. wait…. you are kidding? They dont drink??? How can you have a rally without drunken debauchery???” Last seen, Mouton was last seen breaking into the Audi museum to fire up her old car to kick the current crop of WRC driver’s asses. Other ex WRC legends were too ashamed of the threats of dirty stage boycott to comment. Meanwhile a large group of semi pro and amateur drivers have all lined up to replace any WRC driver who doesnt wish to get dirty and also bang a few of the long disappointed ex Petter Solberg groupies, who have found the current WRC drivers highly unsatisfying, manicuring hands rather than getting down and dirty. Applications to be part of a real WRC crew who dont give a drat about dirt or air conditioning will be opened by Alliance Motorsport early next year. Petter Solberg Rally Groupies are most welcome. -------------------------------- It becomes quite easy to think about car handling if you look at cats. No seriously, hear me out and I’ll explain why the humble feline is in fact the perfect analogue for how a car is supposed to work Maddie  Maddie, being a young mum bringing up a family of kittens is conservative and wants safety first for her runs for food. She is careful and wants to arrive so she understeers – she lacks front grip but thats okay that keeps her speed down. Her front paws wash out on tight corners so she reacts naturally and backs off, weight shifting to the front paws and hence more grip and tightening the line. Misses the apex but hey, she still took the corner. Rear paws dont do a lot of work See MAZDA 6 – http://www.google.com/images?um=1&h...oq=&q=MAZDA%206 Rally Ed  Ed is light, fast, highly maneuverable and clearly has about as much oversteer as a Mk II Rothmans Escort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_iBsFxn08Y A lack of rear grip is his problem, not having big enough paws for the amount of power he wants to put down. The front has good initial bite and he handbrakes like a champion. Much like Ari Vatenen, the speeds he tries to carry does get him unstuck and frequent crashes occur. However he is very throttle sensitive and reacts well to sudden changes of direction. Gelignite Jack  A most curious puzzle I thought observing. He had a very different set of handling characteristics reminisent of Maddie, is a younger but quite a deal bit larger kitten than Ed, but suffers none of the understeer issues, as well as holding a far higher cornering speed and ability to accelerate. So as I was studying his handling while he was pulling max g in the kitchen that he reminded me of… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qp3srbsps Even sounds like one too. And in all sadness that’s how I worked out a handling issue on the WRX and came to the conclusion I had a blown strut. Since then I’ve also worked out that cat handling is indeed completely relevant to cars – and set up a mini skid pan in the kitchen to see how each cat reacts to a slippery surface. 1/3rd of a cup of water over the entraceway, a note pad and a few neat treats for cats to come running to. And indeed, Ed screams in at 10,000 rpm and slides out like a mad drifter, Maddie is relaxed and has a mild slide, while GJ keeps it flat and does a long AWD drift with the weight shift noticeable as he adjusts traction front to rear. I’ve also been able to work out how to make the turn tighter so I can experiment with different setups, like if GJ has more castor. Sadly no pictures as I really didnt expect this to work. But then again this is Cat Handling by Stig  Very Big, very heavy, takes a long time to wind up, cant stop in a hurry….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtoj2j0sAYM Annnnnd there you go. How I’m working out handling issues. ------------------- BloodBag posted:2008-2010 Subaru Impreza/EJ25 Driver's Side Valve Cover Gasket How-To Thanks to Corn in the Fridge for hosting last months thread after he was dared by myself and being one of the best posters in said thread. AUGUST CHAT THREAD TITLE SHORTLIST I've never loved something I've hated thus much. June Chat Thread - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3778319 May Chat - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3774153 April Chat - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3770445 March Chat - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3766338 Feb Chat - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3762540 Jan Chat - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3758211 Dec 2015 MAD MAX SANTA CHAT - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3753824 Edit : ALL LINKS FIXED CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Jul 21, 2016 |
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First post, bitches. E: Yesterday they had quarterly service awards at my shop for the guys that have been here 10,15,20, etc years. They gave one guy his 10 year glass cube thing and a check yesterday... and his pink slip today. They worked his rear end like a dog for the last 3 months and then just shitcanned him. 10 years and 2 hours  RE: cattechatte: I have 11 cats. Coco, Puff, Chex, Scooter, Sandwich, Lucky, Taco, Cracker, Biscuit, Banana, and PimPim. I'll post pics eventually. BloodBag fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jun 30, 2016 |
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Jun 30, 2016 20:30
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Jun 30, 2016 20:34
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Dagen H posted:I'm still alive hi still alive, i'm dad
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quote:BLOODBAG posted.... The CLX's arent too bad to spin up, they are surprsingly light and super stiff - the Xenti 4.2's I also use are quick when you want to be quick, but def dont have that point where you know they are working like the CLX's. I also have to Triathlons a set of Xentis Mk I TT four blade carbon race wheels http://www.xentis.com/en/2011/mark1-tt-clincher-carbon/573/products/ - they smoke in a straight line and the baldes work like sails in cross / tailwinds which means you can feel the bike being picked up and shoved down the road. I've been crusing at 45kph, effort at 55-60 kph with a tailwind, it is seriously awesome to be cycling at those speeds. without downhill assistance. Big crosswinds are a bit of a problem however and they dont climb well. The CLX's do climb well tho, which has def sold me.
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Jun 30, 2016 21:08
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BloodBag posted:First post, bitches. You're not even a pet owner anymore, you're a rancher. You ever milk a cat, greg?
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Jun 30, 2016 21:14
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Hate cats, love new thread. GG, Terrist. Let's not have the shitshow like the June thread was, k?
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How come when I watch people using aerosols on Youtube videos, they always seem to use lots of tiny little squirts of paint, seemingly at random and at odd angles? I've always used an aerosol can like a spray gun, giving it a run along while trying to keep it the same distance and parallel from the surface, as much as my hamfistedness can manage. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Jun 30, 2016 |
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Jun 30, 2016 21:36
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InitialDave posted:on Youtube videos Welp
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Jun 30, 2016 21:42
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InitialDave posted:How come when I watch people using aerosols on Youtube videos, they always seem to use lots of tiny little squirts of paint, seemingly at random and at odd angles? As long as the paint's still uncured and you get even coverage, you can generally do it either way. If you're using something at least halfway decent, it'll flow together and even out. The most important thing is to do multiple thin layers instead of a few fat ones. But your way it technically the best way to do it. E: I used to be really perfectionist about spray paint, but I've found that semi-sloppy works fine too, especially for satin and matte paints. For gloss paints you should just give up before you even start, it'll never look good from a spray can. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Jun 30, 2016 |
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Jun 30, 2016 21:48
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Dagen H posted:Welp KozmoNaut posted:As long as the paint's still uncured and you get even coverage, you can generally do it either way. If you're using something at least halfway decent, it'll flow together and even out. The most important thing is to do multiple thin layers instead of a few fat ones.
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Jun 30, 2016 21:54
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I painted some bumpers black in a dirty, dusty rear end garage with spray bombs while i was working on other poo poo. As long as you're not gobbing the paint on or sticking your fingers in it, it should be nearly impossible to do a lovely job. 
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Jun 30, 2016 21:55
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July Chat Thread - gently caress it's hot /cold / wet
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Jun 30, 2016 22:26
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It's still June for another 9.5 hours, so for you time travelers, does the world end tomorrow? If so, I'm sleeping in instead of going to work.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:27
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So with summertime in the present that means that things at work are slowing down and my mind is able to wander a little bit. This means the automotive ADD is setting in. This is a problem because my wife and I have had an agreement for a few years that after a few things were met I could be able to buy "my M3" that I have longed for. The agreement we had was:
We have done all of those things. I have a good chunk of cash saved up and were I to get my E36 M3 a little more polished and some maintenance things sorted out I think it could fetch between 7-8 grand. I could probably get an E90 M3 outright, but maybe not the one I wanted unless I took out a small loan, which I refuse to do based on the fact that I have not had a car payment in four years. I have not had an debt in four years, we have cash flowed all of the above things with the exception of our house payment. I am just being impatient I guess. That is the problem when I have time to think about it. The other question is I am wondering if I should wait a little longer. All BMWNA dealers that have E90 M3's on their lot have to sit on them because of the active takata recall but there is no fix for them yet so they are just going to sit until that is fixed in who knows how long. That means inventory on the E90 could be constrained a little it artificially bumping the price up and minimizing selection. Maybe I should sit tight longer and wait for those to start hitting the market again? TL/DR; I am experiencing automotive ADD after working the plan I have had for years and I am afraid I am going to do something stupid and rush the last step. Talk me off the ledge and tell me to give it another 6 months.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:29
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Powershift posted:I painted some bumpers black in a dirty, dusty rear end garage with spray bombs while i was working on other poo poo. As long as you're not gobbing the paint on or sticking your fingers in it, it should be nearly impossible to do a lovely job. The one time I really hosed up with spray paint is when I took my buddy's advice on how to do it. Now I just do what I want and it's worked OK. Pro-tip: Dupli-Color Effex solves every problem.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:29
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InitialDave posted:Yeah, I know, it just seems to be endemic there, and it's not something I'd encountered before a few years ago. For me, it really depends on what I'm painting. Model car bodies with a gloss finish? Start flow before the subject and end once past it. Avoids splatters on start and stop. Several light coats and then one or two "wet" solid coats. What-the-gently caress-ever with a matte/semi-gloss finish? gently caress it. Just get the paint on the part. Don't go full doofus and just blast it, though. Keep the coats light and it will turn out fine. If I blasted out a bumper like Powershift's up there with rattle cans, I'd be a happy guy.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:30
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corn in the fridge posted:Whats the book of the month? The Man In The High Castle
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From the last thread : SeatSafetySwitch, you should definitely apply to that drivetribe thing. Your beater-related madness deserves a wider audience.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:32
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The Man In The High Castle Ive already read that
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I would like to use this opportunity to say that after 6months of unemployment, I have been offered a job! Things are looking up and let's all work together to make July the best month of 2016 so far!
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Jun 30, 2016 22:37
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I liked Resurgence. Really spotty acting, Will Smith's movie son is a complete blank, but the plot and Jeff Goldblum just worked for me.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:37
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kimbo305 posted:I liked Resurgence. Really spotty acting, Will Smith's movie son is a complete blank, but the plot and Jeff Goldblum just worked for me.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:39
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corn in the fridge posted:Ive already read that I've just been emptying my bedside drawer out. This book - Chris Raven - The Linger Longer is not a serious read like last months book of the month but is quite entertaining and quite AI.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:41
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SCA Enthusiast posted:I would like to use this opportunity to say that after 6months of unemployment, I have been offered a job! Things are looking up and let's all work together to make July the best month of 2016 so far! Hey, congrats! Unemployment is rough, glad to hear you're gonna be working again.
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SCA Enthusiast posted:I would like to use this opportunity to say that after 6months of unemployment, I have been offered a job! Things are looking up and let's all work together to make July the best month of 2016 so far! Congratulations! What are you going to be doing? Yay for July!
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BloodBag posted:Yesterday they had quarterly service awards at my shop for the guys that have been here 10,15,20, etc years. They gave one guy his 10 year glass cube thing and a check yesterday... and his pink slip today. They worked his rear end like a dog for the last 3 months and then just shitcanned him. 10 years and 2 hours That sucks. I really like my current company, but it's true that there is no loyalty anymore. We just got an email with an update about an ongoing integration with a company that we recently acquired, and one little sentence in the update is that "unfortunately... the elimination of some positions within (my segment), as of June 30". Oh, hey, that's today. No idea what the positions are that are being eliminated, since they didn't include that little tidbit in the update. I'm working remotely today, so I guess when I go into the office tomorrow I'll maybe find out if anyone in my local group was affected... assuming that my key-card still works! SCA Enthusiast posted:I would like to use this opportunity to say that after 6months of unemployment, I have been offered a job! Things are looking up and let's all work together to make July the best month of 2016 so far! Awesome, congratulations, and I hope it's a great job. The Locator fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Jun 30, 2016 |
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Jun 30, 2016 22:46
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The Locator posted:It's still June for another 9.5 hours, so for you time travelers, does the world end tomorrow? If so, I'm sleeping in instead of going to work. No - world still turns, politicans are still loving assclowns
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Somewhat Heroic posted:The other question is I am wondering if I should wait a little longer. All BMWNA dealers that have E90 M3's on their lot have to sit on them because of the active takata recall but there is no fix for them yet so they are just going to sit until that is fixed in who knows how long. That means inventory on the E90 could be constrained a little it artificially bumping the price up and minimizing selection. Maybe I should sit tight longer and wait for those to start hitting the market again? Have you test driven one yet? Because you should go test drive one at the dealer. Then you can quit worrying about the ~$1500-2000 in price variance that this airbag theory of yours may or may not have any bearing on (I'm certainly unsure what it might be doing to prices myself, so this isn't a mocking 'theory' comment). I sort of feel like motivated private sellers will be happy to find someone who isn't concerned about the open-ended "Maybe someday??" time frame on the recall replacement. Hurry up and at least start looking for "your" car so that you can make the decision whether that $1500-whatever matters to you (if it even exists) once it pops up. When I bought mine I paid the exact same offer I'd made the guy 2 years prior (and 1000 miles fewer), so I sort of feel like the better quality examples of these are going to remain relatively the same price-wise and your 6 month/however long wait while you convince yourself you deserve to finish up your checklist won't make a LOT of difference. Quit waiting, you could get run over by a truck tomorrow and you'll be really annoyed if the last thing you think before dying is "I never had a car with an engine that redlined to 8400 rpm" Don't forget you have to pay tax on the private purchase though. I did 
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:No - world still turns, politicans are still loving assclowns Well poo poo, guess I'll set the alarm then.
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Jun 30, 2016 22:50
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corn in the fridge posted:Whats the book of the month? Infinite Jest. Best to get cracking now.
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SCA Enthusiast posted:I would like to use this opportunity to say that after 6months of unemployment, I have been offered a job! Things are looking up and let's all work together to make July the best month of 2016 so far! Thread off to good start, congratulations  Book of the Month....... Hmmmm. Clarkson on Cars
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Jun 30, 2016 22:56
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Thread off to good start, congratulations Is it better than May on Motors? I mean, I read it all the way through nevertheless, but the book didn't do anything to improve my opinion on James May. My opinion of him was already very high, and it remains high, it's just that a lot of the entries seemed pretty bland and "harrumph, good old Britain, in my day our food tasted bad and we was glad to have it" (he literally wrote this article, about potato chips) His little final-sentence parting-shots got kind of old, too.
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The Locator posted:Hell, I know I'm slacking most of the time, and yet I get the best glowing reviews and performance awards, makes me realize just how terrible the average worker has to be. That's pretty much what I think. If I'm considered a good employee, how bad is everyone else? quote:About the only thing I'm really proud of is my little model ships, and sadly, that's not exactly something that will get me anywhere in this world, but it makes me happy, so whatever, I keep doing it even if it doesn't matter to anyone else. It makes you happy, and it's a skill, regardless of how useful it may be just at the moment. Model building in general requires patience, delicacy, and precision. That can cross over to a lot of stuff. Most of my proud moments come from when I get something just right in repairing the car or house, or a particularly "right" installed accessory. In job news, the new outsourcing company got a hold of my name from an outside source (I also got an email from a headhunter about the job, which I thought was hilarious), which makes it legit to poach me, I guess. Have not talked to upper management or HR yet, just the guy who would be my immediate supervisor, and he pretty much wants me for the Mac Admin job, which is a step up from where I am. I was apprehensive about working for yet another outsourcer, and staying another however many years at a location I've been at for 16 years, but the estimated salary is... motivating. No idea what their bennies are like. There's stuff I don't know for the admin job, as opposed to my current PC janitor position, but I'm willing to learn and they seem to be willing to let me. Definitely considering it. Nothing official, but here's hoping. I already like the commute, and an extra 16-17K a year would let me finish a few projects.
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A month and 20 days until NEAI. Wish all you fuckers could make it. I'm planning on slow cooking at least 3 or 4 pork shoulders.
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Darchangel posted:In job news, the new outsourcing company got a hold of my name from an outside source (I also got an email from a headhunter about the job, which I thought was hilarious), which makes it legit to poach me, I guess. Have not talked to upper management or HR yet, just the guy who would be my immediate supervisor, and he pretty much wants me for the Mac Admin job, which is a step up from where I am. I was apprehensive about working for yet another outsourcer, and staying another however many years at a location I've been at for 16 years, but the estimated salary is... motivating. No idea what their bennies are like. There's stuff I don't know for the admin job, as opposed to my current PC janitor position, but I'm willing to learn and they seem to be willing to let me. Definitely considering it. Nothing official, but here's hoping. I already like the commute, and an extra 16-17K a year would let me finish a few projects. Congrats, and unless they really nail you on the benefits side or something, that's a pretty nice raise. Darchangel posted:It makes you happy, and it's a skill, regardless of how useful it may be just at the moment. Model building in general requires patience, delicacy, and precision. That can cross over to a lot of stuff. My usual problem is that I lose interest in stuff before I quite get to the top. I spent about 10 years doing hard suit fighting in the SCA, lost interest and quit. Years later I was told that I was 6 months to a year from knighthood (which is sort of the 'end goal' in that particular hobby). I got super serious into SCCA autocrossing, and even won a national tour event in ESP, then just... lost interest in it, although I did stretch it to about 12-13 years, and still go to a local event every once in a while. For whatever reason I seem to have a natural knack for the modeling, as I somehow got a best of show award with my 2nd ever ship build, so who knows, maybe this one is the thing I will stick with for more than about a decade since I appear to be pretty decent at it. Even if I don't, I've got 8 years left before I hit my decade 'lose interest' wall!
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I think the best guns are CZ75s and FN FALs. Discus amongst yourselves.
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