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Awesome house if you hate functionality and like houses that break a lot. It's fitting that it was posted in this thread.
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Slung Blade posted:"May want to watch that first step coming out the door... it's a doozy!"
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May 27, 2010 19:44
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Boat posted:Yeah, that's Fallingwater, probably Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous bit of architecture. There's a shitload of info on it out there if you're interested. I love that FLW's work is instantly recognizable. I didn't even know it was his work but I automatically thought "hey that's Frank Wright"
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May 27, 2010 20:06
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Das Volk posted:I love that FLW's work is instantly recognizable. I didn't even know it was his work but I automatically thought "hey that's Frank Wright" It's impressive in person, too. Some rather funny spots, too. For instance, his customer (yes, he built this house on commission for someone) wanted a desk to work on. FWL told him no; he couldn't have a desk, because it would block a small piece of his super-special corner window from opening, and he thought it would look bad when all the other windows were open except that one. Ended up cutting an arc-shaped wedge out of the desk as a compromise. The client asked for a 4-car garage, but FLW gave him a carport instead. (Client enclosed it after FLW left.) They had to buy 3-legged chairs because he put rough cut local stone floor in the dining room/living room, and normal chairs rocked horribly. House is full of little stuff like this. I tell you what; it's a beautiful house, but absolutely unlivable. grover fucked around with this message at 02:51 on May 28, 2010 |
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May 28, 2010 02:45
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I heard it's got awful problems with mold. But seriously, how does anyone in America not know that home on sight? It's like saying "What the gently caress is a Ferrari?"
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May 28, 2010 03:07
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Skyssx posted:I heard it's got awful problems with mold. Sure, if there was only one Ferrari in the country and it was parked in the woods on a tiny waterfall for the past 80 years.
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May 28, 2010 03:42
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gently caress it, knock down the exterior walls facing the road, then hollow out the interior. Instant covered bridge.
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May 28, 2010 03:42
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grover posted:I tell you what; it's a beautiful house, but absolutely unlivable. That's essentially what I thought after touring the FLW house here in Grand Rapids.
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May 28, 2010 03:58
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ozziegt posted:According to the same video posted by someone else, there were people in that boat and there were fatalities. Yeah, we were shown it in class as a great example of why you always check your hooks before hoisting. Scares the hell out of me.
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May 28, 2010 04:10
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jammyozzy posted:*Ahem* I'm to the point where he's wasted at least a day on the sway bar, and I've noticed him saying "zy....mol" repeatedly. Is there a word filter for Zymol on that forum?
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May 28, 2010 04:38
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Matlock posted:I'm to the point where he's wasted at least a day on the sway bar, and I've noticed him saying "zy....mol" repeatedly. Is there a word filter for Zymol on that forum? Not a filter, it just links to an advertisement.
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May 28, 2010 06:53
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jammyozzy posted:*Ahem* My next car is going to be a beatup pickup.
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May 28, 2010 07:31
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grover posted:It's great not just for the architectural design, but also the engineering breakthroughs that went into the cantilevered beams. Truly revolutionary stuff. The breakthroughs were achieved by the people who came after him and had to clean up his horrible messes when he tried to work "outside the box", FLW had no engineering backround and said things like "It will look like this and this is how you will make it look like this AND BY GOD IF YOU KEEP COMING IN HERE AND TELLING ME HOW IT CAN'T BE DONE YOU ARE loving FIRED!" The stories of the things that were invented to repair Falling Water as it disintegrated are pretty amazing; the house certainly belongs in this thread. Dude had an amazing eye and I love a lot of it but what a jackass. Also, when I visited Chicago I was totally loving jazzed to visit Robie House because I had fallen madly, stupidly in love with it and wanted to kidnap it and live in it forever, or at least take the tour and dream about it. Imagine my surprise to find out that whoever's preserving it has converted more than 50% of the interior area to a gift shop. I didn't even go in, it was like a kick in the stomach. Imagine having a huge boner for Mount Rushmore and finding out when you get there that there's only Washington and three heads constantly cycling the faces of moderately-famous pop stars from the mid-'90s.
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May 28, 2010 09:26
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My buddy sent this to me. Taken out of another friend's car that was "making a funny noise".
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May 28, 2010 12:29
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jammyozzy posted:*Ahem* Late i know but I'm readign that thread with a mix of horror at the OCD and awe
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May 28, 2010 13:17
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Splizwarf posted:Also, when I visited Chicago I was totally loving jazzed to visit Robie House because I had fallen madly, stupidly in love with it and wanted to kidnap it and live in it forever, or at least take the tour and dream about it. Imagine my surprise to find out that whoever's preserving it has converted more than 50% of the interior area to a gift shop. I didn't even go in, it was like a kick in the stomach. Imagine having a huge boner for Mount Rushmore and finding out when you get there that there's only Washington and three heads constantly cycling the faces of moderately-famous pop stars from the mid-'90s. I just got back from Chicago where I went on the full Robie house tour. The awesome 3 car garage which was incredibly far ahead of its time is a gift shop, the entire servent wing is employee offices/breakroom, and the 3rd floor with the master bedroom is not part of the tour. The restoration project they have going means that the entire interior is pretty much stripped out including exposed interior wall surfaces, missing built-ins, and most details like light fixtures and coverings are gone. Also the tour guides might as well have been volunteers because they couldn't answer simple questions like 'does the unique gutter drain design you just pointed out actually work'. That said, the house design itself is impressive if you consider it's 100 years old and what other houses from that period looked like. You could tell most people it was built in the 70s and they wouldn't think twice.
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May 28, 2010 13:39
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I took these a few years ago. My town (Stafford, CT) is set in a deep valley, and periodically the lower areas will flood pretty badly thanks to the Willimantic River. (The whole town used to flood before they installed a series of flood control devices..) These shipping containers were in the parking lot of a factory building almost a MILE UP RIVER! The river got so high (normally two feet deep) that it carried them all the way down to this railroad bridge, which they hit hard enough to bend significantly. (The containers, not the bridge)  
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May 28, 2010 19:00
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Everyone who lives near a flood zone needs to see pictures like that so they realize that a river will have NO PROBLEM moving your little Kia Rio or Ram 2500 in whatever direction it wants when they try to drive through it.
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May 28, 2010 19:18
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Skyssx posted:It's like saying "What the gently caress is a Ferrari?" There's people like that. My dentist told me stories of people mistaking his Ferrari for "One of those new mustangs  "
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May 28, 2010 19:21
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BigKOfJustice posted:There's people like that. My dentist told me stories of people mistaking his Ferrari for "One of those new mustangs Does he thank you at the end of each conversation for helping to pay for it?  I hate my dentist.
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May 28, 2010 19:37
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Fermunky posted:My buddy sent this to me. Taken out of another friend's car that was "making a funny noise".
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May 28, 2010 19:40
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The head gasket in my camaro finally went  It's been leaking for years, but just coolant into the cylinder, and it's been drivable and gently caress me, I'd rather top off the radiator every once in a while than replace the head gasket. But it's been getting worse and worse (1qt of coolant every 20 miles) and as of yesterday, it will no longer start- starter's stalled, and I suspect hydrolock. If all goes well, I'll have some pictures for this thread some point this weekend. I'm just crossing my fingers they're not *too* horrible....
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May 28, 2010 20:38
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grover posted:The head gasket in my camaro finally went Launch it with the catapult on the flight deck of the ship in your avatar.
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May 28, 2010 21:07
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ab0z posted:Launch it with the catapult on the flight deck of the ship in your avatar.  If the block is cracked or something...
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May 28, 2010 21:09
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grover posted:Well, I'll see if I can replace the head-gasket first ...then you'll have to spend $5 on a new one?
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May 28, 2010 21:10
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ab0z posted:...then you'll have to spend $5 on a new one? Speaking of mechanical failures, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZRMpxUniOw Edit: hot drat, it looks like at the very end of the video, it actually kept flying grover fucked around with this message at 21:24 on May 28, 2010 |
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May 28, 2010 21:14
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grover posted:He offered me $3k for it while I was still trying to sell it as a running car. Don't you just hate the timing on things like this.
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May 28, 2010 21:19
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ab0z posted:Don't you just hate the timing on things like this.
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May 28, 2010 21:22
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Which motor in your Camaro? I think my dad sold his old 3.8 with a bad HG for a lemon LT1.
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May 28, 2010 21:31
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Slow is Fast posted:Which motor in your Camaro? I'm making slow progress. Found a little bit of milk on the valve covers, but none in the oil when I drained it, and very little on the valves. No signs of rust so far, so I don't think it was leaking much (if any) coolant into the oil. I DID manage to break half an electrical connector off, though (it's visible in the photo, right beside the thermostat).  Edit: just removed the lower intake manifold. Next up: exhaust manifolds. uggghhhhh grover fucked around with this message at 22:14 on May 29, 2010 |
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May 29, 2010 21:02
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Godholio posted:Everyone who lives near a flood zone needs to see pictures like that so they realize that a river will have NO PROBLEM moving your little Kia Rio or Ram 2500 in whatever direction it wants when they try to drive through it. When we start getting a lot of rain in our area, the news stations start running stories about idiots that drove in to water, typically accented by the drivers of the Fire department's ladder trucks saying that they don't even think about crossing if the water is more than a foot deep, and more than 6 inches is something they hesitate on. It never fails that some moron disregards these stories and gets their saga added to the news broadcast that night... tldr: It doesn't matter what the hell you show on TV, there's enough morons that try it anyway. If only we could just let natural selection run it's course....
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May 29, 2010 21:13
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grnberet2b posted:When we start getting a lot of rain in our area, the news stations start running stories about idiots that drove in to water, typically accented by the drivers of the Fire department's ladder trucks saying that they don't even think about crossing if the water is more than a foot deep, and more than 6 inches is something they hesitate on. It never fails that some moron disregards these stories and gets their saga added to the news broadcast that night... Some people fail to understand that your car cannot breathe water
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May 30, 2010 01:27
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grover posted:3.4L, unfortunately. It's my backup car at this point; so long as it runs fairly reliable, I'm happy. Hell, at this point, I'd just be happy if it runs .period. Just undo the flanges at the "donuts" and pull the manifolds with the heads. Been doing that for years now. Much nicer pulling 4-6 fairly reachable bolts with real tools than undoing a bunch of hard to reach seized exhaust/head bolts. You can then pull the manifolds off on the bench. It really is alot nicer.
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CommieGIR posted:Some people fail to understand that your car cannot breathe water Was going through my automotive desktop images folder, and saw some pictures that were probably best suited for this thread. For all of them, click for big.    
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May 30, 2010 05:04
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Awesome shots. The sponsor ad on the last picture is exquisite.
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May 30, 2010 07:23
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CommieGIR posted:Some people fail to understand that your car cannot breathe water This is actually what the vents behind the front wheels on Range Rovers are for - intakes. Apparently the logic is that a good bow wave during wading will help keep them reasonably clear, and that you'd be unlikely to submerge both at once unless you're blatantly being an idiot. To which I say "Umm". I think a snorkel would still be a good idea if you're expecting to go through anything that deep, but there you go.
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May 30, 2010 07:36
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CommieGIR posted:Some people fail to understand that your car cannot breathe water Some people fail to understand their engine requires air.
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May 30, 2010 12:43
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Cakefool posted:Some people fail to understand their engine requires air. Some people fail to understand that cars hydroplane and the engine can still be running as they get swept downriver.
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May 30, 2010 12:49
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Cakefool posted:Some people fail to understand their engine requires air. Speaking of hydrolock... 911's aren't immune, either: 
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Revolvyerom posted:Actually it can. For about half of one cycle. All that went through my head when I saw this was "MAAAAXIMUMMMMM DORRRRRIFTUUUUU!"
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