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Sormus posted:RCR NZ episodes have made it seem like a nice place There's no "seems" about it - it IS a wonderful place. South island especially.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:There's no "seems" about it - it IS a wonderful place. South island especially. Visiting there and living there are two different things. However this poo poo has got me considering moving back   Yesterday was a poo poo day, trying and failing to get a bunch of poo poo done around the house. Girlfriend's e36 has a no start issue and I can't diagnose why, the water main can't be turned off so I can't fix the taps in the shower, the internet is obviously shithouse, but is much worse than when she moved in and I broke one of the keys so now I have to replace a lock. Today was much better, I took a deep breath, set up my turntable and then went and drove my nephew and his mum around buying stuff in preparation for his first birthday tomorrow. It's nice to have some family nearby after 15 or so years. 
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Liquid Communism posted:Does NZ have winters? I would miss winters. Depends where you live. If you go far south, sure. Snow, great skiing and all that jazz. Live in the middle and it's just windy and rainy and poo poo. Go further north and it's cold-ish and probably rainy and gray but at least you have a sweet active volcano to ski on if you so wish.
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slothrop posted:Today was much better, I took a deep breath, set up my turntable... Music makes everything better imo. I could live without an awful lot of things in life but music isn't one of them.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Music makes everything better imo. I could live without an awful lot of things in life but music isn't one of them. Not emptyquoting. Music has helped me survive some very dark times in my life.
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The gently caress? Friend that finally got his license, a bit late in life, and linked me to the car he just bought. 2005 Grand Prix Supercharged. $800. Paint looks like rear end. But a loving supercharged 3.8 for your first car, for $800. WITH WORKING AC.  I'm sure it's just as much of a basketcase as Negative Ions, but that Grand Prix is going to be a shitload more fun to drive. I'm a
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:since I can't find the actual TSB PDF, nor can I find the template that was included with the tsb) Give me a chance to look for this today before you cut.
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Apr 18, 2018 11:18
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New Zealand is a great place to visit. However I have known a few people, including the wife, who lived there for a time and they mostly say it feels very isolated because... well it is. The second complaint is that your shopping options tend to be limited by what turned up on the ship that week but I think that is an exaggeration in my experience. Just have to like lamb, you should like lamb it is good.
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BigPaddy posted:New Zealand is a great place to visit. However I have known a few people, including the wife, who lived there for a time and they mostly say it feels very isolated because... well it is. The second complaint is that your shopping options tend to be limited by what turned up on the ship that week but I think that is an exaggeration in my experience. Just have to like lamb, you should like lamb it is good. That's any island, really. I loving loved living on Guam, even with those issues. I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:The gently caress? Friend that finally got his license, a bit late in life, and linked me to the car he just bought. It's okay, the transmission in the Grand Prix won't last very much longer.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:There is no moped cooler than a good Puch. The best moped ever made is probably the Puch Magnum, but LOL at ever finding one. I'm gonna keep this bike stock this year, next year it's getting a fork + handlebar upgrade so I can run a hydraulic front disc (ask me about my stopping distance). Then it's probably going to be time to disassemble everything, order new gaskets and forged internals and have a buddy build a cross-brace for it and order a beefier swingarm and better shocks. NZ chat: Lived on the South Island for a half year, it was fantastic. It's a really mixed bag, though. If you don't like outdoors stuff and need an active social scene, it's not a great place. Lots of young people move away because of it. I found that if you stuck with whatever food was in season it brought down the cost of groceries significantly, so it helps not being a picky eater. Winter was miserable. I've never felt so cold in my entire loving life. I'll gladly take -30C here on the prairies versus the few months of miserable single digit temps out there. The air is so moist it cuts right through you, nothing helps. The houses aren't loving insulated either and LOL at anyone having forced air heating. It was awful waking up to a house that was like 2C, but at least it made you look forward to going to work. On the flip side, me and the other Canadian had the bike trails all to ourselves all winter pretty much. Also, bought an 80s JDM Corolla Saloon with the patented Clean Ace system for $800 and it was rad as gently caress.
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Breakfast Feud posted:The best moped ever made is probably the Puch Magnum, Are there specific ones that are rare? 'cause there's a Magnum on my local CL for cheap... https://columbus.craigslist.org/mcy/d/moped-1978-puch-magnumxk/6558414622.html
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Breakfast Feud posted:The best moped ever made is probably the Puch Magnum, but LOL at ever finding one. I was only supposed to link one picture of a finnish Puch Magnum but it kinda got out of hand fast. There might be factual errors in this post* Google Photos Albums are from Auranmaan Mopedi- ja Ajoneuvoharrastajat RY (Auramaa Moped & Vehicle hobbyist group) There are rebranded? cloned? Puchs in Finland under Tunturi brand. Most of their models are just known as Pappa-Tunturi due to their popularity with elderly gentlemen (cheap bike with proto-CVT) . These are all <= 50cc bikes such as: Pappa-Tunturi 1959-1987 (Tuisku, Maxi, Automat, Start, Classic. Possibly other official model names) -2 gear handle-bar shifter  -Automatic  -Foot-operated shifter  Sport bikes: Trial 1959 - 1962, 1979, 1980 - 1986  Google Photos Album: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/103903944225016590520/album/AF1QipPNo1lLFuLcxO0aW_l64onKIreyTyidbqwXUU_m Sport 1960 - 1976  Google Photos Album: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/103903944225016590520/album/AF1QipM5s1sdYmG6jbdsTrQEMfsQx6iKDz7IkmwqAX6o Super Sport 1977 - 1987  Google Photos Album: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/103903944225016590520/album/AF1QipMrVuRfAAEEgLC4yjgDk31CphwnnvEtID3AKKVJ Puch Magnum X 1982-1984  DX 1983 - 1986 (More plastic Super Sport)  Google Photos Album: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/103903944225016590520/album/AF1QipNsoRCpfqBcDWSTRiE6D8Xge3pKcKq0Q11QbA5- Tiger 1984-1993 (Tiger Aqua was watercooled, Tiger S had front disc brake, Tiger Air was air-cooled without front disc)  Google Photos Album: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/103903944225016590520/album/AF1QipOitCLsJ_8HZe-CNJJ-fme3R2QL5ftJyrgj-_F1 Tunturi Break 1985-1987  Tunturi Hopper 1990-1992 (Not a Puch engine  ) Other: Lähetti ('courier'), basically Pappa models when equipped with cargo racks Google Photos Album: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/103903944225016590520/album/AF1QipNDFaVmO2H6__4vz1Y4EopXMEUWqychdnSxv-v3 Mikro 197x - 197x  Tunturi City 1979 - 1985 
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:So the Negative Ion has a habit of pissing itself when the AC is on Let me know if you found the TSB #. I found something close but doesn't sound exactly like this. Also PM me an email address to send info. Edit: the one you found doesn't effect a 2006 supposedly. I have it and can still send it though. Suburban Dad fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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Larrymer posted:Let me know if you found the TSB #. I found something close but doesn't sound exactly like this. Also PM me an email address to send info. What's the story on the new av?
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Moped chat: that one NEAI party in CT where we raced around the property on mopeds, and Kastein and Slow is Fast and chrisgt resurrected some tank from a shed, and we got the holdbrooks warboy video. Ugh. That was a good day.
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Job chat: current employer pulled the "you can't quit because you're fired" routine when I went in to work today - a stunning display of professionalism that is no less than I would expect out of them. Already been in contact with my new employer, they have to confirm it but they're pretty sure they can start me next week  Fortunately we have just enough in the bank to cover all the bills through the end of the month in the event of a worst-case scenario.
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Seminal Flu posted:What's the story on the new av? Somebody offered a terrible av in the MTB thread, so I inquired.  It's not a great story, but I went into the MTB thread with an issue on my new bike: the crank kept falling off. People were big condescending meanies to me about it when I was asking for advice on what to check since I reinstalled and it happened again. I got a new one and eventually took it to a bike shop who didn't find anything weird with the bike except the BB was a little loose, and they reinstalled. I've only ridden it a few times since but it hasn't come off again (yet). I posted that picture in the thread when trying to get advice.
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Geoj posted:Job chat: current employer pulled the "you can't quit because you're fired" routine when I went in to work today - a stunning display of professionalism that is no less than I would expect out of them. Sign up for unemployment and make the fuckers pay. Larrymer posted:Somebody offered a terrible av in the MTB thread, so I inquired. You should have asked here, there's a lot of bike overlap in AI.
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Geoj posted:Job chat: current employer pulled the "you can't quit because you're fired" routine when I went in to work today - a stunning display of professionalism that is no less than I would expect out of them. How did they deliver the 'No, no, you're FIRED you see!' thing? If it was "I quit" "No you're fired" the next line should have been you saying "Well you can tell yourself that I guess" I ordered a set of 4 BF Goodrich K02s for my Land Cruiser because gosh they are just the best looking tire for a 4x4 (it's really all about the white letters). And just like when I bought a set for the Rugger the cheapest place by a good amount is 4wheelparts.com since they match the price as everyone else (190 a tire in this case) but you get a $50 dollar discount on buying 4, and for me I get free delivery. You'd think Costco would have them beat but nope! I don't understand it. I guess the downside is now I get a magazine from them filled with POISON JEEP RAGAGAAHGAHG stuff which is about as far away from what I like that is possible but how are they supposed to know what I'm putting these tires on? KakerMix fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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Geoj posted:Job chat: current employer pulled the "you can't quit because you're fired" routine when I went in to work today - a stunning display of professionalism that is no less than I would expect out of them. Enjoy your inter-work impromptu vacation!
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Seminal Flu posted:You should have asked here, there's a lot of bike overlap in AI. Eh, it's cool. I've done my fair share of cracking jokes at people, so I can take a little in return.
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Seminal Flu posted:Sign up for unemployment and make the fuckers pay. This was the first thing I did after walking through the door when I got home. I figure even if I don't end up getting anything it'll still mean they have to take time to respond to my claim. e: KakerMix posted:How did they deliver the 'No, no, you're FIRED you see!' thing? I took yesterday off to fill out all of the onboarding paperwork for my new job (and because why not, what are they going to do - fire me?) and emailed my resignation around 1 PM once that was complete. Walked into the office this morning, immediately noticed my laptop was missing from my desk. Manager was waiting, said he got my email and that the company "no longer requires your services, please pack your personal belongings and get out." Packed my poo poo and was frog-marched out the door. Manager did shake my hand and wish me luck in the future, so it wasn't all bad. My thinking is since the company is circling the drain (they were horribly mismanaged for years and might go belly-up by the end of this year) they don't want to pay someone who's still learning for another two weeks. Or they're just being vindictive assholes. Either way I don't really care, after I found out their promises of "raises down the road" to make up for coming in under salary requirements on my job offer was a lie or at best would be deferred for several years it turned into a lifeboat job that I'm more than happy to get out of. Geoj fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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Sounds like where I work. If you're fired and they didn't tell you during the day, when you get to work you just can't get in the building. Then security let's you into the lobby, and they bring you your poo poo in a box. If you're fired during work, you just get your badge taken, marched out, and they mail you your poo poo. Cue me being scared shitless last week one morning because my badge died. Thankfully it's just one of a bad batch that came through. But I was making GBS threads kittens until the security manager came out to me.
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Geoj posted:This was the first thing I did after walking through the door when I got home. I figure even if I don't end up getting anything it'll still mean they have to take time to respond to my claim. IT job threads in SH/SC have taught me that this is very much how companies operate these days, because someone somewhere once got burned by an employee who was halfway out the door. The moment you give your notice your accounts get disabled and you are escorted out the door.
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Always be nice and polite to people who are being drunken assholes in the bar you work at 10 years in the past. Because you never know when the dude who slapped a waitress and has to be tazed out on the sidewalk will end up being the head of the service department where you think you're going to start working and vetoes your hiring with a smile on his face. Sigh. Thankfully they're going to float me to another site that also needs people but I have to go through the formal hiring process now.
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I swear man your life is like a super dystopian version of Friends or some other sit com. Meant as sympathy of course.
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The hot and real take is this ready: Get the hell out of Indiana.
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This wouldn't be the first time the bar job screwed me out of something. Or I screwed myself out of something because of that job.
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Liquid Communism posted:Does NZ have winters? I would miss winters. slothrop posted:Depends where you live. If you go far south, sure. Snow, great skiing and all that jazz. Live in the middle and it's just windy and rainy and poo poo. Go further north and it's cold-ish and probably rainy and gray but at least you have a sweet active volcano to ski on if you so wish. My dad lives in Whangerei("biggest city" north of Auckland, but that isn't saying much), and this is pretty true from what I have heard. The weather seems to be very similar to Seattle/San Francisco, just a bit nicer. Never really gets below ~50 degrees in the winter and doesn't get above ~80 in the summer, which is pretty ideal for someone who lived in Seattle and Alaska for years. It does rain a lot tho. I need to start looking for airfare soon, heading down to visit in Jan/Feb next year. Should be interesting to make that flight with a ~5 month old baby.... BigPaddy posted:New Zealand is a great place to visit. However I have known a few people, including the wife, who lived there for a time and they mostly say it feels very isolated because... well it is. The second complaint is that your shopping options tend to be limited by what turned up on the ship that week but I think that is an exaggeration in my experience. Just have to like lamb, you should like lamb it is good. I didn't find this too bad on all my visits. Electronics/consumer goods are super expensive, but the food is great, except cheese. They don't understand what good cheese is and I have no idea why. The meat is amazing, some of the best beef/lamb/venison I have ever had was in NZ. One of the weirdest things being from the PNW, where deer are mostly a pest, is to see a paddock full of them. Just standing there, not jumping over the 3' tall fence. It does get super isolated super fast once you leave big cities. I have driven for hours on "highways" down there and not seen a single other car or person. Except for the guy, walking with no car or bike in sight, who had "gently caress you all" tattooed across his forehead. He was very nice when we stopped the car and asked if he needed a ride or anything.
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Sormus posted:IT job threads in SH/SC have taught me that this is very much how companies operate these days, because someone somewhere once got burned by an employee who was halfway out the door. The moment you give your notice your accounts get disabled and you are escorted out the door. From the company standpoint, they need to protect themselves. Of course a good company will be decent about it. At my company, if you are fired for cause, you get that sort of treatment (i.e. escorted out right now), but if you quit, it really depends on the person. Some will work right up to their final day based on their notice, while others will be thanked for their service and released that day, but paid through the end of their notice. I've always been kind of bummed when I quit a job and they had me work to the end instead of getting paid for that final two weeks but not having to go to work.
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The Locator posted:From the company standpoint, they need to protect themselves. Of course a good company will be decent about it. We'll walk you out the door but pay you for the final two weeks if you go to a competitor. I think no matter what if I left I'd tell them I'm going to a competitor.
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KakerMix posted:The hot and real take is this ready: Not an empty quote.
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Had another heading tech get fired/quit last night. Guy worked on 3rd shift; so now that leaves only 5 of us to run all the M-5 & M-6 lines on two shifts. We were already running 5 10s; so now it's looking like we'll be doing 5 12s to make up for him.
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spog posted:Mods only. OK. I thought maybe the thread owner might be able to change it, NBD, Adiabatic posted:Hit me up babygirl. You got it, daddy. Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Well that explains why the old motor was seized, it was doubling as the evaporator drain. Could be worse, but I need to find a right hand drill (Darchangel, you got one I might be able to use in your driveway sometime in the next few days? Should take less than an hour). Nope, but I got a right-angle attachment for a standard drill. Awkward as hell to use, but i should work in this application. Also have a Dremel. Rhyno posted:Always be nice and polite to people who are being drunken assholes in the bar you work at 10 years in the past. Because you never know when the dude who slapped a waitress and has to be tazed out on the sidewalk will end up being the head of the service department where you think you're going to start working and vetoes your hiring with a smile on his face. ...seriously? They're going to let a personal vendetta from this guy be the deciding factor? I mean, I guess it would be awkward, but, man, that's unprofessional.
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Devyl posted:Had another heading tech get fired/quit last night. Guy worked on 3rd shift; so now that leaves only 5 of us to run all the M-5 & M-6 lines on two shifts. We were already running 5 10s; so now it's looking like we'll be doing 5 12s to make up for him. Overtime pay at least, I hope? Also, what is a "heading tech"?
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Rhyno posted:Always be nice and polite to people who are being drunken assholes in the bar you work at 10 years in the past. Because you never know when the dude who slapped a waitress and has to be tazed out on the sidewalk will end up being the head of the service department where you think you're going to start working and vetoes your hiring with a smile on his face. That should tell you all you need to know about apartment maintenance personnel.
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Darchangel posted:...seriously? They're going to let a personal vendetta from this guy be the deciding factor? I mean, I guess it would be awkward, but, man, that's unprofessional. Well we're very good friends with the property manager and while she is technically his boss he does have hire approval. But I got a call from the regional manager and she wants me on board so I'll go over to one of the other properties for now. My "interview" with him was pretty uncomfortable, he clearly remembers me as being the reason behind his arrest. But I also have an interview for a warehouse position for similar pay and another friend of mine has hit me with potential jobs at the local university.
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