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Grakkus posted:The absolute worst part for me is that everyone is just talking about the economics of the situation, but the EU actually has another, more important function. That of maintaining peace and stability, which it has done successfully for the most part since it's inception. Being part of a greater whole gives a sense of unity that is subtle but important. There have been no wars inside the EU, which we can all agree is a pretty drastic change from the first half of the 20th century. As someone with strong connections to Poland and who knows how it was there in the late 80s and 90s (not to mention the huge scars the country still has today) it's pretty loving obvious to me that peace isn't something that should be taken for granted. I also have zero doubt that Brexit is being supported by the Russians in the same way as Trump is, as a destabilised, fractured West is something that benefits them more than anything else. Glad I'm not the only one that feels that way. As a Canadian watching the FPTP once again turn strategic voting into a majority for the person who can command the biggest minority, I take the latest sign that the system is in critical need of reform
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The only way the FPTP system in Canada will be reformed is in a minority parliament and the government is literally forced to do it, kicking and screaming the whole way. No way would any major party, CPC, Liberal do it. It would totally go against their own self interests and that is why the blatant liar Trudeau who so strongly campaigned on doing so his first mandate decided "Whelp! I know I promised this and sounded great but can't because of...... ~runs away, slams door, starts car, peels out of driveway~" 
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fridge corn posted:This is a stupid argument, no offense, cuz it's got nothing to do with Corbyn specifically and everything to do with the fact that hes the current leader of the labour party. My view is that "Corbyn" is effectively shorthand for "the Labour party in its current Corbyn-helmet incarnation" when such things are being discussed.
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Darchangel posted:Edit: why, yes, I *do* own a rotary. Several in fact. Why do you ask? What percentage are in a running condition at any one time?
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InitialDave posted:Ehhhh... it kind of ties together. I think if you had anyone else as the leader of Labour as they are right now, yes, they'd be no more appealing, but it's the same people in Labour who really want Corbyn in charge who set the tone and direction of the party as a whole. Im not sure what you think the labour party needs to do to address this issue
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freelop posted:What percentage are in a running condition at any one time? When I had my rotaries I managed a pretty consistent 66% running rate
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Dec 14, 2019 17:48
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Beverly Cleavage posted:As of an hour ago, and in the words of the "wise" Scott Weiland: I'm half the man I used to be. Rotate some ice packs and chill out, you’re going to be sore for a while so don’t over-do it.
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fridge corn posted:Im not sure what you think the labour party needs to do to address this issue
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Tremek posted:Rotate some ice packs and chill out, you’re going to be sore for a while so don’t over-do it. That's the plan. 3 of the 4 kids are at the in-laws for tonight, currently sitting in the basement playing games with an ice pack. So far, doing pretty ok. Was hurting a bit earlier, but the ice and some ibuprofen have knocked that out.
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Thanks for the tips on what to do in Scotland - got back this week and already scheduled a trip to Ireland with the girl I was with. We got together rather well so I have high hopes for 2020. We had an Toyota Aygo as a rental and honestly I had no idea that it only had 72 hp, it could keep up with the traffic quite well. It had no rest for the clutch leg tho, which was super annoying.
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Beverly Cleavage posted:currently sitting in the basement playing games with an ice pack. Let us know who wins 
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Beverly Cleavage posted:That's the plan. 3 of the 4 kids are at the in-laws for tonight, currently sitting in the basement playing games with an ice pack. So far, doing pretty ok. Was hurting a bit earlier, but the ice and some ibuprofen have knocked that out. I figured I'd be fine without a jock strap afterwards but it probably would have helped in hindsight. Any time I was vertical it was painful. Luckily it only lasts a few days. GL
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InitialDave posted:Well, what I wanted from them was a strong anti-Brexit stance. I don't know what everyone else wanted, but Thursday's answer was a resounding "not this". If all you care about was stopping Brexit the Lib Dems would have loved to have you though didnt seem to do them much good. labour grossly overestimated its traditional working class base because when the two options on the table were "help the working class" and "racism" they voted overwhelmingly for racism
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Massive reorganization effort in the garage today due to another car purchase yesterday. Before  During  After   And then the boy printed me out a new keychain for the new car 
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Beverly Cleavage posted:As of an hour ago, and in the words of the "wise" Scott Weiland: I'm half the man I used to be. Nice. I’ll make the call for the appointment this week now that the week of hell is over and caught up with work. Speaking of ball aches; who has watched The Grand Tour’s new release of Seamen?  I started it last night and finished it today. Those guys are the best. I also watched chapter 6 of the Mandalorian and holy balls that show rules.
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fridge corn posted:labour grossly overestimated its traditional working class base because when the two options on the table were "help the working class" and "racism" they voted overwhelmingly for racism This is such an excellent summary of the situation. I'm stealing it, sorry not sorry
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Dec 14, 2019 20:14
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fridge corn posted:If all you care about was stopping Brexit the Lib Dems would have loved to have you though didnt seem to do them much good. And no, it didn't do them any good, though "fortunately" because I'm in a Labour stronghold.
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slidebite posted:The only way the FPTP system in Canada will be reformed is in a minority parliament and the government is literally forced to do it, kicking and screaming the whole way. No way would any major party, CPC, Liberal do it. It would totally go against their own self interests and that is why the blatant liar Trudeau who so strongly campaigned on doing so his first mandate decided "Whelp! I know I promised this and sounded great but can't because of...... ~runs away, slams door, starts car, peels out of driveway~" True. Like so many things in the fed, poo poo's broken, but the only people who can fix it are also the only people who benefit.
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Dagen H posted:Let us know who wins Thank god, the ice is winning. Suburban Dad posted:I figured I'd be fine without a jock strap afterwards but it probably would have helped in hindsight. Any time I was vertical it was painful. Luckily it only lasts a few days. GL Yes. Picked one up on the way to the appt. Somewhat Heroic posted:Nice. I’ll make the call for the appointment this week now that the week of hell is over and caught up with work. Yeah, definitely glad we arranged things the way we did. Though we now have 6 weeks to finish up packing the house to get ready to sell it.. soooo, that'll be interesting. On the lighter end of things, my wife is hilarious: 
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I just spent the main part of my afternoon figuring out the rear brakes of my 2006 Passat. Rear brakes shouldn't take that long.  Electronic parking brakes should not be a thing. Needing to hook a computer up to a car to change the rear brakes should not be a thing.
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Jesus Christ, my brother is back in the UK and introduced me to Taiwanese moonshine (admittedly after we'd already been out for several drinks.) I'm built like a brick shithouse and it's still noticeably hitting me. This is some proper "we allow it because it blunts the workers' tendency to insurrection" poo poo. meatpimp posted:I just spent the main part of my afternoon figuring out the rear brakes of my 2006 Passat.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Nice Si Hatch, wanna sell it? But but but I just got it!
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my F150 has an electronic parking brake It's fine I guess because it's not like I was gonna mash the parking brake pedal to pull a sweet drift anyway. I do still go to stomp the parking brake sometimes and almost fall out of my seat before I realize it's a button. Then again I do that for the clutch pedal that doesn't exist too... I haven't had a clutch pedal in like 9 years.
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I'm particularly fond of the manual release required for the Avensis electronic parking brake: rotate release tool 600 revolutions
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slidebite posted:I know you're joking, but I genuinely haven't thought of her that way. Of course. I was just marveling at how nobody else said it. Back in the day there would have been at least 4 people making that joke. Then again, when I joined SA my daughter was 3. Changing the subject but not, my daughter is now 17 and applying for college. She got waitlisted for her #1 choice and was seriously bummed about it, but over the rest of the week she got accepted to her second, third, and fifth choice schools. That really cheered her up, and I have no doubt she'll get accepted everywhere she applied. I'm super proud, she's got a 5.02 weighted GPA which puts her 19th in her class of 260. The third choice school already offered her $27k a year in scholarships. I was excited but then I looked it up - that's about half of the total cost. We're really hoping for more scholarships because without them, no matter where she goes, she's going to have over $100k in loans after graduating. It's seriously depressing. But thank god for the loving SPACE FORCE. Where are all the loving conservatives bitching about how we're going to pay for that?
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cakesmith handyman posted:I'm particularly fond of the manual release required for the Avensis electronic parking brake: That one at least is inside the boot, on the mid 10's Subaru legacy you lay on the ground with a long hand crank stick that you've inserted into the underbody and you count to 200 or 300, can't remember. Don't get it wrong because apparently you can damage something if you do. Admittedly it's not 600, but still...
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LloydDobler posted:My daughter is now 17 and applying for college. She's like 6, and still helps you with reaching car parts that are too tight for you to get your hands into InitialDave fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Dec 15, 2019 |
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When I joined SA I didn’t even have kids. Now my older son is about to turn 14; he’s 5’10” and learned to drive stick when he was 9. My younger son is in sixth grade already! Where does the time go?
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Bajaha posted:That one at least is inside the boot, on the mid 10's Subaru legacy you lay on the ground with a long hand crank stick that you've inserted into the underbody and you count to 200 or 300, can't remember. Don't get it wrong because apparently you can damage something if you do. As a 2011 Legacy owner, I had no idea what you're talking about so I just read it. Sounds like a pain in the rear end and I have no idea what the special "tool" is? ee: Guess its in the factory tool kit. I'll have to pull the spare and see what it is out of curiosity of nothing else slidebite fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Dec 15, 2019 |
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Imperador do Brasil posted:When I joined SA I didn’t even have kids. Now my older son is about to turn 14; he’s 5’10” and learned to drive stick when he was 9. My younger son is in sixth grade already! Where does the time go? So he's like 11 and you still have him driving an automatic?? smh
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taqueso posted:So he's like 11 and you still have him driving an automatic?? smh
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taqueso posted:So he's like 11 and you still have him driving an automatic?? smh He just turned 10 and has no interest in cars unfortunately.
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freelop posted:What percentage are in a running condition at any one time? Currently, zero. So, situation normal. It was about 15%, but I sold the running one.
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slidebite posted:Could use some hive mind advice. Ding Ding Ding When your raised by older people or socialized around them, especially in context of being sheltered she is seeing you in very different way. This is part of my bad socialization and cause of some of my goony issues. Basically she interacts with much older people and has internalized them as adults or authority figures. You dont resemble them thus she shunting you into a group more akin to peers. I in my late 20's i took a community college class with highschool students auditing and the rules I followed were basicaly. on school grounds were are peers. But no texting social media, socializing outside of school grounds. gently caress my friends little sister is in her early 20's and when ever we meet up we both get looks. She been mistaken for 14 before. Anyway my advice is just lean into your paternal instincts be friendly in person, no no no social media interaction or texting because even if its innocent it can look bad. It will run its course.
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Beverly Cleavage posted:On the lighter end of things, my wife is hilarious:  InitialDave posted:When I was that age, I could already drive stick, initiate a slide with the handbrake, and catch it. A friend tried to teach me how to drive stick when I was 17 or so in a 60s VW. It didn't go well. My GF then tried to teach me at 18 in her Nissan Hardbody, it went equally as bad. So when I turned 19, I went out and bought a beat up Accord with a manual and had to get it home... during rush hour. Trial by motherfucking fire right there. And to date, I've only worn out one clutch (no telling how many miles were on the clutch, or even that Accord, I know the odometer had been rolled back at least 60k). It took a couple of years, but it was slipping a bit when it got stolen (and would barely move after the cops found it). Blew up a couple of gearboxes, but the clutches still had a decent amount of material left (half the springs were broken on one... oops). Figured out handbrake slides pretty quick after getting the Accord though! GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Then again I do that for the clutch pedal that doesn't exist too... I haven't had a clutch pedal in like 9 years. Every time I drive my GF's car, I sit there wondering why it won't start. EVERY. loving. TIME. It takes about 30 seconds before a light bulb goes off and I realize "you need to step on the clutch to start it, idiot". Then when I get back in my car, I shove my left foot through the firewall for the next day or so.  (incidentally, this is the same GF I had at 18... we broke up when I moved to Dallas, then somehow hooked back up last year, but we all know how well that's going).
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I broke the DM’s undead dragon this afternoon with hypnotic pattern. It got close to the ground, apparently it wasn’t immune to charm, and you miss all the shots you don’t take. I do feel a little bad though. Oh and this AM I picked up the S65 from the ceramic place, and brought my rottie home from my dad’s where he’s been healing since ACL surgery after the fire. Now letting my kids run around at an indoor Nerf battle. Not a bad day Tremek fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Dec 15, 2019 |
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