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Darchangel posted:Oh, and I forgot one I have on my AE86: See now that's funny. I'd crack up if I saw that in the wild.
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Scathach posted:Okay if someone that dumb shoots their dick off I'm fine with it. There. I said it. No, see, we're all totally owned if they shoot themselves in the dick. Owned, I say!
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meatpimp posted:He can't even make a Subaru run, don't pay him any attention. The rest of us are cool. Except for me. The issue is that there is no way in hell I'm going to do the super secret ceremony for starting recalcitrant Outbacks where obese neckbeards dress up as Sailor Moon and Meiko Shiraki before prostrating themselves on the ground with fake tentacles and vape smoke, chanting something about their eternal love of waifu and how they want sempai to notice them, all the while branishing knock off katanas as sweat pours off unwashed bodies unused to doing more than getting off the couch to get another bag of doritos and whatever loving anime juice they consume. And this is why WRX's are far better. The super secret ceremony to get them started revolves around soaking yourself in the blood of spectactors that you have personally run over, all the while growling and spitting lit AVGAS, calling apon Begark the Great Chicken God to bless you and protect from killer trees and to have the mere presence of the ghost of Colin McRae come to bequeath Words Of Wisdom upon you, all the while the Great and Pure disciple of Begark, Ari Vatenen stands on the car with eyes and hands aflame ready to strike down all who do not worship Begark or are F1 fanboys with the power of 1000 antilag systems exploding all at once. And then the very spirit of Possum Bourne will come forth and personally kickstart the engine into life. Now THAT is a ceremony I have no problems doing because who the gently caress wouldn't want to have The Great and Pure Ari Vatenen come forth as a blazing visage?
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Scathach posted:Can I get pics of the inside of this bus thing? Looks hella cool.  
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May 27, 2020 00:20
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That looks super nice, what are the amenities?
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May 27, 2020 00:51
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ari Vatenen Vatanen. I'd hold Juha Kankkunen as the "better" driver tho.
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So if I put all the stickers from the companies I bought parts from on my dumb patina rod junk yard car I am not... cool?
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BigPaddy posted:So if I put all the stickers from the companies I bought parts from on my dumb patina rod junk yard car I am not... cool? You're all posting on the Internet, which is the dorkiest activity known to humankind. I ordered my ebike (e stands for extremely dorky) on May 8th. It's at the bike shop, and as of Friday they were sorting out a noise in the rear brake. That's all cool and good. I understand that in the midst of a global pandemic that is going to make New Yorkers avoid public transit for a while, they're extremely busy. I told them to take their time and I'd hear from them this week. but in reality I'm impatient and irrational and I want the drat thing _now_
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taqueso posted:That looks super nice, what are the amenities? Has rear air and heat that can run independently of the front, has power and lights but no outlets but wires and outlet plugs ran under things I ha e cleanly removed most, but lots of room and areas to add batteries or solar or whatever) and the rear through the door is a wet room? I think you would call it? Sink with shower attachment and teak raised floor with drain in the bottom. Had a camping toilet in there I guess could again. The sad thing is (and this is true) it had a full laserdisc karaoke system in it with tube tv that the port wouldn’t let ship with it! Just got thrown away they say (or stolen). This was in Japan. Not USA port.
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Bummer about the laserdisc, that would have been baller. I hope it got stolen/recovered and not trashed, even though you didn't get it. I figure anyone working on these cars all the time would know that's cool and also know what rule to cite to get to keep it.
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Darchangel posted:Oof. I know about GST, but typically forget about it since it's not a thing here. I pay 8.5% sales tax here in TX, so being reminded of how high GST is elsewhere is just eye-watering. More than killing Aust built Holden’s, they’ve shuttered the brand entirely. Ford stopped building cars locally a while back too, along with Toyota. You can’t put it down to taxation, it’s far more complex than that. Small volumes in terms of the Falcon and Commodore, at least Commodore had export markets beyond Au and NZ, but still tiny. Everything else volume came from SE Asia, which I assume is cheaper labour, so that’s Ranger, Colorado and I think our Fiesta and Focus too. Aust govt not willing to pay subsidies any more while they happily will for mining interests, possibly because breaking the automotive unions got them hard. Then you had typical GM mismanagement. Profit shifting - Commodore was entirely designed and built in Australia, but the IP was owned by GM then licensed back to GMH. Their smaller car offerings were garbage. One generation a Barina would be an Opel Astra, which had its own weird European problems, the next it would be a garbage Daewoo, with another set of issues. Missed the SUV/CUV train, or what they did offer was garbage, with nothing to offer over any of the competitors. The new Commodore fundamentally isn’t a bad car, but a FWD/AWD 4cyl or V6 liftback isn’t a replacement for a full size RWD V6 or LS powered sedan or wagon. The other thing about tax, is Americans seem to pay a just as much of it as anywhere else but get gently caress all in return. We get functioning government and civic services. The old gag about queueing at the DMV? Totally foreign to us. FTTH to 85% of the population because of govt funding, which just started getting upgraded to 10gbit capability. About NZ$180/mo gets you the current top plan of unlimited 4000/4000. Healthcare and accident cover. A welfare system. We currently have 21 active Covid cases, 1 of which is in hospital. (Don’t say NZ is a remote island miles from anywhere, the place is usually crawling with Chinese tourists). Paying taxes can get you cool stuff, but instead you guys pay for a whole bunch of military and for corporations to get rich while the president plays golf and charges the Secret Service to rent his golf carts.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:The other thing about tax, is Americans seem to pay a just as much of it as anywhere else but get gently caress all in return. We get functioning government and civic services. The median US taxpayer, maybe, but the ultra rich and big businesses? Tax breaks galore! The US government doesn't have time for civic services. We're too busy buying military hardware from defense contractors (who dodge taxes as much as possible) in order to supply global peacekeeping oil securing efforts. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 03:25 on May 27, 2020 |
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BuckyDoneGun posted:More than killing Aust built Holden’s, they’ve shuttered the brand entirely. Ford stopped building cars locally a while back too, along with Toyota. You can’t put it down to taxation, it’s far more complex than that. Small volumes in terms of the Falcon and Commodore, at least Commodore had export markets beyond Au and NZ, but still tiny. Everything else volume came from SE Asia, which I assume is cheaper labour, so that’s Ranger, Colorado and I think our Fiesta and Focus too. Aust govt not willing to pay subsidies any more while they happily will for mining interests, possibly because breaking the automotive unions got them hard. Then you had typical GM mismanagement. Profit shifting - Commodore was entirely designed and built in Australia, but the IP was owned by GM then licensed back to GMH. Their smaller car offerings were garbage. One generation a Barina would be an Opel Astra, which had its own weird European problems, the next it would be a garbage Daewoo, with another set of issues. Missed the SUV/CUV train, or what they did offer was garbage, with nothing to offer over any of the competitors. The new Commodore fundamentally isn’t a bad car, but a FWD/AWD 4cyl or V6 liftback isn’t a replacement for a full size RWD V6 or LS powered sedan or wagon. For a good while, Holden was in fact the biggest export revenue earner in Australia. Holden Engine Company shipped out literally millions of engines around the globe. They also had more than just "tiny" exports to South Africa and China. It is honestly impressive GM could take Holden from that to being shuttered in a decade. And that whope profit shifting thing..... JFC just how hosed up. It hurt Opel and Vauxhall something chronic too - both never made a profit for 20 years but almost the exact quarter PSA bought them.... suddenly they were both profitable. gently caress GM and their bullshit.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:For a good while, Holden was in fact the biggest export revenue earner in Australia. Holden Engine Company shipped out literally millions of engines around the globe. They also had more than just "tiny" exports to South Africa and China. Didn’t realise they were number one! I only mean tiny in terms of global car volume, eg Commodores vs how many Corollas or F150’s. Despite how good it was, it was still a full size sedan in a world buying crossovers and pickups.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Didn’t realise they were number one! I only mean tiny in terms of global car volume, eg Commodores vs how many Corollas or F150’s. Despite how good it was, it was still a full size sedan in a world buying crossovers and pickups. The place I worked for in the early 90's was a freight forwarder - HEC's volume literally was the most valuable account of any business either coming into or out of Australia. And the sales rep that landed that basically got a 1.3 MILLION dollar bonus without a single second's worth of discussion by the finance dept - "Oh they landed the HEC account? The bonus will be that much? Ummm.... sure, and we'll throw in some hookers and as much booze as they want too" True story that last part too. Sales person literally got 20 grand worth of the best alcohol and was balls deep in escorts for the next week. Like the CEO cared. Also true story - sales rep also landed John Holland, Caterpillar and a couple of other major ones off the back off the volume shipping discounts we could negotiate just due to the HEC volume value. Whatever they paid that sales rep was worth every cent many times over
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blk posted:Anyone have stickers or magnets on their car? I know they’re generally considered distasteful; but I’m curious (dealer badges don’t count).   Hes just so happy. Search "Takashi Murakami" if you want more. I want a lil pillow.
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More tractor chat: I just bought a new house and it has 5 acres of wooded land that I would like to clear. I'm thinking I'll hire a company to come in and clear out the big trees, but I'll need a tractor to deal with cleanup. Should I be looking at a Kubota B series? Edit: some pictures   
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trees are good let them be i got a layoff notice today, feels bad the whole aerospace industry has been crushed so i have no idea what the gently caress to do!
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How much do you want to spend? Loader and grapple would work best, Kubota B series is a possibility. However, understanding what a tractor can and can’t lift and what fits your budget is key. Sub-compacts, especially older ones, kubota in particular, can’t lift much for a reason. And even if it does, doesn’t mean its safe. People die all the time with logs on their lap or in rollovers trying do what your asking.
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rdb posted:How much do you want to spend? Loader and grapple would work best, Kubota B series is a possibility. However, understanding what a tractor can and can’t lift and what fits your budget is key. Sub-compacts, especially older ones, kubota in particular, can’t lift much for a reason. And even if it does, doesn’t mean its safe. People die all the time with logs on their lap or in rollovers trying do what your asking. My budget is $15k, and yes, I really don't want to die. A used tractor is more than acceptable, and I'd like to be able to dig up stumps.
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daslog posted:My budget is $15k, and yes, I really don't want to die. A used tractor is more than acceptable, and I'd like to be able to dig up stumps. if you want a tractor anyway go nuts or whatever, but if this is solely to dig stumps you're probably better just paying the company that takes out the trees to dig the stumps. if you don't know what you are doing it is risky, and also extremely slow. i will echo that trees are good. none of those trees look very big. it's always tough to tell from pictures but it looks like there might be a 16" hemlock or some other fir tree in one picture with everything else being smaller (unless there's a bunch of stuff you haven't shown). if you really want to be self sufficient, take on more risk, and buy more cool rear end tools you can probably fell all of that poo poo yourself.
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BraveUlysses posted:i got a layoff notice today, feels bad poo poo man, good luck. get that UA asap
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:if you want a tractor anyway go nuts or whatever, but if this is solely to dig stumps you're probably better just paying the company that takes out the trees to dig the stumps. if you don't know what you are doing it is risky, and also extremely slow. The former owners of the property was the head of the local flower club. She had paths put in, planted flowers everywhere, and and did tours for groups like the girl scouts back in the 80's. Then she got old and everything was overgrown. What I want to do is open it up again, extend the back yard, and then maintain it. What I was thinking was that I can take out all of the small stuff on my own and leave the really big stuff to a company. There is definitely an argument to be made that I'd be better off hiring a company to do all of the work, but I really want a tractor too  . I'm also thinking that it doesn't make sense to buy something that isn't going to be up to the task.
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daslog posted:The former owners of the property was the head of the local flower club. She had paths put in, planted flowers everywhere, and and did tours for groups like the girl scouts back in the 80's. Then she got old and everything was overgrown. What I want to do is open it up again, extend the back yard, and then maintain it. Tractors are good and Kubota makes good tractors. The B series is smaller than it looks, but has enough power to handle most of what you're looking to do. I know Dad had a B series and a bigger John Deere, but ended up using the Kubota more...
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BraveUlysses posted:trees are good let them be Boeing? My fiance just put his two weeks in and he's joining me in the pot industry. Hilariously enough, me working with weed was the only essential job that anyone in either of our families or friend group even had. Job security in the dystopian future. Edited to add, sorry about the layoff. It's all terrible bullshit. And I agree with letting trees be. Trees are loving lovely. Scathach fucked around with this message at 18:20 on May 27, 2020 |
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daslog posted:My budget is $15k, and yes, I really don't want to die. A used tractor is more than acceptable, and I'd like to be able to dig up stumps. For your budget you can probably get a decent used 60hp or so tractor, most sell for a fraction of that (they're very common, last forever, and are probably the cheapest price point for tractors). It will be able to lift and move most of the logs and brush, tear out smaller stumps, etc. The bonus is if it snows where you live then you can get a 6' wide snowblower for it and clear your driveway in two passes.
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Cage posted:Hes just so happy. Search "Takashi Murakami" if you want more. I want a lil pillow.
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Fermented Tinal posted:For your budget you can probably get a decent used 60hp or so tractor, most sell for a fraction of that (they're very common, last forever, and are probably the cheapest price point for tractors). It will be able to lift and move most of the logs and brush, tear out smaller stumps, etc. The bonus is if it snows where you live then you can get a 6' wide snowblower for it and clear your driveway in two passes. Sweet. Can you give me an example or two of a model I'd be looking for?
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BraveUlysses posted:i got a layoff notice today, feels bad gently caress, man, hope you find something new soon. I had my last day at my old gig end of March, but due to the 'rona, there was only a zoom farewall beer thing. I've now been invited to breakfast Friday (it's a recurring thing. Holy ol' gently caress do the lifers love their 800kcal Friday pastry. But I digress.) and I can't really be bothered to be honest. Some useless middle manager is going to give a speech with no footing in reality, and I should actually be at my new work doing productive stuff. Oh well, at least there'll be a box of chocolates or something.
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Scathach posted:Boeing? My fiance just put his two weeks in and he's joining me in the pot industry. Hilariously enough, me working with weed was the only essential job that anyone in either of our families or friend group even had. Job security in the dystopian future. yeah, and i'm 99% sure my job will never come back even though they will keep me on a rehire list. i'm sure they will outsource what i do to india or russia/ukraine
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opengl128 posted:See now that's funny. I'd crack up if I saw that in the wild. You do have to be familiar with AE86 Corollas to get the joke, so limited audience. I'd totally do it full size on the sides of the car if my vinyl cutter could cut that large. BuckyDoneGun posted:The other thing about tax, is Americans seem to pay a just as much of it as anywhere else but get gently caress all in return. We get functioning government and civic services. The old gag about queueing at the DMV? Totally foreign to us. FTTH to 85% of the population because of govt funding, which just started getting upgraded to 10gbit capability. About NZ$180/mo gets you the current top plan of unlimited 4000/4000. Healthcare and accident cover. A welfare system. We currently have 21 active Covid cases, 1 of which is in hospital. (Don’t say NZ is a remote island miles from anywhere, the place is usually crawling with Chinese tourists). I just saw a finance article about that. I've got it queued up to read more closely, but the gist of it is you're right. All tolled, taxes plus "mandatory payments", the average US citizen pays as much in "taxes" as the rest of the world, but we get far less out of it. A lot goes to medical insurance companies who flip us the bird in return, and a lot goes to the federal government, who does much the same, insofar as stuff that we actually want.
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Darchangel posted:You do have to be familiar with AE86 Corollas to get the joke, so limited audience. I've seen "2.5L NO OUTPUT" stickers done up for four-cylinder Jeeps that perfectly mimic the 4.0 stickers.
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What's truly amazing is despite paying tons of money for insurance and still facing huge bills if you visit the hospital, now is a really bad time to be a health worker. My pharmacist and nurse friends both hate life right now, they're getting their hours cut but expected to do the same amount of work as before, PPE is an issue, and their stress levels are insane. This is not the time I'd want to be in the hospital for something serious. I have Aetna gold PPO and still ended up paying ~$800 out of pocket when I had the flu in February but my doctor sent me to the ER because a family member had recently been in Asia. Said family member had already been tested for the rona a week before and came back negative, so I was 99.9% sure it wasn't the rona, but I couldn't get any service from my regular doctor so I did the whole ER thing. I imagine a lot of people would have just said gently caress it and went home to skip the inevitable huge bill, which does nothing for public health as a whole. And that's with the insurance negotiating down thousands of dollars, the people without insurance get royally screwed.
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Re: Healthcare workers getting their hours cut It's happening everywhere unfortunately because profit is more important than public health. The "we love our essential workers!" and "healthcare heroes" stuff is such an obvious loving charade
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Previa_fun posted:Re: Healthcare workers getting their hours cut They're not heros, they're martyrs. It's cheaper to let them die than source masks.
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For-profit healthcare and education is the loving worst and I hate it so much.
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My friend's ex-wife is (was) a physical therapist at a retirement community/elderly outpatient rehab center. They never told her three of her regular, three times a week patients were confirmed positive. So she caught it, was quarantined for two weeks and recovered. Back to work for a week - oh so sorry, you can either keep working your current job at 25% pay cut and we can only commit to 8 hours a week, or we can lay you off. Icing on the cake? The state denied her unemployment claim for the two weeks she was quarantined, throwing a wrench into the works of her new claim since she is now laid off. Last time I heard appeals had a three month backlog.
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Live stream for manned Falcon/Dragon launch if anyone is interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjb9FdVdX5I
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