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Humphreys posted:I literally dumped my Toyota Sera at an exs house back when it caused me enough problems (which I spent what I consider a lot of money on). Now I'm watching Mighty Car Mods latest series featuring one and being 'that guy' in the comments telling everyone what each little tiny thing is. Did you watch to the end of the challenges? If not skip like the last 5 minutes, haha
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My last company was a very small startup. I was the 4th hire, and we grew to 40ish people before I left. For the last ~year of my employ there, I told them time and again that they needed someone to focus on their infrastructure, and I volunteered to be that person. In January, for a number of reasons, I left. It's vindicating to see that they've finally posted a job opening for Devops Manager. I considered applying as a joke, but it's not worth the effort. In other news, I'm really enjoying this used 3D printer I got. I put Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi I had kicking around, and I'm having a lot of fun just letting it do its thing on the shelf near my desk. Now I need to model a spice rack for the kitchen to justify the space it takes up.
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64bit_Dophins posted:I just ate a pint of ice-cream in one sitting. My doc says my body expects it after years of alcohol abuse you have mentioned other things before. I could not stand candy or sweets before now I’m an ice cream weirdo at home
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Oct 15, 2020 16:25
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Uughh just found out they’re moving our most experienced team member with the highest work load to the new payroll software transition team so he won’t be working with us anymore. We JUST hired two people to bolster our team, which wasn’t even enough to get back to 100% staffed, AND our supervisor just left us two weeks ago. I get that you need experienced heavy hitters to get the already four months delayed system working correctly, but drat don’t take all of them and leave a team of people that mostly just joined THIS year to pay tens of thousands of people across three countries.
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Oct 15, 2020 16:37
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everdave posted:My doc says my body expects it after years of alcohol abuse you have mentioned other things before. I could not stand candy or sweets before now I’m an ice cream weirdo at home Yeah I always hated sweets when I was drinking. And even the first two years sober I never liked it, but recently I've started liking sweets. I quit smoking tobacco/vaping back in January so I can actually taste stuff now. Idk what it is but yeah I love ice cream now. I mean alcohol really is just sugar when you think about it. It makes sense.
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Oct 15, 2020 16:52
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Put my Wrangler up for sale today. I'm kind of sad about it, but I just couldn't drive it without the anxiety of feeling completely exposed and vulnerable in it because of my accident. especially with my son riding along, I felt very uncomfortable driving in traffic and all i could think about was what if there was an accident. I thought i was over it but I guess not This is why I stopped dailying my Miata and bought a hatchback then traded for a midsized sedan. Once I realized truck bumpers were at head height and a soft top does jack poo poo for protection I started to get worried. I'm even more aware of safety now after my interstate rear-ender last year. I guess this is growing up.
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Oct 15, 2020 17:16
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RIP Paul Walker posted:I’m thinking about selling my E46 that I’ve had since 2007 and it’s been hard to come to terms with. my buddy is now the current owner of this evora and he really likes it https://jalopnik.com/maximum-bob-lutzs-maximum-lotus-evora-is-for-sale-5977773 im not sure he drives it much though
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Oct 15, 2020 17:31
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BraveUlysses posted:my buddy is now the current owner of this evora and he really likes it I’m softly in the market for a green/oyster Evora and will be hard in the market after my other cars are gone. Think he’ll want to sell it? I wonder if the stripes can be removed like they can on Fords...
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Oct 15, 2020 17:36
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i dont think he'll sell it. i asked how many miles he's put on it in 3? 4? years of ownership and its only 3k
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Oct 15, 2020 17:45
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Pros: cast my vote, picked up my new glasses (that I ordered 3 weeks ago  ). New glasses definitely feel better; left lens is a touch stronger, right lens is a touch weaker. I can actually read my phone without taking them off! Both eyes are at the same strength for the first time ever (my right eye has always needed a slightly stronger lens).Cons: Brokeback started shaking pretty loving violently on the highway on the way back, but only on the gas (even slightly, though). I'm getting angry CV joint noises turning either direction now. It's also a giant vibrator at idle now (not a "these motor mounts need attention sometime soon", more of a "shake your drat fillings out") - thinking what was left of a motor mount let go and made the angles all fucky. The mounts were already "mounts? you're lucky the engine even sits level" before.
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Oct 15, 2020 17:50
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Angry CV's can definitely cause a shake in the auto subies. Next time it does it try rolling forward really slowly, sometimes there's a spot where it stops the shake. But otherwise, yeah you'll need an axle sooner than later. Junkyard oem might be the best bet, the aftermarket ones are known to be iffy in terms of longevity and vibration at stops.
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Oct 15, 2020 18:08
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Cage posted:I miss my 99 explorer. It had a ton of miles but it was comfy to drive and you could really beat on it. I would miss the power from the mustang, though. The seats in my Explorer just weren’t comfortable for road trips. But the tiny fuel tank that made 300 highway miles feel like an accomplishment made you get out and stretch pretty often!
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Oct 15, 2020 18:32
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Any (mostly Aussies?) opinions on KMAC stuff? I need more camber on my Chevy Commodore for my next set of track tires, and using offset bolts means I won't have enough clearance between the strut and tire. KMAC makes adjustable strut mounts & offset lower bushings, but their website is very geocities and the products aren't cheap enough to just gamble on. Related, got 11 track days out of a set of Hankook RS4s with somewhat low camber settings (-1.5 front, -.8 rear) but chunked one outside edge down to cords, and everything else is at the wear bars. Thinking NT01s for my next set, but that means more camber to align with the extra grip and avoid just killing the outside edges.
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Oct 15, 2020 20:35
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This is Izzy He's a sweet rear end in a top hat of a cat. His original owner abused him. We rehabbed his brain and he's now a sweet cuddly boy. He's an empath, when I'm in a bad place, he paws his way into my lap and purrs until I can calm myself. But he's also been a headache because he persists in peeing outside his litter box. We currently have four huge boxes for him to choose from and he is still having issues. He's had dozens of tests and been to a behavior specialist. We have literally spent thousands of dollars on this cat between replacing things he's destroyed and trying to treat him. And an hour ago, I went upstairs to clean the blue room I just installed the new laminate in and discovered that he had peed in numerous spots over the last 48 hours. It had been long enough that it has soaked in, destroying at least 20 boards. This is going to require ripping out the entire floor carefully as to not break the good panels and then reinstalling it with new pieces. Hours of work and a couple hundred dollars gone. I think we have to get rid of him now and it's going to break my heart. But I don't think I can carry on with this in my current declining mental state.
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Oct 15, 2020 20:51
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What kind of food are you feeding? I feed my cat frozen raw food and she seems to be much happier about where she does her business since her body processes it a lot easier.
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Oct 15, 2020 21:04
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RIP Paul Walker posted:What kind of food are you feeding? I feed my cat frozen raw food and she seems to be much happier about where she does her business since her body processes it a lot easier. We've tried everything. We've tried every type of dry and wet food we can source. The vet thinks it's just behavior issues stemming from his kitten days. He's been medicated several times and nothing has changed. A few years ago he sprayed into our entertainment center while we were out of town (my sister came and fed them) we discovered he'd totally saturated an Xbox and all the games next to it. Like, SOAKED. And I still forgave him. I wasn't really clear how bad he was when we got him, he was pretty much feral. We'd actually gotten him back in the carrier after he'd slashed my arm open. But then he cried so pathetically so I let him out and like an hour later he came up to me and put his paw on my leg and I was done for.
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Oct 15, 2020 21:10
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Aww gently caress, that really sucks. I don’t suppose they’d do well as an outdoor cat? It makes me so angry to hear about animals that were abused, sorry you have to go through that. The peeing everywhere is definitely not a cat’s normal nature (let me tell you about what happens when I leave oil cleanup litter out at the shop...) and you’re right to look at the root cause. Sorry man...
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Oct 15, 2020 21:18
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For the longest time it was just on carpet. Now we think he's smells the chemicals in whatever is on the floor and is trying to drown it out with his own scent. We'll see what we need to do when my wife gets home from Iowa. Until then I'm just watching stupid poo poo on youtube to distract myself.
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Oct 15, 2020 21:25
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Rhyno posted:For the longest time it was just on carpet. Now we think he's smells the chemicals in whatever is on the floor and is trying to drown it out with his own scent. Aw man that is a bad situation. If it helps, you are totally right that it's not acceptable for your home to have that kind of thing going on. Sounds like you've tried everything you can to make it work.
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Oct 15, 2020 22:04
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Rhyno posted:We've tried everything. We've tried every type of dry and wet food we can source. The vet thinks it's just behavior issues stemming from his kitten days. He's been medicated several times and nothing has changed. A few years ago he sprayed into our entertainment center while we were out of town (my sister came and fed them) we discovered he'd totally saturated an Xbox and all the games next to it. Like, SOAKED. And I still forgave him. Rosie does this too, the frequency seems to be tied to her emotional state. Fortunately I don't care about the flooring upstairs, and the flooring downstairs is going to be Lifeproof vinyl when I redo it and she moves down there. It's a pain in the loving rear end though, if I discard a piece of clothing or something on the floor it'll be soaked in piss the next morning, I had to go to work one day reeking of cat piss because she pissed on my uniform, and my backup had just gotten ripped badly the day before. At least I got her to stop pissing the drat bed.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Put my Wrangler up for sale today. I'm kind of sad about it, but I just couldn't drive it without the anxiety of feeling completely exposed and vulnerable in it because of my accident. especially with my son riding along, I felt very uncomfortable driving in traffic and all i could think about was what if there was an accident. I thought i was over it but I guess not If I’d been in anything smaller during my recent accident I probably would have been killed. And of course practically everything is smaller than a crew cab F-150. So the thought of replacing it with something like a 2021 2 door Bronco gives me a bit of anxiety. I think I’ll probably get over it though.
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bird with big dick posted:If I’d been in anything smaller during my recent accident I probably would have been killed. And of course practically everything is smaller than a crew cab F-150. Yeah if I would have been in my '97 wrangler for my accident I'd be dead for sure. At least with the new Bronco it should be pretty safe, standards are much better these days.
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Oct 16, 2020 02:51
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shy boy from chess club posted:Did you watch to the end of the challenges? If not skip like the last 5 minutes, haha Yeah lol, got proper chopped
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Oct 16, 2020 03:03
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Olympic Mathlete posted:There's been a little much of this online where you get stuff like 'cockwomble' and the like. Don't go too far making new words. Douche-Canoe.
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Oct 16, 2020 03:23
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I started gathering supplies to strip some paint off of some trim down in the basement, took a little look at the back of the can, "use in well ventilated area, preferably outdoors and never in a basement". Welp. Looks like I freed up my night.
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Oct 16, 2020 03:36
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StormDrain posted:I started gathering supplies to strip some paint off of some trim down in the basement, took a little look at the back of the can, "use in well ventilated area, preferably outdoors and never in a basement". Welp. Looks like I freed up my night. Yeah, well you're gonna have to free up your night, 'cause you're not doing anything productive once you inhale all those fumes.
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Elviscat posted:Yeah, well you're gonna have to free up your night, 'cause you're not doing anything productive once you inhale all those fumes. Well I meant I decided against it. edit: reminds me of the other day, I had two open mixing cups, one with 'paint gun cleaner' and the other with lacquer thinner. I wasn't sure which was which (I have since labelled them), and I couldn't smell nothin' so I stuck my whole nose in there and holy gently caress what a dumbass move. StormDrain fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Oct 16, 2020 |
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Oct 16, 2020 04:37
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Laying in a steaming hot bath, getting half cut on makers mark and singing at the top of your lungs to Pearl Jam is perfectly normal behaviour for 5 in the afternoon on a Friday isn’t it? I think my depression is at the helm again
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Oct 16, 2020 08:20
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Oct 16, 2020 09:58
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Sounds like self care *spends the evening drinking rum playing stardew valley*
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Oct 16, 2020 12:08
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Anything that makes you feel even the tiniest bit better this year is allowable, as long as it doesn't negatively affect anyone else. Here endeth the sermon. The above is why I visited KFC last night after work and ordered 2 Double Down meals and have been avoiding working on cars as much as possible for the past 6 months.
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Went six hours of uninterrupted sleep for the first time since surgery, and on only a half shot of hydrocodone! The pain I woke up with was exquisite! Took fully 40 minutes for another half shot to break through. Along with it was four ibuprofen, an ice-down, and numbing throat spray, but I do dare say I’m starting to feel normal again. I get my septoplasty stents out later this morning and my final procedure - a balloon sinuplasty. It’s like getting your HVAC ducts cleaned out, but inside your face. Should be fun.
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trouser chili posted:Went six hours of uninterrupted sleep for the first time since surgery, and on only a half shot of hydrocodone! The pain I woke up with was exquisite! Took fully 40 minutes for another half shot to break through. Along with it was four ibuprofen, an ice-down, and numbing throat spray, but I do dare say I’m starting to feel normal again. I get my septoplasty stents out later this morning and my final procedure - a balloon sinuplasty. It’s like getting your HVAC ducts cleaned out, but inside your face. Should be fun. Hi5 fellow open-plan head buddy. I had functional endoscopic sinus surgery 9 years ago, it was a big success.
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Just saw that the 560SEC that my dad had in the early/mid '90s sold on BaT: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-mercedes-benz-560sec-33/ That was a great car.
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That's a gorgeous car. Speaking of  https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-datsun-240z-160/
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slidebite posted:That's a gorgeous car. The last one of these that sold for crazy money had 21k miles and went for $310k. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-datsun-240z-124/ You could buy so many 240s to crash for that money.
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trouser chili posted:Went six hours of uninterrupted sleep for the first time since surgery, and on only a half shot of hydrocodone! The pain I woke up with was exquisite! Took fully 40 minutes for another half shot to break through. Along with it was four ibuprofen, an ice-down, and numbing throat spray, but I do dare say I’m starting to feel normal again. I get my septoplasty stents out later this morning and my final procedure - a balloon sinuplasty. It’s like getting your HVAC ducts cleaned out, but inside your face. Should be fun. That's great! It sounds like your tonsil removal is going way better than mine did. My staples came out in the middle of the night and I ended up back in the hospital for a few days.
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mariooncrack posted:That's great! It sounds like your tonsil removal is going way better than mine did. My staples came out in the middle of the night and I ended up back in the hospital for a few days. Wow, yeah no staples here. They used a cryonic knife that cauterizes as it cuts, so no suturing needed. Just had the stents pulled, was not comfortable.
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trouser chili posted:Wow, yeah no staples here. They used a cryonic knife that cauterizes as it cuts, so no suturing needed. Just had the stents pulled, was not comfortable. Yeah, but... how are your poops?
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