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West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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My guess is that this home is in a formerly-unincorporated area, and was annexed by the city specifically to gently caress those homeowners. Still fighting that poo poo, myself. Check for any clauses in your purchase for unknown/unforseen issues. If you signed a blanket waiver, though, you are probably outright hosed.

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West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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..and now for something completely different..

SAABDog is slowly regaining feeling, still, over a year and a half later. Her most recent affectation is to blast a nasty fart, get up, and stumble like hell away from it. :3:

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Rhyno posted:

Lol. Just got a message from Facebook that my post about people checking in to Standing Rock was found to be offensive and has been removed.

The Twits were twaddled, and the tumblers triggered. Social Media In-force(ment) 2016.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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mariooncrack posted:

This is not the first time he's caught a treat on his back.

Hey.. furry isn't cool.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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iwentdoodie posted:

This is why I don't try.

The restraining order probably helps.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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iwentdoodie posted:

We're one of like 4 houses on a street of 30+ that even have the light on.

You made the decision to move to Detroit..

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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mariooncrack posted:

Furry bacon is still bacon.


I'm starting to wonder if there's that many kids in the neighborhoods around me now. We had a bag of 150 pieces of candy and I don't think we touched half of it. I think we started giving out multiple pieces of candy to kids.

I decided to just put my candy out this year since I'm dealing with two damaged dogs(tm). Someone's precious crotchfruit decided they deserved the whole drat thing in the last half hour; anyone left can look for the dickhole with the full bag of candy.

iwentdoodie posted:

I live in socal.

But keep trying.

I don't actually pay any attention to you or your life- but since you took a potshot, I figured I might as well be neighborly and do the same. Happy pooping!

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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iwentdoodie posted:

If you think what I said in the other thread is a potshot, you might as well leave again. Cause that's called a loving joke, and you have notoriously thin skin.

You're cute. Let's make out.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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I still have this manys left!



They took everything that didn't suck.

I looked at my receipts, and according to the bags, I bought about 900 pieces. I couldn't have eaten more than 50...er... 75 of those.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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I'm still waiting for a "I'm paying for their schooling you fucks" goon story. I hope to see one before I die (again :haw:).

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Seminal Flu posted:

It's like you've never seen Viggen before.

Hi Viggen. :wave:

My issue is that I don't even know who that is. If you want to talk poo poo, at least be enough of an rear end to be recognizable like my buddy here. :glomp:

I bought a "Venom" energy drink yesterday because I figured I'd need one. It tastes like someone dipped a Now-n-Later into 7-up. It's made by Dr. Pepper/7-up, sooo, guess that makes sense.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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scuz posted:

Not sure how popular that DIY forum is but I have a feeling some helpful people in here can let me know where to start :angel:

Where should I start troubleshooting if my 20-year-old gas furnace is making clicking sounds but not making heat? Model is a Carrier Super Saver, trying to track down more specifics.

I assume that the blower is working, but you are just getting cold air? The clicking usually means it is trying to ignite- I'd start there. Look for manuals for your specific model.

If you smell gas- turn the valve off immediately, and call a professional.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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RIP Al Yankovic's parents. :negative:

KBB posted:

You participated earlier this year in our "turbocharged" survey (which was a short, quick one) and we would like to revisit the topic and ask you a few questions.

:henget:

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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CARS ARE SO SWEET AND AWESOME AND SO FAST AND YOU CAN SEE WERE YOU GO AND THEY ARE LIKE RACE CARS

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Yeah, well, gently caress You GM is still quite acceptable.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Cop Porn Popper posted:

GM vehicles are good and awesome. Fite me nerd.

imma beat ur rear end lets go

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

I found a few parts with Saab branding on them in my car. :tinfoil:

Wait a minute...

CARS GO VROOM

Getting the reference only makes you MORE SAAB. Bitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAP9AF6DCu4

West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Nov 2, 2016

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 247 days!)

Don't Drink and Piss!

This goddamn laptop from a decade past gets really hot when left on the floor with three tabs open- forum in the foreground. SITTING AROUND AND DOING gently caress-ALL (drinking beer).

My legs are now mildly burned. PERKELE!

-

I also expected more from 14 NOUN than closing his thread after making it to the destination. I spent money on this poo poo- send a goddamn shot of a coked up plug or something, dammit!

E: Goddammit I need to stop posting so much, but "catching up" to my usual annoyance factor takes work.

West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Nov 2, 2016

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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I'm not on Fercberk, so I see none of these things. :haw: This is pretty interesting, but just closing the thread that has been around for years without any inference of doing anything afterwards is so blueballsing.

I had a crew waiting for you near Billings when I expected it to die, you crazy bastard (They were going to grab you in a '69 H/O)!

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 247 days!)

Seminal Flu posted:

It's from the truck's thread, dummy.

Oh. I never trust the initial post data, since it is permacached. Thanks, I guess,

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 247 days!)

Just had someone mail me a whole box of broken Kindles. Uh... ok? I assume they want me to fix them, but they have no contact information with them. WTF, people?!

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Powershift posted:

In 2 weeks you'll get a call "are my kindles done yet? why the hell not, i sent them to you a month ago"

I assume that this will eventually go completely away- now that Amazon is selling old units w/o a warranty cheaper than I can usually buy parts. I had written it off around January, but got 5 repair requests in the last week!

Anyone who likes the oldschool eBook readers with Keyboard- there are several 3G units for about $30 via Amazon. In my experience, they're worn (and a bit beat), but that's a drat good price for a 4GB Kindle that still has audio hardware (and a limited- but functional browser).

Rhyno posted:

I'm not talking about the Cubs winning, I'm talking about the impending destruction of Chicago.

Then we can rename it to "Detroit II".

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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gimpsuitjones posted:

I'm not in the US but what if I'd rather set myself on fire than vote for any of the options? I'm still going to complain about whoever wins

You're a honorary citizen already, then.

I am so loving over the 9-3SS that it's not even funny. It's been fine for days, and when I bring it out to surprise her, it turns on the CEL. gently caress YOU, CAR.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 247 days!)

Daily driving a 15 year old $2,000 Eurocar is starting to get annoying.

>KEY ON<
Yes, I know you think the back bulbs are dead because the ground isn't as resistant as you expect after I fixed that lovely ground. >CLEAR<
Yes, I know you think the front passenger blinker bulb is out due to the fact that it's a Thursday. I tried cleaning you, and replacing it, but you are still being bratty. Time to check for another lovely ground! >CLEAR<
Yes, I know the third brake light is unhappy- I noticed that when I pulled into the driveway and there was the ebbing glow of ascension behind me, with no red filter whatsoever. >CLEAR<
>START<

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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SCA Enthusiast posted:

:same:

e: full disclosure, mine just freaks out about the brake lights most of the time. The rest is okay.

That's going to be wrong bulbs and/or ground.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 247 days!)

1500quidporsche posted:

I dunno with my 30 year old euro shitbox you just have to prime the pixies in the starter. After three or four turns of the key the the starter usually works.

It always starts, runs, and performs all of the functions I would expect- it just bitches everywhere along the way about doing so. In that sense, I guess it might be Trans-British (but born a Swede).

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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SCA Enthusiast posted:

Its one of those things I just haven't quite mustered the energy to deal with yet, but thanks for the tip. I think ground is more likely because it was only fairly recently that it started doing it every time. That said, this is the car where the PO "fixed" the burned out headlight by duct taping the lamp to the inside of the plastic cover since the retaining clip was missing.

Pull all bulbs. Clean holders like hell, scrubbing until you can see the metal. Replace with new PROPER bulbs (P21 probably). If persists, what I like to do is run a 16ga run of 10' wire with two alligator clips. One goes on the metal taillight socket, and the other onto a bit of the H which isn't covered in oil, grease, and tears. If it goes away, bad ground found!

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 247 days!)

Congratulations, Ken!

They can always hope for unigrandchild code implementation and hope you don't withhold to be 7 bit forever. :v:

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Grapeshot posted:

Put a SSD in your laptop and it'll feel like a new computer and the updates won't take two hours anymore.

Pretty much spot on. I'm daily driving an HP Elitebook which is nearly a decade old. It can be abysmal to live with, but I ended up with a 60GB SSD, which has made it more useful than using a newer tablet. The space sucks, but it can actually run Win 10 half decently (due to the fact it is maxed out in RAM AND SSD - if you have a 2GB system, an SSD is still going to suck more than it has to).

--

Got Randy's car done and him home. I kept the cracked radiator, since it failed in a way that it leaked out into a space normally reserved for the transcooler, but lacking the internals and inlets. The plastic near the top left (where the upper inlet would be) is cracked open about 1 to 1.5". If I get bored enough before dump haul day, I'll cut it open and post pictures of it's failure.

West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Nov 5, 2016

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Rhyno posted:

One of my oldest friends has been a die hard Hillary supporter and he's losing his mind. He just shut down his Facebook after a mini meltdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H34ukFe8g

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Someone page me when we can start talking about cars again.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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There sure are a fuckload of people who seem to feel the need to share their prosecution with others who couldn't give a poo poo less about what they are doing BUT OH GOD LOOK LOOK LOOK AGAIN LOOK AT MEEEEE

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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* I am not including those 200,000 popularist (lol) votes. Just this goddamn forum.

I'm listening to 90s populist computer music just until this whole loving thing blows over on the butthurt masses. See you when my 500mb HD is depleted.

West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Nov 10, 2016

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Goddammit, not only 3 days off for teasing sadbrains :douche: (from the website that gave you 9/11 to Yakity Sax), but I missed 14" making a 4.0 bonfire? gently caress! Ended up building an adapter for a GM style Homelink/Compass to interface an older SAAB Ampex connector. Took one whole shielded paperclip. :ohdear:

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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I've got a gamecube compatible Wii with all cables and the fixings. Even has an old hackable firmware that I never bothered with. Maybe has 3 hours use. :effort:

Make an offer. Comes with WiiFit, Nerf sports package, a couple of games, sideways mounting hardware, et al.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Rhyno posted:

Super cheap, rust free NA Miata is up for sale locally.




I don't need it, I don't need it...

When in the hell did your mantra change!?

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Rhyno posted:

Oh I know I fuckin need it. I'm just trying to convince myself otherwise.

G'awwwwn! G'awwn, g'awwn, g'awwn!

Somewhat Heroic posted:

The dishwasher that our builder installed (average GE stainless unit) that stopped drying. I checked to see that the heating element wasn't getting hot so I figured easy enough to replace and my new one arrived today. Took about thirty minutes but it's still not working. I'm getting a case of the effits and will find myself a Bosch dishwasher next week for Black Friday.

For what it's worth, this is how they come from the factory. They hum for like 12 hours and you get damp dishes no matter the setting.

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Somewhat Heroic posted:

Failed to mention it's been working fine just over three years. It's not too fancy but it was a mid grade unit.

Look for schematics for your model. Then, look for thermostats (at least where I'd start).

West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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Seminal Flu posted:

I was just researching that exact problem with my lovely GE dishwasher last night. Model PDT750SSF1SS, parts diagrams here: https://www.geapplianceparts.com/store/parts/assembly/PDT750SSF1SS

And I'll be hosed if I can find the heater or thermostat anywhere in those parts diagrams. :mad:

Yeah- we're nearly in the same boat. I have a similar unit, and I went looking for a heater when it was underperforming initially, and yes, mine also has the "added heat" functionality- but I'll be damned if I could find anywhere on the unit that made sense for the location of the heating element- without, you know, actually pulling it apart. I've tried crusty old appliance forums, Sears Direct, etc.. and calling GE only got me a new 800 number for scheduling a repair- no attempt at assistance whatsoever (shocking, I know).

My dead neighbor's house is left wide open after her kids came and took what they wanted. I guess I can check it out after the tweakers strip the copper from the walls (McDonalds CookieCutter Housing, LTD). :toot:

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West SAAB Story
Mar 13, 2014

by Athanatos

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BraveUlysses posted:

Yup modern America is directly comparable to pre-ww2 Germany

There are products available that aren't from General Electric..

So, my hood cable had a bris, and that's why it wouldn't unlatch..



THANKS, OBAMA SWEDEN!

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