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Hi Willie!CommieGIR posted:See Cage's post in October thread.  Dagen H posted:Because there's a dollars sign, and also the word dollars
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Oct 31, 2016 16:40
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I have enough candy for approx 400 kids. My record is just over 200. I think I'll have extra.  Also, Mrs Slidebite and I rewatched Panic Room this past weekend. Forgot how I liked it. Question (and I'll spoiler in the off chance someone here hasn't seen it) When the cops first come to the door and she sends them away saying there is no problem, how did they know she really was in trouble? I am assuming that one cop somehow did and he came back with the SWAT team 10 minutes later Also, Dwight Yoakam plays a creepy, ugly fucker way better than he should.
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Oct 31, 2016 19:15
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I too would be curious about this. Doesn't your offer to purchase, let alone title say the land location as "In the city of" or something like that? Did the property taxes not even come up in purchasing? Sounds like an epic cluster.
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Oct 31, 2016 20:39
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150+ kids in the last 1:30 Might blow well over 200 this year
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Nov 1, 2016 02:31
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Ended up with 247 kids. At first I was being overly generous with 2 bags of chips, chocolate bar and generic candy thing. After about the first hour I thought it wise to cut back. By 8, totally ran out of chocolate and candy. Closed up shop at 8:30. Still have some doritos/cheetos leftover in reserve which will go to work tomorrow or else I'll eat them if they stay at home. 
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Nov 1, 2016 05:16
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sidewalk gum posted:Err, phrasing?  Yeah, that could have been said better LOL
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Nov 1, 2016 14:12
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If it's direct ignition, igniters are a common wear part and die. Be careful if you decide to replace it, the bases are generally ceramic and easily crack. Ask me how I know. If it has a pilot light I'd call the furnace guys.
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Nov 1, 2016 18:56
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Yeah, there is real value to using a reputable company and it's worth extra for some piece of mind. That said, 2x sounds fishy though if they are literally the exact same thing. Is the other company quoting the exact same brand/model of furnace? Any accessories? Something has to be different or the other company bids super low to get the job and then SURPRISE WE FOUND THIS OUT AS WE'RE INSTALLING IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE $$RAPE$$ EXTRA. SORRY! CharlesM posted:Huh, I guess a Chinese knock-off Jeep parts company that's cloning products had the gall to exhibit at SEMA where the original company was showing too. That is awesome, although the company is probably going to just forfeit their stuff, gently caress off and just start peddling their poo poo again.
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Nov 4, 2016 16:58
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Going way out on a limb here I know, but Trump's going to lose, claim it was rigged, discrepancies at polling locations, recounts ordered, court proceedings, this won't be out of the news cycle for a while yet.
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Nov 7, 2016 20:24
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iwentdoodie posted:Someone in my upper khaki leadership just sent out a pro trump gloating group text. The world will end before that. When he gets the football he's going to try it just to make sure it's real. Also, I am NOT looking at my life savings in investments for at least a few weeks. I think I have it spread between equities/fixed income pretty well but holy poo poo. all bets are off. Hold onto yer butts. There will be contesting and recounts, but that colorful individual is going to win. Holy poo poo, I did not see that coming. I knew she was hated, but wow.
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Nov 9, 2016 06:13
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So we had some fun as this election bullshit was going on. Getting ready for bed and hear a couple hard bangs, SMASH. Mrs. Slidebite looked out the window and yelled for me, I flew up the stairs and couldn't find her. Grabbed some clothes (I was getting ready for bed of course) and ran back in and said to call 911 repeating a plate number. Turns out some fuckhead pulled up next to my company truck on the side of my house and smashed both front and back windows. Mrs. went outside, yelled at him, ran behind his car to get his plate, and he threw it in reverse trying to run her over. By this time 3 other neighbors were outside watching this. She jumped out of the way so she's fine. BUT, instead of taking off, went 40' around the corner and tried to do the same thing to a neighbors car.. with my neighbors plainly watching. Took out his hatchet and started wailing on it with the handle side (??). Other neighbor from across the street yelled at him and came running over, fuckhead tried to back over him too and then took off. End of the night and several 911 calls later, cops came by, statements taken and got some info. It looks like this guy started doing this in a totally different section of town about half hour earlier and spread to the other end of town. The cop that took our statement said something like 40 people were hit and it sounded like there was another cop doing a different bunch. Supposedly they had the guy and we'll find out more today, supposedly though my truck was the last one. I'll post a couple pics and more info later. Jesus what a clusterfuck last night was.
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Nov 9, 2016 15:27
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IOwnCalculus posted:I remember one of the local Walmarts had Virtual Boys marked down to like $25 after a year. Honestly wish I'd grabbed one. I grabbed 6. I still have 2. Wish I didn't sell the other 4 years ago. Just sold my last BNIB Jag console this summer.
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Nov 13, 2016 06:49
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Gah, I haven't been able to have a good restful sleep for weeks now. Get tired, fall asleep easy enough around midnight, but I just keep tossing and turning from about 2-3AM on, and finally just get out of bed after about 5 or 6 hours ragged rear end tired. Made a point of not drinking any alcohol at all for the past few days or eating snack foods either. No difference. I want to try exercising a bit more (maybe running on the treadmill for a bit in the early evenings) but I am so tired it's tough to get the energy to do it. I tried a couple of types of sleep aids (antihistamine nd Zopiclone), but all they do is make me even more exhausted in the morning.  The wife says I'm not snoring so I don't think it's like apnea or anything like that, and I'm a stomach/side sleeper anyhow.Also, started watching "The Crown" on Netflix with the wife. Only about 3 episodes in but it's better than I expected it to be. Production values and acting are really good. Somewhat Heroic posted:Had a somber beginning to the day. We went to the funeral of a friend of ours. He was only 30 years old. Stage four cancer. He fought for a few years. Had it licked too. He and his wife have three young children ranging from 5 to under two. They just got home from a trip together and on the ride home from the airport he started feeling really off. Went to the hospital to find out he was having a heart attack. He was placed in a medical induced coma so that they could get his kids and family there to say goodbye. This guy was clean living his whole life and so positive. The take away from words his wife shared was that he always said 'if you can't change it, you might as well enjoy it'. gently caress cancer.
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Nov 13, 2016 17:53
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BraveUlysses posted:Have you tried melatonin? Best sleep aid and its natural. As a side and I suspect you are well aware of this, keep in mind the whole "natural" thing should be taken with a grain of salt especially when it comes to supplements.
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Nov 13, 2016 18:20
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Sorry, posted the update in the Alberta thread.slidebite posted:So here is a post I did in the chat thread
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Nov 13, 2016 18:28
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In my case, the guy down the road caught him red handed breaking windows on 2 of his vehicles, and he just literally drove 100m up the road to my house to continue his escapade, in plain view of the guy the just caught him.
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1500quidporsche posted:Lord help me. I'm looking at what Trabant ownership is like. Hahaha do I even want to ask how or why this came up?
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Nov 14, 2016 20:22
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Thanks for the well wishes guys. My mum passed away soon after I got to the hospital. So sorry to hear that man, glad you were able to see her though.
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Nov 15, 2016 20:23
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^^ Haha that was pretty goodBraveUlysses posted:Have you tried melatonin? Best sleep aid and its natural. Thanks for the reminder. I actually have 2 Costco bottles 
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Nov 16, 2016 15:10
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Ever since I discovered camelcamel I have used it for all my amazon purchases and research. Doesn't have everthing but does have most.
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Nov 17, 2016 00:54
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Powershift posted:Ireland is the best it has ever been. The unemployment rate is all the way down to 28% and there's only a 1 in 10 chance of a potato famine week to week.  The immigration talk from average Americans and Canadians is fascinating at election time because for some bizarre reason so many retards seem to think it's utterly trivial to just pack your poo poo up and immigrate to the other country.
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Nov 18, 2016 18:14
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Buy a Bosch, even a cheap one, and never go back.
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Nov 18, 2016 18:22
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Devyl posted:Sooooooo Ford pulled a bunch of contracts from our company to move them to Canada. Reason? Cheaper labor and costs. In other words, about 75 people and myself lost our jobs a few days ago. Sucks, especially being so close to Christmas. However I just got a call today from GM for a job at the Corvette assembly plant right up the road starting December 3rd-4th. I interview on the 1st, so I might be building Corvettes soon. 
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Nov 19, 2016 16:47
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Just an FYI to my fellow Canadians: you can watch Grand Tour and other Amazon stuff on Amazon.com now if you have a Canadian Prime account. It's under the "stuff to watch when abroad" section. Oh poo poo man, thanks for the heads-up!
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Nov 22, 2016 19:16
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So, I was thinking of ordering a Quickjack for working on the cars but I'm wondering, is a temporary 2 post lift like a Danmar MaxJax a completely insane idea for my lovely garage? http://www.dannmar.com/dannmar-products/two-post-lifts/maxjax.asp I know it's not ideally wide enough for a nice shop, but the Subaru is about 10" further left than it need be. Am I insane for even considering a removable 2-post lift?  21' wide garage, the 911 in the photo is about 8-10" further right than it should be for maximizing space between cars. e: To be clear, the Subaru wouldn't even necessarily need to be in the garage when something was on the hoist, more for just overnight. slidebite fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Nov 23, 2016 |
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Nov 23, 2016 02:06
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Thanks for the insight. My buddy is an Engineer with LaFarge and they also coincidentally poured my house. He said he'd have records out the rear end for the concrete, depth of pour, PSI, ultimate strength, etc so I am confident if I go down the road of a maxjax with the slab as I'll run it by him first. I'd definitely run a metal detector for rebar before drilling for anchors. The Quickjack was and might still be my first choice, but my biggest hesitation is if I need to do something major, like dropping the motor in the porch I'm not convinced I'd have enough height. The Maxjax would be ample obviously and more comfortable to be working with and the price really isn't a huge difference. What are your thoughts with the anchors? Are the standard ones crappy?
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Nov 23, 2016 02:50
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What a loving train wreck.
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Nov 24, 2016 06:50
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Mustache Ride posted:Happy Thanksgiving AI, is your table set? Happy Turkey Day my American cousins. Also: Kids table. That brings back memories. Usually bad ones
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Nov 25, 2016 01:38
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The only motherboards I've ever had die were Asus. All my Gigabytes kept right chugging along until the PC was useless.
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Nov 26, 2016 07:24
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Anyone have any personal experience or recommend a wifi security camera that doesn't handcuff you to some proprietary cloud recording service or anything like that? I would also ideally like to mount outside but feeding a power cable would be a hassle for where I would like to put them, through a window might be easier at the expense of good night vision. E: To be clear, wireless slidebite fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Nov 27, 2016 |
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Nov 27, 2016 17:36
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Seminal Flu posted:I'm still going through some archive computer stuff and found something interesting -- Intel replaced my Gateway's Pentium processor because it mathed wrong. I think that event may be older than some of the posters here. More recently ran into the Linux/Broadwell bug on my gaming laptop when playing a game of TF2. Luckily, that was patched with a BIOS update, but it seems the odds are not improving going forward. http://danluu.com/cpu-bugs/
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Nov 28, 2016 17:24
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So I got a bizarre phone call from an ex-client this morning. I used to deal with him a couple of years ago before he was fired from his previous employer. He was an "Engineer" (quotes on purpose, I don't think he was recognized as one by our governing body) and I think he got his degree in Zimbabwe or something. He was basically fired for incompetence from what I understand. Anyhow, calls me out of the blue and makes some small talk. After a couple minutes the reason of the call is very apparent. He asks me to be a reference for him. Sure I say. I kind of liked the guy and had few problems working with him. Seemed a little disorganized in some ways, but my dealings were generally positive so I really would have no problem doing it. As we're hanging up, he asks for my email address which I give him, but he then says - "I'll send you a short email with what I need you to say if they call." I reply "Well, I'll read what you send but if I am a reference I'm going to answer the questions as best I can although I'll keep in mind any highlights you have which you think I should point out." "Of course, of course.. that's all I can ask." he says. So I get an email from him an hour later and it's largely some script that has me saying how great a leader and team player he was, how diligent he is and how he reported to me on some major projects (I was involved, but not his supervisor in any shape or form - he was my client). Basically how awesome he is at lowering costs and performing better than expected. He actually asks me to say his weaknesses are that he's a perfectionist, values work over family (works way to hard) and can't say no to what his superiors ask. I think I can give him a positive reference, but I don't think I can say what he's asking me to because I simply don't know it to be true... and it's sort of awkward because any prospective employee is going to ask my relationship to him and will probably wonder how I would know some of what he's asking me to say. I've been a professional reference for a few people in the past, but I've never been asked to be one like this. 
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Nov 28, 2016 23:04
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Is he one of the guys who was suing APEGA? Tomarse posted:I think i'd struggle to lie/be creative like that even for a close friend. For an acquaintance like him that you only hear from every few years I would just be truthful.
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Nov 29, 2016 01:35
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Rhyno posted:You could almost certain do everything you've listed in a Tacoma. As a Tacoma driver, they are over priced as hell and have awful fuel economy. If I were looking for a used pick up, go domestic.
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Nov 29, 2016 06:48
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