Sept 2017 chat thread - You can get high off Immodium? Are you shitting me?

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cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

InitialDave posted:

Ugh, asking Ebay sellers whether something is a given fitment, or failing that,what size the mounting is.

"Hello, There are detailed model table in the description, pls carefully check."

No there loving isn't, that's why I'm asking.

On the other side of the coin *writes a full detailed careful description with great photos*
"Uh hi what condition is this in?"

# ¿ Aug 31, 2017 08:14

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 09:39

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Adiabatic posted:

Holy poo poo it's like people are good and bad in any stereotyped group homogenizing an entire subset of humans is idiotic.

Bloomin' mods. :rolleyes:

2 major crashes this week on the road i commute on. In a tiny tinfoil Italian car. Someone died today, I'm getting nervous.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2017 18:57

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Well done, how are you celebrating?

# ¿ Aug 31, 2017 20:44

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Every time you clog a toilet you've exceeded someone's expectations.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2017 21:06

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

dk2m posted:

I really want to buy a house, gently caress living in apartments forever. I just turned 25 and excel says it'll take me close to 5 years just to save up for the downpayment.

I just want a garage man

Earn more money or find a cheaper area or combine your buying power with another person's or start robbing people or prostituting yourself.

I think those last two might count as earning more money though.

I feel you though, I know how lucky I am and it took years to get here, my little brother's stuck renting and unless civilization collapses I don't know whether my kids will ever be able to afford to get out.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 15:20

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Perfectly understandable, hugs dude.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 18:44

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Rhyno posted:

This is what he tells me. I'm still worried.

Perfectly understandable. Good luck.

Larrymer posted:

Wife is at 32 weeks pregnant and her water broke last night while we were away from home (~2 hours away) for Labor Day weekend. She's not in labor and all is well so far thankfully. They hope to keep the baby in there as long as possible, up to 2 weeks if they can. At 34 weeks they'll induce labor but won't stop it from coming if it starts in the meantime. They want us to stay here for 2 weeks and say that it isn't safe to transfer to a hospital closer to home.

fuuuuuuuuuuck

2 hours away might seem like a pain in the dick but it's a once off inconvenience against her having round-the-clock observation. Don't sweat too much about the early bit, just keep your wife supplied with entertainment and make sure the house is 100% ready for when she gets hone.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2017 10:34

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Unfortunately though anyone not personally suffering 2 weeks after irma passes will put it out of their mind and if they didn't believe in science before they won't then. That's not a dig at Americans, that's human nature.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2017 17:49

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

You know he 100% would get it rebuilt with taxpayers money though.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2017 18:04

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Cop Porn Popper posted:

Come up where I am AA, I know a dude that builds airboats, we can hi-jack one and begin a brutal reign of pirate lords not seen in florida for the last 300+ years.

So more waterworld than Mad Max? Lame.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2017 13:29

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

FAT32 SHAMER posted:

I havent been able to get a status report out of there yet but luckily we haven't bought tickets yet

we wanna go somewhere really warm that isnt cabo or cancun for a little break and loving hurricanes are tearing rear end

Oh man I'm so sorry for you. You might have to go somewhere else on holiday...

# ¿ Sep 7, 2017 15:27

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

So what's the line between disgusting and distinguished? Vomiting in public vs private?

# ¿ Sep 7, 2017 17:29

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Make sure you've a cold beer ready for the shower you're going to need after.

# ¿ Sep 10, 2017 05:22

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I really need to learn to read those.

E:oh poo poo pre 2000

# ¿ Sep 10, 2017 21:11

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

My big queen palms have never been abused like this before, wow.

Seriously though, best of luck you guys.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2017 07:14

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I'd guess the obvious $ to assist with rent.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2017 19:37

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Wife's handbrake is borked again, looks like I have to fix it tomorrow as I'm away with work next week and we have somewhere to be in an hour. Best hope it doesn't need parts!

I suppose if it does she can just drive mine while I'm away.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2017 16:00

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Multipla, pulls all the way up without engaging. I'll take a quick look tomorrow but as I say, if it needs parts it's parked.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2017 17:45

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

spog posted:

I tried this and she's stopped asking. Still breathing though. What next?

# ¿ Sep 16, 2017 18:40

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Elsa posted:

Hi got my CDL on the 29th.

Congrats, watcha gonna do with it?

Wife's handbrake was lower shoe retaining spring fatigued and let go, adjuster dropped into the hub behind the mounting flange, fractions of a mm from the tone ring. Spring is now s-shaped, adjuster has a curve worn into the important parts. Replacement parts ordered as no-one sells anything other than shoes and cylinders over the counter on a Sunday. She can drive mine until I get back.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2017 13:28

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Sincere congrats Larrymer.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2017 19:56

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

DICK DICER posted:

Considering I'm way, way too sober for this and out of cigarettes entirely, I suppose there's not much left to do other than crank one out in memory of dear sweet gran

Think of the queen. The young cute queen who was an ambulance driver and mechanic.

Enourmo posted:

"Jim somehow graduated, in spite of our 5-page comments on his peer review. I firmly believe that his greatest contribution to the entire engineering profession is this story, his example of exactly what NOT to do in this course."

What was the specific impulse of that burn? Because drat!

# ¿ Sep 18, 2017 15:19

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

So I'm on a consultancy trip to another plant in France with a bunch of randos and the Russian continent have bought a translator with them and she's the cutest thing and pushing all my buttons so I'm trying to reign in the creep and focus on work, then she went and asked for my room number earlier which I ducked, then she mentioned really wanting to see the privilege suites (guess where I am) and we managed to convince the Russians to go to one particular restaurant and we went elsewhere and she said she was disappointed not to join us and why do I find Russian accents so loving sexy?

Basically why did life wait until I was very happily married before it started throwing gorgeous women at me?

Most important though hire car is a diesel manual fiat 500 with the worst throttle response around town.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2017 21:48

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Elsa posted:

It's simple. When a person is in a relationship there's zero neediness. Like how you ducked the room number question, that is the opposite of needy. Would you have done that as a single man lol

I'd have put her over my shoulder caveman style there and then and carried her off.

Seminal Flu posted:

We need a pic to gauge your standards.

I said I'm trying to dial down the creep, so no.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2017 05:18

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

No.

Can we focus on the hire car? Because manual diesel Italian hatchback and it still manages to be almost undrivable unless you hoof it everywhere.

Also there may be some highway rules in France I'm not aware of, do cyclists have right of way joining traffic because they loving act like it.

cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Sep 21, 2017

# ¿ Sep 21, 2017 13:12

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

"Surprise, we'll all go out for a meal tonight" says our visit organiser. Bugger, thinks cakesmith. Of course my favorite translator sits beside me so I made the most of it, managed to have a lovely chat and get her taking about herself, living in St Petersburg, her experiences, life etc. I stay involved in the general conversation as well, make everyone laugh talking about the British car industry etc, it's all going great.
Comes time to leave and she's right on my arm, asks if we're going for another drink? Nah, I've got to pack as we're off straight from work tomorrow.

"Oh, so a coffee?"

So I'm sweating away here and bless her the only other woman in the group comes to my rescue and drags her off, yes she'll have a coffee, girly chat etc we all set off back to the hotel. I end up in the lift with the pair of them and I can see this other woman is silently laughing at my obvious awkwardness as the translator has more than once "accidentally" leant on me. Luckily both these women are on the same floor, not mine.

I know this sounds like mediocre STDH but honestly I'm neither smooth not confident and it's funny as hell to me after the fact.

Oh also the two Russians she's translator for were making obviously lewd gestures at us the whole night, thanks for the moral support there fellas.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2017 21:58

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

angryrobots posted:

You're a better person than ~~I am~~ most people are.

For not sleeping with her? What's one night vs the 17 years I've loved my wife, plus what it'd do to my kids.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2017 05:47

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

angryrobots posted:

I think you mistake my compliment for some judgment?

No sorry, this is just a new experience for me.

In less fun news I think I have a parking ticket for the damned hire car but I won't know until the ticket is forwarded to me whether it's 17, 35 or 135 euros. Doubt I can expense it, learning experience I suppose.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2017 14:51

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Yay back in the UK! *flies over seemingly gridlocked M1 through drizzle*

# ¿ Sep 22, 2017 19:48

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Double post, but... a coworker just retired one of his cars, and I'm kinda considering it for a second car.

2006 Prius. It's whatever trim has leather, the smart key, navigation, etc. Does not have automatic headlights or a sunroof, has regular halogen headlights. I guess it's whatever the mid tier was?

Good things: HV pack is only ~2 years old. New shocks/struts all around. New drive axles. New suspension bushings all the way around. Full maintenance history since he got it at 100k, and he's always taken it to the dealer for everything, including oil changes every 5k. New tires. New brakes in the past 30k. New master cylinder/brake accumulator/whatever the gently caress Toyota calls it, it's expensive as gently caress. AC is ice cold. CVT fluid has been changed religiously every 50k since he's owned it. All maintenance is up to date. New tires. He's absolutely OCD about maintenance. 50-60 mpg depending how angry you are. No rust. No warning lights.

Bad things: 300k. Always dealer serviced. The battery pack may be 2 years old, but that's still 150k in this case. Touchscreen on radio is dead (it comes back to life for a week or so if you disconnect the 12V battery), so you can't use navigation or change the presets. It keeps eating drivers side half shafts, likely related to the motor mounts being basically gone. Steering has some play (dealer says it needs a steering rack, but he says the tires are wearing evenly). Says it burns about a quart of oil every 1000-1500, but can't find any leaks (I work with a few other people with Priuses, they complain about similar oil consumption). Clear coat is basically gone. Headlights will either need to be polished or replaced, they're nearly opaque.

He's asking $2000, but admits some wiggle room, and he's upfront about issues. It'd be nice to have a 2nd car for work (especially one with so much more room than what I have now). And given his OCD about maintenance, I'm sure it has another 200-300k left in it.

Should I think about jumping on that, or run away? I would probably just ignore the steering rack, and tackle the axle + motor mounts immediately.

(also he replaced it with a 2017 Prius 2.. he's already bitching about the cloth seats and having to use a key again but managed to get it for $21k out the door - that makes his 3rd hybrid, 1st was a Honda Insight that got taken out by a drunk driver)

Jump on this poo poo right away if you can afford it. Can you get it for $1500-1600?

# ¿ Sep 23, 2017 08:57

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

InitialDave posted:

*Gets home*
*Hugs wife and kids*
*Cooks dinner*
*Sits down to watch TV*

*Scratching at windows*
*Sound of Every Breath You Take being played on a balalaika*

https://youtu.be/JYAkoZeV75I

# ¿ Sep 23, 2017 10:25

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I (and I'm sure others) mentioned years ago a Prius would suit your work, for the price I wouldn't be scared by the mileage, age and heat does more damage to those batteries than cycling. The software is hilariously reserved and cautious about working the batteries. Though that motor mount is a priority.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2017 21:14

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

InitialDave posted:

Got a set of early RX7 rims, but of course they have a RWD-biased offset of about 25mm.

Check out my poke, brah:

(They also have too small a centre bore, so aren't properly seated here)

# ¿ Sep 25, 2017 17:54

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

Barely related, but a friend told me Uber keeps rejecting driver profile photos of his husband. Hubby has a mohawk. Even if he ties it back, they reject it, based on "face is not clearly visible".

So I started submitting different photos.

They rejected these, and several others with pigtails/ponytails/spiked hair for the same reason - "face is not clearly visible".

But approved 2003 emo boy with half of my face covered with my hair (and probably half a jar of hair product in that mess). I've left this one more to gently caress with restaurants and customers.. my hair is normally tied back, and I wear glasses.

I'm half tempted to go down to their local office with my hair in pigtails and ask why they won't approve my profile photos.

Holy poo poo I'm dying here.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2017 09:18

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 09:39

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Fine, you win this round. Me, I'm just letting it go grey.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2017 12:45

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