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Holy poo poo, as of tomorrow I've been married for 17 years. I was 17 years old when I got out of highschool, and my life up until I got out of grade school felt like for-loving-ever. I don't even notice new grey hairs at this point 
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I've got family on a small leeward island just south of St. Maartin. They're not home right now, but all bets are off with the condition their house is going to be in. The one benefit is those houses are built out of stone/brick/concrete and weather hurricanes incredibly well... as in, a Cat4 went by a few years back and the house was untouched, but this monster has everyone on edge. The Netherlands government has taken big public works project like burying services (power/telephone) which will be paying off big time I'm sure. Stay safe and gtfo if you can. Your house isn't worth dying for. slidebite fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Sep 6, 2017 |
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e: Maho Beach webcam before it cut out https://youtu.be/UUzmRxRRnHM InitialDave posted:I always find it odd how much wood is involved in US house construction, especially in areas with strong three little pigs parallels. A concrete house in florida would probably sink to the centre of the earth  Ferremit posted:So apparently I now own a 3rd cat, as long as its not FIV +  and about 3 or so years in the little girl kept vomiting and started losing weight. Alarmed we took her did some tests and came back FIV+. Didn't make sense to us as they were 100% indoor cats and if she had it ever since she was a kitten she should have likely been dead..... and her brother was negative. Fast forward 3+ years and many, many pounds, she is fine. Took her in for shots a couple years back and for kicks asked the vet to test her again. She came up negative. 
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Sep 6, 2017 15:17
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Some photos are coming out of St. Maarten/SXM on CTV http://www.ctvnews.ca/photo-galleries/hurricane-irma-hits-caribbean-1.3577129 This is inside SXM at the check in counters      That car rental place from above is just down the road from the airport.
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Sep 6, 2017 19:48
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I think it's amazing we can get video/pictures of poo poo like this same day. Are the cell networks still working down there or do you think they have satellite phones or something?
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Sep 6, 2017 19:58
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Hey you know what's cool in a geeky sad middle aged way? Central vacuums are cool. I just installed my first one in our house and it's loving awesome. Every house I've ever lived in has had the rough in, but i never installed one to have a functional setup until yesterday. Kicks rear end and I wish I did it years ago.
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Sep 8, 2017 16:02
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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Sep 8, 2017 17:18
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Just got off the phone with my in-laws (they live on Saba, just off St. Maarten). Their place weathered the storm quite well with basically no real damage itself. Yard got the poo poo kicked out of it. Pretty much every home that had lumber construction (mostly at "the bottom" townsite) is obliterated. Basically, if you didn't have a stone/concrete house, it's either destroyed or seriously damaged. Saba had landline telephone and internet working as of yesterday. If all you have for communication is a cell, you're hosed for the foreseeable future. They have friends on St. Maarten, and that's another story. Place is supposedly something like a warzone. The Government has basically no infrastructure left and people there feel like it's collapsed. They have a daughter who opened a clothing store on Front Street last year and all the business have been looted. The Dutch military has issued curfew and enacted martial law until the government gets back up and running and can put in some sort of order. Sounds like it's the same on the French side. Basically, if you didn't have a stone/concrete house, it's destroyed. slidebite fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Sep 8, 2017 20:30
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On my cell but the satellite photo I can see on that link doesn't look like anything current
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Sep 8, 2017 21:12
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CommieGIR posted:Its future predicted based on Euro model runs. So thats about a week and a half from now. Oh geez 
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Sep 9, 2017 15:11
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Filter/strainer is the first thing I'd look at too.
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Sep 9, 2017 16:40
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Based on the stupid as gently caress messages with selling little poo poo, I can't even imagine selling a car. Best guess..between that and questions which area already answered by reading the listing.. 8 each day? Good luck.
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Sep 12, 2017 16:08
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Still rocking my Gen 1 Moto G 
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Sep 12, 2017 16:32
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I wanted a 2-3K watt generator for emergency purposes but then noticed my fridge supposedly takes up to a 7A @ 115V ... so I'm questioning the value of getting one if I can't even power our fridge or probably deep freeze with it.
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Sep 14, 2017 18:02
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oh god, that makes more sense. I was multiplying it in my head by 1150 instead of 115 
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Sep 14, 2017 18:05
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Mixing cleaners is typically not a good thing to do. So question about generators... what's the benefit of a "inverter" type generator versus a cheaper plain type generator? Is it that the power/wave is much cleaner, stable and better for electronics?
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Sep 14, 2017 18:16
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Ok thanks for the generator info. I think I'll pick one up next sale I see at Costco.
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Sep 14, 2017 18:28
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Anybody want some free plywood?
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Sep 16, 2017 17:48
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'nthing Cograts Larrymer! Also, as a child of the 80s,  Bobby the Brain
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Fo3 posted:Has UPS and fedex gone up in price recently in the US? My guess is just companies trying to pad their profit margins with shipping and "handling"
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Enourmo posted:I know several women with dozens of stories each that would imply otherwise.
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CommieGIR posted:Deadpool is my favorite Marvel movie.
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Sep 21, 2017 18:41
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fridge corn posted:Hello. That film was a dumpster fire of bad obvious writing
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Sep 21, 2017 19:27
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So, let's briefly revisit generator chat. Which way would you go assuming both cost the same: 2100W inverter quiet generator (like the kind you would see in a campground or something) OR 3500W standard, non inverter but with a regulator (the kind mounted with the big cube frame)? Assuming the 2100W is big enough for your needs of course. I'm leaning towards the 2100W, since it's just for emergency/rare use, probably safer for electronics and physically much smaller/quieter, but haven't made the plunge yet. e: Also, both the same brand which seem OK by reviews (Firman)
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mekilljoydammit posted:Firman's OK. We tested that 3500W open frame one at work - as I recall, the engine is kind of understressed in that if you pull full load the electronics are limiting it and the engine's not hitting WOT. Probably a deliberate design decision. We broke it in testing but we were doing some weird things that average owners wouldn't. Have not tested Firman's 2100 watt inverter. Thanks for this. I think I'll pick up that 2100W inverter type Firman from Costco. If it sucks I can return it, but I think it will fit the bill for fridge/freezer and possible sump pump duty in case of a power outage.
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cakesmith handyman posted: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. Galler posted:I would go that route and if you end up needing something bigger for big resistive loads then you can probably get one used for <$200. At least my local craigslist has a bunch of 4-6kW units which supposedly work with asking prices of 150-200.
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As a North American, I was shocked when I met a Norwegian who told me about the hoops and bullshit ($$$) he had to go through to import a C4 Vette into his homeland. It was something absurd, like $50-60K equivalent by the time he got it plated and could drive it. I think he paid $15K for it in Canada or US. Really, really wanted a C4 I guess 
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Sep 22, 2017 16:59
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Adds $30/month to have it on my policy, with comprehensive ($250 deductible) and UM/UIM (property and bodily injury).
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Sep 23, 2017 15:41
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Anyone here ever get any bespoke clothes (suits or even jeans) from one of the several online sources that seem to be around now? How did it go? Any tips?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:If you're looking for a suit, I've had good luck twice now with a guy in town who measures, outsources the actual fabrication of the garment to Vietnam, and then he does follow-up alterations as needed. Yeah that kind of thing would appeal to me, but all my local suit stores are chains are chains (like Moores) or a small independent but only seems to offer high, high end stuff, like well into $4-figures$ suits if a guy wants custom.
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Sep 23, 2017 16:44
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Might be worth a trip into the big city, then. I can pass you the details in PM. Yeah, why don't you thanks. I don't get north that often, but I'm not in a rush. Still not against trying an online source though if anyone has had good luck and can describe the process.
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Sep 23, 2017 16:50
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Without journeying into SH/SC, what's the easiest way to extract a windows key? I want to reinstall windows for the first time in years but not sure which key I'm using.
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Sep 25, 2017 17:35
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Windows 8.1
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Sep 25, 2017 17:50
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Holy poo poo, I've literally been on hold with my insurance company waiting for someone to pick up the phone for over 100 minutes now. I checked their twitter and they are getting crucified by people and awful wait times since the summer. I would like to hang up, but I've got the sunk cost fallacy with time as the currency pretty drat heavy right now 
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So last week I tripped over my own size 13 flippers and cracked my head open. After relentless prodding over the following couple hours by Mrs. Slidebite, I went to the local clinic which resulted in stitches. They made me an appt 1 week later (today) to get them removed. Since I had to come back, I thought I should finally get the blood work requisition filled I've had in the truck since spring so I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone . I didn't want to do it, but I know I should. Sort of like someone who suspects they have cancer but doesn't want to go to the doctor to hear about it. I know I've got some risk factors for fat white guys diseases, I drink like a fish, borderline hypertension, eat candy and snacks like a 6 year old, overweight and as of next month, mid 40s. The past month I've made a few lifestyle changes (cut back drastically on drinking and started some regular exercise with Taekwondo) but it's only been for a couple weeks at that time. Get into her office about an hour ago, sit down. Nurse takes my BP. She mumbles something and types it into the computer. I ask her what it was, she says "Oh, the doctor will talk to you about it." loving great. Doctor comes in, sits down and starts talking. She asks me how I'm feeling, which I say is fine, but I'm nervous as hell now. Says she got my lab results from the bloodwork. .... which was perfectly normal. Everything. Not even high normal for anything. Definitely not even remotely diabetic (which tbh concerned me a bit since I have a bit of a ravenous sweet tooth), liver, kidneys, electrolytes, everything right where it should be. Lipids look great. Blood pressure is slightly elevated (138/68) but just coming into the office and being nervous she's fine with it to. Says for me to keep with the the Taekwondo and keep limiting the booze I'll be around for a long, long time yet. gently caress me. Gonna get hammered and eat 5lbs of wings tonight to celebrate
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Man that's terrible. Can you muzzle him when he is out?Magnus Praeda posted:
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I still eat like poo poo, though.
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angryrobots posted:It would be worthwhile to get an automatic BP monitor and check it once in awhile, make sure it's closer to "good" when you're at home and not nervous. Yeah, I actually have one of those but it is so lovely I don't use it, I should probably just throw it away and get a new one. It is something like 10+ years old so I imagine they have to be more reliable now....right? Metal Geir Skogul posted:
That's my htpc right there. i3-4130 gtx960 unit. Reliable as hell once I got rid of that flaky Asus motherboard. A little tight of the assemble though, but nice once together.
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Talk to him like a human, and if he says gently caress YOU or doesn't do anything, talk to the building management people. If they can't do anything, call the cops as a last resort. Obscenely loud cars and potato-potato-potato bikes one of my major annoyances and I've reluctantly had to call LE on assholes before. Last time was only after taking the time to repeatedly talk to the mouthbreathing kid and his dad... who said his kid was broke because he kept getting speeding tickets and spending money on his piece of poo poo for  . He did however promise to fix the lovely, missing exhaust on his trash heap which was an absolutely clapped out JDM soarer. Never did, so he ended up with something like a $300 fine. Car was parked last time I saw it. gently caress that kid.
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