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Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

This Halloween I invested in a good pair of Dickies coveralls (dark blue) and a decent Michael Myers mask. Simple yet very effective, I walked (slowly and creepily) the neighborhood with my son and his friends and the attention I got was crazy. I would also stand at the end of the driveways and stare into each house, staying true to the character. Also noticed dogs did not like it at all lol.

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Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Lol is that a skunk? Hope you had his/her glands removed :v:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

fridge corn posted:

Im 3 pints in ams now i have to cook a moussaka

cooking/grilling while drunk sounds fun until things catch on fire ask me how I know :v:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

But but it's only 10 megapixels....! It's not the amount of pixels, it's the quality. Your average cameraphone has a shitton of megapixels these days. That means nothing when 10 year old DSLR can use L-Glass. A good lens makes an average camera good, a good camera amazing.

I got a Fuji X100 and I love it. Feels like my old Leica film rangefinders, it's super quiet, small, great for street style stuff which I like.

After shooting digital for so long I really don't like taking shitloads of images anymore because it means more time editing and I hate editing. When I did sports it was crazy, I spent more time on the computer than behind the camera. No desire to do that kind of stuff anymore, now i'm happy with the occasional landscape stuff and kid/cat portraits :)

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Keep them out of your room and let them destroy poo poo who cares, getting sleep is more important.

rear end in a top hat cats are the worst, it's why i haven't had a cat in years.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Not getting enough sleep will drive you more insane than you already are. Locking the cats in the bathroom with a litter box while you sleep sounds like a good idea. If they can't behave then oh well, small price to pay for your sanity.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

shy boy from chess club posted:

I left early on the third day as the sun was coming up. Driving on the bridge from Clearwater to Tampa I got this spectacular picture. I was way better in person with the rays of light coming from behind that mushroom shaped cloud


So this skunk person you know lives in Clearwater? Not far from me at all.

Just curious, the pros of skunks look pretty obvious (super cute and playful) but what are the cons :colbert:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Fermented Tinal posted:

I'm eating this on my lunch right now.


I recently discovered Badia Habanero hot sauce, it's awesome and you can get it just about anywhere.

Also if you've never heard of Matouk's Calypso Sauce it's amazing. It's a unique thick, almost salsa style hot sauce made with scotch bonnet peppers, is produced in the Caribbean (comes from Trinidad or Tobago I think) and is popular here in Florida.

https://www.hotsauce.com/matouks-hot-calypso-hot-sauce/

If you're a hot sauce enthusiast you will not regret ordering it.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Fo3 posted:

To me it's loving obscene and insane that voting is optional

No it's not. I choose not to vote and wouldn't appreciate being forced to do it.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

QuarkMartial posted:

It is not too much to ask that our elected officials not be Nazis and act as responsible individuals.

Lol good luck with that

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

BraveUlysses posted:

this is a really stupid viewpoint, your state consistently comes in very close several races that are critically important and you do nothing to oust the bad candidates (who you appear to not support) by not participating

Close races between doucebags and fucksticks yay where do I sign up

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Grakkus posted:

Out of curiosity, what are your reasons for not voting?

As soon as someone that's worth a poo poo comes along I'll vote, until then I'm not going to bother.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Suburban Dad posted:

a-loving-men. I hate all the junk mail mailers and texts from the last few weeks. Luckily I don't watch much TV besides netflix so I wasn't bombarded with ads there, too.


While I agree with this to an extent (love the south park "giant douche or turd sandwich" episode(s)), apathy doesn't help improve the situation at all.

I didn't vote until 2008 I think but started paying more attention as I've gotten older and even voted in the primary this year for candidates I actually liked (though none of them made the ticket :v:).

It's got nothing to do with apathy, I just don't like any of them so I'm not voting.

Wrar posted:

The choices for Gov and Senate in FL were extremely clear cut and sometimes you vote for the person who's less bad because they're less bad.

The lesser of two evils argument is something I don't buy into either. I have a choice, so I choose not to vote when I'm not happy with any of the candidates.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Ether Frenzy posted:

I'm going to choose to starve to death because this hamburger you're giving me has no cheese on it.

I'm gonna choose to drink piss because I'd rather not eat poo poo......Oh wait I don't have to do either? Sweet.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

IOwnCalculus posted:

You don't have to choose which, but you're still getting force-fed one or the other.

Lol yep.

Ether Frenzy posted:

People fight and die in actual guns & bullets wars over their right to vote, but you do you. I'm sure your wages being stagnated for the last 30 years under republican governance will sort itself out if you just keep having this very sophisticated opinion of an activity that grownups partake in in every other advanced western nation in the world.

I served my country, and I'm going to use my grownup freedoms in the country I served, and partake in non voting this year ok. Thanks for your concern tho :)

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

BraveUlysses posted:

So you don't vote at all? You seemingly lack the ability to differentiate bad candidates from good because they're politicians but not all things we vote on are politicians running for office...

For better or worse, district attorneys, judges and Sheriffs are all possible elected officials but are they politicians? Debatable

What about initiatives? Your state just passed one to give felons back the vote and your yes vote would have been worth the time it took to make it known.

When it gets down to it your reasoning is a cop out and I hope you teach your son that voting does matter, because it does.

So you'd be fine with me voting for Trump I suppose. Funny how that works, I'm an idiot for not voting, but if I voted for a candidate YOU don't like I'm even worse lol.

Go ahead and think what you want I really don't care, I was just defending people like myself that chose not to vote this time :shrug:

Also I'm going to teach my son to do whatever he feels like doing and I'm not going to hold it against him either way :)

Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Nov 8, 2018

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

meatpimp posted:

I don't care how you vote, I think you should vote, though. It's a civic responsibility, even though it may seem unnecessary or without merit. As another election comes and goes and the results are the opposite of what the majority of the actual voters voted, it will put more pressure on "the system" to encourage reform.

I can appreciate that. What I don't appreciate is the hypocrites demanding me to vote and then criticizing me for voting left or right, calling me a Nazi or a special snowflake and how dare I vote for Dems/Rep. Lol I can't win.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Adiabatic posted:

I would personally appreciate less divisiveness on both sides, and more attempts at understanding why people think the way they do. However, intolerant folk will immediately jump down my throat about doing so and it's become a "Do I really care about this enough to spend the time to fight with someone about it" question.

Agreed. It's got to the point where my wife and I refuse to discuss politics with anyone and nip it in the bud right away, not doing it.

Dagen H posted:

You forgot "wasted vote", for when you vote for a third-party candidate.

Haha yes I did, thank you sir :)

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Adiabatic posted:

How's everyone's day? Anything you're looking forward to?

Lots of work around the house yay.....Remember the engineering question I had a few moths ago, about the pillars holding up my carport? Well I've had multiple contractors, some general and one a very experienced roofing guy look at it and no one can make sense of it. The roofing guy said not to risk a roof issue that could open a can of worms and I agree so I'm holding off on removing any pillars for now until I can hire an engineer to look at and pay him lots of money to tell me yay or nay :v:

BraveUlysses posted:

its really really funny how upset you seem about getting some crap about this viewpoint of yours

Lol I'm not upset at all, but like I said, whatever you want to think that's cool.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

XYLOPAGUS posted:

What do you guys do to protect against rust from salted roads?

Buy winter beaters :v:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

tetrapyloctomy posted:

Back In Black is almost forty years old, and also is timeless. Craziness. (Cue the "same album eleven times" quote.)

That's one of the albums I can't listen to anymore because it was so overplayed I got entirely sick of it. The Bon Scott albums are way better anyways imo.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Fo3 posted:

I had a few e5 engined 323s as run arounds, but never a b6 or bp. I used the be a mazda boy, rotaries for fun on the weekends, a 323 (or a spare 808) for a daily. I also did have a few falcons for whenever I just wanted to pick up stumps and drive cross country for funs, but a pre 1997 falcon is a very boring thing not worth paying the petrol costs on for a daily so those falcons always got flipped when I was done with them.
A few people I know got GTXs but I lost contact with them over 10 years ago. Falcons got cheap and fun since anyway, and BMWs seem cool and fun.

I think dj commie here is the only 323 enthusiast left here, though sgt fox has a good thread sticking a v6 in one. Not sure if the USA got the mazda ford thing, kind of seems like it but they called them escorts over there? I think?

Yeah, almost all the Escorts were Mazda BG chassis through the 90's and the GTs got the BP so they were lots of fun. We had 323s as well but no BP option unfortunately, the four door BG chassis (Protege) got the BP instead. Even the early Kia Sephia was a BG chassis with a Korean built BP, I had one and it was fun until the interior started disintegrating.

I was a huge 323/BG nerd but the cars just aren't around anymore, they were disposable cars pretty much, not many people took interest in them so they are mostly gone now. SGT Fox's 323 is amazing, if anyone hasn't checked out his thread yet you need to.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

BraveUlysses posted:

modern metal is bad

Agreed


loving SWEET dude

Does this mean lots of engine out services now :v:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Double post

The Art Institute of Chicago has put 50,000 high-res images from their collection online and it's pretty loving rad.

https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Suburban Dad posted:

Seems like overkill for Indiana. Just swapped my snows on last night. Getting 3" today supposedly but lucky for me I'm out sick for the billionth time (don't have kids).

I don't get the whole kids getting everyone sick thing, maybe I'm lucky but my son hasn't been sick in years, and when he was in the past I think maybe once I got sick from him. But then some friends of ours have two kids that are constantly sick, and it gets them sick all the time as well I don't get it. Must be my son has a very healthy immune system thank god :v:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

I guess I got super lucky then. Even when my son was in pre-k he rarely got sick, and he rarely does now.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Saw this pic this morning, trying to figure out which part of the car melted. The alloy wheel looks fine, must be the heads that melted? Or maybe the wheel on the other side possibly. Either way it's nuts.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

tetrapyloctomy posted:

If it's you, you get her to a title center and you take care of that poo poo.

Lol have you not heard about everdave's ex wife

Just call your lawyer and let him/her deal with it

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

BraveUlysses posted:

this stuff is pretty neat but its even better that right wing conspiracy nutters have latched onto the idea this is being done by lasers from space :magemage:

Wat. They didn't start the fire from space, but melted cars from space?

From what I've been reading investigations into these fires have been leading to electrical companies more times than not and they have been footing the bill. Now electric companies are apparently shutting down power in high risk areas and people are pissed they have no power, but then their house burns down in a fire cause by electricity if not. It's a no win situation.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Clearly the solution is for people to rebuild with log cabins and go back to the days of candles and lanter......Ah never mind that won't work either.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Fender Anarchist posted:

What if... and hear me out.... what if the power companies, spent money, to fix their lovely deathtrap fire hazard infrastructure?

Haha why do that, it's cheaper to pay off all the dead people's families :colbert:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

InitialDave posted:

Is it something with aluminium body panels? Lot easier to get thin sheet to melt than big solid lumps.

Looks like it's a truck, but not sure if those wheels are OEM or aftermarket so hard to tell what make, if it's a Ford with the alloy body that could be it.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Or he no longer has sex on the floor :ohdear:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Olympic Mathlete posted:

TV ideally should be mounted so when you’re sat down your eyelevel is mid-screen or just a tad higher (same plane as speakers which are ear level ideally) But people don’t tend to mount them above fireplaces if there’s any other choice so whatever.

Yeah I don't get that, I've noticed lots of people mounting their TVs so far up the wall you get a kink in your neck watching it. A buddy of mine has his hanging like a foot from the ceiling angled down which is horrible imo, but he says he likes it like that :shrug:

TV at eye level, speakers at ear level besides the sub obviously.

I just installed a Bose Cinemate and it's amazing how good it sounds for a simple 2.1 system hooked up to the TV.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

opengl128 posted:

But they literally build houses now assuming the TV goes over the fireplace and nowhere else.

If you actually use your fireplace wouldn't that be a bad idea? You'd be cooking your TV :kingsley:

I know it's not getting flames on it, but still that's a lot of extra heat coming out and then rising right into it.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Ether Frenzy posted:

p. good football game tonight


What a game that was crazy. Never in my life have I ever seen a team score 51 points and lose.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Powershift posted:

Every once in a while a BBQ joint pops up here and serves dried out ribs with lovely sauce, and then promptly goes out of business.

If i lived in the south i would eat so much barbecue, but then i'd also be surrounded by rednecks and swamp rear end so whatever

Just do it yourself, it's not hard to make good BBQ just very tedious. I've made some pretty drat good BBQ with a Weber kettle.

I don't do it too much anymore because of said tedious issue, but I plan on getting one of those technological BBQ thingies that use pellets and bluetooth and such :)

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

BraveUlysses posted:

^Laminate flooring can be a mixed bag in wet areas like bathrooms. Yes it's cheaper than tile but any amount of standing water left on laminate flooring can seep into the seams and cause immediate damage

A lot of the new vinyl flooring is water proof these days so it shouldn't be an issue, but if it isn't officially labeled as water proof I wouldn't risk it.

Rhyno you're lucky you have a clean empty space to work with, we are getting ready to do the same thing and I'm not looking forward to moving a shitload of furniture (and a fish tank) around to accomplish the job. I'd really love to hire someone to do it, but i know that if I do I'll be paying someone to gently caress it up so I may as well do it right myself.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Ah the memories of childproofing, seems like yesterday when I was locking the cabinets and hiding sharp things, now we're having talks about when it's appropriate/inappropriate to crack jokes and drop F bombs :v:

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Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

I've been following the story about the guy that got killed by an isolated tribe trying to preach to them and thought he was pretty dumb at first, but then read that he was already run off the island once before that and how he barely escaped death with the loving Bible literally saving his life by stopping an arrow going through his chest......If that isn't a sign from God I don't know what the gently caress is, what is wrong with these people.

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