July 2020 chat - Grindr is an alternate source of vitamin D.

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BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Can�t die until I do burnouts in the Grand Prix, guess I should pull my finger out and get the drive line in it this weekend.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2020 11:05

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 09:52

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Amazon refunds are hit and miss it seems. I have had stuff arrive in the padded envelopes that were never sealed so arrived empty. Not had issues with replacements or refunds but they did kill price matching when they reduce the price on something after you order it but before it arrived.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2020 20:57

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Had a crown build up today, not quite wisdom teeth but yeah dental work sucks. Gaming laptops are a better idea now than a few years back since they have some decent power. I am looking to replace my 5 year old desk top with one as long as I can get enough monitor outputs.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2020 22:34

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Kivi posted:

Wait what. FCA is merging with PSA?

Only thing that would make this better is if FCA were merging with Renault as then Nissan would truly be the Chrysler of Japan.

Expect Jeep branded mini euro style SUVs and tarted up Peugeot 608s branded as Dodge.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2020 10:57

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

All CVTs are manuals, check and mate.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2020 16:27

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Only in the US, in the UK a Mk3 2.8i Capri in JPS Black with Gold pin striping :getin:

# ¿ Jul 7, 2020 22:02

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

British Politics 101:

Prez = Queen
Majority Leader of the House = Prime Minister

Prime Minister is the lead of the party that currently has the monarchs permission to form a government usually the party with a majority or the party that leads a majority coalition. So you elect the Prime Minster to be a Member of Parliament and the Party elects them to be the leader of the Party.

This will all be on the test.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2020 20:08

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

I would say since Victoria the Monarch has been more a figurehead. Even before Victoria the power of the Crown had been limited since the period post English Civil War and the Protectorate. The British Government is a bicameral body like the US but the House of Lords has very little power now since having an unelected body have authority in a Parliamentary Democracy wouldn�t be cricket.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2020 21:13

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Did he offer to save you money on car insurance?

# ¿ Jul 9, 2020 16:53

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

meatpimp posted:

Plus, contractors suck.

Everything about the process is a loving ball ache. Finding one that is reliable, doesn't leave behind a huge mess and does good work is next to impossible unless you go to one of the big companies and pay through the nose for work. I have a guy who is local who takes cash under the table and does ok work and I am thankful for that.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2020 12:36

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Has anyone used the chain auto glass places to replace rubber seals on a classic? Need my front and rear windscreen seals done and not sure if I need a specialist or not.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2020 23:14

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

They would break it after the disclaimer then claim to be able to get new glass for only $2000. There is a body place in town who did a good job on my wife�s car so might just go see them and ask if they do it or do they have a guy.

It would be great if someone would come do it on the drive but I am already resigned to once it is running g and driving having to take it somewhere for things like window seals and felts and just to go over it and do the inspection.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2020 23:36

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

I bought my house and had an inspection etc... and it was pretty worthless since the guy missed a lot of big ticket items that were borderline illegal (plate welded into rusty furnace) to obvious but didn't check (missing stone work on chimney). Only thing that was worth doing was paying to have someone check the septic system as that needed replacing and allowed me to renegotiate the price and get max credit on closing. Next place I buy if I am serious I am paying for a general inspection as well as a plumber, electrician, HVAC and roofer to check it out because money spent then will save me in the future.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2020 12:35

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

The Door Frame posted:

I didn't think people were like that with houses, but I also don't know why I didn't think that people would be like that with houses

Too many people watching HGTV and Million Dollar Listing and think they can negotiate hard because the comps in the area support the price and this is a unique investment opportunity with blah blah blah blah. No mate, its a house like all the ones around here get over yourself.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2020 13:38

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Boomers are saying we should buy big houses so we buy their big houses which are a liability for them now they are old. Of course we should also pay magnitudes more than they bought it for in the 80s because interest rates are low and blahgargle

# ¿ Jul 21, 2020 22:42

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

For two adults with no kids 1500 to 2000 seems about right to me. I wouldn�t go smaller than 1500 personally.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2020 23:00

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

I moved from the UK with 2 suitcases and a PC, I have tried to not collect a lot of stuff because it is just stuff you have to dispose of or move around in the future. The wife on the other hand has boxes of her diaries from when she was a teenager that she refuses to digitize and get rid of.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2020 13:42

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Rhyno posted:

I think I've mostly recovered from my breakdown and bout of sad brains but I just wanted to reiterate that I fuckin hate Tavarish

The stuff with the Keeps sponsorship because he is going bald gets old. Not sure why Jarod hangs around with him apart because views.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2020 15:10

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

meatpimp posted:

Gray. Gray everywhere. In 5 years, we'll be looking at houses and say "man, that's some 2018 gray." It works right now, but that trend is going to end soon.

Granite counter tops, stainless appliances, shiplap walls, HGTV has a lot of answer for.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2020 20:38

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

hello my name is HDI-30, by far the most annoying kind of SCSI

I see your HDI-30 and raise you 13w3 video cables. If you can afford a Unix workstation you can afford $250 in 1997 cables.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2020 22:35

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

There's good reasons why the better you are as a Sys Admin, the more you utterly hate him and you would not, under any circumstance allow that bumbling gently caress anywhere near your datacentre. He simply doesn't know a loving thing - people like me make a living fixing his disasters and hating every loving moment of it because it is just a clusterfuck of stupid.

This is why you do not listen to a word he says. The sheer, staggering amount of absolute muppetry on display on that episode explains why he is loathed - and the real kicker is a lot of this poo poo aint actually that hard to understand. Frankly he is not alone in being a fuckwit with millions of subscribers dealing out completely crap "knowledge" without much challenge - in the end people who actually know their poo poo stay the hell away and gravitate to actual good abeit smaller channels.

This applies to almost anything. My career is basically to come in and fix years of stupid decisions both technical and business and usually about 2 years in is when people start going back to their old habits of making stupid decisions but since I am now part of the furniture my views are not as valuable to them as they were when I joined so time to move on. It is always fun when you leave and hear not long after things went to poo poo.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2020 12:46

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

If you are looking to buy then your realtor will tell you it is a sellers market and to put in a high offer, if you are selling you will be told it is a buyers market and to take the first offer at asking because you won�t get better.

They just want the house sold for minimal effort on their part to get their 3%. Fight me.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2020 22:10

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Raluek posted:

Sounds like work owes you a week's PTO once you're done saving their entire rear end.

Haha no, the reward of the joy of still being employed menial worker #8473-8, now your contractually defined amount of time asking questions of your superiors has been completed, return to your station and continue output to produce profit for your overlords.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2020 11:40

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

the good job advice is Always Be Lookin and the corollary to that advice is probably don't jump ship unless you got other concrete options

This, some money is better than none and in the coming months the push for more flexibility with remote working is likely to only get stronger. It only takes a few big companies to start offering it, Twitter already has, Google is extending work from home until next summer which likely will become permanent remote options. The companies who refuse to change will reduce their potential recruitment pools further and will feel compelled to be more flexible. The final part is that by concentrating certain industries in certain cities and metros those areas are pricing out even the people who work in those industries. Why work hard in tech or finance or law etc... only to squeeze yourself into a room in a shared apartment with 3 others in a city?

# ¿ Jul 28, 2020 19:41

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

freelop posted:

Ours hit 1000 a couple weeks ago having bought it in Feb

I used to do about 500 miles a week commuting and general farting about which has been under 50 since March. Even when the virus chronicles are over I am not going back to the commute so thanks dude who ate a bat in China I guess.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2020 11:58

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 09:52

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

If it boots the logic board should be ok. However you are right that if the onboard storage is dead it needs a new logic board anyway.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2020 23:20

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