In reply to neon4891:
The rotating electric field in a clothes dryer works with the static electricity generated and opens a portal to "the land of lost socks" That's where your lone sock is.
In reply to neon4891:
The rotating electric field in a clothes dryer works with the static electricity generated and opens a portal to "the land of lost socks" That's where your lone sock is.
My turn to rant.
The "yay everybody wins", participant award mentality is driving me nuts.
One of my teachers in highschool so many years ago tried to tell me that "There are no stupid ideas" Sorry, there are plenty of E36 M3 stupid ideas out there and people need to be called on it or they keep having more stupid ideas.
It's great that someone has put many hours and dollars into their kit car / motorcycle / barely street legal contraption but if they've done a E36 M3ty job of it, ruined the proportions of what's normally a beautiful deign of just made something that is plain awful.
Don't tell me I can't say it's ugly. It's berkeleying ugly and someone wasted a lot of time, money and effort making it ugly.
If you waste your time making something that looks like E36 M3, don't try to justify it using the excuse of "I've got a lot of hours in it" Just start over and don't make the next one E36 M3ty.
If I spend time on something and it comes out bad, I bin it and start over.
The rule is and always has been, "only show your best work".
Ugh. Stupid Health and Safety inspection standards based on an industry with different sanitation concerns. We're brewing beer, not prepping food. I don't have to worry about the contamination risks food production has, and have to worry about things that will never concern them.
Seriously. No human pathogen can grow in beer. I could make beer with the muck from a duck pond and throw diseased rats into the kettle while brewing, and no one would get sick. But, it is impossible for me to get my hands clean enough to handle cold product without the strong possibility of introducing a microbe that will spoil the flavor. You have no concept of what standards and procedures I use to ensure I do not introduce any unwanted microbes into the product.
You know what's really grinding my gears right now? Society's general fear and aversion to any kind of danger. We have these free coffee makers at work (which are awesome, for the record) but the safety committee has recently made a rule that only plastic or metal coffee mugs are allowed, no drinks are allowed in the stairwell, and there must be at least 2 oz of free space in the top of your mug so you don't spill. What the ever loving berkeley do we need those rules for?? If you're going to be a dumbass and burn yourself on your coffee, go for it, and maybe you'll learn something. And do you know how long coffee stays hot in a plastic mug? About 30 seconds. In the meantime, you can be damn certain that I'll be walking upstairs to the next meeting with a nice hot ceramic mug of coffee, thank you very much.
In reply to gearheadE30:
Metal coffee mug with a brass-knuckle handle and spikes on the opposite side with a 2oz metal shot glass on the top.
The_Jed wrote: In reply to wbjones: Have you tried wearing your socks inside out? I used to know an old hippie who swore socks should have been made with the fuzzies on the outside.
haven't tried … but it's the pressure on the tip of the toe … since most socks come in inclusive sizes, as opposed to actual sizes .. they're either too much sock inside the shoe, or too tight on the toe ..
I work around it .. Wigwam socks seem to fit about the best … for my summer half socks when at the track, I've just cut a hole in the end and let that toe stick out … GRM at it's best 
gearheadE30 wrote: ... and there must be at least 2 oz of free space in the top of your mug so you don't spill.
Stuck in traffic for 15 minutes a few cars behind the street sweeper truck as it cleaned up a l-o-n-g exit ramp...
...watching the chain smoking bitch in front of me throw her cigarette butts out the window. The street literally stayed clean only as long as it took her to light one up and suck it down.
I think I left permanent fingerprints in my steering wheel to stop myself from beating her berking head in.
KyAllroad wrote: <img src="" /> This. Then breaking the drill bit and smashing my arm on the rotor. berkeley you GM!! Rusty E36 M3 parts!
My rant: Why on earth are would anyone waste time trying to remove a bleeder screw from a caliper when the local parts store has one for $25? The head of the bleeder twisted off fer chrissakes. What are the odds of an easy out removing it?
Rant: Hey, ESPN! When 3 of your top ten plays of the day are flippin' SOCCER, you're doing something wrong! I don't want to see guys playing kickball. Bring us the football, the baseball, maybe a little table tennis. You know, real sports.
In reply to gearheadE30:
1988RedT2 wrote: Rant: Hey, ESPN! When 3 of your top ten plays of the day are flippin' SOCCER, you're doing something wrong! I don't want to see guys playing kickball. Bring us the football, the baseball, maybe a little table tennis. You know, real sports.
Who the berkeley cares about stick and ball games, when there is still racing going on?
Where's the Road Racing, Rallying, Drag Racing, off-road and other forms of racing?
In reply to Bruce:
They have disappeared. It was better when they couldn't afford "real sports". They ran all manner of racing. Somewhere I believe I have a tape of an early 80s Acropolis Rally floating around.
In reply to The_Jed:
I'm still on our sick abuse list from a car accident I had in 2006. If I don't take anymore sick days I will come off the list in 2019. In the mean time if I do take sick time I need to get doctor notes, they call the house at random to make sure I stay in and the first day is unpaid.
I miss beer, and coffee, and hard liquor. My reflux is killing me. I am going to go throw weights around at the gym for the second time today.
1988RedT2 wrote: Rant: Hey, ESPN! When 3 of your top ten plays of the day are flippin' SOCCER, you're doing something wrong! I don't want to see guys playing kickball. Bring us the football, the baseball, maybe a little table tennis. You know, real sports.
Seriously? Baseball?
9/10 times it's some vaguely athletic guy diving to catch a ball, soccer highlights are way more entertaining.
Rant wise, I'm in serious business Subaru territory, can't source the proper manual trans for the postal wagon...
looking now like the 250k 2.2 and auto box are just going to get dumped back in to the car.
We'll see how much of a bill I've racked up having it outside my buddy's shop for the last six months.
Streetwiseguy wrote:KyAllroad wrote: <img src="My rant: Why on earth are would anyone waste time trying to remove a bleeder screw from a caliper when the local parts store has one for $25? The head of the bleeder twisted off fer chrissakes. What are the odds of an easy out removing it?
Sigh, yeah I realize that. Actually $19.95. See my post in "damn I feel good" Sometimes I don't think about using the easy button and beat my head against the wall for no good reason. 
berkeley Subaru. I've seen that dog bucket list commercial three times tonight. We get it. The dog is dying, you don't need to put 14&3/4 yrs on the cake. And why wasn't he taking the dog out the last 14 years instead of waiting until he was putting him down?
They should change the dog to grandma. 99 candles on the cake, but, gram-gram, you got to go. Cause everyone wants to euthanize grandma, right?
KyAllroad wrote: <img src="
That's an easy one, hammer a 12pt socket over the stub, maybe smack the caliper body around the screw a few times for good measure, should come out.
Wallie wrote: In reply to Bruce: They have disappeared. It was better when they couldn't afford "real sports". They ran all manner of racing. Somewhere I believe I have a tape of an early 80s Acropolis Rally floating around.
I used to watch sidecar motorcycle racing all the time on Wide World of Sports when I was a kid. And that was fairly normal. I remember seeing Figure 8 racing too, on network television. Of course, it was the first half of the '70s.
wearymicrobe wrote: I miss beer, and coffee, and hard liquor. My reflux is killing me. I am going to go throw weights around at the gym for the second time today.
omeprazole (even over the counter) has been a live saver for me … in yrs past, I bet I ate, on average, 20 - 30 Tums a day .. now I pill at bed time and no more reflux
as always, YMMAV 
Duke wrote:Wallie wrote: In reply to Bruce: They have disappeared. It was better when they couldn't afford "real sports". They ran all manner of racing. Somewhere I believe I have a tape of an early 80s Acropolis Rally floating around.I used to watch sidecar motorcycle racing *all the time* on Wide World of Sports when I was a kid. And that was fairly normal. I remember seeing Figure 8 racing too, on network television. Of course, it was the first half of the '70s.
Ah, yes! Those were the days! And who can forget the Demolition Derby at Islip Speedway! That is all. Old guy out.
wbjones wrote:wearymicrobe wrote: I miss beer, and coffee, and hard liquor. My reflux is killing me. I am going to go throw weights around at the gym for the second time today.omeprazole (even over the counter) has been a live saver for me … in yrs past, I bet I ate, on average, 20 - 30 Tums a day .. now I pill at bed time and no more reflux as always, YMMAV
I am on that stuff already, actually Dexilent which is supposedly 5x more powerful. I am fine if I skip out on my trigger foods. But lord to I want a piece of chocolate cake and some coffee.
What happened to Giant Purple Snorklewacker? Someone said he got banned? I noticed he wasn't around and then I saw a comment in the hotlink thread.
What happened? I know a few that were more worthy than GPS needing to get smacked for trying to skirt the rules but that is neither here nor there.
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