Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

Knurled wrote:

Hal wrote:

Mike wrote: My Facebook feed is filled with stuff about people who are proud of how their American flag offends their neighbors. That sounds like a made up problem, but it is a common theme. Where are these Americans who are offended by people who put up American flags? Is there a group? A club? A straw man?

Generally known as HOA's.

So it's the equivalent of having a Sears' Wishbook worth of playground equipment in the front yard of said home in conformityville then when the HOA fines you for it, you whine "YORE OPPRESSING ME CAUSE I GOT CHILDREN". Or even shorter, they are deeply confused as to the issue. It's not the content, it's the fact that there is anything there at all.

I find HOAs offensive, but I have a technique. I will never buy a house subject to an HOA. It's due to a three-pronged strategy of learning from others, reading what I sign, and avoiding things I don't like. I really should share my system.

I have to wonder if Garage Star actually setup the skid plate on an NA miata, or if mine is just different for some reason. Got the car in the air, used my buddies new hydraulic ram to lift the motor up, have the lift blocks in. Put the skid plate up where it's supposed to go, the front two holes are centered on the angled side of a factory weld, the third hole in on the passenger side is lined up to a split seam, no where to even drill. 2 hours dicking around trying to get the thing in a good place and mark holes, then the berkeleying air drill decides to blow its seals. Still don't even have a "good" mounting location. I'm about to just weld this berkeleying plate in and macguyver together a top mount oil extractor. I have a call into a friend who lets me use the lift at his shop, but it sounds like he's backed up all week, and he won't stay after because of family or some other excuse.

wish i could make it do this going down the road. Wheelies, not hydraulic bouncing

Mike wrote: I find HOAs offensive, but I have a technique. I will never buy a house subject to an HOA. It's due to a three-pronged strategy of learning from others, reading what I sign, and avoiding things I don't like. I really should share my system.

That's some unamerican crazy talk right there! I thought it was always someone else's fault!

SWMBO and I are at a rental cabin for our anniversary weekend. Someone apparently stole most of the glasses and such. There's a coffee maker, but not a single mug on the whole place which means I can't have any tea.

Are Audi's the new BMW? It's rare that I see a BMW driver acting like an ass anymore. Since the E90, most of them in this area driven by middle aged women who simply are not driven by testosterone to do stupid and foolish things.

Audi's on the other hand, seem to be full of Shiny Happy people. Just today, I almost punted one into the marshes when he tried to pass me on right, after I already started to move into that lane. I had just finished passing a slower car, hit the signal, and after I had cleared them enough to feel safe for both of us, started to pull in front of them. I got half way into that lane when a black A6 came screaming up behind me (I am already doing 10 over) and slipped between me and the slower car to pass on the right. we came within inches of touching, but I managed to see him and jerk the wheel back before contact was made.

It's a shame I like my Disco.. I am sure it would have done nasty things to that Audi

I put a 3 inch burn on my arm...ironing. My wife laughed at me. It's going to leave a bigger scar than some wrenching goofs. I didn't even know I did it for about 5 min until it started stinging and blistering.

CC and Amazon got hacked on Friday.

Couples with the super-high earnest money for the new house, it means we pretty much can't spend any voluntary money until the new cards come.

I guess putting Tunatruck's engine back together is waiting.

PMRacing wrote: I put a 3 inch burn on my arm...ironing. My wife laughed at me. It's going to leave a bigger scar than some wrenching goofs. I didn't even know I did it for about 5 min until it started stinging and blistering.

FWIW, if you want to avoid a scar, remove the blister all together. If it's big enough that is. Then wash it every day- like painfully with a brush. With some good ointment, you can avoid a scar.

I burnt the crap out of my had, by grabbing a 900deg punty at the wrong end. Thanks to seeing the right people, they did that, and I have no scars.

First step in not getting respect when you want to get it- tell people that your ideas are somehow new and inventive or creative when, in fact, it's the same thing that has been going on for at least 20 years.

Tells me that you have no idea what is done.

In reply to mad_machine:

I've been championing that cause for about half a decade now. berkeleying Audi drivers...

Lost my debit card. First time I've ever done that. At least I got it blocked before anyone else tried to use it.

mad_machine wrote: Are Audi's the new BMW? It's rare that I see a BMW driver acting like an ass anymore. Audi's on the other hand, seem to be full of Shiny Happy people.

Clarkson clued us in on that in 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/FD6X-HpYjhY

And, since is the minor rants thread, in reference to the video title above:

You don't use an apostrophe when pluralizing things, even if they are intials (like "BMWs"), or end in a vowel (like "Audis"). You also don't do it with numbers (like "the '90s").

In reply to Duke:

I was too hung up laughing on the title itself to give any E36 M3s about grammar. I guess this is where people get the idea that I'm immature

Duke wrote: And, since is the minor rants thread, in reference to the video title above: **You don't use an apostrophe when pluralizing things, even if they are intials (like "BMWs"), or end in a vowel (like "Audis"). You also don't do it with numbers (like "the '90s").**

My bad. I do it when writing numbers.

At least I know there is no such word as loosing.

alfadriver wrote: First step in not getting respect when you want to get it- tell people that your ideas are somehow new and inventive or creative when, in fact, it's the same thing that has been going on for at least 20 years. Tells me that you have no idea what is done.

While true, it is still useful. I used to think "this person can now be safely ignored", but I think now it means the person isn't dumb, but inexperienced. They were able to come to the same conclusion as accepted practice, so they aren't incompetent.

Inexperience can be fixed, dumb can't.

spitfirebill wrote: At least I know there is no such word as loosing.

That's the opposite of tighting, no?

Can i rant against myself? When i was chasing my random dead spot on my truck i had the throttle body ofd and decided the coolant hoses looked a bit rough but i didnt feel like changing them. Guess what started vomiting coolant yesterday? Being lazy bit me in the ass.

Knurled wrote:

spitfirebill wrote: At least I know there is no such word as loosing.

That's the opposite of tighting, no?

Negative. As in the opposite of finding.

If you're going to blow off going to a weekly meeting for months on end, don't come bitching to me when you don't know whats going on with topics discussed in said meeting. Not my job to spoon feed you.

Rhinovirus - 1
stanger_missle - 0

The good: I get a 48 hour break from work.

The bad: Those 48 hours are being spent in the house and it's beautiful outside. Ugh

berking kijiji! (another version of craigslist), i am looking for an older truck,

i am in ontario and have been calling sellers in saskatchewan to alberta, berkers either dont call ball, dont return emails.

dammit i just want an older ford or chev, extended cab or crew cab,

Swore I'd be up on my yard work early this year. The window passed my day off chore list and after 60-70 degree days w/ enough rain that made the grass grow like crazy 1.5" of snow delayed it again. First cut tonight w/ deck on high and needed a sweep. Need to cut again in a few days, maybe dethatch n sweep again to get to back to normal before Grub-X. I decided to be a yardman again after years of not give a berkeley. Seems every time I start caring about my yard things never cooperate. Dunno why I even give a berkeley, I should just drink wine or work on cars on my day off. No wait, just drink wine.

Get over your childish fear of talking on the telephone and stop typing at me.

So I go out yesterday evening to look at a car. It has a problem with its battery and, based on what happened, maybe the alt too. So it does just before pulling it in to park. Seller and I hop out to push it into the spot. Get it most of the way there and am pushing when I hear and feel a SNAP from my right ankle. Limp back to the PAU (glad I drove it and not the stick shift DMC) and somehow make it to the emergency room about 2 miles away.

Prognosis: I at least partially tore my right Achilles' tendon and will likely be on crutches for several months at least. Will hopefully find out tomorrow whether I will need surgery or if it will heal properly without it. Regardless, my ability to do much of anything on the cars will be seriously impeded for a while.