Danm it Google. I don't know how badly I screwed up the spelling of Phil Collins Songs but I didn't need to learn about Philly Sidecars as a punishment. There are some sick berkeleyers out there.
Danm it Google. I don't know how badly I screwed up the spelling of Phil Collins Songs but I didn't need to learn about Philly Sidecars as a punishment. There are some sick berkeleyers out there.
Here'a a real minor rant, the local theaters hardly ran Arrival for any time at all (the longest was MAYBE 2 work weeks?), and the time they chose made it nearly impossible for someone working regular daytime hours to attend. Now none of them are running it, not even the drive-in. I'm gonna have to wait 'til March or watch a camrip 
In reply to Wall-e:
I felt compelled to google that. I wish I hadn't.
In reply to mtn:
Dood, Farm & Fleet.
Wall-e wrote: Danm it Google. I don't know how badly I screwed up the spelling of Phil Collins Songs but I didn't need to learn about Philly Sidecars as a punishment. There are some sick berkeleyers out there.
Every time I go to urbandictionary I learn something I wish I could forget.
A week or so after getting the Jeep back usable again and replacing all the struts, the front subframe, and front sway bar end links and having it aligned I'm STILL getting lots of bangs and clunks from both the front and the rear. Guess in addition to replacing the part the is the likely culprit for the codes it keeps throwing (and hopefully why it feels so anemic- beyond being a 4-cylinder engine in a SUV of course...) I get to poke around in the suspension and see if I can figure out the problem.
To my advantage, there are actually a few of the things (and its sister vehicles) in the nearest junkyard and I'm thinking I'll make a run there in the morning to pick up a few small things it could use. I likely need at least one front wheel bearing, and since they're pressed in I may try and grab a hub assembly so I can replace the bearing off the car and then swap the hub with the new bearing in (and try and not lose the alignment that was just done 
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Appleseed wrote: In reply to mtn: Dood, Farm & Fleet.
Nearest one is 45 minutes away. Rural King even farther. Then the places around me that do have Carhartt don't really have it--they just have the hats, gloves, and shirts. I'm sure that there are real industrial shops around that I don't know about that carry it, but Sierra Trading Post is selling 2nd's for very cheap ($50-60 for overalls; $70 for coveralls)
Duke wrote:cmcgregor wrote: Can we go back to minor rants?Sure: I'm not a Dave Matthews fan, I admit. But I berking *hate* their stupid "Fire Dancer" mascot / logo / window sticker thing all the smug DMB fans seem to have. I hate it out of all reasonable proportion to how it affects my life, which is basically not at all.
You're E36 M3ting me, I had to Google it, I thought they were either ballet dancers, or they really like the Men in Black Worms. My mind always sees it as the silhouette of a MIB worm, then rationalizes, "no, no, it's gotta be a ballet dancer."
I loathe Dave Matthews Band, so I too now hate those stickers, thanks for that. Just when you think you've got something figured out, GRM goes and drops a bomb on ya.
bigdaddylee82 wrote:Duke wrote:You're E36 M3ting me, I had to Google it, I thought they were either ballet dancers, or they really like the Men in Black Worms. My mind always sees it as the silhouette of a MIB worm, then rationalizes, "no, no, it's gotta be a ballet dancer." I loathe Dave Matthews Band, so I too now hate those stickers, thanks for that. Just when you think you've got something figured out, GRM goes and drops a bomb on ya.cmcgregor wrote: Can we go back to minor rants?Sure: I'm not a Dave Matthews fan, I admit. But I berking *hate* their stupid "Fire Dancer" mascot / logo / window sticker thing all the smug DMB fans seem to have. I hate it out of all reasonable proportion to how it affects my life, which is basically not at all.
I dislike DMB with a passion as well. I'm compelled to change the radio station whenever they disgrace the airwaves, and will force whoever is in control of said radio to change it as well if I'm a passenger.
I don't know what it is about them, but their music just grates on me. No idea why.
The clowns and morons that decide to put trees and shrubbery at entrances and exits. You people need to be beaten. I can't see if traffic is coming to safely pull out, so I have to shove the nose of my car out in the road and pray no one hits me.
In reply to bigdaddylee82:
Happy to be of service.
I never realized what I was looking at but knowing the DMB reference I now lothe them too.
/thumbs up/
ncjay wrote: The clowns and morons that decide to put trees and shrubbery at entrances and exits. You people need to be beaten. I can't see if traffic is coming to safely pull out, so I have to shove the nose of my car out in the road and pray no one hits me.
Some department of highways moron here planted huge tall trees in the cloverleaf, so you can't see traffic. Then, they added yield signs to the onramps to solve the problem.
mtn wrote:Appleseed wrote: In reply to mtn: Dood, Farm & Fleet.Nearest one is 45 minutes away. Rural King even farther. Then the places around me that do have Carhartt don't really have it--they just have the hats, gloves, and shirts. I'm sure that there are real industrial shops around that I don't know about that carry it, but Sierra Trading Post is selling 2nd's for very cheap ($50-60 for overalls; $70 for coveralls)
Short trip to be able to try on the gear that keeps your ass warm.
for only the third (and fourth!) time in my department's history.. people got fired this week. Sadly, it was over something stupid. The Manager of the audio department has been living with one of his part-timers for a few years. While already against the rules for a supervisor to date or marry an underling, a blind eye was turned until last week.
Seems last weekend, she could not make it into work so he (the supervisor) rather than just making it down as a "called out" sledged and signed her in and out. Sadly for both of them they were caught and the word came from way up high - terminate!
It's a shame, I liked them both, losing a 4 hour call wouldn't have hurt them any money wise, now they have to do without. I can't say not completely sympathetic, they did break the rules willingly and stole time, who knows how many times they have done over the years
In reply to mad_machine:
that was just too blatant/ stupid to overlook
In reply to mad_machine:
Now that is dumb. Reminds me of a couple park rangers in Ohio; they were letting friends out of state use their residency to buy in state deer hunting licenses. They lost their jobs over it. The total savings for their "friends?" $20 each times about three. Brilliant.
Just because I blurt out things like, "This BERKING phone, " doesn't mean I'm talking to you. Doesn't mean I'm talking to anyone. It's just audible frustration. I need you to understand that.
Plus," You need to do this, you need to do that," doesn't help me, it makes me resentful. I'm not a berking railroad train, stop riding me.
bastomatic wrote: In reply to chandlerGTi: My understanding is there is federal stay on that order. I know my workplace decided not to follow it.
It was announced prior to the stay and the company is sticking to it. I see "job changes" ahead...
ncjay wrote: The clowns and morons that decide to put trees and shrubbery at entrances and exits. You people need to be beaten. I can't see if traffic is coming to safely pull out, so I have to shove the nose of my car out in the road and pray no one hits me.
Don't forget aogns, some dipE36 M3 saw an empty spot at the intersection at the end of my road and decided hey that is a good place for a funeral home sign, right where I need to look to see if I can pull out
nepa03focus wrote:ncjay wrote: The clowns and morons that decide to put trees and shrubbery at entrances and exits. You people need to be beaten. I can't see if traffic is coming to safely pull out, so I have to shove the nose of my car out in the road and pray no one hits me.Don't forget aogns, some dipE36 M3 saw an empty spot at the intersection at the end of my road and decided hey that is a good place for a funeral home sign, right where I need to look to see if I can pull out
there is convenience. They know where to take you now after you get killed because you could not see due to their sign
After having mostly behaved itself in the week that I've had it road-worthy, I was driving home from church to pick up SWMBO to get lunch with some friends and I suddenly smell a REALLY strong coolant smell. Look down a the dash, and note that the temperature is climbing up from where it has always sat. Since I'm less than a mile from home, I decide to just get home quickly and check there.
Get home and I'm starting to see steam, and pull in front of the house and pop the hood. It's readily apparent what the issue is- the hose from the thermostat housing to the radiator has popped completely off the thermostat housing and is just sitting there. It had a squeeze-type hose clamp on it, and had been fine for a 200 mile drive yesterday, and it suddenly decides to pop off now? Can't complain TOO much though since it was far better for it to have popped when it did than halfway between here and Cinci.
One ironic thing about this- it actually made one thing easier- that particular hose runs right behind the manifold runner actuator that I needed to replace, so having it already unhooked made it a much easier job than it would have been, and getting the actuator replaced, the positive terminal clamp replaced, and the hose reconnected with a new screw-type hose clamp took well under an hour. As a bonus, at least preliminarily it looks like the junkyard actuator I grabbed yesterday since it was so easy may actually be working properly- if it continues to do so I can send back the new on I got from Amazon and save myself about $75.
EastCoastMojo wrote: I never realized what I was looking at but knowing the DMB reference I now lothe them too.
Oh. THAT's what that stands for!
I've seen a bunch of those old euro-style oval stickers that say "DMB" and wondered why someone would advertise the fact that they're dumb on the back of their car...
mtn wrote:Appleseed wrote: In reply to mtn: Dood, Farm & Fleet.Nearest one is 45 minutes away. Rural King even farther. Then the places around me that do have Carhartt don't really have it--they just have the hats, gloves, and shirts. I'm sure that there are real industrial shops around that I don't know about that carry it, but Sierra Trading Post is selling 2nd's for very cheap ($50-60 for overalls; $70 for coveralls)
Try Tractor Supply 2238 Westgate Dr, Bloomington, IL
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