Duke
MegaDork
8/14/17 9:43 a.m.
Duke wrote:
The more I think about this, the more it is seriously pissing me off.
Duke wrote:
As happens every time, I get a busy week at work leading up to Saturday's autocross. Nonetheless, I've powered through it (except for fixing the the Manic Miata's brake lights). The admin side has gone really well and easily.
Registrations are strong, and we don't have to share the lot with our drift program this time so we get a lot of course area. Lots of drivers we haven't seen in a while are coming out. Everybody is excited.
So of course rain and thunderstorms are predicted all day. Berking A.
And, to add insult to injury, today is decent and Sunday is supposed to be gorgeous. Cheese-and-berking-rice.
Well, in the end, the weather mostly held off. We had clouds and light sprinkles in the morning. Around lunch it was nice, then about 3/4 of the way through the event, we got some heavier showers. We finished the event but had to pack up and do trophy talk in solid rain, which quit not too long after that.
Of course, Sunday was perfect weather, 24 hours too late.
I think I'm officially old.
Sitting in a chick-fil-a doing paperwork between appointments. Half the women coming in are wearing shorts that are so skimpy and tight that they may as well be underwear. What ever happened to leaving things to the imagination? Or modesty? This is what my daughter sees others wear, and asks to wear. Id rather she didn't. Ever.
Get off my lawn!!!!
little backstory: After my mom fell and broke her arm in a heavy downpour (she was running to get out of the rain) I had her move in with me as I was single at the moment and had a nice 3 bedroom rancher all to myself. It's worked out well for both of us over the past few years and as she gets older (she's 70 now) it's better she be with me than all alone.
This morning I woke up to a weird tapping metal on metal sound. It felt like a neighbor was working on their chainlink fence. Looking out, didn't see anybody, but then I realized the sound was coming from inside the house.
Found my mom in the bathroom, crippled by her sciatica, and stuck on the toilet where she had been for an hour. Having elderly parents is interesting
Free speech does not mean you are free to speak your mind without any consequences, it just means you can't be arrested for what you say. You may be well within your rights to be an shiny happy person, but that still means you are an shiny happy person.
maschinenbau wrote:
Free speech does not mean you are free to speak your mind without any consequences, it just means you can't be arrested for what you say. You may be well within your rights to be an shiny happy person, but that still means you are an shiny happy person.
Free Speech just means the government can't censor your speech. It doesn't mean a thing on private property or on a privately run board, newspaper, or news letter. If you own it, you control what goes on it
wae
Dork
8/14/17 4:25 p.m.
You had all summer to read one single stupid book and do the project for it. All summer. When you asked me if I could help you with the project at some point, I happily agreed. But what do you mean you've only read three chapters and you need my help to read the book!? That's not how reading works. School starts in about 38 hours, so I don't care how "boring" you think the book is, you're not doing anything until the contents of that book are in your brain.
Oh, parenting can be such a joy...
maschinenbau wrote:
Free speech does not mean you are free to speak your mind without any consequences, it just means you can't be arrested for what you say. You may be well within your rights to be an shiny happy person, but that still means you are an shiny happy person.
Just remember that if you are a shiny happy person to some people like say me, then step just over the line, your going to get your teeth kicked in. Straight plain and simple. Double if you do it in a group where someone else has already started swinging and I just happen to be defending myself.
My kids go back too school tomorrow, today we get an email from the school adding 3 more items too the school supply list. Wal mart is the only place in town that carrys the items. I hate going too walmart.
In reply to wlkelley3:
If it was working when you brought it in, what were they supposed to do?
Dusterbd13 wrote:
I think I'm officially old.
Sitting in a chick-fil-a doing paperwork between appointments. Half the women coming in are wearing shorts that are so skimpy and tight that they may as well be underwear. What ever happened to leaving things to the imagination? Or modesty? This is what my daughter sees others wear, and asks to wear. Id rather she didn't. Ever.
Get off my lawn!!!!
Good news, these are coming back into style.
At 50, I should probably cheer, but I'm not dead yet.
In reply to Knurled:
Yeah, I know. Just had to rant and blame someone for the weekend being more expensive than I had planned. But the bright side is the car now has a new battery and alternator so it should be good for a while.
Why the berkeley does everything need to be rated anymore??
Simple products like a 1/4" NPT schrader valve, brass pipe nipple, pipe fittings, microfiber towels, car wax to name a few. Yesterday I had a email requesting a rating of denim shorts... that I had just received and didn't even open the package yet, geezus. Same w/ some car polish, didn't even open the box yet. I understand it's automated after delivery but gimme a break. Delete email, berkeley the review.
Last night had a call, rate your latest experience w/ my local indie mechanic. Always 5 star service but it was only a state inspection, c'mon man.
Dealer sales and service I can see, it's a corporate thing, keeps 'em on the up and up.
Rate your meal, rate this song, rate this video, rate your experience...
Gimme a break
I've never replied to a "Rate me now". Trust me, you will know if you did badly. And, since I know how the system is biased, I don't believe 5 star reviews. Therefore, Useless.
My race slicks keep going flat and i cant find the damn leak. Only the fronts. Not the rears. Makes no sense.
Toyman01 wrote:
Dusterbd13 wrote:
I think I'm officially old.
Sitting in a chick-fil-a doing paperwork between appointments. Half the women coming in are wearing shorts that are so skimpy and tight that they may as well be underwear. What ever happened to leaving things to the imagination? Or modesty? This is what my daughter sees others wear, and asks to wear. Id rather she didn't. Ever.
Get off my lawn!!!!
Good news, these are coming back into style.
At 50, I should probably cheer, but I'm not dead yet.
At 27, my stance is this fad cannot die soon enough.
In reply to Dusterbd13:
Check for bead leaks. I just swapped some tires for a fellow autocrosser with a A-Mod. He had a surprising amount of corrosion on the wheels. We spend a fair amount of time cleaning the wheels with a Scotch Bright. I doubt a tire shop would do the same.
I felt kind of bad getting so many laughs from what has become the greatest comedy show on Earth, but today I think it took a disturbing turn and has stopped being funny.
Spent 45 minutes chasing a front end shake that the customer swore was passenger front. Turns out it was a broken belt in the driver front tire. Rushing and listening too the customer cost me half an hour.
Babies need to learn how to sleep more quickly. I have no idea how the human race has made it this far.
Actually managed to find the time to stop at the gym on my way home from work yesterday, but as a result of that (and not being able to get to bed as early) I'm completely and totally wiped out today- frankly I'm surprised I didn't fall back asleep after my secondary alarm went off and that I was able to ride in to work as usual. REAAAALLY tempting to take advantage of the isolation of my desk to curl up under it and sleep for a while...
Some days more than others...
Two for one special :
Discount tire can bite me. Had a slight vibration yesterday, so stopped by and had a rebalance done. For 200 miles today, i dealt with vibration so bad that it made me motion sick. Took it in to a different one. The dumbberkeleys didn't torque my wheels. Or manage to put any weights back on one. The guy at the concord store was standup though.
Two: im itchy and sticky from fiberglass work tonight. After showering. Thw worst part? Inside of my left ear itches. How is that even possible????
tuna55
MegaDork
8/17/17 6:43 a.m.
Spent like four hours working on the seats in the Accord, and they aren't much better than when I started.
Furious_E wrote:
Toyman01 wrote:
Dusterbd13 wrote:
I think I'm officially old.
Sitting in a chick-fil-a doing paperwork between appointments. Half the women coming in are wearing shorts that are so skimpy and tight that they may as well be underwear. What ever happened to leaving things to the imagination? Or modesty? This is what my daughter sees others wear, and asks to wear. Id rather she didn't. Ever.
Get off my lawn!!!!
Good news, these are coming back into style.
At 50, I should probably cheer, but I'm not dead yet.
At 27, my stance is this fad cannot die soon enough.
At 42 and happily married, I agree completely.