In reply to Wally :
Because that's who we need working in the government.
In reply to Wally :
Because that's who we need working in the government.
In reply to AngryCorvair :
She’s trying to get him to learn something. As it is he can’t pass a test to dig ditches. Ideally he’d be able to finish school but I don’t know if she has that much patience.
Knurled. said:NickD said:Knurled. said:NickD said:In reply to daeman :
I know that most of the Mazda 7" ring and pinions overchange. OEM, the 3.63:1s came from a '79-'82 RWD Mazda 626 with a manual trans. So they're rare, although companies make new ones. Apparently the diesel Courier came with a set of 3.308s that would be cool, but good luck finding the,
The 3.308 rearend is apparently vaporware, don't even bother trying to find it.
That 626 also has the best smoothcase gearset (better than the Miata in some ways). I looked for one a while back and there were a couple in Michigan.
I found one in WInnipeg. Probably easier to find a 6 speed Miata gearset, really. Place called Peconic Auto Wreckers Inc. supposedly has one from an '03 6-speed.
The problem is that even the 3.90s with a 6-speed absolutely hoses my second gear. Like from 64mph with 5-speed/4.10s to 55mph with the 6-speed/3.90s. Which is no bueno for autocross. The 3.63s with the 6-speed act like a 5-speed/4.10 with slightly lower gears on 1-5, but then 6th gear is a nice cruising gear, chopping off almost 600rpm
You know, I was under the impression that all 6 speed NBs had the 3.636 final. I was wrong.
Nope. Only the Australian Miata SE Turbo, unfortunately
I suffer from Migraines, thankfully not the kind that lock me into a dark room for days, but still. As any sufferer of Migraines or Seizures knows, bright flashing lights are a big trigger. Going to work today, a pickup from a surveyor pulled out ahead of me. Sitting on the top of the cap was this super bright led lightbar that was busy signaling aliens from space in yellow and white LED strobes. At first I assumed he forgot he left it on and grumbled my way through the next 5 miles as I tried to block his strobes with my sunvisor and still see the street.
As we pass a construction site with police officers directing traffic, the driver turns the lightbar off. Bastard left them on purposely just so he could annoy people and feel like a big shot, but turned them off when he saw the cops to avoid a ticket. I wish the back of his truck had a phone number, I would have left some nasty voice mail
It's probably habit. Automobile drivers are naturally attracted to surveyors and wish to actively mate with them by driving their vehicles directly up the survyor's ass.
There isn't a day surveying a roadway that I don't say out loud "Are you berkeleying aiming that thing at me?" as I see the car visibly make a course correction right at me. I'm wearing neon yellow jacket, safety vest, and a blaze orange hat. I joke that the bright colors are so they can identify what they hit as I go crashing through the windscreen.
But that guy, at best, was an absent mind boob. Turn that crap off if you're rolling.
Quit trying to piss me off on purpose. It won't end well for either of us. You asked me to make a decision, I made a berkeleying decision. We do not need 50 pointless berkeleying questions about the decision. You know this infuriates me because you've been doing it for 20 years and I get pissed off every single berkeleying time. Cut it out before heavy pointy things start flying.
Paid my registration for the state autocross finals tomorrow. Broke with a fever this afternoon.
Edit: 11/11/18, home in bed. The Miata is sitting in the driveway, re71r all mounted, and ready to go. Too bad I wasn't well enough.
Apparently the hot marketing buzzword nowadays is "Tactical". The aisles are full of holiday gifts such as tactical flashlights, tactical clothing, tactical beef jerky, tactical motor oil, etc. Apparently "Pumpkin Spice" and "Chipotle flavored" aren't hip anymore.
In reply to logdog :
In reply to stanger_missle :
Exactly!
logdog said:Apparently the hot marketing buzzword nowadays is "Tactical". The aisles are full of holiday gifts such as tactical flashlights, tactical clothing, tactical beef jerky, tactical motor oil, etc. Apparently "Pumpkin Spice" and "Chipotle flavored" aren't hip anymore.
I'll repost this image I downloaded from the picture thread.
"Here kid, hold my empty mags and my IFAK."
Reloading!
Hey, dipE36 M3? Those strobing red and blue lights that are getting closer to you, that's an ambulance making a run to the hospital. I had to slow to 20mph and block half the lane to get berkeley-o to realize that they should also give way and not attempt a pass right in front of an emergency vehicle. The fact that myself and the five cars in front of us were already hitting the shoulder wasn't a clue? Someday that might be someone you care about in the back of that bus.
When I become dictator, using small fiddly buttons on toddler clothing will be punishable by public flogging.
Vote Torkel!
Trying to buy a full priced new book on Amazon because it contains removable icons. When I choose the locker two blocks from me at Whole foods the only shipping option is $3.99 guaranteed by tomorrow. If I go several blocks away to a Sprint store I get my Prime free two day option. Um y'all own Whole foods. Is the extra no option charge some kind of virtue signal I'm missing?
Also after waiting six days for them to start shipping on a can of Scotchguard and not letting me cancel they finally started shipment on day eight.
Out in the Gorge over the weekend with the other side of the Dancer's divorced parents, and of course went by to see what the progress was on the cabin. Good news: it has rafters. Bad news: Still no roof (though the sheeting for it is sitting out, unprotected from the elements, in the cabin shell...). Worse news: today and tomorrow are calling for rain/snow, and a good chance of it Thursday- meaning no work will get done on it until this next weekend at the earliest.
There's no berking way that this is going to be done by New Year's... which means we're going to be shelling out another $6-700 for our traditional stay out in the Gorge over New Year's instead of staying at our own place there and paying essentially nothing...
The longest 2 minutes of my life, day in and day out, waiting for my Sonicare tooth brush to turn off.
Probably a major rant, but I don't think we have a thread for that.
Amongst my hooptie fleet, I happen to own a late E34 525i. I like the car, it's quiet, pretty good on gas and still fun to drive. Plus it's an auto so my wife can drive it, too.
A friend of mine is a very good mechanic and was the foreman at a local performance shop. I trust him implicitly, so when he told me that one of the guys he hired (who I also knew) was BMW and Mini trained, I took the car to them instead of my usual Porsche/BMW specialist. Main job was to check the car over and fix a few oil leaks.
First job reduced the oil leaks by 80%, but it was pointed out to me that the oil pan gasket needed replacing to get to 100%. Big job, but yeah, let's do it. Get the car back, it's leaking oil so bad I'm worried Greenpeace is going to follow me everywhere to rescue oiled-up wildlife. Politely complain about it, think I agree with them a specific week where they are supposed to fix it under their warranty.
Call them back "sorry mate, we just couldn't get it done as another job took a bit longer". OK, I'm easy, get it done in a week or so and we'll call it good.
Next call I get is that the owner is shutting down the shop. WTF?
Eventually I get to pick up my car and drive it straight to the Porsche/BMW specialist in town as it's still leaking like a wounded oil tanker. They're like, hey, cool car, we'll check it over and call you.
Things go the bad kind of quiet until I get a call - oil pan job was done wrong (gasket goo all over the place that shouldn't be there, for starters), it's pissing oil like nobody's business. Like hack job wrong. And several other jobs that I thought had been done were done so well they'll have to a) find suitable used parts again for some of them (new is either unobtanium or prohibitively expensive) and b) figure out what the guy did so they can undo it if necessary and fix it correctly.
Oh, and they found a bunch of other things that should've been picked up by the first mechanic, like exhaust hangers that weren't quite fitted right and were about to let go. Not only am I paying twice for this work, despite comparable hourly rates I'm actually paying more than for the first "repair" because I have to pay these guys to figure what the heck was fixed wrong in the first place.
If the house purchase we're attempting to pull off now actually does come off, the first non-house moving purchase I'm going to make is buy a lift and have it installed in the garage that comes with that place.
Finally got the keys for the Merc back. Went over to the workshop to hook up two wires in the Emergency Backup Truck for the brake controller and then hook up the trailer to go get it. Got out to get some tools and saw a puddle on the floor. Apparently the radiator just popped. So now I have to go buy a new radiator and install it and THEN go get the Merc and drop it off....
not sure if this is a rant yet but on the first of the month I had to go into Washington Gas with my lease because previous tenant had an unpaid bill which prevented me from starting service online.
This weekend I got his bill for $358.
Guess I'm going to have to go back as I hate dealing with 'phone tag. 
It's raining tonight.. so everyone is running around with their highbeams on because they can't see their own lights on the road.
nutherjrfan said:not sure if this is a rant yet but on the first of the month I had to go into Washington Gas with my lease because previous tenant had an unpaid bill which prevented me from starting service online.
This weekend I got his bill for $358.
Guess I'm going to have to go back as I hate dealing with 'phone tag.
Has your service started? If so, send the bill to the landlord. “Do you want to handle this or should I deduct $358 from the rent next month?”
In reply to mtn :
I got that advice from a young co-worker too. I'll try first but now I'm thinking let them handle it. Or the ombudsman. 
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