This is the thread where I say things and maybe other people say things too

[Kchrpm]

You're definitely a hipster. What you lack in clothing you more than make up for in music.

[overpowered]

WTFFFFFFFFFF?!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/12-year-wisconsin-girls-stab-friend-19-times-23959855

[TheBenior]

SLM walks a fine line between nerd and hipster. UJM or fixie ownership would push him over the edge and firmly into the hipster camp.

[Godson]

Nah, he's no hipster. He owns a Lotus Elise.




/discussion

[TheBenior]

"You know, for a mid-engined sports car, I could have gotten a Porsche Boxster, but it's such a default choice. The Elise, on the other hand, isn't something that everyone can appreciate."

BAM, HIPSTER ELISE TALK

[Yw-slayer]

He could be that reasonably rare hybrid: The Hipster Nerd.

[21Kid]

WTFFFFFFFFFF?!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/12-year-wisconsin-girls-stab-friend-19-times-23959855

That's right by where I used to live. :|

[Godson]

"You know, for a mid-engined sports car, I could have gotten a Porsche Boxster, but it's such a default choice. The Elise, on the other hand, isn't something that everyone can appreciate."

BAM, HIPSTER ELISE TALK


....shaddup

[Random]

He could be that reasonably rare hybrid: The Hipster Nerd.

That's, like, all of Davis. Not that rare. :p

[thesameguy]

I'm calling it: Taylor is officially a girl's name now.

[Sad, little man]

It's also a city name... Right next to mine... Slightly trashy though.

[Random]

Our across-the-street neighbor's wife is a Taylor. I don't know how trashy she is, though.

[thesameguy]

She may not be now, but she definitely was at some point. Not Cheyenne trashy, but...

:lol:

[Sad, little man]

With all of the rapid advance in technology and electronics, am I the only one that feels like sooner or later modern life is going to get distilled down to the point where it resembles some sort of strange real life pac man game?

[FaultyMario]

Like those T-Shirts ravers had in the nineties, pills and neon and I don't remember what else?

[George]

No way is Taylor a girl's name.

Nor is Cheyenne. It's a trim level on GM pickups. And a large city by Wyoming standards, which means a very small town anywhere else.

[thesameguy]

Taylor was THE most popular girl's name in 1996 - so they're just getting ripe. I guess that's why I keep running into them. Giggity. It's now down to 65th, but that's still a pretty popular name.

Cheyenne peaked at around 150th, but that makes sense as there just aren't that many stripper jobs.

[FaultyMario]

Ah yeah, Lobo is the comparable trim level from Ford that hasn't made it across the fence.

[overpowered]

And a large city by Wyoming standards, which means a very small town anywhere else.The entire state has 43% of the population of my city. In fact, there are 31 cities in the U.S. with populations larger than the state of Wyoming. It hardly seems fair that they get 2 senators. They only get one representative in the house.

[thesameguy]

In their defense, they're each like 50% of a real senator.

:P

[speedpimp]

Ah yeah, Lobo is the comparable trim level from Ford that hasn't made it across the fence.

I've seen a handful of them up here, complete with MX plates.

[MR2 Fan]

so I've decided that I definitely want to move to Japan...I've been doing a lot of research about various things...and recently I found out...

They play American football in Japan, and have had an active league since the 1930's called the X-League! They also have a national championship game called the....ahem...Rice Bowl.

Very few things surprise me about Japan, as there's such a wide variety of things that happen there, but this one did surprise me, especially the highlight reel on youtube...seems like some good players out there.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYw9lvBrScM

[Yw-slayer]

They play all sorts of sports there. They are also probably 1 of the only 5(?) other countries in the world which gives a shit about baseball. Their rugby team is generally recognised as being the best in Asia due in part to several imports from NZ/the Pacific Islands who were and are good players, but not good enough to make it into their national teams.

[Godson]

Taylor was THE most popular girl's name in 1996 - so they're just getting ripe. I guess that's why I keep running into them. Giggity. It's now down to 65th, but that's still a pretty popular name.

Cheyenne peaked at around 150th, but that makes sense as there just aren't that many stripper jobs.


:lol:


A+ post, would read again.

[Godson]

MR2, it seems the idea of "protecting the QB" isn't even on their radar. I see a lot of similarities with play calling and layout, with a few different twists.



It's entertaining to see the backflip and such. Nobody in the states I think would even think to attempt that.

[MR2 Fan]

yeah the backflip and immediate flags from the refs standing right there :lol:

[Sad, little man]

Does anyone but me realize how fucking stupid of an invention the Duracell Powermat is? I just saw Starbucks is putting them in their stores to allow people to "wirelessly" charge their phones while they're in the store.

When they say that, you get visions of power being beamed into your phone from across the room, but the reality is much stupider than that. The powermat is just a surface that you can set your phone onto, and as long as it makes physical contact with it, it will charge. But you need a special case for your phone! You have to have a special case with electrical contacts on the back that will interface with this powermat thing.

So basically, yes, it's "wireless charging." But, you have to have a special case on your phone, and it has to physically touch this mat at all times.

Someone tell me how this is better than just putting a bunch of electrified micro USBs connectors and iphone connectors at every table in Starbucks. No special case needed, and you wouldn't have to let your phone rest on a flat surface to charge.

[Kchrpm]

Because Duracell gets you to buy crap. Oh, you meant better for customers?

When there is a wireless charging standard, and it's built into furniture, then we'll talk. Some people are trying to send power through the air, I wonder how that will work out considering all the things that can get in the way (people, their stuff, their medical implants).

[Godson]

yeah a true wireless charging would be...complicated and possibly dangerous for anyone who had any sort of medical implant like a pacemaker, etc.

[21Kid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower

[Yw-slayer]

It's better because purveyors of overpriced, over-roasted, crap, bitter coffee disguised with shitloads of sugar and syrup get some money from a battery company to put stuff in their stores that no-one will use. Then again, given the popularity of triple venti soya pumpkin-green tea skinny soya frappuccinos, who knows...

[overpowered]

It's time to taste what you most fear
Right Guard will not help you here

[Yw-slayer]

Damn it, the Vibram Fivefinger Settlement website seems to only apply to people who bought FFs in the US. :(

[Sad, little man]

Hmmmm, your little capitalist paradise city-state isn't looking so great now, is it? :finger:

[Yw-slayer]

16% flat-rate profits tax, 15% flat-rate salaries tax. Fuck you. :finger:

[Sad, little man]

My house cost me $74.28 per square foot.

[GreatScawt]

Dude just admitted he owns Vibrams. :lol::up:

[Kchrpm]

Jesus, what kind of bustling metropolis do you live in? Mine was about $45/sqft.

[Kchrpm]

BRO just admitted he owns Vibrams. :lol::up:

FTFY

[MR2 Fan]

every time I go to a news site like CNN.com and they post headlines like "Flight crew helps man stun girlfriend" or "Soldier Dad stuns daughter"...I'm really hoping it has to do with using a Taser.....but I'm always disappointed :down:

[Yw-slayer]

FTFY

DATS RIGHT

[Sad, little man]

Well, I have a new crush... Leann, the bassist for Detroit rock band The Von Bondies. :o

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=657&d=1403176957

657

[Sad, little man]

I just wanted to post a formal notice that I'm raising the bar for what a man is expected to do for a significant other.

I'm driving this one straight out through center field. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. But at least I'm telling you guys! Just be aware, dinner and a movie won't do it from here on. Sorry to be "that guy".

To be fair, if you seek retribution, burning my house down would probably ruin my carefully laid plans... Unless I can get one very special item out in time.

[Kchrpm]

So you cut off your penis, freeze dried it, and are sending it to Leann with a note asking her to drop your needle on her record?

[Sad, little man]

Naw, Leann is amusing and enticing, but ultimately this other woman is much more beautiful, both inside and out.

[TheBenior]

So you sent your penis to a different woman?

[Sad, little man]

No.

[Yw-slayer]

You sent your penis to a man?

[TheBenior]

Earlobe?

[speedpimp]

Looks like slm went twenty years into the past and read "The Game".

[Sad, little man]

There's a girl that just parked on my street and went into one of the houses... She's tiny, has a bunch of tats, and was wearing some kind of multicolored tank top. She drives a black, mid 2000s Cadillac V8 sedan with a loud exhaust, like a flowmaster or something... I'm in love.

[Drachen596]

she will shank you and steal your cars to sell on ebay.

[Godson]

Ignore Drach. Go balls deep.

[overpowered]

Went to the Del Mar fair. Thought I made a mistake and went to a hippopotamus convention. I can't remember the last time I saw that many morbidly obese rednecks. It was like I died and went to Arkansas. So many rascals. Hmm. The large scooter rental booth should have been a red flag.

All the booths with chocolate covered bacon, bacon wrapped hot dogs, cheezy bacon whatever etc. were predictable given the bulk of the crowd. Even Paula Deen would say: "that's too fatty"

[Sad, little man]

she will shank you and steal your cars to sell on ebay.
Hey, if shanking is the only form of physical contact I can get from her, sign me up. :up:

[speedpimp]

Went to take a pre-employment drug screen today, as I was sitting there filling the cup(nurse asked for 60ml, she got 5x that) I started prairie dogging. I finished what I needed to do and as I was filling out the paperwork the nurse went to flush what was left of the specimen and I told her to avert her eyes away from the bowl. Before the flush I heard an audible "blech". I told her not to look.

[Alan P]

she will shank you and steal your cars to sell on ebay.

And it WILL BE WORTH IT.

[Sad, little man]

AMEN BROTHER!!!

Seriously, the irony of a late model caddy sedan with Flowmasters on it was beautiful enough, but then to see it being driven by a beautifully corrupted young woman... It just melts my heart... As if someone put it in the microwave.

[21Kid]

Give a shift!!! (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/24/give-a-shift-manual-transmission-video/)


The video, which is a dead-on parody of Sarah McLachlan's ASPCA commercials, implores enthusiasts to keep the manual alive by owning one. Not only are they probably safer, but the tactile control creates a bond between man and machine that's absent with an automatic.

[GB]

I obviously need to start crashing some weddings.

http://elitedaily.com/envision/the-latest-trend-for-bridesmaids-is-to-pull-up-their-dresses-and-show-off-their-butts-photos/645024/

[Leon]

that would make me hate weddings less

Though actually, to be fair, that would actually only be happening for the photographer, rather than actually anywhere I'd see it.

So I'll just go back to hating weddings ;)

[Sad, little man]

I need to take an employment related drug test... I wish I owned a Delorean or a white Countach just so I could show up for a drug test driving one of those.

"Well sir, I'm totally clean. The car on the other hand... It just did a huge line."

[Yw-slayer]

Re: Wedding trend - that's WTF. Partly because most of my friends' weddings are done. Then again, thinking bacsk to the bridesmaids, maybe that's a good thing. I also can't really see this happening in Asia (as opposed to in 4zi4).


Thought I made a mistake and went to a hippopotamus convention. I can't remember the last time I saw that many morbidly obese rednecks.

Dude, WTF. Some hippos are definitely going to sue you soon.

[Godson]

You should come to Missouri and the other "southern" states if you want to see Morbidly Obese.

[GB]

A reverse image search of the censored one reveals that it's from a porn shoot, not an actual wedding.

NSFW, and possibly NOT virus-checked.

CAUTION: http://images.sex.com/images/pinporn/2014/01/29/620/4865971-jessi-andrews-aurilee-summers-bree-daniels-malena-morgan.jpg?site=sex&user=sexywomennow

[Drachen596]

given that the bride at the last wedding i attended was my sister and her maid of honor was severely unattractive.. i can say i'm glad that isn't a trend i've encountered. though... the bridesmaid i walked with and the 4th one would be ones i wouldn't mind seeing the bare rears of.

[overpowered]

You should come to Missouri and the other "southern" states if you want to see Morbidly Obese.I was curious so I looked it up. Missouri is ranked 13th in the US in obesity rates. Arkansas was 9th.

The winner is: Mississippi

Only one state in the top 10 (Michigan at 10th) is not in the south east portion of the continental U.S.

While California's obesity rate is comparatively low, we have so many people that we still have a large number of obese people; probably more than Mississippi even. They seem to be the types who like go to fairs.

[TheBenior]

I wouldn't be surprised, since Mississippi only has about 3 million people in the whole state.

I've driven through it on more than one occasion; it's pretty empty.

[JoshInKC]

For the past 2 weeks I've been doing an archaeological dig all day every day. The fact that I have not been out working in the sun, insects, and humidity for an hour and a half already at 8:30 am feels weird.
I'm considering laying out a unit in my yard just to feel normal.
Cold Turkey is rough.

[Sad, little man]

The liberated souls of long deceased and extinct reptiles are surely thanking you for your diligence in illuminating the details of their past lives.

[FaultyMario]

archaeological =/= paleontological.

[Sad, little man]

My previous statement was intended to be unrelated to Josh's post.

[overpowered]

Stupid rednecks are stupid.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/27/1310034/-The-new-red-state-fad-Spending-big-bucks-to-pollute-more

[Alan P]

Strange and curious.

[JoshInKC]

Thank you, Mario.

Sadly, we illuminated jack-sh*t.
The short version of the story is that due to various factors the site appeared to be rich in cultural material and architecture, but the previous excavations had hit exactly the right spot to get everything of value (a hearth feature and a storage pit full of ceramics and tools) and misinterpreted some of what they had. We spent two weeks in the sun, bugs, and humidity excavating fifteen 1 meter by 1 meter units (not counting reopening the four from the previous dig) and a half dozen 50x50 test pits down to sterile depths. We found a grand total of two 1.5 cm deep post holes and about 40 largely crappy artifacts. Our theory is that the previous team misinterpreted the bottom of the plowzone as the living floor of the dwelling and that instead, the dwelling was very shallow and almost entirely destroyed in the plowzone. So, it was a giant waste of time from a science standpoint.
From a professional standpoint, it was a win. I learned to run a total station (a sort of cool, modern, laser-guided surveying station) pretty well along with some other science-fictiony geophysics gear. I also got really friendly with some of the important guys in the region, and subsequently invited into the sort of private, vip group within the local archaeological society.
Plus- any trowel time is good trowel time.

[Random]

Total stations are rad.

Robotic total stations are radder.

[JoshInKC]

Funny thing I noticed about running the total station: Point plotting got a lot faster towards the end of the dig. Not because anybody got "better," but rather, I suspect, due to exhaustion shutting down autonomic muscle twitches, making the rod man able to steady/level the rod much, much more quickly.

[JoshInKC]

Also: We found that the previous team were absolutely terrible at layout. They'd left their datum (a concrete pad with a piece of rebar sticking out of the top) about 75 meters from the actual dig, which is good- this allowed us to (ostensibly) establish exactly the same site system they'd used- However, we're pretty sure they had a drunk ape running the theodolite. They had helpfully left a tarp pinned into the bottom of their units, and a sub-datum (piece of upright rebar) pounded into a corner. Using this, we were able to determine that they were a good 21 cm farther from their datum than they thought, and on top of that, their angles were way off. The sub-datum, which is normally stuck either dead centered in a unit, or right at a corner, was just floating randomly in our southeast quadrant.
If their known point hadn't been so close, I don't know if we'd have ever found their excavation.
They also left a bunch of their nails and string spread all over the place, which is super not helpful if you're trying to use ground penetrating radar.

[speedpimp]

Friday was an ass eating fest at work. It started when a Fed Ex rep showed up Thursday morning to assess our company's performance. He told the terminal manager that our performance sucked a big bowl of dicks, the building is too small for the amount of freight we handle, the dock guys take too long to get the Fed Ex trucks unloaded, things are way too unorganized and we should have our trucks loaded and headed to the post office as soon as the Fed Ex trucks leave. Few problems with that scenario though, we load the trucks with more than just Fed Ex parcels and the Fed Ex rep had no idea that that happened. He seemed to think that the trucks were dedicated to the Fed Ex stuff. Oops looks like the company owner has some 'splainin' to do to Fed Ex. At least the Fed Ex rep brought bagels. The bagels were pretty damned tasty too.
Pretty sure that the company owner received a world class ass reaming from Fed Ex late Thurs/early Fri. When I got back from my route Friday, another driver came out and told me that both the day and night managers were locked in the office having their asses reamed out over the phone by the company owner. And apparently that ass reaming will extend to the dock guys on Monday morning and the law will be laid down, and within a few days of new things being tried things will be back to the way that they were before.
Also the terminal manager has been there for eight years or so and has eight weeks of vacation to use, but the company won't let him use even a day because they tell him "there isn't anybody who will be able to run things if you take a vacation". Pretty sure a lawyer would jump at the chance to handle that case.

[Sad, little man]

So, this was the contents of the trunk of the Milan as of this afternoon...

Jumper cables
Poster and album notes from singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten
Chainsaw sharpener
Original abstract painting on a pine board by a local artist
Official 25yd handgun/rifle target riddled with 50 .40 cal bullet holes

I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND A MORE ECLECTIC TRUNK!

[Yw-slayer]

It's OK, I'll pass.

[TheBenior]

I can't believe that I'm the one who lives in a hipster neighborhood (for at least a few more days anyway).

[Godson]

I can't believe that I'm the one who lives in a hipster neighborhood (for at least a few more days anyway).

:lol:

[Freude am Fahren]

Anyone else wonder if it's in purpose that the first GTI built in Mexico instead of Germany (for the U.S. Market at least) is being launched with a commercial with people singing "Olé, Olé, Olé?"

(yeah, yeah, I know, it's because of the World Cup, but still, it's funny)

[TheBenior]

Closed on my first house today, and plan to move in Wednesday.

[thesameguy]

That's quick - congrats!

[TheBenior]

My apartment lease runs through the first two weeks of July, and I would've liked to move in this coming weekend, but I figured that I might not get much help, professional or otherwise on a 4th of July weekend.

I put an offer in on the house about 6 weeks ago, which was accepted almost immediately. It had a tenant who wasn't out until today, who might not have been leaving under favorable terms. Because of that, I'd like to get in ASAP; locks will be changed the day I move in.

Redfin listing (http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/7418-W-Devon-Ave-60631/home/13635319)

[Alan P]

They could damage stuff before leaving. Make sure everything works the day you move in. And take meter readings.

[21Kid]

GARAGE'd!!1 :D

[thesameguy]

They could damage stuff before leaving. Make sure everything works the day you move in. And take meter readings.

*Word*

[TheBenior]

All my crap is moved in, the organizing and cleaning continues. House has no surprises yet.

Previous resident had 2 beagles, so their hairs are being found on anything that has set on the floor. That being said, the floor's finally feeling clean to my bare feet after a good bit of vacuuming. Locks have been changed, but the exterior doors are in pretty rough shape (the back is actually an interior door handyman special). The back will be replaced with a security door since that's where somebody would break in at, and the front will be something less secure but nicer looking.

[JoshInKC]

Jesus christ, why am I cursed with a wife who is both easily startled and has a delicate neck? It is so goddamn irritating to have her be f*cked up, whining, and unable to move well.
A week ago she tweaked it and subsequently spent a few days taking muscle relaxants in a neckbrace with heating/cooling rotations going on every day. She was finally feeling close to 100% last night, and I thought we'd be able to have a nice normal weekend. Then this morning, I woke up a few hours earlier than she did and happened to be using the restroom (which has 2 entrances) when she got up. She opens the door, sees me, and about jumps out of her skin- tweaking her f*cking neck again.
She's now back in bed, probably for another 3 days. :down:

[Drachen596]

if you leave me a voicemail saying call or text you back and i text you back, DON'T THEN CALL ME IN RESPONSE.

[Leon]

Jesus christ, why am I cursed with a wife who is both easily startled and has a delicate neck? It is so goddamn irritating to have her be f*cked up, whining, and unable to move well.
A week ago she tweaked it and subsequently spent a few days taking muscle relaxants in a neckbrace with heating/cooling rotations going on every day. She was finally feeling close to 100% last night, and I thought we'd be able to have a nice normal weekend. Then this morning, I woke up a few hours earlier than she did and happened to be using the restroom (which has 2 entrances) when she got up. She opens the door, sees me, and about jumps out of her skin- tweaking her f*cking neck again.
She's now back in bed, probably for another 3 days. :down:

I would suggest that in that case caffeine pills might not be an appropriate birthday present for her.

[thesameguy]

if you leave me a voicemail saying call or text you back and i text you back, DON'T THEN CALL ME IN RESPONSE.

This a much larger problem. Nobody should ever shift communication mediums unless it's a matter of life and death. If I email you, don't text. If I call you, don't email. If you've been engaged in a certain way, respond in the same way.

[Rikadyn]

I'm tired of fighting life for a shiny speck of hope to find it to just be one of lifes well polished turds...

I'm so very very very tired....

[Yw-slayer]

The communication medium point - I don't entirely agree. Sometimes it's just faster to deal with things over the phone.


I would suggest that in that case caffeine pills might not be an appropriate birthday present for her.

Or DOOM3. Let alone both together.

[speedpimp]

I had deliveries today to two drive-in theaters. Both are located in very small towns and single screen operations and owned by the same people. They are upgrading from their 35mm projectors to total digital projection and I was delivering the new projectors. Both drive-ins still had the old school speaker poles standing, even though they had ditched the old speakers for over the radio audio a few years back. It was very cool to see the owners investing in their theaters and keeping them updated with the latest technology.

[Drachen596]

Part of that is because they have to. Not many first run theaters using film still.

[Sad, little man]

I feel strangely sympathetic towards this girl...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/07/09/lingerie-model-charged-with-killing-google-executive/12427649/

Clearly she's got plenty of issues of her own. I know that she agreed to let this guy nail her for money, but in a way I feel like he unfairly took advantage of her. I mean, the dude has more money than god, and I think when you start paying for the privilege to sexually violate people that are less fortunate than you, you have to kind of accept that they probably won't have your best interests at heart any more than you do theirs. Not saying it was right to let the guy die from a heroin OD, but I can sort of understand not caring very much what happens to someone who takes advantage of you to such a severe extent.

[thesameguy]

Yes, shooting a guy up with too much smack and then letting him die seems like a fair response to having volunteered yourself as a prostitute.

[Sad, little man]

We're never going to see eye to eye on nearly everything tsg. I know nothing about you and you know nothing about me, but I can only assume our very different perspectives come from very different backgrounds. Just let it go.

[thesameguy]

I know that you think overmedicating someone to death because you don't like your end of the bargain you've made is okay, though. I feel like that's a lot. This is the thread where I say things, and I say that's messed up.

[Sad, little man]

I'm not saying it's 100% justifiable. I'm just saying somewhere less than 100% of the blame for what happened should rest on her.

Yeah, leaving a guy to die from a heroin OD is terrible, but then again, so is betraying your wife and kids by having repeated sex with a 26 year old. Not to mention using your considerable wealth to exploit that person's vulnerabilities at the same time. And don't try to tell me that he had no idea that she was going to inject him with heroin.

[thesameguy]

Nevermind.

[thesameguy]

Nevermind this, either.

Just good to know there are times when murder isn't 100% wrong.

[Drachen596]

she's messed up in the head.

doesn't give her the right to murder the guy.

[Dicknose]

Not saying it was right to let the guy die from a heroin OD, but I can sort of understand not caring very much what happens to someone who takes advantage of you to such a severe extent.

Im not sure if "murder" is the right call.
Did she mean to kill him?
Just because you injected a potentially lethal drug doesnt imply that you wanted them to die.

Manslaughter (not murder) does seem about right.

Also if you know someone is in trouble and could die, do you have to act to save them?
Normally the answer is no.

However - combine the two - you caused this situation without intent AND then leave them helpless - Id argue is above manslaughter and probably should be murder.

Anyway I think its morally very wrong. Doesnt matter about the sex, money or his wife and kids - its about her actions.
Saying "but he cheated on his wife" is victim blaming.
Her hard luck story doesnt justify what she did.

The simple fact is:
a man is dead due to her deliberate actions, at the time she should have reasonably known her actions would lead to his death

She should spend a decent amount of time behind bars

[Fiat500]

Ah, porn. An entire industry devoted to depicting the most intimate and tender moments between loving humans.

(Surprisingly safe for work)

http://i.imgur.com/o5HTXV8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/G5wC1NZ.jpg

(I know it's not the worst stuff out there, but this was on the other night. The guy kept grunting and growling in a really savage and wtf way too)

[Sad, little man]

she's messed up in the head.

doesn't give her the right to murder the guy.

See, that's the problem here... We have an insanity defense, but where do we draw the line about who is truly messed up in the head badly enough to not be able to be blamed for their actions? It's basically just left up to however a jury of 12 people with no medical background feels on any given day.

[Dicknose]

Even with insanity, should she be allowed out in public?

We had the reverse here, a doctor who partied with prostitutes and several ended up dead with ODs.
He not only did nothing to help, at least one he didn't report the death for a few days while he hired more hookers.

[Kchrpm]

I thought the insanity defense just meant you got locked up in some sort of asylum vs going to jail/deathrow.

[thesameguy]

I thought the insanity defense just meant you got locked up in some sort of asylum vs going to jail/deathrow.

"Insanity defense" is from TV. It's about never invoked in the US because you have to be really effing insane for it to work. Someone living a normal life, doing normal life things, selling sex for drugs and money is not exactly a textbook definition of diminished capacity. She is not going to slot into the narrow definition of clinically insane. What she is going to slot into is morally bankrupt and, based on this chick's history and recent actions some sort of sociopathic disorder - like most capital offenders. This bitch shot him up, watched him die, took his stuff, and then split. She knew what she was doing. The fact that this happened to her twice is icing on the cake.

[speedpimp]

If your urine smells like coffee, does that mean you are drinking too much coffee?

[GreatScawt]

No, that's normal AFAIK. For me, it usually depends on the kind of coffee, but it'll usually be only after a travel mug in the morning. If I smell the coffee, that means my piss is also darker (yellow) usually. So drink more water.

[speedpimp]

I usually drink at least three liters of water a day. Yes it is usually during the morning hours and the coffee in question is 7-11's Brazilian Dark Roast. Good stuff. A travel mug of that and two bananas is my usual breakfast.

[Godson]

Some roasts are stronger in odor than others. I usually drink a ton of water, 150+ oz a day, and sometimes I still smell coffee. Scotty has it right, I'd rec more water intake. Especially in the am as your body is usually a little dehydrated from sweating at night and the morning fluid dump.

[JoshInKC]

Heh. Several years ago my co-worker went into the bathroom just after i came out and exclaimed "Jesus! How much coffee did you drink today?!"
I've never noticed a pattern really. I drink the same amount every day and rarely change brands, but the distribution of scent to non-scent occurances seems completely random.

[Kchrpm]

Rich-
Oh, so THAT'S what you meant when you said you get a Brazilian every day. I just thought you wanted to be smooooooooooooooooooth.

[speedpimp]

Yes that is what I mean by getting a Brazilian. I do shave though.

[thesameguy]

Are people bad drivers because they drive a Prius, or do they drive a Prius because they are bad drivers?

[Random]

An unhappy union due to the large numbers in each set, IMO.

[George]

The vast majority of Priuses I see are driven by women.

'nuff said!

[speedpimp]

The majority of Priusi that I see are usually driving pretty fast too.

[thesameguy]

IIRC the plural of Prius is either clusterfuck or rolling roadblock. Not firing on all cylinders today.

[thesameguy]

The vast majority of Priuses I see are driven by women.

'nuff said!

Interesting. Seems like the ones here are all driven by dudes on gluten free diets.

[Alan P]

The last Prius I saw blew past me doing at least 85, little engine screaming away like a hyperactive sewing machine. No doubt he thought he was saving the planet doing (probably) less than 20MPG.

[KillerB]

If your urine smells like coffee, does that mean you are drinking too much coffee?

This only started to happen to me in the last few years. I assumed I'd compromised my kidneys by drinking too much during my traveling years, but now I'm thinking it's normal and I just never noticed.

Then again, most of you fucks are drunks, too. :lol:

[JoshInKC]

I'm going to be driving a Prius to Chicago next weekend.
My wife's best friend has been accepted into a doctoral program at U of C and she needs to go apartment hunting. She and the wife decided they wanted to make a road trip of it, but neither of us has a car terribly suitable for transporting 4 people and their luggage for 16 hours in comfort. Since she's also needing to replace her car (a poorly maintained '05 Scion xA) and is considering some flavor of Prius, it was decided that we'd rent one for the drive. Having done this type of thing with them before, I suspect I'll be driving something like 10 of the hours, so that'll be great.
On the upside, I'll get to go to the Field Museum again, so that's cool.

[TheBenior]

The weekend of the 18th or the 25th? I've actually got the latter Friday and Saturday night off.

[Sad, little man]

I'm going to be driving a Prius to Chicago next weekend.
My wife's best friend has been accepted into a doctoral program at U of C and she needs to go apartment hunting. She and the wife decided they wanted to make a road trip of it, but neither of us has a car terribly suitable for transporting 4 people and their luggage for 16 hours in comfort. Since she's also needing to replace her car (a poorly maintained '05 Scion xA) and is considering some flavor of Prius, it was decided that we'd rent one for the drive. Having done this type of thing with them before, I suspect I'll be driving something like 10 of the hours, so that'll be great.
On the upside, I'll get to go to the Field Museum again, so that's cool.

Shameless plug here, but have you considered renting a C-MAX instead? It's even available in a plug-in if you want. Besides, is your Prius going to parallel park itself? Is it going to open the liftgate for you without you having to push a button when your hands are full?

Not sure where you could actually rent one though.

[JoshInKC]

Benior - The 18th and 19th, so if you're going to be working- The Avis badged Prius wandering around Hyde Park is not actually suspicious, the driver is just getting terrible directions from someone who can't find north in their own front yard at dawn. Any recommendations as far as what to do in/around that area? It's been nearly 20 years* since I was last in Chicago, and I have no-idea where "cool" things or neighborhoods are these days.

Unfortunately, I have no idea what our schedule is going to be like- apparently "we" have a bunch of appointments with property management companies, etc, most of Saturday and also Sunday morning- after which, we need to drive home so her boyfriend can be back at work on Monday. Otherwise, I'd love to hook up for lunch or a beer or something. On the upside, I'll probably be up there with some regularity in the future, given that they (wife & friend) are already planning "Fun weekend things!!!"


SLM- In fact I did look into C-Maxes. She knows nothing about cars at all, and has just fixated on the idea of a Prius, but when I got the job of finding a rental I looked at all the options with the intention of presenting some choices. Apparently Hertz rents them, theoretically; as far as I could tell, in regards to the KC metro area either a.) All the C-Max hybrids are booked that weekend, or b.) There is simply no supply to be booked in the region.

And really I'm not that concerned because it's not my money paying for it and the time I drove my cousin's Prius it was completely fine and seemed like it would fill the requirements for this trip. I did think the C-Max seemed fairly neat feature-wise and if I was in the market I'd definitely give it a look. (I especially dug the in-floor storage for some reason. Also, I'm vaguely drawn to/suspicious of parallel parking technology.)



*I initially typed that as "like 10 years," and then went, "No, that was more like 12 or 13 years ago." Finally, I did the math and figured out that it was either '96 or '97. So basically what I'm saying is "I'm old, and getting senile."

[Random]

The Field Museum r00ls.

[Sad, little man]

In my most unbiased opinion possible, I will say that Ford's parallel parking system absolutely rocks. In the admittedly limited experience I have with it, it doesn't seem finicky or temperamental, it just works. It just bangs the car right in the spot. Seriously, I have actually taught myself how to better parallel park by using the automatic system on some vehicles at work and watching how they manipulate the wheel as they park the car. (Turns out I have been turning the wheel too far.)

[Godson]

I'm going to be driving a Prius to Chicago next weekend.
My wife's best friend has been accepted into a doctoral program at U of C and she needs to go apartment hunting. She and the wife decided they wanted to make a road trip of it, but neither of us has a car terribly suitable for transporting 4 people and their luggage for 16 hours in comfort. Since she's also needing to replace her car (a poorly maintained '05 Scion xA) and is considering some flavor of Prius, it was decided that we'd rent one for the drive. Having done this type of thing with them before, I suspect I'll be driving something like 10 of the hours, so that'll be great.
On the upside, I'll get to go to the Field Museum again, so that's cool.



Drivers on the west side are fucking nuts. Just an FYI, also try to avoid roads under bridges unless you can see the entire road. I am still having nightmares from that underpass.

[Godson]

SLM- In fact I did look into C-Maxes. She knows nothing about cars at all, and has just fixated on the idea of a Prius, but when I got the job of finding a rental I looked at all the options with the intention of presenting some choices. Apparently Hertz rents them, theoretically; as far as I could tell, in regards to the KC metro area either a.) All the C-Max hybrids are booked that weekend, or b.) There is simply no supply to be booked in the region.

And really I'm not that concerned because it's not my money paying for it and the time I drove my cousin's Prius it was completely fine and seemed like it would fill the requirements for this trip. I did think the C-Max seemed fairly neat feature-wise and if I was in the market I'd definitely give it a look. (I especially dug the in-floor storage for some reason. Also, I'm vaguely drawn to/suspicious of parallel parking technology.)



I'll plug for the C-Max also. Parents bought one a while ago and LOVE the damned thing. A link to their fuelly account (http://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/c-max/2013/EasyEd/271551), it has leather and all the bells and whistles except self parking. Bought it w/ 18k miles on it for a touch over 20k.

[Drachen596]

society makes me feel like a bad person because every time i see/hear/read about some celebrity/athlete/other big name person coming out as gay i can't think anything other than i don't care. i don't give two shits who you love or want to be with. do it. shut up about it. ALL OF YOU straight gay whatever.

[TheBenior]

Benior - The 18th and 19th, so if you're going to be working- The Avis badged Prius wandering around Hyde Park is not actually suspicious, the driver is just getting terrible directions from someone who can't find north in their own front yard at dawn. Any recommendations as far as what to do in/around that area? It's been nearly 20 years* since I was last in Chicago, and I have no-idea where "cool" things or neighborhoods are these days.

Unfortunately, I have no idea what our schedule is going to be like- apparently "we" have a bunch of appointments with property management companies, etc, most of Saturday and also Sunday morning- after which, we need to drive home so her boyfriend can be back at work on Monday. Otherwise, I'd love to hook up for lunch or a beer or something. On the upside, I'll probably be up there with some regularity in the future, given that they (wife & friend) are already planning "Fun weekend things!

Ah well, I'm going to be out of town on the 18th and coming back late on the 19th.

I'm not really all that familiar with the Hyde Park area, other than knowing there's a bunch of restaurants along 53rd St from Lake Park to Woodlawn. I probably wouldn't go exploring the area past the Hyde Park neighborhood, because while Hyde Park is nice, it's surrounded by some pretty bad neighborhoods. If nothing else, the South Loop area is a quick hop up Lake Shore Drive.

[Sad, little man]

Ok, clearly this is one of those situations where I shouldn't judge, but isn't it just a tad inappropriate to be at the memorial service for you entire family that just got murdered and flash the horns?

Again, I guess I really can't judge. She's really young and has been through a lot. It just kind of made me :erm: .

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=708&d=1405252426

708

[Kchrpm]

If that was a sign of solidarity among her family and community, which major college fandom often is, it makes sense she would go to it now when she's most alone (I haven't seen the story yet, just headlines from image searches that say she's the sole survivor of an attack on her family, that's all I know).

[Dicknose]

society makes me feel like a bad person because every time i see/hear/read about some celebrity/athlete/other big name person coming out as gay i can't think anything other than i don't care. i don't give two shits who you love or want to be with. do it. shut up about it. ALL OF YOU straight gay whatever.

If this is the Aussie swimmer, it was someone who asked at age 15 if they were gay.
Yes it would be good if he didn't need to hear this, but enough people and media seem to think it's an issue to question people about.
Unfortunately some gay people feel they need to hide this fact and act straight.
It's still a sad fact that being openly gay can hurt your career.

Combine this with fame and it's ugly side and this whole "outing" can become a big issue.

I personally don't care about their sexuality.
But I feel sad and embarassed that I'm part of a society that has pressured people and made them feel that they had to live a lie to fit in.

[Sad, little man]

Ohhhhh, right Keith... This is in Texas. Yeah, I forgot that "the horns" may have a very different meaning down there as opposed to most other places.

[JoshInKC]

I probably wouldn't go exploring the area past the Hyde Park neighborhood, because while Hyde Park is nice, it's surrounded by some pretty bad neighborhoods. If nothing else, the South Loop area is a quick hop up Lake Shore Drive.

That's pretty much what I remember from the last time I was there- Since this was pre-gps and I made the trip without any real planning beyond "I've got nothing better to do & the car is pointed northeast, might as well head towards Chicago, I can go to the Field Museum." I managed to get off the freeway a few exits early and subsequently drove through some of those rough neighborhoods. Thought there'd be a chance some of that had gentrified in the years since then, but oh well.

[Drachen596]

Thats not the horns... thats I love you in sign language.

i think thats the problem I have. I dont care because I dont feel it should be an issue period. They shouldn't have to hide it or have to make big announcements about it.

[21Kid]

Yup. That's sign language for I love you.

[George]

I saw a man wearing spurs in Wal-Mart today. I didn't see a horse tied up outside.

How does one drive a car/truck with spurs on?

[speedpimp]

Very carefully? Sure he hadn't been riding a bike? Was he wearing a cowboy hat?

[Sad, little man]

Yup. That's sign language for I love you.

Wait, that's sign language for I love you!? That looks like the horns... I think the sign language people and the horns people (I dunno, is that Rob?) need to get together and change one of them... Or both.

[Phil_SS]

I saw a man wearing spurs in Wal-Mart today. I didn't see a horse tied up outside.

How does one drive a car/truck with spurs on?

Who says he was the driver?

[thesameguy]

Yeah. The horns have the thumb across the fingers. What she is doing means "I love you" in SEE and ASL sign languages.

[lostnight]

I just love Phil Steele's College Football Preview magazine, it is the best. But damn, at a fast rising price. Saw it in the magazine rack, it is now up to 12.95. Yeah............I set it back down and backed away from the rack slowly. WTF?! Got home, picked up my 2012 issue, only 8.95, which I thought was steep and still do. Some of these print media people shouldn't be so cocky when there is so much info on this inter-web thingee.

[thesameguy]

Probably somehow due to internet piracy.

[lostnight]

He does have a web site I have bookmarked, but I don't think his college football preview has an online version. Could be wrong.

[George]

Was he wearing a cowboy hat?

Oh, yes. And he was at least 60 and covered in dust/dirt and not at all some young bull trying to show off like John Travolta in "Urban Cowboy".

The Denver area is full of cowboy style...and I'm still looking for the ideal snap-button western shirt (invented in Denver, BTW)...but you only have to drive a very (VERY) short way east to find working ranches with real cowboys who generally drive "coal-rolling" Dodge duallies and sport real western attire. The guy in Wal-Mart was the real deal, not some young guy trying to show off. His rowels were tiny, whereas the night-time style dudes wear big ol-California rowels to the bars.

I still remember my first trip to Home Depot to get supplies for our apartment when we had just moved to Colorado in December 2004. I drove my old Camry V6 into the HD parking lot and was stunned to see a corral with a horse in it off tot he side of the parking lot.

Nearly ten years later, the corral in what had been a fairly rural Home Depot has been replaced my fake-urban-style apartments in the never-ending suburban sprawl that all probably know all too well.

[MR2 Fan]

Another new company wants to start a drone delivery service...this time for pharmaceuticals

http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/19/technology/innovation/quiqui-drone-drugs/index.html?hpt=ob_articleallcontentsidebar&iid=obnetwork

Sure...NO possible problems with that :rolleyes:

I really can't believe how naive these people are. There's so many things that can go wrong its not even funny.

[speedpimp]

The Denver area is full of cowboy style...and I'm still looking for the ideal snap-button western shirt (invented in Denver, BTW)

My dad's father always wore a snap button shirt no matter the season. Between the early 60's and the mid 80's he split his time between Indiana and Arizona, because right about the time he turned 40 he decided he wanted to be a cowboy. My grandma didn't want to move to Arizona, so he went to AZ by himself. He got his last brand new "Cowboy Shirt" when he was buried in Nov. '86 after being killed(along with six or seven of his dogs) in a collision with a semi that was hauling steel.

[speedpimp]

Ma'am, please put your penis away.

[speedpimp]

I had a bit of fun with my sister this past weekend. Last week she moved into a new house and asked if I could stop by and set up her internet for her. Last Friday after work I stopped by and she wasn't home. I got a good look at the house and noticed that there were a bunch of stones in front of the porch. So being the mischievous asshole that I am I made an inverted cross and wrote "NO" with some of the stones. On Saturday after work I went by and she was finally home. She didn't think my "house warming" gift was very nice. I showed her son how to run the cable wires to a splitter and from there to the TV and router/modem. I was messing with her laptop trying to see if her cable/internet was connected(it wasn't) and made a new network connection. When it came to naming it I suggested "FBI Surveillance Van" and "Al Queda safe house", for some odd reason she didn't see the humor in that either.
She was really freaked out by the cross/"NO" message. She said she had found out that someone had been brutally murdered with a 2x4 in the house a few years before. Something that the landlord only volunteered AFTER she had signed the lease. After doing a Died In House search, two show up as having died in the house but no mention of a grisly murder.

[thesameguy]

Obviously you need to leave a bloody 2x4 barely obscured in the garden, or maybe wedged behind the fridge. Then wait as long as it takes.

[speedpimp]

I would be able to hear her yelling "RICHERD! YOU MOTHER FUCKER! THAT'S NOT FUCKING FUNNY, YOU MOTHER FUCKER!" from the twenty miles that separates where we live.

[speedpimp]

709

[thesameguy]

I would be able to hear her yelling "RICHERD! YOU MOTHER FUCKER! THAT'S NOT FUCKING FUNNY, YOU MOTHER FUCKER!" from the twenty miles that separates where we live.

Yeah, but she'd be in the wrong. Because it would be funny. Like, super funny.

[Sad, little man]

Does anyone else think that people consistently underestimate the strength of plastic grocery bags? Whenever I go to the store, I go through the U-scan so I bag my own stuff. I never double bag things. I've had a gallon of milk along with some other stuff in one bag before, no worries. But then I go to dollar general and the lady double bags four large bottles of gatorade. :rolleyes:

Somewhere the original engineer of the plastic grocery bag is rolling over in his grave.

[thesameguy]

I think like most things in this world, that is the result of dumb people - and I think the only thing I dislike more than dumb people is waste so this really upsets me.

We get our groceries delivered these days and the people who do that bagging are brain cell short of a synapse. I'll get two gallons of milk crammed in one plastic bag and then a box of Cheerios double bagged. Absolutely zero rhyme or reason. I had hoped Safeway's delivery service would work like Webvan used to where you'd just trade out your crates every week (thus saving bags), but instead it works just like you went shopping in the store, except someone else did the shopping. Even adopting a Costco-style system where they reuse cardboard shipping containers would make more sense than Safeway's method. That irks me to no end, but I guess not enough to stop using the service. Nothing beats just clicking a box that says "everything I got last time" and then all of it showing up the next day. The amount of time I save not driving, shopping, and checking out is unreal. Between Safeway and Amazon If I could telecommute I could probably limit my driving to once or twice a month. Outside of boozing. Because that's definitely best done in public.

[TheBenior]

I actually remember the best bagging job I'd ever seen at a grocery store. I took my sister grocery shopping because she didn't have a car, and we marveled at it when we got back to her place.

It was done by a possibly mentally handicapped fellow about 10 years ago. If he wasn't diagnosable with anything, he had to be borderline mentally handicapped. However, everything was perfect, without fault to be found. No meats bagged with produce, no bunch of canned goods in a single bag, etc.

It was reminiscent of this Onion article (http://www.theonion.com/articles/developmentally-disabled-burger-king-employee-only,462/).

[thesameguy]

New personal record: A zip file with 201,763 files in it.

[Yw-slayer]

Impressive.

[Kchrpm]

I've had multiple plastic bags rip on me, I will double bag things if I feel the need or preferably use one of those reusable canvas bags and save myself the issue. I don't care that much if I use an extra plastic bag or two.

[George]

Plastic bags are evil and need to be banned because they will take 5,000,000,000 years to decompose in a landfill, right?

But woe unto any well-meaning parent of twins with two perfectly good plastic child car seats that his kids have outgrown who is trying to give them to charity.

Child seat manufacturers now put dates on them so they can claim they have "expired" after five years so new parents will have to buy new ones instead of using the ones given to them by neighbors with older kids.

Just try giving child car seats away at a Goodwill or similar charity drop-off location when there's an alert attendant. Just try it. I dare ya.

I ended up having to "dump and run" on a really busy Saturday afternoon when the stuff being dropped off was out the door and on the sidewalk. I imagine the Plastic Police are still searching surveillance cameras to figure out who committed such a bold felony.

[George]

New personal record: A zip file with 201,763 files in it.

Dang! That's a lot of pr0n!

[Sad, little man]

But woe unto any well-meaning parent of twins with two perfectly good plastic child car seats that his kids have outgrown who is trying to give them to charity.

Child seat manufacturers now put dates on them so they can claim they have "expired" after five years so new parents will have to buy new ones instead of using the ones given to them by neighbors with older kids.

Just try giving child car seats away at a Goodwill or similar charity drop-off location when there's an alert attendant. Just try it. I dare ya.

I ended up having to "dump and run" on a really busy Saturday afternoon when the stuff being dropped off was out the door and on the sidewalk. I imagine the Plastic Police are still searching surveillance cameras to figure out who committed such a bold felony.
Unless you are a car seat engineer, I don't think that you are qualified to make such a bold and definitive assessment of the usefulness of a car seat as it ages. I'm not a car seat engineer either, but I can tell you this much...

Plastic and many other synthetic materials may not easily decompose, but their physical properties can change significantly over time. Those changes can also happen much faster and to a more severe degree when these materials are left in an environment like a car's interior which is constantly subjected to wildly varying temperatures and constant direct sunlight.

Car seats are engineered to protect in the event of an impact. A large part of their ability to protect comes from the composition and physical properties of the materials they are made from. As the seat ages, those physical properties will change, so you cannot depend on an old car seat to protect in the event of an accident as well as a new one.

This is the same reason you can't safely use a bicycle helmet (or many other helmets) for more than a few years. The materials break down inside them, and when shit hits the fan, they will not perform in the same way they did when they were new. Think of a car seat as a whole body helmet. It has an outer shell, and padding inside. Those materials are only going to be good for so long, especially when constantly kept in a hot or cold car in direct sunlight.

Edit: This doesn't even touch on the fact that, if you drop a car seat off at Goodwill, there is no way for them to tell if it was ever in an accident previously, which would compromise its ability to protect in another accident. So, please understand that when you just dump car seats at Goodwill, you are essentially just dumping garbage at their doorstep. There is no way they can re-sell it with a clear conscience without knowing its full history.

[MR2 Fan]

Rupert Murdoch/Fox tried to buy Time Warner for $80 Billion, it was rejected for now...but this article lists how much they would own if it went through:

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-fox-time-warner-own-2014-7

scary stuff

[George]

SLM, of course I'm not an engineer. I'm just some guy flappin' my gums on the internet about things that are more fun that working.

Maybe I should have donated them to a Church instead. It just seems to me there are probably some needy folks who would rather have an older car seat than none at all.

[Alan P]

It's well known by parents that you shouldn't buy a second hand car seat in case it's been in an accident, but I do suspect some of the 'expiry date' thing is to prevent second hand sales.

Oh and kidney stones suck. My second bout, this time on my left kidney and it still hurts like a mother*cker at times. I have two major pain killers to take along with antibiotics (not sure why) as well as anti nausea medication and some other drug which should let me pass the stone easier. It's also made me so freaking lethargic my 63 year old mother was walking away from me in the local supermarket and I asked her to slow down. Damn.

Also post about Time Warner/Fox/News International is incorrect. News International don't own BSkyB although they do have a stake, but a non controlling one.

[speedpimp]

I like to use the single use plastic bags as trash bags. They fit a small trash can very nicely.

[Sad, little man]

Yeah, they're great for that... If only I went through five little trash bags in a week. ;)

It's more like one little trash bag in five months. (I usually just use the main can.)

[sandydandy]

I was at a convenience store today and stood in line behind a woman who had just won $100 playing poker lotto. Her face lit up and was thrilled, as she announced it was the first time she'd ever won anything. I offered my congrats and felt genuinely happy for her.

[speedpimp]

I quit my job today and start a new one on Monday.

[Sad, little man]

Three day weekend!! :D

[speedpimp]

Exactly. Good thing is the new job will have me all over Michigan.

[Dicknose]

At the same time??
Its not working with explosives?

[Kchrpm]

I see what you did there.

Why don't you ever have a job that brings you to Cincinnati so I can show you off to all the ladies at Hooters?

[speedpimp]

I'll be working for a produce wholesaler and working in an area that on any given day could have me anywhere in southern Michigan or Northern Indiana.

[Random]

:up:

[Fiat500]

Back due to popular demand, another installment of "Unfortunate porn faces":


http://i.imgur.com/MIMJG3R.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TklDSVr.jpg

Again, surprisingly work safe, considering it is stills from porn. But you should have seen the wrinkly nipples on the skinny one.

[MR2 Fan]

So, I'm not really a fan of the death penalty as a general rule...but all of these recent problems with executions here in the U.S. is kinda disturbing...I mean, humans have been perfecting ways to kill each other quickly for thousands of years, and now they can't figure it out? I'm not being totally serious, but really, even using drugs, how hard can it be?

Didn't the nazis have really good suicide pills that killed within a few seconds (or are all of those movies wrong?)

[Alan P]

Previously the drugs they used did the job just fine. In fact they were very good at it but they were mostly sourced from Europe. Eventually these companies succumbed to pressure from 'The General Public' not to supply these drugs for use in this way. Now the State Prison Board (Or whoever is in charge of such things, I'm not exactly 'in the neighbourhood') had to search out alternatives and it seems there really aren't many drugs that kill someone 'humanely', quickly. There are plenty that will kill them 'inhumanely' though, but apparently that would be wrong or something.

[speedpimp]

If there has to be executions then wouldn't the guillotine be the most "humane" way to do it?

[TheBenior]

Bullet to the medulla oblongata after sedation would probably be the most humane method of execution.

[JoshInKC]

Yesterday, I recorded the first episode of a podcast my friend and I came up with a while back. Went pretty well - Before we began we were saying, "I hope we don't run out of stuff to say," - Finished 2:01 later.

Haven't gone back and listened to it at all yet, but I think it might actually be kinda listenable. Now I just need to record several more, come up with some sort of theme music, and figure out hosting. Then I'll be a famous internet celebrity!

[mk]

If there has to be executions then wouldn't the guillotine be the most "humane" way to do it?
Head lives several blinks.

Nitrogen poisoning is best.
Target don't even realize they are dying.

[Godson]

Bullet to the medulla oblongata after sedation would probably be the most humane method of execution.


Quite true. I haven't read much on the topic of discussion, but I know the idea and process of how they do the deed. Not all medications act in the same way between people, and because of that fact and the lack of public education and knowledge, this is "an issue."

[Drachen596]

Having to make dinner after 10 hour shifts sucks. Sucks more after 12 hour ones.

[sandydandy]

UFOs over Toronto last night! Don't have a link, sorry.

Police dismissed it as Chinese lanterns or RC planes, or some shit. The standard response by people in authority is usually weather balloons. This time they changed it up.

[Sad, little man]

I always wondered how Jack White would look if he threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Tigers game. Now I know... Magnificent.

...That is one unhappy Tigers fan.

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=726&d=1406732754

726

[Sad, little man]

Oh, and to add to the magnificence of the whole thing, he was throwing to Santa. (They did a Christmas in July thing at the ballpark.)

http://gtxforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=727&d=1406733009

727

[thesameguy]

Sad truth: Saw an email that on a quick glance I thought said, "Check out Steve's new Pinto" and I got excited. Realized it said "Photo," with the P pointlessly capitalized, and I was said. I don't give a rip about Steve's new Photo.

[thesameguy]

700.

That's how much the next week of weather adds up to.

[thesameguy]

You can only use Wells Fargo mobile deposit to deposit up to $2500/day and $5000/mo. What a useless damned technology. #disappointed

[Drachen596]

Chase mobile is lower on both numbers..

[Kchrpm]

You can only use Wells Fargo mobile deposit to deposit up to $2500/day and $5000/mo. What a useless damned technology. #disappointed
#1percenterproblems

[thesameguy]

Ack. I wish.

[Random]

Must be why google hands out bonuses in cash.

[Kchrpm]

You would think they'd do it via direct deposit, the mobile deposit limit is only an issue when you cut an actual check.

Maybe bonuses are handled differently for tax reasons?

[Random]

No, I think they do it in cash because it's fun to hand people envelopes with $10k in them (this was a decade or so ago, when they were smaller, pre-IPO). :lol:

[Kchrpm]

Fun and/or more like a drug deal :)

[speedpimp]

So I started the new job last week. For the first four days I rode with another driver to learn a few of the routes. Saturday was my first day on my own and they gave me a route that takes me up to Lansing, MI and back. I clocked in at 4 a.m. Saturday morning and punched out at 7:45 that night. Yesterday I had the same route and the reefer motor quit running due to low oil level. That meant climbing up on the cab of the truck and adding oil to the engine(a Pratt & Whitney diesel). I hate climbing and heights, but it had to be done. The dipstick was damn near bone dry and it looks like the filters were a bit old as well. After I added the oil it ran like a top. I have today off and have a local route three days this week. Good thing about the local routes is that they can be done within five or six hours. This is definitely an interesting job.
One thing I did spot yesterday was a camo'd up Jeep Renegade. It looks like a 500 L that was stung by a bee.

[thesameguy]

Glad to hear it's going well - sometimes a change of scenery makes your whole life seem better.

[thesameguy]

700.

That's how much the next week of weather adds up to.

If we're not staring down the barrel of proof of climate change, then it's the apocalypse. Now it's cloudy, rainy, and cool. WTF.

[Random]

The monsoon down south (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Monsoon)got a little extra energetic, to our benefit. :cool:

[Godson]

Dad is whining about the nature of Gran Turismo updates and down time of playing.



#entitled #firstworldproblems


Sorry, I had to use the hashtags

[Drachen596]

Small thing that greatly annoys me?

Dont touch the dinner bill unless youre paying it. what I end up paying is none of your business.

[thesameguy]

Yeah, that's straight up rude. Grabbing the check is the indication you are paying for it. If you're not, hands off.

[Godson]

I agree with that.


Also, unless I offer you food off my plate, don't fucking touch my food or my plate. Good ass chance you will be forked if you do.

[Godson]

Instead of sucking you teeth to get food out, how about you go and use a toothpic or better yet, brush your teeth and floss.

[Sad, little man]

I just sharpened a chainsaw, and then used it to decimate some wood. God I feel manly right now. :mad:

[George]

That reminds me...any of you guys need a 1960s Homelite XL-12 chainsaw?

As they say in car ads on CL, it "ran when parked" when we moved to Colorado and bought a house on a small lot. I also don't do much hurricane cleanup out here.

[Random]

*cue disaster*

[Sad, little man]

Hmm, a vintage chainsaw would fit nicely into my confused hipster repertoire... :up:

Can you turn a chainsaw into a fixie? You know, so like, the chain never stops? That would be so hipster.

[thesameguy]

*cue disaster*

Srsly. Chainsaw is not one of those tools that's charming when old.

[Random]

Oh, I was thinking more about him jinxing himself by saying there's no hurricane clean-up in Denver. :lol:

[George]

That's what they thought in Hawaii, too.

Given the value of old cars and some old guitars, I figured I'd cash in when it was time to sell Dad's saw. I envisioned collectors on eBay driving the price way, way up, and...

----WE INTERRUPT THIS POST FOR THIS NEWS FLASH----


Srsly. Chainsaw is not one of those tools that's charming when old.

Boy, is that ever true. It seems to be worth about as much as an old shovel.

[thesameguy]

Maybe less. Vintage hand tools can get real money at those antique places. :D

[21Kid]

*cue disaster*

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p403x403/156012_10202340920835748_3955628022464678393_n.jpg ?oh=73ffd0f6c9875cf12889b86163003fcf&oe=547A39AD

[George]

http://cache.backpackinglight.com/backpackinglight/user_uploads/1400114272_105165.jpg

[speedpimp]

Can you turn a chainsaw into a fixie? You know, so like, the chain never stops? That would be so hipster.

Throw a bottle holder on it and call it even.

[Drachen596]

Does corporate/management stupidity know any boundries?


Two new people started Thursday. None of us knew this. I was/am supposed to be training one of them. Small problem, I work Sunday to Wednesday 9pm to 7am. which is not the shift either of the new people are working.

Was not told id be training nor wad I put down for overtime on the schedule to work thursday to sunday.

[Sad, little man]

I want to put a rotary engine in a Lotus, just so I can call it "The Rotus."

[Sad, little man]

Oh god dammit! :mad:

http://www.ronsusser.com/inventory.htm?id=2246

[Godson]

Roflmao


You were out hipstered.

[Leon]

I want to put a rotary engine in a Lotus, just so I can call it "The Rotus."

I was watching a Porsche 924 with a 12A in it racing on Sunday.

Also a Hyabusa powered Starlet.

Not to mention a Formula Renault powered Peugeot shell, rear engine, four wheel drive.

[Random]

Oh god dammit! :mad:

http://www.ronsusser.com/inventory.htm?id=2246


Roflmao


You were out hipstered.

Popular swap into Europas--we had two autocrossing locally for a while.

[21Kid]

That seems like too much effort to be considered hipster-ey

[Rare White Ape]

The B side of Cliff Richard's first single was 'Schoolboy Crush'! To listen to it you have to flip it over, which ironically appears to be the problem now.

[thesameguy]

Got an ad in the mail today for a personal loan. Not a car title loan or a payday advance, but a genuine, unsecured loan. I always read these types of items as I find them fascinating. This particular one was for $3500 with a - wait for it - 199.43% APR. "Biweekly payments of $285."

O
M
G

[Random]

Wow.

I've been hearing radio ads for cash-out refis again, too. WTF.

[SupraDupra]

SHEESH! I got an offer in the mail a few months ago for $4,250 (interesting amount) @29.99%. $180.39/mo

I wanted to call the number just to see if it was real. That's insane!

[FaultyMario]

30% down here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mexico#Monetary_system) comes across as pretty decent.

[21Kid]

Cash-out refi's never really went away.... they were just more difficult to obtain.
We do them all the time.

[Random]

True. What was pissing me off was the blatant "Cash out and buy stuff!!!!" advertising. "We" clearly did not learn our lesson. :|

[21Kid]

People have short memories. :(

[speedpimp]

Is a reverse mortgage legit or a rip off?

[thesameguy]

Totally legit, and there are sometimes good reasons to do them. But cashing out equity so you can buy a new flatscreen and take a cruise is probably not one of them. Unless maybe you're dying, then eff the bank. :D

[Kchrpm]

I was planning on doing it to pay off the CC I had used to pay for appliances in and work on the property it was coming from. Sound plan, I thought, despite the various and sundry things that prevented it from ever happening.

[thesameguy]

Certainly sounds like it. The interest rate on a credit card is usually much higher than on a mortgage, so that'd definitely be a sound reason. My ex's dad reversed out of his mortgage to put together a DP on a duplex (with existing, long-term renters) which also seemed like a solid idea. Certainly not risk-free, but a low cost of money that is essentially being used to buy a business (and, in his case, retirement income) is not a bad way to go. The trustees I bought my house from had initially planned on doing a reverse to cover (what I believe to be medical) bills... which is a little sad, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

[21Kid]

Reverse mortgages are legit. They are only for when you own a good chunk of the equity in your home however. As it never gets paid back, until you die.
They are mainly (exclusively?) for seniors, to supplement their retirement/SSI.

You can just get a 2nd mortgage or HELOC to pay off credit cards or cars as well. Most people use them because they are still tax deductible and have better rates than credit cards.

[Drachen596]

someone want to explain to me exactly how reverse mortgages work?

all i can seem to figure out is they are like a backwards rent to own thing..

[Kchrpm]

You're just slightly changing the reason you're using to convince the bank that, no matter what, they will get their money.

When you get a normal mortgage, the value of the house you're going to buy with the money is what you're using to back the loan.

THIS IS WRONG When you get a reverse mortgage, you're using the equity (the value of the home vs what you owe on it) to back the loan.

[TheBenior]

With all this talk of mandating police body cameras, I can't help but think that I should've bought some shares in Taser International.

[21Kid]

Reverse mortgages actually have no payments and get paid off when you die, or sell the property. They actually give you a monthly payment.

Say, you take out a reverse mortgage on your $200k house. Each month you draw on the loan $500/month or so. And your balance goes up from $0 (or actually whatever the initial fees are, say $5k)each month up to the LTV limit. As the value of your property increases, so can the amount you draw.

When the house is sold, the outstanding balance is paid off plus interest. Let's say 30 months x $500 month + initial $5k +5% interest = $22900. (Just guessing, I don't have a payment calculator up right now.)

So, you never make a payment. You actually get them. And it has to be paid off when you sell/die. It digs into the equity, but can be very helpful for old people who have a lot of equity, but not much income as an additional source of income.