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12-27-2010, 09:02 PM
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I made it there. It was fun. Here is a short...
I made it there. It was fun. Here is a short bit of video demonstrating such.
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08-04-2010, 08:16 PM
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Always bringing the funny and true to the table.
Always bringing the funny and true to the table.
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08-02-2010, 06:24 PM
Thread: Obsethed with or without inserts?
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PowderLuder, points well stated. On the last...
PowderLuder, points well stated. On the last point, note that retail bindings always have longer, compromised hole patterns compared to race/TGR bindings. For a few intractable reasons. The extant...
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08-02-2010, 06:05 PM
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Where'd you get the idea that you are entitled to...
Where'd you get the idea that you are entitled to a refinance? You can't afford THIS mortgage. Part of the risk you took when you signed the papers was that financing isn't always going to be...
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08-02-2010, 01:42 PM
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You don't have a right to property you can't...
You don't have a right to property you can't afford. I'm sorry your wife lost her job, but I'm positive there are homes you CAN afford out there. Oh, but your house is worth less than when you...
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08-02-2010, 01:38 PM
Thread: Obsethed with or without inserts?
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When all skiers have the same size feet and/or...
When all skiers have the same size feet and/or are willing to accept shitty, heavy, compromise bindings.
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08-02-2010, 01:32 PM
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BofA sucks, I ditched them back in '02 and...
BofA sucks, I ditched them back in '02 and haven't looked back.
That said, how about demonstrating some personal responsibility and buying a house you can actually afford? I've been living in the... -
08-01-2010, 02:57 PM
Thread: Shipping container house
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First the engineer needs to build an accurate...
First the engineer needs to build an accurate model of the container, something that is going to take at least a day. All the containers have notable differences, btw, so you need to do this for the...
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07-31-2010, 10:38 PM
Thread: reporting domestic violence?
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I didn't paint all abused women with the same...
I didn't paint all abused women with the same brush. Some leave and don't go back. Others live in shitholes where women don't have rights, where society expects women to put up with abuse, where no...
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07-31-2010, 10:12 PM
Thread: Shipping container house
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i.e. look up span tables/follow prescriptive...
i.e. look up span tables/follow prescriptive methods, something contractors and even homeowners themselves also do. no engineering-lite methods I know of for building with shipping containers in the...
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07-30-2010, 07:45 PM
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To paraphrase the Fark headline, if they think...
To paraphrase the Fark headline, if they think it's undeniable they've obviously never been on the internet.
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07-30-2010, 06:08 PM
Thread: Shipping container house
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There are tons of effective VSWC and closed loop...
There are tons of effective VSWC and closed loop geothermal systems in VT.
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07-30-2010, 06:04 PM
Thread: reporting domestic violence?
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Of course I do. Who doesn't? Not a helpful post.
Of course I do. Who doesn't? Not a helpful post.
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07-30-2010, 06:01 PM
Thread: Don't EVER wash wine glasses by hand
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Can you buy tempered wine glasses? Would they...
Can you buy tempered wine glasses? Would they have to be ugly-thick in order to hold up with all that curvature and residual stress? A google didn't turn up much.
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07-30-2010, 05:50 PM
Thread: reporting domestic violence?
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Actually, I do have a clue. Like I said, I've...
Actually, I do have a clue. Like I said, I've been there and done this. To be fair, kids weren't involved (thank God) but neither time was it worth it. One time it REALLY wasn't worth it, to the...
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07-29-2010, 09:58 PM
Thread: reporting domestic violence?
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Who the fuck are you, and have you ever actually...
Who the fuck are you, and have you ever actually done this? I have, several times in fact. Cops investigate things, as is their job. Witnesses are good to have. When idiot wife refuses to sell...
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07-29-2010, 09:52 PM
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http://www.communitywalk.com/location/b_forman_par...
http://www.communitywalk.com/location/b_forman_park/info/2363168
No personal knowledge, just scrolled along the lake in google until something promising showed up.
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07-29-2010, 09:34 PM
Thread: reporting domestic violence?
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I agree with all that except that I think doing...
I agree with all that except that I think doing something useful while maintaining anonymity might be difficult, and if you lose the anonymity, suddenly you are on your crazy douche gun loving...
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07-29-2010, 09:30 PM
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If you use any of these services be sure to use...
If you use any of these services be sure to use them in such a way that kids aren't exposed to their search facilities/homepages, which could happen if for instance you mislink a file and they go to...
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07-29-2010, 09:26 PM
Thread: reporting domestic violence?
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Posts above come from people who have obviously...
Posts above come from people who have obviously never opened this can of worms.
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07-28-2010, 08:25 PM
Thread: The "Get the redeye out" thread...
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No idea what the dude did, but based on the photo...
No idea what the dude did, but based on the photo douchbaggery is believable.
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07-28-2010, 05:42 PM
Thread: Don't EVER wash wine glasses by hand
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Thanks for this post. Knew a guy with the exact...
Thanks for this post. Knew a guy with the exact same story a while ago, he too lost function in most of his hand for a good long while. Very scary. Good luck.
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07-28-2010, 05:12 PM
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What do they do if you swim where it says not to...
What do they do if you swim where it says not to swim? Arrest you for disorderly conduct or something? I go swimming under a bridge with prominent "No Swimming" signs on chainlink fences, but those...
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07-28-2010, 04:12 PM
Thread: Eject! Eject! Eject!
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I'm not forgetting that. You think if we had...
I'm not forgetting that. You think if we had showed up with merely the RAF the war would have been drawn out and iffy? There is superiority, and then there is useless excess.
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07-27-2010, 08:58 PM
Thread: Eject! Eject! Eject!
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I Ctrl-F-ed Canada and found zero fighter losses....
I Ctrl-F-ed Canada and found zero fighter losses. Also I've got to be to the gym in 26 minutes, but I don't know of many/any fighters that went down due to enemy action from anyone's inventory in...
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07-27-2010, 08:47 PM
Thread: Eject! Eject! Eject!
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Exactky, Below is the tl;dr version. Perhaps...
Exactky, Below is the tl;dr version.
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07-26-2010, 08:19 PM
Thread: Eject! Eject! Eject!
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So now we've jumped from me pointing out that...
So now we've jumped from me pointing out that fighters are antiques that no one has used in their design role in decades to being peace loving hippies about to be pounced upon by the Chi-coms?
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07-26-2010, 07:54 AM
Thread: Eject! Eject! Eject!
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Fighters are antiques. No one dogfights anything...
Fighters are antiques. No one dogfights anything anymore. They just fuck around at airshows and drop 500 pounders on brown people once in a while to try and keep up some pretense that the whole...
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07-25-2010, 05:30 PM
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And zero of those were lost doing anything...
And zero of those were lost doing anything resembling what a fighter jet was intended to do.
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07-25-2010, 12:52 PM
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Whatever makes you feel better. The last study...
Whatever makes you feel better.
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07-24-2010, 07:15 PM
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Flat is cheaper, buildings are designed to a...
Flat is cheaper, buildings are designed to a stiffness target and more depth for the roof structure means more stiffness with less material. Then all the finish stuff OSECS pointed out makes the...
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07-24-2010, 05:00 PM
Thread: Drive-In Movie Theaters
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Town I grew up in has one. Due to skeeters, car...
Town I grew up in has one. Due to skeeters, car with bench front seat is ideal.
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07-24-2010, 04:55 PM
Thread: pressure tank off my well
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It isn't exactly rocket surgery. Your tank is...
It isn't exactly rocket surgery. Your tank is toast. You could use a bike pump to change the bladder pressure in one of those.
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07-18-2010, 12:30 AM
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ZG, I can't see a link, but those last few posts...
ZG, I can't see a link, but those last few posts made me chuckle. I got a minor 240v shock once as a kid, and I've been endeavoring to avoid it again ever since. I'm definitely a pussy about it. ...
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07-18-2010, 12:21 AM
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splat, I just did a project exactly as you...
splat, I just did a project exactly as you describe replacing ballasts and bulbs. Worthwhile tax credit, works great, best unexpected benefit is that now all the bulbs are simultaneously new and of...
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07-18-2010, 12:18 AM
Thread: I don't like your fucking kids asshole.
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I was a jackass youth a decade ago. My dad had a...
I was a jackass youth a decade ago. My dad had a reputation around town for being a kind of no-coddling guy, so several times during my youth when other adults knocked me upside the head/gave me a...
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07-17-2010, 07:08 PM
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Your INTACT SKIN is a good insulator. Your BLOOD...
Your INTACT SKIN is a good insulator. Your BLOOD exposed through broken skin IS NOT, as might be the case with a bite. There are orders of magnitude difference in insulation between skin and your...
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07-17-2010, 05:25 PM
Thread: I don't like your fucking kids asshole.
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I was responding to someone who has the peculiar...
I was responding to someone who has the peculiar idea that conservatives children are better behaved. It does seem to me that no matter where in the world I meet them, mo-mos seem to have generally...
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07-17-2010, 04:17 PM
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What climate and how thick/what foam was in the...
What climate and how thick/what foam was in the SIP? Curious, as I've never built anything with them, and I'm wary of the details of vapor pressure gradient across them.
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07-17-2010, 03:57 PM
Thread: The party is over...
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Correction, party is over the second or third...
Correction, party is over the second or third time the police arrive, depending on jurisdiction. Unless you are underage.
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07-17-2010, 03:54 PM
Thread: I don't like your fucking kids asshole.
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Horseshit. I'll give you Mormons. More often...
Horseshit.
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07-16-2010, 04:46 PM
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Where was the complaint? That was intended as a...
Where was the complaint? That was intended as a statement of fact. Looking at the subsequent posts, I guess we are talking about a deal for people who aren't really traditionally qualified. In...
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07-15-2010, 04:20 PM
Thread: Office A/C is out
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Yeah, run the swamp cooler and the dehumidifier. ...
Yeah, run the swamp cooler and the dehumidifier. Laws of thermodynamics are for pussies.
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07-12-2010, 03:06 PM
Thread: Money vs. Lifestyle
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I know this is tragic to say given this crowd and...
I know this is tragic to say given this crowd and the skiing proclivities, but after my brief trip through the yoo-pee I thought it was damn near idyllic. But then again I'm from the Adirondacks and...
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07-12-2010, 02:47 PM
Thread: 'Cause, you know, it wasn't "rape rape"
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I'm with OldLarry on this one.
I'm with OldLarry on this one.
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07-12-2010, 11:59 AM
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I live a life where idiots like Jesse Jackson...
I live a life where idiots like Jesse Jackson simply don't exist, because I don't waste my time reading or watching bullshit "news". Its amazing how much of your faith in humanity can be restored if...
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07-12-2010, 11:55 AM
Thread: I forgot how to date
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Leah, I'm impressed that you've taken the...
Leah, I'm impressed that you've taken the initiative to start this thread, tell us about yourself a bit, post pics for all the basement dwellers to creep on, etc. It isn't easy to do all that.
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07-07-2010, 04:57 PM
Thread: Fackin hot over here
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Hey, neat, my lifelong buddy has a place there. ...
Hey, neat, my lifelong buddy has a place there. The best part about it is that you can swim by May without freezing to death. The St. Lawrence where I spend weekends is finally getting to the point...
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07-06-2010, 10:36 PM
Thread: Anyone repair their car AC themselves?
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The leak-stop shit can definitely cause all sorts...
The leak-stop shit can definitely cause all sorts of trouble.
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07-06-2010, 04:18 PM
Thread: Anyone repair their car AC themselves?
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Horrible advice. Do not touch the service ports...
Horrible advice. Do not touch the service ports unless you know exactly what you are doing. It isn't rocket surgery, but it is easy to fuck up expensive components quickly with a can of gas/leak...
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