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Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:08 am
by lonleyppl
Anyone have recommendations for a summer trip to Maine?
I'm thinking I'd like to visit Acadia NP, and spend a bit of time along the coast, but other than knowing it's a beautiful state, I don't know where to start. It'd probably be a 3-4 day trip, near the end of July or beginning of August.

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:14 am
by just brew it!
Acadia's cool, campground tends to be booked up though (if you were planning on doing that). Nearby Bar Harbor is very touristy, but at low tide you can walk across to Bar Island -- recommended if you're in the mood for a little hike.

As a beer geek, I'm also compelled to mention the nearby Atlantic Brewing Company... visit 'em if it fits into your schedule! :D

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:52 am
by just brew it!
Recipe for a late night (or early morning depending on how you look at it) snack:

1. Leftover hot wings that inadvertently got left out in my car for a couple of days. Hey, it's Chicago in January... probably colder out there than in the fridge...

2. Black sesame Mochi rice cake. Leftover from the holidays, found while foraging the fridge for something else to have with the hot wings!

3. Random beers from the cellar stash (tonight's selections have ranged from "really good" to "meh").

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:08 pm
by Arclight
The CoD Circus coming to your town

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:11 am
by just brew it!
Why we're still a long way from real AI: http://www.ibtimes.com/ibms-watson-gets ... ry-1007734

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:51 am
by Captain Ned
just brew it! wrote:
Why we're still a long way from real AI: http://www.ibtimes.com/ibms-watson-gets ... ry-1007734

Or did we improperly intervene in the growth/maturation process of an early AI concept? I've got a 15YO daughter who, once she hit high school this past fall, started spouting off like a sailor. In the case of Watson, is it a "phase" that further growth will overcome or is it a terminal condition that can't be "taught out".

Head-scratchers all.

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:22 pm
by paulWTAMU
600 dollars on a car repair bill and 300 on a hospital bill :X I feel broke! Damnit things are expensive

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:23 pm
by tanker27
paulWTAMU wrote:
600 dollars on a car repair bill and 300 on a hospital bill :X I feel broke! Damnit things are expensive


Car repairs are damn expensive. :(

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:37 pm
by Captain Ned
tanker27 wrote:
Car repairs are damn expensive. :(

I'm at 83K on my '10 Subie and still on the original brakes. Shop wants $900 to do all four corners. I can buy all the parts for $450 and replacing brakes is child's play. If you're willing to read the shop manual you can halve the cost of repairs that don't include delving into the engine computer.

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:38 pm
by ludi
Every time I'm tempted to rage-quit on a car repair, I remind myself that it's a machine with parts that can spin up to 100-130 times per second and operate perhaps 5,000 hours between major maintenance items in order to move 1.5-2.5 tons of mass to speeds in excess of 70mph...while I and/or loved ones will be sitting in the center of it, surrounded by many other machines that may not be maintained or driven with the same skill as mine.

Even so, car repairs are expensive.

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:42 pm
by Captain Ned
ludi wrote:
surrounded by many other machines that may not be maintained with the same skill as mine.

I see you've driven in rural Vermont. On any given day I can expect to hear terminally-shot and metal-grinding brakes and suspensions with broken springs and non-existent bushings, not to mention all of the body groans from 20+ YO cars.

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:14 pm
by ludi
We get some of that here, although not nearly so bad as the Midwest and Northeast because CDOT mostly relies on gravel and mag-chlor, and the corrosion effects aren't as brutal as straight salt.

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:58 pm
by Captain Ned
ludi wrote:
We get some of that here, although not nearly so bad as the Midwest and Northeast because CDOT mostly relies on gravel and mag-chlor, and the corrosion effects aren't as brutal as straight salt.

We're straight rock salt or high-strength salt brine. You only see gravel on the dirt roads.

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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:15 pm
by paulWTAMU
My steering column needed replaced; I'm just not comfortable doing that.


in happier news, Blazing Saddles is stil lfrigging hysterical.

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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:26 pm
by Captain Ned
Saw this in the comments section of one of my blogs.

Sausage gravy & biscuit pot pie.

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here through Thursday. Try the veal.

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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:10 pm
by paulWTAMU
that sounds wonderful but artery clogging :)

on a similar vein; 1 cup vanilla ice cream, 2-3 oz of 99 Bananas (99 proof liqueur) blended into a milkshake makes a very taste dessert, but watch out because, yeah, 99 proof.

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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:28 pm
by derFunkenstein
I don't think I'd have those together, but individually both of them sound delicious.

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:31 am
by lonleyppl
Borderlands is an amazing game. I got it just before Christmas in a Steam sale, but only started playing a week ago. I wish I had gotten it sooner, as it's just so much fun.

Also, JBI, thanks for the Maine suggestions.

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:31 am
by AMD64Blondie
Hi guys,how's it going tonight?

Just joined tonight,and I thought I'd take a look around.

Seems like a nice place y'all have here.

(BTW,no,I'm not really a blond-more brunette.)

Also joining the TR IBM Model M club..(2 1991 Model M's and 1 1995 Model M.)

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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:39 am
by Dagwood
@AMD64Blondie Welcome to the forums. Names Dagwood. :wink:

This being a fairly random thread let me throw this out there.

Pretzel salad is made with pretzels, but does not contain lettuce.

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:18 am
by derFunkenstein
What about macaroni - let me finish...

...salad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW0DMaqPxLo

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:17 am
by just brew it!
AMD64Blondie wrote:
Hi guys,how's it going tonight?

Just joined tonight,and I thought I'd take a look around.

Seems like a nice place y'all have here.

(BTW,no,I'm not really a blond-more brunette.)

Also joining the TR IBM Model M club..(2 1991 Model M's and 1 1995 Model M.)

Welcome to TR!

I used to be a Model M fanatic (have a couple of Unicomp Model M clones), but these days I've decided I prefer keyboards with Cherry blue switches.

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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:19 pm
by Captain Ned
And another redneck car salvager learns how not to tow a Subie.

Was bringing daughter home from a sleepover when we came upon a flatbed truck with a Grand Cherokee on the bed and an old Impreza wagon on the hook and on its rear wheels. She asked me why the Subie's front wheels were spinning and I told her that the Subie should be on the bed, the Grand Cherokee on the hook, and that Bad ThingsTM were about to happen. Not more than a mile down the road I started smelling burning tranny and about a quarter mile after that there was a complete smoke show, squealing (locked) tires, and a fresh puddle on the road. Hope he wasn't planning on selling that Subie for anything other than suspension & body parts. With the front diff integrated into the tranny, my guess is that the entire driveline is toast.

Idiot probably thought he was towing a FWD car.

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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:52 pm
by AMD64Blondie
Anyone else having trouble sleeping?

Can't seem to turn my body off-so to speak.. mind just wont settle down.

Bah humbug...

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:01 am
by just brew it!
Not a problem I tend to have. If anything, my issue is the reverse (falling asleep at inappropriate times).

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:05 am
by Glorious
My problem is that idiots misassign me tickets in the middle of the night. Too early too be awake, but too late to go back to sleep.

I won't say any names, but someone is getting hell in today's meeting.

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:40 am
by Arclight
AMD64Blondie wrote:
Anyone else having trouble sleeping?

Can't seem to turn my body off-so to speak.. mind just wont settle down.

Bah humbug...


I can't get no sleep

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:22 pm
by SpotTheCat
2008 mazda 3

Won't start (though the starter solenoid clicks)
key fob won't lock/unlock doors
inside door buttons lock/unlock doors
no fuses are blown
Battery is new (as of today, also won't be jumped)

ready ready GO

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:25 pm
by Captain Ned
SpotTheCat wrote:
2008 mazda 3

Won't start (though the starter solenoid clicks)
key fob won't lock/unlock doors
inside door buttons lock/unlock doors
no fuses are blown
Battery is new (as of today, also won't be jumped)

ready ready GO

Make sure the gear selector is fully in Park. If it's a stick, check the neutral/clutch interlock switches.

Re: dymt reloaded

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:59 pm
by ludi
I would start looking for a bad ground point or a corroded ECU electrical connector.