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Open Thread
Thomas Moran, "Sunrise Landscape" (1897)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Null at May 29, 2015 09:44 AM (uqYmB)
Posted by: Roland THTG at May 29, 2015 09:45 AM (QM5S2)
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Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 09:47 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 09:47 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: The EPA at May 29, 2015 09:48 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: FDR's TV at May 29, 2015 09:48 AM (vdW3F)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 09:48 AM (IBmlQ)
Posted by: Al Gore at May 29, 2015 09:49 AM (ukNFU)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2015 09:49 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 09:49 AM (+bkaS)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 09:49 AM (7ObY1)
****
The Last of the Snail Darters.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 09:49 AM (NeFrd)
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Can't be. Where are the wounded and hungry people in chains begging for just a small drink of water?
Posted by: MTF at May 29, 2015 09:49 AM (DkJ4E)
Got work to do, so contemplating a Three Dog Night and BSaT festival...
Bbl
Posted by: anon a mouse at May 29, 2015 09:49 AM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 09:50 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 29, 2015 09:50 AM (P9eor)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 09:50 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 09:51 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Art Critic, Tenured at May 29, 2015 09:51 AM (y3oPl)
Posted by: Kreplach at May 29, 2015 09:51 AM (kGXRK)
Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 29, 2015 09:51 AM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 09:51 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 09:51 AM (F2IAQ)
Guess that's why this is stuck in my head.
https://youtu.be/kC5YToeHXIg
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 29, 2015 09:52 AM (O7MnT)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 29, 2015 09:52 AM (zqrZE)
Those types piss me off. Even the great woodsman Horace Kephart was guilty of it.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 09:52 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: The EPA at May 29, 2015 09:48 AM (oVJmc)
Does this mean you control the puddles in my drive way and water in my basement?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 09:53 AM (F2IAQ)
Today's special subject: 'Racist Nativist Socons Put Saltpeter in My Kaboom!'
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 09:53 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 09:53 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 09:53 AM (659DL)
Must've felt good to be Obama this morning, the ship is headed perfectly in the wrong direction.
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 09:53 AM (y3oPl)
Clinton Foundation defender draws inspiration from great, classic American film:
http://tinyurl.com/ppsrn2s
After all these years, it still brings a tear to my eye.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 09:53 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 09:54 AM (659DL)
"Schottefreude," that secret, inexpressible joy you feel when you see someone wearing a kilt
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2015 09:54 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 09:54 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: The EPA
Does this mean you control the puddles in my drive way and water in my basement?
Yes they do. However, touch dry land, and they'll be shot for trespassing.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 09:54 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Zombie Colonel Sanders at May 29, 2015 09:55 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Islamic Scholar at May 29, 2015 09:55 AM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 09:53 AM (y3oPl)
Down?
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 09:55 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 29, 2015 09:56 AM (mf5HN)
150
108
EPA needs to be scaled back substantially.
Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 29, 2015 09:37 AM (/Ho8c)
No The
EPA needs to be abolished and everyone above the level of first line supervisor jailed.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 09:56 AM (GpgJl)
I don't really care for desert. I like rolling, green hills and trees and water. Mountains. Etc.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 09:56 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 09:57 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: George Lucas at May 29, 2015 09:57 AM (sCHw2)
Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at May 29, 2015 09:57 AM (rRBI0)
Posted by: bananaDream at May 29, 2015 09:57 AM (TnxsG)
"Schottefreude," that secret, inexpressible joy you feel when you see someone wearing a kilt
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2015 09:54 AM (t//F+
I call it a GGE Boner. Easier to pronounce.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 09:57 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 09:58 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Islamic Scholar at May 29, 2015 09:58 AM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Islamic Scholar at May 29, 2015 09:58 AM (xQX/f)
Meatless Friday's?
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 09:59 AM (sWgE+)
Kilt = Manskirt. (Unless you can trace your lineage back to a specific clan)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 09:59 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:00 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Bruce with a Wang! at May 29, 2015 10:00 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: This is CNN at May 29, 2015 10:00 AM (sCHw2)
Clinton Foundation defender draws inspiration from great, classic American film:
I figured it would have been Gabriel Over The White House.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2015 10:00 AM (XJkD9)
Kilt = Manskirt. (Unless you can trace your lineage back to a specific clan)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 09:59 AM (q1u47
I envision Pajama Boy and a catalog shopping for purses.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (F2IAQ)
3:35 pm || Meets with Attorney General Lynch
Needs a vacation
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (fWAjv)
You infidels realize the penalty for depicting the most perfect man(pbuh)?
Posted by: Islamic Scholar at May 29, 2015 09:58 AM (xQX/f)
You have to wait till the girls are 11.
Posted by: Mohamed, the goat fucker at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (q1u47)
Got work to do, so contemplating a Three Dog Night and BSaT festival...
Bbl"
BSaT = ? Biological Select Agents and Toxins was the first thing that came up when I searched it.
Not a good sign for today's world...
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (Orv1g)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Greece at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (sCHw2)
Say, is anyone else thinking about taking, oh, about a three month fishing vacation this summer? You know, to get out of a town one lives in that just might be nuked by Vlad, given how ably our JEF's diplomatic help has handled the situation?
I've been saying for a long time that as soon as Russia, China, Islamoloonz, North Korea, etc-
figure out just how personally weak, just how ideologically blinded and just how much Obama hates, hates to the core of his being, the United States of America
they will then realize that this may be the only time where they can achieve their nationalistic goals nearly cost free in terms of US military opposition.
They still just can't quite believe a President would throw away all the hard fought gains made in blood and treasure by the US, but-
Yup! Iraq and the rest of the Middle East clown show is the proof.
And Obama made a speak a few years ago - detailing the idea that if we were hit by a nuclear bomb, we wouldn't retaliate because, and I quote-
"we could absorb an attack."
So....we got that working for us.
History is calling, bitchez.
China? Russia? Who's up for some nearly cost free territorial acquisitions?
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2015 10:02 AM (KUa85)
On porpoise?
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:03 AM (q1u47)
My Tartan
http://tinyurl.com/orn4noy
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:03 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Waldo at May 29, 2015 10:03 AM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Islamic Scholar at May 29, 2015 09:55 AM (xQX/f)
****
Haramph right back at ya.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:03 AM (NeFrd)
Give me a huge sky desert anytime. And dry heat. Y'all here in VA can't even get their minds around that.
Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 29, 2015 10:04 AM (P9eor)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:05 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 29, 2015 10:06 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:06 AM (q1u47)
So strong and sturdy built
I wonder if it's true
What they don't wear beneath their kilt.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:06 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (q1u47)
"Andrew Roberts from RBS says China accounted for 85pc of all global growth in 2012, 54pc in 2013, and 30pc in 2014. This is likely to fall to 24pc this year. 'If there is only one statistic that you need to know in the world right now, this is it,' he said."
http://tinyurl.com/qzyyqbr
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (y3oPl)
MacPhearson...
But I'm a girl so skirts or kilts are both ok regardless.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (lIU4e)
So strong and sturdy built
I wonder if it's true
What they don't wear beneath their kilt.
Lad, I don't know where ye been,
But I see you won first prize!
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (o/3Hk)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 29, 2015 10:08 AM (BLFGI)
Yes.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (q1u47)
***
Or no...
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:08 AM (NeFrd)
little more formal
http://tinyurl.com/pg6ugdk
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:08 AM (sWgE+)
EPA needs to be abolished and everyone above the level of first line supervisor jailed.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
I don't necessarily disagree. Just didn't want to be too greedy.
Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 29, 2015 10:08 AM (/Ho8c)
Nothing quite beats the Horrible Histories Rulers Song for dislodging other earworms, though.
William, William, Henry, Stephen,
Henry, Richard, John (oi!)...
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 29, 2015 10:09 AM (iuQS7)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:09 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:09 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 10:10 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 29, 2015 10:10 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:10 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 10:01 AM (fWAjv)
Fore!!!!
And where will the Bitch from Hell vacation with the Malaria & Sharia?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: The EPA at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (oVJmc)
I actually lived in DC/NoVA for about 6 years. I think Virginia is beautiful. The humidity doesn't bother me, since I am actually from Arkansas where it's worse!
I think Colorado is just about the most beautiful place that exists.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (lIU4e)
Behind a bush he lifts his kilt and gawks at what he sees
Then in a startled voice he says to what's before his eyes
He said, "My friend I don't where you've been but I see you won first prize"
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Ben Meenin-Tuaxyoo at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (0bXhD)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (VPLuQ)
45. Lea....Here in VA got lots of green, some rolling hills and
something the locals call "mountains" (pfft hills at best). Basically
it's a friggen swamp and I mean that in the litteral sense. 90 degrees
and 90% humidity? WTF?????
Give me a huge sky desert anytime. And dry heat. Y'all here in VA can't even get their minds around that.
Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 29, 2015 10:04 AM (P9eor)
Clearly you live in Fairfax county, and have never spend a night or day in the rest of the Commonwealth.
I suggest a ride along this highway and then come back.
http://tinyurl.com/n62fh
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (NeFrd)
Too
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (oVJmc)
Greedy hell, I'd go for exiling the lot of them.
To Pluto.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (DT3rQ)
But I see you won first prize!
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM
Drunk...singing that with Canadian RMC cadets at the top of our lungs. Ah...school. Good times...good times...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 10:12 AM (h4vJk)
Puff the Magic Dragon, lived by the sea,
And frolicked in the autumn mist.......
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:12 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 10:13 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:13 AM (NeFrd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoUV5d09JZw
Now it can be stuck in y'all's heads, too.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:13 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:13 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:13 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:14 AM (0FSuD)
But I see you won first prize!
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:07 AM (ZKzrr)
I love that song. I can play it on my guitar too!
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:14 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:13 AM (ZKzrr
Dammit Heather, I refuse to click....
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:14 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:13 AM
Isn't it funny, how a bear likes honey?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 10:14 AM (h4vJk)
So, women are crazy. In other news water is wet.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:14 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (lIU4e)
****
Shhhh... Don't tell everybody!
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:15 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 10:15 AM (ee9LE)
Burned at the stake.
Buried in an anthill up to their necks.
??
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:15 AM (q1u47)
And frolicked in the autumn mist.......
I can't hear this song and not think of a converted cargo plane circling and raining death on some deserving shmucks. Enough to put some spring in a Moron's step, it is.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 10:15 AM (DT3rQ)
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted it, was just a twig
I warned you guys.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 29, 2015 10:15 AM (o/3Hk)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at May 29, 2015 10:15 AM (oVJmc)
Keep it in mind if you're lookin' to find
A place in the summer sun
You can swim in the cove, have a snack in the grove or you can rent a canoe
At Indian Lake you'll be able to make the way the indians do
Daoop bop bop daoop bop bop daoop bop bop daoop bop bop daoop bop bop daoop bop bop daoop
bop bop daoop bop bop
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:15 AM (NeFrd)
I would never have seen desert if I didn't have to drive through it to get to CO.
Grand Canyon is pretty damned amazing, though. And I like the food in the southwest.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (NeFrd)
Future resting place of Ark B?
Posted by: Chocolate Heston at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (8qS3M)
Posted by: no good deed at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (GgxVX)
But what is the crime? You can't take out cash in less that $10 increments, and you can't lie to the FBI about it?
I do not understand how lying to a cop is a crime, and why it doesn't violate the First and Fifth Amendment? How far does it extend? If a cop pulls me over and asks me if I know how fast I was going, and I tell him no, have I committed a crime?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (q6kiT)
The Painted Desert.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (q1u47)
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you
Honey, oh, sugar, sugar
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you
Posted by: The Archies - Paleolithic Earworms for Thee! at May 29, 2015 10:17 AM (KUa85)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:17 AM (0FSuD)
I'M HENRY THE VIII, I AM I'm Henry The Eighth, I am! Henry The Eighth I am, I am! I got married to the widow next door. She's been married seven times before.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:17 AM (evdj2)
Grand Canyon is pretty damned amazing, though. And I like the food in the southwest.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (lIU4e
The Grand Canyon is fucking awesome.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:17 AM (F2IAQ)
I'm just a bit on the pessimistic side today, unfortunately.
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 10:18 AM (Orv1g)
1. Obama could drop dead of an aneurysm, leading to Biden's caretaker clown show but, again, widely perceived need for an adult in 2016.
2. Hillary could have a stroke, paving the way for O'Malley to show us just how stupid and irrelevant a Springsteen Fanboy Presidency would be.
3. China could tip further into recession, taking Putin and his Eurasian Empire Dream down with it.
4. The Koran was revealed definitively to be a hoax.
5. European Tea Parties sprang up in vast numbers, toppling the Brussels Bureaucratic Dream of Technocratic Haha Unification.
etc
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 10:18 AM (y3oPl)
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I...
Posted by: Neil Diamond - The "I'm Still Alive" Tour at May 29, 2015 10:18 AM (KUa85)
Teddy Roosevelt forcing the Chinese Coolies to dig the canyon has got be the greatest exploitation since the Great Wall of China.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:18 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (+bkaS)
http://tinyurl.com/ncmqp7b
And in the end, we will vote for these assholes because there is no other rational choice.
And when they pull the ball away again, we will ask ourselves how we can continue to be this stupid.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (BZAd3)
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name....
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (evdj2)
I do not understand how lying to a cop is a crime, and why it doesn't violate the First and Fifth Amendment? How far does it extend? If a cop pulls me over and asks me if I know how fast I was going, and I tell him no, have I committed a crime?
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Neither should be crimes, particularly the withdrawing thing. Perhaps I am open to the lying - though I'm not sure why it should be a crime to lie to the state unless you certify it somehow. Though you can always invoke your 5th A right. I need to think about it some more.
Thant being said I have little sympathy for Congressmen having the laws they write used against them.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (gmeXX)
I do not understand how lying to a cop is a crime, and why it doesn't violate the First and Fifth Amendment? How far does it extend? If a cop pulls me over and asks me if I know how fast I was going, and I tell him no, have I committed a crime?
-----
The real crime is how all these "public servants" become multi-millionaires.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:20 AM (gmeXX)
What's that blood trail in the middle of the painting leading too?
Dunno, but the trail itself is the everlasting remnant of the decades-long slaughter of crabs to make Cherokee Crab Dip, per Senator Liawatha (DumbMass)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 29, 2015 10:20 AM (BR4lE)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:20 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:20 AM (q6kiT)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 10:20 AM (y3oPl)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (+bkaS)
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I'll take Texas any day. You can always visit CO. And if you live in Texas you probably have a job and can actually afford to visit CO.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:22 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:22 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:16 AM (q6kiT)
I know the feeling.
Posted by: The Tree of Liberty at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (zoehZ)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:20 AM (q6kiT)
Right back at you. I need to go visit again. Maybe next year, or earlier if my flaky friends plans to go to Hawaii fall through...
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (lIU4e)
-
Back when I was a kid a popular bumper sticker was Don't Californicate Colorado. Well, they did it.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (ee9LE)
If anyone needs me, I'll be curled up under my desk.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (ZKzrr)
I think Colorado is just about the most beautiful place that exists.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (lIU4e)
I have a place in Vail, so your point is well taken. I have been all over the USA and I would be hard pressed to say what is the most beautiful state. Shit, I'll even give upstate NY a vote.
I have no use for CT, RI, or MA. I will give DL a break cause I hunt ducks there. I'd write off KS, NB, OK, IA, ND, SD, OH, IL, ID. Nice people, flat and corn. boring.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (0FSuD)
He had a boogie style that no one else could play,
He was the top man at his craft,
But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:24 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:24 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (gmeXX)
Yeah, there are two aspects of this that make me not care about Hastert. First, the fat bastard is as responsible for how screwed up the Republicans in Congress are as anybody, and second, he probably stuck his fat genitals where they didn't belong, back when he was teaching high screwel.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:24 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:24 AM (gmeXX)
And in the end, we will vote for these assholes because there is no other rational choice.
And when they pull the ball away again, we will ask ourselves how we can continue to be this stupid.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (BZAd3
I've voted in every local, state and Federal election since 1980. I think I'm skipping November 2016. My senator (Ron Johnson) ran on the Tea Party Platform. He's turned out to be a Mitch McConnell butt boi. My congressman Sean Duffy first elected in 2010 is another huge f*ck stick. Doesn't matter who wins the presidency. Its obvious the courts and federal regulators govern us. Unelected and not subject to any review or control.
So thats my bummer view of the day
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:24 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (ee9LE)
We need to start an anti-locust movement. Get the Red States to pass laws requiring a 15 year State residency before you can register to vote . . .if you come from a blue State.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 10:25 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:25 AM (sWgE+)
Hand me down my walkin' cane
Hand me down my hat
Hurry now and don't be late
'Cause we ain't got time to chat
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:25 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:26 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:27 AM (gmeXX)
Next to Moo Moo's?
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:25 AM (sWgE+)
It's where my wife stays. My wife, Morgan Fairchild.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:27 AM (Dj0WE)
Thant being said I have little sympathy for Congressmen having the laws they write used against them.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (gmeXX)
Yeah, a fucking congressman taking out 3.5 million $9k at a time. Ha ha, fuck him to tears.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:28 AM (F2IAQ)
I could almost support this but 15 years is too short a period of time. Make it 50 years and I'm on-board.
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 10:28 AM (Orv1g)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 10:28 AM (oVJmc)
over the USA and I would be hard pressed to say what is the most
beautiful state. Shit, I'll even give upstate NY a vote.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:23 AM (0FSuD)
I have lived in upstate NY, there truly are some beautiful areas up there. Also the Sierra Nevada mountain areas in CA, as well as the coast highway (on a motorcycle). The only problem with CA is all that brown grass that grows everywhere, They have very little green there.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 10:28 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Dang at May 29, 2015 10:29 AM (XWo4d)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:28 AM (F2IAQ)
Sounds like some girl already did.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:29 AM (sWgE+)
2. Utah - um, went to four corners. Does that count?
Last time I was in Co, I ran into several people from Arkansas who had moved there. Someone told me last year that Arkansas is technically about half mountains (even though they are tiny) so maybe that's why it appeals so much.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:29 AM (lIU4e)
Lay down the boogie and play that funky music till you die.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 10:29 AM (8XRCm)
I have a place in Vail,
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Bragger
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:24 AM (gmeXX)
Let me send you my tax statement. Non voting residents get a dick up their ass. That fcuking free bus? I am paying for it.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:29 AM (0FSuD)
I'm exactly where I want to be but I know it's not for everyone which is good cause get the hell off my lawn. Whatever floats your boat.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 10:30 AM (g1DWB)
Hillary, Bill and Chelsea failed to reportMILLIONS in payments from foreign countries while she was Secretary of State.
Crickets.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 29, 2015 10:30 AM (iAUf+)
Unless you like that sort of thing, in which case it's fine.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:30 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:29 AM (lIU4e)
The hilly parts of Arkansas are really beautiful, but yeah, not like Colorado. Count me among those who believe CO is the most beautiful state in the Union, and no, I'm never going back.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:31 AM (Dj0WE)
The blanket condemnations of blue-staters by some here should take that into account.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 10:31 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 10:32 AM (ZKzrr)
Badges? We doan need no steenkin' badges! Vamanos!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:32 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:32 AM (lIU4e)
Nothing beats a big sky and the whole natural world waking up around you.
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 10:33 AM (y3oPl)
I wish some folks would understand that there are a lot of us
conservatives in the blue states. We fight the good fight the same as
the red-staters, and we take a lot more shit for it.
The blanket condemnations of blue-staters by some here should take that into account.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 10:31 AM (7ObY1)
The term "locusts" doesn't apply to blue State conservatives.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 10:33 AM (GpgJl)
I mean stupid amazing.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:33 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 29, 2015 10:30 AM (iAUf+
Hastert (R)
Clinton (D)
You do the math.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 10:33 AM (F2IAQ)
The blanket condemnations of blue-staters by some here should take that into account.
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Come to Texas. I'm not worried about Texas turning blue - but why take chances.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:33 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: dude guy at May 29, 2015 10:34 AM (QCc6B)
You get out side the city limits in ny state it really is pretty conservative. 40% of the votes state wide come out of NYC and L.I.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:34 AM (sWgE+)
The top of Pikes Peak is my favorite place on the entire planet.
Everytime Im in Colorado I try to budget time to make it to the peak. On a clear evening when the suns going down.... the mountain casts a shadow all the way to Nebraska. Simply Stunning.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 10:34 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 29, 2015 10:34 AM (iuQS7)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:32 AM (lIU4e)
****
Missus Muldoon and I go to Durango several times a year for work reasons. Beautiful area. There are some downright goofy people living there though.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:34 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 10:35 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:27 AM (Dj0WE) I apologize for sleeping with your wife...Morgan Fairchild.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 29, 2015 10:35 AM (BLFGI)
Clinton (D)
You do the math.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Burn the math witch!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:35 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Montana, the Big Sky State at May 29, 2015 10:35 AM (FviSe)
Hillary, Bill and Chelsea failed to reportMILLIONS in payments from foreign countries while she was Secretary of State.
Crickets.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 29, 2015 10:30 AM (iAUf+)
It was interesting yesterday, hearing the FIFA corruption case, and the Clinton Foundation mentioned in the same breath. Apparently there was cash sent their way by the good slaveholders in Qatar.
I was wondering why Loretta Lynch's name keeps popping up with this investigation, but then somebody mentioned the Olympic bribing process, and I started connecting dots. The Obamas are still pissed over Chicago losing the bid for the Olympics, and now people are going to pay. I think this is just the beginning of international sporting entities feeling what it's like to cross the Chicago Way folks.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:35 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:36 AM (q6kiT)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 10:36 AM (NeFrd)
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I haven't read the details but I fail to see why bribing a FIFA official (or accepting a bribe) is or should be a crime.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:37 AM (gmeXX)
Love Glacier National Park.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:37 AM (q6kiT)
Vail is where we herd all the rich pricks to keep them from tarnishing
the rest of the state, like a holding pen. It's nothing more than a
glorified truck stop on I-70. I scoff in the general direction of Vail.
Your point is well taken, but next to Aspen, Vail is pretty OK. Aspen defines Rich Yankee/ CA assholes.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:37 AM (0FSuD)
The blanket condemnations of blue-staters by some here should take that into account."
Sorry about doing this. It's just that the leftists that move here are that destructive and I wish that they'd disappear for good.
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 10:38 AM (Orv1g)
Posted by: Citizen X
I'm here in Delaware. Fuck this miserable little pisshole. Call in artillery on it for all I care.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 29, 2015 10:38 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:39 AM (gmeXX)
Biggest reason DOJ is involve is they were using US banks to slush the money
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:39 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 29, 2015 10:39 AM (/Ho8c)
Here's a gem:
"While cloudy, the economic outlook is not necessarily dark.
Unemployment has been falling steadily, and experts think it could fall to about 5 percent by the end of the year, from 5.4 percent now. The jobless rate stood at 8 percent a little over two years ago."
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Yeah, nothing about the workforce participation rate, or that the vast majority of new job growth is going to foreign immigrants. What a joke of a paper.
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 10:39 AM (JBggj)
http://tinyurl.com/oy72yed
Beautiful. This guy is an international treasure.
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 10:39 AM (y3oPl)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 10:40 AM (y3oPl)
The most beautiful place is my morning circuit around the neighborhood with the dog, just as the sun comes up.
A duck blind with your son in a NC Swamp is pretty amazing.
AND the ducks are coming in! Oh YEAH!
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 10:40 AM (0FSuD)
Then our GPS sent us up Loveland Pass. At night. In a Charger of all things. We got to A basin and turned around since I didn't know what the other side looked like.
Husband did well though so perhaps next time we'll venture further out west.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 10:41 AM (+bkaS)
entities feeling what it's like to cross the Chicago Way folks.
When do the Chicago Way folks get the Corleone Way or Capone Way treatment?
In days gone by, they'd already have been pushing up daisies.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:41 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 10:37 AM (gmeXX)
Apparently neither do the good folks who have been running international soccer for generations.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:42 AM (Dj0WE)
I think that's true for the most part, it's the cities that are the reservoirs for Libtardianism and pollute everything else.
If I were to make one tweak to the electoral system, I'd find some way to dilute the power of the cities so they can't hold the entire state hostage as they do now.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 10:42 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Lizzy
I'm there five days a week. It's most amazing time is in January. I don't recommend a visit then though, unless you're well prepared.
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at May 29, 2015 10:42 AM (FviSe)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:39 AM (sWgE+)
I think the question is, why now. This has been open and known for decades. Why go after them now?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2015 10:43 AM (Dj0WE)
Right, I think the largest mountain is 2700ft. Mount Magazine. Looking at wiki, it was named because the French thought a landslide sounded like an ammunition magazine. Heh.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:43 AM (lIU4e)
Just get it through your head, Fox is the same $#!+ with different branding.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 10:43 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: UnDead Bob Ross at May 29, 2015 10:43 AM (DL2i+)
Ha! My uncle moved from Ohio when he was eighteen years old. He came down for a welding job and never left. We still tease him for being a "dang Northerner" even though he's from the Midwest and has been in Texas longer than he ever lived in Ohio.
Posted by: no good deed at May 29, 2015 10:43 AM (GgxVX)
AND the ducks are coming in! Oh YEAH!
Willie, Jase! Guns up!
-Phil
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:44 AM (q1u47)
Bullshit.
"Economists,
however, caution against reading too much into the slump in output.
They argue the GDP figure for the first quarter was held down by a
confluence of temporary factors, including a problem with the model the
government uses to smooth the data for seasonal fluctuations."
http://tinyurl.com/q66ben8
I'm sure they'll 'fix' the problem with their calculations in the future.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 10:44 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: DaveA at May 29, 2015 10:44 AM (DL2i+)
Barky didn't get his cut?
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:45 AM (q1u47)
confluence of temporary factors, including a problem with the model the
government uses to smooth the data for seasonal fluctuations.""
LOL. They just didn't massage the data hard enough, guys.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 10:45 AM (+bkaS)
look at election returns by county in 2008 or 2012.
http://tinyurl.com/c7t5nna
(click by county)
Other than some pockets in new england, dems really only win cities, the "black belt" down south, and illegal immigrant heavy areas.
The rest of the land mass in this country goes R.
It's bizarre to look at.
Really makes you think about how much "red state / blue state" is real, and how it's really just "city v everyone else"
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 10:46 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 10:46 AM (fWAjv)
225 "They argue the GDP figure for the first quarter was held down by a
confluence of temporary factors, including a problem with the model the
government uses to smooth the data for seasonal fluctuations.""
LOL. They just didn't massage the data hard enough, guys.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 10:45 AM (+bkaS)
Tree rings, ya gotta use tree rings.
Posted by: eman at May 29, 2015 10:46 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: An Observation at May 29, 2015 10:46 AM (kzpht)
entities feeling what it's like to cross the Chicago Way folks.
World Cup is HUGE money for the host nation. It is literally the largest grossing sports event in the world. It make the Olympics or Super Bowl look like chump change. Which is why Qatar getting the 2022 Cup such an eyebrow raiser in the Futbol world. The story is IF the Cup gets pulled from Qatar it will probably be given to the U.S.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:47 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 10:47 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 10:42 AM (DT3rQ)
Ohio is a case study of this problem. Look at the county electoral breakdowns and it's pretty obvious.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at May 29, 2015 10:47 AM (nqiq9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 10:47 AM (+aCe4)
For all we know it's a shot across the bow in warning to some current Republican officeholder in a similar situation.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:48 AM (q6kiT)
Maybe this is about getting us the soccer stuff, because we didn't get the Olympics then?
Let me guess, will be held in Chicago...
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:48 AM (lIU4e)
It's good policy to poke the bear when the bear is really pissed.
We have top people formulating our foreign policy in the White House, DOJ, and State Department. Top. People.
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 10:48 AM (Orv1g)
As you correctly alude to, the ony thing the unemployment number shows is that fewer people are collecting unemployment insurance, it does not mean they got a job.
It's sort of like how the government doesn't use food or fuel to calculate inflation.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 29, 2015 10:49 AM (kGXRK)
confluence of temporary factors, including a problem with the model the
government uses to smooth the data for seasonal fluctuations.""
English Translation: In 3 months the statistical correction will unexpectedly look even worse.
Posted by: An Observation at May 29, 2015 10:49 AM (kzpht)
Lucky you, fairweatherbill!
I'm married to a New Englander who cannot stand being in a landlocked state; will never love CO because no ocean. *sigh*
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:49 AM (q6kiT)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 10:50 AM (+aCe4)
Administration economists blamed the lackluster economic performance on cold weather.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 10:50 AM (BZAd3)
Awww. I'm in a landlocked state but I'm on the river, which apparently makes a difference to me because when I went to Oklahoma City I felt boxed in. Weird.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:51 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 10:51 AM (+aCe4)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:48 AM (lIU4e)
The last time the US hosted it was played in every major city. Just imaged having the equivalent of a Super Bowl play in a host city every couple of weeks. Big, big money
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:52 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Larch at May 29, 2015 10:52 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:52 AM (sWgE+)
Really? I can't even imagine.
>>Lea , living in a van?
Ha. If I was I'd be under water just about now...
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:52 AM (lIU4e)
OK, that explains it. Wondered why this was happening.
Gawd, Obama is petty.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:53 AM (q6kiT)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 10:53 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: Rocky Balbroa at May 29, 2015 10:54 AM (DZLYG)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 10:54 AM (+aCe4)
Administration economists blamed the lackluster economic performance on cold weather.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 10:50 AM (BZAd3)
But global warming causes cold weather. The warming moves around from place to place. When it's warm elsewhere it gets cold here. Or at least that's what they tell me.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 10:55 AM (W5DcG)
Oh yea. The finals of the last Cup was played in a sold out 120k seat stadium and watched by almost 3 billion people world wide. Just think of the tv ad revenue to start.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 10:56 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Larch at May 29, 2015 10:52 AM (NeFrd)
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"pining" for a spellcheck..... "spruce" up your proofreading..... "fir" gawds sake......
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 10:56 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lauren
Tree rings, ya gotta use tree rings.
Posted by: eman
Chicken entrails and a medicine man.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 10:57 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 10:56 AM (8XRCm)
====
Evergreen
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 10:57 AM (JBggj)
*AHEM*
It is now referred to as "Climate Disruption" so as to better accommodate using it explain any/all forms of weather events - blizzards, heat waves, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.
Posted by: Ecotwits at May 29, 2015 10:58 AM (q6kiT)
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But..... tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons and major storm events are at record lows.
Not very "disruptive".
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 10:59 AM (8XRCm)
Stoopid rabbit that didn't get out of the way of my van in my driveway.
Stoopid Air Force for sending away my husband so I had to deal.
*glares at everyone cuz you're probably in on it*
BRB, taking 3 showers and whimpering quietly.
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 29, 2015 11:00 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:00 AM (+bkaS)
As long as they're still happening they're disruptive. That's the beauty of it....
Posted by: Ecotwits at May 29, 2015 11:01 AM (q6kiT)
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When life hands you dead rabbits.... make hausenpfeffer.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:01 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 29, 2015 11:01 AM (2cS/G)
He has a nice little place in Vail AZ. Just north of Nogales, a nice little town, and none of those damned hippies like in Tucson.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2015 11:01 AM (t//F+)
Lots of us NE like that. I like the mountains and they are only a couple hours away in VT, NH and ME. But there is nothing in the world that would get me to move away from the ocean.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 11:02 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 10:11 AM (lIU4e)
Went to Denver decades ago, during long drought. No snow-capped mountains to be seen, just rocks. Even Pikes peak.
Went to western WA just last month. Between the Olympic mountains, the pacific coastline, and the forests, there was always something spectacular to look at.
And those puny 7500 ft mountains rise from sea level, making the view comparable to the Rockies as seen from 5300 ft. elevation.
I'd love to get back to Colorado though. I'm sure we didn't see it at it's best.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 11:02 AM (XmOA9)
http://tinyurl.com/qy7x5vo
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:02 AM (rLsb7)
Posted by: fixerupper
Keep it up and you'll be real poplar around here.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:03 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Reggie Bodyman Love at May 29, 2015 11:03 AM (NPgvx)
I get it, living next to the ocean would be sublime.
Posted by: Ecotwits at May 29, 2015 11:04 AM (q6kiT)
And isn't that suspicious???
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 29, 2015 11:04 AM (0xTsz)
Texas.
Davis Mountains, Hill Country, Gulf of Mexico.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:05 AM (q1u47)
-- Posted by: fixerupper
There yew go again
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:05 AM (rLsb7)
Posted by: Eromero at May 29, 2015 11:06 AM (go5uR)
I may have to investigate how to make Kigurumi masks. Since this morning
this one on eBay has jumped from $875 to $986, And the mask is damaged.
http://tinyurl.com/qy7x5vo
Needs lotion.
Posted by: Buffalo Bill at May 29, 2015 11:06 AM (XVOlz)
your proofreading..... "fir" gawds sake......
-- Posted by: fixerupper
There yew go again
Posted by: Anna Puma
Making an ash out of himself.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:06 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 29, 2015 11:04 AM (0xTsz)
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Yes..... especially when we were all *told* that hurricanes, tornadoes and typhoon will occur with increasing severity and frequency. Their "modeling" predicted it with metaphysical certitude.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:07 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 10:49 AM
Yep. Loved my time in CO, but missed the ocean I grew up next to. Now if I could just get across the border to NH, things would be even better.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 11:07 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 29, 2015 11:08 AM (0xTsz)
Davis Mountains, Hill Country, Gulf of Mexico.
I get the appeal of Texas. It's bigger than all of New England combined so yea, lot's of diversity. And it would be nice to have more like minded people around.
But the waters around New England are my home, I love it here and there is no way in hell I'm going to let corrupt politicians push me out. Fark 'em.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 11:09 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Making an ash out of himself.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:06 AM (q1u47)
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Oak-ay.... oak-ay.... I knock off the the puns. The Balsa on you guys.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:09 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:09 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:09 AM (+bkaS)
The Gulf isn't a real ocean.
Can't surf in the gulf.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:10 AM (AkOaV)
Knock knock
Who's there?
Chicken butt.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:09 AM (+bkaS
Chicken butt who?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 11:11 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:11 AM (rLsb7)
Finally, a way to beat Boneless in 2016,(I don't think Turdle is up until 201
....
His opponent should simply ask the question put forth by Byron York:
"If Hillary becomes president, who will make her obey the law?"
Then point out all the times Boneless let TFG run wild.
Here's the article:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/if-hillary-
becomes-president-who-will-make-her-obey-the-
law/article/2565209
But it's not about the above speculation, so...
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2015 11:11 AM (0cMkb)
And the fact that they are happening less often is a change, and change is bad, and is proof of Climate *Change*, and is just as bad as lots of deadly storms.
*takes a breath and remains oblivious to saying fewer deaths is just as bad as more deaths*
Posted by: Glurbal Worming Idiot at May 29, 2015 11:11 AM (0xTsz)
Well, no, but we can enjoy our ocean in August while people in Florida have warm ocean water, millions of jelly fish, and an unbelievably scorching sun.
While it's sunny and in the 70s/80s with a nice wind in new england.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:11 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at May 29, 2015 11:12 AM (lNSdJ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (0HooB)
But the waters around New England are my home, I love it here and there is no way in hell I'm going to let corrupt politicians push me out. Fark 'em.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 11:09 AM (g1DWB
I say that about my woods & water in N. Wis.
In April I was in Mesa at the Bass Pro Shop. Guy has 2 minnow buckets. I asked him what was he fishing for. He said crappies. I asked where. He told me about a lake 3 hours away. I told him I only had to go 30 minutes.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (+bkaS)
Posted by: Fritz at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:11 AM (AkOaV)
IOWs, it's too cold.
I remembering getting into an argument with a roommate from MA about how spring was supposed to be in the 70's not the 50's.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (lIU4e)
All this ocean talk reminds me of one of my favorite jokes.
"What is a pirate's favorite letter??"
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:14 AM (lIU4e)
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Hope you keep the Dick pics to yourself Flannel gurl
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 11:14 AM (F2IAQ)
Had a family member who lived in Pass-a-Grill, FL for years - my God, that is a lovely (and laid back) place, and the beaches are incredible.
Posted by: Ecotwits at May 29, 2015 11:15 AM (q6kiT)
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:15 AM (lIU4e)
Had an argument like that with a buddy of mine from Georgia who was dressed for an artic expedition in early spring in VA... it was probably 45-50 degrees out. I was wearing shorts a light sweatshirt. He had gloves, hat, ski jacket, etc.
He said spring doesn't start for him until it hits '80 during the days.
Wayy too hot for me.
Also, Georgia SUCKS in the summer. I don't know how anyone lived there in the pre - AC days.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:15 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Baba Wawa at May 29, 2015 11:15 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (8XRCm)
RRRRRRRRRRR.....
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:16 AM (sWgE+)
"What is a pirate's favorite letter??"
AAARRRR.
For Rum, Sodomy & the Lash.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:16 AM (q1u47)
Heh. My cousins used to do that when we went to FL for xmas - just to drive home that we snowbirds splashing in the ocean in December were idiots (to locals).
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 11:16 AM (q6kiT)
Knock knock
Who's there?
Chicken butt.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:09 AM
Chicken butt who?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 11:11 AM
I don't like where this is going....
Posted by: The Chicken at May 29, 2015 11:16 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:13 AM (8XRCm)
RRRRRRRRRRR.....
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:16 AM (sWgE+)
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No matey... every says Arrrr..... but a Pirates first love is the "c".......
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:17 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Islamic Jihadi at May 29, 2015 11:17 AM (sCHw2)
Yea, I can't give that up. I love visiting other parts of the country but I am where I'm supposed to be.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 11:17 AM (g1DWB)
Olympic mountains, the pacific coastline, and the forests, there was
always something spectacular to look at.
And those puny 7500 ft mountains rise from sea level, making the view comparable to the Rockies as seen from 5300 ft. elevation.
I'd love to get back to Colorado though. I'm sure we didn't see it at it's best.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 11:02 AM (XmOA9)"
I have been to Portland Oregon maybe a dozen times over the years. On a recent trip I saw this enormous snow capped mountain near the city that I had never seen before. I asked my Brother about it and he said it was Mount Hood, a famous known landmark for Portland. Every other time I was in Portland it was either too overcast or too foggy to see Mount Hood. In fact at the time that I saw the mountain, people in Portland were complaining about the horrible heat (maybe 85 degrees) and the blazing sun.
Some people like that kind of perpetual gloom and constant damp. I don't.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 29, 2015 11:17 AM (QHgTq)
Wearing wool. "Frankly my dear,....."
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:17 AM (q1u47)
Nah, skip Brattleboro. It's beautiful this time of year.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:19 AM (AkOaV)
I've noticed a leak of oil on each of my car door handles going on for a while. They're power windows on a Subaru outback if that helps
Something to worry about?
Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at May 29, 2015 11:19 AM (8t/08)
A bunch of tree lovers. Teak about eco freaks. How long can they karri on? merbau forever. What a beech.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 11:19 AM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 29, 2015 11:19 AM (zF6Iw)
You have oil coming out of your door handles?
I'm no mechanic, but...
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:19 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 11:20 AM (659DL)
The schools in these areas must have a 1 to 1 teacher to student ratio and chauffer the kids in limos with how much they collect in property taxes as opposed to what services they provide.
I dumped our cottage in northern Michigan after the kids grew up, just due to crazy ongoing costs.
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:21 AM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 29, 2015 11:17 AM (QHgTq)
I went to San francisco a few years ago. I had been warned it would be cold and foggy all the time. Surprisingly, it was gorgeous and sunny and 70's or 80's every day. I think I saw the fog once.
I have southern blood. I need sun and warmth sometimes. This perpetual cloudiness lately is depressing.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:21 AM (lIU4e)
One word Denali.
http://tinyurl.com/peptqpe
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:21 AM (sWgE+)
I've noticed a leak of oil on each of my car door handles going on for a while. They're power windows on a Subaru outback if that helps
Something to worry about?
Nah. Check your blinker fluid. You'll be fine.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:21 AM (q1u47)
The Vail valley has a ton of immigrants, so I doubt that.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 11:22 AM (q6kiT)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:21 AM (q1u47)
Pfft, oh man...
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:22 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:19 AM (AkOaV)
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..... that's gonna cost you.
Sounds to me like the screens in passenger entry system are clogged and the oil pump regulator in the window operator are bleeding excess oil to relieve the pressure.
Im guessing $1800 or $2000 should cover it.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:22 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:22 AM (rLsb7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:23 AM (SHLDK)
Mt. Hood is a volcano. It's surprising how they stick out from the surrounding mountains in their majesty.
We went to Port Angeles for the first few days of our vacation, and the weather was atypical.
Sunny and 70, very little wind. You could see Mount Baker, another Volcano in the Northern Cascades, from our hotel room. That's 60+ miles away! The locals said they only get to see that far a few days a year.
Weather did revert to norm though.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 11:23 AM (XmOA9)
window tracks and hinges use grease, but that shouldnt be getting on your door handle, and grease is different than oil.
other than that... no oil or oily substance should be anywhere near your door handle.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:24 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 11:24 AM (0HooB)
Something to worry about?
You need to replace the Johnson Rod Gasket
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2015 11:25 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:26 AM (rLsb7)
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It aint oil....
Posted by: Bigby Cellphones creepy autoerotic insomniac neighbor at May 29, 2015 11:26 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:27 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 11:27 AM (XUKZU)
Have you checked your dome light recently?
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:27 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:27 AM (rLsb7)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 11:28 AM (e/33/)
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:28 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:28 AM (q1u47)
I bet it's the thingamajig that controls the dewhicky on the whatjama callit.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:28 AM (sWgE+)
.... wait ..... you said "Suburu".....
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:29 AM (8XRCm)
[photo]
"This
is Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937. "Who
is Ed Mezvinsky?" you say.
Well,
he is a former Democrat congressman who representedIowa's
1st congressional district in the United States House of
Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977.
He
sat on the House Judiciary Committee that decidedthe
fate of Richard Nixon. He
was outspoken, saying that Nixon was a crook and a disgrace to politics
and the nation and should be impeached.
He
and the Clintons were friends and very politically intertwined
for many years.
Ed
Mezvinsky had an affair with NBC News reporter Marjorie Sue Margolies
and later married her after his wife divorced him. In
1993, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, then a freshman Democrat in Congress,
cast the deciding vote that got President Bill Clinton's controversial
tax package through the House of Representatives.
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to
31 of 69 counts of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Ed
Mezvinsky embezzled more than $10 million dollars from people via
both a Ponzi scheme and the notorious Nigerian e-mail scams.
He
was found guilty and sentenced to 80 months in federal prison. After
serving less than five years in federal prison, he was released in April
2008 and remains on federal probation. To
this day, he still owes $9.4 million in restitution to his victims.
About
now you are saying, "So what?"
Well,
this is Marc and Chelsea Mezvinsky. [photo]
That's
right; Ed Mezvinsky is Chelsea Clinton's father-in law.
Now
Marc and Chelsea are in their early thirties and purchased a
10.5 million dollar NYC apartment (after being married in George Soros'
mansion).
Has
anyone heard mention of any of this in any of the media?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 29, 2015 11:29 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 29, 2015 11:29 AM (oKE6c)
It could be door hydraulics.
He did say it was a Lamborghini, right?
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:29 AM (AkOaV)
If the car is only used by you and your wife, and you've noticed some sort of oil or "lube" on the door handles, maybe you might want to check if she's smiling after her trips to the store.
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:30 AM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:30 AM (+bkaS)
while. They're power windows on a Subaru outback if that helps
Why do you keep your Subaru power windows outback? Wouldn't they work better on the sides of the vehicle?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 29, 2015 11:30 AM (JO9+V)
Well, there's one "temporary factor" in particular that is suppressing economic growth, one which will be in effect for only about another twenty months or so. It should let up as of late January of 2017.
That said, here's the obligatory periodic reminder that the Obama crew fiddled with the GDP figures starting around the end of 2013.
Since Obamanomics was failing to produce tangible economic growth, they mashed a big fat thumb down on the scales in Obama's favor by artifically overweighting "intangibles" in the calculations. Adding roughly 2% to GDP with handwaving and rabbits pulled from hats.
So when you see a GDP print reported by the feds these days, mentally subtract 2% from it to get the actual figure as it had been previously totted up.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 11:30 AM (noWW6)
Are you sure an environmentalist hasn't been around. You know they do "love" them Subaru's.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:30 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 11:27 AM (XUKZU)
They're going to service him in public??
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 29, 2015 11:30 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (e/33/)
Posted by: Maud Dork.... whose name is a snarking word... at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (qh617)
Something to worry about?
You need to replace the Johnson Rod Gasket
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2015 11:25 AM (KCxzN)
A million dollars. Parts extra.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (BZAd3)
Yeah, a little bit ago. Water didn't come in house thank goodness, just in the yard. Did cut some serious gouges in the parts of the property and I have a half-dump truck load of caliche at no charge from the oil field road across from me. Swamped the septic.
Good news is I won't need to water for about 6 years.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (SHLDK)
Yes, Chelseas FIL was involved in some shit back in the day and is politically connected.
Don't remember exact details.
But he's a crook, just like the Clintons.
Which is why the kid is Chelsea's soulmate.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (AkOaV)
only win cities, the "black belt" down south, and illegal immigrant
heavy areas.
The rest of the land mass in this country goes R.
It's bizarre to look at.
Really makes you think about how much "red state / blue state" is real, and how it's really just "city v everyone else"
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 10:46 AM (AkOaV)"
Makes you think about what the electoral map would look like after Obama's feckless policies result in the United States absorbing a nuclear attack. Perhaps a country so fucked up that it votes twice for Obama is a self correcting problem.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (QHgTq)
anyone heard mention of any of this in any of the media?
No, but I know all the Kardashian girl's bra sizes.
Even the newest one, Bruce.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (0HooB)
That's a beautiful picture.
Us small-hill people can't get a grip on how big those mountains are with a picture, you just have to seem them to appreciate them.
18000 visible ft of mountain. That's huge.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 11:32 AM (XmOA9)
anyone heard mention of any of this in any of the media?
No, but it's been well known by us political nerds for some time. The sheer number of crooks on the left, both elected officials and their spouses, is breathtaking but the msm hardly ever reports on it.
Better to talk about binders full of women and car garages.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 11:33 AM (g1DWB)
Even the newest one, Bruce.
Moobs Kardashian?
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:33 AM (q1u47)
Pixyware. What can't it do?
Anyway, the Mezvinsky stuff lines up pretty well with my understanding of the matter.
Add to which that the younger Mezvinsky is the head honcho of a hedge fund that consistently loses money, but which always seems to have fresh new investors lining up at the front door regardless of its prior poor performance.
Almost as though certain investors are willing to lose money to curry favor with a certain politically prominent family. But that's crazy conspiracy talk. Tighten down that tinfoil hat before it blows away.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 11:33 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2015 11:25 AM (KCxzN)
A million dollars. Parts extra.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 11:31 AM (BZAd3)
Along these lines..
They had to put my wife's Acadia up on a lift and take off the right front tire to change a running light.
GM engineering. No wonder they need Obama.
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:34 AM (9ZZd+)
You say lose. We say invest.
-Bill
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:35 AM (q1u47)
I'm a little hazy in this concept - an organization wants to give you an award and you can extort money from them for the privilege of accepting it?
WTF? I knew these awards were bogus (like ol' Bill getting some father of the year award *last year*) but is everything a money laundering scheme at this point?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 11:35 AM (q6kiT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:35 AM (rLsb7)
Heh.
I suppose.
But it is weird how such a small part of the US's landmass (cities) dictate how everyone in the hinterlands must live and we think that's fair.
Wasn't there some issue about apportionment with congresscritters back in the day, where the rural areas wanted reps weighted toward landmass in the state and not necessarily toward the cities? And someone smacked that down. Something about "you represent people, not trees"?
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:35 AM (AkOaV)
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I love my old truck.
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 11:36 AM (JBggj)
I have to go in through the wheel well to change the headlight on my Civic.
Which is a huge pain in the balls.
American arms don't fit well in to those tiny spaces. Japanese engineers need to take that in to consideration when they design shit.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:37 AM (AkOaV)
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It's like our war with ISIS. Sure, there's a setback from time to time but we're winning and winning big!
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 11:37 AM (XUKZU)
Flew into Anchorage one time and had the rare privilege of seeing from 30k feet. The optics were such that the mountain looked to be floating in the air with the sun making it glow gold. Amazing, just amazing. I was told by my co-workers at the site that I was very, very luck to see than in that the atmospherics have to be perfect see that floating effect.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:37 AM (sWgE+)
I've noticed a leak of oil on each of my car door handles going on
for a while. They're power windows on a Subaru outback if that helps
Something to worry about?
You need to replace the Johnson Rod Gasket
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2015 11:25 AM (KCxzN)"
And as long as you are in there it only makes sense to replace the knipling pins.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 29, 2015 11:37 AM (QHgTq)
Bits of it here and there. Thought it was Soros' daughter's place where they were married.
And you can see their NYC mansion here:
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/
real-estate/chelsea-clinton-buys-10-5-million-article-1.1288710
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 11:38 AM (q6kiT)
price should be about (2) shop hours and cost of part..
Usually around $350
Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 29, 2015 11:38 AM (eOpVe)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 29, 2015 11:40 AM (S7x7a)
As long as they're still happening they're disruptive. That's the beauty of it....
Posted by: Ecotwits at May 29, 2015 11:01 AM (q6kiT)
And when then aren't happening as often that is also "disruptive" because it is below what it "should be" so while it is good for us it's "bad" for the environment.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 29, 2015 11:40 AM (z/Ubi)
You guys probably still use stone knives and bearskins. A polarized tachyon pulse through the deflector array will fix you right up.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 29, 2015 11:41 AM (evdj2)
for a while."
You'd be surprised about car parts and grease. I replaced a headlight switch on one of my older Chevys once. The entire back side of the module was coated (not filmed) with grease from the factory. Gobbed on.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:41 AM (SHLDK)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:42 AM (+bkaS)
Battery on a 2010 Dodge Challenger.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:42 AM (q1u47)
...But grease feels different than oil to the touch.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:42 AM (AkOaV)
*this is the call that never ends...it just keeps going on and on my friends...*
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:43 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 29, 2015 11:43 AM (eOpVe)
"The former executive director of the Happy Hearts Fund, founded by Czech model Petra Nemcova, told the paper that Clinton didn't agree to appear at the June 2014 event until after the charity offered the donation, which made up more than a quarter of the event's proceeds, for projects in Haiti."
imagine if it were W Bush and he asked for just travel expense...
link: http://tinyurl.com/pd48jyo
Posted by: mallfly at May 29, 2015 11:43 AM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 11:44 AM (659DL)
It's like they want you to have to bring the car back to the dealership for everything.
They design commonly broken things to be difficult to replace.
It'd be much easier to change my headlight if the car was up on a lift then it is to try to do it in a driveway. Inevitably, its raining and/or snowing when your bulb burns out too.
Somehow that's always the case.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:44 AM (AkOaV)
#5 and #6 spark plugs on an S-10.
Three ft. of 3/8" ratchet extensions.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 11:44 AM (0HooB)
What do pedicures cost around the country?
In Michigan, it's $25 without polish, $35 for French nails. Plus tip.
It only takes 20 to 30 minutes respectively, so how can that be bad?
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:44 AM (9ZZd+)
The bloggers there are usually pretty dead on. It's the commenting Zeroes that are dubious.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 11:44 AM (DT3rQ)
They had to put my wife's Acadia up on a lift and take off the right front tire to change a running light.
GM engineering. No wonder they need Obama.
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:34 AM (9ZZd+)"
I had a Chevy Malibu that you had to put up on a lift to change the spark plugs and even then the two reap spark plugs were too much trouble to change so they usually never actually changed them, although they always charged me for doing it. When I finally replaces the two rear spark plugs, one clogged with carbon so that it never sparked and the other had the electrode burned off so that it did not spark either. When I first started the car off with all eight cylinders firing, it blew dark black smoke out the tailpipe for about a minute as years worth of carbon accumulation burned off.
I don't buy General Motors products any more.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 29, 2015 11:44 AM (QHgTq)
I'd thought of the warm weather angle but not thinking that's it. Don't know if Mr wizard is having me on but will look into that
OK going now
Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at May 29, 2015 11:45 AM (8t/08)
Battery on a 2010 Dodge Challenger.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:42 AM (q1u47)
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Oil filter on my wifes Jeep Liberty.
First time I changed her oil it took me twenty minutes and a google search to *find* the damn thing.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:45 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 11:45 AM (m3iiU)
I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it.
http://tinyurl.com/q7o2ogr
Posted by: Lucille Bluth at May 29, 2015 11:46 AM (AkOaV)
Without polish? Is this for men or something?
I don't know what they are here. 15/20 bucks? 25 for a pedicure. 35 for both.
I generally do my own because the polish comes off almost immediately.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:46 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Yo! at May 29, 2015 11:46 AM (q+zA9)
Three ft. of 3/8" ratchet extensions.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 11:44 AM (0HooB)
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Same on my old Ranger.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:46 AM (8XRCm)
Had a car where the oil filter was on the front of the engine block and tilted upwards.
Spilled oil down the block and motor mount 100% of the time.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 11:47 AM (+aCe4)
What do pedicures cost around the country?
In Michigan, it's $25 without polish, $35 for French nails. Plus tip.
It only takes 20 to 30 minutes respectively, so how can that be bad?
$1 a minute. There's a reason whores shouldn't cost more than $2.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:47 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 11:45 AM (m3iiU)
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I was being sarcastic ABOUT the Acadia
I drive a 2001 GMC Sierra.Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 11:47 AM (JBggj)
http://tinyurl.com/q3d9fee
WASHINGTON DC, May 28, 2015 - A source within the federal government has informed the Friday Fax that the White House is quietly moving forward with a policy change that will require charitable humanitarian groups to accept LGBT applicants in order to qualify for government funding, even those religious groups that might have religious objections.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 11:47 AM (fWAjv)
My coworker makes the service guys give him old parts or show them to him when he gets stuff changed. I thought he was paranoid, but maybe not!
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:48 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 11:47 AM (+aCe4)
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Jeep Cherokee Sport with that straight six were the same way. Great motor btw.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:48 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
Don't worry; mohammadan groups will be excluded.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 29, 2015 11:48 AM (Spluw)
Good. Charities shouldn't be getting federal money to begin with.
Hopefully the religious ones just say "Well, ok then. Fcuk you, uncle sam, we'll get our own money."
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:48 AM (AkOaV)
No, I think that's a bush. South America or some such. They make lotion out of it or something.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:48 AM (SHLDK)
Europe might be at war this summer. That might slow down Gaylord's plans to make everything Gay.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:49 AM (rLsb7)
These are the same people insisting on a "living wage" / $15 and hour minimum wage, right?
What have they got against (most likely immigrant) women trying to feed their family?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 11:49 AM (q6kiT)
My mechanic always shows me the old parts.
Not that I don't trust him, but I'd like to see what's wearing out and how it's wearing out just so I know.
Plus I don't really trust him. Nice guy though.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:49 AM (AkOaV)
Acadia is a national park in Maine.
Also the first sunrise in 'Murica.
So I'm told.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:50 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:50 AM (SHLDK)
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Wasnt there some recent flap about the ecotards wanting to regulate the salon industry because of the polish remover (acetone) that they use??
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:50 AM (8XRCm)
mrp I know.
Had to google the Acadia before my first response. Never heard of one.GMC. That 'splains it.
My dad once owned a 1969 Jaguar XKE. Tofix a brokena light on the dash the transmission had to come out to get to a relay or whatnot. The light stayed broken.
He loved the car, but said he spent more time under the car than in it.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (0x/TW)
torquewrench at May 29, 2015 11:30
It is going to get worse. Facts must be changed until they fit the narrative.
Bloomberg: The U.S. Is About to Change the Way It Calculates GDP
Tiny Url: http://tinyurl.com/kyow2bk
Posted by: Cynical isnt cynica enough at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (Dl00M)
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:37 AM
Yep. I have to replace a blower motor relay on a 3 series soon. Need to remove the glove box, and fit an additional joint in my arm to reach the relay. It's a good thing I can get my small hands in tight spots (Don't. Say. Anything.) Ain't no way I'm paying 3 times the cost of a simple plug in part to have someone do it for me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:50 AM (SHLDK)
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yup... thats the one.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (8XRCm)
Without polish? Is this for men or something?
Yeah, that's what I pay. Pedicures are great with a foot massage, hot stones, hot towels, pumice rub, etc.
Why would anyone cut their own nails?
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (9ZZd+)
I don't know, but I once went in to a nail place with a girlfriend.
They had fish eating peoples feet.
As Joe Biden would say, literally.
I walked out.
It was bizarre.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (AkOaV)
I am just following up on the updated I-9 form that I sent out to all the employees last year (I never received yours back). We are required to have an I-9 form on file for every employee (to avoid large fines by the Department of Homeland Security if we were to have a surprise audit). A copy of the I-9 form is attached. Please fill out and sign the "Employee Section" on page 7, attach a copy of either a U.S. Passport, or a combination of a copy of a Driver's License and Social Security card (other acceptable forms of identification are also listed on the form, but these are the most common), and email it all back to me or put it in my inbox.
Thanks so much!
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 11:52 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (9ZZd+)
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Ummm..... because Im a ...... man?
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:52 AM (8XRCm)
German cars suck. Really expensive to maintain.
And I'll avoid any small hands comments, because I'm nice like that.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:53 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:52 AM (8XRCm)
I'm a man
I can change
If I have to
I guess
amen
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:54 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole
I really think conservatives should boycott all Big 3 companies because of the UAW. You're basically handing money to left-wing causes when you buy their products.
Even if you have no political angle, Big 3 products are garbage compared to their Japanese counterparts.
If you ever want to hear an interesting podcast, "This American Life" had an excellent story about the NUMMI plant that Toyota took over in the mid 80's from GM and created a partnership. I was amazed how honest it was despite NPR being in the tank for most leftist causes.
You'll never buy a GM product again after hearing it.
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 11:54 AM (vRHxQ)
"The bloggers there are usually pretty dead on. It's the commenting Zeroes that are dubious."
It's a mixed bag. Even the official non-commenter content at zerohedge often includes stuff like shouted jeremiads about how radiation from Fukushima is going to destroy all life in the Pacific Ocean, and whatnot.
There are a couple of things where ZH have been on the ball.
-- Skepticism about Greece and the eurozone more generally
-- Skepticism about the ability of the Fed to restore prosperity with "quantitative easing"
-- Observing the underreported "stealth inflation" which the Fed have produced via QE
-- Pointing out the abuses of ordinary small investors due to high frequency trading
-- Pointing out the extensive official and unofficial tampering with the gold market
On those issues, ZH has been quite informative, and generally their predictions have panned out over time.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 11:54 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:54 AM (SHLDK)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:52 AM (8XRCm)
Besides, when else would I change the blades in my utility knife if not for cutting my toe nails?
It's like a reminder to change the batteries in my smoke detectors. "Oh, time to trim the nails. Better put fresh blades on the utility knife so I dont cut my foot."
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:54 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (9ZZd+)
"
To avoid getting a horrible infection.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 11:54 AM (+bkaS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:55 AM (rLsb7)
Because I'm not a dandy and the money can go into the beer and cigar fund.
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 29, 2015 11:55 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (SHLDK)
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:51 AM (9ZZd+)
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Ummm..... because Im a ...... man?
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:52 AM (8XRCm)
Nothing more manly than having a woman at your feet, concentrating on pleasing you.
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (9ZZd+)
Trying, but damn if it ain't hard!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (q1u47)
I hear a belt sander works well, or so I'm told..by a friend
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:49 AM (rLsb7)
Foxhole will have a new definition in the Urban Dictionary.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (fWAjv)
I don't have to pay mine....
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (PFy0L)
402 WASHINGTON DC, May 28, 2015 - A source within the federal government has informed the Friday Fax that the White House is quietly moving forward with a policy change that will require charitable humanitarian groups to accept LGBT applicants in order to qualify for government funding, even those religious groups that might have religious objections.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
Don't worry; mohammadan groups will be excluded.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 29, 2015 11:48 AM (Spluw)
Don't worry... they already have it covered...
Bestiality has now been added as part of the B, in LGBTEIEIO.
So.... with the 'pet' goats... well.... they're covered...
Posted by: Muab Dork.... whose name is a snarking word... at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (qh617)
Dammit.... we got Morons driving Suburu's and going for mani-peds.
WTF IS GOING ON UP IN HEYAH??????
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (8XRCm)
By "ignition problem" they mean 200 pounds of shit on your key chain can cause the key to turn while the vehicle is in motion.
Which sounds more like a "driver problem" then GMs fault.
And if your car does die on the highway, just pop that bitch in to neutral and coast to the shoulder.
No biggy. I had a car that used to love to die on the highway. Luckily it was a stick, so I could pop the clutch, but... driving without power steering and ABS wasn't a big deal at highway speeds.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (AkOaV)
Aren't they supposed to do this when you were hired? I've never heard of doing 'updated' ones unless you changed jobs. Maybe they kept shit records and are scrambling...
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (lIU4e)
Trying, but damn if it ain't hard!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (q1u47)
what?? No AtC references???
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (sWgE+)
It sure would be nice to have an opposition party that could win over some of the votes from the portion of minorities that is religious on this issue, wouldn't it? Perhaps by pointing out that inner city Catholic schools would be forced to accept this crap or close thanks to Obama and his party?
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (Orv1g)
And I'll avoid any small hands comments, because I'm nice like that.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:53 AM
Actually, the thing runs great. One of my best buddies is a superb professional mechanic. He helps me do the stuff we can knock out easily on a Saturday morning for the cost of parts, I give him beer. It works out well. I'm thinking about a Jeep or something similar in a couple of years though. No room for my gun cases in the trunk of that sedan.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (sWgE+)
and then use the dremel with a buffing pad to clean up the cuticles.
Try getting service like that at a nail salon!
I mean, come on!
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:58 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 11:58 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (PFy0L)
Yes, yes you do. They're just a little more subtle about it.
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 11:58 AM (9ZZd+)
I hear a belt sander works well, or so I'm told..by a friend
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 11:56 AM (sWgE+)
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Dremel.... for the win.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:58 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 11:58 AM (NeFrd)
If she's playing with your toenails, you need a sex-ed refresher course.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 11:58 AM (q1u47)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:59 AM (rLsb7)
I swear by Japanese cars, so I'm a little biased I guess. Parts are usually really cheap and the cars are easy enough to work on.
Plus they don't have a million sensors everywhere that are just waiting to break and throw check engine lights and cause me to fail inspection.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 11:59 AM (AkOaV)
GDP revised to -0.7%
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 29, 2015 11:40 AM (S7x7a)
But dipshit moo moo swore that couldn't possibly be true!
Posted by: Buzzion at May 29, 2015 11:59 AM (z/Ubi)
Right.
Hey, wait a minute.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 11:59 AM (SHLDK)
Yeah, done a few of those. Fortunately, they're not expensive, just uncomfortable to get to.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 11:59 AM (o+SC1)
Dammit.... we got Morons driving Suburu's and going for mani-peds.
WTF IS GOING ON UP IN HEYAH??????
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (8XRCm)"
We are a Big Tent kind of community.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 29, 2015 12:00 PM (QHgTq)
Well, I keep my finger nails nice.
I hit them with the sawzall every few months.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:00 PM (AkOaV)
I don't have to pay mine....
Dinner, drinks, furs, etc.
Or her divorce lawyer........
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:00 PM (q1u47)
Agreed. Fortunately, there are only a few vehicles where I thus regret having to refrain from buying. The majority of Big 3 products are crap from a design standpoint anyway.
"If you ever want to hear an interesting podcast, 'This American Life' had an excellent story about the NUMMI plant that Toyota took over in the mid 80's from GM and created a partnership."
Since that's here in the SF Bay Area, in Fremont, I followed the story closely when it was later announced that the partnership was ending and GM was not going to re-up its participation. A bellwether moment for California manufacturing.
The funniest part was the plaintive overtures from the UAW local to Toyota to take over sole ownership and operation of the plant after GM announced they were bailing out. Despite the plant losing two hundred million buckaroos every year.
"We want you to stay! We'll be good! No labor strife! We promise!"
Official response from the Toyota board of directors:
::: laughter restrained only by huge exertion of Japanese politeness :::
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 12:01 PM (noWW6)
I use all season air in my tires, so I should be good.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:01 PM (AkOaV)
I had heard good things about the suburus lately and thought about adding them to my 'maybe' list when I get around to buying a new car, but this leaking window thing plus the bit about them not really being all that long lived that someone posted the other day, plus the fact that I didn't like the way the test drive went means they're probably off my list.
Nissan and Toyota are looking most likely right now...
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:01 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:02 PM (q1u47)
http://tinyurl.com/o87vqvv
Now Mosby and her husband, City Councilman Nick Mosby, are about to be guest ringmasters for the UniverSoul Circus.
The couple is also slated to accept the 'UniverSoul Circus Community Service Award for their commitment to the well-being of the Baltimore community' at Friday afternoon's performance, according to a press release from the circus.
SMDH
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 12:02 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 12:02 PM (rLsb7)
It's just a question of how long they're going to last, and some automakers are much better than others.
Today I drop the transmission out of one of our BMWs. 200K miles, so can't really complain. Need to make some tools to complete the overhaul (press jigs to squeeze the clutch packs down to get the snap-rings out) but the parts cost ought to be around $650 including a rebuilt valve body (no way no how gonna open that thing up.)
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 12:03 PM (o+SC1)
No idea whats going on with oily door handles upthread, but Subaru's are great.
AWD, Japanese, cheap to maintain and run.
Little lesbianish, but if you can deal with that they're very reliable cars.
Although they all do tend to blow head gaskets when they get up there in mileage. Which is not the END of the world, but uh... not something anyone wants to have to deal with.
But other than that, I don't think they're known to have any kind of major reliability issues.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:03 PM (AkOaV)
.... wait ..... you said "Suburu".....
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:29 AM (8XRCm)
So, it's official we have lesbo commenters?
Doesn't mean your a bad person, I think I am a lesbo. I like to eat pussy.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 12:03 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: M.H. at May 29, 2015 12:04 PM (qC8kc)
I meant like my Dad's Mercedes which threw a check engine light for the drivers side power seat control unit not working correctly.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:04 PM (AkOaV)
that could win over some of the votes from the portion of minorities
that is religious on this issue, wouldn't it? Perhaps by pointing out
that inner city Catholic schools would be forced to accept this crap or
close thanks to Obama and his party?
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (Orv1g)"
That is a feature, not a bug. They do not want an alternative school system that actually educates kids and allows them to become economically successful. That violates the narrative. When reality conflicts with their worldview, it is reality that has to go.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 29, 2015 12:04 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 29, 2015 12:02 PM (fWAjv)
SJW Circus should be the name
http://www.universoulcircus.com/
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:05 PM (sWgE+)
He bought me the fur thing five winters ago
and the gown the following fall...then last night in his apartment. He tried to remove them all
And I said, as I ran down the hall....
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:06 PM (lIU4e)
Gas cap not on correctly on a Nissan Altima.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:07 PM (q1u47)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:52 AM (8XRCm)
Besides, when else would I change the blades in my utility knife if not for cutting my toe nails?
Pfffftt....nambypamby's
*pulls trigger on Sawzall*
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 12:08 PM (mmlFU)
Dammit.... we got Morons driving Suburu's and going for mani-peds.
WTF IS GOING ON UP IN HEYAH??????
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 11:57 AM (8XRCm)
Jwest isn't a moron. He's a fucking imbecile.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 29, 2015 12:08 PM (z/Ubi)
It's nice that modern cars will report all this diagnostic shit to you (I wouldn't be surprised if some were able to tell you whether the driver ate too many beans last night) on the OBD if you have the right software, but it shouldn't set the MIL for something non-powertrain-related.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 12:09 PM (o+SC1)
In some ways I like that. It's convenient to be able to just look up an OBD-II code to help figure out some odd little misbehavior. Also, monitoring codes can be a useful pre-failure predictive strategy. Saves maintenance money.
What's infuriating is how manufacturers are locking down those systems to outsiders. So a vehicle has to be taken to an official dealership service bay with a specialized computer in order to read certain codes or to reset them. At exorbitant expense. Germans are particularly bad about this.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 12:09 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 12:09 PM (Yc2pJ)
Yes, Chelseas FIL was involved in some shit back in the day and is politically connected.
Don't remember exact details.
But he's a crook, just like the Clintons.
Which is why the kid is Chelsea's soulmate.
Posted by: mynewhandle
_________
Y'all need to lay off talkin' 'bout my kinfolk.
Posted by: Downhome Hillary Clinton at May 29, 2015 12:09 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:10 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 12:10 PM (RJMhd)
My car is old enough that it doesn't do that, but my mothers drives me crazy. One of those stupid lights is on CONSTANTLY.
I think it would drive me nuts. Like having a crack in the windshield...
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:10 PM (lIU4e)
Of course, in a lot of cars (in my experience VW/Audi products are about the worst at this) it's those system-integrity vacuum pumps and valves that fail, not the actual system plumbing...
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 12:11 PM (o+SC1)
http://tinyurl.com/ou5shly
Oh wait, we call that Congress and the Federal government.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 12:11 PM (rLsb7)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:12 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: ALF at May 29, 2015 12:12 PM (2Ojst)
http://tinyurl.com/ojghy2f
Who knows? Maybe Lurch can add Moby to his crack advisory team of Harf and Psaki and intimidate the hell out whatever country is sitting across the negotiating table from them. Vlad would be dumbfounded into a catatonic state by them.
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 12:12 PM (Orv1g)
You know, if you want Ace to show up you need to give him a lifetime achievement award and $50.
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 12:09 PM (Yc2pJ)<<<
But what about the HOOKERS? Doesn't he wan' *hic* wan' the hookers??
Posted by: Arthur Bach at May 29, 2015 12:12 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:07 PM (q1u47)
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That happens alot on alot of vehicles.
Here MY current GM peeve. 2011 GMC Sierra.
I have a thermostat thats sticks occassionaly and needs replacing. Under certain conditions the computer thinks the coolant is too hot (when it isnt) and puts a "ENGINE TOo HOT AC TURNED OFF" message on the dash.... and turns all the coolant fans on. Sounds like Im flying a jet when this happens. All off this is well and good but ..... the computer also turns off the coolant guage.
WTF??? The truck "thinks" its overheating, but the normal guage that monitors the actual coolant temp reads..... ZERO??? So that I.... as a driver.... have no idea what my coolant temp actually is???
What dumbfuck GM engineer thought this is a GOOD idea???
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:13 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 12:13 PM (+bkaS)
482
I like to eat pussy.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 12:03 PM (0FSuD)
Hey, me too!
Posted by: ALF at May 29, 2015 12:12 PM (2Ojst)<<<<
Hi, there!
Posted by: Shrillary's Vagina at May 29, 2015 12:13 PM (sCHw2)
They also put a catalyst between the exhaust manifolds and the turbo for cold-start emissions (the US regs being flat-out insane about cold-start emissions requirements) so if that cat fails it takes out your turbocharger too.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 12:13 PM (o+SC1)
WTF IS GOING ON UP IN HEYAH??????<<<
Whew. Too much estrogen in the formatting bar?
Posted by: Fritz at May 29, 2015 12:14 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 12:14 PM (0HooB)
Uh, didn't Jerry Falwell say something similarly vile after Katrina?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 12:14 PM (q6kiT)
http://tinyurl.com/ojghy2f
Who knows? Maybe Lurch can add Moby to his crack advisory team of Harf and Psaki and intimidate the hell out whatever country is sitting across the negotiating table from them. Vlad would be dumbfounded into a catatonic state by them.
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 29, 2015 12:12 PM (Orv1g)
Moby is a fucking dick. I bet he is the first guest judge the creators of King of the Nerds regretted inviting.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 29, 2015 12:15 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 12:13 PM (+bkaS)
So, Al and ISIS agree on something. Good to know.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:15 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 12:15 PM (rLsb7)
Patterico has a post "in which I defend the antique collecting Limey from that brute Ace"
Something like that.
(Let me see if I can stunt willow this thread)
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 12:16 PM (RJMhd)
God's tears because Blue Bell is closed.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:16 PM (q1u47)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:13 PM (8XRCm)
The "dumbfuck" in the dumbfuck GM Engineer is redundant.
But, hey, you can now get WiFi in your Chebby so that you can crash it even faster by doing the Internet thingee when you should be doing the driving thingee.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at May 29, 2015 12:16 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:13 PM (8XRCm)
Bwaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha....
...and ya'll used to bitch about us!
Posted by: Idiot Lights on a 74 Mustang II at May 29, 2015 12:17 PM (mmlFU)
You probably know if you are low on coolant the temp sensor doesn't work. I'm surprised it didn't go into 'limp home' mode.
Most of this on board diagnostics just add complexity and another failure point.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:17 PM (wkuqO)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAAAAAAA!
Pretty much every temp gauge these days, I think even in cheap cars now, is driven by the engine control computer, and it lies to you. The engine temp can vary 30-40 degrees and the gauge will still read resolutely normal.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 12:17 PM (o+SC1)
this word has to go away
we are not skeptics, we're realists
climate realists, eurozone realists, foreign policy realists
"skeptic" means you're on the sidelines
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 12:17 PM (9Uj9z)
Posted by: Bruce with a Wang! at May 29, 2015 12:19 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:19 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:07 PM (q1u47)
Cracked gas cap on a Lexus GS. A few bucks later, I was on down the road. I drove that car for 130,000 miles and other than that gas cap, oil changes, wiper blades, and tires, it was absolutely trouble free.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at May 29, 2015 12:20 PM (kXoT0)
But just watch out for that ignition switch that can drop out of the run position during those hot pursuits...
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 12:20 PM (rLsb7)
One thing to watch out for in "pre-owned" cars is that people will go into the instrument cluster and pull the bulbs behind the warning lights, or wrap them in black electrical tape, just to get the nuisance to go away.
Sometimes it is just a nuisance issue like a sensor with transients.
Other times, though, not having that warning light visible to be heeded will result in something very expensive getting replaced.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 12:21 PM (noWW6)
Let me tell you 'bout Humphrey the camel,
Abling across the sands -
All the nomads givin' him a great big hand;
He's a big ugly mammal and he's very, very hairy -
All the sheiks know he's a swingin' dromedary -
Talkin' 'bout Humphrey the camel.
Posted by: Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan at May 29, 2015 12:21 PM (zF6Iw)
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yup... first thing I did was top off the coolant res.
Its my thermostat. In any event .... I get the message about once a week and it goes away about 50 miles later or If I shut it off and park.
The first time it happened I was like HOLY SHIT.... pulled over.... checked hoses, checked resevoir ..... I was like WTF???
But that temp guage sitting on ZERO pisses me off. Dumb dumb dumb.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:22 PM (8XRCm)
That totally makes sense to me. They need a way to turn on important lights and turn off the stupid lights.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:22 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at May 29, 2015 12:22 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:19 PM (wkuqO)
..but non-confrontational and gender neutral.
Posted by: Dudley DoRight at May 29, 2015 12:22 PM (mmlFU)
What the hell is wrong with your country?
It's like I don't even know you any more!
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 12:22 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 10:19 AM (BZAd3)
In elementary school the principle was a WWII combat vet. He told of how he when he was coaching the football team the quarterback got a big head. He had his offensive line lay down for the entire first half of a game. The kid had a sudden revelation and made an apology at halftime.
I think it is time for the offensive line to take a nap on the Republican party.
Posted by: Not Loved Time to be Feared at May 29, 2015 12:23 PM (nRvEn)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 12:23 PM (9Uj9z)
Or, one of the robot car/trucks? Will it come with a robot wife to nag about it's driving?
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:24 PM (sWgE+)
tires, it was absolutely trouble free.
Used to just stick a rag in the gas filler tube. Now, if the cap isn't OEM, and on correctly, lights go off all over the dashboard.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:24 PM (q1u47)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 12:24 PM (ZKzrr)
What the hell is wrong with your country?
It's like I don't even know you any more!
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 12:22 PM (RJMhd)
And don't forget about watching "mandingo" bone your wife.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:25 PM (2Ojst)
Don't remember exact details.
Here they are. Like the Clintons, a democrat and a crook.
http://tinyurl.com/mu8d9d
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 12:25 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 12:25 PM (9Uj9z)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:24 PM (q1u47)
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Fucking purge system.... totally unnecessary.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:26 PM (8XRCm)
Have a '14 Chebby pickup. It is an odd vehicle in that it is strangely good in some ways (noise, highway manners) but strangely bad in others (repeated "buzzing" sound from the dash with no lights or warnings going off, center console is a complete disaster.)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 12:26 PM (SHLDK)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 12:27 PM (9Uj9z)
Without a doubt the most annoying and useless warning light ever. What does it even mean, check your engine?
How about trying to narrow it down just a tad.
One of the things I live about my little Triumph play car is the engine is about as straightforward as can be and a piece of cake to work on.
Check engine. Check this.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 12:28 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:28 PM (q1u47)
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 29, 2015 12:29 PM (eytER)
*crams on brakes, pulls over, opens hood*
Yep, still there.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 12:29 PM (0HooB)
150k, 200k if you want the tape deck. The hamster having babies in the back is just normal wear and tear dude.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:30 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 12:14 PM (q6kiT)
Well he kind of had a point about Nawlins/
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at May 29, 2015 12:30 PM (R8hU8)
Check engine light has been on for three years. Dealer wants to replace OX sensor for $1,000. SC does NOT have inspections, so fcuk that.
How do you get stink out of a car and where do democrats get that smell?
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 12:30 PM (0FSuD)
Yeah, done a few of those. Fortunately, they're not expensive, just uncomfortable to get to.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 11:59 AM
Probably the same thing. I've been on the same one for about 10K miles so far. Hell, it's an 01 and I just had to replace the original battery this year. Like my buddy says, in his experience, BMW parts may be expensive, but you usually only have to replace them once in the lifetime of the car. So far that Bavarian bucket of bolts has been doing me pretty well.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 12:30 PM (h4vJk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3z841UJiVk
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 12:
I snickered, thanks Heather.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 12:30 PM (F2IAQ)
What's funny is technology in cars has usually made repairs more difficult and require complex equipment to fully service, but in a weird way, if electric cars become the norm, I could see 9 out of 10 repair shops going under.
They really are so much simpler than a government approved, modern internal combustion engine.
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 12:31 PM (vRHxQ)
How do you get stink out of a car and where do democrats get that smell?
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 29, 2015 12:30 PM (0FSuD
1) Fabreeze and bleach
2) Rotting from within
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 12:32 PM (F2IAQ)
Kerosene and a match.
Free range tofu farts.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:32 PM (q1u47)
Posted by: Draki at May 29, 2015 12:33 PM (0eidE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 29, 2015 11:59 AM
Ahem. RedMindBlueState
Other than that,
Cut. Jib. Newsletter.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 12:33 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 12:33 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:34 PM (wkuqO)
Saw some SJW-type claim that it's God's judgement for banning gay marriage.
And that some double rainbow in Ireland shows how much Jesus loves gay men claiming to be married.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 29, 2015 12:34 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:34 PM (sWgE+)
yeah its nice unless you live in a state that insists on doing a full inspection every year and automatically fails you and won't renew your registration if you have a check engine light on.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:34 PM (AkOaV)
*crams on brakes, pulls over, opens hood*
Yep, still there.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 12:29 PM (0HooB)
That's what I always assumed it meant.
Posted by: rickl at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM (zoehZ)
I love that the check engine light comes on for a loose gas cap. The first time that happened to me I almost soiled myself.
I was used to old cars where the check engine light coming on meant something was deathly wrong and you needed to pull over and shut down IMMEDIATELY.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM (m3iiU)
yeah its nice unless you live in a state that insists on doing a full inspection every year and automatically fails you and won't renew your registration if you have a check engine light on.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:34 PM (AkOaV)
Another point in Florida's favor - no bullshit vehicle inspections.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM (2Ojst)
But I see people driving around with cracked windshields constantly. I don't know they can live with it.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM (lIU4e)
It's not really the engines that are the complicated part of cars.
An electric car would most likely have a lot more... electronics.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:36 PM (AkOaV)
Exactly. That's how it should be.
Maybe they need a 'some teeny bullshit thing is wrong with your car, get to it whenever' light.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:36 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM (2Ojst)
California will NEVER do that. It would be racist.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:36 PM (wkuqO)
I just moved here, my old state got rid of inspections a decade ago.
Too much corruption.
Go to a city and slip the guy a $50, and you could pass anything.
Go to a nicer area and you're lucky to walk away without the guy finding $2000 worth of stuff that needed to be fixed before he'd give you a sticker.
Long story short, did nothing to improve safety and was just a giant scam.
Wish my new state would see that.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:38 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 12:28 PM (g1DWB)
Check your privilege.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 29, 2015 12:38 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 12:38 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 12:38 PM (xWW96)
the gas cap thing is emissions related and is a federal mandate.
stupid, but easy enough to fix.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:39 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM (2Ojst)
Too many of them prayed for rain at once.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:39 PM (wkuqO)
That's okay, it's a mother beautiful painting.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 12:40 PM (SHLDK)
In most ways cars are much better than just a couple of decades ago.
Longer tune up cycles, more horsepower, safer, just better over all. It
wasn't that long ago engine life was under 100k miles. I think over
all a much better value than then.
Posted by: just saying
Most of that is simply the advent of fuel injection where you can have a precise mixture of fuel to air.
In the days of carburetors, you had a richer mixture where gas mixed with motor oil and washed down the cylinder walls. Engines basically had a 100k miles service life. Engine overhaul shops are now few and far between.
But the upcoming technology the automakers though are being forced to undertake as a result of crazy CAFE laws are going to be a nightmare. Volvo just introduced a supercharged AND turbocharged 4 cylinder engine for their full size SUV. That kind of stuff is going to have to be the norm unless the law is changed. It might sound cool, but that car is basically going to be disposable outside of a warranty. Just too much technology for a consumer to service.
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 12:40 PM (vRHxQ)
Kind of nice to have.
But they wear out and cost $250 to replace. Oh, and if you want to put snow tires on a set of steel rims for the winter, either get used to the stupid light being on at all times or pay $1000 to get the sensors installed in all 4 wheels.
And again, can't pass inspection with the low tire pressure light on. So if the sensors break, gotta fix it if you want to stay street legal.
...Another federal mandate, by the way.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:40 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at May 29, 2015 12:40 PM (8uhgy)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at May 29, 2015 12:41 PM (UlJ3l)
Right. Add a turbocharger, and you just added a $3000 piece of equipment that will definitely die before the engine does.
Plus gaskets and whatnot that will wear out.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 29, 2015 12:42 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 12:42 PM (xWW96)
mynewhandle, that explains why it's so stupid. Federal Mandate.
The engine isn't the problem. Should have an emissions light or something seperate.
Fix = tighten cap and if needed OBD scanner to erase code.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 12:42 PM (+aCe4)
coming on meant something was deathly wrong and you needed to pull over
and shut down IMMEDIATELY.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM
I don't remember ever seeing a "check engine" light that lit up for anything more troublesome than a minor emissions-system defect or a loose gas cap. Nothing that would cause thick smoke, horrible grinding noises or an engine that went terminally silent.
The closest thing was the oil-pressure light. Years ago, my ex-wife ignored one of those. She called me when I was at work, advising me the car had stalled in downtown traffic and the starter wouldn't even turn the engine over.
I soon learned Volvo engines were easy to rebuild, and used replacement crankshafts were plentiful. The machine shop could only turn it down so much.
Needless to say, a stern lecture about The Meaning of Red Lights soon followed.
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 29, 2015 12:42 PM (P8YHq)
When asked if she would send her sons, she said no. And then burst into tears
This is where we are. Where well meaning people sacrifice other people's sons
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:43 PM (dw7lk)
Pretty sure the online time mine has ever come on was when the engine was overheating. And that was a 'stop and drive no more' kind of thing.
thankfully it was an easy fix.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:44 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:43 PM (dw7lk)
And water is wet.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:44 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: rickl at May 29, 2015 12:35 PM (zoehZ)
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OBD II scanner on my Android.
**flips middle finger to the service techs**
I'll get my codes myself.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:44 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Draki at May 29, 2015 12:44 PM (0eidE)
When asked if she would send her sons, she said no. And then burst into tears
This is where we are. Where well meaning people sacrifice other people's sons
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:43 PM (dw7lk)
To be fair, her sons are only 5 and 8 years old.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:45 PM (2Ojst)
On TV she did this? Wow.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 12:45 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 12:45 PM (m3iiU)
Consumers will be screwed when the financing is 2x longer than the warranty.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 12:45 PM (q1u47)
Luckily, that stupid shit stayed in Northern Illinois. None down here in God's Country.
...that doesn't exist.
Stay away. There's no fish here. Nothing. Stay in Chicago. Animals will eat your special snowflakes.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 12:45 PM (mmlFU)
Under this CiC with his ROI I won't either. You fight to win or don't fight at all.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:46 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Insomniac
_______________________
Go on.
Posted by: Harry Reid at May 29, 2015 12:46 PM (UlJ3l)
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I owned one of those in college. Trunk big enough to live in.
I called mine the Ghetto Cruzer....
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:47 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:47 PM (dw7lk)
http://tinyurl.com/nhffuwq
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 12:47 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Insomniac
____________________
No worries, this war isn't going away anytime soon. It will be here when they get old enough.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:48 PM (wkuqO)
Strong horse.
Weak horse.
Message sent and received.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 12:48 PM (noWW6)
Shit, the only thing you need the two buddies for is to have onebto roll a joint and thenother hand you a beer.
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 12:48 PM (ycu3n)
"New ROE, so listen up! Once an ISIS fighter has a knife to your neck, you may place one round in your rifle magazine! If he begins to cut, you may then fire a single warning shot!"
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:49 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 12:48 PM (noWW6)
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Wait ..... wut???
I believe the term so endearing to the left is..... chickenhawk...... no?
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: RioBravo at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (NUqwG)
I always have to wonder what a wolf thinks when it encounters a trendy mini-dog..."WTF happened to you? You were us once, man! You ran free! You were the baddest of the bad! And now you're a f'ing plush toy that eats gluten-free kibble and drinks filtered water! You won't even taste good when I devour you! Bah, get out of my sight!"
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (dw7lk)
Most 'check engine' indications are not particularly serious, but the regulators want you to think that a loose gas cap is a crisis because suddenly you're emitting vapors to the air.
As a general rule the serious, park-the-car-now stuff comes up on some other gauge or indicator, the 'check engine' light is a 'when I get to it' thing.
You can get decent OBD-II dongles that'll talk to smartphone apps via Bluetooth for a few bucks.
The manufacturer-specific diagnostic software that'll allow you to get more detailed codes and test/interrogate systems not covered by basic OBD-II codes is either (a) more expensive or (b) 'borrowed' via torrents and links from message boards.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (o+SC1)
Just a reminder here that America (and what's left of the decaying failing hallucinating West) are facing an enemy who are _more than happy_ to sacrifice their own 8-year-olds and their own 5-year-olds so long as doing so moves them closer to victory over us.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (noWW6)
Wireless hacking of cars has already been demonstrated. But please, let's move over completely to driverless electric cars made of cardboard and splodey batteries.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 12:51 PM (DT3rQ)
"Arf!" she said.
Posted by: Evelyn, a modified dog at May 29, 2015 12:51 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (+bkaS)
Send in the Creepers!
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:51 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 12:52 PM (xWW96)
And kill our 5- and 8-year-olds. Publicly. Gruesomely.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 29, 2015 12:52 PM (DT3rQ)
Eh, rub out a few and your handbabies will greet you in the afterlife, knowwhatI'msayin?
Posted by: Achmed at May 29, 2015 12:52 PM (q6kiT)
It's confusing to some, but usually right there in the front of the manual is an explanation of the difference between red and yellow lights.
things were simpler when they had an idiot light, and if you didn't pull off and shut down, you're and idiot. Now you turn the ignition on and so many lights temporarily light up, you can't recognize them all.
Fortunately, if there's a problem, a light stays on.
Unfortunately, what they consider a problem and what I consider a problem are two different things.
Being a few pounds low on air pressure when it is zero outside is to be expected, and just conditions folks to ignore their warning lights.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 12:52 PM (XmOA9)
Ahh, the days of shade-tree mechanics.
When you just leave the oil where it soaks in.
Good times.
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at May 29, 2015 12:52 PM (8uhgy)
Somehow I was expecting a Sandy Fluke joke.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 29, 2015 12:52 PM (zF6Iw)
*snort*
Been there, done that.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 12:53 PM (q6kiT)
I called mine the Ghetto Cruzer....
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 12:47 PM (8XRCm)
69 LTD Wagon. 4 cases of beer, 4 drunk vets and a Sawzall later.....
Convertible!
The 80's were a lot of fun......
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 12:53 PM (mmlFU)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:53 PM (dw7lk)
Convertible!
The 80's were a lot of fun......
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 12:53 PM (mmlFU)
I expect the body was a bit more flexible after the operation.
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 12:54 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (dw7lk)
But it does matter if your allowed to return fire when shoot at.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 12:54 PM (sWgE+)
"No worries, this war isn't going away anytime soon. It will be here when they get old enough."
Unpossible. We have the Great Peacemaker in the Oval Office. The guy who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after he'd been in the White House only long enough to figure out where the washroom was. Of course all remaining global conflicts will have been resolved amicably by January of 2017. And don't let anyone tell you differently.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 12:55 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:50 PM (dw7lk)
Gonna have to disagree with you on that. It matters a great deal. If you have a CiC who's on the side of your enemy and hamstrings you every chance he gets, why would anybody want to serve under him in the military?
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:56 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:56 PM (dw7lk)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 12:54 PM (xWW96)
Yeah, but, oddly enough, not really noticeable on the road.
...or, we were too hammered to notice.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 12:57 PM (mmlFU)
I have the NATO chief on Fance 24 turning green for the cameras and I turn to CNN prime time and all I ge is this Ice Breaker crap.
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 12:57 PM (RJMhd)
Ahh, the days of shade-tree mechanics.
When you just leave the oil where it soaks in.
Back when any hole in the ground was an approved waste oil receptacle. Good times.
VWs have always been the best way to learn about cars and car mechanics. You only need one book and a very rudimentary set of tools.
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 12:57 PM (ycu3n)
It doesn't matter who the CIC is because 97 percent would never allow their kids to serve and as long as that is true there is very weak political will
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:57 PM (dw7lk)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 12:57 PM (dw7lk)
Since when do 5 and 8 year old kids serve in the US military?
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 12:58 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 12:59 PM (/5RBr)
Sounds likes cops f*cked up
http://tinyurl.com/otxt7v6
Posted by: McCool at May 29, 2015 12:59 PM (TQxRy)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 12:59 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 12:54 PM (xWW96)
Those older cars with a full frame were stout. You still need that B and C pillar, and after time, I'd bet opening the doors becomes problematic.
No worries, the guys that do those mods are more than happy to jump into the car.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 12:59 PM (XmOA9)
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 12:59 PM (RJMhd)
vapors to the air.
Amazingly, humans have not been mandated to come with a cap for their bungholes.
Yet.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:00 PM (q1u47)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 01:00 PM (dw7lk)
My grandpa was still cleaning up oil slicks on his driveway with gasoline when he died a few years ago. Pretty sure that's about 10 EPA violations.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:01 PM (+bkaS)
fixerupper, Ghetto Cruiser was an apt name.
I got pulled over in that car more than any of my others combined. I once scratched my nose and then had gangsters in another car start throwing gang signs at me.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 01:01 PM (+aCe4)
Bu,t by God, if they rape dozens of teen-aged girls and sell them into slavery (along with posting some mocking videos in response to has tag campaigns) it is a crisis of interest to the world's entire nut case population.
Posted by: RioBravo at May 29, 2015 01:01 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: johnd01 at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (ukNFU)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (q1u47)
I can understand why it's simply a "check engine" light because you'd otherwise have to have a 100 different idiot light that 99% of people wouldn't understand. The system before was incredibly arcane and there was no uniformity across manufacturers.
A code reader can be found for like $50, and the ones that attach to a smartphone can really do a lot for next to nothing if you want to go deeper.
A "cheat" you can do it your Check Engine light comes on for a catalytic converter is put a $3 "spacer" in between the O2 sensor and the catalytic converter rather than buying a whole new converter.
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (vRHxQ)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:01 PM (+bkaS)
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Hell.... cracking open your Freon lines is a flipping FELONY today.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: rickl at May 29, 2015 01:03 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 01:00 PM (dw7lk)
Serious isn't much fun. Once her kids are eligible, she can't make them serve or not serve. She can encourage them one way or the other, but it's not like she has conscription authority. Personally, I think it's an annoying "gotcha" question, just like when the Fatman from Flint asked Bill O'Reilly if he "would send [his] kids to die in Fallujah."
Posted by: Insomniac at May 29, 2015 01:03 PM (2Ojst)
Used to clean a buddy's baffles from his Twin Jet 100 motorcycle that way.
Back when there were two-strokes in bikes.
*sigh* I miss the old days...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:03 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 01:04 PM (dw7lk)
For a week.
Short attention span hashtag warriors.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:04 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (vRHxQ)
Huh? Good to know. Will it pass emissions tests after that, or just turn of the light?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (XmOA9)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 12:57 PM (ycu3n)
Other than the fact that the stupid lymies decided to use three standards for bolts, my 76 MGB was like that.
...and the stupid oil reservoir lever shocks, three windshield wipers, synchronizing the carbs every 20 miles and the world's worst electrical system (Lucas).
Nah, check that. That thing sucked.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (mmlFU)
Convertible!
The 80's were a lot of fun......
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 12:53 PM (mmlFU)
I expect the body was a bit more flexible after the operation.
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 12:54 PM (xWW96)
----------------------------
I once was a participant in a impomptu road race between a '48 Packard straight-8, and a '52 Cadillac that had been 'convertiblized' with a torch. The Caddy was a 4-door, so it was necessary to weld a side-to-side brace across the top of the front seats to proved some support between the sides.
Both cars with four drunk passengers careening side-by-side down the back roads of SC. I have no idea how I survived those days
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (F2IAQ)
"No worries, this war isn't going away anytime soon. It will be here when they get old enough."
Someone said the other day that they remembered George W. Bush preparing America for a long war, in the aftermath of 9/11.
What's infuriating is that Bush, who was a staunch proponent of strict message discipline as a campaigner (remember the "catapult the propaganda" comment that lit up the left with indignation?) suddenly forgot all about that as an actual officeholder.
Instead of steady and regular warnings that jihadi terror wasn't going to be defeated in a few short years, instead we got an incoherent mix of MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and oh, wait, so sorry, not done quite yet, surge required.
Similarly with bin Laden, on the subject of whom Bush randomly wandered from Public Enemy Number One, wanted dead or alive, to "I don't really think about him very much. I'm not that concerned."
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (noWW6)
Will it pass emissions tests after that, or just turn of the light?
Posted by: OneEyedJack
Depends on your state.
My state just does a "scan" if your vehicle is post-1996, it doesn't hook it up to a sniffer. Most states are the same way, but I could see California being different.
If you have no check engine light, your vehicle is in emission compliance so you pass. That's why the OBD system was designed.
The spacer trick is only if the Check Engine light comes on for a bad catalytic converter.
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (vRHxQ)
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