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  1. On 7/17/2023 at 7:16 AM, Herbie Hancock said:




    I need another fuckin project like I need a hole in the head. A and B range are out thanks to idiot employees. Needs a new starter. AC is out. Remotes leak like a sieve and all 4 tires only hold air for a few hours, but I have a soft spot for old JD's and this one was free.

    reminds me of my dad's (well grandad's) old JD.  towards the end we had to pull start it with the truck every time with my dad bitching my 12yo old ass out for taking off too fast.  air up the tires for every run.  hydraulics were actually decent and only leaked a bit.  eventually some rainwater got in the engine block and froze and that's all she wrote.  i want to say it was built in the 50s and lasted 35 years or so. 

    quick web search and this photo looks the most like what i remember

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    The front wheels were definitely closer together than a lot of the other models and you had use the individual rear tire brake to turn.  Although it could have been a 4010 which was built in the early 60s.

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  2. 5 hours ago, BHMCruiser said:

    fantastic after shots

    no money shot.  busy cooking for the non-steak eating members of the family and forgot to snap a pic before digging in.  one side had good sear, the other not as deep a sear as i wanted, but i did not want to overcook them as they came sliced thin (about a 1lb each)

  3. i think Trump is actually so repulsed by 'the evangelicals' that he just cannot bring himself to even fake being one for the 2 minutes it would have taken to fabricate an answer to that question of how his faith has grown over the course of his presidency.  Even a "Jesus is my copilot. Every day i ask his guidance" would have sent 1000s of those idiots into speaking-in-tongues conniption fits.  Trump may be too big a narcissist to admit that another being, even the creator of the universe, could possibly improve upon his life or his plans for the nation that he cannot speak the words out loud.  the best he can do is tear gas some people and hold a Bible upside down.  

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  4. On 7/21/2023 at 5:53 PM, LonghornSean said:

    Emailed the guy and got a quick response, he said their bigger buses are booked but the 12 seater is still available.

    While I’m sure there will be a lot, I only personally know of a few people staying in Birmingham. Any others here that would potentially be interested in trying to fill out a group of 12? I think I’d have about five people already.

    got a group of 4 i am floating the idea to.  we have rental booked, but who really wants to deal with that shit

  5. 5 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

    post GIF

    yup, so many things wrong

    - 'painting' and reaching up from the 2nd step instead of the third step because they did not want to fall that far

    - instead of sticking their hand out to break fall and trying to turn body to protect head, she grabs the paint tray with both hands to guide the paint at impact

    - effing tray has hooks to actually fit onto the ladder and not have to be held

  6. listened to this driving home https://www.npr.org/podcasts/478859728/think

    JULY 20, 2023
    Hollywood's shut down. Now what?
    TV and movie actors have joined Hollywood writers for the biggest strike in four decades. Dominic Patten, senior editor for Deadline, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the move, which has effectively shut down the industry as negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down. Plus, we'll hear how streaming and A.I. have brought new complications into discussions of fair wages, royalties and studio profits.

    No idea who Dominic Patten is or if he's a good source, but some interesting talk on a lot of topics.   

  7. 9 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    I think Corby is carrying on the longtime HL tradition of being the co host who is abrasive and flies by the seat of his pants while doing very little research. Worked for coke head Hammer. 

    agree.  have to see if Corby ever has to call into the show via OnStar after a  bender though

  8. saw it Thursday.  thought it was fantastic if a little long.  I watched 1-5 (all the MI movies are on Paramount+, which i somehow get through my Amazon Prime membership) and the opening of Fallout prior to seeing the current one.

    If this does not do well, the studios are going to start slashing budgets because Americans may just be giving less fucks about movies going forward.

  9. i have had 2 SS fridges and not encountered that issue, but have read about it enough with issues concerning the icemaker.  i had a super trivial issue with taking apart the shelves around the veggie drawer and was convinced if followed the instructions i would break the entire shelf.  said fuck it and put in a service call as it was still under warranty and free.  service guy came and out popped the shelf off and i am sure he was giving me this look after leaving the house.

    avengers seriously GIF

     

     

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  10. i hate that this thread exists but wish i could splice together and longcat this thread to just detonate on magats that blame Dems/hollywood/LGBT people for all the ills in the world RE: child sexual abuse.  Maybe open carry nutjobs could stand outside the doors of a church or religious school and protest sexual abuse where it is more likely to happen.

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  11. On 7/11/2023 at 7:21 AM, UT_OB1 said:

    Has anyone had a cortisone shot in their lumbar for lower back pain?  I had one yesterday. Don’t feel any back pain, which is nice, but I also haven’t tried to pick anything up. 
     

    I am however having some muscle…weakness?  I’m not sure how to describe. Started with my thighs yesterday.  After walking around a bit, I felt like I had done squats, and my legs were getting crampy. Last night and this morning my shoulders, tris, and back are doing it too from the pushing to roll over. Just a very weird sensation. 

    one thing that has made a difference with my low back pain, which is mostly from sitting in front of a computer all day every day, is just do 1 plank a day for however long you can.  after a month, my pain level went down and it does not kill me to stand in place for extended periods of time.  i now am mixing in some other core stretches and doing 2-3 planks a day.  no sit up or crunches.   

  12. 15 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

    Care to share what it ran you point wise? Is there a good site to mess around with potential stays vs the beating of the Marriott site and just checking different properties? I have 294k points right now and I don’t know what I want to do for the holidays but I wouldn’t mind a fun ass few days/week somewhere awesome 

    the JW was ~63K per night for a standard room.  The Marriott in Bham  for the UT/AL game was ~22K per nigh I think

    I used to save up points and get a suite at the Cosmo about every year but redemption was terrible this year and it was like 260K or something for 2 nights.  the  Points Guy or similar point blog had a decent write up for Marriott rewards like a month ago, google-fu that and it should find the article.  The Waldorf properties are always fun but again, they seem to be gouging you on the redemption amount.    

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  13. 7 hours ago, PvilleStang said:

    So the truck tells me the PSI of each tire.  But she drives a VW, and the stupid thing doesn't tell you crap when it comes to TPMS.  The procedure: Please air up the tires to their "full" pressure, then hit the reset button for the TPMS sensors, and we'll alert you when there's a deviation.  But the alert is "SUDDEN LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE" and no further information.  Have had two alerts this summer, which I believe is due to battery drain on a given sensor.  Either way, VW doesn't tell you anything about actual pressure in the tires, just a green or orange tire on the display to tell which tire is losing pressure.

    well, the bug used to not have a gas gauge.  you just ran out and then flipped it to an emergency tank to drive to a filling station.  baby steps

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  14. Finally depleting my Marriot Bonvoy points this summer.  couple of rooms at the JW Marriot in San Antonio and just pulled the trigger on the Texas/Bama game and using a free nights award at the plain Jane Marriot in Birmingham.  

    I've had that card forever going back to the Starwood days, but they seem to keep depleting the award stay values every year.  Might look for something new.  any of yall keep the Bonvoy card around?

  15. 7 hours ago, GoPokes83 said:


    So, would that be manslaughter, accidental, or what?

    a good start?

    I am one of the few on surly not a lawyer, but does the fact that car driver was doing illegal shit trump the pedestrian doing illegal (and profoundly stupid) shit and had to have been drunk/high to attempt that ?

     

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