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  1. I'm late to this thread, but reading back a few pages it's clear that different folks are looking for different things in this show.  I kinda feel bad for you If you are on team OMG this isn't realistic.   The very best parts of the show are wildly unrealistic.  Also don't check out Field of Dreams... I mean how is that even possible?!

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  2. 2 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

    There was a Texas Ex around 26 or so in the LA Texas Exes greater community at the start of the 2000s who mentioned that girls liked the drummers & the bassists.

    This surprised me and I asked her “Why?”

    Her response: “The fingers.”

    I didn't know a lot of guys in bands but in the small sample size of my first hand experience the drummers were just low key crushing it.  I think girls want to date the singer, but like you said they have other thoughts for the strong sweaty dude with stamina and rhythm.

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  3. 2 hours ago, slorch said:

    Not sure why, but I find this both amusing and awesome at the crossroads of ingenuity and laziness.

    It was summer, the bug was old, and I was a poor high school kid who bought his first car.  I also needed that car to get to work and over to friend's houses.

    • Old Bugs have the battery under the rear bench seat
    • Bugs are NOTORIOUS for having rusty floorboards especially under the battery
    • My bug had a full internal roll bar
    • Getting the bench out was a massive pain in the bollocks
    • The first time I went to check the battery and see if it just needed water (does that ever work?) most of the floorboard started pulling up with the battery

    I knew I needed to get in there with a wire wheel until I hit good metal (lulz), prime, paint, and then screw in aluminum roof flashing so the battery wouldn't drop out the floor.  You also need the right battery because if you get a taller one, the metal "springs" under the bench can cross the terminals.  So it took me a while to get everything I needed so I could knock it out on a weekend I didn't have work.

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  4. Just now, conVINCEd said:

    Your hand rests on the shifter if your first car had a manual transmission.

    Incorrect.  My 71 VW barely had a transmission, never mind anything automatic. I spent a month only parking on "hills" because I was too lazy to go buy a new battery.

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  5. 18 minutes ago, nnm said:

    I know the gearshift on my F150 only activates switches. It does not need to be in the middle of the console or shaped like it is. But the driving experience is enhanced by the physical acts of shifting it to drive, reverse, park, etc., and the feeling of resting your hand on it while driving.  I also like that it folds down if I need the space. 

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    My wife’s car has a stupid series of buttons on the dash. I hate that setup. I’m continually hitting the wrong button. And no gearshift knob to rest my hand on. 
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    I get the ergonomics and the fold down stick is a decent idea, but it's just wasted build expense, complexity, and real-estate in my opinion.  Chances are that 60% of that transmission tunnel is just molded plastic covering up air. (Also a pet peeve).  As my dermatologist can attest, I usually drive with my right hand on the wheel and my left arm on the window sill.  My tundra has a "gated" shifter.  Next time I'm driving around I'll try to see if my hand rests there at all.  I don't think I do that though.

    If I want to shift my truck, I'll just take the old mechanical analog FJ out and that'll get old after about an hour.

    I am intrigued how you're accidentally hitting the buttons, but it's hard to visualize where that is on the dash.  Do you ever turn on the passenger's seat heater on a road trip...  because if you haven't that can be mildly entertaining.

     

     

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  6. On 4/11/2023 at 6:02 PM, 52-80 said:

    Nobody can convince me theres a logical reason these gear shifts have to be zig-zagged like this

     

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    I can out grumpy you on that...  There isn't a reason to even have a shift lever.  99% of the new cars that just lever just activates electronic switches anyways. Just put the buttons on the dash and give me like 12 more cupholders to clean out.  

    I mean we had this solved 50yrs ago...

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  7. 40 minutes ago, statsman said:

    Sure, but one think the leaked docs showed- we can intercept communications like nobody’s business, even if we can’t keep them secret. If China sells arms to Russia, we’ll know. 

    You think they'll care if "we" the US government finds out?  I could only imagine they are saying these things because they extracted some value from saying them...  Perhaps Macron's recent statements?  Perhaps keeping their powder dry for SE Asia/ South China Sea/ Philippines/Taiwan?

    They are smart enough to see Putin drain his forces to their west and western forces expending $$ and armaments.  I think they want Russia's folly to last a long long time and destabilize western resolve/unity.  War weariness in the west will weaken Taiwan.   But make no mistake, if Russia begins to falter I think you'll see them prop Putin up at the bar and order another round of tanks and arty.

     

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