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  1. On 1/31/2023 at 1:19 PM, HamsterHookah said:

    In other news, I for one was not surprised he made the $300M payment. He is free to mess around but when it comes to the banks they will keep him in line, I think.

    Further, it appears that Tesla stock has been roaring back. I don't know why or how, but the market is irrational. 

    One of my favorite quotes

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    If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

     

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  2. 13 hours ago, dcbc said:

    It doesn't get out much and mostly lives in a locked closet with the guns I inherited.  I'll see if I can remedy that this weekend.

    At least it's not out in an icy cold truck stuck in a snow pocalypse

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  3. 40 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

    On both an Apple Watch and iPhone you can set one of your cards to be a "transit" card so that you don't even need to open Apple Pay for it to work. 

    Yup just the readers are on the left so that makes the watch awkward for most.  Supposedly you can use the phone even if the battery is dead... but I wouldn't try it.

    Or mess around with an Oyster card

    • Navigation app: Citymapper (it will eat your battery alive)  Also if you walk around with your phone out it might get snatched.  But it'll get you around town like a champ.  I know some locals that use it on occasion
    • Buy a sim card ahead of time  $38  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RXYH2NW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    • Book a reservation for a Sunday Roast...
    • For "The Tube" We just used our Iphones to tap in and out.  The charge per day maxs out at 5.60 Pounds per day. (double check that)
    • Take the Tube (Piccadilly Line) from Heathrow not the train...  One is 5.6 the other is 26 and depending on where you are going the Tube might actually be faster. https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-pay/transport/
    • Frequent local pubs if you can find one that's not a chain (harder than it sounds).
    • British Museum is a must...  Not really anything British in it, but possession is 9/10ths of the law/finder keepers and all that.  Book a tour!
    • Leave the museum for lunch... this place was pretty good/cheap/localish https://www.saltandpepper.london/
    • Take the Yeoman warder tour at The Tower...  much better than just walking around
    • After the Tower, if it's nice out and if you want a break from the tourist and a coldish pint head up river St. Katherine's Wharf and The Dickens Inn.  Low key, just bar fare, and pretty area IMHO
    • If you are over by the Shard (which I don't at all recommend Sleazy tourist trap) and the weather is nice, the one corporate pub I like is "The George"  You'll be the only gringos there.  Rosemary chips 5/5  If the Brits can cook one thing its a potato.
    • If you are taking the TVG out of London, they aren't joking about checking in >30mins prior to departure...  Trust me
    • Be social and interact with the locals
    • Remember they put 1/3 of the world to the Sword only to collect spices they could never figure out how to use.

     

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  4. On 1/27/2023 at 1:08 AM, Bender Bending Rodriguez said:

    I don’t think I’ve ever met a Rush fan that didn’t really, really, holy fucking shit really love the shit outta that band. 

    I'd call myself a Rush fan, but I think of them as having a small group of outstanding songs (Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions and a few other) and then just of mix of good to blah.  But Tom Sawyer alone gets them a pass from me... so damned good.

     

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  5. 18 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

    I like the hilux from a mechanical standpoint but don’t like how the front end looks. I think the Tacoma is a better looking truck. I see a ton of Hilux in Brazil but still haven’t driven one. I saw a cherry one here in Houston that someone imported.

    I would love an old Land Cruiser.

    I have an old '72 FJ... it's simple stupid and basically indestructible

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