Ramble about anything in here...

[MeFryRice]

We need a thread where we can just shoot the poop about anything and everything.....

In reference to another thread on here I want to make a comment on drivers. I am all about raising the driving limit and making the driving test harder. We need to have driver's ed mandatory regardless of what age if you've never had a license before.

[Sawyer]

I agree! Which is why I'm writing an English paper on it!

[JennB]

And retesting as people age. Passing one test when you're 16 doesn't mean you'll be a good driver 10, 20, 30 years from then. Besides, I know so many people who took 2 or 3 tries to pass their driving test.

I love old people but I don't like it when they run people over because they really should not be on the road. I know it's hard to depend on others but sometimes you just have to.

[Sawyer]

I forgot where it was but my mom told me that she just read in the paper that some state just passed a law that you can't drive a car if you're over the age of 70.

[MeFryRice]

And retesting as people age. Passing one test when you're 16 doesn't mean you'll be a good driver 10, 20, 30 years from then. Besides, I know so many people who took 2 or 3 tries to pass their driving test.

I love old people but I don't like it when they run people over because they really should not be on the road. I know it's hard to depend on others but sometimes you just have to.


They should consider doing something like this, for each time you have to renew your license, you also have to take your exam again. I know that sounds retarded but I think it will keep a lot of people off the road that shouldn't be, especially senior citizens.

I also believe that the cost of your driver's license should be higher, to show people that it's a privilege to drive and a right.

[Doppelgänger]

I've been saying for awhile now, that there should be a special license for people with large trucks and SUVs (Expedition,Tahoe, F350,H1,H2,Escalade, Sequoia, Titan, Armada, Avalanche, Suburban..basically anything over 5000lb or over xx" wheelbase). Just because someone can pass a driving test in a Focus doesn't mean they can drive a LWB truck/SUV. And that taxes/insurance should be higher.

[MeFryRice]

Exactly. I'm so sick of seeing people park improperly (crossing into my space).

[RotorNutFD3S]

I agree to all above points for sure!

[amaff]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/09/10/panhandling_atlanta_meters.html?cxntlid=homepage_t ab_newstab

So... let's get this straight... instead of putting that $40,000 to good use with current homeless shelters and other programs that make a difference, they buy five 'donation meters'. We're firing Fire Fighters, but we have the money (taken from some really random places...) to put these things in. And how the hell does it make sense to spend that $40K on FIVE meters? FIVE!? Really? 8 grand a pop? I wonder how long it'll take for those to simply make that 40 grand back... morons...

My favorite is the poll they have on the side bar on the left:
Would you be more likely to give money to a donation meter or to a panhandler?
-Donation meter
-Panhandler

That's as good a survey as asking somone if they would rather a) eat cheerios for breakfast, or b) eat nails for breakfast. It doesn't make sense. How about a 3rd option of "donate to charitable organizations", or a 4th "No, I'm a stingy bastard" option (really, I am)? <sarcasm> Noooo, I MUCH rather throw change at bums than at a 'donation meter'.</sarcasm> Seriously?

thank you Mayor Franklin *slams head on desk*

/rant...

[metalman]

LOL...Mayor Franklin is genius!!!
The only bums I ever have given $ to are the ones that hold up signs
asking for money to buy beer. :D

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

We just need some common sense implemented on the driving system. Harder tests, more restrictions, different license classes, different speeding fines for different classes, more tests, more enforcement over bad driving rather than simple speeding. Just copy Germany. American's are inherently bad drivers, they just haven't been trained or brought up with enough respect.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

As for cell phones while driving, it should be illegal unless you have a headset. Today I saw a great example of it, girl on her cell phone is making a left turn with her phone between her head and shoulder, drink in the other hand and then she gets honked at by her friend in another suv sitting at the red light she just passed. AND this ****er was on the phone too and drinking!

Unbelievable.

[BFH miata]

I agree that the test should be harder, similar to the CDL test.

I am also 100% in favor of banning handheld cell phones while driving AND I hope that they don't drop the cell phone ban on airplanes. How freakin annoying would that be?

Final issue: smokers who flick their butts out the window of cars and/or drop thenm on the ground... stop littering, damn it.

[nderwater]

I forgot where it was but my mom told me that she just read in the paper that some state just passed a law that you can't drive a car if you're over the age of 70.

I'll personally sign an exemption for Paul Newman - if you can keep your racing license current, you can have the road however old you are. But if you can't see over your steering wheel or remember why you were going to the store once you get there, then sorry gramps, it's time to call a taxi.

[amaff]

LOL...Mayor Franklin is genius!!!
The only bums I ever have given $ to are the ones that hold up signs
asking for money to buy beer. :D


Step 1: Donation Boxes
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!!!!

[Doppelgänger]

I've contemplated not shaving for a couple weeks, and going down and panhandling :lol:

[Sawyer]

Isn't pan handling illegal now?

[amaff]

Isn't pan handling illegal now?


That suggests that it was once legal....

[MeFryRice]

I've contemplated not shaving for a couple weeks, and going down and panhandling :lol:


So you wanna look like Jesus huh??

[Sawyer]

You always hear those stories about guys who go panhandling for a living and drive home in a Mercedes. It could be pretty profitable!

[Doppelgänger]

Here's my new rant for the day.

**** this country and all the sheep that live here. **** all the people and companies that are dumbing everyone down. **** all the fat people, and **** all the people who refuse to learn the language this country was founded on. **** all of the "our troops are fighting for our freedom" idiots and their bumper stickers. **** the media.

[MeFryRice]

^^ AMEN!! :D

[JennB]

Wow... you're a ray of sunshine today.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

What inspired this? not that I dissagree, I say that **** on a regular basis :lol:

[metalman]

Wow... you're a ray of sunshine today.


Uhh...Jenn...you live with the guy, is there nothing you can do? :D


As for the sheep comment...I quite agree. The stupidity of humans and how sheep like they are never ceases to amaze me. There are tons of examples but one that seriously concerns me is how easily citizens will give up their freedom for what they percieve as 'security' because theyr told it is...which isnt BTW, and how they will even beg for this erosion of their own freedom.
One idiot 'sheep' moves all the others follow...not having a freakin clue where theyre going.

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin

[Doppelgänger]

I turned on the news.... and that's all it took.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

What pisses me off the most about this country is how the people up top seem to completely abandon and ignore the principles this country were based on. The founding fathers were some liberal, free thinkers, and would definitely take action to fix a problem. Nowadays there's so much bureaucratic nonsense in the way nothing good can ever happen.

I wonder if the current people up top have even read the constitution.

[JennB]

My take on the subject....

I love this country but I don't love the current state of society in this country. I absolutely adore the principles this country was founded upon, the ideals, the freedom, the maverick spirit but I think is has become so diluted and self serving that barely a glimmer of that spirit remains. The funny thing is you can still find that spirit in individuals but rarely the ones that have anything to do with leading this country.

Our founding fathers were thinkers, do-ers, renegade geniuses with a concrete goal of freedom and rights... life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. People like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson never cease to amaze me. I could read Thomas Jefferson's writings all day and become energized... and then saddened by what has happened to his vision of a great country.

We still have a lot of freedoms and opportunities that countless others in the world will never have but the cost of some is becoming too great. I love that I as a woman can vote, own property, do anything I want, live, be successful and make my own path in life and I wish all women of the world could do so as well.

People have diluted the ideals of the founding of this country and twisted them to fit their own personal agendas. People take the idea of bearing arms to protect yourself from hostile forces as having the right to use a machine gun to hunt dear. Or to have so few regulations on gun ownership that I could go pick up a deadly weapon on a street corner if I have the cash. They twist the freedom of speech to mean they can say any sort of deplorable thing they like on the radio and scream obscenities in public. People have mistaken freedom for lack of decency. "It's a free country, I can do whatever the hell I want" replaces "I have the freedom to make my life better and live how I choose".

I think a lot of the laws and agendas of recent times are a downright disgrace to the constitution and the blood, sweat and tears that went into us even having the document and the freedoms that come with it.


More people vote for American Idol that the President and certainly more than vote for the Mayor or Governor. Ridiculous.

[metalman]

I wonder if the current people up top have even read the constitution.

We have already had supreme court justices, who are supposed to UPHOLD the constitution, make statements about its principles that are astounding!...the fellow that made this statement was chief justice.....
The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned. - William Rehnquist

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Is that real?

[MeFryRice]

very nice post JennB!

[metalman]

I think a lot of the laws and agendas of recent times are a downright disgrace to the constitution and the blood, sweat and tears that went into us even having the document and the freedoms that come with it.


I couldnt agree more.
Some of my own ancestors came here on the Mayflower, struggled for independence, suffered (some died) while trying to preserve the Union in the Civil War, served in Europe in both WW1 & WW2...and everything in between. The freedoms they enabled for me to enjoy are not taken lightly by this citizen.

[Doppelgänger]

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should"

[JennB]

My known family came over as German's moving to a township in the late 1800's, looking for a better life. They built a farm with their own hands, raised their children to be good people and loved this country. My grandfather and his brothers fought in WW2 so this country, and this world could be a better place. My family moved here to become Americans. Since then we've had generations of business owners and people who really take pride in what they do.


So many people walking the streets of this country have no idea and no care for how and why it got here. They are far more concerned with the phone or their SUV or what's on TV tonight. People barely speak to each other without reason anymore, hospitality is a rare find. Waste runs rampant in the government and violence is in the streets. We're being robber whether we see it with our own eyes or not.

Don't even get me started on our education system. I'm ashamed when I talk to my coworkers from all over the world who speak at least two or three languages and I speak one. When I travel, I have to go out of my way to be as polite and thankful as possible so I am never one of those "rude American" tourists.

[metalman]

Is that real?


If youre speaking about the Rehnquist quote, yes, its very real.
The average citizen sheep doesnt even notice such anti constitutional ramblings. Theyre more concerned with Idol, Paris, or whether Brittney has panties on.

[metalman]

My known family came over as German's moving to a township in the late 1800's, looking for a better life. They built a farm with their own hands, raised their children to be good people and loved this country. My grandfather and his brothers fought in WW2 so this country, and this world could be a better place. My family moved here to become Americans. Since then we've had generations of business owners and people who really take pride in what they do.
.


Interesting.
A primary branch of my family immigrated to the USA from Germany TO BECOME AMERICANS too. Thats another principle that has been largely lost....becoming American. My grandmother was brought up in a "Pennsylvania Dutch" home (which isnt Dutch but German) where German was the primary language, my great grandparents could speak English but struggled with it. Growing up I thought she was a teacher because she was a wizard with words and always correcting my speech, and many of my other family members were teachers, so I presumed she was as well. It wasnt until later that I learned that she went to school for only 3 yrs and taught herself to speak perfectly correct English from a dictionary and comparing a German Bible to an English one.
At age 17 she became a telegraph operator for the railroad...she tried teaching me Morse code but I never could 'get' it. lol...
My German relatives have held an annual family reunion in PA for 135 years.

[Doppelgänger]

I'm watching a NIN concert right now.. and it's making me feel better :)

I can't even fathom what it would take to get this country to start getting back in shape... government,educational system,economy,industry etc...

[Doppelgänger]

My known family came over as German's moving to a township in the late 1800's, looking for a better life. They built a farm with their own hands, raised their children to be good people and loved this country. My grandfather and his brothers fought in WW2 so this country, and this world could be a better place. My family moved here to become Americans. Since then we've had generations of business owners and people who really take pride in what they do.
.


Interesting.
A primary branch of my family immigrated to the USA from Germany TO BECOME AMERICANS too. Thats another principle that has been largely lost....becoming American. My grandmother was brought up in a "Pennsylvania Dutch" home (which isnt Dutch but German) where German was the primary language, my great grandparents could speak English but struggled with it. Growing up I thought she was a teacher because she was a wizard with words and always correcting my speech, and many of my other family members were teachers, so I presumed she was as well. It wasnt until later that I learned that she went to school for only 3 yrs and taught herself to speak perfectly correct English from a dictionary and comparing a German Bible to an English one.
At age 17 she became a telegraph operator for the railroad...she tried teaching me Morse code but I never could 'get' it. lol...
My German relatives have held an annual family reunion in PA for 135 years.



I envy those who have such history. I was adopted into a rather small family of mutts (my mother and uncle are both adopted) and my family's ages are spread so far apart that my grandparents on my dads side were dead before i was even born... only my 97yr old grandmother, my aunt, uncle, 2 cousins my parents and brother are my family.

[JennB]

People now come to America to live with people from their own country, speak their own language, keep their same customs and just make more money. So few take pride in becoming something more diverse. I, personally, cannot imagine living somewhere that I did not speak the language. I do not understand how or why someone would do such a thing. So many people come here and refuse to follow the laws of the country, they don't care to be here for anything other than for the cash.

Everyone in my family speaks English. My mom has told me about hearing older relatives speaking German when sh was a small child but they all spoke English as well.... you're not going to make it too far in South Carolina by just speaking German. lol.

The idea of the great melting pot is over. It's now one of those separated serving trays. Each part has it's own little section with low walls in between and no chance of mixing unless you really shake it up.

[JennB]

only my 97yr old grandmother



She is quite an interesting person. Though not related by blood, she's still a very unique branch to have in your family tree.

[metalman]

Yeah old people rock.There is much that can be learned from them.
My grandmother lived to age 103. She was a hoot, always would speak her mind directly in a typical Germanic fashion....yet was able to maintain respectful. I am astounded still at how many people called her 'grandma' or 'aunt'...many who are not related at all but touched by her generosity or gently "lectured" by her at some point. She lived in the same house on the same street for 75 years in a town where my grandfather was the chief of the town counsel...what we would now call mayor.

As a side note...when flight 800 exploded leaving NYC the news media made many stories about a certain high school in PA. The french club, 21 people, from that school died on flight 800. They kept showing this scenic maple tree lined street and stone school were these kids were from. My grandmother lived on that street. My mother, uncles, and cousins all went to that school.
My grandfather made some brief political 'enemies' when he planted those maple trees lining those streets. :)

[ToddN]

The problem is politics or rather self-serving unethical politicians have degraded the system to the point anyone decent would not be willing to participate. Think about, would you want to get involved with the current flock in Washington?

That leaves you trying to decide what is the lesser of the evils to choose from? Much more difficult than determining the best person.

[metalman]

The problem is politics or rather self-serving unethical politicians have degraded the system to the point anyone decent would not be willing to participate.


Yes, and if willing would be unable to garner any party support.

[JennB]

I was a Political Science minor and almost made it my major because I loved the ideas rooted in 1000's of years or philosophy and different methods tried by different societies. But I knew I wouldn't last long in that kind of environment. Not because I'm not tough... but because I would become too disgusted by the people.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

The idea of the great melting pot is over. It's now one of those separated serving trays. Each part has it's own little section with low walls in between and no chance of mixing unless you really shake it up.


That's a fantastic quote, I'm going to nick that from you. Incredibly true. You have to make a real effort to meet people from different backgrounds here. Even the school systems are still split up with "streaming". It's taken me until the third year of university to naturally meet some black people to become friends with.

And I couldn't agree more about learning the country's language you live in, can you imagine moving to Poland and not learning Polish?

[metalman]

If you were in Poland you'd be helping two other guys screw in a lightbulb!
Ever heard about the Polish hockey team? They all drowned during spring training.

A Polish man was suffering from constipation, so his doctor prescribed suppositories. A week later the Pole complained to the doctor that they didn't produce the desired results.

"Have you been taking them regularly?" the doctor asked.

"Yes! What the hell do you think I've been doing," the Pole said, "Shoving them up my ***????"
:D :D :D

Haha...my family is infiltrated with Polacks so I am just kidding. My bro-in-law gets 'attacked' by me and my sis all the time. In truth he's probably smarter then both of us.

[JennB]

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for retaining and honoring your heritage but what's going on in this country now is divisive and downright crippling in some areas. People who cannot communicate with people in an emergency, cannot read the signs on the roads, cannot get a driver's license but drive anyway, people who can't call their child's teacher at school or do something as simple as call a theater to ask for movie show times or order take-out from a non-ethic restaurant. None of us are natives, we all have something to bring from our history but we have to live in the present as well. You can cook a traditional Polish meal or speak Polish at home but you've got to be able to function when you leave the house.

As you mentioned, it's not just language but culture. There are people in this very city that were born just a few hundred miles from me, speak the same language but I don't feel like I could talk to them, I think they would probably shun me if I did and I don't even feel safe trying. When i was in high school, I overheard a conversation of two black girls and one said something to the effect of "I don't hang out with white people". That was the first time in my life that it really hit me that some people really don't want to end racism and become one society. I was always raised to accept everyone and never judge by skin color and I couldn't believe that I had basically just heard someone say "Don't bother, we don't like you anyway." I was pretty unhappy thinking about the people who fought so hard for the rights and equality and young people these days don't seem to even care.

[Doppelgänger]

I don't even want to know what our public schools are like now. I did laugh a few weeks ago when, on some news channel, they were interview some mexican day laborors and the mexicans were saying that "word in mexico" is that it's not worth coming to the country.

[metalman]

Its my opinion that racial issues are largely used these days as a 'crutch' for those not willing to accept responsibility for the failings within their own community and actions. Its easier to blame others for why you have failed then to accept responsibility.

[Doppelgänger]

Its easier to blame others for why you have failed then to accept responsibility.


This goes for complete fatasses too.


Oh and, has anyone else noticed if you say something like "xxxxx mexicans" (insert any negative word), people go nuts and call you a racist? Like if i said "damn mexicans", some people get all pissy and say i was being racist. Since when did Mexico become a race? That **** pisses me off too......

[RotorNutFD3S]

^ ROFL I am so glad that I am not the only one who feels like that!!!

[metalman]

What bothers me is my stupid liberal piers that believe anything less then wide open borders is 'un American'...quoting the statue of liberty (which sits at a spot known for LEGAL immigration BTW) while supporting a practice that will sink this country to the same level as some of the places these people are fleeing....or lower.

[Doppelgänger]

Unforunatly, i think our government is slowly working on sucha thing. Look at all the **** we get from Mexico and how bad that boarder is... and yet, our goverment has yet to really do anything about it. Kinda like how the two boarder patrolmen shot the illegal drugsmuggler and ended up going to Fed. Pen. for 12 and 14yrs. When Bush was asked what he thought he said "he didn't want to get involved because it could hurt US-Mexican relations". This is true too, go look it up.

[RotorNutFD3S]

I have a new ramble/grumble...

Today has been an especially irritating day at work. Part of it is my own fault as I stayed out until around 1am helping my buddy drive and monitor the new build on his FD3S, but who wouldn't when the option of driving a 450hp street monster is available? So I'm fighting sleepiness, but then it just seems like everyone I've had to deal with took an extra dose of Idiot this morning.

And then the local buyer I had lined up to deliver the turbo and intercooler setup to tonight just let me know that he bought an FMII kit on eBay and didn't need the parts anymore. While I am completely understanding of buying a kit and having it all at once, now I'm temporarily screwed because I had carefully budgeted this whole build. So now I have a new GT2871R on the way to me, which I am happy about since I got an extremely good deal on it, but I won't have the money as quickly as I had planned to cover the amount missing from my bank account.
So how is everyone else's day?

[Doppelgänger]

About the same. Someone was supposed to come buy my wheels this weekend but ended up saying they'll be picking them up from me at the meet on the 20th. I really need tires and that's where that money was going to go this week. I'll just have to wait a little longer now.

[MeFryRice]

My day is going by ok. Nothing special yet. :(

[JennB]

About the same. Someone was supposed to come buy my wheels this weekend but ended up saying they'll be picking them up from me at the meet on the 20th. I really need tires and that's where that money was going to go this week. I'll just have to wait a little longer now.



I have come to the conclusion that you will never acknowledge any message I send you.

[Doppelgänger]

i replied....

[JennB]

Umm....no.

[MeFryRice]

Looks like Mike might be sleeping on the couch tonight! :D

[JennB]

He just sucks at the internets.

[MeFryRice]

He's on it enough he should be an internetz nerd! :D

[Doppelgänger]

Umm....no.


Yes i did....

unless i started replying, decided to go get lunch and closed out my IE before i actually hit reply before i closed the window:whistle:

[JennB]

You're fired, son.

[Doppelgänger]

Looks like Mike might be sleeping on the couch tonight! :D



Umm....no.




:wtf:

[JennB]

Sometimes, I really want to hit you with a large trout.

[metalman]

As a young lad trading cars and parts I learned quickly that...nothing is a done deal until you have cash in your hand. It would be nice to be able just to take peoples word but I have learned not to. Sometimes its legitimate things that happen, other times just tirekickers...and everything in between.



And then the local buyer I had lined up to deliver the turbo and intercooler setup to tonight just let me know that he bought an FMII kit on eBay and didn't need the parts anymore. While I am completely understanding of buying a kit and having it all at once, now I'm temporarily screwed

[MeFryRice]

^^ I agree. I've been in that situation many times before.

[Doppelgänger]

Sometimes, I really want to hit you with a large trout.



I want to throw broccoli at you.

[JennB]

At least broccoli won't leave a nasty smell. I'll put fish heads in your trunk.


Will you respond to my damn message now? Jeez.

[metalman]

LOL...you two are into that kinky food sex thing eh??
Nevermind...I dont want to know. Strike that question!! :D

[Doppelgänger]

At least broccoli won't leave a nasty smell. I'll put fish heads in your trunk.


Will you respond to my damn message now? Jeez.


No, but frozen broccoli can leave bruises:whistle:


To answer your question, im getting off work right now and going over there.

[Sawyer]

TMI!!!!

[JennB]

To answer your question, im getting off work right now and going over there.


Good for you banana




FYI, I haaaaaaaaaaaate broccoli and am allergic to fish. Actually we both hate fish and seafood to we tent to threaten each other with such things.

[MeFryRice]

LOL...you two are into that kinky food sex thing eh??
Nevermind...I dont want to know. Strike that question!! :D


I don't really want to know their kinky food sex thing either.....:naughty:

[amaff]

No, but frozen broccoli can leave bruises:whistle:

That's why you hit her with broccoli through a phone book. Geez, are you really that new at this game? :P

[Doppelgänger]

No, but frozen broccoli can leave bruises:whistle:

That's why you hit her with broccoli through a phone book. Geez, are you really that new at this game? :P
Why not just hit her with the phone book too?? hehehe

[Doppelgänger]

LOL...you two are into that kinky food sex thing eh??
Nevermind...I dont want to know. Strike that question!! :D


I don't really want to know their kinky food sex thing either.....:naughty:



too late.... you're already sucked into the conversation.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Well, a slight upside for the day. The buyer decided he at least wanted the intercooler kit, so now I just have to sell the turbo again. lol

And I know that nothing is certain until cash is in hand, I've done enough business to know that, which is why I make sure to have the funds to cover anything I do. I was just hoping that it wouldn't turn out that way. And it was just a real damper on the day to start with. But oh well. Such is life. Anyone want a GT2560R? :)

(And I'm not going to address the route that this thread suddenly took. :lol: )

[amaff]

No, but frozen broccoli can leave bruises:whistle:

That's why you hit her with broccoli through a phone book. Geez, are you really that new at this game? :P
Why not just hit her with the phone book too?? hehehe

Again with the bruising. You're trying NOT to leave marks. Geez mike, do we need to have a sit down to discuss proper domestic abuse technique?


(folks, I'm totally kidding. And yes, i realize the humor of a domestic abuse joke may be questionable... but you have to realize I'm already committed on this one :p)

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Word of advice to those with Blackjack I's thinking of upgrading to Windows Mobile 6.... don't.

It goes through a 3 phase update. Phase 1 is the Boot stuff, upgrades no problem. Phase 2 is the PDA part, again no problem. Phase 3 is the phone section.... and this upgrade was meant to take no longer than 10 mins

And it's now been in phase 3 for almost an hour... I would turn it off and try and start again but I read of someone letting it go for ages before it worked. Some how I think I've got him beat. I really hope my phone doesn't turn into a brick...

[amaff]

Word of advice to those with Blackjack I's thinking of upgrading to Windows Mobile 6.... don't.

It goes through a 3 phase update. Phase 1 is the Boot stuff, upgrades no problem. Phase 2 is the PDA part, again no problem. Phase 3 is the phone section.... and this upgrade was meant to take no longer than 10 mins

And it's now been in phase 3 for almost an hour... I would turn it off and try and start again but I read of someone letting it go for ages before it worked. Some how I think I've got him beat. I really hope my phone doesn't turn into a brick...


If it makes you feel any better, I'm working nights this week (today through friday nights) and had a customer that turned a million dollar piece of hardware into a very elaborate door-stop... Engineering will get the thing back running, but it'll take a while. Currently: Big *** 3 cabinet paper weight

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Network servers?

This phone is pissing me off.

[amaff]

Network servers?

This phone is pissing me off.


Close enough ;)

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Finally fixed it :D

Turns out it doesn't link firewalls even though the modem feature showed up and passed all the tests...

I now have the mobile look-a-like to Vista :lol:

My main hope is the firmware updates give me signal in my bedroom finally.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

And so far I have a strong signal!!!

[Doppelgänger]

eeewwwwww vista.

[MeFryRice]

I'm all about Apple products but at work they gave me an HP laptop with Vista on it. I have to say, I honestly like Vista more then XP (the design and layout that is).

[Doppelgänger]

Yweah.. because Vista looks like a Chinese knock off of OSX or whatnot. I use XP Pro....hate using Vista.

[RotorNutFD3S]

I won't switch to Vista if I don't have to, but my dad showed me a newer version of Vista that includes backgrounds that are animated. It's pretty cool. He owns a business that builds custom computer setups for individuals or businesses, so he gets to see, and sometimes have, all the neat toys before everyone else.

[Doppelgänger]

I have a copy of Ubuntu (sp?) sitting at home... i'm jsut waiting to buy a spare hd so i can load it up.

[amaff]

Vista may look nice, but as an operating system, the term 'garbage' comes to mind.

[MeFryRice]

I haven't had any issues with it yet....knock on wood. :) I have had two hard drives crash on my in one month though! :(

Apple FTW!!!

[amaff]

I have had two hard drives crash on my in one month though! :(

Apple FTW!!!

WTF? Are they 'Mac Only' hard drives? 0.o And don't even get me started on Mac. I'd rather go with Red Hat lol

[MeFryRice]

I grew up having only Macs in our house so I'm a little biased! :D

[MeFryRice]

I am so sick of getting behind someone every morning that is wanting to do 30-35 in a 45 and when you flash them to tell them to get going, they start to go slower! :(

[Sawyer]

People are just *******s... :(

[RotorNutFD3S]

I hate the people that are in a huge f***ing rush to pull out in front of you and then do the aforementioned 30-35 in a 45 or in my case today, a 55. And there was no one behind me, so they could have let me pass and then pulled out. And then, because they did pull out in front of me and are going so slow, I was on their rear bumper in a split second and they get all pissy and start making gestures and crap. Damn retards.

[Doppelgänger]

i re-aimed my headlights to piss aformentioned people off.....

[MeFryRice]

I just turn my brights on and make sure it's hitting the driver's side mirror! :D

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

It makes me glad I don't own a gun otherwise there would be many casualties on i-316.

[RotorNutFD3S]

It takes a lot of self-control not to take mine out and wave it at the dumber people. But even more control to not shoot some tires out.

And as a disclaimer, I am not dumb enough to even take it out and wave it at people. Although somedays, it might actually help.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

If you happened to get diagnosed with some bad ****... well then all would be forgiven if you went out in style :cool:

[RotorNutFD3S]

LMAO!

[MeFryRice]

So Sawyer and I went to put gas in her car and we noticed that they have it at 30 cent increments now!!

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

It seems to be pretty random still with the price of regular having almost zero reflection on the other grades here.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Gas prices piss me off more than anything right now... And honestly I don't spend that much in gas right now since I only commute about 25 miles a day. But it's still f***ing ridiculous that the prices are where they are, every gas station is getting away with whatever they want.

[Doppelgänger]

So Sawyer and I went to put gas in her car and we noticed that they have it at 30 cent increments now!!
As in $.30 between each grade ($4/$4.3/$4.6)?? Or $.3 from reg. to premium? Because it's been a $.3 difference between reg. and premium up here for about a year.

[Doppelgänger]

Gas prices piss me off more than anything right now... And honestly I don't spend that much in gas right now since I only commute about 25 miles a day. But it's still f***ing ridiculous that the prices are where they are, every gas station is getting away with whatever they want.



And he won't really do sh!t about it because we know his pockets are benfiting from it too. I'm surprised he hasn't told us to "pray for lower prices" like when he was telling us all to pray for rain to end the drought :rolleyes::violin:

[RotorNutFD3S]

^^^ EXACTLY!!!

[Doppelgänger]

Our governer and mayor are both flucking idiots.......

[MeFryRice]

Our governer and mayor are both flucking idiots.......


I would have to say our whole government admistration....

[Doppelgänger]

I doubt they're all bad.....but the big ones are.

[Sawyer]

It was $.30 between each grade! The one I was at had Reg. $4.09, Mid. $4.39, Prem. $4.55!!
Who ever would have thought it would take $55.18 to fill up a Miata.... :(

[Doppelgänger]

It was $.30 between each grade! The one I was at had Reg. $4.09, Mid. $4.39, Prem. $4.55!!
Who ever would have thought it would take $55.18 to fill up a Miata.... :(


If you really just payed $55.18 to fill up, you jsut got SEVERLY ripped off and you need to go chew someones *** hardcore.... im pissed just reading that!!!!! Why? Because even if your gas tank was EMPTY... as in.. the car wasn't even running, you would have had to pay $4.59/gal for 12 gallons. So let's say you put gas in when the light came on, that's ~2 gal left... so you'd put 10gal in you just paid $5.51/gal.... not $4.55. Even at 11gal fill up, you paid $5.01/gal.

You need to report them for gouging IMMIDATELY!!!

Think about it, you might have just payed about $5 over what you should have, but think of all the cars that put in twice as much gas at a fill up, that means that gas station is pocketing between $5 and $15 per car per fill up OVER the advertised price.

[Sawyer]

I put in 12.1 gallons. I was driving with the light on for a good 40 miles at least!

[Doppelgänger]

Well, i can't say i've ever vetured that close to empty.....ever. I call it close when I have to put 11.5 gallons, but 12?? I stand corrected on my above statement..but damn you were cutting it close!

[Sawyer]

Haha yeah, I was a little bit close! And I didn't reset my Scanguage last time I filled up so I had no idea if I was going to make it. I was getting a little scared toward the end!

[MeFryRice]

$55.18 to fill up divided by 12.1 gallon tank equals $4.56/gallon...

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Who ever would have thought it would take $55.18 to fill up a Miata.... :(


Things have changed so much in the time of even me living here.

[metalman]

I just filled up at $3.89

[MeFryRice]

Where? I'm assuming for 87 octane?

[Sawyer]

It's pretty sad that we've all been brain-washed to think that $3.89 /gal is really cheap.. :(

[metalman]

Where? I'm assuming for 87 octane?


Yep. 87 was all they had and all I need in a Miata.
Dacula.

[Doppelgänger]

$55.18 to fill up divided by 12.1 gallon tank equals $4.56/gallon...


I already said i stand corrected.;)


My reaction was based on the fact that i have never really heard of someone letting their tank get that low.

[Doppelgänger]

I just filled up at $3.89



And how much is oil per barrel?
How much was gasoline when oil was at that cost last time?

yeah....

[metalman]

I just filled up at $3.89



And how much is oil per barrel?
How much was gasoline when oil was at that cost last time?

yeah....



I dunno, thats too much math for me! :lol:

I do know that it went from $3.55 to $4.55 within a few hours when the last hurricane was still in the gulf.

[JennB]

And how much is oil per barrel?



$96.41 right now


I'm in a food coma. Oh... so...tired.

[MeFryRice]

$96.41/barrel is a lot better then $120+/barrel!

[Doppelgänger]

Yeah, but gas prices a far from reflecting the $96/barrel price. *******s.

[amaff]

http://usera.imagecave.com/hippies/DaveChapelleRickJames.jpg


Though for me, I still have 2 hours @ work before I can technically consider it friday.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

I have a god damn English essay I've got to do tonight. It looks like today is going to be one of those Fridays that blur into the Thursday.

[amaff]

I want to hear no *****ing. I've still got to do 1 more 6p-2a shift tomorrow ni...er... tonight... That's the thing about those trans-day shifts... they tend to blur the lines of what day's where. Like right now, if I were to say tomorrow, I'd actually mean Friday... ugh. My friday starts when I wake up around 10 or 11 LOL. Fortunately, I'm back to a regular shift next week. Though, the 10% shift differential I'm getting this week will help make up any ill effects ;)

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

**** I can ***** as much as I want. I'm meant to be sleeping not writing about

Which of the characters in Yasmina Reza’s Art—if any of them—comes closest to embodying the
Kantian aesthetic as you understand it? And in what ways? Consider the alternatives and justify
your choice. (Obviously, in order to make an argument about Kant’s aesthetic, you’ll need to
spell out your understanding of it.)

[Doppelgänger]

Hmmmm... so my decision at the moment is if I want to was and clean the cars at home when I get off work today... are my huevos big enough to wash the car in the driveway and not care??

[RotorNutFD3S]

What's wrong with washing the car in the driveway?

[metalman]

(Obviously, in order to make an argument about Kant’s aesthetic, you’ll need to
spell out your understanding of it.)



Yeah...Kant's Anesthetic Ointment...we've used that for years!
Good stuff! :lol:

[metalman]

What's wrong with washing the car in the driveway?



The water police perhaps? :P

[RotorNutFD3S]

What's wrong with washing the car in the driveway?



The water police perhaps? :P


Are you serious? I thought that was over with since they hadn't mentioned it on the news anymore. Guess that's one thing that's nice about living where I do, no water restrictions. Got a well.

[JennB]

We're ITP, still under restrictions. We can water our plants and stuff by hand during certain hours but I'm not sure about washing cars. I think it will be fine though. Haven't watered the lawn all year. I water the plants 3-4 times a week by hand and they still look good.

[MeFryRice]

I believe you can wash your car on certain days depending on if the last digit of your house number is an odd or even. It could be a PTC thing only though.

Like Eric, where we live, no one will even see us washing our cars. Hell, I'll wash my car everyday at noon if I wanted. :)

[MeFryRice]

I had four wisdom teeth taken out yesterday due to having two cysts on the two bottom wisdoms and today I feel awesom thanks to Vicodin and Hydrocodone! :D

[metalman]

wooohooo!


Stoner :lol:

[MeFryRice]

haha nah.....but it makes you feel so relaxed. It's nice. I'm glad I only go prescribed a small amount! :D

[RotorNutFD3S]

Already you sound like an addict. :lol:

[MeFryRice]

I'm just kidding. I don't have an addictive personality. I'm just enjoying it while I can!

[RotorNutFD3S]

I was kidding as well.
However, I disagree on the addictive personality. I believe you are addicted to cars.

[MeFryRice]

You are right on that one and with my job, it doesn't help the addiction. :)

[RotorNutFD3S]

Neither does my job. I really miss my R6, so now I want another one. And then I want an ATV, a WaveRunner or two, and hell, while I'm at it, a Rhino would be cool as hell to customize. Plus the home theater and instruments that I have available to me... :(
I really need to win the lottery. lol Like so many other people!

[Sawyer]

Oh, if only I won the lottery......

[MeFryRice]

Me too! I would say I'd invest it but now doesn't seem to be a good time for that. :(

.....so with that in mind.....

I'd buy me my 10k sq. ft house I want, pay off every cent in debt I owe (which isn't much) and spends a lot of days at the track with my new GT3 RS! :D I'd probably still work too!

[RotorNutFD3S]

Oh, I'd defintely still work. But it would be at the custom performance shop I open up. I'd love to have my name in the same ranks as Foose. :)
Want a house, but not one that I can't take care of by myself. Definitely plenty of garage space.
And the first car I'd buy is the new Lingenfelter 427CID Z06 Twin Turbo (0-200 mph in 18.34 seconds on 93 octane. Standing mile in 25.12s at 226.25mph. 1100rwhp on 93 octane.), so me and Steve could hit the track a lot. lol
And then a Koenigsegg CCXR.

[metalman]

I'd probably spend my winnings on hookers and beer. :lol:





j/k....

[Doppelgänger]

Yeah, i said **** it and washed the cars out in the driveway for all to see. I don't really use that much water and i really don't care if i get a wimpy ticket for water use. Too bad the idiot next door to me wasted God knows how much gas on his 6 trips to and from his house while I was outside. Hell, i used less water then he used gas.

Anyway, cars are washed, waxed and ready to go. I got a letter saying that a fly landed on my car, slipped , broke a leg and is now suing me. Oooops... too much wax.

[Doppelgänger]

****.. if I won the lottery.......

I'd keep my current Miata, build the ultimate Miata, buy a few nice high-end cars, a nice size house with an even bigger garage :)

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

I'd probably spend my winnings on hookers and beer. :lol:








fixed

[MeFryRice]

Last night ony way to Memphis, I had a pretty good scare. I was driving one of Godfather Custom's truck for a trade show that's going on this week. Around 3:30 this morning I caught myself falling asleep at the wheel and I had driven off the road into the median. I am very lucky that I woke up just in time to slowdow the truck and that I did not hurt anyone around me. I have never done this before and def won't be doing a 6-hr trip without enough sleep. :(

[MeFryRice]

Now that I am here, I am losing my mind being bored. My hotel room has no internet access unless I want to pay $13/day so now I'm stuck having to view the boards on my phone. I don't know if any of you have ever been to the Cook Convention Center but there is NOTHING to do here. Before I drove the truck into the show(it had to be entered before 3pm) I had to hunt for food. When was the last time you've seen a town with no Walmart or McD's. :(

[Doppelgänger]

It's friggin' Memphis! Well, I did buy my 99 Miata from Memphis.

Pics of truck?

[Sawyer]

It's actually a really nice truck! I'm not a truck person, but I liked it! :)

[MeFryRice]

This is my first time in Memphis and didn't really know what to expect. I will post pics of the truck later! :) when we were at the shop, they had their SilverRod there with a supercharged LS7 in it. I'm not gonna lie, it's a pretty sick truck. :)

[Doppelgänger]

There are some casinos around there.....and hookers.

[RotorNutFD3S]

I'm sick and tired of people taking the internet so seriously. One of my friends down here bought a '96 Miata yesterday while we were all at the meet, and today we were working on it doing some maintenance, changing the plugs, oil, valve cover gasket, CAS seal, belts, etc., and it needs some minor aesthetic parts, so I pull out my Touch and post a quick WTB on MT.net, not paying any attention that after I browsed the FS ads for anything, that I posted a new thread in the FS section. Oops.

Well I get one reply with someone helping out, then I get this:
"with almost 700 posts, you would think that you would alteast know to post in the right forum. we have a WTB area dumbass"

It's not a big deal, but ****, everyone screws up, and I know that you have a thick skin to survive on that forum, but damn, I'm exhausted right now and it got to me. Oh well.

/whiny rant

[Doppelgänger]

Hey, you still managed to get one of the parts you're looking for. Honestly, sometimes i do that on purpose becasue the FS forums always have more traffic.

[RotorNutFD3S]

2 of the parts actually. :) And I'm helping out a great friend that doesn't really have the money right now for even the small parts, so **** them. lol

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Yeah some people just like to feel big behind their computer screens. How was the CAS seal job? That's something I've been putting off for ages. Bought a selection of o-rings but wasn't sure if they were big enough.

[RotorNutFD3S]

The CAS job is one that I've done so many times now, I have it down to an amazing 10 minutes at the most. Although it's much easier to do along with the valve cover gasket because the teeth on the CAS are easier to line up with the camshaft slots when you can see everything. lol You just have to be ready to work in a very confined space.
I tried getting the recommended size, but found after trial and error that ordering an OEM seal is the better way to go. Or the Viton seal that MiataRoadster sells. It's a good product too.

[JennB]

Oh yay! Oil skyrocketed today, the dollar is headed on a nice downward spiral and our government is about to pretty much hand out billions in bailouts to private companies... well... they won't be so private now that the government owns huge chunks of them. So much for free market!

I have mixed feelings about this bailout. On one hand, I really don't want a depression and complete collapse of our lending market and on the other, I also don't like how quickly this is being pushed through and I am really worried about how this is going to effect our economy as well. The government will recover some if not all or more of this money since they will now partially own these companies but the American public still sees it as handing out their money, our debt still grows and what is going on with consumer confidence? And what happened to being responsible for the fate of your own business? The dollar falling is bad and I hope it will recover some in the next few weeks once the details of this bailout are disclosed.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Crap. I knew I should have filled up before work. I'm almost scared to see what the prices are when I get out. And I'm on "E" too. Damn van!

[metalman]

Its my opinion that America isnt far from meltdown. I think its a matter of when, not if.
It could have been prevented but greed is a powerful human motivator....and a destructive one at that.

[Sawyer]

Aww! I'm on E too! :(

[MeFryRice]

This is how I view our country as it stands today...

Election:
If Obama wins, he'll be assassinated within a short amount of time and this will begin another racial exploitation.

If McCain wins, our country will stand in the same position we're in now as he has the same beliefs as our current president and the office won't see the much needed changes to get us back on our own two feet.

Economy:
Everyone can feel the drought of our economy. It has hit everyone hard. With out gas prices soaring with no indication to an end, this is only hurting us more. If we were to lower our gas prices, this would help our economy. Lower gas prices = more people being able to afford gas therefore going shopping more.

I could go on and on but I don't want to bore everyone....

[RotorNutFD3S]

And it's funny that while those of us in our early 20s understand this, but the lawmakers who are more than double our age can't figure it out for the life of them. Then again, they're probably lining their pockets anyway and could care less.

[MeFryRice]

They don't see our view cause this isn't effecting them. Money is not an issue to them.

[Doppelgänger]

Sometimes I wish IA's server would get destroyed...

[RotorNutFD3S]

:Waffle: What happened?

[JennB]

Sometimes I wish IA's server would get destroyed...


I wish that constantly.

[metalman]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

...yeah I don't really browse that place much

[Doppelgänger]

:Waffle: What happened?
Well, the inability for 99% of them to be able to type or hold a semi-educated conversation before verbally vomiting all over the place...

I made a quick stop by and saw this thread titled "Biden to step down from VP candidate and Hilary to take over" and then some speculation/theory that "it's going to happen just for Obama to get back into the media spotlight" bull****. On top of that, the biggest idiots of the forum with their McCan and Nobama pictures everywhere just remind everyone else that if you vote for someone else, you're a unpatriodic *******...or if you even mention that you have a different opinion you'll get insulted to no end. That's why i just go on there to 'poke the bees nest with a stick'... that's all it's good for.

[Doppelgänger]

...yeah I don't really browse that place much
Oh, it's fun to browse and the best place for kicks is the picture forum, you can be amuse all day by people showing off all of their polished $500 turd buckets (mostly cheap *** hondas).

[RotorNutFD3S]

Well, the inability for 99% of them to be able to type or hold a semi-educated conversation before verbally vomiting all over the place...

The mental image of this sentence literally made me lol, and I got some stares at work... Thanks. :lol:

[Doppelgänger]

gald to make your co-workers look at you funny :)

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Arguing about politics on forums just doesn't work. I used to spend alot of time arguing (constructively) about religion but it nearly always resulted in insults and stupidity. So I pass on it nowadays.

[metalman]

Arguing about politics on forums just doesn't work. I used to spend alot of time arguing (constructively) about religion but it nearly always resulted in insults and stupidity. So I pass on it nowadays.


Before the days of internetz for everyone I was involved in private owned BBS's that catered to various discussion. One BBS forum was for religion and politics. It had one VERY crucial rule that was ALWAYS vigorously enforced...no flaming...not even a tiny hint of it was allowed. One infraction got you a warning. The second got you banned and cost you your BBS membership. Discussion had to be confined to intellectual points. It was very profitable for learning and discussion. I really enjoyed it.

After many months of mind bending intellectual discussion several of the key members were mentioning something about an upcoming meeting, asking each other who was going to be there. When I inquired as to what meeting they were talking about it turned out to be a MENSA gathering. For someone that may not have heard of this its a society for people with 'genius' IQs so to speak, in order to be a member your IQ must measure at or above the 98th percentile.

They invited me to take the MENSA IQ test and join them, I declined. :lol: But, I did enjoy conversing with that bunch, even with those that disagreed on various points as it was always respectful.

[MeFryRice]

Sometimes I wish IA's server would get destroyed...


I think the same thing! Just too many stupid people on that board that cause drama about NOTHING!!

[Doppelgänger]

The most unfortunate ones are the ones who take the drama seriously. :facepalm:







end of line.

[RotorNutFD3S]

IA is like being in high school all over again...

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

I would like to DO high school all over again but as myself right now. :naughty:

[Doppelgänger]

It's a case of "if I knew then what I know now" :lol:







end of line.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Exactly.

And Mike, what the hell is up with you adding "end of line" to almost every post?! lol

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

:lol:

I noticed that too and thought there must be a bug but he has doesn't on all of his post.

[Doppelgänger]

I don't knwo what you are talking about. I don't see any "end of line":wtf:









end of line.

[RotorNutFD3S]

For proof:

[attachment=156]

[Doppelgänger]

Oh... huh, interesting. IDK.










end of line.

[amaff]

Oh... huh, interesting. IDK.










end of line.

You're kidding right?

[RotorNutFD3S]

:waffle:

20 pages of ranting and counting!

[MeFryRice]

I finally made it back yesterday and it was so nice to sleep in my own bed again. :)

[Doppelgänger]

Wow, that was pretty long actually. I thought you were just delivering the truck. BTW, you never post pics of it!







end of line.

[MeFryRice]

Oops.........I drove it to work this morning so give me a few to take some better pics and I'll upload them here shortly. :D

[RotorNutFD3S]

Yeah, I want to see the truck too![hr]
Oh, and be sure to upload them to the forum and not photobucket!

[MeFryRice]

Note taken.

[MeFryRice]

I just took this a sec ago and I know the letter "T" is missing off "Pilot" on the front fender. I started to remove the stickers last night but got distracted. :whistle:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d48/mymr2turbo/Misc/download1.jpg

[RotorNutFD3S]

Nice! Looks tough enough.

[MeFryRice]

It's nothing too fancy as all of GFC's other trucks were attending other shows. It's not that bad of a truck and the Gibson exhaust sounds really good surprisingly! :D

[RotorNutFD3S]

I'm sure. I haven't seen the new bodystyle modified too much yet, so that looks pretty good for not much being done to it.

[MeFryRice]

The owner put 14k kelvin bulbs in it so you can't see crap at night but damn if everybody asks me about them everywhere I went!

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

:lol: I'm sure that makes sense with all the gas problems at the moment!

Looks pretty badass for a truck though.

[thx712517]

Ever notice how the Guinness Brilliant guys are eerily similar to Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters?

Proof 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DPKf7y1F-Q)

Proof 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zRbIlcnsAU&NR=1)

[Doppelgänger]

lol true

[MeFryRice]

**** our stupid governor. We should not be in the gas crisis we are in today. I was in Memphis a couple days ago and got gas without any problems and for $3.29/gallon too!

[thx712517]

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I've got about a quarter of a tank, time to fill up, and I know I won't be able to find premium. That means in all likelihood I'll be racing Points #10 on freaking 87 bilge water. Can someone explain why we aren't switching to the winter blend sooner? Is there another issue I'm not aware of here?

[Otto]

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I've got about a quarter of a tank, time to fill up, and I know I won't be able to find premium. That means in all likelihood I'll be racing Points #10 on freaking 87 bilge water. Can someone explain why we aren't switching to the winter blend sooner? Is there another issue I'm not aware of here?

well from what i can tell, the supply lines went back up right after the hurricane but manufacture went up later, but the supply for our area is very behind. now for the crazy part, it seems no one is willing to rearrange some of the more flexible supply lines to get a bit more gas to the gas starved areas

which is why only some areas are out while others have plenty

[thx712517]

Well, all the areas I could reach today were out of gas. I was in line at one station when they came out and announced it. Mazda's sitting in the driveway now, nothing left in it. My ride to work tomorrow will either be a bicycle (13 miles one way means I gotta wake up real early) or, if we can repair it, Dad's Rambler. Wonderful, isn't it? Can we sue state government over this?

[Roadster]

I just had to shell out $4.29 a gallon (for reg.) to top my truck off to get through the coming week. At least out here in the boondocks the gas stations don't get sucked dry quite as fast...:(

[thx712517]

Passed by a Shell, said it had premium for $4.89, pulled up to the pumps and they were all bagged.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Thanks Sonny :clap:

[Roadster]

Lol, I take back what I said before. Every place in Covington is now devoid of gas as well. Just went out to try to find some for the Miata. No luck. The place I went a few hours ago is bone dry now too.

[thx712517]

Miata's dead in the driveway, gonna have to take the Corolla to work tomorrow. Tuesday and Thursday is going to suck, since I'll need my parking pass for the KSU parking deck. Let's burn Sonny Perdue, huh?

[MeFryRice]

I just heard on the radio that each station is required to have at least 100 gallons in each tank at all times to prevent people from sucking up contamination through the hoses and eventually into people's tanks.

[metalman]

Tree hugger bull**** always ends up biting your ***.
There should be two types of fuel, summer & winter...nationwide.
This custom treehugger blend crap is the problem. Also, the middlemen distributors
are unloading their fuels to whatever markets are 'easier' or more
profitable for them. Its all a cluster****.

[RotorNutFD3S]

And there are no regulations to control the cluster**** because the people making the regulations are getting too rich off of not having any!

[thx712517]

So should our next meet involve marching on government buildings with pitchforks and torches?

[RotorNutFD3S]

No, that's too aggressive these days. You'll get shot. lol

[Doppelgänger]

I remember back when Katrina hit and all the gas stations were still set up so that you could fill and then pay. I can't tell you how many drive-offs i did to show my appreciation of the then-gouged prices.

BTW, the pipeline is back up 100%, but all the idiots that are topping off "just because "are killing the supply for everyone else.

Oh I also want to give a big **** OFF to Charleston County Magistrate Court. I got a ticket last month for "not using my turn signal" to change lanes. Mind you it was 11pm on a VERY quiet 4 lane divided hwy and the only car was the cop in the other lane i got in front of....i was 60-70ft in front of him. Well I went to court to fight it, showed them a repair bill for the car, told them that I was driving my GF's car and that i don't normally drive the car and that my record is spotless. Well, Mr. **** Everyone Flynn didn't give two ****s to hear my side of the story. The cop lied to the judges face and said i pulled out right in front of him causing him to "brake suddenly". I even made the cop say he was going about 25mph as he approached me, but the cop said he was a bout 5 car lengths behind me... which still would have not caused him to "stop suddenly" for me. Fine was $134 and 2 points. ****ing duchebags.

[Doppelgänger]

Oh and here is another thing to show how much Chicken Man (Perdue) is a piece of white trash ****..... it took him almost 2 weeks to ask the EPA to waive the special blend gas for us AND he decided he needed to go to Europe this week so some bull**** reason.

[metalman]

Oh I also want to give a big **** OFF to Charleston County Magistrate Court.......****ing duchebags.


Sometimes the truth just doesnt matter.
It would make more sense to set up toll booths in some of these ****ty little towns and counties where they are busy gathering revenue. Its not about facts or safety, its about money. Pendergrass for example, collects something like $1200 per citizen in ticket revenue. Many other spots are the same.

[MeFryRice]

Mike,

I have a similar situation but with Carroll County. I got pulled over for doing 51 in a 35 (unmarked zone). To keep a long story short, this was my first ticket and the judge gave me 1-yr probation, $475 fine and 24-hrs community service. I also had to redo my CS a third time as the first one, the probation officer lost my documentation and the second time she said wasn't a non-profit organization. :(

So **** Carroll county as well.

[Doppelgänger]

I've had some bad days in court... but that's pretty ****ty Steve!
Out of all my citations, this was the first one that did not get reduced/worked out... and thats out of 30+ tickets:wtf:

[RotorNutFD3S]

Mike, sorry to hear that man! Back in the day when I had blue neons under my car (laugh at me, you know you want to), I got "pulled over" by the Fayetteville Police Dept., although I was already parked in a parking lot. Anyway, went to court to fight it, and because I had them on a switch, didn't matter that I was parked and in a lot and not on the street, they had the capability of flashing, therefore they were "Unauthorized Blue Lights" and I got a $465 ticket. Little po-dunk piece of **** towns like that suck.

Steve, that's messed up!

My **** OFF comment goes to the Cobb County Police Dept., who earlier this year claimed that I was street racing a Corvette, when all I did was accelerate from a stop light and cruise and the Corvette came up from behind and went flying around me. Yeah, must have been racing... Officer wrote 3 tickets, the only one that was valid was speeding, but then again, he wrote 60 in a 35, when it was a 45. Sorry, 3 lanes on one side of the road usually means 55. (Oh, and how the **** do you race a Corvette at 60mph?!) Spent the night at the "Corrections Facility", which by the way, if anyone offers you the chance to do that, pass it up. DUI offenders in there were getting $700-$1000 bails, where mine was set at $3,500. Took it to court, they dropped two charges and left the Reckless charge, $500 fine, and 4 points. The whole time I wanted to say, "Honestly, if I was racing that Corvette, you would have never caught me," but I kept my mouth shut. **** still pisses me off beyond belief. Oh, and this put the first blemish on my ****ing clean driving record (the Fayetteville thing was non-moving). I've been stopped plenty, but have always had the luck of the cop not showing up, or in the case of the 2 accidents I had when I was 16 and 17, the other people not showing up. Luck ran out I guess.

[MeFryRice]

I've had some bad days in court... but that's pretty ****ty Steve!
Out of all my citations, this was the first one that did not get reduced/worked out... and thats out of 30+ tickets:wtf:


Holy crap! :jawdrop: You've had 30+ tickets and still have a license?

[MeFryRice]

I've had my run-in's with PTC as well.

Got a ticket for having yellow bulbs. The officer stated she thought the sun was coming torwards her. :wtf: I got that reduced to $25.

I got another ticket in PTC for having "racing slicks" on a previous car when all they were just some balding RT-615's. That ticket was $155.

[JennB]

Hahaha yep.... and a spotless driving record.


I've probably had 10 or so. Had a loooot of parking tickets too. But my record is as clean as can be and has been for years.

[RotorNutFD3S]

I hate PTCPD. They will come up with the most ridiculous things ever. I got stopped there and was told my Miata was not street legal because it was lowered. Then a Corvette rolled by, and we all know how low they sit, and the cop shut up and told me to be careful. Thus the reason I avoid that place if at all possible.

[Doppelgänger]

I've had some bad days in court... but that's pretty ****ty Steve!
Out of all my citations, this was the first one that did not get reduced/worked out... and thats out of 30+ tickets:wtf:


Holy crap! :jawdrop: You've had 30+ tickets and still have a license?


Been driving for just shy of 10yrs and most of them were within the first 3-4 years. Most of them were smaller stickets... none of them have been racing or reckless driving.... stuff like too fast for conditions, failure to maintain lane, 14mph or less speeding, failure to yield...**** like that...all 2-3 point tickets. My biggest one was Hall Co. saying was was doing 96 in a 70... on a onramp. Actually, come to think of it, i got a 'reckless driving/laying drags' ticken in Jefferson. You know what they did when i got into it with them... said i need to "pay a $450 fine today and we'll drop the charges to a local ordinance violation so it won't show up on your record".

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Shows where their priorities lie. It's alllll about the money. At least we don't have speed camera's littered everywhere here though.... or congestion charges... or average speed camera's... or empty bus lanes... good ol britain

[RotorNutFD3S]

Some toll roads (not here in GA) have the average speed cameras now.

[JennB]

So.. everyone watch your gas tanks. One of the guys in my office had the gas stolen out of his truck while he was at Einstein's Bagels.

[Doppelgänger]

And for this reason, I want to get one of those electric LCD plate covers...

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Locking gas caps come to back into fashion soon then.

[MeFryRice]

So.. everyone watch your gas tanks. One of the guys in my office had the gas stolen out of his truck while he was at Einstein's Bagels.


That's just terrible!!

[Doppelgänger]

Now what, do we need to start putting something on our gauges to prevent people from seeing how much gas is in our cars?? sheesh

[MeFryRice]

This world is pathetic these days. I'm almost embarrassed to say I live here. :(

[Sawyer]

So let's move then! :)

[Doppelgänger]

If i could move to another country I would....

[Sawyer]

Oh I would move in a heartbeat, but unfortunately I have to wait until I'm out of school. HOPE Scholarship owns me right now.

[MeFryRice]

If i could move to another country I would....


Where would you move to? I'd like to live in Tokyo. :)

[RotorNutFD3S]

I'd move to Australia.

[MeFryRice]

Some good news about our gas crisis.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/17590218/detail.html

[RotorNutFD3S]

About damn time. Now the prices need to fall too.