@McMike complaining about it

@Dusty-Ventures put an end to some civil wars in the north.

@jminer I worked for an ice cream factory while in college, driving a “reefer” truck all across the eastern French countryside on delivery routes, and then one day I broke my ankle.

Womp womp.

@amoore100 said in Dreaming of Fit Utes:

JAL 747 (no, thankfully not that one) parked up at Brisbane awaiting a flight to Melbourne (why would you use a 747 on that route? I digress).

one of my older brothers has been on a flight between sydney and melbourne on a 747

@WBizarre would

it's a pretty cool thing. but it's a shame it looks like any shit modified subaru with garbage ebay head/taillights

@pip-bip Well good luck man, we're all pulling for ya!

@derp said in Necessary car shopping, interrupted by a stay at the hospital:

@Dr-Zoidberg said in Necessary car shopping, interrupted by a stay at the hospital:

The 300 is just a detuned 2GR...

Do you happen to know if there's an easy way to undetune them?

Cheapest way is to buy this and hope no one notices:

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@t0ast the best taco shops are always holes in the wall .. Maybe Nico's in OB? For Mexican...there's a few others places around there too. If you don't mind a little drive Tacos el gordos down in IB is good and it's a nice drive down the strand for the view if it's sunny.
If asian food in your thing there's the convoy district...

Name your poison!

@nein_87 74645-42020 & 74646-42020 are what I can find

@ranwhenparked good lord, just look at that wood.

@Noodles s’abit curious then.

@SilentbutnotreallyDeadly I'm going to try to use "potentially redeeming features" at work tomorrow
Good thing my important calls about my projects were today

@pip-bip said in Night Oppo:

Mitsubishi Verada

I did not see this coming. But yes, absolutely.

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@john-norris said in Has anyone ever gotten SNL tickets?:

Any of you guys know how to discretely harvest organs?

Dress incognito and drop by this place. Ask for the Doc and tell them OPPO sent you.

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@EssExTee
Despite the fact it will be made in Serbia even the dude behind this rebirth admits that it will have to be made on an existing platform from a legacy manufacturer.

In Europe, there's really only Stellantis and Renault that are still playing in the small cheap ICE car place which doesn't leave too many platforms from which to pick - either the SCCS platform or the CMF-B LS although there's always Volkswagen's ubiquitous MQB AO.... especially the low cost IN version.

@Snakesm13 id: £230,000

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@Peter_Black I did all the fairings on mine… good from 20 ft. Tried twice to wrap the tank. Ended up buying a plastic tank cover from aliexpress.

Never again. Next time i want a color change or fear scratching the plastics I think I would just get a set of Chinese fairings

@Man-With-One-Reliable-Jeep said in Jello-fail:

@ranwhenparked said in Jello-fail:

@VincentMalamute said in Jello-fail:

There was a women's site.

Jezebel, which is now part of Paste Media Group

Gawker-Gizmodo-G/O had quite a few others over the years, a lot of them were sold or closed down during the Great Recession when Nick Denton freaked out and maybe overreacted a little

Screenhead
Deadspin - now owned by Lineup Publishing
Gawker - defunct, but IP owned by Meng Ru Kuok
Gizmodo - now operated by Keleops Media
Idolator - now operated by Hive Media Group
Wonkette - now operated by Wonkette Media
Gridskipper
Consumerist
Valleywag
Defamer
io9 - folded into Gizmodo
Fleshbot - now operated by SK Intertainment
Cink
Sploid- folded into Gizmodo
Lifehacker- now operated by Ziff Davis
Splinter - now operated by Paste Media Group
ClickHole - now operated by Cards Against Humanity
The A.V. Club - now operated by Paste Media Group
The Onion - now operated by Global Tetrahedron

I know this is legitimate information you just posted, but you just made me feel 20 years older with that casserole of nonsense words. 😮‍💨

Many of them are 20+ years old!

@ZHP-Sparky-the-5th I remember those M3s at the same price, 15K no problem. Funny how things change.

I also remember Pagoda SLs could be picked up for 15-20K all day long maybe 25 or so years ago.

@Old-Busted-Hotness
My mom has almost 500k miles on V6 Challengers, 203k on her 2013, 198k on her 2018, and currently 92k on her 2015.
Never needed anything other than regular maintenance with the exception of 1 blend door actuator on the 2015.
All WI daily drivers. She is however meticulous about keeping things clean, so they get washed weekly or more.

@farscythe

@Nauraushaun Those old ones were great. The new ones look like a Balenciaga shoe.

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@Arch-Duke-Maxyenko Eternally part of my "speaker system test" tracklist.

@blackfishmech hot.

Top Gun theme playing…

(Too soon?)

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@Urambo-Tauro said in It's time to STRUT:

@theturbomrt said in It's time to STRUT:

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You sure know how to put a damper on things!

Finally someone said it

@Shop-Teacher the crankshaft position sensor was the exact problem with my Outback last year. It was cranking over and would sometimes start, sometimes wouldn’t. A new sensor fixed it and she starts every time now. I’m hoping it’s the same for you.

@ranwhenparked — If Wikipedia is to be believed, the company didn't help matters, there, by using both names in parallel for a couple of years.

This one dates back to that period — the sticker on its left flank says "1977".

Technically it's a Silver Wraith II; they'd had a couple of quite different Wraiths in their long history and would end up using the name again.

@Cé-hé-sin "Thats it, you´re going to the Beaching Yard!" Said the port authority with evilness on his voice.

Shes a beautiful ship

@FourMalibus said in camera & lens advice - shooting outdoor sports:

@MUSASHI66 said in camera & lens advice - shooting outdoor sports:

@FourMalibus Hence why I said he should use the 2.8. I’m confused here.

You're right, but I guess by saying "2.8 is the slowest I'd go" implies that he should get something faster, but there really isn't anything faster in those focal lengths other than the 200 f2.

And it also implies that an f4 or 5.6 wouldn't work, but I think that going slower than 2.8 is fine for outdoor sports. Even the pros are using f4 and 5.6 at the extreme long end and they make it look awesome. And I showed a 6.3 image that I still shot at 1/1600 400iso which for a parent taking shots of their highschool kid I think came out fine.

F4 is more than enough when it comes to the image, with telephoto you get enough background separation and blurring. Hockey is okay for light as the ice helps brighten things up, but other sports might not do great.

Worth noting that modern bodies do so well in high ISO that you can compensate for aperture to keep the exposure triangle in a working range. Remember that you'll be stuck against a faster shutter speed for certain sports to freeze motion, so you need either ISO, Aperture, or ideally a combination to keep things balanced, especially when working with longer lenses.

If this is nothing but a hobby I would grab a good EF lens (70-200 is good, otherwise try to keep the aperture in the F4-6 range especially if you're shooting low light). A more modern Canon DSLRs will still get the job done and it's the cheapest upgrade path - it's not like professional sports photography all of a sudden jumped in quality with mirrorless, it just got easier.

@EssExTee said in People's Choice: Nouveau American Luxe:

@amoore100 Swap the LHS for a 300M (which is appropriate since the 300M was deliberately shortened over the LHS to work in the European market) and I'll take that, otherwise Lincoln LS.

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The 300M was originally supposed to have been the 2nd generation Eagle Vision, but became a Chrysler when the Eagle brand was killed late in the development process

@Darkbrador I wont dare dissapoint, because I made a promise.

@ClassicDatsunDebate

Glutton for punishment.

@aremmes
Many farmers down here in Oz use private meteorological services regardless of the fact that most meteorological data (there are also numerous private sub-regional observation networks maintained by community or regional government organisations) is collected by our Bureau of Meteorology and supplied mostly freely. Much in the same way that they use private agronomic services. Paying for such services is just part of doing business.

@theturbomrt said in Partial Parking Garage Collapse in Wilmington:

@Shop-Teacher said in Partial Parking Garage Collapse in Wilmington:

@JunkleMKVII said in Partial Parking Garage Collapse in Wilmington:

Edit to add: they might be impossible to see in this photo, but I can’t spot one tie strap sticking out between any of those blocks.

@BicycleBuck

That's right where my mind went too. If that turns out to be the case, it was only a matter of time before this happened. The contractor and the building inspector should both be in big trouble.

Same, nothing tied the wall to the structure. Just being COLD could have been enough to set it loose

Now the question is, all the other facades that haven't fallen ... I bet they're built just as badly and could fall at any moment. They need to shut that whole area down right fucking now yesterday.

@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera said in Good Morning, Oppo:

if the engine conks out or the intricate mechanisms that convey the power to the surrounding medium fall apart, you crash from a much lower altitude.

Can tanks let their turret autorotate?

@CarsOfFortLangley Great stuff! Yeah, he is a little boy now 🙂

And now we know his name! (unless that was an accident, and you decide to edit it out, which is why I didn't mention it in my reply)

@annoying_salman said in People's Choice: Isuzu 7-Seater:

The Panther has a noticably weak ball joint, which made scene like this to be quite familiar:

Haha, I'm glad to get some local input! Sounds like as usual, Isuzu played third fiddle to Toyota and Mitsubishi. Are AUVs like the Kijang still popular, or are ute-wagons like the Fortuner taking their place these days?

@annoying_salman said in People's Choice: Isuzu 7-Seater:

brand new Panther produces pollution that rivaled my Taft

I'm surprised they allowed that since Indonesia started enforcing Euro 4 emissions in 2021, right? I guess Euro 4 is still a pretty lenient regulation compared to the latest ones.

@іди-на-хуй-Влад-formerly-known-as-Distraxi

Bogan? LOL

I think I've told you I've considered this for the license plate on my Holden.

@EssExTee Man, that is a great idea! I already make ciders and hard lemonades and I dabble in mead, but I never thought about using maple syrup as a base.

I guess I know what my next cider is going to be now...

@CarsOfFortLangley said in Night:

one of the best weekends of my life I think

!!!

@іди-на-хуй-Влад-formerly-known-as-Distraxi

This orange, or a similarly bright green, is how I'd want my GT3 (or other sporting Porsche).

@pip-bip
A LHD MG TF in Japan.
Good night mate, though you'll likely be getting up soon enough.

@ttyymmnn

Heading down the rabbit hole, I found this company.
https://evertsair.com/about

They are still flying four DC-6 aircraft.

@ClassicDatsunDebate I've seen back to back comparisons and the streamers who play different sims say it is pretty good obviously not up there with the most realistic ones. I am not a hardcore sim guy so it's fine for me.
Damage physics are hilariously bad though. Guess because the manufacturers don't want their cars getting beat up and destroyed - that is the explanation.

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@pickup_man said in Truck wrenching in below zero temps:

The plastic "Y" coming off the water pump will likely do the same thing eventually. Someone out there makes an aluminum replacement, probably Dorman. Naturally mine failed within weeks of my expansion tank connector.

Yep, did that a couple weeks ago. Used the aluminum one, got it at Napa.

I figure if this new one off the reservoir fails again, i'll replace with silicone but for a couple dozen dollars and 10 minutes of time, it's not the end of the world if it lasts 11 years like this one did lol

@fintail Holy cow, you're right! Thanks!

@theturbomrt

I want your MR2.

The generator is nice, too.

@phenotyp Thank you!