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Start here => M.O.-Introductions => Ask Away Threads => Topic started by: earthboundmisfit on September 25, 2009, 10:28:28 PM
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my turn to be an attention whooore. :zoinks:
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Are you BRAVE, Ebmf? :arrr:
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Why has it taken you this long?
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Why has it taken you this long?
dunno. I guess it takes me a while to get comfortable with people, IRL and online.
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Do you watch midget porn?
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:zoinks:
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Do you watch midget porn?
I don't discriminate... good porn is good porn.
I'm an equal opportunity wanker.
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What's the most awesome thing you have done while shitfaced?
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What's the most awesome thing you have done while shitfaced?
The most awesome thing I can remember doing while shitfaced...
1994, I was a 20 year old U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan. One night walking home from the bars by myself (I tend to wander off from the group), I was crossing a bridge over one of the outlets that emptied out into the China Sea. There were several small boats moored along the side, so I thought it would be a good idea to take a boat ride. Hey, I grew up in the land of 10,000 lakes, I know how to operate a boat, right? I pick one that looks good. It was a wood boat, probably about 14' (4.2672 meters), had a pile of fishing nets in it, and a small outboard (maybe 50-80 hp).
The first thing I did was untie the boat. Good idea, right? So now I'm floating with the current, headed toward the ocean. Shit, I should get the engine started. I go to lower the engine to put the prop in the water - *sploosh* - the whole fucking engine goes into the drink. Fuck. Closer to the ocean now, current starting to pick up. Don't want to jump out, there's no way I can swim against the current. I'm passing some other boats and decide to take a running jump. Landed in a big pile of rotten smelling nets, looked up to see the boat I had jumped from capsized from me pushing off of it. Whoops. Then everything went dark.
I woke up the next morning under the nets - I must have thought they were blankets. I'm startled at first, then quickly remember the shenanigans of the previous night. So I sit up... SHIT. I must have tried to untie that boat too, because I'm about 200 feet out into the China Sea... still tethered to the dock. I pull myself and the boat back in, and see that the rope had miraculously managed to tangle itself on the moor at the last five feet of length.
Saved by pure dumb luck.
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That is so awesome and extremely lucky! :o
I was only 5 then.
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I too have a question, what is the most eye-opening experience you've had as a Marine?
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I too have a question, what is the most eye-opening experience you've had as a Marine?
About myself: that I was capable of a lot more that I had ever realized.
About other people: Without getting into a lot of detail, I was privvy to a lot of information that explains why we (the U.S.) get involved with things that people feel is none of our business. If you could see the horrible things people do to each other in the name of religion, tradition, culture, profit... you would understand why the U.S. has a military presence where it does.
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Do you watch midget porn?
I don't discriminate... good porn is good porn.
I'm an equal opportunity wanker.
:plus:
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That is so awesome and extremely lucky! :o
I was only 5 then.
I was 17.
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You were very lucky.
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
Same here, especially the numbers 6, 16, 26 and 36. 8)
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
:lol: That is hilarious. My own numbers fixation goes to weighing and quantifying all kinds of shit.
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
:lol: We can't have odd numbers on anything in the house one of my sons is like that to
I always try to estimate the weight of everything
Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
:lol: That is hilarious. My own numbers fixation goes to weighing and quantifying all kinds of shit.
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If you could spend a year travelling, and going wherever the hell you wanted, where would you go, why, and what would you hope to experience?
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If you could spend a year travelling, and going wherever the hell you wanted, where would you go, why, and what would you hope to experience?
I would love to go to the U.K. and tour all the great racetracks there. I would rent or buy a car, something cool that I wouldn't have the chance to drive in the U.S., like a Renault Clio V6 Sport.
I would pretend to be Canadian so the Limeys wouldn't throw rocks at me. :P
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You can both come to London in an awesome VW bus and visit me 8)
What is Spaz doing right this very second?
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You can both come to London in an awesome VW bus and visit me 8)
What is Spaz doing right this very second?
You would be on the list of places to visit. ;D
Spaz is sleeping, I think he is irritated with me because I replaced some of the softpaws that had fallen off.
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If you could spend a year travelling, and going wherever the hell you wanted, where would you go, why, and what would you hope to experience?
I would love to go to the U.K. and tour all the great racetracks there. I would rent or buy a car, something cool that I wouldn't have the chance to drive in the U.S., like a Renault Clio V6 Sport.
I would pretend to be Canadian so the Limeys wouldn't throw rocks at me. :P
We rented a car when we were in the UK.
It took a while to get used to driving on the other side of the road, but we had a good GPS which could find anywhere if we could get the postal code for it, even Stonehenge or Rosslyn Chapel.
Do you have a GPS?
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We rented a car when we were in the UK.
It took a while to get used to driving on the other side of the road, but we had a good GPS which could find anywhere if we could get the postal code for it, even Stonehenge or Rosslyn Chapel.
Do you have a GPS?
When I lived in Okinawa, I didn't have any problems getting used to it, because the wheel was on the other side of the car as well. The only time I got confused was when I drove a Hummer off base.
I don't have a GPS. I have navigation on my phone, that seems to work pretty well.
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If you could spend a year travelling, and going wherever the hell you wanted, where would you go, why, and what would you hope to experience?
I would love to go to the U.K. and tour all the great racetracks there. I would rent or buy a car, something cool that I wouldn't have the chance to drive in the U.S., like a Renault Clio V6 Sport.
I would pretend to be Canadian so the Limeys wouldn't throw rocks at me. :P
If you bring an actual canadian, it works much better.
Dude, I am so coming! I'm the one with the kick ass camera. Must fully document all of your racing adventures and I wanna ride in the cool car. Pleeeeeeeaze? (emo)
Plus, Binty wants to see me. :green:
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If you could spend a year travelling, and going wherever the hell you wanted, where would you go, why, and what would you hope to experience?
I would love to go to the U.K. and tour all the great racetracks there. I would rent or buy a car, something cool that I wouldn't have the chance to drive in the U.S., like a Renault Clio V6 Sport.
I would pretend to be Canadian so the Limeys wouldn't throw rocks at me. :P
If you bring an actual canadian, it works much better.
Dude, I am so coming! I'm the one with the kick ass camera. Must fully document all of your racing adventures and I wanna ride in the cool car. Pleeeeeeeaze? (emo)
Plus, Binty wants to see me. :green:
Seriously, how fun would that be?
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It would be amazing! 8) I'll be in charge of making the road trip playlist. :thumbup:
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
I have an amp that goes to 11! :headbang2:
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
I have an amp that goes to 11! :headbang2:
:lol: I love that movie. :thumbup:
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Name something strange you do on a regular basis
I have a fixation with even numbers. The volume on my TV, stereo, etc. always has to be on an even number.
Mine is similar to that, although it is has to be like 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 etc. When faced with having to do something with an odd number, I imagine the closest even number and round it down (for example, if faced with something like 8000, I imagine 8192 and round it down to 8000).
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How is the job hunt going? Things really suck in construction, this our normal slow time of year anyway so, combined with the recession, we are fucked probably until Feb or March.
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I got a call last Thursday from the company I worked with back in the spring. They had some shithead they had just fired, so they needed some help asap. I was on the road for three days last week out in the Dakotas, and will be on the road for most of this week. I actually kind of like being on the road. Lots of hours too.
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That is good you have money coming in.
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Will you post here more often again or has CG completely stolen you away? :laugh:
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Will you post here more often again or has CG completely stolen you away? :laugh:
Shush, you! :laugh: It's not my fault now that he doesn't have to go chasing tail that he's lost his posting drive. :green:
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Been so quiet without you here EBMF. :zoinks:
Do miss your posts and hope to see you soon mate.
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hey guys, CG let me out of the restraints to use the bathroom, so i grabbed the laptop to post real quick.
shit, here she comes again... gotta go...
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:cfm:
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:P
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hey guys, CG let me out of the restraints to use the bathroom, so i grabbed the laptop to post real quick.
shit, here she comes again... gotta go...
"It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told"
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Hey EBM, does the building in the background look familiar??
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2620/145/71/1106050107/n1106050107_30224805_5178770.jpg)
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or this one??
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2620/145/71/1106050107/n1106050107_30224808_4536302.jpg)
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Yeah, I drove that yellow bucket truck almost every day. There is a trail going over those hills, there used to be a SeaBee unit back there. Cool bunch of guys. Used to go back there and watch them blow shit up.
It's amazing when you look at the size of the UAVs now. The Predator had a wingspan of what, fifty feet? They are huge.
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hey guys, CG let me out of the restraints to use the bathroom, so i grabbed the laptop to post real quick.
shit, here she comes again... gotta go...
Sounds like she is being bad. Are you going to paddle her?
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Heya EBM.
You had your former avatar, to match the shoes you had bought IIRC. Shoes with weird soles that would shape up your buttocks when running.
Did they do miracles for your ass indeed, and shape it into a cute firm butt?
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Haha, I had forgotten about that.
I really haven't had any time at all over the past five months to get into a fitness regimen. I've just started running again over the last two weeks, and I can tell the difference with these shoes. I can feel the soreness more in my upper legs and lower back.
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Haha, I had forgotten about that.
I really haven't had any time at all over the past five months to get into a fitness regimen. I've just started running again over the last two weeks, and I can tell the difference with these shoes. I can feel the soreness more in my upper legs and lower back.
Is it a good or a bad kind of soreness?
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A good soreness, like you get after a really good workout. I suppose it could turn into a bad soreness if I pushed it, but I've been easing back into it.
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A good soreness, like you get after a really good workout. I suppose it could turn into a bad soreness if I pushed it, but I've been easing back into it.
I kind of like a good soreness.
Hate pain because of wearing out sinews and ligaments and such. Very different type of pain to feel.
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Yeah, I buy new running shoes often. If the joins start to hurt after a run, I figure they are about worn out.
It's the kind of hurt that feels like something is damaged. Not good.
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:indeed:
Need to get myself new shoes, for plain walking. These are not good enough any more.
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Mmmm. Ruminations. Ruminate. Ruminating. That's what used to call it before knowing the right word. It's funny to think of it now.
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Mmmm. Ruminations. Ruminate. Ruminating. That's what used to call it before knowing the right word. It's funny to think of it now.
Hyke is a ruminant! :nerdy:
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Yes. Cows understand these things.
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Yes. Cows understand these things.
They have a gentle wisdom from spending many meditative years in the fields. :angel:
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We chew. We chew a lot.
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Mmmm. Ruminations. Ruminate. Ruminating. That's what used to call it before knowing the right word. It's funny to think of it now.
Hyke is a ruminant! :nerdy:
She is not a remnant. Stephen King is though.
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We choo. We choo a lot.
Geshundheit.
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Mmmm. Ruminations. Ruminate. Ruminating. That's what used to call it before knowing the right word. It's funny to think of it now.
Hyke is a ruminant! :nerdy:
She is not a remnant. Stephen King is though.
Stephen King is also a Rock Bottom Remainder! :rock:
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What type of paint or liner is used in gas metal cans? I ask as your a mechanic and have been in the military, I have an old jerry can and would like to restore it to the point of usefulness and not just for show. It is from 1980 and I could see some sort of paint on the inside but it mostly peeled.
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They make a product specifically for those cans. I don't know what the stuff the military uses is called, it came in a green can and just had a number on it. I know the motorcycle and hot rod guys use something called "Kreem", a lot of those guys swear by that stuff. I've never used it myself.
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Thanks :plus:
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Post up some pics when you're done with it, I'm interested in seeing it.
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So today I was working on my son's car, he had driven through a very deep puddle. I cleared the water out of the engine with much difficulty but was successful and got it running again :hyke: So then I went to change the oil which had also been contaminated the drain plug was on so tight I thought I was going to strip it but it finally came off, the oil filter which is internal and covered by a plastic cover with a spot to put a socket was on just as tight. This time I put a torque wrench on it and it took just over 70ft/lbs WTF. I looked up what they are supposed to be just 15 each, until know they are only been changed at the dealer because it was included when he bought the car. My question is how tight do you think they put them on? Four times over spec to get them off seems a bit excessive and has me worried about what else they tightened the shit out of. BTW they crushed the oil filter inside it's housing>
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Some of those monkeys just tighten the shit out of everything. Have you had the wheels off yet? I snapped half the lug bolts off one of my cars because the previous owner torqued the shit out of them.
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Some of those monkeys just tighten the shit out of everything. Have you had the wheels off yet? I snapped half the lug bolts off one of my cars because the previous owner torqued the shit out of them.
Some idiots in my union do that shit with conduit and fittings. I broke a tee back in 2008 because my 27 year* journeyman tool partner torqued the fuck out of it and there was no adjustment left in it. >:( When I train apprentices I tell them to get it snug and allow for maybe a few degrees to plumb.
That is 27* years in the trade not a rookie 27 year old.
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We have a new smiley you will like.
Type : scrap : without the spaces.
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We have a new smiley you will like.
Type : scrap : without the spaces.
:scrap:
nice
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We have a new smiley you will like.
Type : scrap : without the spaces.
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That reminds me of (http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nancy-cartoon.jpg)
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We have a new smiley you will like.
Type : scrap : without the spaces.
:scrap:
That reminds me of (http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nancy-cartoon.jpg)
:lol1:
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You've been gone for ages- what's bringing you back?