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fewskillz

Mar 26 2010, 09:35 AM

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 09:44 AM)

Sounds fun! My youngest brother recently got drag tires for his Shelby. He actually needed the tires (as strange as this is) because the regular street tires just couldn't handle the full force of his supercharger.

Yeah, crappy tires on a high-horsepower car are downright dangerous. Some of my friends daily drive on $300 a piece drag radials that last 5,000 miles. At least they can get away with only two. I have to run 4 good tires, because my car is so light it can slide under normal* turning and braking.

*normal for me.

dshnarw

Mar 26 2010, 09:51 AM

stupid newspaper guy keeps breaking our flowers. looking for creative ways of shoving that stupid free section up his butt monday morning. we dont even want that stupid thing.

Weetabix7

Mar 26 2010, 09:55 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 09:51 AM)

stupid newspaper guy keeps breaking our flowers. looking for creative ways of shoving that stupid free section up his butt monday morning. we dont even want that stupid thing.

I wish to see video of said shoving of paper up nether regions.

Lalani

Mar 26 2010, 09:56 AM

Get a job, hippy!!!

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 09:59 AM

lol

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:14 AM

QUOTE (Needreefunds @ Mar 26 2010, 10:01 AM)

Kinda like this desk job thing! ( can sneek on here now and then )

I've been told that I finish my work too quickly, as if it some how makes it suspect. Therefore, I've decided to "slow down" by cruising the web periodically.

QUOTE (AdrianBryce @ Mar 26 2010, 10:24 AM)

^This. Reef forums really inhibit my productivity.

It makes mine appear more "appropriate."

QUOTE (fewskillz @ Mar 26 2010, 10:35 AM)

That's why my brother got his. With the regular tires, which weren't even all that crappy, the rear end would slide out when the supercharger kicked in. I'm not sure how long his tires will last, but he drives it as a fair-weather car anyways.

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 10:51 AM)

stupid newspaper guy keeps breaking our flowers. looking for creative ways of shoving that stupid free section up his butt monday morning. we dont even want that stupid thing.

Cannon?

Needreefunds

Mar 26 2010, 10:16 AM

QUOTE (AdrianBryce @ Mar 26 2010, 09:24 AM)

^This. Reef forums really inhibit my productivity.

dshnarw

Mar 26 2010, 10:23 AM

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 10:14 AM)

Cannon?

you have one i could borrow? will need delivery by 5am monday.

arwndsh

Mar 26 2010, 10:24 AM

Not to mention the stupid newspaper delivery man blares and I mean blares talk radio in the morning when he is delivering the papers at 6 something in the morning.

You can hear it inside with the windows closed which is bad enough but for most of the spring we sleep with our windows open. I don't appreicate being subjected to talk radio before I choose to wake up.

.

Maybe I'll set Gadget after him. That might help.

Hey MJ I've been told the same thing. lol

Weetabix7

Mar 26 2010, 10:26 AM

Guys, I have a terrible confession to make.
I can't get into this LED thing.
I have a super-amazing custom built fixture that imitates sunset and sunrise, has complete controllability, and I can't find a way to use it that I feel comfortable with.
Tried it over the Pico, tried combining it with T5HO, just having a hard time making it work.
:sheepish grover voice: I'm so embarassed.

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 10:29 AM

let me know if you think about getting rid of it. not that I want you to, but I may have need of another LED unit.

Weetabix7

Mar 26 2010, 10:33 AM

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 10:29 AM)

let me know if you think about getting rid of it. not that I want you to, but I may have need of another LED unit.

I've thought about it.
Still thinking.
I feel terrible.
It's a beautiful little unit.
I hope evilc and cptbjorn don't see this.

AdrianBryce

Mar 26 2010, 10:34 AM

I need leds bad too weets. keep me in mind, not D.

dshnarw

Mar 26 2010, 10:35 AM

QUOTE (Weetabix7 @ Mar 26 2010, 10:33 AM)

I've thought about it.
Still thinking.
I feel terrible.
It's a beautiful little unit.
I hope evilc and cptbjorn don't see this.

's ok weets...

T5s are better anyway

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:36 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:23 AM)

you have one i could borrow? will need delivery by 5am monday.

Unfortunately, it's been a while since I've had one. My buddies did one up the proper way (bored out a steel rod). I used to build them out of wood, but with the tools I have these days, getting it delivered before 5am Monday would be problematic, especially since the vet is coming over Saturday.

QUOTE (arwndsh @ Mar 26 2010, 11:24 AM)

Maybe I'll set Gadget after him. That might help.

Can Gadget do this? Good dog.

QUOTE (arwndsh @ Mar 26 2010, 11:24 AM)

Hey MJ I've been told the same thing. lol

Isn't it a bit sad?

QUOTE (Weetabix7 @ Mar 26 2010, 11:26 AM)

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 10:38 AM

dshrew, build a potato gun out of pvc pipe. we used to be able to shoot potatoes straight through stop signs.

QUOTE (Weetabix7 @ Mar 26 2010, 11:33 AM)

I've thought about it.
Still thinking.
I feel terrible.
It's a beautiful little unit.
I hope evilc and cptbjorn don't see this.

it is a nice little unit. it's a shame it's not working out for you.

dshnarw

Mar 26 2010, 10:39 AM

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 10:36 AM)

THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE VET DANGIT!

*sigh* i'll just have to "borrow" one from manassas...

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 10:36 AM)

Can Gadget do this? Good dog.

zomg will begin pooch training this afternoon

Weetabix7

Mar 26 2010, 10:40 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 10:35 AM)

's ok weets...

T5s are better anyway

I keep coming back to that myself.
I think it's just a matter of what I prefer and feel comfortable working with.
T5's work for me.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:41 AM

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 11:38 AM)

dshrew, build a potato gun out of pvc pipe. we used to be able to shoot potatoes straight through stop signs.

Yeah, I think that will do.

Weetabix7

Mar 26 2010, 10:41 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 10:39 AM)

THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE VET DANGIT!

*sigh* i'll just have to "borrow" one from manassas...

I have to agree with D here.
D, just don't forget the video, kay?

dshnarw

Mar 26 2010, 10:42 AM

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 10:38 AM)

dshrew, build a potato gun out of pvc pipe. we used to be able to shoot potatoes straight through stop signs.

cannon is more substantial. it says "this guy is frickin mad about his flowers"

pvc potato cannons stuffed with newspapers just say "this guy is a nutcase"

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 10:42 AM

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 11:41 AM)

Yeah, I think that will do.

think 10 ft. long mounted on top of a pickup truck driving around the country shooting potatoes at anything that made a good target (road signs, cows, liberals...)

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:42 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:39 AM)

THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE VET DANGIT!

Well, it's not just that she is coming over... who knows, maybe there will be some scrabble. Scrabble > everything else.

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:39 AM)

*sigh* i'll just have to "borrow" one from manassas...

That would work too. A local VFW has a tank in their parking lot.

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:39 AM)

zomg will begin pooch training this afternoon

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 10:43 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:42 AM)

pvc potato cannons stuffed with newspapers just say "this guy is a nutcase"

they think that until the newspaper cleans out their colon.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:44 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:42 AM)

cannon is more substantial. it says "this guy is frickin mad about his flowers"

pvc potato cannons stuffed with newspapers just say "this guy is a nutcase"

^^ My approach

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 11:42 AM)

think 10 ft. long mounted on top of a pickup truck driving around the country shooting potatoes at anything that made a good target (road signs, cows, liberals...)

Oh how that makes me want to move back to the country....

AdrianBryce

Mar 26 2010, 10:46 AM

My friends dad had a revolutionary war cannon. he used to drive around with it hanging out of the back of a mini van shooting whatever he could find out of it. Completely drunk, btw.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:47 AM

QUOTE (AdrianBryce @ Mar 26 2010, 11:46 AM)

Completely drunk, btw.

Isn't that how everyone shoots cannons?

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 10:47 AM

QUOTE (AdrianBryce @ Mar 26 2010, 10:46 AM)

My friends dad had a revolutionary war cannon. he used to drive around with it hanging out of the back of a mini van shooting whatever he could find out of it. Completely drunk, btw.

the only thing that would make this story better is if he was Jewish. That would make it epic.

dshnarw

Mar 26 2010, 10:47 AM

QUOTE (Weetabix7 @ Mar 26 2010, 10:41 AM)

I have to agree with D here.
D, just don't forget the video, kay?

i'm sure the neighbors will have the video cam out when they see the cannon

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 10:42 AM)

Well, it's not just that she is coming over... who knows, maybe there will be some scrabble. Scrabble > everything else.

you've waited this long, you can suck it up and wait some more.

besides, we all know the vet is more into backgammon

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 10:43 AM)

they think that until the newspaper cleans out their colon.

visual impact pre-firing is as important here

AdrianBryce

Mar 26 2010, 10:48 AM

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 09:47 AM)

the only thing that would make this story better is if he was Jewish. That would make it epic.

nope he is a red blooded american who hates commies and "the asians". he was on the florida gators team that gatorade was tested on in the sixties.

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 10:50 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 10:47 AM)

visual impact pre-firing is as important here

paint the pvc grey? also, our cannon used to belch out a nice sized fireball when we fired it. how we didn't blow ourselves up i will never know.

QUOTE (AdrianBryce @ Mar 26 2010, 10:48 AM)

nope he is a red blooded american who hates commies and "the asians". he was on the florida gators team that gatorade was tested on in the sixties.

lol...almost as good.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:51 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:47 AM)

you've waited this long, you can suck it up and wait some more.

Well, there is some truth to that. If I had a lathe, I build a proper cannon tonight. Unfortunately, I don't.

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:47 AM)

besides, we all know the vet is more into backgammon

Although she did say that she was fantastic at playing scrabble. I might have to let her in on the joke at some point.

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:47 AM)

visual impact pre-firing is as important here

That's why I'm sticking with Mr. Eastwood. There is nothing more intimidating than a guy walking out of his house pointing a rifle. Just gruffly say "LEAVE THE FLOWERS ALONE" and he'll clean his own colon, right into his pants.

dshnarw

Mar 26 2010, 10:52 AM

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 10:50 AM)

paint the pvc grey? also, our cannon used to belch out a nice sized fireball when we fired it. how we didn't blow ourselves up i will never know.

yeah, still dont think pre-firing is gonna work there. we had one (kentuckians, after all) and it just looked a little silly until the spud blew a hole in the side of the barn.

also in need of:

one police car, bumpers must be intact.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 10:54 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:52 AM)

also in need of:

one police car, bumpers must be intact.

That should be easy. Just make an anonymous call on yourself, saying that you think all of the lights on in the house must be being used to grow weed. Then, when the cops call, A can distracted them, and the police car, with its intact bumper, will be fair game.

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 10:58 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 11:52 AM)

yeah, still dont think pre-firing is gonna work there. we had one (kentuckians, after all) and it just looked a little silly until the spud blew a hole in the side of the barn.

that's the wonderful "oh ####" moment.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 11:00 AM

On an unrelated note: Did anyone ever figure out what happened to ap123? She hasn't been on in ages!

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 11:58 AM)

that's the wonderful "oh ####" moment.

I live for those moments.

I couldn't tell you how many times I've nearly been killed.

arwndsh

Mar 26 2010, 11:00 AM

Somehow I don't think thats a good idea.

Have we mentioned he stands in the parking lot 30 feet away and throws the papers from there? He is an incredibly lazy man.

In other news Walmart to Help small Farmers and local economies

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 11:03 AM

QUOTE (arwndsh @ Mar 26 2010, 12:00 PM)

Have we mentioned he stands in the parking lot 30 feet away and throws the papers from there? He is an incredibly lazy man.

30 ft. is definitely in the kill zone. or at least the free colonoscopy zone.

Weetabix7

Mar 26 2010, 11:04 AM

I have no idea what happened to ap123, she just totally dropped off the radar.
I worry about her sometimes.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 11:04 AM

QUOTE (arwndsh @ Mar 26 2010, 12:00 PM)

Somehow I don't think thats a good idea.

Have we mentioned he stands in the parking lot 30 feet away and throws the papers from there? He is an incredibly lazy man.

Seems like even more of a reason to go the rifle route. Cannons, especially homemade ones, aren't know for their accuracy.

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 11:05 AM

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 12:00 PM)

On an unrelated note: Did anyone ever figure out what happened to ap123? She hasn't been on in ages!

nope. sent her a PM a while back and nothing. she vanished. had lunch with DCG a few weeks ago and they had heard from her that week, but I don't know any details of why she stopped signing on here.

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 12:04 PM)

Seems like even more of a reason to go the rifle route. Cannons, especially homemade ones, aren't know for their accuracy.

we built a pvc scope for ours and it was definitely accurate up to about 100 ft.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 11:06 AM

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 12:03 PM)

30 ft. is definitely in the kill zone. or at least the free colonoscopy zone.

Really? I thought they lost accuracy after 15 ft or so.

QUOTE (Weetabix7 @ Mar 26 2010, 12:04 PM)

I have no idea what happened to ap123, she just totally dropped off the radar.
I worry about her sometimes.

Didn't she live not to far from DH? Maybe she needs an intervention. Hopefully she'll return some day.

DHaut

Mar 26 2010, 11:06 AM

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 12:06 PM)

Really? I thought they lost accuracy after 15 ft or so.

you just have to build it right. carving the potato into the right shape helps too.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 11:18 AM

QUOTE (DHaut @ Mar 26 2010, 12:06 PM)

you just have to build it right. carving the potato into the right shape helps too.

Ah, well yeah, that would help. I thought you were just shoving the potato in. However, if you give it a cone shape like a bullet, you'll get better performance. Hm... how about a hollow point potato?

Needreefunds

Mar 26 2010, 11:41 AM

QUOTE (dshnarw @ Mar 26 2010, 10:23 AM)

you have one i could borrow? will need delivery by 5am monday.

Why borrow?
Something wrong with your Xsi ???

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 11:43 AM

QUOTE (Needreefunds @ Mar 26 2010, 12:41 PM)

Why borrow?
Something wrong with your Xsi ???

Nice one Richie.

Needreefunds

Mar 26 2010, 11:49 AM

QUOTE (Militant Jurist @ Mar 26 2010, 11:43 AM)

Nice one Richie.

Thanks.

And.... NOTHING is more important than the Vet.

Tell them all I said so.

Carry on.

QUOTE (Weetabix7 @ Mar 26 2010, 11:04 AM)

I have no idea what happened to ap123, she just totally dropped off the radar.
I worry about her sometimes.

Me too Lisa.

I hope it wasn't something as silly as being worried about the frag swap stuff.

I would hope she knows us better than that. We all understand she has a special needs daughter and that life changes on a dime.

Anne, if you see this I hope all is well and please come back now and then!!

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 11:50 AM

QUOTE (Needreefunds @ Mar 26 2010, 12:46 PM)

Thanks.

And.... NOTHING is more important than the Vet.

Tell them all I said so.

Carry on.

I'm glad someone can see reason around here!

In other news, I'm starting to be unhappy about my change in allergy drugs. I'm glad I'm on something better, but this is my second day of the new drugs, and I don't think they are working yet. I went from a steroid to a pill, and now I've got drainage again. Looks like a thorough cleaning of the house is in order tonight, to help with the transition.

Militant Jurist

Mar 26 2010, 01:28 PM

Maybe I'll be building that cannon after all this weekend. Just got a text saying that she now has to work tomorrow afternoon/evening.

Sometimes I wonder what I'm going to do.....

arwndsh

Mar 26 2010, 01:50 PM

Is she working tonight/tomorrow morning? Take her out tonight if not.

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