whatcha doing?

[Bigshankhank]

Yes, for the W202 platform (C-class) it was the biggest six available.
I am also looking to buy a late 90's Jag from a coworker, possible bad fuel pump and he doesn't want to spend the money to replace it. Why wouldn't I want a non-running, non-classic British car?

[guitargeek]

Buddy of mine, back in the 90s, picked up a nice XJS for a song because it had 12 bad injectors. A new injector cost something like a grand, so he dropped a Chevy 350 in there and sold the car for a handsome profit.

Same guy put a 302 in a Benz 240D. Excellent sleeper, and a very nice car.

[Bigshankhank]

Buddy of mine, back in the 90s, picked up a nice XJS for a song because it had 12 bad injectors. A new injector cost something like a grand, so he dropped a Chevy 350 in there and sold the car for a handsome profit.

Actually this is a fairly common conversion, in fact I think there is a shop in Dallas that pioneered it and makes a kit. Best thing is it addresses the somewhat over-stressed cooling system in the big Jag 12 cylinder engine.

[DerGolgo]

Breaking the law!!!

After 10 PM in Germany, you're not supposed to make any noise, other than maybe driving a car in the street, that your neighbors can hear.
Any noise, it's gotta be so quiet that it stays within your domicile. If you live in your own, detached house, with your own basement, where your neighbors can't even hear the blood-curdling screams of your prisoners, yeah, you can do home-improvements and stuff.
But not in a 335 sq. ft. apartment, in a building build from bricks made from wartime-rubble. Like where I live, no. At ten PM, you put the hammer down and unplug the power drill. Home-improvements are out, also.
You turn down the stereo/TV, perhaps switch to headphones entirely. No loud singing or carousing, party-noises better be rare and exceptional. If I had a dog, I'd have to make sure it didn't bark at this hour. People have gone to court for the latter in particular.
You're certainly not supposed to put a cheap-ass washing-machine in your kitchenette through the spin cycle, no you're not. Definitely.

Except that's what I just did. Thought the program would be done in an hour, it wasn't. Meh, I guess my neighbors are either drunk on a Friday night, at a party or at home, or are used to the traffic noise from the intersection right out front.

[Toonce(s)]

Breaking the law!!!
After 10 PM in Germany, you're not supposed to make any noise, other than maybe driving a car in the street, that your neighbors can hear.

Brilliant! I now understand the meaning of the lyrics to Stein um Stein.

I always thought it was about being trapped by guilt into a controlling, abusive relationship. Every stone is a tear, etc.
But no, it is because of the 10 pm quiet rule and building a nice house in consideration for the neighbors. A public service message of sorts.

I have read that it can be hard to decode Rammstein lyrics without being a native German speaker because of context, case in point.


Ich habe Pläne große Pläne
Ich baue dir ein Haus
Jeder Stein ist eine Träne
Und du ziehst nie wieder aus
Ja ich baue ein Häuschen dir
Hat keine Fenster keine Tür
Innen wird es dunkel sein
Dringt überhaupt kein Licht hinein

Ja ich schaffe dir ein Heim
Und du sollst Teil des Ganzen sein

Stein um Stein mauer ich dich ein
Stein um Stein
Ich werde immer bei dir sein

Ohne Kleider ohne Schuh
Siehst du mir bei der Arbeit zu
Mit den Füßen im Zement
Verschönerst du das Fundament
Draußen wird ein Garten sein
Und niemand hört dich schreien


And nobody will hear you scream.... (after 10 pm)

[DerGolgo]

Blowing off steam on the internets.
Cold weather making my hip hurt isn't news to me, not after four surgeries have left my pelvis looking like something Tim Taylor put together, and in a hurry, too.
But last week, when the ongoing cold-snap began, it started hurting a little more. Beginning of this week, it would hurt whether I was sitting, standing, walking, climbing stairs ... lying down. On my side, either side, back, belly, fucking hurts. Often enough radiating from my hip down all the way to my toes.
Doctors could only rule out a crushed nerve or whatever you call that. Could be a whole lot of other things. A CT might show it. Or it might not.
Here, have some physio. And some opiates.
I want to get back to work next week, and the opiates don't much mix with that, so I opted for another option. Which isn't working great, but at least my toes and my knee are mostly pain-free now.
If it doesn't improve by itself, or by better weather, or by physio, they may have to try and remove the bolts that are holding together my sacrum. That might help, or it might not. Might by an invertebrate disc that's messed up. Or nothing fixable, as such. Yipee.

Thank's for listening to my griping.

[Toonce(s)]

Might by an invertebrate disc that's messed up. Or nothing fixable, as such. Yipee.

Thank's for listening to my griping.

I admire your fortitude through all this, man. Really.

At what point were invertebrates incorporated into your treatment? Is that some kind of companion organism therapy?

Hope your hip starts to feel better. (manhug)

[DerGolgo]

Might by an invertebrate disc that's messed up. Or nothing fixable, as such. Yipee.

Thank's for listening to my griping.

I admire your fortitude through all this, man. Really.

Thanks. I've met a lot of people who'd pester me to confirm that everything is fine now and that I've found something else to make me happy or suchlike. If I just tell them no, a cold shoulder or hostility would be all I'd get in return.

At what point were invertebrates incorporated into your treatment? Is that some kind of companion organism therapy?

Yes, that should be Intervertebral disc. I could blame auto-correct for this mistake. So I will.

Hope your hip starts to feel better. (manhug)

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[Bo_9]

Couldn't hurt right?

[Bigshankhank]

Couldn't hurt right?

Fuckin' Florida...

[Caliann]

I'm currently in Corsicana, Texas, in a dorm room. My roomie (a rider btw, and kick ass) is in the shower. We have spent 10 hours today doing absolutely NOTHING correctly, and sucking at even that. I'm kicked back, with a sioda, a computer, after having boiled myself in a tub of water. What's up wit chew?

[guitargeek]

You have piqued my interest...

[Toonce(s)]

Collecting my wits after moving out suddenly.

[DerGolgo]

Moving out???
Details, man.

[Toonce(s)]

Since this is a public forum I'm not going into specifics, but I have been, as a matter of great folly and futility, trying to navigate a very dysfunctional marriage to a more graceful end, but on Thursday the shit hit the fan in such a manner that I just had to GTFO first and deal with things later. This sucks but it sucks less than staying. I have two teenage boys caught in the middle, so good golly fuck of a clusterfuck. On the bright side I no longer have a stupid bullshit phony-assed reason to avoid Streets, Denvah Cell.

Motherfucker.

p.s. Derg, I am so very much kicking myself in the ass for not coming out to meet you when your were here.

Shit.

[DerGolgo]

Do NOT kick yourself about anything like that.
I have scant to offer but a shoulder to cry on.

[Toonce(s)]

Oh, I forgot to add, Happy Valentines Day erryone!

[DerGolgo]

Had nothing to add for v-day, it's not a biggie over here. You got through okay?

[guitargeek]

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[Toonce(s)]

Had nothing to add for v-day, it's not a biggie over here. You got through okay?

I've never bought into it myself, but I did take the opportunity to torture myself by taking an evening walk through our fashionable downtown area to witness the throngs of VD couples on the town, riding in horsedrawn carriages, etc. On the bright side I noticed the expected share of couples that were clearly going through the motions and couldn't stand each other, based on body language.



Four days out, keeping my resolve, getting some much needed support from a few kind ears.

Protip: Don't wait until your life implodes before making friends of your own!

[DerGolgo]

Trying out yet another setup for my e-cigarette. The third all-new build since Saturday. Normally, the way to build this one, is with a single, horizontal coil, going across the air-hole at a 90° angle to that bridge-y bit. Essentially half of Saturday.

Saturday looked like so (forgot to take a pic before I had started installing the wicks):

Sunday like so:

And this is today's:


It's called "the chimney".
Does it work?
Let me appropriate the words of one of the greats:

“Let us go in; the fog is rising.”

[Bo_9]

Built a different kind of smoke machine...

[Rench]

Prepping for Rag as well, eh?

-Rench

[Toonce(s)]

Prepping for Rag as well, eh?

-Rench

> implying that weed is legal in Colorado

Oh Shit!

[Bo_9]

Hadn't thought about it but this could be modified into a 12v power-hooka....
LOL!

I'm just using it to find a damn vacuum leak on a BMW.

[Zim]

Finished dealing with terrible customer service through Motorola repairs when, on Thursday evening, I received a new Moto X after 44 days of frequent calls and hours of on-hold waits.

Just crushed it in La-Z-Boy.

[red]

Finished dealing with terrible customer service through Motorola repairs when, on Thursday evening, I received a new Moto X after 44 days of frequent calls and hours of on-hold waits.

Just crushed it in La-Z-Boy.

If you need a parts phone let me know. I shattered the screen on my Moto X. It still works, just slices up your digits.

[Bo_9]

Smoke machine MarkII has failed as the nichrome wire I have is not "resistive" enough to keep the current under the 8A limit for the little dimmer. But the grill regulator works perfect for the air after some light modification. Going to try a diesel glow plug next.
Gives me something to do while waiting on parts and watching snow.

[Mk3]

Smoke machine MarkII has failed...

Next time just skip to mk3, always gets it done.

[Bo_9]

Ha!
Nicely done.