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NoHaveMSG · 11-09-2022, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soundman98

TIL that the coworker that has owned 2 focus st's, and 1 focus rs, and is constantly talking about tuning and modding for more power, can't identify the sound of a bad wheel bearing.

his response? "i really don't know anything about cars"...

I work with a kid like that. He has an absolutely hammered IS300 and thinks they are the greatest cars in the world. I asked him how many vehicles he has ever owned. 2, both IS300's

gen3v8 · 11-10-2022, 11:35 AM

Young and naive! those were great times.

Wally86 · 11-14-2022, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soundman98

TIL that the coworker that has owned 2 focus st's, and 1 focus rs, and is constantly talking about tuning and modding for more power, can't identify the sound of a bad wheel bearing.

his response? "i really don't know anything about cars"...

I had a coworker, same boat. Owned a modded wrx. Bought an STI. Asked me to come outside and listen to his car one day and it was knocking like the ATF on the wrong door. No car people owning fun car people cars.

x808drifter · 11-16-2022, 05:33 AM

TIL: A week disappeared in October 1582

Quote:

The most surreal part of implementing the new calendar came in October 1582, when 10 days were dropped from the calendar to bring the vernal equinox from March 11 back to March 21. The church had chosen October to avoid skipping any major Christian festivals.

https://www.britannica.com/story/ten...an%20festivals

Wally86 · 11-16-2022, 10:06 AM

Fun fun. Excited for Artemis 3 in a couple years.

Dadhawk · 11-16-2022, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wally86

Fun fun. Excited for Artemis 3 in a couple years.

Yea, its seems overly complicated with the whole space station, transfer to the landing ship thing, but sign me up!

Spuds · 11-18-2022, 10:56 PM

TIL Whiteline has a 30% off sale... A week after I ordered all my bushing stuff...

I'm dumb lol

Sapphireho · 11-18-2022, 11:17 PM

To day I realized I don't care what NASA does. Just a waste of money.

x808drifter · 11-19-2022, 07:39 AM

TIL: Not only were the SRB's from the SLS from the shuttle, but so were the 4 MRB's on the center stage.
Even more surprised it didn't launch in 2016ish.

cjd · 11-19-2022, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

To day I realized I don't care what NASA does. Just a waste of money.

Cheaper than demonstrating an utter lack of management skills, general understanding of how people work, and showing yourself to be the world's richest bully.
Also, not a waste of money, generally; that's not to say the way certain funding programs go aren't a poor financial decision (cost plus? wtf. Oh right, gotta send money to the states for those senators...)

NoHaveMSG · 11-19-2022, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

To day I realized I don't care what NASA does. Just a waste of money.

There are a lot of solutions that NASA has developed with private companies that are big industries today. Cordless power tools is a huge one. It's budget is less then .5% of the governments budget.

soundman98 · 11-19-2022, 03:14 PM

TIL the government has an incredibly large and useless budget

soundman98 · 11-19-2022, 08:57 PM

TIL ok go has some really interesting music videos. never ben a fan of the band, but contraptions are interesting in every one of them.

pope · 11-19-2022, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

To day I realized I don't care what NASA does. Just a waste of money.

Here’s the archive of the publication detailing the thousands of everyday technologies derived from NASA research.

One of my favorites is grooved concrete developed for the shuttle program, now used to make roadways safer. Seems obvious in hindsight, but without the shuttle program it’s unlikely any budget would have been spent on studying it.

https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff/archives

11-16-2022, 10:06 AM	#3631
Wally86 Be Kind Join Date: Apr 2020 Drives: 2020 86 Location: MD Posts: 1,140 Thanks: 5,655 Thanked 1,332 Times in 644 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s)	Fun fun. Excited for Artemis 3 in a couple years. __________________ [Insert clever signature here] IG \| WhiskyBlog \| Photography

11-18-2022, 10:56 PM	#3633
Spuds The Dictater Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: '13 Red Scion FRS Location: MD, USA Posts: 9,683 Thanks: 26,748 Thanked 12,739 Times in 6,313 Posts Mentioned: 88 Post(s)	TIL Whiteline has a 30% off sale... A week after I ordered all my bushing stuff... I'm dumb lol __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, a model is worth ten thousand pictures. Also: "Build Thread"

11-19-2022, 03:14 PM	#3638
soundman98 ProCrastinationConsultant Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: '14 Ranger, '18 Tacoma 4Dr LB Location: chicago-ish Posts: 11,327 Thanks: 35,240 Thanked 13,676 Times in 6,782 Posts Mentioned: 98 Post(s)	TIL the government has an incredibly large and useless budget __________________ "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time"

11-19-2022, 08:57 PM	#3639
soundman98 ProCrastinationConsultant Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: '14 Ranger, '18 Tacoma 4Dr LB Location: chicago-ish Posts: 11,327 Thanks: 35,240 Thanked 13,676 Times in 6,782 Posts Mentioned: 98 Post(s)	TIL ok go has some really interesting music videos. never ben a fan of the band, but contraptions are interesting in every one of them. __________________ "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time"

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