Random thoughts thread

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Gas station on the way to work was out of 93, now I have to hunt one down nearby...

Very terrifying. Taking a blind decreasing radius turn at 30mph when you could only previously take it at 20mph is scary as shit.

You spoiled brat.

One of the great joys for me is when there is no one on the road, and there is a 20mph highway onramp, I barrel through at 40mph foot hard on the gas. I know it's not even close to the limits of grip because I only ever managed to barely slide going just as fast in the rain (obviously, this was done in a place with more room for error).

I think with a bit of suspension work my car is supposed to get 1g+ skidpad? The stock suspension is a very high ride (I scrape on curbs going straight up, but I can go over the smooth speed bumps at any speed under 25mph whereas every other sports car I've seen scrapes pretty bad) and very soft as well, and the suspension geometry isn't ideal, I bet with stiffer springs, 1 inch drop, camber corrected back to -1 degrees after the fact, it might outdo the BRZ :O

Speaking of which, I'm takin' the twisty mountain roads back home today

[Calum]

I was in Boston a few days ago and of course me and a couple of guys from the boat went to a restaurant. When we got the bill the waitress, as per every time I'm in the us, brought out one bill for the whole table. And as always were sitting like WTF, and had to wait to get her to separate it. And it finally dawned on me, this is why every sit com has an episode about splitting the bill, that's normal in the US. As a Canadian, I never understood the sit com episodes, or why the 'stupid' waitress only brought one bill.

I was really confused when the bus boy asked if we wanted it split evenly, especially in a country that's terrified of socialism.

[M-17]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Our help desk email was migrated to a new exchange service this morning. Regular call volume, but no incoming tickets. About an hour ago we decide something went wrong because several test tickets we submitted weren't showing up in our ticketing system. Yep, the migration fucked something up for our ticketing software and there's 90 trouble tickets pending.

I hate when stuff like that happens. Thankfully I haven't had problems like that here in quite a while and I bet most of those notifications should be easy fixes or think of it as a nice break from all those problems.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by M-17

I hate when stuff like that happens. Thankfully I haven't had problems like that here in quite a while and I bet most of those notifications should be easy fixes or think of it as a nice break from all those problems.

Apparently it's actually a different issue; some kind of VPN tunnel issue between us and the vendor...

[M-17]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Apparently it's actually a different issue; some kind of VPN tunnel issue between us and the vendor...

Naturally

[Shagaliscious]

Originally Posted by Spd229

I tried to play wow the last week or two. got to 90. got bored. Same bunch of folks I played with all through tbc, wotlk, and cata, seem more interested in doing dailies than content....granted that was the same issue in cata.

So I'm oddly enough ****ing around with BF3 and geometry wars.

Anyway, had an Acura NSX fly up to me yesterday. Rode all around me, finally caught a look at each other. Nodded and then the dude flies off. Got a wave as I passed him getting off an exit. Still not sure if he wanted me to play with him in Atlanta traffic or not...wasn't going to though, GSP loves that section of 75/85. Sexy car nonetheless though.

That game is a lot of fun!

Damn, I can't remember the last time I saw a NSX on the road. There used to be a 94 around here that was supercharged. That was badass.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Shagaliscious

Damn, I can't remember the last time I saw a NSX on the road. There used to be a 94 around here that was supercharged. That was badass.

2 weeks ago

[7thgear]

What do you do when one's actions are impeding your daily routine and it is impossible to explain to them why they are in the wrong because that would require using a time machine and going back to when they were a kid and spend 10 or so years edumacating them on how to fucking behave in society.

[Nevermore]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Very terrifying. Taking a blind decreasing radius turn at 30mph when you could only previously take it at 20mph is scary as shit.

Don't think I had anything like that, but I was doubling the recommended speeds on all the curves as best as I could. Doing 50 around a 25 on a wet road in VSC is pretty scary. XD There was some sliding, but nothing too bad, except one corner. I'll just say, traction control and assisted breaking are beautiful things.

[kanundrum]

Was filling up gas, a bum comes up to me asks me for money, I said I only have my credit card (which I did, i don't carry cash) if he wanted some food or drink from inside the gas station.

He responded with Ill take a pack of cigarettes

Im like no thanks I don't smoke.

Really ? lol

[fender2819]

Originally Posted by kanundrum

Was filling up gas, a bum comes up to me asks me for money, I said I only have my credit card (which I did, i don't carry cash) if he wanted some food or drink from inside the gas station.

He responded with Ill take a pack of cigarettes

Im like no thanks I don't smoke.

Really ? lol

I can't stand bums asking for money. My usual response is "Gotta work like the rest of us"

[IntotheOcean]

We accept the love we think we deserve.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by IntotheOcean

We accept the love we think we deserve.

Sounds like some AA, lol.

[wrxgoose]

Originally Posted by Guff

There's a White House Petition to legally call them a Hate Group.

It already has more than 50k signatures. It only needed 25k...

if they're considered a Hate Group, instead of a church, then they need to become taxable. suck on that, wbc.