January 8Jan 8 52 minutes ago, Superhero said: Outside my front door… You really didn't have to do that.
January 8Jan 8 On 12/26/2024 at 10:06 AM, bernorange said: 10,000th reply to this thread... If Jesus were alive today, would he drive a car (or van or truck)? Carpenter? Either work van or pickup. Whichever he got the best deal on. Scuffed up paint job, but well-kept mechanically and miraculously long service life.
January 8Jan 8 On 12/29/2024 at 11:59 AM, Tex Long said: I went through three of those buses, one in Europe, one in Africa, one in Texas, albeit only one was a Westphalia, and all in 60's and early 70's. The flat-4 air-cooled engine was a Porsche Sr. design intended for small aircraft, and one of the great engines ever made, used in both buses and Beetles. American mechanical maintenance was a disaster, though. Keeping #3 cylinder's valves adjusted was a once-a-month fifteen minute job, but had to be done with the engine stone-cold, not just cooled off. Do that and it runs forever. Pop on the 1600cc jugs, and run 70-80mph all day at 30mpg. Having not done that, and blowing two #3 cylinders, I believe you.
January 8Jan 8 1 hour ago, Superhero said: Outside my front door… The real question is will you rebuild?
January 8Jan 8 8 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said: Having not done that, and blowing two #3 cylinders, I believe you. Well, technically you do all four cylinders, but #3 runs the hottest because of the fan's air flow design. Solid lifters, gotta keep 'em adjusted. All you need are a 19mm box, 10mm box, flathead screwdriver, and a feeler gauge. When you first start, it's a once-a-week at least a little bit of adjustment on all four. After a month, every other week, and then once a month or so. Park it Friday night where you can slide under on Saturday morning, leave it stone cold, ten or fifteen minutes tops. Haven't looked in years, but last time I did, there were still some manufacturers in Brasil making parts. Bet still plenty here and there.
January 8Jan 8 1 minute ago, Tex Long said: Well, technically you do all four cylinders, but #3 runs the hottest because of the fan's air flow design. Solid lifters, gotta keep 'em adjusted. All you need are a 19mm box, 10mm box, flathead screwdriver, and a feeler gauge. When you first start, it's a once-a-week at least a little bit of adjustment on all four. After a month, every other week, and then once a month or so. Park it Friday night where you can slide under on Saturday morning, leave it stone cold, ten or fifteen minutes tops. Haven't looked in years, but last time I did, there were still some manufacturers in Brasil making parts. Bet still plenty here and there. Yep. Got a replacement engine from Brazil when I owned mine, back in the 90s. Porsche. So like a VW, but 2x price. Wish I had it now, he said.
January 8Jan 8 1 hour ago, Superhero said: Outside my front door… Why are you posting a pic of A&M’s football program?
January 8Jan 8 4 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said: Yep. Got a replacement engine from Brazil when I owned mine, back in the 90s. Porsche. So like a VW, but 2x price. Wish I had it now, he said. Back then I had a neighbor who went and got a Karmann Ghia convertible, and we built a 1600cc+ with Porsche-quality Brasilian parts. Also did same with running gear, and that sumbitch was a fucking blast to drive - run 100mph easy peasy.
January 8Jan 8 34 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: The real question is will you rebuild? Let's see what the insurance company says. 🤣 Actually not even sure if my insurance company will cover me next year... I live next to undeveloped land and a region park that burned 5 years ago and the fire got within 1/2 mile from us. Several friends in similar type environment had their policies cancelled.
January 8Jan 8 Popular Post 2 minutes ago, Tex Long said: Back then I had a neighbor who went and got a Karmann Ghia convertible, and we built a 1600cc+ with Porsche-quality Brasilian parts. Also did same with running gear, and that sumbitch was a fucking blast to drive - run 100mph easy peasy. Karmann Ghias are sexy AF. Old Porsche 365s are sexy AF. There's some guy with an old Volvo p1800, also sexy AF. Would love to buy a restored version of any of those. The Volvo:
January 8Jan 8 4 minutes ago, Superhero said: Karmann Ghias are sexy AF. Old Porsche 365s are sexy AF. There's some guy with an old Volvo p1800, also sexy AF. Would love to buy a restored version of any of those. The Volvo: I went through a lot of Volvos (couple of 1xx and bunch of 2xx), as well as VWs. Mainly for the kids as they started driving... wanted them in a bulletproof vehicle, and it worked. Always wanted a P1800, but one never appeared at the right time.
January 8Jan 8 The old Volvos were built like tanks. My friend's family was moving back from Europe. At the port of Houston, they knocked a shipping container upside down. Inside the container was my friend's mom's Volvo station wagon. The car landed on it's roof, but there was no structural damaged. They fixed the sheet metal, and she drove it for another few years before passing it on to my friend's brother. Edited January 8Jan 8 by Superhero
January 8Jan 8 Wife has been dealing with pain, hearing loss in her left ear since coming home from Texas a week ago. Being the doting sympathetic husband that I am I started just mouthing words to make her think she’s losing her hearing completely, good thing for the spare bedroom has a comfortable bed.
January 8Jan 8 17 minutes ago, Underdog said: Wife has been dealing with pain, hearing loss in her left ear since coming home from Texas a week ago. Being the doting sympathetic husband that I am I started just mouthing words to make her think she’s losing her hearing completely, good thing for the spare bedroom has a comfortable bed. I’ve been doing a similar thing. Mrs. NNM recently got hearing aids. I’ve been alternating using a very soft voice and very loud voice to help her adjust. Those darn things never seem to be set correctly.
January 10Jan 10 On 1/8/2025 at 2:44 PM, Superhero said: The old Volvos were built like tanks. My friend's family was moving back from Europe. At the port of Houston, they knocked a shipping container upside down. Inside the container was my friend's mom's Volvo station wagon. The car landed on it's roof, but there was no structural damaged. They fixed the sheet metal, and she drove it for another few years before passing it on to my friend's brother. With all the safety features and devices, I am curious how that happened. Most container-handling equipment is idiot-proof. But since it happened at POHA, they probably figured out some new fuckery.
January 14Jan 14 when's the last time anyone used a laser pointer for anything other than as a cat toy
January 15Jan 15 10 hours ago, thunderlounge said: Measure a room? I mean, those aren't just laser pointers though, are they? They got other things attached n stuff
January 15Jan 15 6 minutes ago, Rimbo said: I mean, those aren't just laser pointers though, are they? They got other things attached n stuff Considering my dog chases it around, close enough.
January 15Jan 15 I bet the Germans have a word for the specific type of optimism one feels after a larger-than-usual morning dump and the accompanying expectation that it will be reflected in a lower-than-usual daily weigh-in. #WeightlossThruPooping
January 15Jan 15 Popular Post 2 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said: I bet the Germans have a word for the specific type of optimism one feels after a larger-than-usual morning dump and the accompanying expectation that it will be reflected in a lower-than-usual daily weigh-in. #WeightlossThruPooping Schitenfreude
January 15Jan 15 8 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said: I bet the Germans have a word for the specific type of optimism one feels after a larger-than-usual morning dump and the accompanying expectation that it will be reflected in a lower-than-usual daily weigh-in. #WeightlossThruPooping I Schitenfreude every week - not stepping on that scale in the morning until I'm empty.
January 16Jan 16 Popular Post I'm so fucking stupid. I was looking at a printed document with tiny text. It was difficult to even read with my reading glasses on. My thumb and forefinger moved toward the sheet of paper, and I tried to zoom in... I'm becoming senile.
January 16Jan 16 36 minutes ago, Superhero said: I'm so fucking stupid. I was looking at a printed document with tiny text. It was difficult to even read with my reading glasses on. My thumb and forefinger moved toward the sheet of paper, and I tried to zoom in... I'm becoming senile. Not gonna lie, done this more than once. Sheesh.
January 17Jan 17 My wife, kids and I are all in a Life360 group. I got it when the kids started driving and we've never gotten rid of it. But I find myself instinctively trying to track people that aren't in my group. Like if I'm meeting my sister for lunch or waiting for my buddy to get to the golf course. "Where the fuck are they?", I'll reach for my phone to check and feel like a moron.
January 17Jan 17 12 minutes ago, Sandman said: My wife, kids and I are all in a Life360 group. I got it when the kids started driving and we've never gotten rid of it. But I find myself instinctively trying to track people that aren't in my group. Like if I'm meeting my sister for lunch or waiting for my buddy to get to the golf course. "Where the fuck are they?", I'll reach for my phone to check and feel like a moron. Yep, same. I find myself getting irritated when I can’t track where my buddy is that’s meeting me for lunch. I’d like to go back to pre-cell phone days. I really would.
January 17Jan 17 I would without a doubt go back to pre cell phone days. As long as I could still have a hand held texter. That’s the greatest invention in the world for not having to talk to people.
January 17Jan 17 What are the two nozzles that are spraying above the water temp and flow handle? Bidet for Shaq? Head scrubber for Peter Dinklage? It hit me just above the belly button. If it came out with more pressure, it might feel good on an achy back. I give up and am desperate enough to ask Surly...
January 20Jan 20 On 12/26/2024 at 9:07 AM, Vegas64 said: Random thought today as I heard Snoop Dogg pitching T-Mobile or iPhones on the radio (and yes, I listen to terrestial radio because I'm old). Is Gen X propping this guy up? Boomers are like Linda Tripp-- this Snoop Doggy guy is violent and his music is vitrolic and don't let our kids listen to it. Millennials weren't alive when Snoop Dog was popular save for like 6 weeks when the "Drop it like it's hot" Pharrel song was big 20 years ago. Gen Z and Alpha don't know who this guy is, musically. He's their black Willie Nelson as a weed champion for legalization and culture, at best. But Gen X. We love Snoop. We were the prime audience for MTV when Snoop's videos were on every other song and Death Row was a thing. We made The Gourds cover of Gin & Juice an unironic and cringy staple at our fraternity mixers. Enjoying Snoop is/was our personality. We've taken a self-admitted violent gang-banger, who was once on trial for murder, and whose lyrics are the definition of misogny and turned him into a face of consumerism for an aging generation based on us not wanting to get old. How else do we explain his appeal to cover the 2024 Olympics, his iPhone jingles, podcast with Martha Stewart, etc.? Wait, now Snoop is performing at Trump's inauguration? This guy will do anything for a buck, won't he?
January 21Jan 21 Driving a Toyota while my car is in the shop. The backup camera on a 2024 Toyota is embarrassing. The camera on my 2020 Chevy looks like 4K compared to the Toyota's camera.
January 24Jan 24 What the fuck actually WAS Hans' problem? Sure, he wasn't going to amount to anything if he did nothing, but being a smarmy, manipulative little dickhead cost him everything. If he'd simply been there for Anna, he would've come out way ahead. But NOOOOOOO he had to get greedy. Seriously Anna was the hotter sister (figuratively AND literally) and you still get to live in the palace and nail her on the reg... I'm trying to figure out the downside for Hans of just Not Being a Manipulative Fuck.
January 25Jan 25 I dunno... the lady who dressed up as Elsa to my daughter's 4th birthday party was pretty hot. Will look for some pics when I get home. Edited January 25Jan 25 by Superhero
January 25Jan 25 2 hours ago, Superhero said: I dunno... the lady who dressed up as Elsa to my daughter's 4th birthday party was pretty hot. Will look for some pics when I get home. Drive faster. Enquiring minds wanna know!
January 25Jan 25 14 hours ago, Superhero said: I dunno... the lady who dressed up as Elsa to my daughter's 4th birthday party was pretty hot. Will look for some pics when I get home. Damn shame you got lost. Call 311 and ask for directions.
January 25Jan 25 20 hours ago, Rimbo said: Seriously Anna was the hotter sister (figuratively AND literally) and you still get to live in the palace and nail her on the reg... Elsa is my jam, so I'm cool with you bangin' Anna.
January 25Jan 25 38 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said: Elsa is my jam, so I'm cool with you bangin' Anna. I mean... But we're talking about Hans here. Also, I don't think Elsa swings that way.
January 25Jan 25 I'll admit I am currently preoccupied with the Rolex 24 and guilty of speed (non)reading!
January 25Jan 25 Sorry guys, traffic was horrible. Just got home. Edited January 25Jan 25 by Superhero
January 27Jan 27 On Fridays, my wife usually drops my daughter off at gymnastics and I pick her up. I left the office a little late, and was nervous that she'd be sitting on the curb watching the other parents picked up their kids. Luck would have it that traffic was light, and I got there with a few minutes to spare. So I went upstairs to the waiting area, and wait a minute... why is my wife here? I looked again, and I swear this woman looked a LOT like my wife, like A LOT. Same haircut, skin tone, same mannerism, etc. but those aren't her sunglasses and phone case, and the nose was a little different. But she could pass as my wife's doppelganger if she wanted to. I did what every creeper would do, and took a photo. I shared it with our friends chat group, and I said "Look, I found superheroine's twin sister, haha." There were a flurry of messages with the guys agreeing with me, the wives saying no, my wife is hotter. Anyway this is how the conversation ended. Yeah, she's still mad at me. But worth it. (Also, the boy sitting next to her was wearing all Under Armor. My boy has the same shirt and shorts.)
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