| 00:09.02 | aeryndunham | Also, I want to put up a sign that bars people from using "I have a problem" as the first thing they say to me |
| 00:09.51 | RyanE | yeah, good luck with that. |
| 00:10.06 | aeryndunham | it would just be nice |
| 00:10.24 | RyanE | Yeah, their next question would be: "Where do I login to complain about this sign?" |
| 00:16.54 | aeryndunham | also in the internet cafe of my dreams is a sign that says I'm not actually here to teach them basic computer skills like... how to use the mouse |
| 00:35.18 | aeryndunham | oh, good news! he went to the medical center |
| 00:35.27 | spangborn | Woot! |
| 00:35.34 | aeryndunham | bad news, he just keeps staring at the stuff thry gave him instead of taking it |
| 00:35.37 | spangborn | lol |
| 00:35.42 | spangborn | He'll take it eventually |
| 00:35.45 | spangborn | Hopefully |
| 00:35.54 | aeryndunham | yeah |
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| 18:57.24 | aeryndunham | Dangit, I got disconnected and was talking to myself again |
| 19:01.34 | jholtom | its ok talking to yourself is a healthy pastime |
| 19:02.05 | aeryndunham | indeed |
| 19:04.41 | spangborn | I talk to myself all the time |
| 19:04.49 | spangborn | I also talk to my dogs, which is probably less healthy |
| 19:06.02 | programmerq | no, dogs understand human speech |
| 19:06.25 | levi | At least half the time I talk in IRC, I'm mostly talking to myself. Mostly because I pick times to talk when no one else is paying attention. |
| 19:09.09 | jholtom | I don't have friends so all I talk to is myself |
| 19:12.38 | spangborn | I'll be your friend |
| 19:12.46 | spangborn | But only if you drive me around in your Miata |
| 19:12.52 | spangborn | I have standards |
| 19:13.12 | jholtom | haha |
| 19:13.22 | jholtom | I drive with the top down in the winter, I hope you don't mind |
| 19:13.40 | spangborn | I've been to Minnesota in January, no biggie |
| 19:13.51 | aeryndunham | I used to live in Minnesota, winters were..... fun |
| 19:14.11 | spangborn | Living in MN takes a very special kind of person |
| 19:14.18 | spangborn | I think they call it "masochism" |
| 19:16.01 | aeryndunham | Minnesota is so beautiful in the summer it ALMOST makes up for the winter |
| 19:17.10 | spangborn | This is a fair point. |
| 19:17.46 | aeryndunham | I just like seasons, I guess. And the three states I've lived in have all had them, and now I have to move to a land of perpetual face-melting heat :p |
| 19:28.20 | aeryndunham | But, it'll still be an advenure to go live on land again |
| 19:28.22 | aeryndunham | I'm very excited |
| 19:30.15 | programmerq | aeryndunham⸠where are you heading? florida? I can't remember, but I think you've said before. |
| 19:30.24 | aeryndunham | programmerq: Yeah, southern Florida |
| 19:30.27 | levi | jholtom: What sort of Miata have you got? |
| 19:30.43 | jholtom | levi: nb |
| 19:30.49 | aeryndunham | Massachusetts, Minnesota, or Utah Florida is not :P but it'll do |
| 19:31.46 | jholtom | oh come on, I don't wanna drive to bountiful |
| 19:32.07 | jholtom | also ewww don't want an RF |
| 19:32.39 | jholtom | ugh, that one isn't attractive either |
| 19:32.48 | jholtom | damn you utah mazda dealers for having such shitty nd options |
| 19:32.56 | levi | I've got a '92 and a '99. |
| 19:33.01 | jholtom | nice! |
| 19:33.03 | jholtom | mines a 2004 |
| 19:33.23 | jholtom | either of them fi? |
| 19:34.52 | levi | The '92 was for a while, but it's back to stock now. |
| 19:35.36 | jholtom | do you still have the parts? |
| 19:36.31 | levi | Nope, except some injectors, fuel pump, and an old AFPR. |
| 19:36.51 | jholtom | aww |
| 19:37.33 | levi | Well, the turbo seized up, and the pipes were nothing special. |
| 19:37.39 | jholtom | yeah |
| 19:37.41 | jholtom | thats reasonable |
| 19:37.54 | jholtom | I've been debating whether or not its time to boost mine |
| 19:39.13 | levi | It was fun, and a learning experience. |
| 19:40.31 | jholtom | I already have one boosted car, do I really need another? |
| 19:41.06 | levi | Did it come that way? |
| 19:41.35 | jholtom | yeah, it came stock back in 94 |
| 19:41.37 | jholtom | turbodiesel |
| 19:41.58 | jholtom | I've worked on other non-stock fi cars though so its too much an issue |
| 19:42.19 | jholtom | *not too much |
| 19:45.06 | levi | For a while I had a Link ECU running things... getting that wired up and tuned was an experience. |
| 19:46.36 | spangborn | Modding cars sounds like a hell of a lot of work |
| 19:46.41 | jholtom | its way fun though |
| 19:46.44 | jholtom | if you can come up with the time |
| 19:49.22 | levi | I blew up the engine on my '99 (ignored a coolant leak problem too long :( ) and swapped it with a junkyard engine myself. I re-did all the seals, but I should have done a more thorough rebuild because it burns quite a bit of oil. |
| 19:51.00 | levi | And the '92 is is sitting in the garage with the back bumper off waiting for me to finish welding in the panel I had to replace thanks to a careless SUV driver. |
| 19:51.49 | jholtom | ah well |
| 19:52.01 | jholtom | I've been meaning to finish working on my RV |
| 19:52.08 | jholtom | but its too nippy out |
| 19:52.39 | levi | My "RV" is an '84 Volkswagen Vanagon with a Subaru 2.5l in it. :) |
| 19:53.32 | jholtom | my RV is an unfinished 1983 Hilux with a custom camper from Sandtana on the back, has an old 22R |
| 19:53.40 | jholtom | somehow only has 116k on the clock |
| 19:55.06 | jholtom | where is your favorite place to cruise in the miatas? |
| 19:56.36 | levi | I like canyon roads the best, as long as there's not too much traffic. |
| 19:56.43 | jholtom | which canyon roads? |
| 19:58.38 | jholtom | mostly I'm searching for roads I haven't driven yet |
| 19:59.04 | levi | Whatever's close and twisty. I'm not too picky. Nebo loop is nice, if you haven't been there. |
| 19:59.37 | jholtom | done that :P |
| 19:59.42 | jholtom | where are you? |
| 19:59.52 | spangborn | levi: Vanagon sounds awesome |
| 20:01.20 | levi | I live in Lehi, but I don't drive for fun much these days. |
| 20:02.11 | jholtom | does the ej really just drop into the vanagon? |
| 20:02.23 | jholtom | sounds like a cool car, I'm sure |
| 20:04.32 | levi | spangborn: It is awesome; it's got the best usable inside space per outside dimensions of any vehicle I've known, plus it has a great retro look to it. |
| 20:04.59 | spangborn | Did you see the VW I see in my neighborhood often? |
| 20:05.19 | levi | jholtom: I bought it pre-converted, but there are a number of kits that make it pretty easy to install. |
| 20:05.28 | levi | spangborn: I dunno, what is it? |
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| 20:05.48 | spangborn | https://i.imgur.com/5tMKMjG.jpg |
| 20:05.57 | levi | jholtom: It fits like it was made for it, though. |
| 20:06.29 | levi | Hah, haven't seen that one. |
| 20:07.06 | spangborn | https://i.imgur.com/qlAIAAG.jpg |
| 20:07.10 | spangborn | I love it. |
| 20:08.18 | spangborn | It's in pretty good shape, he must have done a lot of work on it |
| 20:09.10 | levi | A splittie would be cool, but they're way more rare and collectable. |
| 20:10.41 | levi | Vanagons are just old/collectable enough for people to keep producing repair panels and parts, but not so rare that people are anal about them. |
| 20:34.46 | RyanE | My wife's best college friend is obsessed with vanagons. I think she's bought/sold about 8 of them. |
| 20:41.58 | levi | Crazy. :) |
| 20:42.50 | levi | We had one when I was growing up; that one was actually a year newer than the one I have now, I think. |
| 22:51.03 | unum | http://www.ksl.com/?sid=42857461&nid=157&title=passing-driver-kills-man-attacking-arizona-trooper-on-road |
| 22:51.50 | unum | there's a story of a citizen carying a gun and making good use of it |
| 22:55.26 | SunSparc | kudos to him |
| 22:59.49 | levi | That is a bizarre story. |
| 23:01.17 | SunSparc | Yeah |
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| 23:31.53 | levi | The attacker and dead woman were apparently at one point in the same car, which rolled and ejected the woman, killing her. After the roll-over, the attacker apparently set up road flares. The officer was responding to "shots fired at another vehicle" and came upon the rollover. |
| 23:33.03 | aeryndunham | spangborn: I think I've retweeted things you've retweeted like 95 times this week |
| 23:34.20 | levi | For some reason the officer is putting out the flares when the attacker *shoots him* and then closes and starts beating him. "Good Sam" pulls over and shoots/kills attacker while beating is going on, then flags down engineer dude who gives medical aid and radios for help. |
| 23:36.57 | levi | I applaud the actions of the guys who helped and don't fault the first citizen responder for shooting the attacker, but this doesn't read to me like a "yay, guns!" story at all. |
| 23:41.25 | TodPunk | well, you know, levi, only guns can make this sort of thing happen |
| 23:41.56 | TodPunk | if we just told people they can't have them, this guy would be sane and nothing bad can happen |
| 23:41.58 | TodPunk | /s |
| 23:47.28 | levi | I'm not taking any position on gun control here; it's a problematic issue either way in our current situation. I'm just saying that the guns in this situation were as much or more involved in creating problems than solving them, and the solving part could have easily gone very bad. |
| 23:51.44 | levi | If I had been wounded and was pinned on the ground and being beaten, I'd surely appreciate help, but the idea of a random gunowner trying to shoot the guy who's got me pinned is a bit unnerving. |
| 23:53.16 | TodPunk | I think that's the least of the unnerving bits of the situation in this case |
| 23:54.21 | levi | But only because the guy didn't miss, or at least didn't miss low. |
| 23:58.06 | levi | I dunno, maybe just pulling over made the guy stop beating the officer and approach him or something that gave him a clear shot, but that's not what it sounded like. |
| 23:58.18 | romanovic | Yeah, and even having hit his target, bullets sometimes don't travel in straight lines after impact... |
