08-11-2022, 07:26 AM | #23551 |
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I was flipping through my Google News feed and came across an article from a couple of days ago on Jalopnik titled "I've been using my turn signals all wrong" and I figured, surely there's something new and surprising that I've missed out on, so I clicked the link.
No, no there was not. Some dude either with a total lack of awareness/shame or the most honest person in the world - I can't decide which - wrote an article about how he just realized his BMW turn signals did not need to be depressed all the way to signal, that if you press them lightly they will signal 2-4 times and you won't have to manually turn them off. And then he casually made some comment about how this isn't just a BMW thing either, many modern cars have this feature. And then he proceeds to explain how to use turn signals as if the person reading this was a recently-thawed Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. W. T. F.!
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08-11-2022, 08:13 AM | #23552 |
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Back in the '90s, my Dad's Mazda 626 did not have automatic cancellation of turn signals. Once you were done turning, you always had to move the stalk back into the "neutral" setting.
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08-11-2022, 08:19 AM | #23553 |
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Something in our '98 Cherokee broke and the turn signal wound up that way. It served as a starter car for both the kids, and when they graduated to newer cars it took some adjustment on their parts. (The younger actually complained that the new Cherokee's turns off too easily -- probably times when you ready yourself to make a turn but have to wait and the wheel re-centers just enough to turn the thing off.)
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08-11-2022, 08:33 AM | #23554 |
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I had a Mazda Tribute that when you put the turn signal on the brights flashed. Almost got me killed a few times before it got fixed
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08-11-2022, 08:34 AM | #23555 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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Right, this dude painstakingly explained how you can fully turn them on and then turn and they would automatically reset to off, but then there's this amazing new "life hack" he'd never heard of where you can just lightly press the stalk for lane changes and such and it blew him away.
My first impression was - if I was just learning that that existed, I'd keep it to myself, not write an article about it.
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08-12-2022, 05:43 PM | #23556 |
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08-12-2022, 07:14 PM | #23557 |
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How come Salman Rushdie didnt get his own thread? Are we waiting to see if he qualifies for the RIP Famous People thread? Or is he just more famous in the UK than here?
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08-12-2022, 07:31 PM | #23558 | |
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08-12-2022, 07:38 PM | #23559 |
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Same. I thought about posting it here. Idk if it is big enough for its own thread. It looks pretty awful.
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Don't really need Cavill or a big star to do the remake, I'm just happy it may become a reality. The original movie & originality was great for its time but looking back now, Christopher Lambert sucked, his acting and swordplay was ridiculous. The storyline was what sucked me in. https://sffgazette.com/fantasy/movie...1949#gs.8hczs4 Quote:
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08-13-2022, 06:41 PM | #23561 |
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Highlander really was a fantastic movie for its day. I think the an updated version done right would be outstanding. Better, set as a trilogy, so you can spend some real time in different time periods. As a matter of fact, just let me write it. I don't trust anybody else.
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08-13-2022, 06:48 PM | #23562 |
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I feel like future movie news deserves its own thread
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08-13-2022, 06:51 PM | #23563 |
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They opened a couple of Joella's Hot Chicken places in Lexington so we tried it out. Meh. The customer service was bad - I believe only two people were working and we waited 2 minutes before anyone came out from the back to take our order, and the girl who did... she looked/acted like she had just woke up. While we were waiting for our food, another guy came in, waited for 3-4 minutes at the counter, and walked out when no one showed up to take his order.
As far as the food, it was OK but nothing special. My wife doesn't want to go back. I'd eat it again, but a place called Dave's Hot Chicken also just opened here so I'd try that one first before going back to Joella's.
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08-13-2022, 06:59 PM | #23564 | |
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We've done Joella's here, only because my wife can have a vegan dinner there and those places are few and far between. I think it's a bit overpriced for what you get otherwise. I tried their hottest chicken and I frequently eat hot things, and this was entirely inedible and had to be tossed.
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08-15-2022, 08:03 AM | #23565 |
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Each time I open my Twitter app and see "What's Happening," I read it less and less like an invitation to share some mundane thought or activity from my life and more like an existentially nihilistic rhetorical question.
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08-15-2022, 07:13 PM | #23566 |
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Ok, which one of you stole my cutting board?
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08-16-2022, 07:57 AM | #23567 |
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Kinda shook that “Horse with No Name” is not a Neil Young or CSNY song.
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08-16-2022, 08:47 AM | #23568 |
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Outside the government I wonder who owns the most vehicles in the US. Amazon? Some rental car company?
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08-16-2022, 08:56 AM | #23569 | |
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I'm not a Miller fan but might just try this.
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08-16-2022, 09:13 AM | #23572 |
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08-16-2022, 11:39 AM | #23573 | |
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This brings me back to the early days of pirated MP3s, when the folks would tag MP3s with their best guest of the artist/song/album. "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - by Kenny Rogers" and such.
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08-16-2022, 11:55 AM | #23574 |
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I've always loved the band America. That was one of those bands I wore out my dad's old LPs of in the late 70s/early 80s as I was getting into music. Sister Golden Hair Surprise is a great song.
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08-16-2022, 12:39 PM | #23575 |
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Yep, "Sister Golden Hair" is a song that always takes me back to my very young days. Nothing specific, just that '70s feel.
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08-16-2022, 02:18 PM | #23576 |
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In my "America songs you thought were by someone else" file, for many, many years I thought "You Can Do Magic" was a Starship song.
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08-16-2022, 03:37 PM | #23577 |
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Nothing better than waking from a midday summer nap to your kids screaming because your dog killed a groundhog.
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08-16-2022, 03:51 PM | #23578 | |
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As I recall, that was their last hit and first one since one of the main guys left the band like 5 years earlier. It was released in the early 80s. It was written by the guy who wrote Since You Been Gone, recorded by Rainbow but was originally on his own solo album. EDIT: Looked it up and his name is Russ Ballard.
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08-16-2022, 03:55 PM | #23579 |
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How the hell are bank robberies still a thing in 2022?
Hillsborough deputies seek help identifying Brandon bank robber
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08-16-2022, 04:19 PM | #23580 |
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Dude was / is kind of a beast, and probably has more recognizable songs for other artists than for himself. The voice of Argent, he's who you hear on their hit "Hold Your Head Up" as well as the original version of "God Gave Rock and Roll To You" (before Kiss covered). But among numerous other credits include Kiss/Ace Frehley staple "New York Groove" and ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad's 1982 solo hit: "I Know There's Something Going On" And as a solo act, he had reasonable success with a 1984 track "Voices", which hit after being featured in a Miami Vice episode.
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08-16-2022, 04:51 PM | #23581 |
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Yeah, I vaguely remember him having a connection to KISS. I forgot about the Argent connection.
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08-16-2022, 09:11 PM | #23582 | |
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Interesting. Explains why I didn't hear it as a 'classic' America song.
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08-16-2022, 09:33 PM | #23583 |
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Why UPS and Amazon don't have the largest private fleet: lots of the trucks you see are privately owned by subcontractors. Even ones emblazoned with their emblem are actually owned by small private contractors. I'm really surprised that isn't true of AT&T, because many utility companies also subcontract much of their work.
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08-17-2022, 05:13 AM | #23584 |
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/16/us/li...bed/index.html
First and foremost, I hope the kid get better soon and does not suffer any long term effects from this injury. Full stop. To paraphrase Paul Harvey, I am curious about the rest of the story.
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08-17-2022, 02:28 PM | #23585 |
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Giving Coke Dreamworld a slight thumbs up. I liked Marshmello’s flavor more but this one is pretty drinkable. Plus they make a 12 pack of the mini cans
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08-17-2022, 02:33 PM | #23586 |
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My wife just bought a Dreamworld and it's chilling in the fridge. Gonna try it tonight.
I was not a fan of Marshmello due to the aftertaste, but I still enjoy Starlight. I'm the only one I know, though... Actually, I've drastically cut back on pop since coming back from vacation. I've always known what the studies say about zero calorie pop (mostly the dark colored kind), that even though it's zero calories, it tricks your body into thinking it's real sugar and acts to expand your waistline. And while that's probably not the sole reason for my waistline being what it is, it doesn't help. So I'm only drinking 2 or 3 cans a week instead of at least 1-2 a day.
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08-17-2022, 05:44 PM | #23587 |
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I just tried a few swigs of Dreamworld. Is that... pineapple/mango? It's a bit weird. Not sure I can drink much of it.
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08-17-2022, 05:51 PM | #23588 |
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I tried only the regular but yeah it’s citrus of some sort.
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08-17-2022, 08:11 PM | #23589 |
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Well, I just finished the Harry Potter books. Well-done series. Wish I hadn’t known about Snape…
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08-17-2022, 08:43 PM | #23590 | |
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Yeah, the depth of that series is remarkable. It works well as YA, but it's so deep that there's a lot in it even if you prefer literary fiction. You can share it with your kids, and you don't have to pretend it's interesting. I've never read anything else like it. |
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08-18-2022, 06:42 AM | #23591 | |
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This would freak me out.
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08-18-2022, 07:34 AM | #23592 |
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Now THAT's an episode of Storage Wars I might actually watch.
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08-18-2022, 08:05 AM | #23593 |
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Law and Order SVU: Storage Wars
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08-18-2022, 08:11 AM | #23594 |
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I can hear that Dave dude now: Yuuuuck!
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08-18-2022, 08:12 AM | #23595 |
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I'm trying to figure out how to work in "festival of my birth" into my OOO message since I'm taking off a couple of days around my birthday this year
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08-18-2022, 08:36 AM | #23596 |
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08-18-2022, 09:00 PM | #23597 |
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So my Asst. Principal is saying that 2 large neighboring school districts have put litter boxes in the bathrooms of their schools. The custodians are expected to clean these boxes.
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08-18-2022, 09:13 PM | #23599 |
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Just make sure you hit the box.
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08-18-2022, 09:13 PM | #23600 |
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