GasBandit
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That's just the rubber consortium's ad propaganda. Like the (condescending voice) "Cheenge yer oyl eevri tree-thoosand moyles" nonsense.
This wouldn't be a rant if you were posting it in the health and fitness thread.
Yyyeeeeaaaahhh, they still dry out.
I'm willing to believe their time estimate may be off (a.k.a. "extra conservative"), though.
--Patrick
Dry rot can be examined and there's a standard. So while the industry may suggest replacement after three years, you may find some locations dry rot is worse and requires more frequent replacement, while in others it's better and replacement is less frequent.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/car...-really-need-to-replace-those-tires-15408787/
However I've not heard of a 3 year limit, I've seen mention of 10 years and 6 years, though.
I've never owned a car long enough to need to replace the spare.
I change my oil when it gets dirty, I don't take notice of how many miles it's been
I have a white nationalist in one of my classes this semester. The guy always dressed in black, which I had thought was just a fashion statement or maybe to look slimmer because he's fat and flabby. He'd done well on his coursework and contributed to discussion, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. I talked about Canada in the American Revolution a couple weeks ago, and how loyalists fled there during and after the war. He mentioned something about "kissing Britain's ass." Then he approached me after class and started talking about how Canadians and Europeans apparently have no free speech or freedom. I addressed it head on and I'm a professional, so I don't think my pulse even quickened by one beat. He didn't bring it up again and the next week went by without incident. I thought it was just weird, and not anything more so I put it out of my mind.
Then in yesterday's class I was lecturing on 19th century nationalism. I think he asked why that nationalism doesn't exist anymore, and I said that nationalist groups and racist hate groups have become intertwined. Then he approached me again after class and started ranting that it's not racist to protect "white culture" from Muslims and to have segregation. He spewed a lot of conspiracy theories that tend to circulate on white nationalist hate sites. He was even convinced that woman who was murdered in Charlottesville had just died of a heart attack instead. One of my better students intervened because HE was getting fed up by the guy, then the wannabe skinhead got even worse. If he actually becomes disruptive I will initiate disciplinary action.
He's got a lot of potential, but right now he's a sexually frustrated, angry white boy who looks up to white nationalist groups because he is a failed individual.
Then in yesterday's class I was lecturing on 19th century nationalism. I think he asked why that nationalism doesn't exist anymore, and I said that nationalist groups and racist hate groups have become intertwined. Then he approached me again after class and started ranting that it's not racist to protect "white culture" from Muslims and to have segregation. He spewed a lot of conspiracy theories that tend to circulate on white nationalist hate sites. He was even convinced that woman who was murdered in Charlottesville had just died of a heart attack instead. One of my better students intervened because HE was getting fed up by the guy, then the wannabe skinhead got even worse. If he actually becomes disruptive I will initiate disciplinary action.
He's got a lot of potential, but right now he's a sexually frustrated, angry white boy who looks up to white nationalist groups because he is a failed individual.
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What makes you say this?
edit: I guess I mean, none of what you described in the preceding paragraphs demonstrate that he has failed as a human being or individual, so I'm wondering what other information you have about him that shows his failure?
Now that I think about it, I guess this could explode into a question about what constitutes failure as a human or individual.
I rather think we have more of that than y'all. We certainly have just as much.
Of course, if his idea of free speech and freedom is "I can own all the guns!" instead of "I can speak my mind and act as I wish" well then y'all do have more.
Thanks for the brofist @Bubble181, but . . . uh, did you notice the strikethrough in my post? 
Yes, I did, bit I'm on the phone at a party so I don't feel like re-replying with something similar but a different strike through.Thanks for the brofist @Bubble181, but . . . uh, did you notice the strikethrough in my post?
I'm kinda sad your party isn't more engaging.
Well it seems my earlier minor victory post may not have been as victorious as I first thought:
Kidde Recalls Fire Extinguishers with Plastic Handles Due to Failure to Discharge and Nozzle Detachment: One Death Reported
Suppose I'd rather find out like this than any other way. Y'all may want to check any you have, too. Don't want to have a mini-Thresher incident on your hands.
--Patrick
Kidde Recalls Fire Extinguishers with Plastic Handles Due to Failure to Discharge and Nozzle Detachment: One Death Reported
Suppose I'd rather find out like this than any other way. Y'all may want to check any you have, too. Don't want to have a mini-Thresher incident on your hands.
--Patrick
Yep, mine's in the recall too.
I have one of those. Just found out today that my kitchen knives have a recall too. Heh.
White nationalists tend to be angry white boys who are unsuccessful in life. If they'd done anything worth being proud of, they wouldn't be part of such groups. The only thing that gives them confidence is the color of their skin. And the imagery of crusaders, Vikings, and Greek hoplites makes them feel like part of something greater.
I read that several hundred of those bums tried to hold a rally in Tennessee. They cut it short because they were heavily outnumbered by counter-protesters. Then some of them beat up a white woman in a parking lot because she'd had dinner with a black man. I really do hope these people get ostracized from society. They don't deserve jobs, families, or spouses. They've proven time and again that they don't belong.
Sorry Steinman, I didn't know that NEO-NAZIS were a group deserving sympathy. Please, go ahead and write a long screed explaining how *we* are the true villains for thinking ill of them.
Yeah, if there's any group that's completely undeserving of sympathy, it's neo-Nazis.
My comment about them not deserving jobs or families is regarding what happened to some of them after Charlottesville. Their bosses told them to not come into work on Monday and their parents disowned them.
My comment about them not deserving jobs or families is regarding what happened to some of them after Charlottesville. Their bosses told them to not come into work on Monday and their parents disowned them.
1. This isn't the right thread to go into any depth. I apologize for asking the question here and derailing it.
2. So far as I can tell, the argument "White nationalists and neo-nazis are failed individuals" has no objective foundation and is only a tool of dehumanization. As such it's essentially not debatable, so I don't see any point in starting a new thread myself. Perhaps I'm wrong and there is a foundation for the claim beyond semantics, if so please make a thread in the politics subforum and tag me.
2. So far as I can tell, the argument "White nationalists and neo-nazis are failed individuals" has no objective foundation and is only a tool of dehumanization. As such it's essentially not debatable, so I don't see any point in starting a new thread myself. Perhaps I'm wrong and there is a foundation for the claim beyond semantics, if so please make a thread in the politics subforum and tag me.
GasBandit
Staff member
I just ruined my fancy ass keyboard.
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I tried taking it apart and drying off everyting inside and putting it back togeter, but it seems I just made a undred dol\l\ar mistake
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I tried taking it apart and drying off everyting inside and putting it back togeter, but it seems I just made a undred dol\l\ar mistake
My mother just texted me to say we haven't talked in a month what is going on, as if she didn't say or do anything to cause me to ignore her for a month. Can't decide if I should start shit, since I'm sick of her attitude towards me, or if I should just continue burying it since I live 2000 miles away and don't have to spend time with her all that often. Yes, yes, I know I should probably bring it up, but I hate any form of confrontation as it is, and I usually spend my limited tolerance for it on more important things. 
"Well the last time we talked upset me quite a bit. I'll probably cool off by thanksgiving, and hopefully we won't have to rehash the topic that upset me so much."
If she keeps pressing, or brings it up again, "I don't want to talk about that."
You can set boundaries.
If she doesn't listen, let her know that she can call back when she wants to talk about something else.
If she keeps pressing, or brings it up again, "I don't want to talk about that."
You can set boundaries.
If she doesn't listen, let her know that she can call back when she wants to talk about something else.
I'm dealing with something similar with my mother.
Ideally, you should confront her in the hopes that you can improve your relationship.
But realistically, I can understand how ignoring her text would be easy.
When everything went badly with my dad a few weeks ago, my mother treated my daughter and I horribly. I want to tell her off very much. She was a class A bitch. In the interest of my dad's well being though, I know it would be best to to make sure that I don't visit again in a situation where I don't have transportation of my own and to drop it for now. He nearly died and she won't respect his recovery instructions again this time, so me being there for frequent visits to check in on him is more important.
Ideally, you should confront her in the hopes that you can improve your relationship.
But realistically, I can understand how ignoring her text would be easy.
When everything went badly with my dad a few weeks ago, my mother treated my daughter and I horribly. I want to tell her off very much. She was a class A bitch. In the interest of my dad's well being though, I know it would be best to to make sure that I don't visit again in a situation where I don't have transportation of my own and to drop it for now. He nearly died and she won't respect his recovery instructions again this time, so me being there for frequent visits to check in on him is more important.
My mother just sent me a confederate flag. Why? Because she's cleaning out their house and it used to be in my grandparents' basement bar (my grandpop was from AL). This is not a small flag. It's a good 4 - 6 feet across. Why on earth she thinks I'd want it is beyond me. But I know if I ask her why she sent it or say I've got a problem with it that it will turn into how I'm unwilling to see the value of family heritage & tradition. Bleh. Mothers.
She'd be confused about why I sent it. My dad would have a seizure, though.