dafoe. I was unprepared :P

lol it just hit me at an awkward moment. pre-caffeine :D

It's a bribe, woman!

That's the most awful picture I've ever seen.

I miss my cadillac 4.9 v8 fiero more than any other car I've ever owned. So much cheap fun :D

If they're dumb enough to stop on the tracks, ignore the dinging, and let the flexible rod stop them from moving forward, perhaps allowing it to happen wouldn't have been a terrible idea. Now this person has an even greater sense of entitlement, in that they don't even have to risk scratching their paint to save their…

if all I had was a rubber mallet, I'd hit a nail on the point so it buried in the mallet, then hit the window with the nail sticking out.

man thats a quick road to barf town :P

Ah - I forgot to clarify - the in-ears were... not great. All the over-ears I've tried (everything with those ksc drivers, or the non titanium coated version in the portapros) performed well above their price point. I forgot that they even made in ears :)

A good head-fi shootout

Another vouch for the ksc-75's - or really, all Koss headphones. Most of them use drivers big enough that you should get an amp, but the KSC-75's are usually ok. If you really want to "go for it", try some ksc-75's, with the headband mod, and get a fiio e6 portable amp (like 25 bucks or so) - hard to go back to the…

Not a powerhouse, but Nissan's VQ series engines. Very reliable, flexible, smooth power. Have had multiple Maximas with this engine and haven't had one last less than 200k. Have one at 319k miles :) the rest of the car's falling apart, but the engine's still (mostly) great.

I don't live in a snowy area - that being said, can you toss a rope over a car and drag it from front to rear to scoop the snow off? Seems like it'd be a pretty quick way. Again, I lack much experience with snow. A piece of softish nylon rope for snow scooping *sounds* like a good idea to my Southern Californian self.

it's just... 15-20% larger than it should be.

haha so true. It's fun sometimes to set things up *exactly* how your told and just let it fail. Make sure their request is in writing and signed though :)

noclip was...

Sounds like a kinda expensive version of the paper wheels! The paper wheels are a compressed cardboard wheel with fine abrasive embedded in it, then a finer wheel that is slotted for cooling, that you coat with chromium oxide.

A mousepad + a good progression of various papers + a strop with chromium oxide will have your edges veeeeery nice.

I always communicate my actions before I perform them, i.e. "I'm going to reach into my pocket and take out my wallet now, ok?". Also, I frequently have a pocket knife in my pocket. I tell the officer right up front - "I have a pocket knife in my pocket. I need to take it out to get my wallet." In my mind - telling…