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Started by Cain, June 05, 2013, 11:14:09 PM

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Freeky

Nigel's right.  It's a combination of cars getting OLD without the damage they can get over time, so things like gas lines and spark plugs get neglected, and shit just being TOO HOT, so things catch fire.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

So today, I went to my little beach (which I tend to think of as my personal beach, even though it isn't really) with a friend of mine who has a really fucked-up rare degenerative disease.

I asked her a lot of questions.

Then I came home and did a lot of research.

Then I went out for fried chicken with one of my ex-thangs and sat on it for a while.

The conclusion I have come to is that it sucks. Not a bad day overall, but my friend is young and brilliant and ambitious and unless researchers figure out a way to halt or reverse her disease she's going to be totally mobility-disabled within three years, and may die before she turns 40.

So I took a lot of pictures of her on the beach and in the river and throwing a stick for my dog, just so we can always look at them and be all "remember when you could do that?"
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East Coast Hustle

So I just had an awful thought.

You know those weirdos that still talk on usenet?

We're basically them.
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Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

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Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on June 23, 2013, 05:03:39 AM
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on June 23, 2013, 02:15:45 AM
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on June 23, 2013, 02:05:48 AM
Quote from: hylierandom, A.D.D. on June 23, 2013, 01:37:20 AM

Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on June 22, 2013, 09:00:51 AM
My friend and his wife's car set on fire at their place of business today.  Friend and wife both got a face full of car fire smoke, for him the second time in six months.  He looked like shit when I left, she looked less affected.  I hope he recovers somewhat quickly again, he really doesn't need that crap on top of the rest of him breaking down. I hope my impression that she is okay is correct, or that she gets better quick too.

It was torched???
O.o Day-um.

No, it set itself on fire.  It appears to have been an electrical fire that started several hours after it was turned off, which Tucson explains just fine.

And then today something inside their store (Point of Sale?) caught fire and nearly burned the place down.

That's a weird-ass coincidence. 
I gather things in Tucson are just tilted towards Bad Shit Happening? O.o

There are places where cars just catch fire. The SF Bay area is one. Tucson is another.

And New York City. I must have pics of 10 cars all on fire from the 2 months I lived there.
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Suu

Quote from: Balls Wellington on June 23, 2013, 12:23:30 PM
So I just had an awful thought.

You know those weirdos that still talk on usenet?

We're basically them.

:banana:

No, wait...

:sadbanana:
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Suu

My weight loss program finally seems to have kicked in after about a month of feeling like I'm starving myself. Okay, I'm eating quite a bit, but you do not feel as physically OMGFULL without complex carbohydrates. I also seem to be doing better now that I'm out of the "FORCE YOUR BODY INTO KETOSIS BY EATING GREEN THINGS AND DEAD ANIMALS ONLY" phase into the "Strawberries are fucking awesome and really low in sugar" phase. Oh and booze phase. Basically, my ability to consume wine and rum is directly responsible to the speed of inch loss from my FUPA. I cannot have beer, and I probably won't be able to for quite some time, but hard liquor has no carbs and wine is very low.

I have to admit, as much as I HATE diets or "lifestyles" low-carb/paleo makes me actually FEEL good. I'm not as angry all the time, I have natural energy, and I'm not always hungry. I really want pizza all the time though. I'm hoping that passes. The only issue I'm having is staying hydrated. I don't really like to buy bottled water, but since Providence tap water's lead levels increase over the summer when old pipes heat up, I'm at an impasse over polluting the earth or polluting my body. Lol.

Eh, what's a little lead poisoning anyway?
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Quote from: Suu on June 23, 2013, 02:09:33 PM
My weight loss program finally seems to have kicked in after about a month of feeling like I'm starving myself. Okay, I'm eating quite a bit, but you do not feel as physically OMGFULL without complex carbohydrates. I also seem to be doing better now that I'm out of the "FORCE YOUR BODY INTO KETOSIS BY EATING GREEN THINGS AND DEAD ANIMALS ONLY" phase into the "Strawberries are fucking awesome and really low in sugar" phase. Oh and booze phase. Basically, my ability to consume wine and rum is directly responsible to the speed of inch loss from my FUPA. I cannot have beer, and I probably won't be able to for quite some time, but hard liquor has no carbs and wine is very low.

I have to admit, as much as I HATE diets or "lifestyles" low-carb/paleo makes me actually FEEL good. I'm not as angry all the time, I have natural energy, and I'm not always hungry. I really want pizza all the time though. I'm hoping that passes. The only issue I'm having is staying hydrated. I don't really like to buy bottled water, but since Providence tap water's lead levels increase over the summer when old pipes heat up, I'm at an impasse over polluting the earth or polluting my body. Lol.

Eh, what's a little lead poisoning anyway?

Filters?

Suu

Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on June 23, 2013, 02:22:04 PM
Quote from: Suu on June 23, 2013, 02:09:33 PM
My weight loss program finally seems to have kicked in after about a month of feeling like I'm starving myself. Okay, I'm eating quite a bit, but you do not feel as physically OMGFULL without complex carbohydrates. I also seem to be doing better now that I'm out of the "FORCE YOUR BODY INTO KETOSIS BY EATING GREEN THINGS AND DEAD ANIMALS ONLY" phase into the "Strawberries are fucking awesome and really low in sugar" phase. Oh and booze phase. Basically, my ability to consume wine and rum is directly responsible to the speed of inch loss from my FUPA. I cannot have beer, and I probably won't be able to for quite some time, but hard liquor has no carbs and wine is very low.

I have to admit, as much as I HATE diets or "lifestyles" low-carb/paleo makes me actually FEEL good. I'm not as angry all the time, I have natural energy, and I'm not always hungry. I really want pizza all the time though. I'm hoping that passes. The only issue I'm having is staying hydrated. I don't really like to buy bottled water, but since Providence tap water's lead levels increase over the summer when old pipes heat up, I'm at an impasse over polluting the earth or polluting my body. Lol.

Eh, what's a little lead poisoning anyway?

Filters?

They already said that Brita doesn't take out lead. :banana:

My tap water doesn't taste like anise, so I think I'm okay. When I lived in the Edwardian though...totally tasted like anise. That's how you know. I think they just re-did the pipes in my house not that long ago, because the old, white oxidizing ones are in the basement. Still.
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Cain

They argue over who is the most enlightened Pagan of them all.

The bar is called Mysticwicks.

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Suu

Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2013, 09:59:12 PM
They argue over who is the most enlightened Pagan of them all.

The bar is called Mysticwicks.

It's been a while since I've been there.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

Cain

Quote from: Suu on June 24, 2013, 12:23:16 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2013, 09:59:12 PM
They argue over who is the most enlightened Pagan of them all.

The bar is called Mysticwicks.

It's been a while since I've been there.

It's down.  Has been for months.  Mol is extorting his followers for money, to "get the server working".  Mysteriously, no matter how much money is given, the server still isn't doing anything.

Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.

Quote from: Cain on June 24, 2013, 12:38:13 AM
Quote from: Suu on June 24, 2013, 12:23:16 AM
Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2013, 09:59:12 PM
They argue over who is the most enlightened Pagan of them all.

The bar is called Mysticwicks.

It's been a while since I've been there.

It's down.  Has been for months.  Mol is extorting his followers for money, to "get the server working".  Mysteriously, no matter how much money is given, the server still isn't doing anything.

You need to stop spearheading the psychic attack on poor Mol. How's MW ever going to come back if you keep using your psychic powers against him like that? It's all he can do to reach out to his loyal fans, you bully.
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