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  • Tuesday
    March Music Monday 4

    March Music Monday 4

    For all the :yay: . . . guff I pile on my manager, he occasionally dispenses pearls of wisdom, or names songs that it turns out that I really, really like.


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  • 1 week
    March Music Monday 3

    I think I mentioned in the first one of these that my manager always plays the same top-40 Country station all day every day.


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  • 2 weeks
    March Music Monday 2

    Alrighty fellow music lovers, it's another Monday in March, and you know what that means!

    ... 'cause you read the title :heart:


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    This one doesn't have as much of a back story.

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  • 3 weeks
    March Music Monday 1

    This is pretty much what it says on the tin.

    See, ponies like music, I think that's pretty well-established canon. I like music, too, and I thought I'd introduce you to some music you might not have heard before. After all, I've been introduced to music by other people through the years, oftentimes something I'd never have found on my own.

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  • 5 weeks
    MECHANIC: The Most Boring One Yet

    I hesitate to even suggest you grab your favorite beverage, you're just gonna skim this one. But, if you're game:


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Sep
15th
2017

My Manager. . . . · 3:53am Sep 15th, 2017

Alright, kiddies, this is gonna be a kind of quick one [ha ha no it isn't I just ramble on and on]. Just a couple of happenings from the last week that y'all might find entertaining. So crack open a cold beverage of your choice.


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At the end, I'll share some pictures of new pony merch I got.

Well, technically the pictures are from alternate sources, 'cause I'm too lazy to take the pictures and then upload them to the interwebs, but you'll get the idea.



Those of you who have been reading along with my blog posts for a while probably know that my manager and I don't always see things eye-to-eye. You see, he's one of those kind of overbearing people who thinks that good managing is yelling louder and treating his co-workers like children. He's also always right, and because of this, he pretty much can't ask for help figuring something out. On occasion he has to swallow his pride, but for the most part, he just blunders along with an attitude of "I know what I'm doing."

Sort of like a cat, really.

Sometimes this attitude bites him in the hindquarters. For example, a little over a week ago, we had to change the transmission output shaft seal in a F150. For you non-mechanic types, that means that we have to pull the driveshaft.

There are many ways to hold driveshafts in place; what Ford really likes on their trucks is a flat flange, and a yoke that's held by four bolts with 12mm 12-point heads.

Most mechanics don't have a lot of 12-point impact sockets, because of their tendency to round things off, and due to the driveshaft angles, you need to either be able to rotate the driveshaft to get at all the bolts, or have a swivel socket. A special swivel socket. Or, alternately, you can do it the old-fashioned way with a hand ratchet or a wrench or something like that.

I was going to pull the driveshaft, but then he decided he wanted me to do something else. So I did. I took my tools back off the hoist--tools which included that special swivel socket.


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Mine's a Matco, not a Sunex, but the basic concept is the same.

I could have had that driveshaft out in a minute or two, with no more effort than squeezing the trigger on an impact gun. He took it out with a plain, non-ratcheting box wrench, and complained for the entire ten or fifteen minutes it took, because he was too proud (or too dumb) to borrow my tool. Which I probably would have loaned him, if he'd asked nicely.

Anyway, that's the kind of guy he is. And this is important to know for the next two stories.


We've got a Jeep Wrangler in the shop right now. It's a 93, and like most things in Michigan of that vintage, it's a total rustbucket. It also doesn't run, because it stays stored at the owner's hunting property, and when he's not using it, the mice do. And mice love wires. Mice really love wires.


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Not the actual Jeep, but you get the idea

I've fixed lots of mouse damage to wiring harnesses on cars before, but this one was a special case. We decided that there was too much damage to the wiring harness to make repairing it a cost-effective option; instead, it would be smarter to just get another one and replace it.

Of course, you can't get them from Chrysler anymore.

Junkyards don't like pulling wiring harnesses. It's a lot of work, and there isn't a huge demand for them. A lot of them will let the customer pull them, if they want, but that's not something that you typically want your mechanic to do, because basically that means that you're going to be paying for the job twice, plus a little bit more: once for me to lug the appropriate tools out to the junkyard, walk around until I find a match (if I can), and pull the harness off of that Jeep, and then you're gonna be paying me to do the same to your Jeep. It's not very cost-effective.

Now, I'd imagine that most of you as you were reading the previous paragraph thought "What about eBay?" And indeed, you can get them off eBay. Jeeps are popular, and some guy with a bit of land and some free time can strip one down to nothing and sell every single part of it on eBay eventually.

Since Jeeps are popular, there are in fact whole companies that specialize in them, and some of those companies offer used parts. Like DeadJeep.com. [not a paid promotion]

The manager was too lazy to put that much effort into finding a part, so he put the ball in the customer's lap, and told the guy that if he got a harness, we'd install it.

I've got mixed feelings about letting the customer provide parts, let me tell you. But on an antique, sometimes that's the best way. But--and this is important--if the parts aren't right, it's not our fault, it's the customer's.

As I'm sure you can guess by now, the wiring harness was wrong.

The manager wanted me to contact the company and see what I can figure out, so I did. I explained the problem--basically that I had wires that their harness didn't, wire colors didn't match, etc. They want pictures.

So I set about arranging the old and new harnesses side-by-side, and taking pictures of everything I can see that's different. And then I was going to e-mail them to the work e-mail account, and then use the work e-mail to send the pictures on.

Since I know what this e-mail is, I don't put a subject line on it, or any body text, just the attachments. Of course, I can't include all of them in one e-mail, so as I'm starting on the second one, I remember that I've got my data cable, and it would be faster to plug the phone into the computer and transfer across the pictures that way.

So I do; I compose the e-mail and send it off, and I even delete the e-mail I sent just so there's no confusion.

Come the next day, and the manager wants to take matters into his own hands. So while I'm busy with something else, he calls up the company, asks if they got the e-mail, and then tries to explain what's in each picture.

To make sure that he was on the same page as them when he was describing the pictures, he pulled up the e-mail.

Except here's the thing. Rather than go to the 'sent mail' folder like a sensible person would, he went to the 'deleted' folder, and pulled up that e-mail. The one that had no subject line, no body text, and not all the pictures. And it clearly wasn't addressed to DeadJeep.com.

I really would have loved to hear both ends of that conversion. I only found out what he'd done after it was over.

Idiot.


Interlude! Have a happy pony picture!


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I probably should try to be politically correct here, but then we'd be here all day as I'm dancing around the issue.

My manager is also a die-hard Trump supporter. Like, so much so that he's practically the stereotype. He'd be the guy saying that Trump was going to build a wall to keep the pegasi out, for example.

And he also believes that any information source that doesn't agree with what he believes is fake. To give you an example, one time we were discussing demographics in the US, and I pulled up the US Census Bureau's web page to see what the numbers actually were. I told him, and he said that those were fake numbers.

He also said that the earthquake off Mexico was caused by the hurricane piling all that water on top of Texas.

When I pointed out that the epicenter of the earthquake was in a different ocean than the hurricane, he said, "Well, they're connected."

I didn't really have a response for that.

An aside:

In the interest of full disclosure, I did find from some googling that there was a theory that large storms like hurricanes could cause earthquakes, however, I couldn't find any credible research recently on whether or not that was possible. I think it might have been along the lines of "Maybe we can steer hurricanes by dropping nukes in them," and then after a little bit of study, everyone shook their heads and realized that you cannot steer hurricanes by dropping nukes in them.

So back to the shop!

I don't remember exactly how this conversation got started, because I didn't know that I was going to want to write it down for posterity. But one of the other mechanics and I were talking, and it was kind of political. [And I hate to keep jumping off-topic here, but the other mechanic is Republican, although he thinks that Trump is a fast-talking con man. He liked Cruz, and he'd also liked Rubio.]

All of a sudden, the manager said, "You guys don't even realize how much Trump has already done for the average American."

I said: "Name one thing."

I'm going to let you think about this for a moment. After all, you're not the one who said it, so you might not have something close to hand. And you might not like the guy, in which case the question is much tougher to answer, but I'd imagine that if you think about it, you can probably come up with something he's accomplished. Maybe not something you agree with; maybe something that would have been better left undone.

Or maybe it's something that doesn't really affect the average American. But that's okay, because you need to think like a guy who is the center of the universe, so if it either affects him, or at the very least doesn't hurt him, it's an accomplishment.

Like, here's one--ever since Betsy DeVos was named education secretary, there hasn't been a single bear in a public school.


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I was curious. What would he say?

And I don't think at that point that I had any particular urge to debate him. I wasn't thinking, "Oh, here's a chance to lead him into a trap." After all, I'm smart enough to know by now that no matter what I say is fake news to him, so why even debate?

It took a long time for him to answer, and I might have said "Well?"

I think it was nearly thirty seconds.

And here's what he finally said:

"He's told the Middle Eastern countries what's what."

:facehoof:


Alright, enough of me grumbling. Now for the promised pony pictures!

This weekend is the pan-birthday celebration, and I went shopping at the maul today. I found everything that I wanted, and life was good, and I decided that maybe I'd swing by Toys R Us and take a walk through the pony aisle just to see if they had anything new and interesting that I couldn't live without.

Well, they did.

Exhibit 1:

Totally worth it for the Maud and Coco and the mysterious pony with a muffin instead of a name. Oh, and Big Mac is cool, too. Not a huge fan of the "I accidently stepped in a glitterpuddle and didn't have time to wipe it off before posing for my toy" look, but meh, whatever. If it bugs me enough I'll figure out a way to get it off. I'm sure there are YouTube tutorials.

And right next to that?

Exhibit 2:

I was almost sold the moment I saw Sunset and Starlight Glimmer; Daring Do and Pinkie with 3D glasses were just the icing on the cake.

When I get to the checkout, the lady scanning my purchases says "Somebody really likes My Little Pony."

You're damn right.

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I've been fortunate that most of the people I've ever had to work with are smarter than I am. It can, however, be intimidating.

I can say since Trump became President, we have not had a single shark attack here in Kansas.

I don't appreciate you referring to an automobile manufactured while I was in college as an "antique".

"He's told the Middle Eastern countries what's what."

Bullshit. You're just mangling a quote from Pratchett's Jingo. That's what I have to believe here, for the sake of my own fragile sanity.

jxj

sounds like your boss is fun. I tend just to avoid confrontation so I probably just wouldn't have said anything (yay social awkwardness). Although yes, he's done a lot like pretty much purge the government of scientists.

overall I'm not a huge fan of the toys, I just don't think mlp makes the transition to 3d well. There's stuff I'd rather have (although i don't really have any mlp stuff)

I have been trying to find one of those Sunset's for forever. Course the rare times I see one i'm broke. And I never think to just order it offline either. However I do prefer to see what it is i'm buying.

And Muffins!

I don't appreciate you referring to an automobile manufactured the year before I was born as an "antique"

The only bad thing about good stories is that it makes other people want to tell you their stories.

With that said...

A few weeks ago I was trying to explain how the eclipse worked to a guy who manages a contracting outfit. Turns out he didn't know the moon orbited the earth. He actually tried to argue with me about it, saying, "No, it just looks that way because the Earth is turning."

When I remarked on that to one of his employees, the guy told me that his boss had been brought up on tax fraud charges a couple of years ago. Turns out that the IRS investigator decided that he was just too damn stupid to manage his finances, and now he has a court-appointed accountant.

They're everywhere.

:facehoof:

Cry and the world cries with you.

Ouch, your boss reminds me of an old coworker who was a diehard Republican but opposed the Electoral College hard. Another coworker who was a diehard Democrat looked at me and mouthed “"Is he mental?”. I spent 3 hours (note this was an early morning stocking position and the store was closed) not only explaining to him why we have the Electoral College, how it works, and why getting rid of it would be idiotic. My boss and coworkers appreciated the fact I did this becuase not only did I get him to understand and shut up but I helped them understand about it.

I accidently stepped in a glitterpuddle and didn't have time to wipe it off before posing for my toy

:rainbowlaugh:

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Turns out he didn't know the moon orbited the earth. He actually tried to argue with me about it, saying, "No, it just looks that way because the Earth is turning."

He must be one of those Lunar Republic loyalists.

court-appointed accountant

TIL this is a thing.

You see, he's one of those kind of overbearing people who thinks that good managing is yelling louder and treating his co-workers like children.

Just like my dad. :ajbemused:

I said: "Name one thing."

I agree, in the grand scheme of things, he hasn't done much, but I ask you... which president ever has? At least in this short of time? People were saying the same thing about Obama in the beginning... except most of the media (and his own party) didn't hate him.

Anyway, one thing? He got us out of the TPP. And he told North Korea to piss off. There are other things, but I can't be fucked to think of them now. I really hate politics. You know what I don't get, though? A few years ago, when George W told Afghanistan and Iraq to piss off (not something I agree with), everyone and their mothers were like "AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!" Now North Korea makes very real threats against us, and they have nukes, and Trump tells them "Mess with us and you'll be sorry," and everyone is like "oh no he shouldn'ted have sed dat."

Give him time, with any luck he'll do something memorable that he promised he would. And if we're lucky, it'll be something good.

How much did all those run you?

I went shopping at the maul today. 

Sticking with that bear theme, are we?

Ahh, The Maul. A place I try and avoid, if only because I tend to go through them like a Neutronium Tank. If youre less than twice my weight when I accidentally walk into you, you are going to pinball. :twilightoops:

Im still not sure about the Harvey Mexico thing, cos the UK is Rebounding, and Harvey pressed down, and the juan De fuca plate couldve slipped as the surface lifted that fraction in a method similar to the Alaska slab flex?

If the driver window doesnt work, the AC wont switch off and the right side headlight is on, whats the chances its the left rear turn indicator with a dodgy ground return?:derpytongue2:

As frustrating as Trump supporters with little sense make, the worst are the smart ones who've tricked themselves into thinking that their reality is true. I recently had a long and involved debate with my conservative grandfather. Now, the man is crazy smart, but he's also about as narcissistic as you can get... which explains the Trump support, really. He had reasonable counterpoints in our debate, but the problem came down to the fact that every source I pulled up (PolitiFact, a source on the deaths of Israelis and Palestinians, RealClearPolitics) was basically run by journalists, and the man, like all too many, has bought into the fake news concept. So he could understand and rebut various arguments, but there were no facts that I could prove to him, which makes it so much more frustrating. With someone who doesn't really understand anything going on, you can just shake your head and lament the stupidity of the world, but with the more intelligent, it seems like if you could just find the right words they would understand, but those words are always out of your reach.

Dan

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I wonder how Japan is reacting to this newest provocation, Their constitution forbids aggressive action, but the PM has been chomping at the bit to legalize more proactivity, and even as things are, reacting to missiles fired over their islands can easily e classified as self defense. Especially since Trump hasn't shown any real interest in holding up our end of the Mutual Security Treaty beyond empty threats at Kim.
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and I went shopping at the maul today.

May I ask... who did you maul, and should I be worried? :fluttershysad:

Those pony figures always seemed a little off to me. Some of them don't even look like the character they're supposed to be. :applejackunsure:

The EQG dolls look cool.

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He must be one of those Lunar Republic loyalists.

:rainbowlaugh:

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Just wait. That Sharknado is going to hit you any day now.

 He'd be the guy saying that Trump was going to build a wall to keep the pegasi out, for example.

I thought the plan was to build a giant net and make Cloudsdale pay for it?

4669080 4669152 It's an old tropey fantasy thing. If you want a big shopping place but want it to sound authenticish you can call it 'the maul'. Pratchett did this.

4669124 Well... on the campaign trail, Trump said he wanted to reduce our military support of Japan and ease up on those restrictions so they can defend themselves. Which sounds like a good idea, because honestly, why the hell should we be responsible for policing the world? It drains a lot of our resources in a time when we're not exactly in an economic golden era.

What, if anything, he intends to actually do is another question.

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You think america would cut its military budget, especially a republican led one?

4669897 lol well no, but a man can dream, right?

Admit it, Admiral. You squeed like a schoolfilly when you saw the EQG set. Hell, I would've, too! And yeah, I hear ya. Even though I'm one of those n'er-do-well "parts guys," now, I started out turning wrenches, too. Always have respect for the guys and gals out there bustin' knuckles. And dealing with idiot bosses.

Keep up the great work, mano. Love the SG. I'm mainlining it, hardcore!

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But why not call it The Market, or an Auction? iirc, that what they were.

I probably should try to be politically correct here... My manager is also a die-hard Trump supporter.

I believe the PC term is "white nationalist" :trollestia:

I hear ya on the stubborn boss. I've been trying to explain for the past week or so that we're missing parts in the new computer system they want us using, because first shift keeps forgetting to scan theirs in. This is a problem because the computer won't let us record production, as it thinks there's an insufficient source. They keep explaining that I'm wrong and it must be something else, like I'm reading the wrong number or just don't understand how the system works. I'm like "No, I'm not saying there are 52 parts in the system when there are actually 104. I'm saying we have something like 600 parts and only 104 of them are accounted for!" You'd think they'd be more concerned about such a discrepancy, but they tell us to just record parts we haven't used just so we can record our numbers, which we wouldn't have to do if every part had actually been scanned in. I seriously can't wait to return to my own department :ajbemused:

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I've been fortunate that most of the people I've ever had to work with are smarter than I am. It can, however, be intimidating.

Hopefully, you're learning from them and when they hire a new guy, you're gonna be smarter than him.

I started out in the shop doing oil changes and putting on tires and sweeping floors and wishing that I knew half the stuff that the older mechanics knew.

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I can say since Trump became President, we have not had a single shark attack here in Kansas.

Well, that's an accomplishment that Kansasians can be proud of.

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I don't appreciate you referring to an automobile manufactured while I was in college as an "antique".

I was only two years shy of college myself . . . man, time flies.


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Bullshit. You're just mangling a quote from Pratchett's Jingo. That's what I have to believe here, for the sake of my own fragile sanity.

I wish that I was. Sadly, I was not.

He also didn't know until I told him that all the Abrahamic religions worship the same god. And I'm not sure that he actually believes me.

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I tend just to avoid confrontation so I probably just wouldn't have said anything (yay social awkwardness).

I usually try to avoid talking to him as much as possible, but in a two/three man shop, it isn't really possible.

Although yes, he's done a lot like pretty much purge the government of scientists.

Yeah, he's done that.

overall I'm not a huge fan of the toys, I just don't think mlp makes the transition to 3d well. There's stuff I'd rather have (although i don't really have any mlp stuff)

Maybe I'm just old school, but I think most of the toys are alright. The first generations of Eqd action figures were kind of weirdly proportioned (but then again, look at the characters from the show); most of the pony figures are pretty decent. I feel like on this last set that I bought some of the heads were different and rounder than they used to be, although I'd have to actually get them out of the package to be sure.

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I have been trying to find one of those Sunset's for forever. Course the rare times I see one i'm broke. And I never think to just order it offline either. However I do prefer to see what it is i'm buying.

Well, I can say that if you have the money, she's worth buying. Heck, if you've got lots of bits, get the whole set. :heart:

And Muffins!

Best pony!
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I don't appreciate you referring to an automobile manufactured the year before I was born as an "antique"

Pfft, young'un. :derpytongue2:
I was a senior in high school when you were born, Alaborn was in college, and I'm fairly sure that Georg is older than both of us.

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A few weeks ago I was trying to explain how the eclipse worked to a guy who manages a contracting outfit. Turns out he didn't know the moon orbited the earth. He actually tried to argue with me about it, saying, "No, it just looks that way because the Earth is turning."

Did he just think that it was hanging up there in the sky? Or was there some other means by which it supposedly worked?

Then again, one debunking site I'm on has a fair number of flat-earthers try to argue their case, so I've heard plenty of other weird and crazy stuff. . . .

Turns out that the IRS investigator decided that he was just too damn stupid to manage his finances, and now he has a court-appointed accountant.

Huh, that's an interesting outcome. I didn't know that that was a thing.

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Cry and the world cries with you.

We should take all our top politicians and all your top politicians and send them to the moon.
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In a nutshell, it seems to me that whenever somebody's candidate wins (especially if they don't get a majority of the votes) they're in favor of the electoral college, but if their candidate loses, then they're against it.

I'm personally not sure that it's the best system, but I'll admit I don't know what would be better.

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I accidentally stepped in a glitterpuddle and didn't have time to wipe it off before posing for my toy

I have to imagine that those are a thing in Equestria.

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Just like my dad. :ajbemused:

I've worked with a few shouty managers over the years. Most of them didn't last long. And I have a feeling that this guy won't, either. A few years, long enough to make my life somewhat more annoying for a while, then he'll move on.

I agree, in the grand scheme of things, he hasn't done much, but I ask you... which president ever has? At least in this short of time? People were saying the same thing about Obama in the beginning... except most of the media (and his own party) didn't hate him.

It's not so much what he's accomplished or not--I agree, it's pretty early in his term for him to have gotten anything too major done--but I figure if my manager is going to be claiming that he's already done lots of great things, he ought to be able to name them, right?

Like, if you were trying to convince me that Chrysler Cloud Cars were great, I'd hope you could come up with a better reason then "They get fuel economy" or something silly like that.

Give him time, with any luck he'll do something memorable that he promised he would. And if we're lucky, it'll be something good.

I'm not going to hold my breath, but I guess we'll see.

I guess one accomplishment is having the shortest-serving communications director. The Mooch showed that it is possible to hold a job for a negative amount of days.

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How much did all those run you?

IIRC, the pony set was $69.99, and the EqG set was $39.99. Well worth it, IMHO.

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Sticking with that bear theme, are we?

I think that shopping malls might be a better experience for me if they had actual bears in them instead of other people.

Actually, having our education secretary be an actual bear instead of Betsy DeVos would probably be an improvement, too.

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Ahh, The Maul. A place I try and avoid, if only because I tend to go through them like a Neutronium Tank. If youre less than twice my weight when I accidentally walk into you, you are going to pinball. :twilightoops:

i usually avoid it except once or twice a year, when I have to go shopping for birthdays and Christmas.

Im still not sure about the Harvey Mexico thing, cos the UK is Rebounding, and Harvey pressed down, and the juan De fuca plate couldve slipped as the surface lifted that fraction in a method similar to the Alaska slab flex?

From what I understand, there was at least one study done to see if the reduced air pressure around a hurricane could trigger an earthquake, but the study either did not prove it, or the results weren't clear. But I'd have to do some more reading to see for sure.

If the driver window doesnt work, the AC wont switch off and the right side headlight is on, whats the chances its the left rear turn indicator with a dodgy ground return?:derpytongue2:

Well, I've seen bad grounds do some weird things, so. . . .

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He had reasonable counterpoints in our debate, but the problem came down to the fact that every source I pulled up (PolitiFact, a source on the deaths of Israelis and Palestinians, RealClearPolitics) was basically run by journalists, and the man, like all too many, has bought into the fake news concept. So he could understand and rebut various arguments, but there were no facts that I could prove to him, which makes it so much more frustrating.

Yeah, I know that feel. Turns out that my manager thought that the Census Bureau's website was fake, and so was the Department of Labor's website . . . .

With someone who doesn't really understand anything going on, you can just shake your head and lament the stupidity of the world, but with the more intelligent, it seems like if you could just find the right words they would understand, but those words are always out of your reach.

Sometimes there is something--I was reading a blog post by a former conspiracy theorist who finally figured out that he was being fed a line of s:yay:t--but mostly they're stuck with their delusion.

I wonder if he's kind of conspiracy minded if you could grow the conspiracy to ludicrous points. I mean, to me that's one of the more convincing arguments for why we had to actually have gone to the moon and NASA couldn't fake it.

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I'm not sure. I'd be a little bit nervous if I was them. I don't know if he would have any interest in actually shooting missiles into Japan, but I would be worried about some malfunction causing one to land in Japan.

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May I ask... who did you maul, and should I be worried? :fluttershysad:

I mauled my bank account at the toy store and the tool store. . . .

Those pony figures always seemed a little off to me. Some of them don't even look like the character they're supposed to be. :applejackunsure:

I think that some of them have new heads, and that's part of the reason. Plus the glitter. . . .

The EQG dolls look cool.

Those, I think, are a big improvement from the older ones.

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I thought the plan was to build a giant net and make Cloudsdale pay for it?

:rainbowlaugh:

Maybe the Trump administration should look into a big glass dome like the one Trixie made.

I'd personally suggest putting it right over the White House.

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Admit it, Admiral. You squeed like a schoolfilly when you saw the EQG set. Hell, I would've, too!

Maybe just a little bit :raritywink:

And yeah, I hear ya. Even though I'm one of those n'er-do-well "parts guys," now, I started out turning wrenches, too. Always have respect for the guys and gals out there bustin' knuckles. And dealing with idiot bosses.

We've mostly got good parts guys. Except for one guy. When you order something from him, you have no idea what you're actually going to get.

But all the rest are competent.

Keep up the great work, mano. Love the SG. I'm mainlining it, hardcore!

:heart:

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But why not call it The Market, or an Auction? iirc, that what they were.

Because I hate shopping malls, and avoid them whenever possible.
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I believe the PC term is "white nationalist" :trollestia:

yeah. . . .

I don't think he's quite that far to the right, but I could be wrong. He is super racist.

I hear ya on the stubborn boss. I've been trying to explain for the past week or so that we're missing parts in the new computer system they want us using, because first shift keeps forgetting to scan theirs in. This is a problem because the computer won't let us record production, as it thinks there's an insufficient source. They keep explaining that I'm wrong and it must be something else, like I'm reading the wrong number or just don't understand how the system works. I'm like "No, I'm not saying there are 52 parts in the system when there are actually 104. I'm saying we have something like 600 parts and only 104 of them are accounted for!" You'd think they'd be more concerned about such a discrepancy, but they tell us to just record parts we haven't used just so we can record our numbers, which we wouldn't have to do if every part had actually been scanned in. I seriously can't wait to return to my own department

I ran into that kind of idiocy when i worked at Firestone. They fired the store manager because their tire inventory showed us to be nearly a thousand tires short, which had supposedly gone missing in the course of a year. Which was ridiculous; that was about half our stock, and I can say confidently as the person who unloaded the tire truck and put the tires on the shelves that we were not missing that many tires. I would have noticed.

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Huh, that's an interesting outcome. I didn't know that that was a thing.

Me neither, until then. Turns out the IRS would much rather have your money than send you to jail, and they make all sorts of weird arrangements to that end.

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The alicorn amulet would explain a lot of things, just saying.

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Things didn't work out so well here. The team leader who's been ignoring the problem just got a better job at Honda overlooking three plants

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I mauled my bank account at the toy store and the tool store. . . .

Oh... okay, :fluttershyouch:

Those, I think, are a big improvement from the older ones.

They are. The toys all seem to be gradually improving. Perhaps Harshbros finally figured out that if they make them better they can charge more.

I think that some of them have new heads, and that's part of the reason. Plus the glitter. . . .

I'm not a fan of the glitter. I'd probably wash it off first thing. I mean, they don't have to look like a three-year-old's bedazzled plaything.

If you ignore any and all markings, I suppose the new heads are pretty cute.

*does some googling for the older designs*

Japan, OMG.

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If I got merch, these would be them ^ (if not a Lyra and/or Solly plush)

... what was I talking about again?

Oh yeah!

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Well, I guess that's a good point. As far as I know, you're free to say that your income is from pimping, selling arms on the black market, or whatever. As long as you pay the appropriate taxes, the IRS has no beef with you.


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The alicorn amulet would explain a lot of things, just saying.

Maybe Trump is trying to get his tiny hands on one. :derpytongue2:

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They are. The toys all seem to be gradually improving. Perhaps Harshbros finally figured out that if they make them better they can charge more.

Yeah, there's been a steady improvement since the first gen 4 toys. Well, mostly. Every now and then they have amazing setbacks.

I'm not a fan of the glitter. I'd probably wash it off first thing. I mean, they don't have to look like a three-year-old's bedazzled plaything.

And don't forget about the cutie mark cancer ones. On another hoof, though, they had goth Pinkie and WTF Sunset Shimmer pony.
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Japan, OMG.

At Bronycon, someone had a Lyra plush that doubled as a USB charger. Guess where the charging port was? Granted, that's not an official product. . . .

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I turned 24 nearly two decades ago.

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