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    At 1:41, there's a building with a golden dome which I think is probably the University of Notre Dame. Immediately before that is a shot of either a racetrack or some kind of stadium, which I thought might be Indianapolis Speedway (esp. since it's in Indiana, like Notre Dame). But the shape and buildings around the track don't look quite right for Indy. At 4:28, I can't tell exactly, but those oil derricks are probably at Long Beach or Venice Beach, CA.
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    Why can't America fix our fucking phone system? And by that I mean, EVERY CALL should have un-spoofable caller ID that tells you the number and real name of the person or company calling you. If a call doesn't meet those specifications, the phone system should not allow it to go through. Any hacking or circumvention of the system should be a felony punishable by draconian measures.
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    It's hideous, but it's not that much more hideous than some crossovers being sold today. If the wheel wells were bigger, with meaner looking wheels and tires, and some of that lower black cladding that every crossover is sporting these days, it'd probably sell. (Also assuming it had a competitive powertrain and interior, which I know it doesn't.)
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    Bummed, they were either too low and/or too far west of me. But I've seen them at airshows twice many years ago, so I guess I'll be ok.
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    Sounds nice, guess I shoulda made the effort.
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    I've been thinking about it... but 20 mph? I'm not sure that's worth it to me. How are they going to enforce or manage that? Will they be using a pace car of some sort?
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    For some time, I've had an issue when I try to browse the Surly forums: it just crushes my PC, locking up my browser (current version of Chrome) and any other applications that are running. Everything stops responding and just becomes slow as molasses, and I get heavy disk access for no apparent reason. It seems to be maxing out my system memory. If I wait long enough (a minute or three) things slowly come back and become usable again, but still sluggish. This forum is the only website that I regularly have this problem with, including several other forums or bulletin boards that run very smoothly. What on earth is Surly doing to my PC? Virus and malware scans don't turn up anything. The only Chrome extension I have is ABP. System info: quad core i7 860 (2.8+ ghz), 4 gig RAM, Windows 7, plenty of free hard drive space). (Yeah, it's old, but not so old that web surfing should be a strain.) Thanks for any ideas.
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    Is that resurfacing going on right now? They are having a food drive at COTA on Sunday and supposedly you can drive on the track** with a donation. ** at 20 mph.
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    Getting old sucks

    Paper_jam replied to Hate's topic in Lulz

    I'm only 49 but this year it seems like my body is just falling apart. I've started to randomly get pain in my ankles, achilles tendonitis, and pain/swelling/stiffness in my knees for no apparent reason. Plus my chronic back pain is acting up too. I'm starting to wonder if something systemic is happening, but so far tests have come back normal. (It's never lupus.)
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    Why the fuck doesn't anyone seem to make a really lightweight, low-impact, no-BS free antivirus program. Over the years I've been through AVG, Bitdefender, and now Kaspersky Free and they inevitably decide that their shit needs a bunch of extra modules and "features" I don't want, and past a certain point you're forced to accept it because they won't release virus database updates unless you update the core application to the bloated version.
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    My neighbor killed one in his back yard a few days ago (NE Austin). It was definitely a coral; "red touch yellow." I've never seen one outside of a zoo.
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    Former CART/Indy racer Bob Lazier died at 81, apparently from Covid-19: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2020/04/18/bob-lazier-father-indy-500-winner-buddy-lazier-dies-81/5161283002/
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    I have too much of my life savings tied up in the market, and I reached the limit of my downside risk tolerance the morning of March 16. Sold off a bunch of stuff at the worst possible time. Lost enough market value to have bought my house again. Edit: On the "plus" side I'll have enough capital losses to roll over probably for the rest of my life...
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    The level of automation and electronics the new models use is crazy. I want knobs to manually control water level, temperature, spin speeds, etc. I'm still using an old top-loading Kenmore from 2002 that was under $400 new. I hope it never dies.
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    Seems like my hood was poised to get a big heavy cell moving up from the SW, but suddenly the edge of the heavy rain is retreating. Front pushing it back south, or dry air fucking it up?
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    Hands Across America II
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    It's hard to compare numbers without a common timeframe, but I''m coming in at 100k through the end of July. My record on prognostication includes boldly predicting that Katrina was all media hype and would turn out to be a minor event.
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    I was honestly expecting more questions about income level, level of education, what sector I work in, how many cars do I own, do I jerk it left or right-handed, etc. I was almost disappointed in a way.
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    About 9 days ago, I used HEB delivery and was able to schedule a delivery for the following day with no problems. I guess things have deteriorated because I just put in another order and this time the earliest available delivery slot is 8 days out. I have a food order in with Amazon which was promised for delivery tomorrow, but still isn't showing as shipped yet. What's the going rate for shitty canned food on ebay?
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    Let's hope the oak pollen will bind with the COVID-19 and neutralize it. Or maybe act like a barrier to infection by coating our nasal passages and interior lung surfaces...
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    I can't help you with the floorplan but I can tell you that house is haunted as fuck. See how those photos came out all wavy and warped? Evil spirits bending the light waves. Also the kitchen looks like a place where Jeffrey Dahmer would hang out.
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    Tell them you aren't consenting to shit. If you want to cut my pay, just do it. Don't ask me to "consent" to you fucking me over. Edit: maybe this has to do with a contract of some type, but still. What a dick move. I'm not a lawyer but I doubt they have any legal right to know how much compensation, if any, you receive.
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    I'm also half surprised that the chloroquine thing hasn't caused a run on good 'ol quinine tonic water, from people who don't chemistry good
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    I didn't even want liquor until the moment I found out I can't get any
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    Not sure about this shelter in place stuff. What if I just want to go for a pleasure drive to get out of the house? As long as I don't get out of my car, I'm not going to infect anybody (or get infected).

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