LadyCrimson Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Getting bored of 7 Days to Die again but there aren't many other games that I want can play with the current condition of my hands/fingers. Controller use is out, right now - r-trigger use is murder and finger splints make it impossible anyway. Basically, mouse-clicking dominant games (much more than WASD and TAB/EsC on kb is too difficult, too) like Diablo-likes are about it. Thus ... staring at the wall again like the boring introvert that I am, wondering what to do now. Can't garden. Can't easily hold/manipulate a heavy camera. Maybe it's finally time to start spending all my cash on digital ebooks. It's been so long since I've kept up with/done any major reading I'd have no idea where to begin re: new authors. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Azdeus said: That sounds like a good cause, but unfortunately since you've admitted to using what according to my government is the most unholy of unholy, worst drug in the world, the gateway to pcp and crack, then black-tar heroin, and strip clubs which is demigrating to women and punishable by death, I can never do a transaction with you, sorry :< In fairness, it'll probably go to a new turbo for my car, a standard one is about 500€, but it can only push 1.4 bar and then it'll probably break, if I double the price I could possibly get a Borg Warner EFR 6758 which'll bring me up to about 3 bar. This'll net me about 500hp for 2.6 seconds until my pistons go flying about 20 metres straight through the side of the engine block. What car is it? "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Technically this two year project is meant to wrap up (for certain measures of wrap up)in April, and my extended contract expires in the first half of May. Juggling that end time crunch, and pondering if I really need to find some time to actually do job hunting, both internally at the company or externally. Or with that combination of end of project drop and lockdown bleh, maybe use my savings to just relax for a month before getting back on the job horse. Trying to make time for that job hunt in the midst of end of project craziness just seems so mentally draining in the midst of an already exhausting period. It's been weird I have to admit. When I started, I was in that "Rahr! I've restarted my life! First full time professional job after 15+ years as a carer. Finished off my degree, now I'm in a professional environment and working!" Then lockdown hit, and working from home was basically a major flashback. I thought I'd be re-learning socialisation and professional skills, and instead I've now spent a year with no real social contact and barely leaving the house a score of times. Roll out of bed, open up the laptop, log-in to work, and then the day is done and I'm mentally exhausted. Ah well. I now have two years as a Data Analyst for an international company on my CV. I just have to survive the last month and a bit. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 24 minutes ago, Sarex said: What car is it? It's a 98 Volvo 940 Classic, 2.3L low pressure turbo, so 135hp stock. I've lowered it 4cms with a suspension kit and raised the boost to what a full pressure 940 turbo has (0.6 bar instead of 0.3) and mounted a 3" exhaust system from the turbo and back. I've got an extremely unflattering picture from before I bought it. 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Azdeus said: It's a 98 Volvo 940 Classic, 2.3L low pressure turbo, so 135hp stock. I've lowered it 4cms with a suspension kit and raised the boost to what a full pressure 940 turbo has (0.6 bar instead of 0.3) and mounted a 3" exhaust system from the turbo and back. I've got an extremely unflattering picture from before I bought it. Hide contents Do you do work on it yourself? I always wanted to get a beater and fix it up, but as I live in the city kind of hard to get a space to do that. Maybe one day I'll get a garage and try my hand at it... "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, Sarex said: Do you do work on it yourself? I always wanted to get a beater and fix it up, but as I live in the city kind of hard to get a space to do that. Maybe one day I'll get a garage and try my hand at it... I do but I do get help from a friend and my father with working on it, both have extensive experience with old volvos so it's a big help. It's going to hit 430k km soon so it's definetly showing some wear and tear. I'm much annoyed that the image doesn't show the bronze and purple tints in the paint. Yeah, I don't have a garage of my own either, I pay my friend to loan his garage which is also his workplace for his company, so I need to work fast No lift either which makes everything a bit more tedious aswell, it's kind of annoying to work underneath the car and barely being able to move your arms. 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 34 minutes ago, Azdeus said: I do but I do get help from a friend and my father with working on it, both have extensive experience with old volvos so it's a big help. It's going to hit 430k km soon so it's definetly showing some wear and tear. I'm much annoyed that the image doesn't show the bronze and purple tints in the paint. Yeah, I don't have a garage of my own either, I pay my friend to loan his garage which is also his workplace for his company, so I need to work fast No lift either which makes everything a bit more tedious aswell, it's kind of annoying to work underneath the car and barely being able to move your arms. Some manufactures give out medals if your car gets to 500k and 1m. The sad thing is that a lift isn't that expensive, but you still need somewhere to put it. Maybe I should have gotten a house, but good locations are prohibitively expensive and I wouldn't really want to move out of the city. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Sarex said: Some manufactures give out medals if your car gets to 500k and 1m. The sad thing is that a lift isn't that expensive, but you still need somewhere to put it. Maybe I should have gotten a house, but good locations are prohibitively expensive and I wouldn't really want to move out of the city. I'm not letting a Volvo mechanic touch my car again. Just before I bought it, it had been in a Volvo service shop for maintainance, and they used an impact wrench to tighten both the sparkplugs and the oil plug, so I had to rethread those. I have a severe distrust for certified mechanics now. I bought new tyres this summer and sepcified that I wanted them torqued to 13kg, no more. This winter I had to use a 1.5m long pipe to loosen the nuts, and I had to exert force. I have a "4 way" tyre iron, and I couldn't for the life of me get the bolts of. I reckon they just set those ****ing wrenches to max torque of 70kg and go for it. I'm not even going to go for the rant about what happened when I left my car to a certified shop after my radiator tried to mate with a badger... Aaanyway, I don't think Geely wants to promote Swedish cars You'd want a good lift though so you can actually work properly underneath, and those cost alot, and the garage would have to fit it aswell so you're going to basically need a barn because few people build garages that high. Yeah, the only place I could ever afford to buy a house myself would be in Swedish Lappland or something like that. And yeeeah, my Saami isn't up to snuff Edited March 16, 2021 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Realised it is in fact, the anniversary of Work-From-Home and since I last saw the office in person... 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 11 hours ago, Azdeus said: You'd want a good lift though so you can actually work properly underneath, and those cost alot, and the garage would have to fit it aswell so you're going to basically need a barn because few people build garages that high. Yeah, the only place I could ever afford to buy a house myself would be in Swedish Lappland or something like that. And yeeeah, my Saami isn't up to snuff I think for the 2 post lifts the more high end ones are 5k euros, but you can get a good lift for 2-2.5k euros. Provided you have the minimal thickness and quality of concrete to bolt it to, otherwise you would need to go for a 4 post lift. As for height limits quickjacks are very popular now, but that means working on your back... You can also go old school and dig a service trench, that is what they do in my neighborhood, they buy 2 garages side by side, dig service trenches and open up shop. The funny thing is the 2 guys in my vicinity who did that came as highly recommended mechanics. 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 53 minutes ago, Sarex said: I think for the 2 post lifts the more high end ones are 5k euros, but you can get a good lift for 2-2.5k euros. Provided you have the minimal thickness and quality of concrete to bolt it to, otherwise you would need to go for a 4 post lift. As for height limits quickjacks are very popular now, but that means working on your back... You can also go old school and dig a service trench, that is what they do in my neighborhood, they buy 2 garages side by side, dig service trenches and open up shop. The funny thing is the 2 guys in my vicinity who did that came as highly recommended mechanics. Yeah, thereabout's, I'd never go for a quickjack myself, it's just unnecessary money spent on doing exactly what I've been doing up until now; Using jack stands. I'll admit that I almost have a panic attack every time I drive over a grease pit They scare the living daylights out of me! Also those trenches work fine for regular maintenance and such, but I really ought to have pillars for the suspension work that I'm probably going to need to be doing in the future, a grease pit won't help that much for those kinds of jobs. And my father will probably fall into it Also depending on the garage size, pulling the engine out can be problematic unless you have a hoist in the roof. Gah, I'm getting annoyed that my friend busted my T6 engine again. -.- 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) I always liked Volvos philosophy of put everything on an engine... Turbocharge it, supercharge it, put an electric motor on it, the only thing they are missing is a hole in the floor for the Fred Flintstone 2 feet power assist. Do you watch any youtube content on fixing cars? Edited March 17, 2021 by Sarex "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Not kidding, this is one of the most useful tools I have. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, Sarex said: I always liked Volvos philosophy of put everything on an engine... Turbocharge it, supercharge it, put an electric motor on it, the only thing they are missing is a hole in the floor for the Fred Flintstone 2 feet power assist. Hey, my Amazon had those holes! Volvos engines have always been rock solid, but especially the old B18/B20 (Same engine, different bore) pushrods. I mean, you can take practically anyone of those old engines and rev them to 7500 RPM, stock. If I were to put a 16V header on mine I could go to 500 hp easy with just changing the rods and pistons, the only problem would be the yearly inspection. And there are a couple of people who went the turbo-supercharged route aswell, there's an awesome looking opel Manta with a Volvo 2.3L 16V (B234) engine. https://www.pistonjuice.com/category/opel/manta/ 24 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: Not kidding, this is one of the most useful tools I have. Hehe, the garage... uh. Yeah, nsfw 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, Azdeus said: Hehe, the garage... uh. Yeah, nsfw I didnt understand your reply but the link points to this, which is very useful to me whenever I have to go under the car or change brakes: "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Azdeus said: awesome looking opel Manta This looks like a bastard child of a BMW and a Datsun. It's awesome! "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Creeper seat is an unfortunate name. 1 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, Sarex said: This looks like a bastard child of a BMW and a Datsun. It's awesome! It is! It's one of those very rarely seen ones that noones heard of, I love it! Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 My wife and I stimulus checks have dropped into our account. I want to go stimulate Cancun, but my wife wants new carpet for the upstairs. 3 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Hardwood is best. Good way to see the dust in your house too. Meeting with our Spanish clients was great, never had a meeting with someone so cheerful about our product sucking absolute ass. Shame I don't know Spanish though, would have made things more clearer. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 We have hardwood downstairs and I hate walking around barefoot on it (so I wear slides). "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Malcador said: Hardwood is best. Good way to see the dust in your house too. And to slip and break your neck. I like a good mix of carpets and hardwood. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sarex said: And to slip and break your neck. I like a good mix of carpets and hardwood. I challenge death every minute of every day. 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 My dogs does a cartoon run over the hardwood whenever he gets off the carpet, which is funny to watch, but it ain't good for his joints and hips. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) When I get annoyed enough I write confusing e-mails to the people involved at work so they stop messaging me. A while back when someone asked me how it's possible that situation X happened in the system even though I had just tried to explain twice that a user simply confirmed both packages as received even though only one was delivered I wrote them that my working theory is that there's been a macro level quantum entanglement event that automatically caused the status of the second package to switch in the moment the first one was scanned, and the second package also has the status received now, even though it's not even here yet, and that I fully expect to receive the nobel prize for finding a macro entanglement phenomenon. The only reply I got was "You sure you got the right job?" Yesterday I got an e-mail where someone told me that our status messaging to another system isn't working properly. I took a quick look at it and noticed it was simple user error, which... well, let's just say this was really obvious and everyone with half a brain would have figured out why it happened if they had looked at it instead of just asking right off the bat. This was the fourth or fifth time I've been asked about this. My reply was: "I'm sorry but this appears to be a persistent problem in the computational network of the wetware involved. It crashes at random intervals and resets to its default values, causing all sorts of problems in the system, and I have yet to find a way around that. It's one of two really weird issues that keep coming up, the other one is a random space time warp problem where packages teleport themselves into the goods-in area for long enough to be posted as received only to disappear immediately afterwards." Much to my surprise the reply I got was: "You mean user error, right?" Heh. Edited March 17, 2021 by majestic 3 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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