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by Bonefish
Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cars, Part III
Replies: 449
Views: 6565

the whole complicated. Basically, I think I had a short in my electrical system, causing my radiator fans to not kick into high speed. I was sicker than hell that day, so I was taking a nap in the passenger side front seat while a co worker was driving. Well, short story is that he didn't see the te...
by Bonefish
Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:08 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cars, Part III
Replies: 449
Views: 6565

UncleJoseph wrote:Not that it really matters now, but did you do something wrong changing the oil?
Hell, I don't know Joe. I put a quart of Lucas in, which my uncle swore was suppoused to be good for it, and then 4 quarts of my regular penzoil high mileage in. And... well, it wasn't good.
by Bonefish
Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:09 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cars, Part III
Replies: 449
Views: 6565

I think I'm done with car repair for a while. I replaced the oil in my nissan, and the engine blew up. I give up.

I do need to buy an engine for it now.
by Bonefish
Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:05 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Happy Plane Day!
Replies: 1
Views: 84

Hey, great news, we're working up another sequal to Plane Day! Yup, you thought it was impressive what a disconnected network like Al Quesidilla could do, masterminded by a man in a cave in bombed out afghanistan, just wait until you see what the minds of the Caliphate can do!
by Bonefish
Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:34 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Where Are They Now: Everyone Edition
Replies: 34
Views: 663

So, the hub I work in, Charlotte, right? It may just have been the best hub it's size in the country last year. That's pretty nice. I feel like, you know, kinda pretty good at my job. That's new for me.
by Bonefish
Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:24 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: My new toy.
Replies: 498
Views: 7684

Ok. So yesterday I shot some 3" magnum 10z slugs. Nailed a paint can at 15-20ish yds with the bead sight, nailed(and split) an section of a cedar tree about 4-5" thick at about the same range. I held the beadsight down under the target, and it seemed to work alright. I was shooting from a ...
by Bonefish
Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:04 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: I'm hanging up the badge and gun.
Replies: 3
Views: 144

Joe, I hope the best for you, career wise. I've actually thought about you somewhat lately: with all the crazy things going on with police in this country, I've worried about you and your safety. There's been an increasingly "us vs them" mentality I hear from people and see in media(and I ...
by Bonefish
Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:29 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Where Are They Now: Everyone Edition
Replies: 34
Views: 663

It's all boxes man. That's what I do now, manage a few thousand boxes into trucks for hours a night and play games.
by Bonefish
Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:26 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: My new toy.
Replies: 498
Views: 7684

I picked up a Mossberg 500 "home defense" shotgun. Home defense, I guess, means I got a free heat shield? Sure, there's a cruiser grip in the box, but the stock stock and forend were just like the wood grain models, but in lack plastic! TACTICOOL! So why does it matter? Well, one of the fi...
by Bonefish
Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:18 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Disaster/Zombie/Armageddon/Economic Collapse Preparation
Replies: 39
Views: 1021

My water stockpile disappeared(without a car, it was hard to justify moving 3-6 gallons of water when I moved). But I've stockpiled some other things, liek a tent, tarp, sleeping mat, sleeping bag, camelBak, a crude first aid kit(gauze, tape, neosporene), a machate, a shotgun and a lot of ammo. I ke...
by Bonefish
Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:20 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Where Are They Now: Everyone Edition
Replies: 34
Views: 663

Working for big brown, having mental relapses, staying alive.
by Bonefish
Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:50 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Soo... The Ukraine
Replies: 6
Views: 142

Because conspiracy theories are stupid. The US response is weak because we ARE weak. We're caught with our pants down, our manhood shriveling up, and the Russians are laughing at us. In all seriousness: I need more evidence than just suspicions. The US military has been downsizing like crazy, our pr...
by Bonefish
Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:52 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Soo... The Ukraine
Replies: 6
Views: 142

I just dont have a soultion. I mean, econonic sanctions seem a bit double edge: europe is reliant on russian oil, and a major trade war wiuld involve oil. If europeans want to turn off the russian oil, they lose a third of their supply, and russia sales to the Chinese. The Chinese did initialy suppo...
by Bonefish
Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:25 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Soo... The Ukraine
Replies: 6
Views: 142

Its actually a rather serious problem, one that will heavily impact the international community quite severely. See, back in 94, a few of the major powers had various nations agree to nuclear non proliferation treaty in Budapest. Ukraine was a signatory nation that gave up its rather heft nuclear ar...
by Bonefish
Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:10 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Soo... The Ukraine
Replies: 6
Views: 142

Soo... The Ukraine

Welp, looks like I've finally been vindicated for insisting on Russia's threat in the international world. I'm not happy about that.

So.. what to do now?

I'm headed off to work now, but when I get back, I'll elaborate on this. Til then, what do ya guys think?
by Bonefish
Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:13 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How do you deal with a violent ex con
Replies: 4
Views: 129

That's the only option i see. unfortunately, timing is terrible, and I will not be able to get most of my possessions out of the house tomorrow. i've got a bag packed with three work polos, three undershirts, two "casual" shirts, three pairs of clean socks and a pair of shorts. I'm leaving...
by Bonefish
Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:41 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How do you deal with a violent ex con
Replies: 4
Views: 129

How do you deal with a violent ex con

So... simple/ How do oyu deal with a violent ex con you live with who seems to want to kill you for anything, imagined or real?
by Bonefish
Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:53 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gang Phrases Help
Replies: 4
Views: 127

No clue. I can ask a friend or two at work tomorrow.
by Bonefish
Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:06 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: ntwk_413 error... da fuq?
Replies: 0
Views: 136

ntwk_413 error... da fuq?

So, I tried to download a game from Amazon.com, and when I did, i get this ntwk_413 error. i also can't seem to update my browser on this damn computer, or download google chrome.

Anyone got any help?
by Bonefish
Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:51 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Serioud Paul, can I be your friend?
Replies: 4
Views: 151

you are telling me. He's still here. it's a whole sordid mess; i thought i had a problem with drugs, untill i moved in here. lunacy
by Bonefish
Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:51 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Serioud Paul, can I be your friend?
Replies: 4
Views: 151

I've been getting the internet off my mobile for the last... say.. four months. it sucks.

and for the last few weeks i've been living with a violent ex con with assault warrants out for his arrest life has been stressful for me lately.
by Bonefish
Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:39 am
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Imorria: A campaign setting.
Replies: 11
Views: 286

The new direction: Never forget that we came from the stars, child. We were not born in this world, we came from the great Ship. For countless ages, that ship plyed the sea of stars and we slumbered and berthed aboard the great ship of the stars, alongside the ancient Navigators and Wrights. We came...
by Bonefish
Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:56 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Istanbul...
Replies: 3
Views: 150

Yeah, the region is a bit.. unstable. But I feel like, it's a good way. The middle east, for a long time, has had a patriarchal feel to it, where who your father's friends really matter. But there is this undercurrent there. Turkey is a bit of an outlier thought. Ataturk established a somewhat secul...
by Bonefish
Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:44 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Armed March on DC?
Replies: 3
Views: 152

I guess it never happened. I personally feel like it was a totally bad idea: you're forcing police to decide between the laws the enforce and how they feel. And i basically just feel this is a *bad* idea. Like, it just begs for an escalation of force that isn't healthy. Dude, I would totally march o...
by Bonefish
Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:37 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Serioud Paul, can I be your friend?
Replies: 4
Views: 151

Serioud Paul, can I be your friend?

Ok, so over the last year, on facebook, I have have you recommended as a friend. We have mutual friends and stuff, and I see you pop up. But I have been extremely reluctent to request you as a friends on facebook,. Because, well... me. Think about half the shit I have said. But, well... Paul... I ki...
by Bonefish
Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:14 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Istanbul...
Replies: 3
Views: 150

Some of these images are simply amazing. We've got backhoes being used to attack police buses, women in dresses being blasted in the face with tear gas, lines of protesters polic calling the park for trash.
by Bonefish
Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:51 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Istanbul...
Replies: 3
Views: 150

Istanbul...

So, maybeyou knwo it but: Istanbul is currenctly rocked with protests and fightign between police and protesters. The turkish media is blacked-out, showing re-runs of food prep shows instead of news, and people are going nuts.

http://showdiscontent.com/
by Bonefish
Thu May 23, 2013 4:21 am
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Orcs as Ambulatory plants?
Replies: 1
Views: 134

Can we have this moved?
by Bonefish
Tue May 21, 2013 6:39 am
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Orcs as Ambulatory plants?
Replies: 1
Views: 134

Orcs as Ambulatory plants?

Ok, so here's a cray idea. Orcs are plants. The greenskinned, somewhat apeish monsters we all know and love? They're actually the ambulatory seed stage of an intelligent race of trees. The tree, the adult, drops seedlings that ripen and get up and roam around. They're carnivorous, though they can al...
by Bonefish
Tue May 21, 2013 6:28 am
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Games I'll never get to run.
Replies: 15
Views: 1131

The game I will never run? Don't have a name for it, but it's sci-fi colonial. Faster than light Jump Ships enable humans to colonize, but they're typically expensive and one-way, and there's still considerable times involved(40-50 years for some ships), so it's not really possible to go back to Ear...
by Bonefish
Thu May 09, 2013 7:08 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Armed March on DC?
Replies: 3
Views: 152

Armed March on DC?

http://www.adamvstheman.com/open-carry-march-on-washington-opencarry130704/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-carry-march-on-washington-opencarry130704 So.. these guys want an open carry protest march on DC. I for one think this is a terrible idea. It cannot end well. But... T...
by Bonefish
Mon May 06, 2013 7:17 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 13
Views: 406

It's tricky to figure out, honestly. For example, Michigan and NC both have Similar populations and population density, as well as median income, AND similar gun laws(I believe both our states reciprocate). Yet, last I checked, NC was having increasing gun violence, and michigan was having lower. I ...
by Bonefish
Thu May 02, 2013 6:26 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 13
Views: 406

Yeah, well, differen't places are... different. NC is currently bucking the trend of downward violence, with firearms violence going up significantly compared to the national average. And we've got pretty free gun laws. *shrugs*
by Bonefish
Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:40 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuck the Police (a poll of sorts)
Replies: 16
Views: 366

What is the average age of police forces, and how often do they retain members, as compared to lose members?
by Bonefish
Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: My new toy.
Replies: 498
Views: 7684

So I had a small role in the development of a firearm product. I ran into a guy who is an engineer as well as a competitive AK shooter. He makes a few handy parts for other AK users, such as a finger-operated magazine catch and an extended traditional AK mag catch . I liked the idea of both of them...
by Bonefish
Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:02 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuck the Police (a poll of sorts)
Replies: 16
Views: 366

I've recently been reconsidering my position that the police and the military must always be different groups. They work under different assumptions on the use of force, I think. I'm not entirely sure why I think this is the case, but I feel like the police should always ask questions, then shoot, ...
by Bonefish
Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:01 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The U.S. Constitution: A time for change?
Replies: 4
Views: 180

The founding fathers couldn't account for everything. So... You know, we have to intepret their ideas to our modern life. For example, the concept of privacy: in 5 years, drones will be something a high school student makes in their spare time. In 10 years, everything will be under surveillance. EVE...
by Bonefish
Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cars, Part III
Replies: 449
Views: 6565

Craacked head gasket. Radiator is busted. Various other potential leaks in stuff. Pretty sure it's time to scrap it.
by Bonefish
Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:53 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Fuck the Police (a poll of sorts)
Replies: 16
Views: 366

Well, I've got an interesting point of view on this. I've seen police bash a young man's head against a drink cooler because he had change clutched in a fist, I've had pistols pointed in my face on numerous occasions, and I've been handcuffed and detained by the Pineville, NC swat team. I've been lo...
by Bonefish
Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:43 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 13
Views: 406

What do I want? Gun Registration. Uncle Jay points out the legal benefits of it. Second, there's just too many guns for use to say: "well, we don't know who has guns, or what guns, or where they are, or who is selling them, if they are selling them to felons or mentally unstable people." W...
by Bonefish
Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:25 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: No infant should have eye cancer...
Replies: 4
Views: 383

<3
by Bonefish
Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:03 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Alternate History: Germanic Tribes and Rome
Replies: 10
Views: 249

If we wanted a divergent timeline, where are you willing to diverge it?
by Bonefish
Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:02 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cars, Part III
Replies: 449
Views: 6565

Yeah, My uncle came down and helped me. It was a run-a-round day of riding to one parts store then another, getting the wrong part, taking it back. Got soem leak fier today, because in the 10 ays since I fied it, had a ba power steerign leak. Hoep this helps.
by Bonefish
Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:02 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cars, Part III
Replies: 449
Views: 6565

Yeah, My uncle came down and helped me. It was a run-a-round day of riding to one parts store then another, getting the wrong part, taking it back. Got soem leak fier today, because in the 10 ays since I fied it, had a ba power steerign leak. Hoep this helps.
by Bonefish
Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Alternate History: Germanic Tribes and Rome
Replies: 10
Views: 249

Also the German tribes did not have a concept of hereditary rule, and in fact, their Kings could and were frequently deposed by the freemen of the tribe. So their inclusion in the army, particularly as bodyguards and cavalry meant that they were likely to side with their general, over some notion of...
by Bonefish
Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:22 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: firefow safe mode
Replies: 3
Views: 159

Shoot it? I don't fucking know. Someone help him, dammit.
by Bonefish
Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:34 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Alternate History: Germanic Tribes and Rome
Replies: 10
Views: 249

What could have happened? Well, I think an idea that has some merit is that the Germans could have been romanized, much like the Gauls and Iberians, and indeed we have this continuation of power and culture in the Gothic kingdoms, as well as the Lombards and Franks, though on a smaller and more regi...
by Bonefish
Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:10 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Cars, Part III
Replies: 449
Views: 6565

Oh, and it wasn't the tensioner pulley. It was the Power steering pump ulley. And the power steering pump. Hurray unexpected costs!
by Bonefish
Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:09 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Alternate History: Germanic Tribes and Rome
Replies: 10
Views: 249

paladin2019 wrote:Are we forgetting Rome survived until 1453, when the Ottomans captured Constantinople?
I'm definitely not. I'm mainly focusing on the Western half of the empire for this conversation, but the Sucession policy is an issue that remains relevant for the eastern half.
by Bonefish
Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:04 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Alternate History: Germanic Tribes and Rome
Replies: 10
Views: 249

Aww, is it my birthday? Ok... so, let's look at some major factors for the Romans: 1) Succession Policy. What Succession Policy? From the end of the Republic(Remember, Caeser wasn't the first of his kind, Pompey and Sulla came before him: the republic had already succumbed to the power of tyrants wh...