jjbaker

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  1. You handled it like a champ and I know just about how frustrated you were yesterday having to throw a bunch of mula and hours and hours of work at this again. One can never figure out why these idiots do what they do with hacking and defacing sites (god knows, unless they do it to a bigger outfit barely anyone notices) but I know if I had 5 minutes in a closed room with the smelly diaper-head - camel-driver, I'd squeeze the Kebab out of him.

     

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    You did good, bubba! Congrats to having the site back on its feet!


  2. I must prostitute against prejudice anti cow statements and hereby strongly resemble everything!

    No cow left behind. Especially not the one in my motorcycles sidecar.

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  3. Folks,

     

    Help evaluate my pilot gear.

     

    My goal is to be the bestest pilot in the world and as we all know, its the equipment that makes and breaks the coolest of us.

    They say dress for success and its my honest ass ess ment that only the coolest can survive.

     

    What am I missing?

     

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    Don't get all mean and post any derogan.... redoroco.... nerogaste....deodoran... ah... insulating crap there... prease!

     

     


  4. Kenneth,

     

    Great recap on the problems with Diesel engines... I usually get brandmarked a conspiracy theorist for saying that the price of Diesel being so ridiculous has no other reason than to keep the technology from evolving and properly developing in this country. There are way too many profits and kickbacks to be paid to car manufacturers who still build low torque, low power gas guzzler V8's and V10s.

     

    For the longest time we lied to people about dirt particles and Diesel being worse for the environment. Then we started modifying European Diesel powered cars to have less than stellar gas mileage and finally we're arriving at Diesel selling for such high prices that the next step up is AVGAS. In Europe, Diesel is traditionally much cheaper and it comes as no surprise to see even fast and high powered luxury limousines and SUV's powered by the "stinky" stuff. Diesel catalic converters and new direct injection technology make the newest Diesel engines clean and quiet.

     

    90% of Americans I have talked to about Diesel, associate the vehicles powered by those engines as "dirt machines", even though the only black and blue smoke plumes are emitted from trucks that would run on piss and frenchfries. Even the newer trucks have incredibly high heat cleaning cycles and I evacuated the truck shop I used to work at more than once for a W9 going into "selfcleaning oven mode".

     

    My last BMW Diesel in Germany got me an average of 55-65MPG, asking for no service over a period of 17000 miles. Efficiency redifined for a guy who downgraded from a Super + BMW M5 with a sooped upy 500 horses and a official top speed of 192 MPH (tailwind, mirrors retracted) but I swear, it was worth it. The vehicle would easly go 140 MPH and after driving his 2013 185HP predecessor during my last visit, I could not tell I was sitting in a Diesel vehicle. Amazing torgue at incredibly low RPM and that tank needle barely moves.

     

    Over here, we still teach the 3-5000 mile oil change (one of the biggest frauds in the world) and new technology is artificially kept under the carpet. Not only do we see the aftermath in less properly powered vehicles on the road, we also see the reflection of this stupid game in the prices of everything, as trucks still depend on this crap shoot game. Talk to any trucker about how they feel filling their tank for $500/ each pop, at an average 9MPG burn, depending on terrain and weight.

     

    Diesel is to our automotive industry as Rotax engines are to our General Aviation pilot population.

    A threeheaded monster nobody really understands.

     

    Back on topic, sorry...

     

    This is the first time I hear of someone having a funky experience with AC Spruce. They can certainly do better than that and I would write an email to see if the case can't be escalated and solved to your satisfaction.

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  5. you must have switched to GEICO  :lol:

     

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    Much better, friend. Much better. They called and said "Mr. Baker, your auto policy is up for renewal!"

     

    I asked: "Do you know how 16 seconds can save me $584 on my car insurance?" The lady said "no!".

     

    3...2...1... Click!

     

    I also stopped rewinding my DVD's after I watch them. For all I care, that's the next guys problem.

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