MattPie
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I made the mistake of buying my wife a Neon once. :sick:
My 95 wasn't that bad. 108 thousand nearly trouble-free miles. Yes, I know I'm the only one that can say that.
So this will be post #991 for me. I have to think of something reasonably epic for #1000. :)
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Subarus are reliable cars, and used models that are few years (greater than 2) shouldn't be too expensive. My friend bought a 6 year old Subaru, had about 70K miles, and ran just like it was new for 3 years, until big ol' Bambi decided to commit suicide about a month ago. Deer was big enough that the entire hood crumpled, and the frame got torqued to the point that the insurance company totaled the car. safety features all worked though. It was great with the snow, and it was the car I actually learned to drive manual with.
I'm on my second Subaru, the first had 194k I only had to replace the O2 sensor ($200) and one brake caliper ($60) other than wear and tear items. Absolutely loved that car. The new one only has 15k on it, so it doesn't count (but I love it too).
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I've been moderately to severely overweight since I was about 10 years old. Three years ago I made a commitment to start living a healthy lifestyle by eating healthy food most of the time, in the correct portions, and exercising regularly. I was approaching 40 and had no doubt that I'd be very lucky to see 50 if I did not make major changes.
Well, this week I finally hit my goal weight! Three years ago I weighed an embarrassing 305 lbs, today I weigh 173. Total loss of 132 lbs. Went from 3x shirts to M's, from a 52" waist to 34". Doing my first half-marathon later this year.
Awesome CDX, you're putting me to shame. Almost two years ago I was 295, today I'm 230 (and have been for a year or so) thru mostly diet. I guess I'm actually going to have to continue working out to catch up (although I'd be exactly Miller-skinny at 173).
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Dare I ask how the measuring was done?
It was carny college, Dept. of guess your age and weight.
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Or just leave a trail of sponge candy to your front door, apparently.
I'm not sure if wasting perfectly good sponge candy is worth the trouble. :)
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I'm just getting over something similar. It lasted a good two weeks and I spent 10 minutes every morning coughing up some nasty stuff. My wife the NP was sure I had walking pneumonia, but she could never hear it in my lungs. It was probably something viral and with that I usually prescribe myself heavy doses of high gravity beer.
I did that for the cold I had on New Years Eve, and it worked fantastically. Adding Daytime cold medicine and shots helps too.
Complaint: kinda sorta dating girl is now friend girl. Knew it was coming for the entire relationship, but doesn't make it suck that much less. Shrader, where does that chick hang out? ;)
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Smoked one on New Years. I was drunk, but I remember being pleased haha
Week before Xmas, same thing. Bummed one or two from a friend up at a vacation house, so I don't know what they were. Sweet though, which would fit in with that friends tastes.
Cold outside though on Cayuga that night.
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D. Mentioned by SwampD in the "Complaint Thursday" thread, Pomplamoose frickin' rocks. Ignore her "Steven Segal" one-look pony or whatever. Her vocals are smoldering. and DAMN she's hot! Not to mention that they're just a fun, fun band.
Grapefruit, what a great name.
The goods:
- Planning a cross-country bike trip this summer via Montana and Oregon. It'll be my longest trip on the bike *by far*.
- I've completed most of the Buffalo Cuisine Tour including: Seneca Texas Hots vs. Louie's Texas Red Hots challenge, Buffalo-style pizza, and beef on weck from Bar Bill. Need to complete the wings and fish fry objectives tonight.
- I'm not *that* sick.
- Planning a cross-country bike trip this summer via Montana and Oregon. It'll be my longest trip on the bike *by far*.
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Case of The Mad Elf from Troegs..love this beer in the winter, usually only have one at a time. anybody have ideas if this might bea good beer to cellar for a bit?
A year or two I left a couple bottles in the fridge for over a year and it was fine. Not sure about actually cellaring it though.
If any of the Buffalo locals haven't tried it, go check out the Pizza Plant over on Main St in Williamsville (first light off the 90/290 exit). Good food (Buffalo pizza shop style) and 10-12 taps of interesting and fairly obscure beers. Bear Double Rocket, Dogfish Chicory Stout, and a couple others a few nights ago.
I want to give a shout out to a nice little beer app, untappd. A friend coaxed me into trying it and it's mildly fun to catalog various beers as I drink them. I usually only manage to record the first couple of the night though. :)
http://untappd.com, or via the Android or iPhone market.
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I just can't get past the fact that she is on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists and yet Alex Lifeson is not. I shouldn't hold it against her but I do.
Alex is very proficient, but doesn't much 'soul' or 'heart' in his playing. I guess it depends on how you rate things.
Errrr, Alex is #98 in the above link.
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Oddly addictive:
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Going out for drinks and dancing tonight. Tis the season for merriment.
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I don't know what to try. I can't really use a different computer as all I have available is the MacBook I use, and it's hard to troubleshoot w/ different browsers because, even in Safari, it doesn't happen every time.. just most of the time. I could go make ten posts in a row on firefox or something, but maybe the 11th one will mess up. I can't be the only one on here using Safari... but apparently am the only one getting this problem lol
Agreed, some times the editor preserves whitespace, sometimes it mashes everything together. Haven't figured out the rhyme nor reason yet.
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Well, that could work in your favor; maybe you'll be upgraded from "kinda" to "actually" dating!
That's certainly *not* the way it's going. On the plus side, it's all for a good reason and I want her to be happy. Ideally involving me somehow.
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Hats off to you, CSB -- you literally saved Christmas for that little girl, and that was awesome. I remember a number of years back my parents did something similar for my cousin... they never had much money anyhow, and his step-dad was an alcoholic A-hole who went out and drank away the money he was supposed to use for presents. So, my parents bought a bunch of inexpensive toys and things for my cousin and let him think it was all from Santa. I can't understand people like those parents, but again, good on you. :worthy:
Wow, that's exactly like the song:
Complaint: It's a complicated story, but girl I'm kinda dating is evaluating whether we're still kinda dating.
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They might be giants?! I always wanted to see a show of theirs.
I've been to a few in a bunch of different kinds of venues, always put on a good show. Venues: bar, concert hall, outdoor rock show, outdoor kids show, and (I kid you not) a Barnes and Noble bookstore. They were touring to support the kids' books they wrote/recorded.
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Missed most of the Pietasters last night, but the Slackers were F'N Fantastic. Plus, I lost a little weight, I need to do the drink and dance like an idiot workout more often.
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That avatar is tremendous. Surprised nobody has rolled out a Bumble avatar yet (and somewhat relieved since he still scares the sh!t outta me).
Speaking of which the undead hand is awesome, even if it's sadly apropos.
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What kind of reality is that? One where only goals scored not as part of a hatrick are counted? :blink:
Were they ordered from 1-800-REALITY? (Note, number is NSFW)
Ref (SFW): https://ronsolo.word...skys-innocence/
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I have four really cool things I've been invited to this weekend, in four different cities (Philly, Buffalo, NYC, and Finger Lakes). I can only do one. I'm going to miss a party, The Slackers in NYC, and 'The Twelve Bars of East Aurora' bar crawl since I've already paid for the all day winery/brewery limo tour of Cayuga Lake.
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I like it. I almost got the same car, but settled for the Legacy Sedan. LOTS of room, and great on gas (which is great given the amount of travel I do).
I probably should have gotten a Legacy, the WRX is awful on gas (24MPG on average), maybe 27MPG on a long highway trip @75.
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is it a spoiler, wing, or just a little airfoil type of deal? your answer will probably be the deal breaker lol.
Small spoiler thingy. See attached, I'm not sure how to classify it.
I'll make an exception because it was from the factory with the assumption that you had no other choice. If you had specifically requested said spoiler on your sedan, then I would make fun of you. :thumbsup:
Wasn't an option on this revision. The old WRX didn't have one (it was an option, and it was ugly).
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if you can find that picture of the minivan, that'd rule. we don't actually have one, but man ... now i have all kinds of awesome ideas to pimp it out.
I've seen one with spinners before, does that help? Someone beat you to it:
http://jalopnik.com/5561026/the-lamborghini+engined-gullwing-minivan
Complaint: my 4-door sedan has a spoiler on it (from the factory), so apparently Biodork hates my car. :(
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Thanks. I think Smirnoff used to be good. A lot of good imported stuff had some US company buy the name and then the US company started selling their own, inferior stuff, under the import name.
This is going to sound pretty snobbish, but in most cases if you figure that 7 of 10 random people know/like the product there's something way better out there. My theory is when companies start worrying about big advertising, they stop worrying about making a quality product.
The Music Thread
in The Aud Club
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E
Heard this on the radio Saturday night on the way home from a party. It's stuck there now, but at least it's a pretty good song.