Minor Confession Thread

Stampie said:

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

You thinking of entering?

yes, but not the contest...

Every time I see videos from the Nurburgring, I wanna book a flight and a rental from https://rsrnurburg.com/ and go...

Maybe next year...

I should really drove the duster more.

Last night we had leftover meatloaf. A little slice went uneaten and got left out all night on the counter, naked against the world. And I want breakfast.

Berkeley it. I'm a lot of things, but proud ain't one of them. I'm heating this thing to approximately BP servo pie temperatures and making a sandwich. 

I think the Garage Lancia page on faceache is going to force me to learn Italian so I can understand the posts.

I wore my new Blipshift GR Corolla shirt today for the 1st time, but drove the Celica race car.  Is that a hate crime?

DarkMonohue said:

Last night we had leftover meatloaf. A little slice went uneaten and got left out all night on the counter, naked against the world. And I want breakfast.

Berkeley it. I'm a lot of things, but proud ain't one of them. I'm heating this thing to approximately BP servo pie temperatures and making a sandwich. 

Brave man...

In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :

Not really, especially this time of year. PW always left leftover pizza out overnight

I've had Tom's old go-ped for over two years now.  Yesterday we started looking at it.  Good spark, good compression, primer bulb on carb is cracked and the throttle likes to hang open.  I don't want a knock off Amazon carb but it cross listed to some Echo 25cc equipment.  I spent the whole morning driving all over town in vain looking for one because despite waiting over 2 years to work on it, I really really wanted to get it running today.

In reply to Stampie :

iIf all you need is the primer bulb, check out Home Depot.  They have some Echo OEM You-Can maintenance kits that may have the bulb

In reply to HotNotch :

Naw I would have done something like that but the stuck full throttle thing is a part that I can't find separate.  The current carb looks like an Amazon one with no markings so it'll be nice to have an OEM one.

My niece got her license first try last Friday. She has had 2 separate mild accidents so far with her car (Pontiac Wave).

One she slid into another guy in traffic at low speed, no damages.

The other she hit a snowbank. 

Is it bad that it doesn't surprise me based on how her mother (my sister) and her man drives?

Stampie said:

I've had Tom's old go-ped for over two years now.  Yesterday we started looking at it.  Good spark, good compression, primer bulb on carb is cracked and the throttle likes to hang open.  I don't want a knock off Amazon carb but it cross listed to some Echo 25cc equipment.  I spent the whole morning driving all over town in vain looking for one because despite waiting over 2 years to work on it, I really really wanted to get it running today.

Part 2

I ordered a Walbro OEM carb yesterday that's in Seattle.  I couldn't wait the 5 days for it to get here.  Not only did I order a cheap Amazon carb but since it had 4am-8am delivery available I added enough other stuff that I needed so it would be there when I got out of the shower this morning.  Now to figure out why my spark went away.

A buddy was talking big talk about liking spicy stuff, so naturally it turned into a contest. We've each stepped it up over the last few weeks and now I'm going nuclear. I've sourced some dangerously hot peppers, including a peach reaper (1.2-1.8M SHU) and a red primotalii (2.2-2.5M SHU). I can only claim victory if I do it too and fare better. 
The hottest I've ever had is around 1.2M and it was a memorable experience that is fun to laugh about well after the fact. 
 

Tonight is the night. I'm legitimately nervous. Especially since the beginning of this week was dominated by some sort of stomach bug. At least if things go wrong it should thoroughly flush my system. 

In reply to barefootcyborg5000 :

Don't E36 M3 yourself. 

In reply to Stampie :

The danger is real

In reply to barefootcyborg5000 :

In reply to Appleseed :

I think the exhaust manifold might be in greater danger on this one?

Last nights test went well enough but I think our results were a little flawed. We each had about a 1/4 of the mildest offering. But neither was really confident in the outcome so next week will be a better control and a hotter test. 

I've now bought the game Knights of the Old Republic four times on four different platforms.

I have perhaps peaked in my world of pranks and jokes. 

The other morning, I texted my cousin Olivia. We're pretty close despite being almost exactly 20 years apart, age wise. 

"Hey I have some news I want to share before the Larson rumor mill gets out of control" (Larson is our family last name, and is NOTORIOUS for gossip. The running joke is if you want to tell the whole family something you just tell my one aunt and let her do it for you)

"As of this morning, Christina and I are no longer dating" 

"We've been discussing it for a while now, and we decided we couldn't keep going on the path we were on" 

She texted back her condolences she was sorry to hear that, said she was glad it sounded like a mutual thing. 

"It was definitely a mutual thing. Need two people to get married after all" 

Olivia asks if "She wanted to get married?"

"Oh no. We did" 

SHE LOST HER MIND. 

It could not have played out any better if I tried. She texted Christina right after and said she was really said when she thought we'd broken up because she thought Christina was one of the nicest people she'd ever met. 

So, I've peaked. Sorry guys. It's been fun. 

I have taught my 4 year old - almost 5 - the epitome of humor: pull my finger.

mtn said:

I have taught my 4 year old - almost 5 - the epitome of humor: pull my finger.

There is nothing better than peak dad jokes. 

While we are on this peak joking tangent, may I submit the following  

Useful info is that grandma did end up dying due to complications from Alzheimer's.
 

Rewind a few years:

Aunt Sue has been the caretaker for grandma for a long time and for like a decade prior to this night she'd been warning the family that she was seeing signs of dementia/alzheimer. As long as grandma keeps her cat alive I figure she's good to keep living by herself but whatever. 
There's a family get together and I overhear Aunt Sue trying to explain to the rest of the skeptical family how serious grandma's dementia is getting, "I think I had to remind her ten times that we were coming tonight!"

This is the perfect opportunity!

A couple minutes later I casually walked over to the group of aunts, uncles, and cousins, "hey Aunt Sue, I was just talking to grandma and she's getting concerned about your memory. She said that you told her about tonight's party no less than ten times"

You shoulda SEEN the look of horror on Aunt Sue's face. Priceless!

/restingOnMyLaurels

I sold my Escalade and haven't bought a replacement yet, so I am driving my FIL's 6 year old civic. I am enjoying driving it more than I should! I love little cars.