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[dem beats 1,223]

Never mind. Who needs retirement.

Yes please.

2003 Porsche 911 turbo 6 speed AWD 700hp Protomotive 10 sec car 228mph

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

315/25 tires? ow my ass

curb feelers are must

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On the topic of hard drives:

Sean, would it be more advantageous to use something along the lines of a Barracuda ES.2 or a Constellation versus a regular Barracuda or Barracuda XT for an always on home NAS? Or any always on desktop for that matter?

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On the topic of hard drives:

Sean, would it be more advantageous to use something along the lines of a Barracuda ES.2 or a Constellation versus a regular Barracuda or Barracuda XT for an always on home NAS? Or any always on desktop for that matter?

That's assuming Seagate still makes the best drives,

[nem 2,019]

[KU40 173]

Need more power? Crank in more fuel.

Until you're blowing black soot everywhere

Seems pretty common in Dodges no matter what.

[KU40 173]

My Explorer has two cigarette lighters but neither are switched with the ignition, both are always on. Now that I got XM radio as a bday present, I'll need one to be switched so that I don't have to turn on/off the xm tuner every time I get into the car as that would get annoying real fast. I think I'll just splice it into my head unit's ignition power wire though as that looks to be 10x easier than tearing apart half of my dash to rewire one of the sockets.

USE a relay!

I have one on the remote wire from my head unit, I guess I could just use that? I'm not sure of the current capacity of just the factory ignition power wire to the head unit, but the specs on the XM tuner say it only draws 500 mA at max. I thought I'd be safe with that, but you think no?

[///M5 2,833]

Never mind. Who needs retirement.

Yes please.

2003 Porsche 911 turbo 6 speed AWD 700hp Protomotive 10 sec car 228mph

In Waite Park??? Guy lives in a trailer and has a car like that and wants a Murcielago. Wonder what he does for money, lol.

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On the topic of hard drives:

Sean, would it be more advantageous to use something along the lines of a Barracuda ES.2 or a Constellation versus a regular Barracuda or Barracuda XT for an always on home NAS? Or any always on desktop for that matter?

Enterprise drives are always a good solution for reliability.

[///M5 2,833]

Seagate still makes great Enterprise drives...but as with all the drive companies they all have sweet spots in their line up for storage & reliability.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Me thinks 30mpg = myth

In the f250 I drove long distance in we averaged 21mpg on a trip to Chicago and back. A fair amount of city included. This was stock, no tune and no engine mods. Maybe an exhaust but I don't think so. We calculated with paper and miles on the odo. I drove steady and never gunned it though. Never pulled from a stop fast. Just gentle large truck econ driving. It was one a mix of regular deisel and some home brew bio.

There is literally hundreds of HP and TQ hidden under the "green" parts put onto those Ford engines.

'Tis the beauty of Diesel. Need more power? Crank in more fuel.

Don't forget about air now.

[dem beats 1,223]

Never mind. Who needs retirement.

Yes please.

2003 Porsche 911 turbo 6 speed AWD 700hp Protomotive 10 sec car 228mph

In Waite Park??? Guy lives in a trailer and has a car like that and wants a Murcielago. Wonder what he does for money, lol.

Who knows. don't ask don't tell.

I just wanna get to 60 in 2.9

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

I just wanna get to 60 in 2.9

get a crotch rocket

oh wait

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Apparently today is the 67th anniversary of Albert Hoffman's first ever acid trip with LSD-25

I would celebrate it but uh

naaaaah

[Duran 387]

O.o

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Starting later this summer, U.S. citizens 21 and older can begin carrying a concealed firearm without a permit in Arizona.

this will end well

[dem beats 1,223]

Starting later this summer, U.S. citizens 21 and older can begin carrying a concealed firearm without a permit in Arizona.

this will end well

darwin FTMFW

[dem beats 1,223]

I just wanna get to 60 in 2.9

get a crotch rocket

oh wait

I have an 2002 CBR. I'm thinking about getting it on the bottle actually

[dem beats 1,223]

fast way to cripple yourself TOP.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Good old Kevin Holden, still bashing still attacking still making false claims and lies. RD Alpha or SSA Xcon? - CarAudioForum.com

[Jay-C76 333]

I got this funny as story/e-mail yesterday,

it had me in tears I was laughing so hard at this guy's testimonial...

I had to share this with you guys too.

It's a little long but worth every minute.

A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Tazer for their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer.

The effects of the Tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....??

WAY TOO COOL! I bought the device and brought it home.. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time, I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.

AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two AAA batteries, right?

There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target.

I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and then thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised.

Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and Tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; and a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference (loaded with two itsy, bitsy AAA batteries); pretty cute really, and thinking to myself, 'no possible way!'

What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best.

I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side so as to say, 'Don't do it stupid,' reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny lil ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad.. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it.

I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and...

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WHAT THE... !!!

I'm pretty sure Hulk Hogan ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs! The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room.

Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a Tazer, one note of caution: there is NO such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor! A three second burst would be considered conservative! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace.. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling. Apparently I had crapped in my shorts, but was too numb to know for sure, and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head, which I believe came from my hair.

I'm still looking for my testicles and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return!

PS: My wife can't stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift and now regularly threatens me with it!

If you think education is difficult, try being stupid

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

a bit long, but worth watching:

:werd_msword:

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