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[audio-neon 34]

Another rough night here. It's been nearly 1.5 years since I have been on a real date. There was this girl that I was seeing and she wanted to take things painfully slow but I was a nice guy and never pushed. I find out tonight that she just wants to be friends now. I was fine with that, until I found out that last week while I was at work and she was intoxicated she made out with my best friend who was completely sober. She was just going to hide it from me instead of owning up...

Seriously how hard is it to be nice to a nice guy.

All I ask is that you don't lie and if you make a mistake to own up to it and tell me. * I even go so far as to promise not to get mad*

It also happens that this best friend was sleeping in my bed when I got home the morning after. Spent the entire weekend over and never even mentioned anything. Let alone did he try and stop her even though he knew about my relationship.

Not a bad spring cleaning. I have gone from 5 really good friends to 0.

I say this because I WAS you. And I went about changing the wrong way, and you sound close to it.

"Nice" guys finish last because they do not express what they want. Be it fear or out of a show of respect to women or anything else. Almost every nice guy I know isn't nice to themselves and ends up unhappy and unsatisfied as they will go out of their way to make everyone else comfortable, and never ever concern themselves about their needs or wants. That only leads to one thing and that's resentment self destructive behavior and probably being a real shiz head. I chose to be a shiz head for a few months...

I don't want to see anyone else do that. Nice guys should finish first, but they also need to be honest. Weather you want to admit it or not, you were'nt honest with this girl. You wanted more, but she wasn't down with that. So you stayed, basicaly saying it's ok, when really it's not.

I hope it works out for you man! You actualy do sound like a good guy... just what ever you do don't get down on yourself, and start bringing up your standards for youself. Good call on getting rid of the baggage though. Sometimes you gotta clean house of the crap people in it.

Wow... that was really good

7 years of military school made me really good at being selfless. I'm truly happy when other people are happy. That's what makes me happy. I know that nice guys shouldn't get walked on. That's why I'm going surfing this weekend. A treat to my self to get my equilibrium back.

[mrray13 30]

Bitches ain't nothing but hoes and tricks.

Bitches love my new haircut.

haircut??? what haircut?? you got a haircut??? WTF?????

say it ain't so tom!!!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[vladd 26]

i REALLY wish i could come up with uses for the other buttons on a classic NES controller because I have a few and would love to make the fiero a push button start and flush the controller into the dash or center console, hooking up the 'start' button to start the car. just seems like such a waste if all the other buttons do nothing.

[vladd 26]

i guess with some work i could make it work the power windows, holding A or B to dictate which window and have the up and down on the control pad actually move the window

[MKader17 332]

werd

[Acidburn 10]

Bitches ain't nothing but hoes and tricks.

Bitches love my new haircut.

haircut??? what haircut?? you got a haircut??? WTF?????

say it ain't so tom!!!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

it isn't so, just quoting the video

[Acidburn 10]

i REALLY wish i could come up with uses for the other buttons on a classic NES controller because I have a few and would love to make the fiero a push button start and flush the controller into the dash or center console, hooking up the 'start' button to start the car. just seems like such a waste if all the other buttons do nothing.

i guess with some work i could make it work the power windows, holding A or B to dictate which window and have the up and down on the control pad actually move the window

that sounds like a pretty awesome idea

unfortunately, not too many things on a car use a momentary switch aside from start and the windows, power seats maybe?

[MKader17 332]

WVm84MD4vU4

[MKader17 332]

TMAX, doesn't that first dude sound just like ol' Jeff from JCI?

[KU40 173]

i don't control anyone but i make it very clear when something doesn't sit well with me. usually this ends up as being controlling because a girl just changes to meet what i want, which isn't what i want at all. the reason i adore this current girl is because she will stand toe to toe with me when she believes just as strongly as i do. That way when the argument is over we both know where we stand.

I just asked my girlfriend to do this like last week. I'm not talking like full on arguments, nobody really wants those. Just little debates, like why gas is high, why I think my way of doing something is better, war in Iraq, etc. She always just says she doesnt' want to talk about it. I think she's afraid I'll make her feel foolish, worried about being wrong, or something. But that's not my intention, I just like to share ideas and have intelligent conversations. I know she's smart, she just doesn't want to use it I guess. she said she'd try.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

We've already seen how quick on his feet Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can be, and it looks like the big man finally had to put those fleet-footed skills to good use, as he was recently forced to duck for cover under a barrage of (three) eggs during a speech he was giving at a Hungarian University. Apparently, the disgruntled egg-tosser was angry with Ballmer for "stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money," which he demanded that Ballmer give back "right now."

[MKader17 332]

Have to go to training next week for the new job. 3 nights in a hotel. mileage and meals paid for...

not too bad for a summer job for a college stoodent...

[JimJ 11]

My rig is completely silent running though and that was the goal. A silent Titan it's DB's are lower than the soundfloor in my apt. I might see if I can take it to my buddies work and see what it really puts out for DB's in a chamber.

Now you've got my interest peaked

Details on the case/fans?

[topgun 262]

Back home, the Jeep rode rough as shit, my back and neck are hurting... The 4.0L I6 is not enough power for pushing the brick and 33" tires at highway speeds either...

[topgun 262]

Other than the fact it beat the crap out of me every time I hit a bump, its fricking badass.

[Jmac 24]

We've already seen how quick on his feet Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can be, and it looks like the big man finally had to put those fleet-footed skills to good use, as he was recently forced to duck for cover under a barrage of (three) eggs during a speech he was giving at a Hungarian University. Apparently, the disgruntled egg-tosser was angry with Ballmer for "stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money," which he demanded that Ballmer give back "right now."

Ballmer's a douche ... At least Gates is interesting to listen to ...

[Acidburn 10]

tdegQmtgFSM

[audio-neon 34]

In 82 hours I will be leaving for a 4-day weekend in Cape May.... I can't wait

[Adrian_D 520]

Back home, the Jeep rode rough as shit, my back and neck are hurting... The 4.0L I6 is not enough power for pushing the brick and 33" tires at highway speeds either...

If it's got stock gears it definately doesn't have enough power

Take a peek on JeepForum.com, see what those guys have to say.

[///M5 2,833]

More later, but I got home real late last night so I waited until this AM and I wasn't going to pull the cover just to take pics for you guys. I will tonight though.

First a shot through my truck window as the previous owner pulled into the gas station

And now in my driveway!!

And yep, that is my old one in the garage

[///M5 2,833]

Up here in Pella, IA. Toured the Pella window factory this morning, holy shit, 50 acres under roof, the lumber plant was fricking cool as shit.

You should stop by the John Deere Dubuque works plant, it is more than a mile long :eek:

[///M5 2,833]

Does anyone know anything about cameras? I'm buying my fiance a digi cam, because I want to, kind of an engagement present to her, but early as hers is crap.

I'm looking at

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controll...delTechSpecsAct

or

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controll...delTechSpecsAct

Both in the price range online, the new one is cheeper, and has more mega pixels... but only by 20% and that doesn't seam to be that much if the image is not as clear or has more noise in it. Can anyone shed some light and tell me a good reliable place to buy for cheep? Non ebay maybe.

I haven't looked in a long time, but am a big fan of buying one from a camera company as the optics are the trick. The bigger the lense the better. Canon & Nikon are usually all I look at. I will add I don't really know that much about them, but do know something about optics.

[///M5 2,833]

Penguin4x4, Thank chest looks great!

X2!!

[///M5 2,833]

so...i think i've chosen the final setup for the fiero. it's going to be alllll kinds of overkill

Nice

[audio-neon 34]

I like the boat Sean.

I'll try and post pics of my jeep sometime tomorrow after I detail my 5 day old car.