A Completely Unrelated Series of Thoughts... Part 7

[slackur]

Listen to the calls.

Rally Racing is my favorite sport, but seeing as how I live in the States I only catch occasional highlights.

[nupoile]

Earlier, my wife said something along the lines of, "You know that 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' video? It's like some weird prediction from the 90's of the then future of cross-fit training"

[mumboking]

I just fixed the buttons on a cordless phone.
The buttons to answer and end calls were very unresponsive and have been for probably over a year. You had to jam them in as hard as possible to get them to work.

It turns out that there was a sticky substance on the underside of the keypad, mostly gooped up directly on the contacts for those buttons.
Looking it up now, it's apparently silicone oil: http://www.michaelshell.o...es/keypadsiliconeoil.html
I cleaned the keypad and now it's working much better.

[shaggy]

I just fixed the buttons on a cordless phone.
The buttons to answer and end calls were very unresponsive and have been for probably over a year. You had to jam them in as hard as possible to get them to work.

It turns out that there was a sticky substance on the underside of the keypad, mostly gooped up directly on the contacts for those buttons.
Looking it up now, it's apparently silicone oil: http://www.michaelshell.o...es/keypadsiliconeoil.html
I cleaned the keypad and now it's working much better.

[mumboking]

Something that just occurred to me... Why don't hardware pages have the Member Rating box on them?

[Shadow Kisuragi]

http://www.avclub.com/art...w-lawsuit-doesnt-c-228906

[Izret101]

Score another victory for Mordo and Riggs.

[SirPsycho]

Santa is coming to save Christmas Brother!

[Izret101]

Needed to grab a new vehicle.
Ended up with an 02 Escape. Looks good and drives good so far. Doesn't pull, hitch or make any scary sounds so i am off to a good start...
Going to put 75-100 miles on it tomorrow for work. Mix of highway and city so i'll be putting it thru its paces.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I know we discussed this, but that's how many vehicles now?

[Zagnorch]

Score another victory for Mordo and Riggs.

Hey, wait a minute-- that isn't the real Billy Mitchell:

[Izret101]

I know we discussed this, but that's how many vehicles now?

Mine over last 10+ years
Sentra GXE (Tboned) 04? - 06
Grand Prix GT (Engine seized after many years of faithful service and cross country driving I think i managed to put over 150k miles on it) 7/7/06-13ish
Park Ave (Ebrake seized. Shortly after repair brake lines blew & battery was corroded to leads) Got it just before Too Many Games 2013 died a few months later
Cavalier Coupe (not worth repairing) 2013 - Dec 2015
Escape V6 (Current) Dec 2015 - FUTURE

Hers:
Neon (antifreeze and oil mixing somehow? I don't automotive knowledge.)
Gulf (Exhaust leak. Near death experience. Barriers now in place on that stretch of highway. I saved lives.)
Alero (Could have owned a brand new car with what she spent on repairs)
Spectra (See Alero brackets. Current)

Most of the vehicles borrowed by us while inbetween cars:
Monte Carlo SS
LeBaron rag top
Alero (she eventually purchased)
Grand Am - A COMPLETE FUCKING LETDOWN AFTER OWNING A GRAND PRIX
BMW sporty coupe something
Olds 88
Volvo luxury something
Big Ass Work Van - Surprising power.

[mumboking]

Just had a 5 minute power cut...

[mumboking]

Is this our very own singlebanana?
https://youtu.be/o8fHmLGKehk?t=1294
(Not embeded because unsure if timestamps work)

[mumboking]

This didn't last long...
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