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Palama Offline
#301 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 9:39 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Your mistake was using an Apollo to show off. Think I was able to do 0-60 in about 15-20secs. Only thing it was good for was eating gas. Which is ironic since I believe Buick released he Apollo as a "compact" for better gas mileage


Dad bought the V8, 350. Dunno if it was the 2 or the 4 barrel version. Gas mileage wasn't so good...felt it in the wallet, especially during the gas embargo.
Palama Offline
#302 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 9:43 PM EST
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8track - glad to hear that everyone is alright. Hopefully a lesson learned and remembered.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#303 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 9:44 PM EST
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I remember mine was a V8 but don't recall the size. Got it with 1600mi on it 16yrs after production. The traditional little old lady's car, rarely driven. The age probably didn't help, but only got 8mpg out of it
Cheno Offline
#304 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 9:52 PM EST
Joined: 06-06-2019
Posts: 1,989
Wife did our taxes. Woohoo, we didn't owe. She is trying to take over some of her dad's clients for tax season. He is looking to downsize his clients as he is looking to retire soon. Hopefully she can take over the whole business.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#305 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 9:53 PM EST
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He's not a stripper, is he?
Palama Offline
#306 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 9:58 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I remember mine was a V8 but don't recall the size. Got it with 1600mi on it 16yrs after production. The traditional little old lady's car, rarely driven. The age probably didn't help, but only got 8mpg out of it


1600 miles? Sheesh, talk about driving it only to church and back!

I bought a ‘68 Road Runner in ‘75 and on a good day, oil / filter changed, new spark plugs, timing adjusted, new air filter, tires overinflated, washed and waxed, I could get 11 miles a gallon. The Apollo got slightly more, 14 iirc.
Cheno Offline
#307 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 10:00 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
He's not a stripper, is he?


God I hope not.
MACS Offline
#308 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 10:01 PM EST
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2.0 liter turbocharged 4 cyl engine... 241 hp and 26 mpg in the city. 31 on the freeway.

Corners like it's on rails, too. BigGrin
8trackdisco Offline
#309 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 10:20 PM EST
Joined: 11-06-2004
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Palama wrote:
8track - glad to hear that everyone is alright. Hopefully a lesson learned and remembered.


You and me both. He’s called the insurance company, has an adjuster calling him back on Tuesday. Tomorrow he’s calling and making an appointment for the mechanic to see about the drivability of the car.

If he gets even remotely irritated/edgy during the process, the next lever I pull is have him look up minimum sentencing guidelines for involuntary manslaughter sentencing in Wisconsin. It will remind him how blessed he’s been.
8trackdisco Offline
#310 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 10:22 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
2.0 liter turbocharged 4 cyl engine... 241 hp and 26 mpg in the city. 31 on the freeway.

Corners like it's on rails, too. BigGrin


Pretty nice. Not a 2001 Honda Element, but nice.
MACS Offline
#311 Posted: Sun, Feb 23 2020, 10:26 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Pretty nice. Not a 2001 Honda Element, but nice.


Yeeeaaahhh... 0-60 in 3 minutes, right?
danmdevries Offline
#312 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 2:27 AM EST
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Welcome back to Monday fellas
Palama Offline
#313 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 3:01 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Yeeeaaahhh... 0-60 in 3 minutes, right?


Downhill with a 20 mph tailwind?
8trackdisco Offline
#314 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 6:45 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Yeeeaaahhh... 0-60 in 3 minutes, right?


Yes, but nothing else like it in snow.
Ram27 Offline
#315 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 6:49 AM EST
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Go forth.........
corey sellers Offline
#316 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:44 AM EST
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Morning gents
rfenst Offline
#317 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:59 AM EST
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Morning guys.
First car was a '69 Cutlass Supreme with a 350 Rocket motor. I ended up throwing a rod and that made the car a total loss. Gas was something like $1.50 a gallon back then during the Oil Embargo of the mid-70's.

Anyhow, I am waiting for the screen repair guys to show up to fix my pool screen. Can't wait to see what this will cost...
Ram27 Offline
#318 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:05 AM EST
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Usual Monday morning laundry duties. d'oh!

Good luck Robert .
Ram27 Offline
#319 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:07 AM EST
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Clean up complete in forum. 👍
rfenst Offline
#320 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:20 AM EST
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Thanks, RAM.
(I wondered why I couldn't log-in this morning. Cleaned-up forum is nice.)
deadeyedick Offline
#321 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:52 AM EST
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Gentlemen.
deadeyedick Offline
#322 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 9:03 AM EST
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This one time, at band camp......

I won't go into all the details but my most spectacular car crash was in my 1960 MGA at about 2am. Flew over an irrigation ditch and landed 20 feet out into a watermelon patch. Cop didn't even give me a ticket. He said I wasn't the first but I flew the farthest.Angel
victor809 Offline
#323 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 9:39 AM EST
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They must be doing some testing on the forum for a way to get rid of the bot.

I noticed if you click on the forum from the main page it doesn't load (goes through an https connection which seems to no longer be working.)... change it to a http connection and it works.

I'm assuming they're fiddling to see what it will take to interrupt the the rlaw-bot.
MACS Offline
#324 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:09 AM EST
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Mobile site works. Can’t get to the forums on the computer, though.
victor809 Offline
#325 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:16 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Mobile site works. Can’t get to the forums on the computer, though.


Just take the "s" off the https://www.cigarbid.com (etc) in the web address and it goes right thru
MACS Offline
#326 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:43 AM EST
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Yeah... works on IE, not so much on chrome.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#327 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:53 AM EST
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Internet explorer? That still exists? People don't actually use that do they?
MACS Offline
#328 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:10 AM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Internet explorer? That still exists? People don't actually use that do they?


I prefer not to... but the site ain't working on chrome.
MACS Offline
#329 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:12 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
I prefer not to... but the site ain't working on chrome.


Aaaand... we're back!
opelmanta1900 Offline
#330 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 12:13 PM EST
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Trimmed up some gorilla glue... True to its name, this stuff is incredibly sticky... Should make for some good bubble hash...


Costco time...
MACS Offline
#331 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 1:05 PM EST
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^Gotta stock up on munchies type materials?

lol
victor809 Offline
#332 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 2:40 PM EST
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Leftover Pizza.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#333 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 3:48 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
^Gotta stock up on munchies type materials?

lol

Nah, I have Amazon deliver all that on a subscription basis...

I actually ended up with a bunch of fruit... Probably won't eat it, but the kids will...
ShanaC@CigarBid Offline
#334 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:15 PM EST
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Posts: 1,090
victor809 wrote:
They must be doing some testing on the forum for a way to get rid of the bot.

I noticed if you click on the forum from the main page it doesn't load (goes through an https connection which seems to no longer be working.)... change it to a http connection and it works.

I'm assuming they're fiddling to see what it will take to interrupt the the rlaw-bot.


That's what I'm blaming it on :)
victor809 Offline
#335 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 5:19 PM EST
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Well.... it didn't work. :(

Ah well, I'm sure cbid's IT ninjas will figure out how to stop this guy eventually.
victor809 Offline
#336 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 5:21 PM EST
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It seems to have shifted the past couple days from posting at 10:30 (ish) to posting at 5(ish) (Eastern time)....

Wonder why. Whole thing seems to be automated, create an account, login, post a thread in each forum available, put the same text in each thread.... create a second account, repeat.

There's gotta be a good way to interrupt that.

Even something as simple as extending the delay between posts (I thinkit's 15 seconds or so now?) to a minute or something.
victor809 Offline
#337 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 5:23 PM EST
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Hell.... if you just make it so no thread can be created with "shopping" in the title, they'd be f%cked
MACS Offline
#338 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 5:32 PM EST
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^I dare say his posting ninja skills exceed yours.
tonygraz Offline
#339 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 5:32 PM EST
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Not sure what is needed to post here, but on the site I administrate I have put a stop on all registrations which go into a moderated queue until approved. Ratwalagus would never get in twice. We also have the option to auto moderate certain words or urls by substituting stars for all characters (I think you could do that) should they use different names or IPs. We also had a program that could specifically report any multiple registrations from the same computer. We had a cracker jack programmer.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#340 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 5:59 PM EST
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They could always pay to have him doxxed... Kinda difficult to survive a doxxing, regardless of where you live....
danmdevries Offline
#341 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 6:11 PM EST
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Back to work. Last one maybe.
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#342 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:07 PM EST
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ShanaC@CigarBid wrote:
That's what I'm blaming it on :)

you want me and Drafter should go, ah, visit this guy?
jjanecka Offline
#343 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:14 PM EST
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Knock his fking teeth out Frankie
tonygraz Offline
#344 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:18 PM EST
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What makes you think he has teeth ?
delta1 Offline
#345 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:46 PM EST
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castration is in order...bring your knives....

change his name to "rballess"















edit: apologies...been hanging in the "politics" section too long and the cons are rubbing off on me....
MACS Offline
#346 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:37 PM EST
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The Navy finally got around to sending me my "official" retirement certificate... 2 and a half years after the fact. I got it in the mail today.

September 1, 2017... moved from the "fleet reserve" to the "retired list".
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#347 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:52 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
The Navy finally got around to sending me my "official" retirement certificate... 2 and a half years after the fact. I got it in the mail today.

September 1, 2017... moved from the "fleet reserve" to the "retired list".


Congrats, you old salt. The got you the retirement piece just ahead of your next retirement.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#348 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:58 PM EST
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Maybe you've been AWOL for the last couple years and didn't know it
USNGunner Offline
#349 Posted: Mon, Feb 24 2020, 9:21 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
The Navy finally got around to sending me my "official" retirement certificate... 2 and a half years after the fact. I got it in the mail today.

September 1, 2017... moved from the "fleet reserve" to the "retired list".


Congratulations. I think mine was 2 years after the fact as well. They were busy so I made allowances. Think
8trackdisco Offline
#350 Posted: Tue, Feb 25 2020, 4:27 AM EST
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Good Morning.

Get your Fat Tuesday on.
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