The Official Good Ideas Thread™
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The conclusion:
I just love how all of these SJWs talk about Cecil the Lion like he came over to their house on the holidays. This is all manufactured outrage, for something that is a net positive, and they have ruined someone's life in the process.
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Damn I want to try this
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Seems like something that was already done a long time ago:
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I was hoping a tram was going to hit him. :'(
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I was hoping for the wheels would lock up or he'd hit something sticking up between the tracks and he'd go flying.
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Try what? Putting wheels on a pallet? What's stopping you? (I wouldn't recommend it in Seattle though, cops'll shoot you for much less than this.)
It's not like the guy's flying a P-51 or anything actually expensive or difficult. He spent 20 minutes at Home Depot, whoop-de-shit.
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I wouldn't recommend it in Seattle though, cops'll shoot you for much less than this.
I wouldn't recommend it in Amsterdam either - you'll almost certainly run into a tram or car within 5 minutes.
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##National Duck Out For A Drink Day
Again, the most important thing to keep in mind is this: If you go to the bar during work, it’s like they’re paying you to drink. Remember the holiday and keep it holy.
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It does not involve any ducks being taken out for a drink.
That's thoroughly disappointing.
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It does not involve any ducks being taken out for a drink.
But it could.
You and your colleagues should make plans now for how you will be getting your holiday on tomorrow. A late lunch? An early exit? An “off-site meeting” around 2? The choice is yours!
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This one just warms the cockles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtkzRQUTKM&t=39s
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Good idea: giving autistic kid a chance.
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If that means yellow-cab medallions worth a collective $10 billion or so just two years ago become worthless, the judge suggested, so be it.
“Any expectation that the medallion would function as a shield against the rapid technological advances of the modern world would not have been reasonable,” he wrote. “In this day and age, even with public utilities, investors must always be wary of new forms of competition arising from technological developments.”
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Good idea: getting this fixed as soon as practical.
This situation is also known as "Oh, that's why the steering wheel wobbles."
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Holy FUCK. How do you even let tires get that worn? Jesus.
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How did that pass the last several mandatory yearly checkups?
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How did that pass the last several mandatory yearly checkups?
Some parts of the world don't have mandatory vehicle inspections.
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How did that pass the last several mandatory yearly checkups?
What kind of commie place do you live in where the government checks your tires every year?
That said, someone should have smacked the owner of that Kia about 20,000 miles ago. Gas station owner, cop pulling them over, random dude in the parking lot. Bam. Smack.
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You have some severe "toe in / Tracking" issues with that wheel - what probably accounts for "steering wheel wobble". The rest of the tread looks fine, which is why is probably passed its last yearly inspection (MOT assuming UK) as 80% (or something) of the surface of the tyre is ok. The point about this sort of "breakthrough" is that there is virtually no indication other than your motor taking an unexpected nose dive at high speed, prior to doing a forward roll over the barrier.
Interesting (super clean) floor it is parked on, could almost be carpet.
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The rest of the tread looks fine,
It's balder than Patrick Stewart!
Jesus, British people must drive in grossly unsafe cars if that would pass inspection.
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You would get a "warning" or notice. essentially, "...it passes the test but you are advised to do something about it..."
What a lot of people don't know about Brits, is second to their Queuing Skills, Is the ability to take tests / instruction literally to the point of absurdity.
Or as nationlas other that Brit would say "sheer bloody mindedness"
Oh edit: All an MOT does is indicate that the vehicle "passed" certain "tests" at a given time. There is no real relationship between it and vehicle safety. You need one for "Road Tax", which says it all really.
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How did that pass the last several mandatory yearly checkups?
"Inspections" around here involve a small financial transfer, no vehicle required...it's simply a racket done for revenue reasons only.
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@PleegWat said:
How did that pass the last several mandatory yearly checkups?
Some parts of the world don't have mandatory vehicle inspections.I'd wager that most parts of the world don't.
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What kind of commie place do you live in where the government checks your tires every year?
One where the owner of that vehicle isn't guaranteed to go aquaplanning on the next drizzle, likely causing severe damage to several other cars on the road.
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One where the owner of that vehicle isn't guaranteed to go aquaplanning on the next drizzle, likely causing severe damage to several other cars on the road.
Let me tell ya, that shit is an outright epidemic. The local fish rag is running weekly editorials on this scourge, this hideous irresponsibility on the part of all of these miscreants. Why, just last week, there were several 100-car pileups in the area due to this exact problem.
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It's worse than all of those gas stations exploding because they have locking levers on the pumps. There's gotta be 50, 60 of those a day in Washington State alone.
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You would get a "warning" or notice. essentially, "...it passes the test but you are advised to do something about it..."
Nah - that tyre? That is an immediate fail.
It is also illegal in that the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm - if the police in the UK caught you with a tyre like that they (quite rightly) force you to change it on the spot or have the car recovered (at your cost) to a place to fix it. You would also likely get a fine and points on your licence.
The belief that brits have bad teeth is somewhat correct, but we're all over that "roadworthy or removed" shit (and drink-driving, but that's for another thread)
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Good idea: getting this fixed as soon as practical.
Better idea: put the spare on and drive straight to your preferred tire shop.
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Is the bumper supposed to be a different colour to the wing?
edit: Is the a Sedona?
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It's one of those plastic SUVs, probably a Sedona I think that's Kia's shitty variation on that "plastic SUV" theme.
EDIT: No Sedona is their shitty plastic minivan. Sorento? Whatever.
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Looks like a minivan.
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I still remember a terrible radio ad the last time we
holidayedvacationed in Florida.
The Kia dealer had seemingly press-ganged his own kid into doing the voiceover and it ended with;(high-pitched voice): "And rememba! We really wanna seeyah in a keeyah!"
Pretty much put me off Kias (and children).
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Holy FUCK. How do you even let tires get that worn? Jesus.
Laziness. If you look, the belts hadn't started to show yet. I was planning on replacing it anyway but was going to wait until payday, which, conveniently, was today. I didn't notice the split until yesterday when it was too late to do anything about it.
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How did that pass the last several mandatory yearly checkups?
Because the last time I had it inspected it wasn't worn down enough to fail the inspection. Also, I've only put about 25K miles on that car since about Christmas of 2010.
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That said, someone should have smacked the owner of that Kia about 20,000 miles ago. Gas station owner, cop pulling them over, random dude in the parking lot. Bam. Smack.
20K miles ago that tire was in much better shape!
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You have some severe "toe in / Tracking" issues with that wheel - what probably accounts for "steering wheel wobble".
No--based on when the wobble started, it was totally due to the tread split. Also, I know that because by the time I posted that picture I already had a brand-new tire on it, and the wobble is completely gone. I was aware of the wear issue.
You guys can yell at me about safety and I won't really disagree, but as I said above, I only drive about 5K miles a year, and, essentially, I never go above about 40mph. The worst that would have happened if the tire delaminated completely--barring, of course, another driver panicking--would be I'd have to pull right over and put on the spare.
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Jesus, British people must drive in grossly unsafe cars if that would pass inspection.
It's a shitty picture. In the middle of the tread, the wear indicators hadn't been reached yet. I know the car needs an alignment, but look, at 5K miles a year, and a tire that lasted between 4 and 6 years, it didn't seem worth the effort.
Before anyone wonders, I have suffered a tire blowout at ~45mph before, from hitting road debris, so I know what to do. I would estimate I drove maybe ten miles with it in that condition, including the trip this morning to the tire store.
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You guys can yell at me about safety and I won't really disagree, but as I said above, I only drive about 5K miles a year, and, essentially, I never go above about 40mph. The worst that would have happened if the tire delaminated completely--barring, of course, another driver panicking--would be I'd have to pull right over and put on the spare.
I just...
...what?
You can't honestly say that you can look at that tire and conclude that you are safe to drive it? I'm not even thinking about who's in your car but everyone else on the road, or a kid that runs in front of you in the pissing rain.
Regulations re tires aren't just so that Mr. Michelin can go on a 5* holiday - it's because tires that fucked are fucking dangerous - to you and everyone else on the road."The worst that would have happened..." is a lot worse than you've imagined.
Anyway, I'm here to take the piss out of Discourse, not to lecture people I don't know about road safety.
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You would get a "warning" or notice. essentially, "...it passes the test but you are advised to do something about it..."
It passed inspection in November. I know it wasn't that bald then--there was still visible tread on the outside. Now that you guys made me think of that, it's probably more out of alignment than I thought, so it's probably actually worth getting it done. (I'd guesstimate I got 40K miles out of that tire, which IIRC is a 50K tire. Again, though, I also got 4-6 years out of it. For those who care/are concerned/think I'm an idiot, the other three tires are all MUCH newer and have plenty of tread, which I already knew, and the tire store guy confirmed for me.)
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Fuck off does it. That wouldn't pass an MOT.
It passed an inspection in November, as I said. To the best of my knowledge, Texas inspections aren't wholesale corrupt like in Massachusetts, and in any event I went to a chain place, so they likely would've been on the up-and-up. At the time the wear was still acceptable. There's still what may technically be acceptable tread levels left in the middle. And again--I was planning on replacing the tire soon--just not quite this soon. I've seen tires wear down this much before and usually you get more warning, specifically the belts showing.
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It is also illegal in that the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm - if the police in the UK caught you with a tyre like that
Your Bobbies got nothing better to do than revenue enhancement, eh?
have the car recovered (at your cost) to a place to fix it.
Good thing I have towing coverage on my insurance, eh?
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It passed an inspection in November, as I said.
I was just pointing out to @loose that it wouldn't (just before the delamination) pass a UK inspection like he claimed.
Well, it might have passed one in November last year, but not now.
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I'm trying not to get worked up at you, but I I definitely see it as the police (we haven't called them "Bobbies" since 1923) keeping the rest of us safe.
And good luck trying to persuade the police that they don't need to impound your car cos your "towing insurance" will cover it!
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Better idea: put the spare on and drive straight to your preferred tire shop.
I didn't make it clear, but I took that picture at the tire shop, which is only ~3 miles from home. I wasn't going to put on the spare for that[1]. Have you ever tried to change the tire on a 5Klb car with the stock scissors jack? I have. It's not fun. If the tread separated fully or the tire blew I would've called a tow truck.
[1] or at all, actually. I had them check the spare, and it had taken a rock or something at some point and was flat, so that needed replacing too.
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It's one of those plastic SUVs, probably a Sedona I think that's Kia's shitty variation on that "plastic SUV" theme.
Yeah, It's a Sedona. Wasn't my first choice, but I lost two cars in two weeks at a time when I wasn't prepared for it, and that was what I could afford.
It's also paid off and at the point where it'll cost more to fix the myriad of little problems than the blue book value, so it'll get replaced when I get around to it.
Sorento I think is an SUV. I wouldn't buy another Kia because this one had all kinds of problems, including gradual and intermittent electrical bullshit that started right after the warranty expired, and would be really expensive to fix. Example: the dash lights don't come on. Fixed by buying a $10 strip of LEDs that plug into the cigarette lighter for the rare occasions I drive at night, instead of having a mechanic charge me $100 an hour for who knows how long to find what is probably a ground fault, which Kias are apparently prone to.
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You can't honestly say that you can look at that tire and conclude that you are safe to drive it?
Hey, it looked driveable-but-needs-to-be-replaced-soon two weeks ago, the last time I checked. It couldn't have split more than a few days ago, and I normally only drive 4mi a day, at an average speed of 25mph (according to the trip computer.) If I drove on the highway it would be a completely different matter. As soon as I discovered the failure, I got it fixed!
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Well, it might have passed one in November last year, but not now.
Heh. Oh, I knew in November it was getting to the point where it needed to be replaced, but it still had sufficient tread, even on the edge, to pass. So as I said above, I guess I need to actually do get the alignment, because it seems to have worn down the edge quite a bit in the last, say, couple of months.
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And good luck trying to persuade the police that they don't need to impound your car cos your "towing insurance" will cover it!
Listen, confiscating the car instead of letting me take it right to a repair shop is nothing but revenue enhancement. I hope you can see that. A perhaps-reasonable compromise would be a fix-it ticket: i.e., "get it fixed within a week or pay a $200 fine". But impounding the car? Unreasonable.