Rolling coal and refusing masks always seemed like the dummest "own the libs" moves. "I'm getting 5 miles to the gallon AND making myself sick—take that, commies!!"
We need to sue the shit out of them for anything and everything. Medical bills, bicycle repairs, other car injuries, lost business for outside cafes, etc etc. Because these people WANT to be arrested. They want to be martyrs to what they perceive are spineless woke political-swamp spawned laws. But someone making money off their stupid decisions? That's capitalism right there. Pure grade Americana, and if they try to argue with that, well, that's something a liberal commie would do.
Speaking of idiot truck drivers, the wife and I were out running errands when I saw someone in a truck with big fancy shiny wheels* and the front end jacked up about a foot higher than the back. So not only did they have the inherent lack of visibility in modern American trucks, but they made it at least an order of magnitude worse because now they're staring into the sky.
*(okay, not necessarily a sign of idiocy, but definitely a sign that truck was never meant to be anything but a showpiece for someone's ego)
Also, since y'all mentioned toilets, our new ones were delivered yesterday, except that the supplier somehow managed to double our order. So now they gotta come back and pick up the extras, since I'm not going to add a bunch of new bathrooms in the house.
Coal rolling is an EXPENSIVE way to be an asshole. Anyone can spend $2 on shitty beer to shoot but if you’re buying illegal aftermarket coal rolling parts to put on your urban tank you have to flash some cash!
I moved to Baltimore two years ago from Philadelphia. Maryland is not Pennsylvania (thank whatever imaginary deity you wish), but it does have its fair share of shitheads.
This happened to me — my catalytic converter was stolen from my Prius in Jan 2020 when I was street parked overnight. For a block or two, I thought someone was driving a huge truck or Harley or something by me before I realized it was my little Prius. It is insanely loud without the converter.
I own a diesel. F350 in fact. I've had one for years and years.
It does what diesels do. Pulls a lot of weight more efficiently than a gas engine can.
Off road? No. It's far too heavy for off roading anything more difficult than a gravel or dirt road. The suspension is set up to carry the weight so it's far to stiff and unforgiving.
Selling these as "off road kits" is a way to avoid responsibility. Years ago there was a publisher called Paladin Press. Libertarian. Very anti government. Proto Q, really. They'd publish books on how to make homemade C4. Or landmines. Napalm. How to modify firearms. All the good SovCit stuff. Every single thing they ever sold would include a disclaimer along the lines of, "this material is for educational purposes only and is not to be used to make the things described". This is the same as that.
Reminds me of the old porn movies (er... so I'm told) ... that used to have a quote from Shakespeare or whatever on screen at some point, to claim they were "educational" films.
Glass packs for no good reason at all, except making too much noise. Of course, Harleys don’t need glass packs at all. They do fine all on their own. Should do something about that too.
This may just be a local thing, but there was a band formed in the early 70s in SF called "Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs". Anybody else remember them? Bob Sarlatte was part of the group at one point, I believe.
In my town (Mexico City) we've had complaints that the electric motocycles are just too quiet, and you can't hear the idiots who think motorcycles can use the bike lines or don't have to stop for stoplights (though, like bicycles, they can make an "Idaho Stop").
It's even more ridiculous when you know from experience that you can't hear those assholes coming from behind until they're so close that you can't see them in your rear-views. Because I live in an area which is full of NYC cops and lots of other blue-collar types who claim that they're under economic stress despite owning Harleys and monster pickups, I fucking hate this bullshit.
I think it’s nonsensical because we don’t have to hear other vehicles on the road in order to drive safely. It’s not a factor. Cars are designed intentionally to be quiet on the inside for our comfort. Lol.
I used to put glass packs on my first car, a rusted-out '68 Plymouth (in the early '80s). Because they were dirt cheap. They didn't do much; knocked the noise down a few decibels; but they were legal.
Rolling coal and refusing masks always seemed like the dummest "own the libs" moves. "I'm getting 5 miles to the gallon AND making myself sick—take that, commies!!"
This from the same crowd that sledgehammered their own Keurig machines. Nobody's claiming they're rocket scientists.
Bust the fucking asshole drivers.
We need to sue the shit out of them for anything and everything. Medical bills, bicycle repairs, other car injuries, lost business for outside cafes, etc etc. Because these people WANT to be arrested. They want to be martyrs to what they perceive are spineless woke political-swamp spawned laws. But someone making money off their stupid decisions? That's capitalism right there. Pure grade Americana, and if they try to argue with that, well, that's something a liberal commie would do.
Speaking of idiot truck drivers, the wife and I were out running errands when I saw someone in a truck with big fancy shiny wheels* and the front end jacked up about a foot higher than the back. So not only did they have the inherent lack of visibility in modern American trucks, but they made it at least an order of magnitude worse because now they're staring into the sky.
*(okay, not necessarily a sign of idiocy, but definitely a sign that truck was never meant to be anything but a showpiece for someone's ego)
Also, since y'all mentioned toilets, our new ones were delivered yesterday, except that the supplier somehow managed to double our order. So now they gotta come back and pick up the extras, since I'm not going to add a bunch of new bathrooms in the house.
I am torn between:
1. It is about fucking time, now start busting the drivers.
2. Thankful this is happening.
shit. does this mean i have to take my Vintage Christian Dior 100% Lambs Wool & Velvet Trim Long Coat Red/Black Sz 10 off ebay?
shit. does anyone need a Vintage Christian Dior 100% Lambs Wool & Velvet Trim Long Coat Red/Black Sz 10?
shit.
[naively ambles over to ebay to take a look; emerges dazed 2 hours later]
I got coal-rolled in my Prius in Columbia MD, one of the wealthiest communities in the USA.
Coal rolling is an EXPENSIVE way to be an asshole. Anyone can spend $2 on shitty beer to shoot but if you’re buying illegal aftermarket coal rolling parts to put on your urban tank you have to flash some cash!
eBay: your source for caltrops.
My C-Max Energi got it in Albuquerque.
I remember that! I also remember double flipping the bird towards that asshole, too.
Talented fingers are a well employed trait.
I moved to Baltimore two years ago from Philadelphia. Maryland is not Pennsylvania (thank whatever imaginary deity you wish), but it does have its fair share of shitheads.
Wow! A new way to LET’S GO BRANDON!
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This is fine, as long as I can still deploy an oil slick from my spy car
I have a net hooked to a large robot arm myself.
What about my device that spreads tacks? They're clean tacks, so that's not pollution, right?
Seems legit, carry on!
Ejection seats or GTFO.
Shouldn't that be ejection seats *to* GTFO?
Passenger ejection seats.
Now you can get revenge on the coal rollers by driving your Prius past them after the catalytic converter has been stolen.
This happened to me — my catalytic converter was stolen from my Prius in Jan 2020 when I was street parked overnight. For a block or two, I thought someone was driving a huge truck or Harley or something by me before I realized it was my little Prius. It is insanely loud without the converter.
I own a diesel. F350 in fact. I've had one for years and years.
It does what diesels do. Pulls a lot of weight more efficiently than a gas engine can.
Off road? No. It's far too heavy for off roading anything more difficult than a gravel or dirt road. The suspension is set up to carry the weight so it's far to stiff and unforgiving.
Selling these as "off road kits" is a way to avoid responsibility. Years ago there was a publisher called Paladin Press. Libertarian. Very anti government. Proto Q, really. They'd publish books on how to make homemade C4. Or landmines. Napalm. How to modify firearms. All the good SovCit stuff. Every single thing they ever sold would include a disclaimer along the lines of, "this material is for educational purposes only and is not to be used to make the things described". This is the same as that.
Sounds like "The Anarchist's Cookbook." My college roommate bought that. Didn't do anything serious AFAIK.
That was one they used to sell. They had hundreds of books.
Reminds me of the old porn movies (er... so I'm told) ... that used to have a quote from Shakespeare or whatever on screen at some point, to claim they were "educational" films.
I remember Paladin Press. I found it interesting and sort of funny, until I thought of some people who took it very seriously indeed.
Educational purposes. Yeah. Like when 3d printing was first a thing and designs for printed single-use pistols were floating around.
That was to cover them legally when someone used what they sold to do the bad shit. I'm not sure if it ever worked to shield them or not.
Yeah, like moonshiners only ever made stuff for medicinal purposes.
The Anarchist's Cookbook.............just stay away from the meatloaf
That was a best seller there IIRC.
That sounds like a legit title.
How'd the lawsuit go? If you happen to know.
Strangely, I just read that my rep, Mike Simpson (R-ID), voted no on Gym. I guess there's a line too far for Idahoans, somehow.
It's between Oldtown and Newport.
"Is not potato."
There's a woman running for office here in VA named Russett Perry. I'm so disappointed she's not running in Idaho.
WA grows more potatoes.
Random educational fact, YAY! I suppose one might say: "Spokane like a true Wonker."
This sure as hell beats the Republican proposal of installing mounted AR-15's in the beds of rolling coal trucks.
Smart hicks know that that will just get them stolen.
Now do modded exhaust pipes.
At least the fart cannon mufflers of the Fast and Furious days have (mostly) fallen out of favor...
Not around my way.
I am so sorry.
Glass packs for no good reason at all, except making too much noise. Of course, Harleys don’t need glass packs at all. They do fine all on their own. Should do something about that too.
This may just be a local thing, but there was a band formed in the early 70s in SF called "Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs". Anybody else remember them? Bob Sarlatte was part of the group at one point, I believe.
It sounds like a Pynchon invention from Vineland.
Never heard of them.
I've had bikers tell me (with a serious face) that blasting the exhausts on Harleys is for "safety" so people in cars can hear them coming, etc...
In my town (Mexico City) we've had complaints that the electric motocycles are just too quiet, and you can't hear the idiots who think motorcycles can use the bike lines or don't have to stop for stoplights (though, like bicycles, they can make an "Idaho Stop").
Yes, as though noise is the necessary component for being aware of other vehicles. Lol
It's even more ridiculous when you know from experience that you can't hear those assholes coming from behind until they're so close that you can't see them in your rear-views. Because I live in an area which is full of NYC cops and lots of other blue-collar types who claim that they're under economic stress despite owning Harleys and monster pickups, I fucking hate this bullshit.
I think it’s nonsensical because we don’t have to hear other vehicles on the road in order to drive safely. It’s not a factor. Cars are designed intentionally to be quiet on the inside for our comfort. Lol.
Well, what do those folks riding quiet sports bikes do? How even do they not get killed by other traffic? Lol!
Motorcycle cops on those BMWs that sound like sewing machines seem to survive just fine.
That's what my husband said.
I used to put glass packs on my first car, a rusted-out '68 Plymouth (in the early '80s). Because they were dirt cheap. They didn't do much; knocked the noise down a few decibels; but they were legal.
Design all motorbikes to self-detonate if the tacho suddenly redlines under a bridge.
Potato, potato, potato....
Glass packs!
And the engine speakers on the new Mustangs.
This, so much.
OT: Tweet from Diaz-Balart . . . McHenry's called the House back into session.
Jeffries is one step closer to being speaker.
Pity McHenry
Striving to alert, call all hands as he stalks looking grave
No one was saved
All loser people. Where do they all come from?
Electors, bigly
Insert Bullwinkle “this time for sure!” gif here.
More ritual humiliation!
"Thank you, may I have another?"
GMTA
surely he thinks he has the votes this time or why bother?
He may "think" that..
The words "think" and "Gym Jordan" should never be used in the sentence.
"Thank you, sir, may I please have another!"
Coal rollers could live so happily in rural Russia. They would be welcomed with open arms
In Putin's Russia, coal rolls you!!