one should navigate london by consulting MES, imo
EXIT THIS ROMAN SHELL
― goole, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Too many xposts
More like 6 minutes amiritehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLUUpBphZps
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Also I liked how, in driving down to DC, she made an executive decision to get off of the New Jersey Turnpike and directed us straight into traffic for a 76ers game.
ftr my one snafu happened because the actual street we needed to go down was blocked off and we had to navigate around some other ridiculous one-way-the-wrong-direction streets before we could circle back to our hotel
the thing is, if you take a wrong turn using gps, you end up not knowing where the hell you are, but if you accidentally misdirect someone while following a map, it's fairly easy to get back on track
I don't know, my GPS is very, very good about putting you back on track (although I do use the map on my phone to corroborate its instructions so I do get what you're saying)
― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
you IKEA furniture, surrounded by hail!
― eight woofers in the trunk sb'n down the block (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i think one way streets should be 100% illegal
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
marketing of GPS systems --> triumph of male technology fetishism over stubborn self-reliance in not asking for directions. PROGRESS.
― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
You guys who have probs w/loosening lugnuts need to learn to keep a can of WD-40 in your trunk. Works miracles.
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
xp I look it up on Google maps before I leave the house, and draw myself a little map sometimes.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
xp Says the guy who calls a tow truck?
PS: You're right!
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
this is a real bro-down of a thread
― everyone stop (dan m), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
You guys who have probs w/loosening lugnuts need to learn to keep a can of WD-40 in your trunk.
sounds painful
― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
also lol kenan: I look it up on Google Maps, then route it on my phone, then route it on the GPS. I can never be too prepared!
― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, Laurel's really swinging her dick up in here.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:09 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark
yeah kinda, but it's more about increased placelessness and rootlessness imo. i know i've asked people for directions and not gotten any kind of a helpful answer, either because they didn't know or their reference points didn't mean shit to me. and i know I'VE been asked for directions at times and had really nothing to tell them.
― goole, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
xp I should have said that was an xp
― everyone stop (dan m), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
my tow truck guy tried WD-40, didn't work.
then he pulled out his giant metal pole and used it for leverage. he got the nuts off.
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
dan: I find that the drawing of the map helps me not have to refer to it. I guess I'm one of those people who learn by doing. Or something.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
instead of changing our tires we should be changing our attitudes towards one another
― NEW YORK DESERVED MANGINI (brownie), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
booming post
― goole, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
don't encourage.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
my most embarrassing "giving directions" stories:
STORY #1
asker: Can you tell me where the Park Plaza Hotel is?me: *shrug* sorry, no ideanosy stranger behind me: *looks at me, then turns to asker* It is the big building right behind you.
STORY #2
asker: Can you tell me how to get to the Science Center?me: Sure! First you cross the yahd... *stops, mortified that "yahd" just came out of my mouth* I'm sorry, I have to leave now.
― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
jaymc if you are still reading the thread: When it warms up, I will bring over a 6pk and show you how to change a tire. It will be massively good bro-down timez.
― everyone stop (dan m), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
First the car lifting, then the drunkenness, plz.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:11 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
also lol hit the nuts w/yr tire iron
― Richard Snorkeling (ice cr?m), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"hit the nuts" is often good advice when you don't know what else to do
― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i dunno, sometimes it takes a gentle touch
― eight woofers in the trunk sb'n down the block (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Guys don't break the surface tension -- we'll all drown.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Back on the lists of useful things. This was a cover story on a ish of Popular Mechanics that I did pick up for the Christmas flight to the parents'.
100 Skills Every Man Should Know: 2008's Ultimate DIY List
http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/tool-fist-470-1008.jpg
Their list?
Automotive1. Handle a blowout2. Drive in snow3. Check trouble codes4. Replace fan belt5. Wax a car6. Conquer an off-road obstacle7. Use a stick welder8. Hitch up a trailer9. Jump start a carHandling Emergencies10. Perform the Heimlich11. Reverse hypothermia12. Perform hands-only CPR13. Escape a sinking carHome14. Carve a turkey15. Use a sewing machine16. Put out a fire17. Home brew beer18. Remove bloodstains from fabric19. Move heavy stuff20. Grow food21. Read an electric meter22. Shovel the right way23. Solder wire24. Tape drywall25. Split firewood26. Replace a faucet washer27. Mix concrete28. Paint a straight line29. Use a French knife30. Prune bushes and small trees31. Iron a shirt32. Fix a toilet tank flapper33. Change a single-pole switch34. Fell a tree35. Replace a broken windowpane36. Set up a ladder, safely37. Fix a faucet cartridge38. Sweat copper tubing39. Change a diaper40. Grill with charcoal41. Sew a button on a shirt42. Fold a flagMedical Myths43. Treat frostbite44. Treat a burn45. Help a seizure victim46. Treat a snakebite47. Remove a tickMilitary Know-How48. Shine shoes49. Make a drum-tight bed50. Drop and give the perfect pushupOutdoors51. Run rapids in a canoe52. Hang food in the wild53. Skipper a boat54. Shoot straight55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike56. Escape a rip currentPrimitive Skills57. Build a fire in the wilderness58. Build a shelter59. Find potable waterSurviving Extremes60. Floods61. Tornados62. Cold63. Heat64. LightningTeach Your Kids65. Cast a line66. Lend a hand67. Change a tire68. Throw a spiral69. Fly a stunt kite70. Drive a stick shift71. Parallel park72. Tie a bowline73. Tie a necktie74. Whittle75. Ride a bikeTechnology76. Install a graphics card77. Take the perfect portrait78. Calibrate HDTV settings79. Shoot a home movie80. Ditch your hard driveMaster Key Workshop Tools81. Drill driver82. Grease gun83. Coolant hydrometer84. Socket wrench85. Test light86. Brick trowel87. Framing hammer88. Wood chisel89. Spade bit90. Circular saw91. Sledge hammer92. Hacksaw93. Torque wrench94. Air wrench95. Infrared thermometer96. Sand blaster97. Crosscut saw98. Hand plane99. Multimeter100. Feeler gauges
Handling Emergencies10. Perform the Heimlich11. Reverse hypothermia12. Perform hands-only CPR13. Escape a sinking car
Home14. Carve a turkey15. Use a sewing machine16. Put out a fire17. Home brew beer18. Remove bloodstains from fabric19. Move heavy stuff20. Grow food21. Read an electric meter22. Shovel the right way23. Solder wire24. Tape drywall25. Split firewood26. Replace a faucet washer27. Mix concrete28. Paint a straight line29. Use a French knife30. Prune bushes and small trees31. Iron a shirt32. Fix a toilet tank flapper33. Change a single-pole switch34. Fell a tree35. Replace a broken windowpane36. Set up a ladder, safely37. Fix a faucet cartridge38. Sweat copper tubing39. Change a diaper40. Grill with charcoal41. Sew a button on a shirt42. Fold a flag
Medical Myths43. Treat frostbite44. Treat a burn45. Help a seizure victim46. Treat a snakebite47. Remove a tick
Military Know-How48. Shine shoes49. Make a drum-tight bed50. Drop and give the perfect pushup
Outdoors51. Run rapids in a canoe52. Hang food in the wild53. Skipper a boat54. Shoot straight55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike56. Escape a rip current
Primitive Skills57. Build a fire in the wilderness58. Build a shelter59. Find potable water
Surviving Extremes60. Floods61. Tornados62. Cold63. Heat64. Lightning
Teach Your Kids65. Cast a line66. Lend a hand67. Change a tire68. Throw a spiral69. Fly a stunt kite70. Drive a stick shift71. Parallel park72. Tie a bowline73. Tie a necktie74. Whittle75. Ride a bike
Technology76. Install a graphics card77. Take the perfect portrait78. Calibrate HDTV settings79. Shoot a home movie80. Ditch your hard drive
Master Key Workshop Tools81. Drill driver82. Grease gun83. Coolant hydrometer84. Socket wrench85. Test light86. Brick trowel87. Framing hammer88. Wood chisel89. Spade bit90. Circular saw91. Sledge hammer92. Hacksaw93. Torque wrench94. Air wrench95. Infrared thermometer96. Sand blaster97. Crosscut saw98. Hand plane99. Multimeter100. Feeler gauges
― kingfish, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
lol some of those are hilariously wrong
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i am eliminating entire sections of that list in my mind
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Where to begin, even
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
^^^i like how it's specifically bloodstains and not like wine or grape juice or a multitude of others
― you are wrong I'm bone thugs in harmon (omar little), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i think "brew beer" HAS to be the worst
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
xp I don't much like that at all.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
And it's interesting to read the reactions from an actual tech-heavy DIY group
― kingfish, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
bloodstain advice shoulda been listed closer to "crosscut saw."
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
101. Cancel magazine subscription
― Richard Snorkeling (ice cr?m), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
as i'm reading it's just....no. no. no. arguably. no.
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup
this is a terrible gift idea
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
drop and give a perfect pushup wtf
― voices from the manstep (brownie), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
72. Tie a bowline73. Tie a necktie
tie a bowtie is harder than both
― cozwn, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I live in Texas. Knowing how to drive in the snow is only slightly more useful than knowing how to survive in the post-nuclear holocaust mutant wasteland.
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
39. Change a diaper40. Grill with charcoal
proximity of these two steps is disconcerting
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
69. Fly a stunt kite
roffle roffle
― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
This made me chuckle. Just one? Are we really that flabby?
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
ayo brownie how come you are not over in muni lot with the rest of the Browns tailgaters?
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
whittle
― voices from the manstep (brownie), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp I think of Bill Murray in Stripes. He did five.
busy whittlin', pancakes
Surviving Extremes63. Heat
step 1: remove excess clothingstep 2: drink water step 3: get under something to block big fireball in sky
still hot? repeat steps 1-3 until not as hot
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link