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A Russian wife turned to her husband and asked, "What's this special military operation our glorious leader keeps talking about?"
Her husband replied, "It's a war to stop America and NATO."
"Oh, right” she says “How's it going?"
“Well” he replied “so far we have lost over 20 generals, 100,000 troops killed, countless injured, 3000 tanks, 300 aircraft, hundreds of helicopters, countless armoured vehicles, artillery and trucks, our flagship along with other naval ships, our army is being defeated in most areas and we have had to resort to conscripting 500,000 Russians including murderers and rapists to replace our losses”.
“Wow” replied the wife “What about America and NATO”?
“They haven’t turned up yet...”
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Haven't seen a Hyena in person myself yet, but, I DID come across a wild 'yote on a trail once. Funny thing was, it wasn't up in the Rockies, it was down in Denver. But it was a concrete path running through our local 'Green Belt' along side a small river, so it makes sense why one would be down there. At first I thought it was just a stray until I got up to it and took a closer look! Most people would do the atypical back away slowly and not make eye contact or whatever... Me?
I'm jumpin' up and down in excitement as it was the first time I'd spotted one RL. Talking to it, hootin', hollerin, singing, dancing around it in circles (I'm pretty sure I even did the Macarena at one point...) and to be perfectly honest, the poor thing was more confused than anything else. It wound up walking off in one direction down a random path, occasionally stopping and glancing back to make sure I wasn't following it. Granted, this was almost 20 years ago and things were rather different back then, but still fun!
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'Everything I need to know about surviving in Russia I learned from watching dashcam videos.'
1. Don't take a taxi in Russia.
2. Pray you never need an ambulance because they tend to roll over more often than not.
3. *Everyone on the road is drunk, hungover, or doing it wrong. This includes, but is not limited to the other drivers, commercial vehicles, police, firefighters, EMT's, the people in the crosswalk, and probably half of the dogs as well. (*Editors note: sadly, not an exaggeration in the slightest and I really wish it was. It's actually the cultural norm over there and explains why Russian dash cam footage is always the most over the top dramatic.)
4. You take your life into your own hands trying to cross the street, and using the crosswalk will only increase your chances of getting hit, doing the Wilhelm scream as you go flying through the air.
5. Half the accidents are caused by other drivers over-reacting and over-correcting, actually causing the accident they are trying to avoid by steering.
6. The natural habitat of an older Lada is upside-down in a ditch & their drivers are the equivalent of Florida-man in Russia.
7. Russian law enforcement is the longest running joke at INTERPOL.
8. [Directed by Robert B. Weide ]
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Okay, I hate to be 'that guy' but I gottah be the one to go 'REEEEEE', because, as much as he runs his mouth, Scotty DOES have a point regarding a trans flush. If you do it regularly, it's fine, there's no problem, but when it's gone over 100K without a service, there are many particulate metals suspended in the fluid, and doing a trans flush CAN ruin a tranny. tl;dr = Scotty is right in that sometimes a tranny flush will do more harm than good, but if you follow the manufacturer recommendations, you'll be fine.
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@scottmcshannon6821 Okay, now here is what OP SHOULD have done:
1. Document EVERYTHING. Using his phone to record the actions of D***head while rolling coal. Timestamp, GPS tag, License plate number, face of the driver.
2. Let the driver dig himself in doing it multiple times without any recourse on the part of the OP. OP MUST be the innocent victim here.
3. Report this to the local police, because at that point it becomes harassment and potentially assault on the part of the driver as rolling coal poses a severe health hazard to pedestrians. OP could even go so far as to seek a restraining order against the driver if it came to it.
4. If police refuse to do anything, than social media and news outlets are your friend.
5. Even though I still don't condone it, if it comes down to the rock in the end, when it comes back on OP, OP can then turn around and point to the fact he did everything within his power to resolve the issue peacefully, and police did nothing, forcing OP to escalate the situation further.
6. Watch the PR $hitshow unfold because local authorities refused to help.
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2.2 Watch that P.T.O. handle guys! For those that don't know, a truck with a bed or a trailer operated by a hydraulic ram has what is known as a P.T.O. (Power Take Off). Tow trucks, dump trucks, dump trailers, etc, they all operate on the same hydraulic principle; the PTO. Inside the cab, there's a little lever that engages and disengages the PTO, and it's basically a little gearbox on the side of the transmission and is operated by pushing in the clutch, engaging the PTO, and then engaging the clutch. The problem is, if the handle isn't fully locked into the 'down' position, it can build a small amount of residual pressure in the system. If the trailer is full, is no big deal, but when empty, that small amount of pressure can engage the ram and lead to big problems.
tl;dr = Every time you see a truck run into an overpass like this, that's what happens.
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@eagerlawncare3700 I see your point perfectly, but you're not seeing mine. You can't apply a western filter (specifically American) to that statement as whole, especially when it comes to public transportation. It's honestly a spectrum, just like anything else in life from good to bad. America is not the worst in the world by far, but we are sadly the worst in the world for a '1st world country'. I can see why you would think that though. MY point is that in UK and especially Europe, their public transportation system is FAR superior to ours due to closer walking distances, more frequent service that tends to actually be on time a LOT more than it ever was stateside. As far as cleanliness goes, they're better than ours because of two factors; cultural differences and better cleaning schedules. Don't get me wrong, still far from perfect, but considering the bar is set pretty low in this case, on average, overall, far less objectionable to our busses and trains.
Point is, it's way better over there than it is here, way more practical and so a lot more people voluntarily choose to use it in the UK as opposed to driving. Here in America, you practically need a crash helmet, pepper spray, and a whole army of disinfecting products to even consider it, but over there, it's a cultural norm. But if you think it's bad here, try going to India sometime and ride one of THEIR busses or trains; it'll make ours look downright spotless by comparison.
Conversely, if you go to the Netherlands, they're public transit system is one of the nicest in Europe, and in Japan, it's pretty much the best in the world. They come over the intercom and publicly apologize if the train is going to be more than 1 minutes late! And forget about just their public transportation, the country is spotless. tl;dr =
You asked why ~ Because it's either a better option than driving or the only option available.
You said no good public anything ~ Well not in THIS country...
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Devil's advocate here, but Driver's ed will never be coming back to public schools primarily due to cost and liability in today's snowflake world. I would also like to point out there are plenty of independent companies out there that offer driver safety and training courses that are quite comprehensive. Forgive me for saying so, but it's really the responsibility of the PARENTS to ensure their children are properly prepared, and yes, there is the added expense because the government no longer pays for it, but again, that's on the parents to get it done. That being said, I DO agree that Driver's Ed SHOULD be an elective in high school, but with the direction the world is moving, I don't see that happening. IE: here in Colorado, the DMV no longer does road tests and are handled exclusively by these third party training and testing facilities.
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@RainmanRaysRepairs In a nutshell = Forced induction. The way my auto instructors explained it to me back in the day was quite simple: When you run electricity through a circuit, it generates a magnetic field, and when you have that sudden disconnect, the field collapses and induces blah blah blah igntion coil, you already know that. Point is, your alternator, when charging, is essentially a GI-HUGIC ignition coil just WAITING for a chance to fire, and if you DC the battery while it's charging, what do you think is going to happen to that MASSIVE induced E.M.P. that now has no where to go? It's got to ground out SOMEWHERE and now suddenly the path of 'least resistance' is right through vital electronic components like the diode trio in rectifier bridge. Apologies for so much flak in the comments section, but most of us only complain because we truly care! (BTW, the office pool on the 'door of death' is up to a year! 🤣🤣🤣)
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Commercial drivers, watch that P.T.O. handle when the trailer is empty. tl;dr = For the muggles in the audience, there's a little lever on a stand next to driver that engages and disengages the hydraulic ram on the trailer, and after dumping the load, they drop it back down all the way, but if the handle isn't all the way into the disengaged position, there's a small amount of freewheeling friction in the PTO (Power Take Off) unit that it will actually cause an empty trailer to slowly rise up over time. The reason they don't spot it until they get on the highway is simply because when they're in the yard or on the site, the engine is at or near idle, and there isn't enough pressure to override the empty weight. Once the engine revs go up, so does the trace amount of pressure, and is JUUUUUST enough to sloooooowly cause the trailer to come up, and if the driver doesn't notice in time, well, HELLLLLLLO Failarmy!
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Can I get shout-out to Leonardo Da Vinci? The father of modern medicine, among other things, whom, in his pursuit of knowledge, started dissecting birds in order to better understand their biology. Among other things, he noted two important properties; hollow bones, and the curvature of the wing. Air moving over the top of the wing has to be moving faster than air moving underneath it, generating a low pressure area, thus, flight! A little over a century later and some nut-job bicycle mechanics in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina found a way to actually make it work & the rest is history.
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SEPPUKU!!! The Japanese commanders did NOT commit suicide, they committed Seppuku, which has a multitude of distinctions from suicide, starting FIRST & FOREMOST with Honor. Honor needs to be addressed more thoroughly here as they only committed 'suicide' in literal name alone, and nothing more.
Ironically, religious beliefs of both the Japanese and the Americans (as well as a lot of both the Axis and Allied powers) were far more similar than command on either side was comfortable admitting (for obvi reasons), specifically in regards to suicide and the after-life consequences there of. Japanese empirical beliefs were still incredibly strong amongst their ranks at the time, especially in regards to the dishonor and shame suicide would bring to both oneself and one's family. And this was not only a 'wartime thing' but a staple of Japanese religious culture in general; both back then as well as to this day. Not nearly so much so these days as it was back then, but still remains ingrained into their culture today.
It was originally reserved only for Samurai back during the feudal era of Japan but it eventually worked it's way down through the rest of Japanese culture in the subsequent centuries to follow, and by WWII, had become commonplace as a safe 'opt-out' option under certain circumstances. While it was always more favorable for them to die in combat, in cases where the person in question was far too valuable to risk falling into enemy hands, they would always have this as a 'last resort option'. Don't get me wrong, it was always an option for the men in the trenches, yes, but again, they would have much rather died in combat at the hands of their enemies than their own.
In the end, the villagers hurling themselves off cliff's edge became an 'accepted form' of Seppuku, and was quite often used as a more 'efficient' means to accomplish this at the time. In the face of the most dire circumstances, it became necessary for the Japanese emperor to 'allow it' as an accepted form of Seppuku, bringing it within reach of the ordinary civilian with the limited 'resources' available to them when & where they were at. The wartime situation made it otherwise near impossible to accomplish this through conventional means, as it is a rather involved process, and was tantamount to the effectiveness of the Japanese propaganda machine as a whole.
The primary thing to keep in mind here is in order for it to preserve honor and allow them to save face, it MUST be performed DURING the heat of battle and can not happen after, otherwise it would bring the shame traditionally carried with the stigmata of committing suicide. If a Samurai fails in protecting their Shogun, and said Shogun dies during the battle, any Samurai left only have this one chance of preserving their honor through Seppuku, once they learn of this outcome. However, it must be carried out before they are captured or over-run and taken prisoner or worse, killed after their Shogun is. Unlikely, yes, but on occasion, some Samurai WOULD survive from time to time, and would THEN become Ronin; wandering Samurai, often seeking vengeance as it was usually the only path of redemption left to them.
Point is, they did not so much 'commit suicide' as they did choose their own destinies by becoming masters of it, ensuring their deaths would carry with it the same honor and post-humorous glory that it would have had they died on the battlefield themselves instead.
[Just thought you'd want to include this in your 'lies' section on WWII stuff sometime...]
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@RainmanRaysRepairs Old, brittle plastic is a fact of life and these connectors are going to get broken over time. This is a fact of life and is unavoidable in this line of work. That being said, it's always best to avoid surgery on a wiring harness if it can be avoided because each and every soldiered joint added is another potential point of failure in the future. It's unlikely to happen when done properly, yes, but is that much more of a potential risk in the future. Also, I wanted to mention a life-hack I came up with over the years when dealing with old plastic connectors: Thermal dynamics is most useful here, and I'll often use a self contained micro-torch on the lowest setting at a distance of about four to six inches or so to heat up the whole thing, softening the plastic a bit, but waiting until after it cools down most of the way before disconnecting it.
Another strategy is to heat it up some, bend it back just a little bit so it's free of the lock tab, pull it apart, and then re-heat the tab a bit before gently bending it back into place. Don't get me wrong, sometimes more effort than it's worth, but this technique has actually saved me more than a few times. Also, you can use Super Glue & Baking soda to form a really strong home made epoxy that you can build up layer by layer as an effective repair on plastics if replacement isn't much of an option.
Oh yeah, also, REEE, or something....I guess?
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@Samcrac [[SPOILER ALERT!!]] [[SPOILER ALERT!!]] [[SPOILER ALERT!!]] [[SPOILER ALERT!!]]
[[Solid solution for breaking into locked car at bottom]]
Okay, SERIOUSLY DUDE, Why were you trying to cosplay Thor & Storm Breaker against Thanos??? ...yeah, I know, Derpy question; we ALL woulda done the exact same thing there! Neway, We now return you to your regularly scheduled lunatic time lord:
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RELEASE.....THE CRACON!!!
.....okay, release him on what? .....oh right, the RS Focus; I got bored and fell asleep under my welding helmet at the meeting....and during the briefing....and when you sent out that memoooo, the email, the mass bomb personal texting across all platforms of social media I use, but I DID enjoy the hand written note tied to a rock and tossed into our yard! THAT one had that extra special personal touch you can't get in today's business & corporate America.
Besides, if you REALLY needed the services of America's most talented Help R Muhnkey just mention the taco bar at the onset, and I'll prolly be first in line!!!
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Seriously though, there's definitely an idea in THAT; not to mention a kickass (Satur)day because in all seriousness, I'm becoming a tiny bit worried you may be slipping too far past the PODR (Point Of Diminishing Returns for those who don't know) for doing it all yourself. It's obvi you save a ton on repair costs by doing as much of the manual labor yourself, but at what expense to your body and overall health and stamina. If I member correctly, you already brought a buddy or two out to help on occasion with past projects, and maybe another something like that would work better for you.
There is definitely no doubt you do this at a semi-pro level, and I know from my own career that drains on you after a few decades, and for like a couple hundred bucks, host like a 'block party' style buffet and some cheap domestic beer, host like a half dozen buddies for the day, and the you get to put on the 'Master Tech' hat, and wind up most directing traffic as ya'll bang it out. If you do it halfway decent, it's an awesome time all around, and saves a lot of the physical strain, and time you would otherwise need to invest as a singularity.
The question then becomes nothing more than your cost to benefit ratio, and whether the coefficient for thus is above or the PODR.
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DINGUS!!! You....LOCKED the keys in the IGNITION???? Well, no worries, yo, yer lookin' at the original Wingus right here when it comes to that. Try using an angle grinder and an AL2-O3 cutting wheel(s) and just come up through the floor board of the rear passenger seating area. It don't even need to be a BIG hole; just wide enough to get in there with something and unlock it with the button.
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@sweetgracie1930 Yer missing the point: you are playing the blame game while I'm trying to fix the problem. What part of me condemning this person's actions did you not understand? You need to look at the bigger picture here because there's more than just one asshole in the world, it is what it is and NO ONE is ever going to change that. Instead of focusing on the REACTION of one person, focus on the ACTION that instigated it in the first place. You can't fix society, only deal with it which is why corporate gave their employees the tools to handle it, IE: the drive-thru parking spot. Doesn't having a parking spot for the drive thru defeat the purpose? Also, I call BS because if you've worked fast food for as long as you have, then you SHOULD know you don't hold up a line of cars with ONE vehicle. You give them their drinks, park them, and then run it out when it's ready. Simply put, if the employees continue doing this, they're going piss off more and more people and it IS going to happen again. And when you say 'people' I hope you don't mean me because I always try to treat people with respect and avoid saying to upset people that would cause a fight in the first place.
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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, YOUR'RE DOING IT WRONG WHEN IT COMES TO LUG NUTS!!! Seriously, my old instructors would have a heart attack, stroke & 3 kittens each watching you torque lugs like that. You're supposed to put PARTIAL weight on the wheels after the torque-stick, and before the wrench. You go around, and you torque the nuts to spec ONCE with partial weight, and THEN you put full vehicle weight on the wheels before re-torquing all the lugs TWICE, you drive the vehicle a mile or two, heat up the lugs, nuts and wheels to operating temp, and then re-torque them AGAIN just to make sure thermal dynamics isn't playing you for a dumbass! tl;dr = Who the F*** has time to do it 'by-the-book'??? It's not like youtube is FULL of Dashcam footage of what happens when a wheel comes off on the highway.......OH WAIT!!!!
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@@PeterAngles You are right, I DIDN'T (past tense) have the authority to change the policy, simply enforce it. And it is written into the company policy that if the customer is responsible for damaging the part then Autozone cannot be held responsible for that. Now, proving that they are responsible for destroying said part was a different story but if they admit that they did it, then that's that. It is ALSO written into company policy that you as an employee are responsible for looking out for the bottom line by being on the alert for scams.
If they try to take it to another store, wellll.... Funny thing about corporate stores is they tend to communicate with each. I've had to call ahead to other stores to let them know not to warranty an alternator because the customer admitted to they damaged it. Maybe you should pull your head out of your a** and actually read the corporate policy before talking out of it.
Also, I haven't worked there in over 20 years, maybe corporate is less greedy now and a lot more willing to warranty parts broken due to improper installation. tl;dr = there's a reason I left....well, reasons, plural. The fact you think I still work there is hilarious because back then, Red shirts were the 'red shirts' LOL, and they grays were management. They actually tried to make me a manager on multiple occasions and I turned 'em down every time because I knew better, and I was only working there to punch a clock.
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@tommurphy9147 That definitely makes a lot more sense, but admittedly, some machines need less maintenance and break less often than others; IE: A 'yota Hillux pickup for example. Short of an old Volvo, it's about as indestructible and maintenance free as it gets. More to the point, when it does need repair, it doesn't cost an arm, leg, first born, heart attack, stroke & 3 kittens each every time the bill comes. So yeah, pretty much what you said.
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@annmarie1689 facepalm Oh ffs, YES!!! Indoors, IN the bedroom. What you don't seem to realize, for some strange reason, is that most normal people keep the vast majority of their most valuable possessions IN the bedroom. Stocks, bonds, deeds, property titles, gold, silver, jewelry. This is all usually located in a lock box or a safe INSIDE THEIR BEDROOM!!!! tl;dr= if a thief breaks in and steals this stuff, the homeowner is going to want evidence of this to submit to the police which is WHY they have a CCTV camera located in their bedroom!!!
Waaaaitaminute.....whyyyyy? What were YOU thinking? Get your mind out of the gutter you perv!!!
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He's actually an art and film student working in conjunction with the local government's chamber of commerce and tourism board. Much of the effects are practical with much public participation, or lack thereof. As far as the police station, military base, nuclear power plant, etc, Javier is legion, with multiple members of multiple entities doing much of the filming. Need to film a military base, contact the local CO in charge and have him do it. Need to 'steal' a cop car? Clear the roads in advance, and have one of the local officers do it, handing off the camera to power plant staff upon arrival.
The level of production on this thing is astronomical and very noteworthy, but does have actually have a practical, if not over the top explanation.
BTW: There IS a reflection of some other duder when he's walking into the firestation, sooooo yeah. Busted!
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Uh, point of order; you actually WOULD be closer to the bottom of the ocean because modern day NG (Next Gen) commercial airlines (Boeing 737-800, 767, 777, Airbus A320 and A380, Lockheed, Douglas McDonnel, etc) fly higher than ever, and actually set cruise altitudes starting @ 36,000 feet and go UP from there. To 39,000 or even 40,000 ft as they are designed to be more fuel efficient at those higher altitudes. Sorry to burst your bubble It's still pretty impressive though.
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