^^works for almost all screws/lugnuts
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
right tighty lefty lucy
Oh, I know. That was a bad example. Although sometimes when screws don't stick I wonder what I'm doing wrong.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
if yr lugnuts are too tight you should wear boxers, maybe AYO
― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
don't overtighten your lug nutz fellas
― eight woofers in the trunk sb'n down the block (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
doh elmo beat me : (
I've never done it.
It's toally easy. And you'll feel like Mr. FuckMeNow when you do it successfully, even though it's not really that big of a deal.
Again, though, I feel we have covered all this before.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
you think changing a tire is easy and yet using a level eludes you
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
ha m. bison's directions thing reminded me of my wife's totally maddening habit of not using GPS systems correctly because she is convinced that knowing how to read a map means she can navigate better than the computer; this was a real treat when we were attempting to drive in DC
― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Sometimes the guy who put the tire on got over-zealous with the air wrench.
― Brad C., Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
This thought strikes me sometimes -- it's the things that are actually NOT all that hard that sometimes seem the most impressive to other people. The things you really struggle and sweat over, nobody else gives a shit.
Discuss.
― Cronenberg sleazy (kenan), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
And you'll feel like Mr. FuckMeNow when you do it successfully
what if you feel like this anyway, w/o needing to involve tyres?
she is convinced that knowing how to read a map means she can navigate better than the computer
she is RIGHT! whenever i navigate i always do it from a map and ignore the lying lies emanating from the gps
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
It's like, the system will be "turn right now" and she'll be staring at the map on her iPhone going "oh no that can't be right, keep going straight oh oops this actually goes one way the wrong way, time for a 7-minute detour"
― wtf?!? just randomly started crying! (HI DERE), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I should probably not post on this thread anymore, or at least while we're still on this train of thought. In the past, it's gotten ugly.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
oops this actually goes one way the wrong way, time for a 7-minute detour
^^ New DC motto
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I find that it's not always that intuitive, though. I get easily confused about whether something should be upside-down or right-side-up, which way to turn the screw, things like that. I had an IKEA sofa that sat half-assembled in my apartment for over a month because I couldn't figure out how certain parts fit together. It's immensely satisfying when I'm able to get it done, but it can also be pretty frustrating at times.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:57 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
not to pick on you duder but i have a kneejerk rage for ppl w/o this kind of spatial reasoning. it's kind of jerky but i can't help it. no! rotate it...the other way! the other fucking way, just look at it! god!
― goole, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
YOUR OTHER RIGHT.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
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
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