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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:37 pm
by Leaf
Some of that was damn funny...some seemed REALLY put on.
However. there is CLEARLY something wrong with this guy.
Did anyone notice? Did ya notice something.....weird? Not quite right? Phoney?
Yep. You guessed it. HIS NECK BRACE WAS FLOPPING AROUND. Hello. Anyone with a basic first aid ticket knows that thing didn't do shit. balls.
My favourite part?
<phone rings> PISS.
yeah.... I think I love that guy.
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:35 am
by c.layne
my favorite so far:
FUCK SALT!
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:01 am
by Leaf
The chewbacca bit had my entire office in total stitches. It's my new favourite bit.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:30 am
by thehipcola
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:38 am
by Leaf
good luck with that man.
volvo's suck anyway.
(You were working for volvo weren't you?)
Either way... very brave to walk away from the security of a steady job... you go girl you go!
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:44 am
by jimtyrrell
Awesome, THC. Best of luck!
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:56 am
by Eric Y.
TheHipCola wrote:never to look under the hood of a stupid car again
i just hope you never break down anywhere, or need to change your oil or run out of washer fluid or need to jumpstart your battery or anything ever again. well, i mean i would hope that for anybody, but it would
particularly suck if you refused to look under the hood...
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:58 am
by thehipcola
doh! I meant to say, "under the hood of a customer's car". Mine I have no problem taking care of.
And yah, it's Volvo I'm working for, and no, they don't suck. I actually like the product, my beef is with the meatgrinder style of business automotive service typically is. I should write a book.
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:59 am
by Leaf
AH HA!!! I KNEW YOU'D DEFEND YOUR PRODUCT!!!!!
volvoboyvolvoboyvolvoboy...
They don't suck. Just trying to help you let go man! LET GO OF THE MONSTER!!!!
...uh...wrong monster THC... the OTHER monster...
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:33 am
by thehipcola
hahaha! You got me...I've spent so much face time with clients defending the product I couldn't help it. I'm brainwashed! part of my therapy will include repeating, "Your car is a piece of shit that I couldn't care less about." for 1 hour per day.

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:06 pm
by HeuristicsInc
Hey Hoblit, check out the news:
Tampa housing costs
-bill
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:28 pm
by Hoblit
Whats also odd is that I was watching CNN the other day and they used Tampa as an example of large population growth coupled with expensive housing expansion. Could hardly believe it.
There IS a lot of development going on here in Tampa as well as the whole bay area. Everywhere I turn around I see new condos going up. Alot of businesses right now are selling out for ungodly amounts of money for condo developers. And a brand new condo building isn't cheap and it raises the property value of everything else around it as well.
Also, the way things are designed down here doesn't allow much room for not owning personal transportation either. I lived here in Tampa for several years without a car. However, this meant that if I wanted to see family across the bay I had to be real creative. Public transportation in both counties are relatively poor in comparison to other metropolitan areas of the nation. So it's very frustrating. Florida is not built UP as much as it is spread long and wide. I finally bought a car for my job duties at my last job. I still have it but my new job is still within biking distance even if it's still in another part of town.
I plan on moving away from here next year. I love it hear and I'm really going to miss it. But my cousin is moving to N. Carolina in a month anyways and I've been here for 6 years. I had only intended to be here for one.
Sorry for the small novel.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:30 am
by drë
http://www.muchosucko.com/video-starwar ... witit.html
Pretty good anim with characters from Star Wars getting down-n-jiggy
a kick ass nerd cord/starwars video
Got a spare 300,000 bucks?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:22 am
by Justincombustion
Re: Got a spare 300,000 bucks?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:05 pm
by Hoblit
riiighht...and this is good for what again? (eeks at the price tag to practicality ratio)
Re: Got a spare 300,000 bucks?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:34 am
by drë
i posted this in the previous page, but heres the official site, with two movies of the robot in action.
http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/LW.htm
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:38 am
by Justincombustion
If I somehow fell bass ackward into a shitload of money (Come on Uncle Charlie, keep drinking and invest wisely!!!) I'd have my name on that order list. Then I'd take it walking to 7-11 to get a Pepsi.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:10 am
by drë
Justincombustion wrote:If I somehow fell bass ackward into a shitload of money (Come on Uncle Charlie, keep drinking and invest wisely!!!) I'd have my name on that order list. Then I'd take it walking to 7-11 to get a Pepsi.
i was thinking the same thing.
300 million yens converts to aprox $324,000.00 dollars. better start saving up.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:16 pm
by HeuristicsInc
it looks terribly slow, like an old guy using a walker could outrun it.
-bill
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:37 pm
by sparks
I am pretty sure that's a rich-man's toy, hob, not meant to be a practical investment. Though I'm sure you could find <i>some</i> really great use for it, in some business (cost-effectiveness notwithstanding). Maybe as a mobile ladder, since it puts you 14ft up in the air.
If they could get it up to, say, 10mph, as opposed to 1.5kmph (that's less than 1mph, I believe), I could justify it to myself. If I were really rich, anyway. I think the material strength/mechanical power/stability issue is probably going to make that unlikely for a very long time.
Re: Got a spare 300,000 bucks?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:14 am
by Hoblit
cute avatar.

Re: Got a spare 300,000 bucks?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:33 am
by drë
Hoblit wrote:
cute avatar.

Just imagine the possibilities !