Lost more work thanks to this piece of shit VPN software. Now I remember why I hardly ever work with this stuff.

Working from home and getting a lot of shit done. Hell yeah!

Accepted a job offer on the other coast. Looks like I get to rejoin the ranks of the employed soon

Congrats. Where abouts on the other coast?

Worked, bought a bunch of new vinyl, and ordered some new tubes overnight. Go in for surgery at 5:30 A.M. and I'll be down for at least two weeks. This way have new vinyl and tubes to play with during my down time. )

Congrats. Where abouts on the other coast?

Maryland

Congrats on the job, Nebby.

Good luck under the knife, Tom!

Hooray!

EDIT: That looks bad, after stretch's post -- it was directed at Nebby.

Good luck under the knife, Tom!

Ditters!

congrats nebby, good luck tom

congrats nebby, good luck tom

ditto!

Don't forget we have a No. Va meet coming up in a couple months

Edited February 2, 201016 yr by Dreadhead

difficult day just got more difficult. death in the family. :/

congrats nebby, good luck tom

Ditto to both!

Sorry to hear that Bryan... my condolences to you and your family.

Condolences Aura. Sorry for your loss.

Wishing you a successful surgery Tom.

Congrats on the new job Nebby!

Oh yea, glad to hear you can hear again Reks.

Accepted a job offer on the other coast. Looks like I get to rejoin the ranks of the employed soon

Congrats on the new job.

Worked, bought a bunch of new vinyl, and ordered some new tubes overnight. Go in for surgery at 5:30 A.M. and I'll be down for at least two weeks. This way have new vinyl and tubes to play with during my down time. )

Good luck, Tom.

difficult day just got more difficult. death in the family. :/

My condolences to you and your family.

Sorry for your loss, Aura.

Condolences Aura. Sorry for your loss.

Wishing you a successful surgery Tom.

Congrats on the new job Nebby!

Oh yea, glad to hear you can hear again Reks.

Nicely put. Me too.

Condolences Aura.

I know a bit how you feel; today I had to email the airline with my granddad's death certificate to get my ticket change fees refunded. Brought up all sorts of old memories...

Test drove an '07 Hummer H2 SUT that a friend of mine is selling.

I honestly thought I'd like it a lot more than I did. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but it wasn't the "buzz" that I thought it would be. Just a big and clunky box and not particularly responsive to driver inputs.

Besides,

1) he's asking too much,

2) it's a totally impractical vehicle in Cayman where the roads are narrow and parking spots are even narrower,

3) it costs KYD 1,000 = USD 1,250 per year to register a Hummer, whereas other SUVs like my Ford Edge that it would replace are only KYD 185 per year to register, and

4) my nuts aren't so small that I need a phallic symbol to feel good about myself.

I think this is essentially what he's learned as well. (Don't know about his nuts though.)

There are a lot of H2's up here and nobody wants them. They corrode quite badly and are very badly made. If you want a large SUV, get a Range Rover. It's so far ahead of all the others that it isn't even funny.

My dad went through pretty much large SUV made in the last 5 years and settled on a Range Rover V8 Tdi Vogue Autobiography and absolutely loves it. Before he got it he thought it was just an expensive toy but boy was he proven wrong... Cheap to run too, about 12l/100km and goes like stink for something this heavy.

I hope your Dad can do his own maintenance, because Range Rovers and Landies are not known for trouble-free operation!

Classic Range Rover buying guide - Telegraph

It used to be said that there are only two man-made structures visible from space, the Great Wall of China and the panel gaps on a Range Rover.

Also - check out the RR used in the Top Gear Bolivian Challenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlQ5vsfboQ0

Edited February 2, 201016 yr by Grahame

I hope your Dad can do his own maintenance, because Range Rovers and Landies are not known for trouble-free operation!

There isn't much you can do with these cars without being able to access the built in computers so DIY is pretty much out. Even in the harsh climate here (i.e. a constant salt bath) they have been pretty trouble free and no worse off then the BMW's, Merc's, Porsche's, Audi's which are quite a lot of here. The service for RR's is also excellent here since more cars were sold to Iceland then all of Scandinavia combined...

. o O I'd rather have a Unimog than any stinking Hummer. Failing that, a Gelandewagen.

A 1953 Unimog came up for sale recently. It was serial #25, making it the oldest 404 in the US. I have a friend who's got the skills to work on it, but she (yes, she) is recovering from back surgery and is busy completing a double science major. I couldn't have afforded it anyway, unless I discontinued a few other things (like every other aspect of my life, including eating). I did save a picture of it: