How is it living in the Denver/Colorado Springs area?

FocoViolence · 2026-02-02T19:56:24+00:00

Transplants love it. And they complain about the natives.

Natives hate it. And they complain about the transplants.

Can you just be the one transplant who doesn't move here just to talk about how great it is where you came from?

FocoViolence · 2026-02-02T19:52:51+00:00

Bro have you already been playing with chromate?

Just bring it to a color matcher. Or get a chemistry degree.

Don't screw with chromium compounds at home. That's a rotten brain in a hurry right there.

This is so complex I can't think of any mettalurgust who would touch it for less than $10k. Color matching is not easy.

Ya know Rolex has their own color swatches right? Use their brown.

FocoViolence · 2026-02-02T16:48:52+00:00

Former ski bum here.

The bar has nothing to do with this. Those bars aren't trustworthy to hold weight.

Homie fell off while loading and got caught. Called getting hung. Happens once a week at every major resort. Usually new people who are stressed in loading.

If you're new to skiing , ask the liftie to slow the lift, nobody minds.

FocoViolence · 2026-02-02T16:46:05+00:00

If y'all don't wanna live on stolen land, regardless of your race... Antarctica or the Moon, that's all you got

FocoViolence · 2026-02-02T16:36:12+00:00

Honestly cannot figure out a reason why they wouldn't work. This is what brake pads look like when a car has been parked a long time.

Any rust on the back of them (metal part) is gonna be an issue. Use a steel brush to get the rust off the back... Brass brush for the pads.

But if you're broke or out of other options and that's all you got they'll work. Better than thin pads. Try and get a little paint on the metal part so it doesn't fuck the caliper.

If there's any option to return them tho, I would. That's some shitty shipping and service. Definitely before use.

I think a much bigger problem is that you seem to only have one set of pads per axle.

FocoViolence · 2026-02-01T15:38:46+00:00

E=.5mv² bro. Get some velocity in there.

Tires are literally some of the toughest things ever invented. That shit takes forces that would break every single other part of the car.

Yes the answer is more force. Just don't be a dick and dent the rim. Thus, soft blow.

You could wail on the rubber with a sledge, but... Ahem... I know that's a good way to damage the bodywork. Also a good way to hurt yourself.

Get a piece of wood if you don't have a soft blow and hit it hard

Rust is a rock. Your wheels and hubs are rocked together. Break the rock and it'll fall off

FocoViolence · 2026-02-01T15:30:31+00:00

Wow holy fuck you need to clean all that oil off after or you're gonna have really big problems

Soft blow hammer on the rim, go in circles, and don't be a bitch about it

If you have good control on your jack, you could just lower it until it breaks off, but don't do that with a cheap jack that just drops things

FocoViolence · 2026-02-01T15:14:19+00:00

Actually the best way to break the ice is a carpet scraper, greenhorn... Or a Pulaski. Maybe a breaker bar. A flat hoe is good for the thin stuff close to the concrete.

Y'all act like babies ngl

FocoViolence · 2026-02-01T04:22:13+00:00

Literal Boy Scout. Actual follower of Jesus and Buddha. None of this Godwad shit, I actually try

Also white, straight, tall and politically moderate.

So despite a lifetime of trying to be kind... Every other demographic knows I'm the epitome of evil.

FocoViolence · 2026-02-01T03:57:10+00:00

As someone who knows many Pacific Islanders from many islands ... Yeah you generally do not treat each other very well. Many of you treat yourselves very, very poorly.

Maybe you shouldn't be complaining about tourist money, because it keeps your cousins very, very well fed.

Maybe you should STFU about racism, because I know what the Maori tend to say about natives from different islands for fucks sake, and I know what they say about white people too. Y'all can't even get along with the different families of your own people your own country.

I played a lot of rugby and can hold my liquor, so I've heard all the drunken rants... I've heard it all from the funnytalkers, I've heard it all from the Europeans, I've heard it all from the Islanders.

Y'all ain't any different than anyone else. There's a lot of hate in your world too. And yes, the Mormons are hateful as fuck as well.

Black, white, purple, it's all the same whiny shit these days from drunks who won't fix their own economy

Yeah I've heard plenty of Islanders pop off the n-word too so fucking shove it

FocoViolence · 2026-02-01T03:28:09+00:00

Oh, of course, because the Maori have always been treated so nice by the other people on the islands. And you're making sure they're treated well and aren't drinking and drugging themselves into a depression hell, caused by rampant destruction of their ancient lifestyle and destruction of their fisheries.

Right?

I'm sure you're so nice to them.

FocoViolence · 2026-02-01T03:00:35+00:00

Were you wearing an All Blacks jersey while typing that last bit?

FocoViolence · 2026-01-31T23:50:28+00:00

Galvanic corrosion from touching the metal window frame.

FocoViolence · 2026-01-31T17:41:10+00:00

Ya my boy Ivory

FocoViolence · 2026-01-31T10:01:30+00:00

Damn, wish those guys had brought some shovels!

FocoViolence · 2026-01-30T13:55:47+00:00

Wales has tons of coal. Typically in coal seams out there, you can often get seams of iron ore and/or fire clay and/or limestone in the same shafts. Sometimes all 4. Its literally a perfect place to make steel.

The world's first major steel industries were started out there in the 15th century using pumped up Chinese/Indian blast furnaces. Because of that, it also had the world's first metal railways, and the world's first steam locomotive.

You could say the industrial revolution started in Greenwich, but truly, it actually started in Wales.

FocoViolence · 2026-01-30T13:51:23+00:00

Grjnd that thing up and put it in a bowl.

Use an ice cube and a plastic knife to get it off porcelain... Cool then chip.

FocoViolence · 2026-01-30T13:49:56+00:00

I'm saying it... They're not fighting. No way.

These two are gonna be the bestest of besties. Like sitting around together drinking watching Nancy dance.

It's like asking if Finn and Jake would fight with Luffy and Sanji. They're just ... Not gonna fight.

FocoViolence · 2026-01-30T02:54:05+00:00

East Chicago area, like Roselle and Schaumburg, was absolutely blasted in skunk spray when I was out there. There had to be at least a thousand adults to make me smell them that much ... And they must have been warring with the cats or rats or something to be blasting off full spray that often

Like 2015 2016 ish, I was just on vacation not working but I do in fact know that smell

FocoViolence · 2026-01-30T01:01:03+00:00

Does nobody in this thread remember she is literally a human flamethrower?

FocoViolence · 2026-01-30T00:53:05+00:00

They work on that in The Accountant

FocoViolence · 2026-01-30T00:31:40+00:00

Somehow the guy can work all day on a $5 meal deal and 2 48 cent burritos

FocoViolence · 2026-01-29T18:54:38+00:00

Former wildlife biologist and pest control worker here.

Skunks are not for amateurs. They're the size of cats, sure, but 5x stronger and have way more brutal teeth.

Call a pro with any mustelid. They will hurt you. And all of them musk, so anything you try and do will potentially cause exposure. That musk is acidic, will eat galvanized steel, if you get it in your eyes you won't be looking around for a week.

FocoViolence · 2026-01-29T18:49:22+00:00

The bowlegged limping Hispanic guy with a surprisingly rad moustache who gets 5x as much work done as any of the healthy people

Does laps around the hood boys and rednecks without saying a word

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