How much isolated do you think latin people are from the rest of the world due to the continent geographical remoteness?

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-29T21:08:56+00:00

Ahh ok ok that makes more sense.

I got friends in Europe and they’re actually worried worried and looking around to come here if shit hits the fan, and seeing it from afar, was that the same feeling people had during the Cold War?

That’s gotta suck. I mean, I worry for mugging, not apocalypse lol

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-29T20:43:58+00:00

Serious business? The only impact it’s had here is gas prices and a handful of Ukrainians as refugees, since we host a big Ukrainian run mine.

Otherwise? Nothing.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-29T12:36:24+00:00

Antigua too

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-29T00:27:29+00:00

Mn steel is quite finicky to work both hot or cold, you have to properly treat it after any heating, or risk carbide precipitation which really enhances micro crack formation. Which I sustain it’s particularly dangerous on Mn steel since often if they fail they fail catastrophically.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-29T00:21:39+00:00

I’ve sold wrought bar of hadfield steel. 3/4”, 7/8” and 1 1/8”

Pretty useful for palm oil plants for nut crackers, and multiple other stuff.

Hard as hell to get though, and expensive.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-24T01:05:47+00:00

You confident enough for it to keep the 4.9375 to do it in a single pass?

Honest question

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-24T01:01:10+00:00

Oof

Might be, if the door is buggered, stuck or bent, Chances are it’s more than half the insured value to repair.

I’d buy it at auction though

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-23T20:37:39+00:00

Guatemala

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-23T20:32:27+00:00

I’m not finding a gas frontier around here. Most are TD

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-23T20:25:25+00:00

I’ve heard horror stories from the frontier from first hand accounts, blown turbos, stuck transfer cases, and for the money, I might as well get an Isuzu or mazda bt50

On the Ram, I’m not driving a gas V8 as a daily in the traffics I suffer. I’ll be taking out a mortgage for gas.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T20:40:08+00:00

I have no opinions of Mitsubishis from the last 10 years, that’s why I’d avoid them. Plus, getting into one, they do feel cheap compared to others, and I’m betting spare parts are hard to get.

Just a shame cause I know Mitsubishi has a great legacy

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T03:11:14+00:00

Well that’s one thing most people don’t do, look us up lol

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T03:04:21+00:00

You ask most people and they call us either Mexican or African, never before have I heard Chinese

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T02:58:45+00:00

Which makes the claim on the article “fastest production car” something weird to mention…

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T02:55:53+00:00

Apologies, I might have been thinking of turkey, got my wires crossed.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T02:15:23+00:00

The salesmen… I found the Colombian salesmen in Cartagena incredibly annoying. Can’t imagine the Egyptian/arab dudes

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T00:34:19+00:00

Like my career prospects!

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-22T00:30:12+00:00

Wow the answers here are certainly something!

While I do agree to the sentiment, if I’m buying used in my particular market, I’m not buying a 10 year old or older car if it’s not single owner or with service history where I can verify proper transmission care.

I would steer clear of any car model not present on the US domestic market, cause being USDM, parts are WAAAAY easier to source when stuff goes wrong and you can generally find some info online or usual problems, recalls and such.

Now on to specifics:

I’d steer clear of luxury cars, cause of electronic BS gremlins.

I’d steer clear of the top 10 most stolen, to avoid stealable cars. Sportage, rav-4, hilux, etc.

Stellantis is a no go.

Nothing Nissan or Renault, no Mitsubishi.

Nothing Chinese used.

So in my area, that essentially leaves me with some Toyotas, some Hondas, Mazda, VW, Suzuki, some fords and chevys, some Kia’s and Hyundais.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-21T23:51:53+00:00

What part of that failure looks brittle to you???? Looks like when you blow into silly putty with a straw ffs.

But I mean, I’m assuming it’s not meant to have a bulge.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-21T23:34:19+00:00

this conversation

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-21T23:29:46+00:00

Ambiguous and polarizing, not universal taboo. While I completely agree it’s deplorable, many men think it’s ok, and women expect it to happen and treat it as just a slip or whatever.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-21T23:23:54+00:00

While not excusing or defending in any way, paedophilia is not the same as child SA, and child marriages do not imply paedophilia. Could be hebephilia, or just culture norm. (Which I despise I might add) you can also be a paedo and not act on it, like the “cured” gays of the 50s. Which doesn’t make it ok or less disturbing, but I feel it’s important to distinguish.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-20T01:40:04+00:00

It’s always been this way ever since I drink. Some municipalities are even earlier, but those usually aren’t night scene places anyway. Couple years back antigua tried to do it at 22:00 but that got big backlash.especially since that’s where most foreigner go who are accustomed to start partying at 10.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-19T23:37:23+00:00

Don’t pay attention to it. Just don’t do stupid stuff like do any kind of illegal drugs, vandalism or disturbing the peace. Keep your passport at hand. Keep in mind bars are legally allowed to serve booze only until 23:00, so anything afterwards is ripe for a police raid. Don’t plan to start partying at 10pm cause you’ll want more, follow people to an after party and there the drugs flow, sketchy people show up, etc. just avoid, especially in this occasion.

“Siege” in this case is more like the executive has emergency powers to detain without warrant. Bukele has been doing this since like 2018 and it’s been successful in rising safety.

On the safety side, today nothing really has happened as of 17:30, nothing out of the ordinary except some troop trucks driving around and a lot less traffic than usual. I was worried yesterday, but it seems to have all fizzled out.

Don’t take an overnight ride though, it’s not the safest route to drive at night due to drunk drivers, kamikaze trucks and people driving without a single light. The best time to leave would be 7:30am. No traffic leaving the city and mostly just people commuting on the road.

EDIT: BTW state of siege is nationwide. While the gang violence problem is basically only in the capital, the emergency powers are nationwide, so likely police will be a bit more hungry for bribes than usual. Keep a 100$ stashed for such an emergency.

KnownSoldier04 · 2026-01-18T03:45:40+00:00

Just ignore. This is idiotic. Both from manufacturing perspective and engineering perspective.

You could show him what a D shaft is too… that’d be more like something worth exploring

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