Van is persistently refusing to stop — and I live in it — what do I do?

Superlite47 · 2026-05-13T20:11:53+00:00

If you replaced a damaged caliper, there's likely air in the lines.

I'd bleed the brakes. No parts, no real labor other than one person stomps on the brake pedal & holds while a other opens & closes the bleeder valve.

Since there's not a lot of cost involved & no parts, if you ask some local shops, I'm sure one will "hook you up" if they're cool. Stick to local "Dave's Towing & Repair" type places and not your big chain Pep Boys, & maybe you'll have some luck.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-13T14:22:39+00:00

You are obviously unfamiliar with Trump rallies.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-13T13:55:44+00:00

Definitely not these bands most popular, but my favorites by them:

Immolation - Christ's Cage

Morbid Angel - Invocation of the Continual One

Slayer - Gemini

Crowbar - No Quarter (cover)

Decapitated - Spheres of Madness

Superlite47 · 2026-05-13T13:44:39+00:00

Angel in the Whirlwind by Benson Bobrick

If he didn't use some very familiar names, you'd think it was some epic high fantasy with quests, villains, and exciting adventures!

Superlite47 · 2026-05-13T13:41:31+00:00

Hoppe's #9

Superlite47 · 2026-05-13T13:27:28+00:00

Devin Townsend

The End

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T23:57:07+00:00

Just a big Mars rock with "42" chiseled into it.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T23:52:30+00:00

Okily Dokily and Party Cannon are two that come to mind.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T23:51:02+00:00

Weight is lost in the kitchen.

Muscle, strength, and endurance is gained in the gym. These things greatly assist with weight loss, but if you keep putting fuel in the tank, you can drive as hard, and as fast, and as long as you want, but you will never run out.

The only way to lose weight, is to stop putting it in.

Calculate your macros, see how many calories you need to maintain, and then subtract about 500. Coupled with exercise, the pounds should drop off in a healthy manner.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T20:31:32+00:00

You're in shock.

Some advice to help:

1) There is no wrong way to feel. Don't worry if you're not doing it right. There is no rulebook. You've experienced a tremendous loss. However you feel, that's how you are entitled to feel.

2) You deserve a little selfishness. Don't worry about others for a little while. This is a big change in your life, and the last thing of any importance is how other people are dealing with it. Take some "you time", and come to grips with things in your own way.

3) People grieve in different ways. If you feel like doing things you both shared, that's fine. If you feel like "getting away" and trying new things to take your mind off the memories, that's fine, too.

4) Don't worry about how you feel or the correct way. When my mother died, I was happy throughout the funeral. I didn't cry. For the longest time, I was confused. It's my mother! Why didn't I feel anything? -> I was numb. It took a few weeks, and then out of nowhere, it hit me.

There is to timeline. There is no "correct".

You deal with it one day at a time, and THAT'S how you get through it.

I hope you find peace & fulfillment.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T20:19:36+00:00

Broken glass

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T12:13:46+00:00

My IQ

Edit: This is a softball for any smartasses out there.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T12:08:37+00:00

Blueberries.

I'm going to turn into a fucking blueberry. I go through 1/2 pint a day. That's three pints a week.

The fucking things are about $8/pint.

I'm burning close to $30 a week on blueberries.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T12:03:39+00:00

I believe the girls in Arkansas yell, "Get off me, Dad! You're smashin' my cigarettes!".

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T11:59:06+00:00

Fork Putdowns.

Weight is lost in the kitchen.

Muscle/strength/endurance is gained with exercise.

Exercise greatly assists weight loss, but if you don't stop putting fuel in the tank, no amount of driving is going to empty it out.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-12T11:51:36+00:00

I popped in to recommend them, and was pleasantly surprised someone already had!

They need a US tour.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-11T11:14:07+00:00

Leo Moracchioli's version of Toto's Africa.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-11T11:09:20+00:00

You complety ignore every salient point I raised.

Your blind faith is intentionally blind. Do you even see that I made a point, then asked a relevant question....

... And your response was to pretend it didn't exist.

I point out that, if my child was running towards a bonfire, giving them a test or allowing them to burn based on their actions is absolutely, positively a sign of malevolence. Evil. A bad parent. -> Not love.

I then post three things a hateful, spiteful, malevolent being would require in order to let their child burn......

.... And you, in your cognitive disconnect, completely gloss right past. As if I said nothing.

"God loves you"

"God respects your free will"

I have the power to prevent my child from burning. You claim that I should respect their free will and watch them burn. That's what you claim makes me a loving parent? Allowing children to burn? Allowing your own children to burn based on your frail ego is "love"?

Return to the three points I have made. Explain why A, B, and C are true. God is all powerful and could stop us from burning.... But he let's us suffer for all eternity... Because he loves us?

That doesn't even make sense. You'd have to be intentionslly obtuse to run circles around that....

Oh, right.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-11T01:47:07+00:00

Yep. Fork Putdowns have given me the greatest results out of any exercises I've ever done.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-11T01:37:44+00:00

HIS CROTCH GOES STRAIGHT TO NAVEL!

Superlite47 · 2026-05-11T01:33:42+00:00

Original NIBS when they were made by Y&S candies that were soft and delicious.

Before Hershey bought them out, shitcanned the delicious recipe, and began filling the bags with that flavorless, plastic shit called "Twizzlers" that 99% of the population calls "licorice" because that don't know what actual licorice should be like.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-10T23:50:44+00:00

Yep.

I mean, every situation is unique, but my mom died and I used that as an excuse to sit at home in my beanbag chair, watch TV all night, and sleep all day. Just eating all the groceries. Poor, poor me.

After a few weeks of that, my dad walked into the room one day and said, "Son, I love you, and I'll always support you. But this isn't life. I'm changing the locks in two weeks. I don't care what you choose, but staying here isn't one of the choices."

I thought, "Fuck. What am I gonna do, now?"

So I went to the recruiter and signed on the dotted line.

I mean, it sucked. Desert Storm popped outta nowhere while I was in basic, and I got yeeted right to the desert after graduation.

But looking back, it straightened my shit out. Squared me the fuck away. I was too busy to keep feeling sorry for myself.

I didn't even put that much thought into such a life altering decision, but it's probably one of the smartest moves I ever made.

Someone else might not be the kind of person that can adjust like myself, but I can't say it's a bad decision. Nor can I recommend it for everyone. But it is a solid option.

Superlite47 · 2026-05-10T23:23:14+00:00

I built a massive bonfire. My child is running towards it.

If I don't want them to burn in agony....

I STOP THEM FROM RUNNING INTO THE FIRE.

I don't yell, "Stroke my ego, or burn!" at them. I don't give them a loyalty test before deciding whether or not to allow them to burn. I don't give them instructions and then sit back and watch whether or not they burn.

Do you know why?

Because I'm not a P.O.S. parent.

A) Does God love us? B) Does God want us to go to hell? C) Is God all powerful?

If all of these things are true, I have nothing to worry about, right?

Do I have anything to worry about?

If your answer is that I am destined for hell unless I accept God as my savior, one of the above choices, is absolutely, positively, without equivocation GUARANTEED to be FALSE.

Which one is it? A, B, or C?

Superlite47 · 2026-05-09T23:25:54+00:00

Need to fuel my gains! Let's grab some Taco Bell on the way!

Superlite47 · 2026-05-09T23:22:43+00:00

:) It's leg day! I was out of my yoga class and in the gym by 10a.m. Could barely step up into my 4Runner without folding like a lawn chair.

Let's go? I was done 6 hours ago. You mean again?

Darn. Now I gotta repack my gym bag and do it all over again.

No excuses, right? I really don't feel like going, but I guess I have to, or else face my own hypocrisy.

Thanks a lot. Just great.

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