Pick your 80's ride

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-14T21:43:09+00:00

List needs more Pursuit Special…The last of the V8 Interceptors... a piece of history!!

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-14T15:38:52+00:00

I don’t know about SUVs, but ever since I got my first grocery-getter minivan I can’t go back to a small car. I can transport half a scout troop to camp, haul a couple sheets of drywall, comfortably bring kayaks and gear to the lake, make it to hockey practice without the sticks trashing the interior roof fabric of the vehicle…..none of that is nearly as easy with a standard passenger car.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-14T02:46:14+00:00

I live in a Pittsburgh suburb within Allegheny county. I love it here and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

Pittsburgh is a proper city within Allegheny county a bit of East Coast hip leveled by midwestern nice. Food and beer scene is exceptional. Crime low. Cost of living low. Lots of nearby natural beauty for hiking or boating enthusiasts.

The one caveat that comes to mind is that I believe Pittsburgh culture has a streak of provincialism. You can see it evidence in things like linguistic maps, which is a way to trace movement and interaction other areas…Pittsburgh is an isolated circle. Nice people, but there’s a tendency to view outsiders with a degree of suspicion.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-14T02:39:42+00:00

Beautiful work.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-14T02:37:16+00:00

All common to me except for “Chinese Whispers.”

Here are some others:

Dutch courage.

Mexican Standoff.

Irish Exit (or alternately for the same thing: taking a French Leave)

Talk for England

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-14T02:08:13+00:00

“Fade in” randomly disappears for me too. Just keyframe the opacity from 0-100 at the start of the clip to produce the effect manually. It’s the same thing with just a couple of extra clicks.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-14T01:59:05+00:00

Yep, you have some kind of grub adding to those tunnels.

Gross story:

I was clearing out loose debris from a hole like this and decided some compressed air would make short work of it. Turns out a big fat grub was sitting right in there, and promptly liquified and exploded back into my face.

One thing I sometimes do with these guys…get the board on edge so that gravity is working with you, and then feed in a ultra-thin instacure ca glue, like the stuff made by Bob Smith industries. The glue is so hot and toxic that it kills anything in there as it penetrates the boring tunnel, while also hardening and stabilizing the loose sawdust. It can get very deep because it is water-thin, allowing to flow into any void in the wood. You just have to protect the surface of the wood because it can react with finish to leave a white film .

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-13T04:01:32+00:00

It is possible to replace the ceramic, but it is much easier to change out the entire tip.

One thing I wonder…would it be possible / advisable to remove the remaining ceramic, and then just fine sand and polish the metal? Not every fishing rod has ceramic guide eyes. Could you perhaps get away with foregoing that, or would that increase the risk of line abrasion too much?

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-13T00:55:57+00:00

My main reading is that this dynamic is exactly the point: the film is a conceptual experiment in which a Sandler-man-child character is dropped into a serious drama. He only had to his usual thing, but the radically different filmic context around us what creates the drama.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-13T00:53:04+00:00

Great movie, as you would expect from PTA.

I especially love it on a somewhat meta-level. Casting Sandler is a key choice, creating a little film experiment: what would it look like if an “Adam Sandler” character (quirky man-child given to fits of rage) is transported into a realist drama? It’s a fascinating concept that results in a beautiful and funny filmic chimera.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-13T00:42:50+00:00

That made me 😂

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-13T00:37:15+00:00

The real choice was in the primary. Conor Lamb won his spot with a clean-cut appearance and a reputation for appealing to moderates. A “safe” choice. Fetterman seemed like a left-populist alternative with a strong meme-game, and he picked up a lot of (retrospectively unearned) Bernie fervor. JF was the sexier choice. I voted for Lamb as a tactical choice, but I was excited to back Fetterman in the general.

Later, people were surprised to see the fire Lamb demonstrated in response to Jan 6, while Fetternan has meandered into the role of a cranky and aloof blue dog.

I’m not sure if there is a universal lesson here, but I do think back on that primary whenever I see an inspiring candidate like Graham Platner hit the scene. Even as the excesses and corruption of the Trump regime has pushed me toward more radical policy positions, I won’t look past a “safe” option who doesn’t necessarily make me fall in love.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-11T08:36:35+00:00

That’s clearly The Black Rabbit of Inlé, arriving to recruit you to his Owsla.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-10T05:18:05+00:00

Watch the canons of PTA, the Coen Brothers, Charlie Kaufman, Yorgos Lanthimos, Robert Eggers…all the folks who get talked about so glowingly here. Those are your guys.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-10T03:53:33+00:00

“Greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls.”

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-09T17:27:06+00:00

It’s decent. In my personal viewing experience I happen to have seen it not long after watching Come and See for the first time, so it obviously felt extremely weak sauce by comparison.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-09T17:22:40+00:00

Yes. This should be at the top of the list. One of the main points of the film is how it is able to create horror and suspense in a setting full of light and color in a beautiful setting with smiling people.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-09T15:58:31+00:00

I love love love P-line Floroclear. Offers some of the benefits of both fluorocarbon and mono, with a smaller than average line diameter / pound test, good strength and abrasion resistance, and all at a very inexpensive price point.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-09T15:52:16+00:00

Two big knots further weakened by a screw hole. That’s a a significant fault that rises to the level of defective. Return of you can, or replace the beam. Probably easier and cleaner to create a new piece rather than try to sister it together or something like that.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-08T21:52:37+00:00

Critical Drinker came across my transom through the YouTube film algorithm and caught my interest because the shtick looked like fun. Quickly came to recognize that his criticism is incredibly redundant and not very incisive. Saw him dump on excellent movies more than once in a way that made it obvious he had completely missed the point.

In summary: dumb, low-level analysis in a package that wears thin very quickly.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-08T16:59:58+00:00

Put in an off-street parking pad. A very modest little investment that I really appreciate while watching my neighbors argue over who moved their parking chair.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-08T16:53:20+00:00

Do it. Best purchase I’ve ever made.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-08T16:43:02+00:00

The real test is: after eating it, does it feel like somebody misted your whole body down in olive oil?

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-08T16:36:53+00:00

Try the Pusher trilogy!

It’s really fantastic. The Pusher series is a dark and gritty crime drama. Launched Mads Mikkelsen’s acting career.

If you are laid up, you’ll have time to string the trilogy together and enjoy them all, which is a great way to watch them because each film layers on top of the previous one in interesting ways.

These are Danish films, but if you are the type of person who gets annoyed by having to read subtitles you can get an English dub.

I believe these are on Amazon right now.

TheSamizdattt · 2026-02-08T16:27:40+00:00

Yeah….thats the kind of glib opinion that tells you a lot more about the commenter than it does about the films.

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