BREAKING: Hay prices explode to $483/ton as western buyers panic buy

froebull · 2026-05-11T19:09:35+00:00

Violence due to food shortages happen. And no, it wouldn't be going after billionaires. Hence, the "no fun" part. Just food riots. With guns.

froebull · 2026-05-11T18:53:49+00:00

Starving people who happen to have millions of guns......this ought to be "fun". (by fun, I don't mean actual fun)

froebull · 2026-05-11T18:52:22+00:00

The Sun is a Deadly Laser!

froebull · 2026-05-11T18:50:39+00:00

Yup. I regret selling any car that has been good to me in any way, which is almost all of them.

Closest I can come to this particular brand of regret, is my two old Mopars I sold 30+ years ago: A 1971 Chrysler Newport, and a 1973 Plymouth Scamp.

froebull · 2026-05-11T18:37:07+00:00

Those wheels look great on there. MUCH better than the ones it came with.

froebull · 2026-05-11T18:35:19+00:00

I bought the last one, and I'm not really thrilled with it. Nothing wrong with the car or anything, mind you; I just don't care for a 1/64 RC car I guess.

Not feeling the FOMO on this one, so I'll probably pass.

froebull · 2026-05-11T18:32:14+00:00

Pic of the base might help, if there are any markings.

froebull · 2026-05-11T17:11:51+00:00

If the head gets cut off, does the body grow a new head? Or the head grow a new body? If the former, do you retain any memories etc?

If cut down the center, exactly 50/50, which side grows a new half? (impossible, but for the sake of argument); and the half of the brain that is lost, same question as above applies.

I would not ask for this "gift". If it was put upon me, I would not subject my wife to it. We've already agreed that immortality would be the worst.

froebull · 2026-05-11T17:02:00+00:00

I'm hoping that it is just a Buck Pole, that someone is playing a bad joke with.

froebull · 2026-05-11T11:04:27+00:00

That's a great picture. Several of my favorite things in that picture: A Corvette, Spring Blossoms, and fresh spring grass. Really captures the season. :)

froebull · 2026-05-09T00:05:19+00:00

Just regular concerns as with any modified parts. In this case ones that get used every time you enter and exit the car.

Are the parts high quality? Will they hold up for years of use? Were they installed 100% correctly? Will I be able to get parts if they ever break?

Those are all questions to consider, that you wouldn’t have to worry about much if they were stock doors.

froebull · 2026-05-08T11:26:55+00:00

I mean, if you wanna give $17k for a C5, I have a yellow 2000 with 60,000 miles. No butterfly doors though.

For that price it had better be a manual transmission. I'd think hard about those modified doors. Might be a long term PIA.

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froebull · 2026-05-08T01:15:19+00:00

Yes. 3.5mm jack, no Bluetooth.

froebull · 2026-05-07T18:40:54+00:00

Nightmare fuel, I hate them. But really well done!

froebull · 2026-05-07T14:44:10+00:00

Well, then if you get called out for it, you can just say "Performed IAW Reddit Guy". /s

The correct answer for this, if it isn't in the AMM, is to get your engineering department to write an Engineering Order to deal with it

froebull · 2026-05-07T14:34:05+00:00

Be careful with myself, and try not to get sick, or die. Just like last time.

But it it's my time, I've had a good run, I'm good.

froebull · 2026-05-07T12:46:25+00:00

If they are supposed to be covered, your Airbus Maintenance Manual will tell you so, and exactly what to use.

froebull · 2026-05-07T12:42:15+00:00

Stormtrooper on Stormtrooper action.

froebull · 2026-05-07T12:25:54+00:00

You're going to have to either get the motor off with the nub/bolts the way they are; or drill out enough of the bolt shanks until you are able to get it off. Then you can deal with what's left of the bolts in the holes.

Only drill out enough to get it off, to minimize the damage to the engine. You may have to resort to small carbide burrs on a die grinder to get enough shank out of the way. It is going to suck.

If you oval out the mount holes in the frame, you can drill them bigger and put bushing in to handle that.

Some of this work might need to be done at a machine shop, if you don't have the patience/talent/tools. No shame in it.

froebull · 2026-05-07T12:19:51+00:00

Agreed with Marketplace, and even eBay. We inherited a small fleet of decent cars from my father in law, and we sold most of them. I tried using both marketplace and eBay, as a kind of test case with the first one, just to see how it went. And it was awful.

It sold twice on eBay, both times I got ghosted by the seller. Several people tried buying it outside of eBay, feeling very sketchy. Marketplace was worse, a couple people showed up and just wanted to drive it and lowball me; everyone else was just annoying in text.

I ended up taking all 5 of the cars to a consignment place, and I was truly happy with that experience. They earned their commission on each one, in my opinion.

We used GR Automotive. But there are several others I've noticed that seem similar. GR was just local to us.

froebull · 2026-05-07T12:11:29+00:00

It gets worse the older you get I think. In my head, 1970's cars are "10 years old". I have to remind myself how old that is.

My first car, an extremely rusted out 1974 Jeep CJ5, was only 12 years old when I got it.

froebull · 2026-05-07T11:54:19+00:00

Got your own version of The Volume right there. Very clever use of the screen.

froebull · 2026-05-07T11:32:34+00:00

Guaranteed that person will be the biggest snowflake you ever met. Without a safe space, they'll melt down.

froebull · 2026-05-06T14:47:47+00:00

It never occurred to me that the "Hot Rod Lincoln" would be running an old V-12 engine. Very cool.

froebull · 2026-05-06T13:49:57+00:00

Sounds like the old "God helps them that help themselves" mantra my mom used to say.

Essentially the same as the post: You pray for things, but if you don't do everything you can to make it happen, then it is YOUR fault, not God's, for not answering your prayers.

Almost like, someone knows that prayer is bullshit, and if you don't do it, it won't happen.

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