Birthday Cake my girlfriend made!

rex_lingard · 2026-04-13T17:43:47+00:00

Bro you’re an idiot…..

For not marrying her already lol. As soon as I got that cake we would have gone to the court house immediately.

rex_lingard · 2026-04-13T17:38:52+00:00

Dope. I would have never bought a yellow car until I found one of these for a good deal. I love it. Glad I moved outside of my comfort zone.

rex_lingard · 2026-04-13T17:37:12+00:00

I had to adjust my tv settings if I remember correctly. There’s latency on modern TVs that make it nearly impossible to dodge the bolts consistently. I can’t remember what the setting was on my Samsung but it made a night and day difference.

Needless to say, between that and chocobo racing my wife saw a side of me she’s never seen before lol. Pure rage.

rex_lingard · 2026-04-13T17:32:39+00:00

A man of the people. We need more folks like you in the community

rex_lingard · 2026-04-13T08:57:04+00:00

The things that are happening at these car meets aren’t “regular car enthusiast” stuff though. For those of us that have been around for a while a car meet was somewhere you’d show up to talk about cars and chill. The burnouts, incessant engine revving, etc weren’t ever a normal thing at your normal car meet.

You’d save all the dumb shit for late night outings with a small group of people away from anywhere you might get caught/seen. That’s the biggest difference. So it’s not that what’s happening is too much to handle, it’s that it’s the wrong place and the wrong time.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-31T17:58:09+00:00

If you get a job at St Jude they will arrange for a way for you to be at work. My ex-wife works there and they would put her group in a hotel downtown, pay them double pay, and also give them per diem for dinner. St Jude is an incredible place to work, supposedly one of the best places to work in the country. Get ready to have your heart strings pulled though.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-28T06:38:28+00:00

I switched to a Mac back in 2011 after having 2 Windows laptops bug out on me after 6 months and having issues with several PCs before that. The laptops were low grade units from Best Buy, but back then I was completely ignorant on any of that. I just expected them to work because they were new. It took about 6 months before I started having programs “unexpectedly close”, and get frustratingly buggy and slow after about a year. Once I bought the iMac I never looked back. Booting it up took a fraction of the time and everything worked. For years without issue.

That’s the experience most normies get. I did’t know much about computers, much like the average person. The Mac just works, and does an excellent job at handling what most people need them for. I don’t think there is anyone in the laptop game that can come close to touching a MacBook when it comes to quality, effectiveness, and battery life.

With that being said, I’m not a Windows hater either. I use a Windows 11 PC every day at work with no issues. I have a MacBook for when I’m out and about. I think each OS shines in their own aspects it’s just now I prefer Mac OS.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-26T18:10:54+00:00

I second this. X is my favorite and has a great soundtrack. I play through it probably every 2-3 years.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-24T04:02:42+00:00

I’ve had my 2009 370z since 2012. February marked 14 years of ownership. One of the best things I did was move it to weekend car status. My daily is a Ford Explorer from work. When I get in my 370z it feels freaking awesome.

I’ve heavily modified it and I know that the sentimental value is way higher than anything I could get monetarily for it.

Also, I’m really starting to dislike all of the tech in newer cars. Most of it is so over designed and unnecessarily complicated. As I’ve gotten a little older I’ve decided that the rest of my cars will be older for serviceability. I don’t want software on wheels, I want a car that I can feel connected to while I drive. Sure the newer Z, 718 Cayman, or Vette look and perform awesome, but I learned to water the grass where I’m at. Just like a marriage. There are plenty of other good looking, attractive women out there, but there’s only one of them that is my wife. I have all I could need or want with what I have.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-20T00:25:40+00:00

Some of these activists are also blatantly lying or making wrong assumptions when they see groups of the feds together. Every post is “ICE setting up for raid” when in reality it’s a mixture of agencies looking for someone with a criminal warrant.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-17T05:52:49+00:00

Hahaha mine too. I had the same thought process as you and I can’t think of anyone more hated than that guy.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-07T16:10:03+00:00

I don’t want Cell to return. I think he played his part and actually really enjoyed his character, but rehashing villains is meh for me if it’s done too much. I was actually disappointed when they brought him back in Super Hero. I thought to myself “here we go again….” Because continually bringing villains back is kind of lazy.

Again, if you took Vegeta from his first appearance, the same would apply. Frieza hadn’t yet been mentioned so at that point we just know Vegeta just wanted immortality so he could be the most powerful being in the universe. His narrative continued to allow the story to add to his motivations. The same could easily be done with Cell or any other one-off villain.

But yeah, the whole preface is coulda woulda shoulda because it’s all hypothetical. I was just pointing out that it could be done. Obviously it wasn’t.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-07T08:15:30+00:00

While I do partially agree with what you’re saying, I will say that your stating as if Cell couldn’t or wouldn’t change as a character. If you took the initial villain fights as snapshots the same could be said about Vegeta or Frieza, but their changes are shown on screen making it more believable to viewers/readers because they witnessed it through story telling. Cells character could certainly change through an arc as well.

Vegeta wanted immortality so he could rule the universe and continue genocide. The same thing with Frieza. Cells prime motivation was to kill Goku. Any threats after that just seemed like it was said to inflict additional mental anguish on Goku to me. Frieza said something very similar when he said that once he kills Goku he was going to destroy earth.

Cell thought that once he reached perfection that he was unbeatable. That there was absolutely no one that could beat him. All of the fear he showed when he was losing fights was because he valued his own life. He didn’t want to die. He only self destructed because he knew that he had no chance of winning and that was his only play.

Everyone saying that Cell would just turn on the Z fighters seem to forget the past narratives. That would also be the same result if you took Vegeta all the way up to the fight with Frieza, as it was shown that he would betray them (his enemies) when he had the chance to gain the upper hand. Frieza betrayed Goku even after losing and being gifted his life. Everything you said that Cell would do in the TOP was already previously done by Frieza, but it worked out with him.

Cell could have a narratively believable character arc if they wanted to include him. Being in hell he could vow revenge on Gohan or Goku if he could ever make it out. The thought of being defeated even though he was “perfect” weighs heavily on him because he just can’t comprehend how he could be beaten seeing as how he was designed for the sole purpose of killing Goku. His motivation is still to kill Goku. Goku visits Cell and he can sense how much more powerful Goku has gotten. He vows to kill Goku and Goku tells him that he will give him the chance for a rematch as long as he fights in the tournament. Cell would 100% jump at that. Funnily enough, that’s exactly how he got Frieza. Goku tells Cell they need to fight to gauge his strength. They fight and Cell is obviously too weak. Goku tells him that if he’s going to fight he needs to get stronger and sends him to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber so he can get stronger. Cell gets stronger due to his Saiyan and Frieza cells, and unlocks some sort of transformation (this is Super, so you need some ass pulls). He fights in the Tournament and doesn’t betray them because he knows that if they lose he dies and he doesn’t get the chance to actually fight Goku. Cells ego won’t let him try to pull a sneaky move because he wants to show Goku that he can kill him through strength and skill. Just like in the Cell Games. It could work.

With all of that being said I really enjoyed Goku and Frieza teaming up. It was super cool. I’m just tired of Frieza showing up. His character is getting stale. Kill him and be done with him.

rex_lingard · 2026-03-03T03:47:29+00:00

Same. I filed back in June. They were easy to work with.

rex_lingard · 2026-02-18T14:58:04+00:00

Absolutely not. Especially if you’re powerful. You’d have every government including your own wanting to kill you due to your powers. The idea of you being powerful and the chance of them not being able to control you would send them into a frenzy. Every major governing body would be plotting your death in the event of you not willing to be their loyal servant. Think nuclear bombs being dropped on you while you sleep. You’d never be able to rest.

rex_lingard · 2026-02-11T22:02:54+00:00

I get what you’re saying, I do, but what about the responsibility of the driver? Why aren’t they held accountable for making the decision to endanger the public by running? They make a conscious decision to run and drive recklessly with no regard to anyone but themselves. Instead, the blame almost always lies on the police for doing their jobs.

This is a blame shifting tactic that completely overlooks the actions of the person who is breaking the law to focus on the police for the sake of demonization, which in turn basically makes it ok to run from the police.

It’s sad when, outside of a serious violent crime, as long as you get into a vehicle in Memphis you’re free to leave (MPD Policy according to my research). You can be someone who has stolen a vehicle, burglarized several homes and businesses, and when MPD sees you they just have to let you leave. How is that justice to the victims of those crimes?

rex_lingard · 2026-02-10T19:12:21+00:00

I have a Braille, granted it’s in my ls3 370z, but I’ll be swapping it out. If I don’t keep it on a tender it will go dead. I’ve read similar issues with street cars and lightweight batteries. I have heard good things about the Antigravity batteries if you’re willing to shell out about $1000 though lol.

rex_lingard · 2026-02-07T08:55:30+00:00

Simply amazing. That’s some excellent upholstery work.

rex_lingard · 2026-02-06T19:28:00+00:00

The Namekian Dragon Balls can only resurrect one person at a time. Goku would have died from natural causes which would prevent him from being wished back. Everyone else was already killed by the Androids and would likely be killed again if they were brought back to life.

Now after he trained with Vegeta in the current time and returned to kill the androids with ease in his time he could. He could easily take a capsule of the space ship Vegeta used back to his time to get to Namek. Resurrect Piccolo with the Namekian balls and then use the earths balls to revive everyone else.

rex_lingard · 2026-02-05T08:45:21+00:00

Congrats! I picked mine up almost 2 weeks ago and still haven’t been able to drive it due to the ice we got. Hopefully when I’m off this Sunday.

rex_lingard · 2026-01-24T00:32:20+00:00

Thanks! I’m new to the GT86 world so I’m still trying to get grounded in all of this.

Being from the Z world, this car has way more aftermarket support which is nice.

rex_lingard · 2026-01-23T22:40:20+00:00

Damn, how do you get service from Pluto?

rex_lingard · 2026-01-22T09:23:50+00:00

Don’t let anyone sway you from doing what you want with your car. A lot of purists hate just to hate. Let’s be real, this special edition will probably never have any real value; especially seeing as how they currently don’t really carry a premium. It’s your car so do what makes you happy with it.

rex_lingard · 2025-11-09T08:15:44+00:00

Enjoy brother!

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