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I'm surprised your teachers didn't intervene and tell you about the phonetic similarity to the swear words, and how that makes it inappropriate in Chinese school lol~
I guess they were just happy I didn’t say the real phrase.
I hope the flooding will be minimal at your place!
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The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
It is peaking right about now at 5am, with gusts of 180 KM/h. I got up at 4am due to the noise. I think in about an hour or so, the worst will be gone. If that's the case, I think we'll make it out ok and I'll try to get some sleep. Unlike Mangkhut in 2018, it hung a bit to the south so we won't get whipped by the tail end of it with devastating southerly winds.
That's what destroyed my village and caused all the destruction I showed back then. We're surrounded on all sides, but totally exposed to the south.
Part of a tree landed outside my window, blocking the path to the road. Rooftop starting to flood due to clogging but it's still unsafe to go out there to rip the leaves out of the drains. I have to monitor the water level and if it gets too high, I just have to risk it. Otherwise I'll wait until the wind dies down
Getting gusts from the south, which is my worst fear. Just hope it moves away as it dies down, and what I am seeing now is as bad as it gets
Final update during the storm (who knows what the aftermath will be)
10am the gusts and rain have stopped, just in time for me to be able to go out to the roof and clear out the drains. I would have had to go no matter what in the next half hour, or else water would come in through the door down the stairs again. So that positive news improved my mood a bit. It was nice up there actually.
There was a lot of water ingress at the balcony sliding door, but that was to be expected as it's not fully sealed. Lots of towels kept it at bay
Jett just slept away as the 200 KM winds bashed against the doors all night. I moved his bed away from the door in case of catastrophe. He really isn't afraid of weather AT ALL. We call him the Thundercat
This storm feels about the same strength as Mangkhut in 2018, but went past us much faster and stayed further south. There will still be a lot of destruction, but I don't think it will be as landscape altering as that one was. Buildings around me look intact, unlike last time
There's going to be some insane videos coming out, like this from Ocean Park hotel
End goal is to sell this car. If you were someone looking to buy it, with ultra low kms:
Looking for suggestions, anything and everything.
1: oxidized alum wheels. Get them refinished? (probably 800$ not worth it.)
Is there a way to diy this other than sanding, and re painting silver?
2: coolant reservoir, im guessing there is no way to get this back to a "white/clear" condition. Replace it only?
3. Plastic trim, sand and re paint? Restore with a product?
4. Valve cover and intake manifold. Remove, sand, paint? Or Remove and acid clean it only?
5. Paint: did a 2 minute hand polish, day and night difference.
Those of you who polish, should i be taping up any plastic, etc? Any other suggestions?
I picked up a 6" DA, + a 2" rotary.
6. Rust.... Rust.... Rust ...... One of the worst cars ive seen for rust, especially with such low kms. Sat in richmond all its life.
Leave the rust?
Wire brush drill everything?
Buy a sandblaster and go at it?
Spray with rust converter?
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Originally Posted by ilovebacon
Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
God, women in their early 30s are so baadd lmfao
With the rust, if you want to do a really good job on it, I think taking the part out, and dunking it in Por 15 would give the best results. You can't wirebrush well enough when there are so many crevices and stuff.
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Originally Posted by westopher
The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
On a side note what's the deal with that bushing on the control arm not attached to anything?
Maybe there should have been a sway bar there at some point? or in certain trim levels?
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Originally Posted by westopher
The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid.
With the rust, if you want to do a really good job on it, I think taking the part out, and dunking it in Por 15 would give the best results. You can't wirebrush well enough when there are so many crevices and stuff.
Taking it out is gonna be a pass, odds of me opening several cans of worms is very high with all these rusty parts.
I tried spray on rust converter, sort of worked on some sections. Ive had good luck with it before, but probably also the rust was surface only.
I took a look into por15, i think the brush on stuff will do well after i get the top layer of crap off.
Also took a look into mar-hyde, seems to be por15 on steroids, if i cant get my hands on it.
Trying to keep the whole car "restoration" under xx hours.
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I think with some of the crustier parts, unless you do all of it the one clean part is just gonna make the rougher parts look even rougher.
On a side note what's the deal with that bushing on the control arm not attached to anything?
Cant see it in the photo, rod on the back side.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Money i hate people who sound like they smoke meth then pretend like they matter.
Originally Posted by ilovebacon
Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
God, women in their early 30s are so baadd lmfao
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