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    UpCreekwithShitPaddle

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    • Holy Santa Claus Shit

      @KITT222 you da man!

      This was epic. So a week ago @Qaaaaa posted this article about the cherished gift guides (looking at you Stef). I made a comment how I would like the article for next year cause it was too late for me this year. Well Kitt was paying attention.

      Today I get home to a janky Rock Auto box awaiting my arrival. Hold on, I don't remember ordering anything from Rock Auto... Wait a second!

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      Tony Upcreek!
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      I know it doesn't come across in the last picture, but Kitt went and got every single thing on the gift guide! So epic. The favorite is my spiritual 'shit paddle'. Really made me and the Mrs. laugh pretty hard.

      Wait a second...

      Especially since it comes with a Rockauto magnet!

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      Nicely done Kitt. Really enjoyed that. Merry Secret Senna (Sent-a)!

      posted in Oppositelock secret senna
      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • Local hero delivers mail in a JDM van

      Yeah not much to say here. The title kinda says it all. Great idea and delightful taste. 20221116_152058.jpg

      posted in Oppositelock
      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • RE: Nice

      @e90m3 Another 69 ruined by a period.

      posted in Oppositelock
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      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • Okay, which one of you Opponauts did this? DITP

      So I am driving back roads of Northern Virginia, no not NOVA, proper northern VA, and I come ripping past this.
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      Wait, what was that? I immediately turned around to get a better look.
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      Yep. In a pasture, horse and all, someone has created a Honda Prelude Legend Accord monument. Fenced out and proudly displayed on cinder blocks is this tribute to 1990s Japanese design.

      I can let the comments theorize on why. First thought was someone is buried under it. Cause it sure as shit dont look for sale.

      posted in Oppositelock dots ditpl honda 1990s
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      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • I'm sorry, you can still get what in 2022?!?!

      Turns out in 2022 you can still get rear facing seats in a stationwagon! What rock have I been living under?

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      2022 Mercedes-Benz E-class All-Terrain wagon combines the premium cabin of the E-class sedan with the added practicality of a larger cargo bay and a rear-facing third row of seats.

      Source

      posted in Oppositelock
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      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • A childhood memory, abandoned track, and a dash of urban exploring

      In a small blue collar town dominated by the cement goliath Lehigh and local limestone quarries supporting them, there is an abandoned racetrack once known as Nazareth Speedway. Tucked in the armpit of State Roads 248 and 191 lies a sub-1-mile paved racetrack which hadn’t hosted a racing even since 2004.
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      Well, it just so turns out that I was in Nazareth recently, and the race track was on my mind. You see, I went to the 1999 and 2000 CART race, and then the 2003 race under the IndyCar Racing League (IRL).
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      Attending the race in my early teens was like snorting Smarties. I was so excited I couldn’t focus on anything. I just wanted to be drowned in the sounds, hit in the face with tire marbles, and overwhelmed with fumes. Therefore, my memories of the race itself are pretty weak. I don’t remember who started on pole, who won, or even if there was a caution.

      Instead my memories are of the cars being awash with color, blindingly vivid compared to the television or newspaper pictures. The impossibly high pitched sounds from a 750 hp 2.65L V8 shattering the audible ceiling I arbitrarily created for an internal combustion engine. The sweet aroma of race gas and unburnt hydrocarbons swirling around the track. But strongest and more emotional memory was, spending the whole day with my Dad and beloved Uncle.

      So yeah, the track was on my mind.

      About the Track

      Believe it or not, racing on the property started in 1910 after the local horse racing track (founded in 1850) outgrew its home in the center of town. Construction of a ½ mile track on the property started a few years prior to hosting its event, an automobile polo event (holy shit that’s a thing?).

      Two World War’s, a great depression, a moon landing, and a computer made by a fruit company later, the property goes through several iterations of dirt tracks, vacancies, and sales. The most notable event during that time period would arguably be Mario Andretti winning the 1969 (nice) United States Auto Club (USAC) 100 Mile Championship Race.
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      But in 1986 the sale to Roger Penske would lay the ground work to bring the track to the forefront. Penske laid out a paved track over the existing 1 1/8th mile dirt track featuring 2.7° and 6.0° cambering and an oval-circuit-first warm-up lane to enter and exit the pits.
      In 1987 it would host it’s first paved race, a CART series race, on September 20th, which was won by Michael Andretti in a Kreco.
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      The CART series would return to Nazareth every year for 14 years until the series dissolved. IndyCar would then take the reins and continue to run at Nazareth for the next 3 years until 2004.
      In 1988, the track also picked up the NASCAR Busch Series. They raced there up until 2004 as well. Once closed, the series also moved the race weekend to Watkins Glen.
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      In 2004 the owners, International Speedway Corporation (ISC), closed Nazareth speedway and used the race weekend to move IndyCar to Watkins Glen, which was also owned by ISC. Taking the closing even further, they then moved most of the iconic red and yellow grandstands up to the Watkins Glen track. Eventually some even made it to Michigan Raceway too.
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      Famous names

      Just check out this program picture from the 1999 Bush Series race at Nazareth, the First Union 200.
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      The racing names! Oh my.

      I mean, ignore their first names and holy crap what a stacked field that is.

      In all seriousness. Zanardi, Fittipaldi, Castroneves, Mansell, Rahal, Unser, and 4 different Andretti’s (Mario, Michael, Jeff, and John). Some serious talent has turned a wheel here on this little diamond in cement country.

      But why does Andretti keep coming up? Oh probably because he lived 1.5 miles away from the track in a house he built in 1968. No, really.
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      And his parents? A block further.

      The Track

      The track genuinely had a lot of character. I’ve only seen it mentioned twice in print, but one thing that stood out in my visit was how much elevation change there was on the track, 34’ in total. At one point it looked like there was even a crest in the road. Possibly a result of neglect or nearby sink holes. But it was reported that the from the exit from turn 2 and all the way down the back straight, it was downhill. While the rest of the lap was uphill.
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      Official turn count is 3, but many drivers described 4 turns, and sometimes even 5. I will say, the sharpness of the turn at the end of the back straight looked terrifying. About 200’ away from it I thought they may have installed another wall across the track. It looked that abrupt. Banking at Turn 1 felt generous considering it was the easiest turn on the track. Turn 2 felt VERY flat for how long it was. And watching replay’s of races there, it certainly looks like the slowest turn. As abrupt as turn 3 walking it, it was very well cambered and looked fast. This was also where most of the passing was happening into. And no diagram or picture portrays how turn 4 raced in real life. The fact was you raced a long turn 3 as if it was a double apex, never increasing the angle of steer once you’ve apexed 3. But the way you approach the wall and then run back to the apex of turn 4, plays as though it is its own turn.
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      The track was fast. Not 243 mph fast, but race laps were about 20 seconds. Qualifying laps were in the high 18’s. With 30 plus cars on the track during a race, a new car went ripping by almost every half second. It was busy and a full assault of the senses during long green flag runs.

      Current Conditions

      Remember I mentioned the warm-up lane? It was a paved lane separated by grass, then the racing surface. Entry to the pit was the end of the back straight, and leaving the pits, you entered at the exit of turn 2. What do you think 18 years of neglect did to that patch of grass? Standing on the racing line:
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      I really like these 2 pictures. Same silo in the background. Same advertisement. Same spot. 18 years apart.
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      Small sinkholes litter the track. Most likely a product of the limestone geology in the area. The biggest I saw was about 8’ long x 6’ wide x 3’ deep.
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      Barriers of the concrete and dirt variety all around the track keep the hoonigans in check.
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      Pit lane entrance and infield care center (red roof square building in the back of the second picture).
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      Victory Circle. Note about the 2nd picture; remember who owned the track? Yeah, Roger Penske himself. So that’s pretty cool for him to celebrate his 100th victory at his own track.
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      Infield Building
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      The front desk at the infield building. "Can I see your credentials please?"
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      Press room. Just imagine this filled with journalists writing, typing, and calling in the action during race day.
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      Spotters view
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      Finish line
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      Pit lane exit
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      The catch fence cut off at the base.
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      Advertisements and concessions. Oddly a lot of these ad’s painted on the walls don’t show up in most of the pictures. Especially the later races.
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      Realities

      Even from when I was a kid, one of the outstanding comments is how narrow the track is and how hard it was to pass. I always found this odd as it was a rather wide track. But as time goes on and I understand racing more, I assume they meant the racing line was so narrow that any 2 wide racing was going to make it impossibly slow. I mean the track was short, but it had a lot of character.

      Also, attendance never seemed great. I don’t know if this was a function of the popularity of the racing series that was attending, if it was the area the track was in, or if the number of grandstands was too ambitious. But it never felt full.
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      Currently the area is a huge warehouse area and growing. The nearby shopping center never really went through the expansion they thought they were going to. And the standard boiler plate answer from the owner when asked about its’ plan for the track is “warehousing and residential development.”

      The sad truth is, any hopes of racing returning to Nazareth are ‘the limit approaches zero’. There are some non-compete contracts with the bigger racing leagues and their race at nearby Pocono Raceway (24.5 miles as the crow flies). ISC no longer owns the track, so the conflict with the close Watkins Glen Raceway isn’t as much an issue. Raceway Properties LLC are the current owners, but the non-compete with Pocono is still in effect. Currently, it is zoned as general commercial property with the most recent plans being to convert sections to residential zoning and build a warehouse for local business, C. F. Martin & Company. But that has been since 2018, and I can confirm, no demolition activities have begun as of fall 2022.

      I personally think returning the property to a dirt track, its original iteration if you will, would be best solution to bringing racing back into Nazareth. A quick Google search shows nothing within 50 miles that would be competition. But unless some serious nostalgia kicks in and something like what happened at Rockingham or North Wilkesboro happens, racing is likely gone for good.
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      What about your local abandoned track do you remember?

      posted in Oppositelock
      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • DOTS Dixie Cup

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      posted in Oppositelock
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      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • Look down

      Apparently B-52 pilots practice low level, radar avoidance, maneuvers on the regular. Leading to one of the coolest flyby's ever.

      posted in Oppositelock airplane planeoppo planelopnik air traffic control navy
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      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
    • Driving on the OTHER side (long one)

      I recently came to the realization that I can post anything on here. A few years ago I wrote and article (essay, thesis, dissertation, abstract, manifest) for Jalopnik that I thought would be a fun topic. I didn't know how it would work, but I thought it would at least give them an idea. I spent a few hours on it and sent it over.

      Now I don't like to talk crap on Jalopnik. They have given me more positives than negatives, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. And I will avoid discussing their current state. But one thing I do take exception with is they never even replied to the email. No one could even give me the time of day, let alone tell me why they couldn't just publish my article. And then 6 months later, when an article came out hitting on a lot of points I distinctly talked about, I felt wronged. I wanted to make a snarky comment, but didn't. I wanted to leave a detailed comment going over the details about how this is so similar to my work I had sent them, just framed in a different manner, but I didn't. I wanted to protest them by never visiting the site again, and that didn't last either. Not that it wouldn't make a difference.

      So, below is my work. I am an engineer by trade, so my grammar could use some work (if you couldn't tell already). The story is there though. I also gets a little wordy, but I was really trying to paint a picture in your mind as you read it. It may suck, it may only suck a little, but here it is.

      Recently I went on a vacation with my wife. 7 days in Australia. It was wonderful. We drove from Brisbane to Cairns, 2400 kilometers (1490 miles), and along the way went bungee jumping, hiking, snorkeling, surfing, pulled a leech off my ankle, learned what a flat white was, ate a lychee, tried Vegemite, and rented a car. That last bit is important because I have never driven on roads other than those in North America.
      For those of you who don’t live in North America, the driving is done on the right-hand side of the road and the left-hand side of the car. The pedals have the gas on the right, brake in the middle, and clutch on the left. Gear selecting device is to the right of the driver, and so is the hand-brake (because no one uses it for an emergency). Most of the time turn signals are on the left stalk and windshield wipers are on the right stalk. I am not going to get into who wears it better, but those are the facts.
      Now I was in Australia, a country settled by prisoners from England. Have you ever heard of England? Maybe you have seen Top Gear? Observant viewers probably have noticed that they drive on the left-hand side of the road. Since the prisoners of England were tasked with settling this new land called Australia, they decided to make the driving done on the left-hand side of the road.
      Driving on the left-hand side of the road was the only thing I knew about the whole situation. Things I didn’t know were where the gas pedal was going to be, the shifter, the blinker, the windshield wiper, the volume knob. It was all a mystery to me.
      Getting into a RHD Car
      Walking up to our brand new-ish Suzuki Swift on the right-hand side of the car feels weird, no doubt about that. My first hiccup was before I even closed the door. I went to slide into the driver seat and I jammed my foot between the gas and brake pedal. I guess I just don’t know how to enter a car leading with my left foot. Maybe it was just the car, but the whole week I never felt comfortable getting in.
      Once I was settled into the seat, it got worse. Volume knob is now an arm’s length away. I mean, I can understand it was going to feel odd dealing with the radio and climate controls with my non-dominate hand, but now even the volume was at the far end of the console and the tuner knob was right next to the steering wheel. Needless to say I changed the radio station a lot.
      The pedals are, in fact, laid out the same. From right to left; gas, brake, clutch. The hand brake was now to my left, on the center console though and the gas door lever was now in the bottom right corner of the driver floor.
      The stalk that the headlights and turn signals called home was now on right hand side of the car. That totally makes sense. It gives your interior arm the freedom to select gears, tune the radio, smack the kids in the back. Which leaves the arm closest to the window available for turn signaling (BMW drivers exempt), turning on the headlights, or alerting incoming traffic their headlights are on.
      The windshield wiper stalk was now on the left of the steering wheel. Now, it is hard to quantify how much I reached for the turn signal and used the windshield wipers, but my wife tired and lost count somewhere north of 25. I was fine with that though, I have done so much turn signaling the past 15 years on the left side of the steering wheel, doing it with the left hand became sub-conscious. So I can appreciate old habits die hard. Plus, people don’t typically use their signal when they turn or merge anyway. AmIright?
      It was when I needed the windshield wipers and I got a turn signal, that I became deeply frustrated. I mean now I am signaling for no good reason. And the Aussie driving at me was probably wondering where the hell I was signaling to go. Unacceptable.
      Driving on the Left side of the road
      First thing is first, I was so concerned about driving on the other side of the road, it was kind of easy. My attention was 100%. I was solely focused on the task of driving. No distractions, no radio, no nothing. I was only concentrated on not going the wrong way down a road, I was looking through turns, planning my moves 10 seconds before I executed them, reading all the road signs. It reminded me a lot about riding my motorcycle.
      I really enjoy driving, so I had been looking forward to this for a while. No doubt about it that there were some nerves. But here I finally was, doing the inverse of all my years of driving experience, and I was killing it. I was surprised.
      What I didn’t know was why I was doing so well. As it turns out, all the focus, and distraction-less driving made for an easy time.
      The real danger came after about 4 hours of driving. We were trying to get to a waterfall when all the sudden the road was closed. Just effing closed. No warnings, just a road blockade at the entrance to the park and a gravel lot that everyone used as a turnaround area.
      Here it comes, and I don’t even know it.
      The U-turn. I bust it out. It wasn’t really a U-turn because I went through the gravel lot off to the left of us. But since I turned left, in the back of my mind, I categorized it as a U-turn. And if you can properly execute a U-turn, you are already on the correct side of the road for the direction of travel.
      See what happened to me was, as I mentioned earlier, I mentally categorized it as a U-turn. I was also busy trying to calculate our new driving distance, driving time, bladder threshold, and amount of sun left in the day. I was also looking at the map my wife was reading and providing input. So when I got back onto the road, I merged into the right lane, like I have done so many times. Now before you stop reading for fear of some Final Destination shit, this road was a dead-end. Closed. Blockaded. It had been for a few months now and most of the locals knew it. Therefore, it was not a heavily traveled road. Which is lucky because I was now cruising down the wrong side of it.
      And cruise down the wrong side of the road I did, for at least a kilometer (.6214 miles). Over blind turns, blind hills, around lizards and right up until curiosity got the better of me. I turned down “Something” Dam Road, because I mean, I can never pass up a Dam Road. It was only then, right as I completed my turn, did I realize I was traveling down the wrong lane. I quickly swerved into the left lane, quick enough to alert my co-pilot. We both shot each other a glance. One of those, ‘that could have been bad, but we lived so it’s kind of funny’ glances.
      Then I realized what I had done. “I had been driving like that since we turned around” I muttered.
      “Oh boy”, she said. Grateful I had realized what I did, but weighed down by the gravity of the situation.
      10 k’s of driving on the correct side of the road later, we found a gas station and stopped in search for a better map. They didn’t have a better map, but they had Wi-Fi, and we had this fancy app on our phones called Google Maps. You should try it sometime, its superb. I especially recommend downloading areas of foreign countries you plan on visiting right onto your phone. That way, you can access the maps without cell service. Very. Handy. Feature.
      I digress.
      Map loaded, route calculated, sunset noted, bladder drained. Off we go, back on the trail. I work my way through the gas station, pull up to the road, give a quick glance in both directions and off we go.
      Now before I can finish that story, I must tell this story. My whole life I have been looking both ways. If I look right and there is an object on the same side of the road as me, it will be moving away from me: good. If I look to the left and there is an object on the same side of the road as me, it will be moving towards me: bad. Conversely, if I look right and there is an object on the other side of the road as me, it will be moving toward me: bad. If I look to the left and there is an object on the other side of the road as me, it will be moving away from me: good. I understand there are stipulations, sometimes I am turning right, I should look for the front of the car, and I should make eye contact with the driver, and I should double check each direction, and I should floss twice a day. But those deep seeded laws of the road I had proved correct for all the years are enough to start synapses firing.
      I look right, and see the roof of a late model (I have always wanted to say that) Range Rover. Quick check left and nothing in sight, but it didn’t matter anyway because I was making a right. Those synapses started firing, the process has started lifting my foot off the brake and onto the gas. Not full commitment, but the kindling is starting to smoke.
      I looked back right, the direction I was turning, as I start to roll into the lane.
      “Huh, that Range Rover is closer, now I can see the whole windshield”.
      Foot is now completely off brake.
      I was just about to straighten out the wheel and when it all came rushing back to me. I just remembered where I was supposed to be. Left lane!
      I quickly applied throttle and hustled wide and to the outside, hoping the the Land Rover wouldn’t notice, wouldn’t throw his hands up at me while mouthing WTF.
      He noticed. He threw his hands up so hard I thought he was going to get tangled up in his cashmere scarf.
      My co-pilot noticed, but decided not to comment. I knew what I did, and she knew I knew. Perks of marrying someone who knows that I am not a smart man.
      Three days later, I am driving down a very lonely road after a very long day. We were about to watch the sun set. It was a 2-lane road. There was a set of railroad tracks to my left, 15 meters (49.2126 feet) from the edge of the road. The tracks sat just above my point of view on a raised grade which was composed of ballast and red dirt. My vision is focused about a half mile down the road, just staring at white lines (they don’t use yellow centerlines). In an instant, out of nowhere, I thought the tracks next to me were the left side of a divided highway. In that split second, I thought I was driving on the left lane of the wrong side of a divided highway. I froze. My mind was racing. “How did I get here? How did I fuck this up? How did my trusty co-pilot not notice either? Did we pass anyone like this?”
      I looked to my left and realized they were the same RR tracks that we have been paralleling for the past hour. I eased up. My hands relaxed from the 2 and 10 positions. My sphincter released its grip on the cloth seat. Everything was fine. I was doing the ‘left side of the road’ thing just like I was supposed to be. And that sun set was gorgeous.
      I know it was no drama, but an interesting observation. I had completely fabricated a divided highway in my mind, and then placed myself on the wrong side of it. Maybe it was the white lines and not yellow, maybe it was fatigue. But it was something that would have never happened driving back home. Driving on the same side of the road that I have been seasoned to favor.
      Back to Normal?
      28 hours of sitting in either a plane or an airport and we finally are on home soil. Spectacular trip but time to go home. I got in my noble steed without jamming my foot or rolling my ankle. Success.
      Now, I have been driving my trusty Outback XT for the past 5 years now. It’s safe to say I know my car. I drive up to the window, pay the ridiculous long-term parking fee, get into the turning lane, “ahh back to the proper side of the road” and turn on the windshield wipers…
      Damn It.

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    • Gallery of Randoms

      Sunrise this morning
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      Sunset the other day
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      Appealing mileage on the work truck
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      Bimmer looked good the other day
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      Playing with night mode on my phone
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      Fall entropy
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      Cool Firehouse
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      Autumn
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      I like bridges
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      Aston Martin Something Something I cant afford
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      Neat old truck placed on a new frame
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      Smiles for miles.
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    • RE: Day 4 of birthweek

      @Vampire-queen I wish these spaces in my head were filled with useful information. But alas, here we are 🤷

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      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
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    • RE: Day 4 of birthweek

      @Vampire-queen

      1996 Viper GTS
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      1969 Daytona
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      1992 Stealth R/T Turbo
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      2004 Ram SRT-10
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    • RE: If you used DevOppo, you would have seen these changes

      @ForSweden I thought what happened in DevOppo stayed in DevOppo? Aw shit...

      posted in Oppositelock
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    • RE: Yes, it's the Haas-MoneyGram for 2023

      @BeaterGT If you want to skip to 34:07, there is an interesting tidbit on the weight of paint. In short, "7 kelo's of paint is really quite irritating".

      The whole video is a 10/10 though if you dig F1, and have an hour and 15 minutes to spare.

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    • RE: The perfect gift, fancy UppU edition.

      @derp alt text

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    • RE: Day 2 of my birthweek

      @Vampire-queen E30 M3
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      F87 M2
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    • RE: What are you paying for electricity?

      @Milky Yay I'm so proud.........

      Thats what I get for the builder putting a heat pump in instead of gas heat. Not that propane is much better right now.

      posted in Oppositelock
      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
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    • RE: What are you paying for electricity?

      @AestheticsInMotion I'm paying 10.5 cents per kWh, up from 8.9 cents 2 months ago.

      I just wrote a check for $490 for a single family home with one WFH'er and one tater tot.

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    • RE: Officially my birthweek

      @Vampire-queen As if you didn't see this coming.
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      Happy birthweek

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      UpCreekwithShitPaddle
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    • RE: Living the Longroof Lifestyle

      @RPMesq That is an outstanding vehicle.

      posted in Oppositelock
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