Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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#85,826
PEPPERJAX said:
@n_huffhines

Have you seen this chicken jockey craze at theaters for the Minecraft movie? I want to see it now.
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I do love a unique shared experience at the theater, but it kinda just seems like little d-bags acting like little d-bags. I thought it was organic and based on some extremely popular component of the video game, but it's not. It's solely based on a social media trend that was a reaction to Jack Black saying "chicken jockey" in the trailer. That's it. I don't totally get it.
 
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n_huffhines said:
I do love a unique shared experience at the theater, but it kinda just seems like little d-bags acting like little d-bags. I thought it was organic and based on some extremely popular component of the video game, but it's not. It's solely based on a social media trend that was a reaction to Jack Black saying "chicken jockey" in the trailer. That's it. I don't totally get it.
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My daughter brought this unique trend to my attention a couple days ago. My niece works at Regal and had to clean popcorn until 2am one night.
 
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PEPPERJAX said:
My daughter brought this unique trend to my attention a couple days ago. My niece works at Regal and had to clean popcorn until 2am one night.
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Yeah, thats not cool. Trashing the place so some poor teenager has to stay into the wee hours cleaning up. Honestly, my 16yo daughter wants to get a part time job to supplement the money she makes babysitting(and what I give her to cover gas, food etc) and I already told her she wasnt working nights. If she was told at her job that she had to stay really late like that, i would be weighing whether i was gonna:

1. Go sit in the parking lot til she got off to make sure she made it home safely or

2. Tell her to quit after the shift and go sit in the parking lot to see she made it home safely.

I am probably overprotective i guess. But I listen to 48hrs and other true crime shows all the time while i am working and these kind of situations are exactly how girls go missing etc. Scares me to death man. Dont know how I am gonna get through the 2 years shes planning to spend on campus at Liberty. Even with my son having made it through 3 years there unscathed. Daughters are just different. Plus, my daughter is the youngest too. Admittedly had me wrapped since before I cut the cord and welcomed her into this world.
 
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volfanhill said:
My dads favorite joke. Two men on a park bench. A dog sits in front of them and starts licking its balls. Man number one says "Oh man I wish I could that!" Man 2 says "Oh for sure. But he'd probably bite."
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The version I learned included a lesbian errr (i mean one of the rainbow folk) but that one is good too
 
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Orangeburst said:
I got lucky and get to meet with the IRS after todays deadline and receiving a letter that a form was inaccurate. My CPA cant even tell what they want...Ottabfun..

Dont think Ole TJ at the Texico would of been able to swing it.

reminder.,need to get a MAGA hat and wear it.
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Nah ... get you ice cream cone, fall off your bicycle at the entrance and then fall up the steps going in, stand there with a dumbfounded look on your face with ice cream running down your chin and that way even if you did anything at all wrong they will deem you too incompetent to charge. You’ll be Scott free!
 
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one would think City reviewers would be familiar with the entire building code. no just parts of it. or at least know what the very next line says after the one they referenced.
 
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Can't help but have some sort of sick satisfaction that Nico's seemingly best option at this point is to take a massive paycut at dog **** UCLA, and he may not even get that if they keep playing games. Incredible how poorly he played this. I assumed they must have had a buyer already lined up with a price in mind. That whole camp has turned this into an all time bag fumble.
 
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MercyPercy said:
Can't help but have some sort of sick satisfaction that Nico's seemingly best option at this point is to take a massive paycut at dog **** UCLA, and he may not even get that if they keep playing games. Incredible how poorly he played this. I assumed they must have had a buyer already lined up with a price in mind. That whole camp has turned this into an all time bag fumble.
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the most amazing thing is that most of the media and people talking about it all say that Tennessee/Heupel handled it correctly, and don't see us as the bad guys for once.
 
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LouderVol said:
it gave me a scare at first, because I thought I effed something up. 1 minute of looking into it I am correct. but I still have to get the official to acknowledge that.
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I was once told by a stormwater inspector that an oil water separator was installed improperly because it retained water. Most don’t have a flipping clue what they are doing.
 
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LouderVol said:
the most amazing thing is that most of the media and people talking about it all say that Tennessee/Heupel handled it correctly, and don't see us as the bad guys for once.
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Yup. Kid needs to get away from daddy and his current agents ASAP but I doubt he will.

In other news Denzel Aberdeen, guaranteed a starting spot on a likely reloaded roster on the defending national champs, is leaving for more NIL. Don't blame him too much if he can get more money because he isn't a future NBA player but it's just another example that winning is very often low on the priority list for these players. At least Zel is likely gonna get a pay raise. Nico is gonna end up with some free in n out and a ****** LA apartment.
 
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MercyPercy said:
Can't help but have some sort of sick satisfaction that Nico's seemingly best option at this point is to take a massive paycut at dog **** UCLA, and he may not even get that if they keep playing games. Incredible how poorly he played this. I assumed they must have had a buyer already lined up with a price in mind. That whole camp has turned this into an all time bag fumble.
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That’s because it wasn’t about money. It was about the offense.
 
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LouderVol said:
the most amazing thing is that most of the media and people talking about it all say that Tennessee/Heupel handled it correctly, and don't see us as the bad guys for once.
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There are several videos on youtube from the national guys with titles that are variations on " Did Tennessee (or CJH) save college football?"

I am amazed. Nobody has been pro-Nicos handlers. Nobody. Everyone who actually has an audience praising Coach and UT. Even the NFL guys. Other D1 coaches. Fans of Bama, buckeyes etc in the comments below the videos all say " I hate UT because I am a toothless Bammer...but good for Coach Hype. This madness has to end. " it has truly been crazy.

Nico is gonna end up at UCLA making $1M to $1.5....paying like 17% state income tax in CA...at least double cost of living there vs Knoxville. Their offense was like 107th last year out of 133 D1 teams. Ours was 17th. Their line allowed more sacks than ours, their defense qas also terrible while ours was 6th best. They went 5-7 under a new coach that only makes $3.5M a year himself. Former UCLA and briefly NFL RB Deshaun Foster is the coach. I like him personally, but he is clearly no Heupel.
 
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So my daughters Nissan Xterra started running rough. Check engine light. Checked the codes and its misfiring in the #1 cylinder. That means sparkplug or coilpack that sits on the plug. If it had been the #5 or #6 cylinder, it would have been an easy replacement....

To replace the plug or coil on the #1 cylinder (front passenger side cyl) I had to remove pretty much everything lmao. Engine cover, intake manifold, throttle body, plenum, several brackets and 2 hoses besides the big ones on the intake.
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^^^You can see most of the removed parts in this photo. Took this photo in joy that i could finally get to #1 coil and plug to remove them. Decent plugs were $11 bucks and the coilpack was $120. I rolled the dice because I don't have $120 to play with and just replaced the plug. Now she has to drive it 50 miles or so to see if the light comes back on. In which case, i will have to remove all this crap again and spend that $120 plus a couple more hours of my time. The 2nd time will go much faster when/if I need to, as I wont have to follow a youtube mechanics video and already know exactly what to do, which sockets etc for where and so on. Anyway, will find out tonight or tomorrow if I have to do this again. This 4.0 liter V6 has been good though. It has 200k miles on it now after my son and now her driving it . Second photo is when i got it all put back together this afternoon for reference. Ridiculous to have to move this much crap to get to a spark plug which is "routine" maintenance...
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Edit: best part of the 3 hours it took me to take all that apart, change the plug, and put it all together was my daughter helped the whole time. Taught her a bunch, she has always been a Daddys Girl and so has learned to change brakes and lots of other stuff jist because she always wants to help me. The time with her is priceless. Which is good...bc with my luck we are bout to do it all over again 😆
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
So my daughters Nissan Xterra started running rough. Check engine light. Checked the codes and its misfiring in the #1 cylinder. That means sparkplug or coilpack that sits on the plug. If it had been the #5 or #6 cylinder, it would have been an easy replacement....

To replace the plug or coil on the #1 cylinder (front passenger side cyl) I had to remove pretty much everything lmao. Engine cover, intake manifold, throttle body, plenum, several brackets and 2 hoses besides the big ones on the intake.
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^^^You can see most of the removed parts in this photo. Took this photo in joy that i could finally get to #1 coil and plug to remove them. Decent plugs were $11 bucks and the coilpack was $120. I rolled the dice because I don't have $120 to play with and just replaced the plug. Now she has to drive it 50 miles or so to see if the light comes back on. In which case, i will have to remove all this crap again and spend that $120 plus a couple more hours of my time. The 2nd time will go much faster when/if I need to, as I wont have to follow a youtube mechanics video and already know exactly what to do, which sockets etc for where and so on. Anyway, will find out tonight or tomorrow if I have to do this again. This 4.0 liter V6 has been good though. It has 200k miles on it now after my son and now her driving it . Second photo is when i got it all put back together this afternoon for reference. Ridiculous to have to move this much crap to get to a spark plug which is "routine" maintenance...
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it was always fun and interesting working on cars when we were younger..no way I could deal with modern complexity and mess..really a shame for young folks to learn..

you have a diagnostic tool?
 
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Orangeburst said:
it was always fun and interesting working on cars when we were younger..no way I could deal with modern complexity and mess..really a shame for young folks to learn..

you have a diagnostic tool?
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Nope. You can get a pretty good one for about $150 though. As long as your vehicle is driveable, when the check engine light comes on you can do what I do....just go to your local Advance, ,Autozone, etc and they will pull the codes for you free. Depending on which scanner tool that particular store has, you may have to google the codes like " what does code 26 mean on 2006 Nissan Xterra ,?" Luckily the Advance that I went to yesterday had a nice scanner that told me not just the code number, but what it actually meant. In this case " misfire in #1 cylinder". I asked the A.A. guy what he thought was wrong (2nd opinion is great when free) and he thought same as me that it was either the plug, coil pack, or both.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Nope. You can get a pretty good one for about $150 though. As long as your vehicle is driveable, when the check engine light comes on you can do what I do....just go to your local Advance, ,Autozone, etc and they will pull the codes for you free. Depending on which scanner tool that particular store has, you may have to google the codes like " what does code 26 mean on 2006 Nissan Xterra ,?" Luckily the Advance that I went to yesterday had a nice scanner that told me not just the code number, but what it actually meant. In this case " misfire in #1 cylinder". I asked the A.A. guy what he thought was wrong (2nd opinion is great when free) and he thought same as me that it was either the plug, coil pack, or both.
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think I would buy a cheap spark plug tester before I put all that back in place.

well maybe they dont make one..just ignition tester
looks like you might could use a multimeter
 
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