Dude! Wish I had thought of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
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Dude! Wish I had thought of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Do you deem it fit to remit what you emit?
Try some bean-o in the tank.Quote:
Originally Posted by szlamany
I'm glad I could be of service to your wit :)
Most auto parts stores will read the error codes and clear them for you. You can also pick up an OBDII scanner for $30-$40 and do it yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
A few years back I had a misfire issue but needed to pass the emissions test so I cleared the misfire error code while in line to get tested and hoped it wouldn't pop back on until the test was done. It worked.
We don't have an emissions test in Louisiana but we do have an inspection sticker that checks if the lights, brights, blinkers, wipers all work and windows roll up an down and make sure that there are no cracks running across the driver's side of the windshield. It's a sham though, you can find an inspector to pass for you if need be.
I remember putting some cracks on the windshield of a gals car one time. She was having a going away party and left a camera out so that people could take pictures at the party for her to take with her. We took the camera out to the parking lot and "put some cracks on her windshield", among other places. The camera went back into the party and you could tell when people were reviewing the pictures as the laughter would get suddenly much louder. The gal who took the pictures for us was pretty much incapacitated from looking at the pictures. She was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe, and she took the darn pictures.
I got an emissions test one year and have never heard another word about it. I know the county wanted nothing to do with the testing, so perhaps they got out of it after that one year.
How much of an inspection do you need when the vehicle is up on blocks on your front lawn.Quote:
We don't have an emissions test in Louisiana...
*Zing*
Quite a bit, really. You have to inspect for snakes and badgers.
Funny you should say that, I've had my Mustang up on blocks for about 5 weeks now.
I've changed out the transmission with my buddy but we have a few more things to do and we haven't had time to get together to finish it.
Of course it is. When I lived in Pennsylvania I used to have a hell of a time getting my vehicles through inspection. If you took your car to 10 different mechanics they would tell you 10 different things you would have to pay to have "fixed" before they'd give you the sticker. After a couple of years I actually found an honest mechanic who passed me every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
When he died I did the most logical thing: I moved out of Pennsylvania.
Sounds more like Mississippi to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
And in Ohio the only vehicles required to get the emissions check are in the 7 county area immediately surrounding Cleveland. The other 81 counties are exempt. Because reasons.
What's next? Inspection of your electric motors for RF transmission on your electric cars?
Emissions testing here is due to the annual inversions that lock the valley in pretty badly for weeks at a time. It's still controversial, though, and appears to have largely gone away. Our inversions can be entertaining. The air becomes 'chunky style', and has gotten to the point where people were told not to go outside if they could avoid it. During that one, I had a sore throat for several days due to the air quality. It hasn't been that bad for a few years, though. The last fairly bad one was a couple years ago when the temperature stayed below 10 degrees for a couple weeks. That wouldn't sound so cold to lots of folks on here (except DDay, who is probably putting on extra shirts just thinking about those temperatures), but keep in mind that this valley often gets above freezing every day. Lots of houses weren't prepared for a long stretch of single digits, and pipes were freezing all over town.
Passed DEQ and renewed my registration. Woo hoo.
The only reason I have the check engine light reset is that it costs me at most $25.00 every two years. The cost of a new catalytic converter is around 600 bucks for my model and year of car. At that rate I can own the car for 48 years before it becomes a push. :) Subaru's have a head gasket time bomb built in and you have to pull the engine to do it. I will sell the car before I do that again.
Still one of the best cars I have ever owned. AWD with heated leather seats. Mine is Teal Silver in Color.
What's the time bomb, and what's it set for? I have a Subaru with about 220K miles and no head gasket issue.
Just got to hold my two brand new nieces - my younger brother just had twin girls.
So cool!
Makes you forget all about coding, bugs, clients, faulty head gaskets, Donald and Hilary - ahhhh - babies are the best!
They share bugs pretty freely once they get a bit older.
Congrats!
That's amazing! Were you named parrain to either of them?
You may have to explain 'parrain'. Not only have I never seen that word before, it isn't close enough to any other word for me to make a pun out of it.
Parrain is god father, I don't know how to spell out how it's pronounced because the 'n' is slightly pronounced but with a nasally sound like pah rah n. Of course that's how it's pronounced where I'm from, if you go to south-central Louisiana it's pronounced pah dahn. Or if you go to some parts of south-eastern Louisiana I've heard it pronounced pah ran with more of an emphasis on the 'n'.
Then again, I don't know what Parrain means in formal French because boops boops pointed out to me that where he's from catin(or katin) which means doll, beautiful, etc. to me means prostitute to him.
I think it means 'pimp'.
Or maybe I made that up.
My French isn't that good but I happen to have a good French-English Dictionary (Oxford Hachette) which says:Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Attachment 133895.
The dagger symbol means "obsolete", but "strumpet" occurs a lot in Shakespeare so many people recognize it and sometimes use it jokingly. The same dictionary translates Parrain as "godfather" or "sponsor".
BB
Actually my older sister (5 years older) and I are both god parents to my younger brother (who is 10 years younger then me).Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
He is also a godfather to one of my 14 year old twins.
Not sure he is going to be so formal in religion - hasn't come up yet!
Thanks all!
The post rank has sunk under a sudden onset of serious content. Time to remedy that.
Moar!
How about godfather meme's?
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or we could just start Trump'ing our cats - seems that's a big thing today.
Or I could just get back to work - converting data this morning is just dragging along...
Writing SQL like this sucks
Code:Insert into EstEntry_T
Select replace(f_estid,'n++','')
, rtrim(f_opened)
, rtrim(f_closed)
, Case When rtrim(f_caterer)='True' Then 'Y' Else 'N' End
, Case When rtrim(f_liq)='True' Then 'Y' Else 'N' End
, Case When rtrim(f_CFS)='True' Then 'Y' Else 'N' End
, rtrim(f_CAPACITY)
, rtrim(f_FEE)
, rtrim(f_CLASS)
, rtrim(replace(f_INT,'.00000000000000',''))
, null
From HealthCnv.dbo.env_estab
Code:Insert into EstLic_T
Select replace(f_estid,'n++','')
, rtrim(f_LICNUM)
, replace(rtrim(f_issued),'/0015','/2015')
, replace(rtrim(f_EXPIRES),'/0215','/2015')
, rtrim(f_paid)
, rtrim(f_datepd)
, rtrim(f_RECEIPT)
, null
From HealthCnv.dbo.env_estab
Merry Little Christmas to all!
Or maybe just Happy Feast of the Epiphany!
Trumping the cats seems like a good idea. That cat looks decidedly impressed with its new doo.
I had an epiphany once. It wasn't that illuminating.Quote:
Originally Posted by szlamany
You must have went for just the Epiphany Lite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
Go stronger next time...
Bought the economy epiphany at a gas station along with some sushi.
My cat often sits on me and trumps.
TrumpCat for Pres!
Free 'nip for everyone!
i'd vote for Bizzaro Trump. (Reverse Trump)
Trump is his own inverse.
Did someone merge the Trump thread into this one?
The Post Race is getting so massive it's starting to absorb surrounding threads.
Trumps ego is soooo big it has its own event horizon.
One thread to rue them all.
(yeah, that's not a typo).
With all the Powerball hype out there I should be astonished at the number of people who consider the purchase of lottery tickets to be a sound financial investment.
I should be, but I'm not. :rolleyes:
Tonight is Vigil night out at Boy Scout camp!
For $2 I think that I'll probably be buying a lottery ticket for the chance to win. That's my "problem" though with lottery. I only play when it gets this ridiculously high and the odds are really against you and I only ever buy 1 ticket. So I should not be surprised that I've never won the millions.Quote:
Originally Posted by homer13j
The lottery is nothing more than a voluntary tax on people who suck at math.
Pretty much!
That would be more true if the cost was significant. As it is, some people are buying a dream for half the price of a coffee. I won't buy a ticket, though, because I'm pretty darn certain I'd forget to check the outcome.
I bought a ticket today. The guy behind me asked "Just 1?" When I was walking out I overheard him ask for 50 with power play!
I hope that he was joking.
Not likely. However, he might not have been one person, in effect. There are lots of offices where people pool their money and buy a bunch of tickets. I think that if my office did that I'd probably join up. Not that I have any real interest in it, but it's worth an occasional couple of bucks to avoid being the one guy who gets squat if they actually won. Fortunately, my office does NOT do some office pool thing.
Buying a few tickets or chipping in on the office pool is one thing. Spending $50-100 or more is another. I'm seeing folks on facebook actually bragging about how much they've spent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
And nobody won! :lol:
I'm glad that I read this. I need to check my numbers.