Failure at its finest

[CJM]

Very poorly planned route, idiots...

[4x4mike]

Uploaded some cell phone pics

Guys moving furniture at work. They were pushing it over the carpet and the rubber feet made marks
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/mezamichael82/Cell%20phone%20pics/Photo0210.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/mezamichael82/Cell%20phone%20pics/Photo0211.jpg


Spied in the parking garage while visiting Paddlenbike
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/mezamichael82/Cell%20phone%20pics/Photo0205.jpg

Water cooler at work
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/mezamichael82/Cell%20phone%20pics/Photo0046.jpg

Not sure if I've posted this one yet. Safe welding?
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e13/mezamichael82/Cell%20phone%20pics/Photo0042.jpg

[DHC6twinotter]

:rofl:

That dude on the ladder isn't all that smart either.

[CJM]

Check out this kit car, be sure to read the description..

http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/1264435951.html

[YotaFun]

thats just sad.

[corax]

:spit: :lol: :rofl:

I gotta preserve that one (BTW, it's a Fiero :laugh:)

ferrari f 40 super replica cost $45,000 - $12500 (must sale car is like new.)
NO DISAPPOINT! This is a very nice car garage kept! It was built 20 years ago. Still looks beautiful runs smooth! and super excellent! very faster car 2 time faster then Ferrari 308. Not usual replace V8 engine. Look for trouble overheated.and guest gas. Perfect as it is. Like I said, it's already were too fast. Also please don't look to change dash, you look for electrical problem. Everything works in this car...Even AC very cold. And the rest of the electrical work perfect..Car is original service manual and record .mileage also original; As you seen on picture. It was maintain since the day one.recently Replace all new tires, brakes, shock, clutch. It's 20 years ago paint job, but it looks courteous. Please don't even try built one like this one. It will cost over $40,000 thousands..i paid my self $22,500 5 year a go. But now i need to sale even too low price because slow economy . enjoy for long and long time.engine and transmission always maintain!

[CJM]

There was one of these pos at my shop the other day, not only was it a abomination it was put together so bad..omg. It didnt have real windows-lexan, no wipers or even headlights, it was horrible.

[slosurfer]

Local spelling fail (funny thing is, they have a matching sign facing the other direction, but that one is spelled correctly)
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/slosurfer27/IMG_9280.jpg

[L33T35T Tacoma]

talking about engines blowing up...

I got this from my diesel teacher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICuSgp8er-E

[YotaFun]

talking about engines blowing up...

I got this from my diesel teacher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICuSgp8er-E


friend of mine sent that to me too, it freakin cool.
I want a diesel like that in my pick up

[2ndGen]

http://www.break.com/index/compilation-of-embarrassing-and-busted-photos.html

[CJM]

^ 49 seconds in lol...

[corax]

Man tries to fix airbed, blows up apartment (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090715/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_germany_mattress_1)

BERLIN (Reuters) – A German who tried to fix his leaky air mattress blew up his apartment instead, the fire brigade in the western city of Duesseldorf said on Wednesday.

The 45-year-old man used tyre repair solvent to plug a hole in his airbed and left it overnight.

But it blew up when he went to inflate it the next day." A spark from the electric air pump ignited it," a fire brigade spokesman said.

The blast pushed his living room wall into the building's stairwell and caused extensive damage to walls, windows and furniture.

Fire fighters evacuated the 12-apartment building and a neighbouring housing block while they checked for structural damage.

(Reporting by Caroline Copley; Editing by Richard Balmforth)

[DHC6twinotter]

:rofl: wow.

[2ndGen]

http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2009/7/65%20you%20are%20doing%20it%20wrong.jpg

[YotaFun]

I have joined Scuba Steve...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Nighthief/DSC04543.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Nighthief/DSC04542.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Nighthief/DSC04539.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Nighthief/DSC04540.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Nighthief/DSC04541.jpg

I fail....

[DHC6twinotter]

At least the glass in the mirror is still good. :D

[YotaFun]

At least the glass in the mirror is still good. :D


LMAO Dan! That doesn't help!
lol

I don't know what to do.
I found an 00 ES300 with a blown motor to possible swap my moms motor into, but when I told her the idea she started to tear up.
So yeah I suck...

[oly884]

Check scrap yards for 2 doors of the same style and color. Doesn't hurt to look!

[DHC6twinotter]

Check scrap yards for 2 doors of the same style and color. Doesn't hurt to look!


x2. That seems like a fairly popular color too.

[slosurfer]

Check scrap yards for 2 doors of the same style and color. Doesn't hurt to look!


x2. That seems like a fairly popular color too.


Either that, or it's time for some half doors. :hillbill:

[YotaFun]

LOL I am going to start digging around this entire week.

sad thing is Chris, they already are tech half doors...
They don't have the frame going around the window so when you open the door with the window down it looks like half doors lol!

I just need a vacation I think, everything I touch lately turns to crap.
there was a guy at work that even asked me "have you gone off-roading lately?"
last time I went was in February, and all my co workers know to get all the stress out of my system I go off-roading...

[CJM]

I REALLY hope people dont talk like this in real life...

http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/1280609926.html



Front tires with them purple neon lights plug in the tire vales that you can twist on and off,4 cylinder so good on gas,25 to fill it up, 211,000 on it run like butter if u think am lying come test out that 96 saturn holla at me at 6092220126 if you wanna get some girls this car can help i got mad chicks down trenton with this whip holla at me.Gotta get another whip to design it up like i did this one i get tired of cars quick i gotta swich up hey to each his own lol.Also u can holla at me at "romeotheperfectionist@yahoo.com".

[Good Times]

o man and I thought the quote was good, the damn link with the pix is CLASSIC!

hahahahaha

[Seanz0rz]

i really like how he has a picture of himself in the ad. wtf? haha

[YotaFun]

Thats just scary....

[DHC6twinotter]

I dunno what kind of chics he thinks he can get with that car. :headscratch:

[YotaFun]

drag queens maybe

[DHC6twinotter]

:lol: Maybe.

[04 Rocko Taco]

OMFG! That is amazing!!

[corax]

if you thought Miss South Carolina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJUMYGgfZA) was bad

Idiotic Woman at Santa Cruz City Council (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZsVbCu4Hk)





my favorite quote, "on the east coast they have slaves, and believe in slavery and made in China, on the west coast, the new west coast, we don't believe in that. we believe in union, and that's what we are"

[CJM]

^ that girl is so stupid she deserves to be fed to wild dogs.

[corax]

found another site to waste time on
http://thereifixedit.com/

http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/michaelp-frankenvan.jpg

my vote for worst 1/2 door
http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/joeg-cardoor.jpg

http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tifi-airconditioned.jpg

http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tifi-andpplask.jpg

http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tifi-macgyverheadlight.jpg

[Good Times]

omg the duct tape mod on the wing and headlamp is the best!!!

[DHC6twinotter]

found another site to waste time on
http://thereifixedit.com/

http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/michaelp-frankenvan.jpg

Wow...that looks horrible. :laugh:


http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tifi-airconditioned.jpg

If they could figure out how to plumb the generator into the car's fuel tank, it would make this mod even cooler.


http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tifi-andpplask.jpg

That looks like a Northwest Airlines Airlink Bombardier CRJ900.


http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tifi-macgyverheadlight.jpg


At least they thought about low and high beams.

[CJM]

http://thereifixedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/trevors-batterypower.jpg

[DHC6twinotter]

:lol: I wonder how many sparks they got from that setup?

[CJM]

Looks like the one tab is touching the neg..lol.

[slosurfer]

:lol: That battery is great!

Here's a local fail. Didn't get a pic of the front, but it was just as hideous.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/slosurfer27/IMG_9476.jpg

[corax]

from People of Walmart (http://www.peopleofwalmart.com) <- site goes down sometimes, but it's better than the zoo or Nat Geo

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/47.jpg

http://peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/221.jpg

[Tankota]

Here's a nice failure for ya'll! My own personal failure.

About two months ago, I was at work and we were trying to tighten a coupler on the back of a ship engine. I had my hand on a nut when a co worker dropped a 3-1/2" deep impact socket about two feet onto my thumb. Lets just say it exploded! There was blood allover my shirt and the back of the engine.
Went to urgent care and got it all stitched up and put back together. The doctor actually punched holes in the detached thumb nail and sewed it back onto my thumb to protect the soft tissue. X-rays showed that the end of my thumb bone was crushed into a handful of little pieces.

Its doing pretty good now, thumb nail is about halfway grown back and I dont have to wear a bandage anymore. That thumb is still a little loner than the other one though.

Here's the pics.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh85/dieselzee/Thumb%20Crush/tran_4520090630173402.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh85/dieselzee/Thumb%20Crush/tran_4320090630173330.jpg

Blury picture, but you get the idea. All the little black dots are sutures. This is one week later.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh85/dieselzee/Thumb%20Crush/090702_103107.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh85/dieselzee/Thumb%20Crush/090717_085927.jpg

[Seanz0rz]

gnarly!!!!

i have some of my own fail pictures for you guys a little later today... luckily no blood!

[CJM]

Did you run around in circles screaming at the top of your lungs after that?

[Seanz0rz]

hahahaha marc!!!! i just had an image in my head of jim carey in me, myself, and irene when he gets his thumb shot off! poor guy! glad youre at least sorta ok!

heres my fail:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/rear%20bumper/IMG_1632.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/rear%20bumper/IMG_1633.jpg

was fully welded, had to pretty much cut everything! spent the better part of the day fixing that! epic fail at measuring

[CJM]

That sucks sean!

Yea, I once had the entire weight of an E350 van hitch fall on my left hand. Was trying to jack the floor back up with a pipe and bottle jack when the pipe slipped and the truck fell on my hand. I ran around screaming and cursing for like 5 minutes it hurt so bad.

I didnt just bruise my hand, nor did I just cut it. I infact got into the meat of it-wasnt red-was white..thats bad.

[DHC6twinotter]

http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/Wrong%20way.jpg

[Crinale]

:lol: That battery is great!

Here's a local fail. Didn't get a pic of the front, but it was just as hideous.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/slosurfer27/IMG_9476.jpg


haha... hes gone further than last time i saw it... i hadnt seen it since the cloth roof cover and second exhaust tip... :-P .. neither of those tips are actually hooked up to anything tho, hes still using the stock muffler and exhaust that is hidden up under the bumper... rofl ... i think the rims are new too...

[slosurfer]

:lol: So glad that you've seen it too. The front is just as hideous, you can barely see the glue on vent ports on the front fender, and then he has some offcenter funky can thing sticking through the hood. He slowed down just as I passed him and so I didn't get the pic of the front. :laugh:

[CJM]

I want to know who on earth would put a ragtop on such a car without laughing?

[wifesaysimadumbass]

dude wasn't that the repair we did on the jeep's battery in big bear!!!!

[Seanz0rz]

http://englishrussia.com/?p=5103

the lucky one:
http://media.englishrussia.com/two_obstacles/8.jpg

the VERY lucky one (if there were no injuries of course):
http://media.englishrussia.com/two_obstacles/2.jpg
http://media.englishrussia.com/two_obstacles/5.jpg

[corax]

My roomy showed me this one from Jalopnik (RS6 Crash) (http://jalopnik.com/241141/holy-crap-he-walked-away-with-barely-a-scratch-audi-rs6-crash) - take a close look at the license plates . . . that's one car, and the driver is the guy second from the left

http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/03/rs6_crash_sm.jpg

[slosurfer]

My roomy showed me this one from Jalopnik (RS6 Crash) (http://jalopnik.com/241141/holy-crap-he-walked-away-with-barely-a-scratch-audi-rs6-crash) - take a close look at the license plates . . . that's one car, and the driver is the guy second from the left

http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/03/rs6_crash_sm.jpg


From that link: It was likely traveling at about eleventy miles an hour when it left the road. I'm glad none of my vehicles go to eleventy. :laugh:

[L33T35T Tacoma]

http://englishrussia.com/?p=5103

the lucky one:
http://media.englishrussia.com/two_obstacles/8.jpg


Good time for a tire rotation!

[CJM]

Ive seen the split cars before, nice chevy crapalier had that happen when it met a tree and it burnt up. Amazing the kid survived.

[YotaFun]

I have seen people do the car on the media like the one

[corax]

holy overtaxed electrical batman!
http://s59.radikal.ru/i165/0907/f8/3b4f4d64d321.jpg

Figures it would be VeeDub . . . how do you see out the windshield?

[Seanz0rz]

know whats even funnier, its POURING rain and he doesnt have ANY of his lights on like the other vehicles do. what a moron!

[CJM]

know whats even funnier, its POURING rain and he doesnt have ANY of his lights on like the other vehicles do. what a moron!


probably b/c turning on any of them will shut that thing down right then and there due to the load.

[YotaFun]

Lol it's the next ghost busters vehicle!!! Lol

[fustercluck]

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/enzo/ferrari_enzo_crash_006.jpg

[DHC6twinotter]

Wow. I wonder how much that motor is still worth, especially with it being out of an Enzo?

[RunnerUp]

id give him 20$ for it, so i could hang it on my garages wall

[YotaFun]

wow, thats so sad....

[corax]

silly white kid got jacked while trying to ghost ride his escort :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1O7ZvDFP_8&feature=fvw

[CJM]

^ I wouldnt done that just so I could teach the little urchin a lesson.

[slosurfer]

parking garage exit fail :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR0t0AeHf9Q&feature=channel

[YotaFun]

Chris tahts great, i liek at teh end teh Rav4 Pushing teh Sienna into the wall lol!!

[Obi..]

:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0keleYhoD9Q

Oh, and these one's are just sad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcdjYYWPG2c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ5u4U3lA8U

[DHC6twinotter]

One of the most horrible websites I've seen in a while:

http://www.shuttle2000.com/

Before I noticed thier website, I tried calling them. An equally horrible answering machine picked up my call. :laugh:

[corax]

Google Image suggestion failure - honestly, I was looking for 15" steel wheels (junkyard options)

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9488/96546165.png

[Scuba]

The bigger fail is you using IE :P

[Crinale]

The bigger fail is you using IE :P
:good: :gay2:

[Seanz0rz]

i think you were really looking for a 15" black rubber analog... that makes you super :gay2:

[Obi..]

Part of our parenting class covers how certain things should be done and how even the best things...fail.

I think they're referred to as "blowouts" (diaper) and no, when it happens, there will not be any pictures taken.

3rd trimester countdown has begun..wife says she's been "dancing in my belly all day.."

[4x4mike]

Part of our parenting class covers how certain things should be done and how even the best things...fail.

I think they're referred to as "blowouts" (diaper) and no, when it happens, there will not be any pictures taken.

3rd trimester countdown has begun..wife says she's been "dancing in my belly all day.."


Diaper blow outs are a weekly thing at our house. I don't mind them. They just get a bit dicey when you're traveling and the baby has been sitting in the car seat ouncing around for a while (read: harder and longer to clean up).

[CJM]

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242261 what happens when you clean your bike chain while the bikes running..

[troyboy162]

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242261 what happens when you clean your bike chain while the bikes running..


WTF why would you do that? ive cleaned a chain with a bike running on a stand but thats with spray cleaner.

[CJM]

IDK, the guy said he paid the price and has to live with it now and he knows he messed up.

Me, I dont clean chains to much. Simple green and then water, then some chain lube.

[Cebby]

That's nasty...

[Crinale]

wow... those pics are horrible... ick...

[Scuba]

That looks like it hurt. I've never messed with a bike, but I think I have enough common sense to not touch a bike chain while it's moving.

[Obi..]

INDUSTRY FAIL: Bike Chain meets finger(s) Almost an annual occurrence at a bicycle shop. Usually from little kids playing with the bikes, backpedaling the pedals while the bikes in the tray while Mom and Dad tell us "It's my kid, let me worry about them."

FWIW, it also happens to the best of us..happened to me finally after almost 20 years in the industry, bike was falling from the case, I went to grab it quick, wrong spot, wrong time..chainring tooth meets chain, straight to the bone and a little permanent indent (reminder) of the rule, "Let them fall where they may".

[Obi..]

i think you were really looking for a 15" black rubber analog... that makes you super :gay2:


Sean Fail? I have never known that that term (analog) referred to that type of thing..how is it you know this and why bring it up in conversation here? :rofl: :tapedshut:

*To me I would think clock.. :lol:

[corax]

The bigger fail is you using IE :P


:headscratch: So Internet Explorer is worse than child pornography? Sorry Scub, that's a Kreg Donahoe fail right there . . .

[oly884]

The bigger fail is you using IE :P

Sorry Scub, that's a Kreg Donahoe fail right there . . .


Ouch!

[Seanz0rz]

shane, watch the movie "lock, stock, and two smoking barrels" in it there is a scene where the bad guy bests a guy to death with a 15 inch black rubber ****. thats what it reminded me of.

[Scuba]

The bigger fail is you using IE :P


:headscratch: So Internet Explorer is worse than child pornography? Sorry Scub, that's a Kreg Donahoe fail right there . . .



Touche

Didn't think about it like that..
I only mess with the 18+ crowd of women though

[Seanz0rz]

i only mess with the 30+ crowd... hahahahahahahah

[iceman601]

Couldn't believe this at first, had to take a double look :yikes: This was off of some old Chevy Lumina van that some guy just bought and actually made the 10 mile home safe.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f154/babyangel47/rotors2.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f154/babyangel47/rotors1.jpg

[YotaFun]

I have seen brakes like that before!
How people drive with them like that is beyond me....

[4x4mike]

INDUSTRY FAIL: Bike Chain meets finger(s) Almost an annual occurrence at a bicycle shop. Usually from little kids playing with the bikes, backpedaling the pedals while the bikes in the tray while Mom and Dad tell us "It's my kid, let me worry about them."

FWIW, it also happens to the best of us..happened to me finally after almost 20 years in the industry, bike was falling from the case, I went to grab it quick, wrong spot, wrong time..chainring tooth meets chain, straight to the bone and a little permanent indent (reminder) of the rule, "Let them fall where they may".



I cut my thumb off/crushed to nothing on my fixie. I was in early to the shop and decided my chain needed cleaning. The bike was in the stand with the rear wheel moving and the rag got pulled in along with my thumb. Cut right below the thumb knuckle. I had been in a shop for many years and this accident happened so quick and so easily I didn't even see it coming.

[CJM]

Ive seen brake failure like that before, some guy once brought an older benz to our shop and told us he drove it from PA like that..

[Nick]

Can someone explain what caused those ridges?

[troyboy162]

Can someone explain what caused those ridges?


its burned through the actual disk and those are the vent ridges normaly found on the inside of the disk. its crazy lol

[CJM]

^ Yep, aint no more disc-thats the inside vents.

[Nick]

Nuts!

So that's the whole outer surface of the disk gone! I bet he had a mild vibration while braking :)

[habanero]

Can someone explain what caused those ridges?

Heehee,
FAIL!


:D




(sorry, I couldn't help it, it was just too fitting for this thread, I'm sure you meant it as that.....:P)

[Obi..]

I feel like posting something non-fail tonight.. :bowdown: What we got to see as we rolled out to our birthing class tonight.

Cal-Fire, Fremont-Fire, Pleasanton-Fire, EBRPD, and Livermore-Fire, along with the pilots and strike teams just kicked some serious ass tonight. Thanks to all of them. :thumbup: :love:

They're on top of things and given the prevailing conditions, I hope they get all the support they need, this is not a good time to have this happen, and I love that they responded above need to quell things quickly.



http://calfire.blogspot.com/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/3972473719_bb4f8617a8_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3972472791_25a6526863_b.jpg
Photo Credit: flickr.com smi23le

SCU-NILES IC - WILDLAND VEGETATION FIRE - FREMONT, ALAMEDA CO
Update: Holding at 15 acres, heavy hand crew work, dozers and all aircraft released. Three Firefighters injured, One fire suffered a heat-related injury, a second a knee injury from rolling debris and a third suffered a shoulder or head injury.

Update: 2010hrs - 15 acres and is 80% contained

Update: 1620hrs - New location Niles Canyon & Palomares roads, No structures have been threatened by the flames.

Update: 1610hrs - hrs - ST9262c responding. BC1614, report of structure fire around the Palomares Hills/Castro Valley area may be related.... 10 acres in the area of Mission Blvd. and Niles Canyon road.

Update: 1601hrs - Tac 2, Copter 106 responding smoke showing, AA 430, AT 89 2nd on order. ST9262c responding. BC1614, report of structure fire around the Palomares Hills/Castro Valley area may be related...
Terrain: Steep, Rocky Heavy old growth brush, limited roads.

Resources: SCU Full wildland response, 300 firefighters from Fremont Fire, Livermore fire, Pleasonton Fire, Cal Fire and EBRP

Injuries: Three Firefighters injured, One fire suffered a heat-related injury, a second a knee injury from rolling debris and a third suffered a shoulder or head injury, according to Agenbroad.

Road Closures: Palomares Road is closed between state Highway 84 and Interstate Highway 580 due to the fire.

[troyboy162]

yea the fire fighters here in cali are bad ass! we need like a state holiday for them or something

Edit spelled "bad" wrong haha. i like to drink and then type :drink:

[Obi..]

*Given all they've been through the last year (* :( ) , definitely. We've lost some great friends and seen so many step up to the plate I'm still amazed on a daily basis they are still able to give so much.

[oly884]

http://images.politico.com/global/news/090910_obama_chicago_ap_297.jpg

[Small_words]

:lol:

How many kneecaps do you think Barry and Rahm are going to bust in order to pull this off? I'm glad he's able to spare the time needed to present this to the IOC himself...instead of running the country.

[Cebby]

:lol:

How many kneecaps do you think Barry and Rahm are going to bust in order to pull this off? I'm glad he's able to spare the time needed to present this to the IOC himself...instead of burying the country.


Fixed it for you.

[CJM]

Saw a accident today..

Someone flipped an H2 Hummer on a on ramp to a major state hwy. Cops were there as I passed by. I almost got into an accident myself when a cruiser with lights and sirens flew up behind me and got on my ass till I had a chance to move.

I realized the accident occurred cause that same cruiser cut across a grass median and kicked up crap and drove right onto the onramp the wrong direction.

[corax]

borderline NSFW, but not really - it&#39;s safe enough for YouTube
1000 ways to die #412 Em-Bear-Assed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXaQdSAiHcI#)

Now . . . SoCal guys, correct me if I&#39;m wrong, but I&#39;ve never heard of bears in the high desert around Lancaster/Palmdale

[troyboy162]

haha that show is great.all the weird stuff happens in socal

[Scuba]

Now . . . SoCal guys, correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never heard of bears in the high desert around Lancaster/Palmdale


I'd say it's possible for a bear to wander down there, there are 2 national forests directly south of that area..
Just not very probable that a bear would want to leave the forests to go into the desert.. Unless there was something that was pushing then out like a forest fire...?

Ps, I hate that show, freakin stupid

[fustercluck]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e201/1fustercluck/boioc.jpg

[Obi..]

Retail/Operations management Failure! [RANT]

Took this picture tonight..I'm not sure what to be more upset about, since this is what was at Babie's R Us, where we were buying some Dreft.

Which is the bigger evil here, empty shelf of something they just told us less than 5 minutes earlier was "..in stock..." or the fact that they're shelving food items lower and less than inches from what is considered to a degree a "hazardous material"! :tapedshut: Sealed or not, from what I remember from the food stuff laws, this isn't "Kosher" by any means. You don't put cleaners with foods in a bag, so why on a shelf?

"Honey, does this water taste funny to you (as bubbles come out of both your and baby's mouths)".[/RANT isn't anywhere near over yet...passing this onto the county office.]

[slosurfer]

Who buys water at babies r us? :laugh:

[Seanz0rz]

we saw that. i nearly crapped myself. luckily it was in the diaper aisle!

[4x4mike]

Who buys water at babies r us? :laugh:


There is tons of that kind of stuff at Babies R us.

[slosurfer]

Who buys water at babies r us? :laugh:


There is tons of that kind of stuff at Babies R us.


Is it priced good?

[YotaGirl]

Not usually.

LOL I kind of think it's more of a gimick... special water that is "formulated" for babies at twice the price of regular bottled water. Whatever, I never bought into that hype. Hahaha

[slosurfer]

That's what I was thinking. I didn't think they would have a great price, that's why I thought it was funny (no offense meant to anyone who has bought water there). Kind of like you can usually get the same detergent cheaper at a regular grocery store. Although at a regular grocery store, you can't get detergent and water in the same aisle. :laugh:

[04 Rocko Taco]

KIDS TOY FAIL:

Toy Fail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o-obIuin7E#)

[Obi..]

:lol: Giggidy in such a wrong way! :spit:

As for Babie's R Us, no we normally will not be shopping there, but I got a hold of a manufacturer's discount on the large size Dreft for the HE Washer for $3.00 off and nobody around here carried anything larger than the 96 load except them. What's with the $400 breast pump and $349 stroller..WTF! This isn't Beverly Hills.

[wifesaysimadumbass]

thats just wrong!!!!i can picture some pervert cleaning out the toys r us aisle of those things though!!!

[Scuba]

How not to paint your brakes.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o304/oswaldovacan/IMG_0033.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o304/oswaldovacan/IMG_0039.jpg

http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/1392364248.html

[corax]

Meh, it'll clean off the swept area first time you step on them :D

[DHC6twinotter]

how to fail a breathalyzer test (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7iEh7TBGiE#)

[DHC6twinotter]

I dunno if this is real or not, but it&#39;s pretty funny.

taliban interview went wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCOOhAzm0o#)

[Seanz0rz]

hahahaha its a joke dan!

[DHC6twinotter]

:laugh: That's what I figured. :laugh:

[Nick]

I dunno if this is real or not, but it&#39;s pretty funny.

taliban interview went wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCOOhAzm0o#)


I LOVE this video.

[wifesaysimadumbass]

the breathalizer is frickin hilarious

[2ndGen]

diving fail

Stupid Painful Backflop (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80767912#file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/44057/80767912.flv-thumb=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/2009/10/80767912/flop.jpg)

[wifesaysimadumbass]

ouch that hurt like hell i bet

[Crinale]

ow... that had to hurt...

[oly884]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g56YkTApYso/Snek3WzqUOI/AAAAAAAAC3M/8AOxw6NiDmo/s400/noble+peace+prize.jpg

+

http://vivirlatino.com/i/2008/12/obama8.jpg

=

http://blogs.nachc.com/hit/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/fail.jpg

*disclaimer, had he actually DONE ANYTHING to deserve this, I wouldn&#39;t have posted this, but as of today, the Nobel Peace Prize is a joke, and an epic failure.

[Good Times]

The nobel peace prize are submitted for voting by 2/1/2009 which means they based BO's decision solely based on his 10 days of office. WOW.....

shows you how much the nobel peace prize is a joke. Hell I would have at least given the nobel peace prize to Clinton first!

[DHC6twinotter]

Unbelievable.

[04 Rocko Taco]

I was just headed here to do the SAME thing Oly. :)

[oly884]

let&#39;s move any further discussion here:

http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=8197.30

Just so we can keep this thread about failures ;)

[Obi..]

The nobel peace prize are submitted for voting by 2/1/2009 which means they based BO's decision solely based on his 10 days of office. WOW.....

shows you how much the nobel peace prize is a joke. Hell I would have at least given the nobel peace prize to Clinton first!


Ultimate Yota Bash on Obama Fail.

No, it is based on his achievements in the work he did prior. C'mon, is it just normal for everyone to just boitch needlessly about who ever's currently in office?

Bush ran 3 companies into the ground before he ran our treasury down, how about that thought.

Give the man some time, Clinton f'd some stuff up pretty good himself, but time has shown his merits, same will go for Bush and Obama some day. Lighten up with this guys, it's getting old.

Instead of griping, try to step to that level and fix what you see wrong.

[Obi..]

let&#39;s move any further discussion here:

http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=8197.30

Just so we can keep this thread about failures ;)


Good, sorry Oly, had my reply all set and sent then saw that..[/Rant]

[DHC6twinotter]

Im not intoxicated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgJKRvgWTwA#)

[YotaGirl]

haha I love that show... Reno 911.

[DHC6twinotter]

That's a joke too?

I thought it was real, and that was one amazing drunk dude.

:laugh:

[YotaGirl]

Hahaha The "bump, step, bump, bump, step" didn't give it away?!

[DHC6twinotter]

I fail. :hillbill:

[Scuba]

Lawl at Dan.

[slosurfer]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :spit:

Dan, you rock! Haha!

[fustercluck]

If it's any consolation Dan, I thought it was real too....course I've been know to wear my t-shirt inside out for half a day at a time too...:hillbill:

[Seanz0rz]

If it's any consolation Dan, I thought it was real too....course I've been know to wear my t-shirt inside out for half a day at a time too...:hillbill:


half a day?! amateur...

now whats really funny is when you realize your boxers are on backwards...

[DHC6twinotter]

If it's any consolation Dan, I thought it was real too....course I've been know to wear my t-shirt inside out for half a day at a time too...:hillbill:




now whats really funny is when you realize your boxers are on backwards...


:laugh: I've done both of those.

[fustercluck]

The truth is guys, as we approach late middle-age and beyond, our need to have some maternal figure dress us becomes exponentially greater...

[YotaFun]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Nighthief/UY%20Stuff/IMG_0076.jpg

Sorry but I think my 4Runner is more of a truck then this thing.....

[corax]

the first rule of Fight Club is you don&#39;t market Fight Club

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/910/1005053.jpg
(found on a back road off a major highway pionting towards a warehouse :D)

[Scuba]

Fack, Im goin to hell
http://mediafetcher.com/article_full.php?id=112749


http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6382/imasharkww3.jpg

[corax]

yet another Toyota lift failure
http://evolutionmachine.com/uploads/monthly_09_2008/post-1043-1221967259_thumb.jpg


(found it here: http://www.evolutionmachine.com/, although I also saw this kick a$$ Aussie 80 series with a twin turbo Chevy V8 there (http://www.evolutionmachine.com/index.php?showtopic=213&st=60) - scroll down to #65)

[Seanz0rz]

again, it looks like they ran over a bunch of scaffolding on the freeway.

why god, why?

[YotaFun]

So now we know what Wab fab has been doing with that 85 he got lol!!!
(can't find reference pic, but I thought he picked up a gray 85 that looked like that?)

[CJM]

I love those kinda trucks, if they hit anything the body goes FLYING off with you in it lol.

[Obi..]

Paul Murphy Likes to wreck his vehicle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN1MLxcjjTs#)

[habanero]

He put the boat on the wrong side.

[corax]

:clap: the best part about that is the guy laughing the entire time

[CJM]

Least he didnt flip it on its side. Damn close tho. Shame he probably cooked the engine tho. Snorkel FTW

[wifesaysimadumbass]

ha ha lance you knew i had to
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/wifesaysimadumbass/BigBear4-wheelingtripwithMikeyJo-170.jpg?t=1256783385

[Seanz0rz]

mikey, thank you for the new wallpaper for my computer!!!!

[CJM]

^ that looks VERY unsafe dude.

[YotaFun]

Gotta know what happen there

[Good Times]

hahaha thanks mikey!

the truck was on level ground so it was perfectly safe. plus I was stuck anyway. No way I was gonna get out of that pile of rocks w/o someone pulling me out. the exhaust decided to make love w/ the passenger floor board so we had to do remove the darn thing.

[wifesaysimadumbass]

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/wifesaysimadumbass/BigBear4-wheelingtripwithMikeyJo-179.jpg
dude Lance i felt so bad for you man that sucked but oh well guess it goes with the territory!!!! i have now cursed myself :wrenchin:

[DHC6twinotter]

girl vomits on plane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SosnWa100bE&feature=related#)

[slosurfer]

Lance, that CHAOSfab sticker has a whole new meaning in that pic. :laugh: :flipoff:

That's the first pic I've seen of the bent link, I mean banana.

[wifesaysimadumbass]

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/wifesaysimadumbass/BigBear4-wheelingtripwithMikeyJo-166.jpg
Caption for this photo?

[Seanz0rz]

MIKEY SMASH!


YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

I'LL NAME HIM GEORGE AND LOVE HIM AND PET HIM AND TAKE CARE OF HIM.

[Good Times]

that exhaust will return to BB next year and get donated to the next poor soul who has some awesome carnage as a monumental prize of awesomeness!

:flipoff:

mikey, no need to feel sorry! I've had far worse :) Crushed front end and then to go home on a uhaul tow is the ultimate failure!

[wifesaysimadumbass]

i dont know what it was but the singing shark thing kept me up laughing last night....
lance We can mount that muffler on a plaque and give it out every year... it can be out tough luck award for the person who suffers the most carnage for the year

[Crinale]

where was that pic taken?

[Scuba]

where was that pic taken?



John Bull
http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=8002.0

[Obi..]

Guy flew past me, easily going 65-70mph today in a red 90&#39;s Camaro, going over a pretty bad (dangerous, off-camber, 2 lane, bigtime accident area) section of Highway 17 into Santa Cruz (normally a 45mph in switchbacks) for those that have driven it. Of course he looses tire grip and shaves his passenger mirror and fender on the retainer wall, only to park a few spaces down from me in Capitola. I think they were running in for a new set of underpants..
:rofl:


http://docs.google.com/File?id=dc77f3g_71cwb7vxg8_b

*Look at the angle the shaving took place in, facing forwards and down as he&#39;d lifted the rear and was plowing sideways while the front brakes were trying to grab.
http://docs.google.com/File?id=dc77f3g_69nmfbcrdq_b

[Scuba]

I think the "YT Corey" thread being deleted was a fail.

[Obi..]

I think the "YT Corey" thread being deleted was a fail.



Huh?

Did I miss something? I thought we didn't discuss the site conflicts in here anymore?

[strykersd]

I think the "YT Corey" thread being deleted was a fail.


Huh? What was that about? I didn't see that one...

[Scuba]

It already got deleted guys. 4runnerchevy got banned from YT for no apparent reason and then started a thread here about how it was bs this and that. I saw bob say vent away and then it got deleted like WTF fail. I was ibtl though :D

[Seanz0rz]

i agree with kevin, but it shouldnt have been posted the way it was. more constructive ways of going about it.

[Obi..]

? I still love this picture :D
http://www.iwebcanada.ca/horriblecourse/banned.jpg

[Obi..]

Back onto the topic though..LMFAO!!
~Ever seen the Body Shop Stores in the malls, they sell glycerine soap, etc..
http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/images/banned1.jpg

[4x4mike]

i agree with kevin, but it shouldnt have been posted the way it was. more constructive ways of going about it.


I agree but you could tell he was bent and wanted to vent. I've never really had personal dealings with Corey but have come to the conclusion that he is a tool, but I agree that I am one as well. Hopefully 4runnerchevy doesn't get banned from here but maybe just a breather.

[Seanz0rz]

shane, that is truly disturbing...

[Bob98SR5]

i agree with kevin, but it shouldnt have been posted the way it was. more constructive ways of going about it.


trust me, you can't be constructive with an egomaniac pallet jockey whose level of intelligence, when challenged, is to ban them from the forum

...or post pictures of their guns, numbchucks and tough picture of a casket

[Obi..]

shane, that is truly disturbing...


I&#39;ll redeem myself with the stupid collectible&#39;s for this year&#39;s holiday season then..

Ugly Dolls..for that "Special Child in your family"..
http://www.uglydolls.com/
http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/mfg/322/category_image/x01_0.jpg

and Zhu-Zhu Pets..for the pet that doesn&#39;t die when your kid leaves them out or in their jacket pocket overnight..
http://reviews.bargainbriana.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Zhu-Zhu-Pets-pictures-300x300.jpg

[Seanz0rz]

bob, you never cease to cheer me up when you talk about :shrek:


ROFL

[DHC6twinotter]

I love this thread. You never know what's next. :laugh:

[kregg]

Haha...ha...hahaha.... He said pallet jockey... Hahahahaha!

[slosurfer]

Fork Lift Accident Brings Down The Warehouse Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqC2URQstz4#)

[Seanz0rz]

looks like :shrek: is in russia now!

[slosurfer]

Someone with skills should photoshop :shrek: into that vid. :laugh:

[Seanz0rz]

just swap the forklift for his fjc

[YotaFun]

LMAO that is so bad....

[Obi..]

LMFAO...*Why forklifts come with a cage.


Cleanup in the warehouse please. Maintenance, to the warehouse immediately, and thank you for shopping with...

[Seanz0rz]

epic fail:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/t2.jpg



:spit: :laugh: :tongueout: :4x:


sorry i had to!

[L33T35T Tacoma]

Sean, push F5 :flipoff:

[Seanz0rz]

NICE!!!








well played sir, well played!

[Seanz0rz]

fixed

[L33T35T Tacoma]

For those that missed it, I replaced the picture that he linked with this...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c357/jlboggs/t.jpg

[Seanz0rz]

hey, at least you spelled my user name correctly...

[L33T35T Tacoma]

copy/paste :flipoff: :tongueout:

[Scuba]

For those that missed it, I replaced the picture that he linked with this...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c357/jlboggs/t.jpg

I'll second that, but it's not like you have any room to talk Jason :flipoff:

[L33T35T Tacoma]

I ordered my shit today :D

[Scuba]

I ordered my shit today :D


Bout damn time !

When do I get to cut some chit up ? :wrenchin:

[Scuba]

Not a failure, But I dont feel like starting a new thread for this..


TEASER

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/bumper3.jpg

:clap: :clap: :clap:

[L33T35T Tacoma]

Scuba, I think the white might be a FAIL

[Scuba]

Your life is a fail
and tell sean his bumpers and sliders are a fail.

[Scuba]

Oh and FWIW, I think the white will pop off the green well..

[Obi..]

As long as we&#39;re posting little project things, I&#39;m calling this a partial fail.

Picked up a new case and (new to me) tripod to be able to film better. Took the case and also made a helmet/tube mount out of a spare NiteRider Helmet Mount.

Put the camera in the case and the mount on, then strapped it to the slider for a quick run down the freeway, worst case, I loose/damage $1k worth of equipment, right? :laugh:

Reason for the fail, I forgot, the case is watertight, and plastic, so any audio comes out sounding like my muffler has a kazoo at the end. :rofl: Not bad for holding good and solid at 75mph though.

Video: (*Give it a little time, I had to drop the resolution for youtube compression and it&#39;s now loading.)
CameraRiggingTest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJESSkGRzR4#)

Equipment.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/4075278799_e7a40323ab.jpg

Close-up of the case and the mount.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/4076023412_20e8e420bf.jpg

[Obi..]

LMAO..no kidding, the guy who owns the silver Nova or Galaxie500 (based on the fender line and bumper/fender curve?) behind him was probably like, why is he taking a shot of his license plate and not my hot rod?



epic fail:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/t2.jpg



:spit: :laugh: :tongueout: :4x:


sorry i had to!

[troyboy162]

As long as we're posting little project things, I'm calling this a partial fail.

Picked up a new case and (new to me) tripod to be able to film better. Tok the case and also made a helmet/tube mount out of a spare NiteRider Helmet Mount.

Put the camera in the case and the mount on, then strapped it to the slider for a quick run down the freeway, worst case, I loose/damage $1k worth of equipment, right? :laugh:



hey cool angle! i wish i had a mount for there.

[Obi..]

hey cool angle! i wish i had a mount for there.


Thanks, Next one might be the "Dead Bug" shot. :angel: Mount it all up in the cowl area. I&#39;m going to try to make an impact lexan shield, I just picture a rock coming off of the front tire at speed and shattering everything in it&#39;s path.

Another partial Fail, I somehow doubt practicing swaddling and a diaper on Pooh here will translate into effectiveness with a real baby that moves, cries and screams. Funny though as it did make us laugh while trying..that&#39;s my wrap job, let me know if I did it right. :hillbill:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4075656821_db17ffbefa_o.jpg

[simplesimon]

Not a failure, But I dont feel like starting a new thread for this..


TEASER

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/bumper3.jpg

:clap: :clap: :clap:


I give up what is it ? It may be, some sorta jig for welding, but unless its supposed to be crooked, I doubt it. It can't be a bumper turned on its side, because that would be worse. Could you imagine a 9k+ mounted to it ? Is there an epic FAIL thread on this site ?

Great site.

[Scuba]

Not a failure, But I dont feel like starting a new thread for this..


TEASER

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/bumper3.jpg

:clap: :clap: :clap:


I give up what is it ? It may be, some sorta jig for welding, but unless its supposed to be crooked, I doubt it. It can&#39;t be a bumper turned on its side, because that would be worse. Could you imagine a 9k+ mounted to it ? Is there an epic FAIL thread on this site ?

Great site.

That would be a tube bumper hanging from a ratchet strap for paint, yeah one side was pointing a little up, so in turn the other side went down. No epic fail here, just a fail for a shitty picture. Check the recent "Tacoma tube bumper review" thread and you will see it is actually a bumper.
Welcome to the site!

[Obi..]

FJC Fail..I can&#39;t remember who&#39;s this is but I thought he should know they ended up turning it over to auction and calling it "Frame Damage". I think it went at wholesale for less than $7000.

Heck, I would&#39;ve picked it up if they&#39;s left it a clean title and just cut it back to the firewall and tubed up the front end.
http://docs.google.com/File?id=dhsbjnwf_1cjz4h4dd_b
http://docs.google.com/File?id=dhsbjnwf_3v6rndbgq_b

[Seanz0rz]

extremely common on the FJC. toyota refuses to address the problem

[CJM]

Toyotas been slipping these past few years it seems. Add the 00-03ish tundra to the frame recall, they are rusting too and the FJC frame problem.

[Obi..]

Let's not forget the floor mat recall now. LMAO?? I don't think so. Now I understand why I felt the issue myself when I drove the '07 Taco DC.

[YotaFun]

Tans some of the early 4th gen 4Runners and Sequoia's.....

How is that constituted as frame damage?
Just looks to be the inner fender well....
Who know I didn't design these things but still....

[CJM]

Subframe/body I guess. Inner fender well is welded to the bodymaking up the subframe of the car I would say.

I just said frame, idk why.

[wifesaysimadumbass]

that fj is just sad my 85 is 20+ years old and the body is still solid.... at least the parts i haven't rubbed on rocks

[4x4mike]

FJC Fail..I can&#39;t remember who&#39;s this is but I thought he should know they ended up turning it over to auction and calling it "Frame Damage". I think it went at wholesale for less than $7000.

Heck, I would&#39;ve picked it up if they&#39;s left it a clean title and just cut it back to the firewall and tubed up the front end.
http://docs.google.com/File?id=dhsbjnwf_1cjz4h4dd_b
http://docs.google.com/File?id=dhsbjnwf_3v6rndbgq_b


That's very similar to what happened at Pismo with that one guy. He had it pretty bad on both sides after he hit the sand a bit hard.

[Seanz0rz]

mike, this damage is not caused by impact, but solely from vibration.

[4x4mike]

Another partial Fail, I somehow doubt practicing swaddling and a diaper on Pooh here will translate into effectiveness with a real baby that moves, cries and screams. Funny though as it did make us laugh while trying..that&#39;s my wrap job, let me know if I did it right. :hillbill:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4075656821_db17ffbefa_o.jpg


It's a little different with a newborn. My daughter was just short of 8 pounds when she was born and therefore not as girthy as your bear. I'd suggest the gauze swaddling blankets. They are cheap and come in handy for wrapping. Also watch (I don't like to read) The Happiest Baby on the Block if you haven't already. It was very helpful for us for the first month or so. Maggie is almost 8 months old now and probably wouldn't let you swaddle her as she's over that. It was only necessary for the first month or 2 and just to help her sleep at night. YMMV. My wife read everything she could get her hands on for all 9 months where as I just listened to what she said and used my judgment and common sense. IMO a baby is pretty simple and just needs to be loved and you'll do just fine. By the time they are a year old I'm pretty sure all that goes out the window and you'll be shopping for mini straight jackets and ratchet straps.

[4x4mike]

mike, this damage is not caused by impact, but solely from vibration.


Boo! That sucks and I'd be pissed. There are a few guys on PBB that have had problems like crazy and tell people not to buy an FJC.

[Obi..]

;) I still laugh at the implied FjC fails here...the 4Runner guy&#39;s bombing right in while they all sit there deciding..
(Chris, I stole your pic, I think it fits though ;) )
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/slosurfer27/Mojave%20Road%20Sep%2007/IMG_6381.jpg

[Obi..]

OK, now that I&#39;m done for the day w/ school I finally decided to recover all my lost tools that have fallen back behind my slide shelves into my toolbox&#39;s bottom pit and found this piece of not so way-back.

Cue the old guy saying

"Ehhh? Iii reeehmmeeehhmmmbuur wwhhheeennn.."
http://docs.google.com/File?id=dc77f3g_73d8nmwvf3_b

I always smiled never having seen a receipt from family who saw it when it was less than $ .50 so this is for all the teen/twents who need picture proof! :D

[oly884]

OK, now that I&#39;m done for the day w/ school I finally decided to recover all my lost tools that have fallen back behind my slide shelves into my toolbox&#39;s bottom pit and found this piece of not so way-back.

Cue the old guy saying

"Ehhh? Iii reeehmmeeehhmmmbuur wwhhheeennn.."
http://docs.google.com/File?id=dc77f3g_73d8nmwvf3_b

I always smiled never having seen a receipt from family who saw it when it was less than $ .50 so this is for all the teen/twents who need picture proof! :D



I remember filling up at $0.98 per gallon when I first started to drive, and that was under 10 years ago!

[Nick]

I can recall 0.99 back in 1996. I was not driving back then, however! ...pity.

[YotaFun]

I can recall 0.99 back in 1996. I was not driving back then, however! ...pity.




I was about to say, I remember taking the NJ turnpike and for some odd reason always made my mom put premium in the car when it was 1.01 a gal...
And she was like "but its too expensive" but for some reason I begged and pleaded with her too and she always did, and I didn't know a tire from a rim back then let alone the difference in octane.

I was at the pump last night filling the truck, reg was 2.69, premium was 2.99....

[CJM]

I started to drive it was like 96 cents a gallon.. Ah the good old days..

FWIW price of oil barrel isnt up either, they just screwed us period.

[Crinale]

FWIW price of oil barrel isnt up either, they just screwed us period.


we still pay less than most of the world... i just found this chart that shows fuel prices compared in US dollars per gallon in several countries...

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/gas1.html

we are still paying less than half what europe pays...

[Obi..]

Ever seen a house fly? How about a horse fly? Even a dragon fly?

..well, how about a book fly...haa-haaa-haaa..Ok now to be serious on this.. :)


NorCalBorn math fail? Screw this crap, I want to run away and goto the Surf-n-Turf at Pismo this weekend.

Any help is appreciated! I can figure out logarithms, dynamics, propulsion, etc but can't do this one stupid problem, or the book's solution is indeed wrong.

*Note due to my current program not math compatible to paste into a letter, I have made all the squared values as multiplied out.*

x+2 x-2
--- - ---
x-2 x+2
----------------

x-2 x+2
--- + ---
x+2 x-2

The LCD's are (x+2)(x-2) for both top and bottom.

Therefore the following occurs..

(x+2)(x+2) - (x-2)(x-2)
-------------------
(x+2)(x-2)
__________________________________

(x-2)(x-2) + (x+2)(x+2)
-------------------
(x+2)(x-2)

Invert the denominator and multiply..

(x+2)(x+2) - (x-2)(x-2) times (x+2)(x-2)
------------------ . -------------------
(x+2)(x-2) (x-2)(x-2) + (x+2)(x+2)


You then end up canceling out both LCD's (x-2)(x+2) lower left and upper right, along with both the numerators (x+2)(x+2) and (x-2)(x-2). You end up with either "1-1" or just the "-1" so your solution is either "0" or "-1" up top, with the processed "1" at the bottom, nowhere near the solution presented in the back as being the following..

4x
------------
(x)(x)+4

Where did I go about this process wrong, 7 times in a row over the last hour-half?? :) !!

I'm thinking sand, sun, friends, margaritas, and offroading might help me solve this math homework better. ;)

[Obi..]

Answer up Keith I see you lurking, I know you are laughing at me right now! ;)

[Seanz0rz]

its friday afternoon. brain went on vacation hours ago...

[Obi..]

its friday afternoon. brain went on vacation hours ago...


So basically you;ve proven I am the fail and he is smarter than me for having the thought first?

[L33T35T Tacoma]

It was down to $0.89 when I had my first car (Tercel) back in 2002!!

[Good Times]

x+2 x-2
--- - ---
x-2 x+2
----------------

x-2 x+2
--- + ---
x+2 x-2

The LCD's are (x+2)(x-2) for both top and bottom.

Therefore the following occurs..

(x+2)(x+2) - (x-2)(x-2)
-------------------
(x+2)(x-2)
__________________________________

(x-2)(x-2) + (x+2)(x+2)
-------------------
(x+2)(x-2)

Invert the denominator and multiply..

(x+2)(x+2) - (x-2)(x-2) times (x+2)(x-2)
------------------ . -------------------
(x+2)(x-2) (x-2)(x-2) + (x+2)(x+2)


=======================

Take both (x+2)(x-2) from the bottom left and top right out cuz they cancel out.

You're left with:::

(x+2)(x+2) - (x-2)(x-2)
-----------------------
(x-2)(x-2) + (x+2)(x+2)


Then just multiply the rest out to get this:


(x^2 + 4x + 4) - (x^2 - 4x + 4)
-------------------------------
(x^2 - 4x + 4) + (x^2 + 4x + 4)


Then just add em all up!

8x
--------
2x^2 + 8

Top and bottom are divisible by 2:

4x
------
x^2 + 4

which is also equal to

4x
-----
x*x + 4


math fail at its finest :tongueout:

[Obi..]

:) I fgured it out just 5 minutes ago and was gonna post up the correction, you beat me to it.

Can I use the fact I'm still healing up as an excuse?

I was out finishing up retightening/torque my body/frame bolts and it actually came to me while contorting around my sliders with the wrench.

The fail was my forgetting that you cannot split out the add and subtract, I kept trying to work the second part backwards so I could distribute the negative. D-Oh!

Oh, while we're still talking about fails..

Thanks for making this request a reality, much nicer than losing all of a post anymore. :D



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[Obi..]

:spit: I just cant work up the courage to post this in the smiley request thread! :spit:
http://www.ilovemeow.com/img/Blasphemer.jpg

[wifesaysimadumbass]

nerd alert get out your pocket protecters and slide rules......

[fustercluck]

Part of the reason we see fuel cost on the rise in the US is because the dollar is falling compared to other currencies. We all know why the dollar is falling- outrageous debt and monetizing it by printing cash while considering more deficit spending on social programs and bailouts. We are cutting our own throats.

[Obi..]

nerd alert get out your pocket protecters and slide rules......


Nerd calling fail, only an old(er) nerd like you would say that. Nowadays it's cell phones and laptops! :tongueout:

[YotaFun]

nerd alert get out your pocket protecters and slide rules......


Nerd calling fail, only an old(er) nerd like you would say that. Nowadays it's cell phones and laptops! :tongueout:


and T-83+ calculators....

[Seanz0rz]

psh, 83 calcs are weak! its all about the 89 (and not the new fancy titanium one, the old workhorse) and yes, i carry and use it all the time. not so much i need the power and abilities of the calc, but im so comfortable using it.

[YotaFun]

psh, 83 calcs are weak! its all about the 89 (and not the new fancy titanium one, the old workhorse) and yes, i carry and use it all the time. not so much i need the power and abilities of the calc, but im so comfortable using it.


its a failure that we are even talking about different models of a Calculator

[CJM]

Is it a failure IDK how to use an 83 or 89 really. All that graphing crap I barely passed in math.

[Seanz0rz]

psh, 83 calcs are weak! its all about the 89 (and not the new fancy titanium one, the old workhorse) and yes, i carry and use it all the time. not so much i need the power and abilities of the calc, but im so comfortable using it.


its a failure that we are even talking about different models of a Calculator


hello, engineering student! i use that calc alot. use it for fab stuff all the time, making sure that what i build should survive what i put it through.

[YotaFun]

psh, 83 calcs are weak! its all about the 89 (and not the new fancy titanium one, the old workhorse) and yes, i carry and use it all the time. not so much i need the power and abilities of the calc, but im so comfortable using it.


its a failure that we are even talking about different models of a Calculator


hello, engineering student! i use that calc alot. use it for fab stuff all the time, making sure that what i build should survive what i put it through.


yeah but still, we are talking different models sean, we shoul dhave just stoped at calculators, but I went to far lol

[Obi..]

yeah but still, we are talking different models sean, we shoul dhave just stoped at calculators, but I went to far lol


:rofl: Still goes back to the fact I can tell Lance "Have you reset your yaw or attitude sensor?" to help him figure out his acceleration issue a while back yet I still spent over an hour on a stupidly simple algebra equasion overworking it. Sheesh, I wonder if this is how those folks on Smarter than a 5th Grader feel, can I possibly even color within the lines these days? :laugh:

http://greed.net78.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/failure.jpg