PNW Chit Chat Thread

[twardnw]

there is a vBulletin plugin for spellcheck, then it is just a matter of getting people to use it...

[joel]

haha.. obviously most people wouldn't use it

so today, I woke up.. turned my recent ticket into the court in Shoreline.. talked quickly with my ex-boss about unemployment & benefits.. talked with my room-mate about a few job opportunities.. and the went out to take photos of Robyn's car. Now it's time to look at my resume that hasn't been touched in two years

[wintermode]

Quote: Originally Posted by joel

and the went out to take photos of Robyn's car.

This, I'm sure, was the best part of the day. Of course, my opinion is biased.

[joel]

Quote: Originally Posted by wintermode

This, I'm sure, was the best part of the day. Of course, my opinion is biased.

your confidence is inspiring

[joel]

free poker ftw

oh.. and canceling my sirius subscription..

[joel]

saw this posted on facebook today.. awesome

[joel]

photos of Robyn's GLI from Monday..
http://www.fakelag.net/users/v/rootr...ots/robyn-gli/

[Arsigi]

I love that squirrel picture!

[joel]

this is a new one.. just got this in my email..

Quote:

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:10:00 +0000
From: IRS <www.irs.gov@planet.nl>
Subject: Tax return - 2009/2010 - Recalculation of you tax refund
Reply-to: no-reply@irs.gov

Tax return
2009 - 2010
Recalculation of you tax refund


ATTN: Dear Applicant

After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $314.79
Your Application Code: 731948115, complete the tax return form attached to this message.
After completing the form, submit the form by clicking the SUBMIT button on form and allow us 5-9 business days in order to process it.

Our head office address can be found on our official web site.

Note: For security reasons, we recommend that you close your browser after you have finished accessing your refund status.
- For security reasons, we will record your ip-address and date.
- Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicted.

Sincerely,
RevenueSA

attached file is 'payment_form.pdf.htm'

[Rabbit 16v]

'payment form' LOL!!

[Arsigi]

[joel]

ugh.. something was up with fios last night when I had MythTV record the 'free practise 2' of the Bahrain F1 GP on Speed last night... looks like I'll be downloading the video instead :|

[joel]

Quote: Originally Posted by Arsigi

wow.. wtf is the point of that? It looks like it'd be way too easy to tip

[Rabbit 16v]

Ridiculous!! nice loop too!

[Arsigi]

A couple of timing questions here, if anyone here has any input!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4802297

[joel]

trying out Opera 10.. been using Opera 9 for years and it's starting to shows its age with the big "web 2.0" type sites... hrm

[joel]

soooo... it's been a week since I lost my job, and I'm definitely ready to go back to work. I can only sit around at home for so long..

[trip permit]

[Arsigi]

So supposedly the original water pumps on the Mk3s with the plastic impeller typically last about 10 miles before completely disintegrating and needing to be replaced with the newer metal one.

On my car, it lasted 176000 miles with no issues - I did just replace it, but the old one looks just fine.

[Rabbit 16v]

Quote: Originally Posted by Arsigi

A couple of timing questions here, if anyone here has any input!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4802297

I would rather help you here

[joel]

so, this last week, other than losing my job and working on the new/updated resume (which has been tougher than I expected), I've been sick. Ugh...
I'll dive back into this as soon as possible folks

[twardnw]

suddenly I am very tired

[joel]

I know many here aren't very familiar with much of what is in my resume, but could you guys take a look anyway? I need more pairs of eyes to look at this.. I have a headache and I'm not thinking very clearly right now.

http://www.fakelag.net/resume-2010-03.pdf

[joel]

had a user with the name "John Macklin" sign up yesterday and today.. once using a gmail address, and once using a yahoo.in address, with two different birthdays. The IP range was from an ISP in India.

So.. that ISP is banned... I've already banned a whole Russian ISP as well. Good times..

[Arsigi]

If you want to keep this limited to people who are in the PNW, can't you filter IPs so that only those from the US (and maybe Canada?) are allowed?

The resume looks good... certainly sounds impressive anyway.