Modern Vespa

All the joys of the Midwest without having to leave Florida!

It's getting above freezing here starting on the weekend. Maybe I'll back my GTS out of the garage and join you in riding!

wouldn't they give you an estimate or hourly rate / minimum charge?

Happy belated birthday

I asked the door repair guy for an estimate before he left, he said that it would be $250 plus several minor parts, two cables, that's about it. With our 6% sale tax it will hit me up for no more than $300 in total.

I'm good with that.

Happy birthday J, hope it was a good one.

My new job is getting me down in the dumps, I'm being paid more than ever before but I feel I'm not earning it.
I've been used to working hard for 9 hours a day and feeling that I've earned the company some good coin but at the minute I'm struggling to find something worthwhile to pass the time.

Perhaps starting a new job thats predominately outside or alone in a car during January in the Northern Hemisphere isn't the best idea.

Wait. Just wait, it will get tougher.

My (former?) neighbor.

I'm one of the last people to invite "the man" into daily activities, but tonight was a deal-breaker for me.

Neighbor was an ignorant moron who got new sheltie puppies because they're just so got-dang cute and then never trained them. At all. Not even with simple at-home stuff. So they defecated all over her floors, chewed up baseboards, and--most importantly--barked. At everything. Including the literal got-dang WIND.

Anywho, she finally moved out several weeks ago. House empty with a for-sale sign, contractors in and out to paint/new baseboards/new floors/et cetera.

House is still empty. Except one thing, today she was there with one of the contractors (I know this intimately because the jackwagon nearly hit the Bonneville trying to share a parking space with it because he was too lazy to walk an extra 10 feet--I educated him on how a gentleman would handle such a conundrum in the future) having a rather loud conversation. The dogs were present, barking as ever.

She and sir contracticus departed around.....3pm?

Dogs are still in the (extremely empty) house. No idea if they have any food, water, ability to go outdoors to relieve themselves (though since it didn't bother her for 4+ years living in the house daily I suppose it would bother her less now), the works. Barking nearly non-stop since 3. It's now 9pm. 6 hours of borkage.

Left voicemails for the realtor, then called in animal control. Spose they'll knock the door down.

Good Man. I salute you.

It is really really difficult to make nasty dogs out of shelties (sp?) but it seems your moron ex neighbor succeeded. At least they will all be gone - eventually.

OFG

Aaaaand the cops came, saw a dog inside an empty house with no visible food (and the heat off, it was below freezing last night), excrement on the floor, nobody answered, and they left.

Par for the cops here. I guess that illustrates the competence level with which the US Secret Service refuses to associate. One of less than TEN LE agencies around the country they won't work with. But they sure do cry about people not having any respect for them on their press conferences.

I slip into that domicile. The door was ajar, no? The most rewarding things I have done in my life involve animals, be it people or dogs, cats, raccoons, possum.

If you see a sentient animal suffering and let it continue suffering on your watch, you owe. For those that believe in a God and a higher power, it is an obligation to do the right thing.

Seems like you have an ax to grind with the gov't, eh? Have you ever been in a bad accident? In a flood? I have. There is a maze of the "gov't", and it includes regular people. Don't attack "the gov't", because they are the ones putting their boots and hats on when you need help. I have been saved and watched people be saved in front of my eyes. The "deep state" is us. Get your head out of your butthole and make friends.

In case you were unaware, armedferret recently retired from the armed forces. Which makes your line of questioning laughable, at best. This is wildly inappropriate and specifically against forum guidelines. You know this. I know you know this.

Thanks jess. I suppose i wasn't clear enough that incompetent LE is worse than being left to one's own devices entirely. Not doing the job we pay them to do, to the extent that the people who protect the President refuse to deal with them at all, is abhorrent. After 21 years and change i sorta have these expectations since it was REALLY not difficult to do my job well and care about the output/work product.

Interesting that he would rant about those who are capable of helping suffering animals and choose not to, then rant on me for pointing out that......they had the ability to help suffering animals and chose not to lol. Shrug.

It be what it be. The dogs are no longer in the domicile, and the realtor has some minor repairs to make in the coming days. Change a lock, replace a "realtor's keybox". Dogs may be up for adoption in a couple months, they have to do a predetermined hold since they're known/confirmed pets.

looking to buy a ´new´ car. Would like to fit a tow hitch.
So what??
Well, many 21st C. models have the supposedly E-friendly stop/go function. More often than not this is not compatible with a tow hitch.
Beats me why and I find it HÍGHLY irritating, more so because again more often than not it is not specced in the sales info whether the specific car has it or not. You need to ask the seller.

Many newer cars like my 2018 Honda have CVT transmissions, which aren't recommended for towing either.

Yes and as if organised discouragement, several modern lighting systems need special, trick thus more costly wiring to avoid all sorts of funny fault codes when the trailer is plugged in.

In fairness VW claims no towing possible with their DSG here in the US.....euro models still have a capacity over 3k pounds.

CVTs are definitely not good for it. At least start-stop can be bypassed and lighting modules now account for modern factory voltage ridiculousness.

The Megane I bought 2 years ago (used) thankfully came with a tow hitch and all the necessary wiring from factory (tow hitch is 1500€ and wiring is another 700€). Had to change the plug on my trailer to the newer 13pin type and rewire the tail lights. When I connect it, the system disables the start / stop function, all the surrounding sensors, the blind spot warning function and the auto parking. Engine is a 1.5 diesel and box is a 6 speed dual clutch with also manual shifting. No problems with towing...

The older (again!) Volvo Geartronic (by Aisin) is apparently ok with towing.

having to add random text to every second post I make on MV today because it is being buggy and making post-truth claims. probably ai powered.




tag jess

Can you elaborate please?

I don't use IE

Nor do I. But you still haven't told me what the problem is.

SteelBytes since you didn't give me much to work with, I looked at your recent posts. Are you getting a message about double posts?

You did actually post twice in one of the threads. It appears you added text to circumvent the double post issue, but your first post did actually go through:

SteelBytes I've just added some diagnostic logging to the duplicate post detection code so that I can try to gather information. If you continue to see the problem, I should get some details in the logs, but it would be helpful to know the sequence of events on your end.

jess

I write a comment and click submit. I get post-truth error claiming I'm using IE (Bill Dog would be proud). I add junk text. I click submit again. No error.

Over the last week or two I've had several 502s but none in the last couple of days (iirc only with submit?). Definitely none today.

didn't notice the doubles - seem to related to clicking Edit

It's not post-truth and it's not ai. It's a haiku, and it's been there for almost 20 years. IE was historically the most prolific double-posting browser, because reasons. Yes, the haiku is a bit dated at this point. The mechanics are pretty simple here. When you post a new topic or reply to an existing topic, the posting code hashes your user ID and the message and puts it into the cache for 10 minutes. If the hash is already present in the cache, it gives you an error message. This can sometimes happen with the back button (though most browsers are smart enough to avoid this, and it doesn't sound like that's what's happening here).

Adding text means you have a different hash than the first time, so yes, that would circumvent the duplicate post check. The question is, why are you getting the message in the first place? I'm not seeing any signs that this is happening elsewhere, but I only just added the diagnostic logging for this, so I'll have to keep an eye on it for a bit longer. It would be helpful to know when and how those occurred. Notably, the duplicate code check does not run if you are editing a post. Only a new topic or a new reply.

more info needed. what do you want to tow and what would be the maximum total weight ?

This

GTS intake hose cracking (throttle body -> manifold) (Post 2720046)

Posters of generic aspirational couples outside half built apartments.

More sad than anything. Dad's always been fairly active, but he's 84. He's having back issues.

Ooof.

Damn, I am not a doctor, but it looks like the two bottom discs are herniated and the two above that are too compressed. After going thru spinal surgery a few months ago (and two others before that) I can relate. iI hope he has a really good doctor and physical therapist to help him out. Getting old is not without it's struggles.

True - getting old is not for the faint of heart.

Yeah...that's a tough one to deal with. Hope you can get him some help. On the slightly plus side, imaging tends to correlate poorly with symptoms. I've had patients whose films looked like the proverbial " five miles of bad road" but just had an acute episode in an otherwise tolerable life. But, as always, YMMV.

My wife just wrote from work at the library. Had a training on shooter response, that lasted 2 1/2 hours.

She's not in a good mood.

One of those days to question what we're doing here.

I stopped asking myself that question and started putting plans in motion.

Indeed. It's looking wiser all the time. Wife's still working for a few, kid is still in school. Fortunately Chemical engineers have a lot if options. Sticking tight for now, but all options are on the table after that.

Don't know if the target was also a bikie or rival criminal (there's a big war going on about illegal tobacco), or if a newbie did something like cut them off

Mongols bikie charged after allegedly trying to kick learner rider on Melbourne freeway

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-29/mongols-bikie-learner-rider-monash-freeway-kick-charge/104870860