--- Log opened Sat Jun 25 00:00:21 2022 11:32 < Evilpig_> well poop. the heat shield portion on the ranger's muffler has cracked and is rattling. 11:33 < Evilpig_> may just redneck it for a few months with some plumbers tape 11:44 <@Dagmar> Uhh.... Use muffler tape 11:45 <@Dagmar> PLumber's tape is going to melt pretty quick 11:52 < Evilpig_> hangers tape 11:52 < Evilpig_> dad always called it plumbers tape from hanging pipes 11:52 < Evilpig_> https://www.lowes.com/pd/AMERICAN-VALVE-1-2-in-to-4-in-dia-Galvanized-Hanger-Iron/3223489 11:52 < PigBot> 403 12:22 <@Dagmar> Oh. Actual muffler tape is probably going to be easier to use, since it's basically super-thick adhesive tin-foil. You can just wipe the thing down (for better adhesion) and slap it over the crack. 12:22 <@Dagmar> Usually it's even heat-curing epoxy adhesive. 12:30 < Evilpig_> i've got this here already. pretty much just making a c-clamp out of it. and use the bolt and nut to tighten it. i'll take pictures for y'all to mock tomorrow morning 15:00 <@Mirage> Evilpig_: you need some bailing wire to do it up properly. =) 15:01 <@Mirage> Dagmar: Tried that muffler tape on the tailpipe of my Z once...barely lasted a week before it got brittle and blew out 15:02 <@Mirage> So it's pretty much good for cases where the noise is annoying the shit out of you, it's the middle of the week, and you won't be able to take it in to the shop til the weekend. 15:03 <@Dagmar> You didn't use enough of it. ;) 15:11 <@Mirage> I used enough to piss off the guys at the muffler shop when I was able to make it in 17:02 < Evilpig_> I stopped at lowes and got a 2" bolt and matching nut. I'll make it quiet tomorrow morning 18:34 <@Mirage> lol.. watching a video covering all the batshit crazy Texas GOP Platform stuff. The 3rd comment on the video: "So meth is still a real problem in Texas apparently." 18:39 < eryc> some state should enact a forced abortion law 18:40 <@Mirage> What they have in there is beyond crazy.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er67SqUT48c&ab_channel=RebelHQ 18:40 < PigBot> 40 Pages Of Evil: Exposing Texas GOP's Heinous Party Platform - YouTube (at www.youtube.com) https://tinyurl.com/2cvlohqr 18:42 <@Mirage> So just one example of a chain of things: Abolish abortion, abolish sex ep in schools, abolish Child Protective Services, abolish Department of Education 18:44 <@Mirage> They also have items covering: homosexual is a personal choice, revoke voters rights bill, remove hate crimes as a designation, deny any special rights to people who identify as LGBTQ AND grant people the right to discriminate against LGBTQ for any reason w/o recourse. 18:52 <@Mirage> Report of the Permanent2 18:53 <@Mirage> oops 18:53 <@Mirage> https://texasgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6-Permanent-Platform-Committee-FINAL-REPORT-6-16-2022.pdf 18:53 < PigBot> None (at texasgop.org) https://tinyurl.com/2y2lamrb 18:53 <@Mirage> Painful to read. 19:06 <@Mirage> I don't think they thought this one through: "83. Federal Taxes: We support a flat tax or the replacement of the income tax with a consumption tax473 19:06 <@Mirage> that reduces the overall tax burden." 19:31 <@Dagmar> Rational thought has nothing to do with what they're doing. 19:32 <@Dagmar> They're just posing to show off for their "base" of wackos who put them in office 19:33 <@Dagmar> If it wouldn't be obvious to so many people, talking them into adding a ban on di-hydrogen monoxide might be a good place to start 19:33 <@Dagmar> People spray that toxic shit on crops all the time and no one bats an eye 19:33 <@Dagmar> It's also the most visible component in chem-trails 19:47 < eryc> that and the cloud seeding agents 19:49 < eryc> i wonder if any of this conflicts with the texas state/country constitution 19:50 < eryc> article one, first sentence 19:50 < eryc> Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the States. 19:51 < eryc> next sentence 19:51 < eryc> All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit. The faith of the people of Texas stands pledged to the preservation of a republican form of government, and, subject to this limitation only, they have at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think expedient. 19:52 < eryc> ll freemen†, when they form a social compact, have equal rights, and no man, or set of men, is entitled to exclusive separate public emoluments, or privileges, but in consideration of public services. 19:52 < eryc> that was from 1876 19:52 < eryc> then in 1972 they added 19:52 < eryc> Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged because of sex, race, color, creed, or national origin. This amendment is self-operative. 19:53 < eryc> no more vasectomies folks 19:55 <@Dagmar> I think it's time for a return to "Governments should be afraid of their citizens" 20:08 < eryc> oh this next one is good 20:08 < eryc> No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being. 20:09 < eryc> more than likely the supreme being is some church pastor pulling the strings of his community 20:10 < eryc> who happens to get invited to all the deep sea fishing trips 20:27 < Evilpig_> I am your supreme being. bow before me peasant 21:38 <@Dagmar> Crimes of the Future is definitely a Cronenberg 21:59 < eryc> i told a trump supporter the democrats were going to have an insurrection if trump was reelected 22:00 < eryc> i'm just saying it wasn't an original idea 22:00 < eryc> i may have had a grudge against the dc justice system at the time 22:01 < eryc> which is why i celebrated when the us marshalls took over the jail i got my ass kicked in 22:10 < eryc> i also thought of take offs and landings the name of a record i saw in new york as if people were icbms intercontinentally bridging happiness through diplomacy and my idea that jet airplanes were people missiles was taken quite literally 22:37 <@Dagmar> "asshole-baric missile systems" 23:00 <@Mirage> This reminds me of the movie SimOne. https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/15/23169463/krafton-virtual-human-ana 23:00 < PigBot> The company behind PUBG shows off its ‘hyper-realistic’ virtual human - The Verge (at www.theverge.com) https://tinyurl.com/2dfyoexr --- Log closed Sun Jun 26 00:00:23 2022