[Daedolon]

SEGA doesn't have the Ferrari license, why are you posting illegal images.

[Lunick]

Sexual Pleasure

[Kathy]

Kathy, on 24 December 2013 - 11:08 AM, said:

Should I ask my co-worker out on a date?

Well, I did, and the offer was turned down. I hope it won't be an awkward day tomorrow.

[The Commander]

Kathy, on 22 January 2014 - 07:34 AM, said:

Well, I did, and the offer was turned down. I hope it won't be an awkward day tomorrow.

How did that go down?

[Kathy]

It was something along the lines of "I'd rather not date a co-worker".

[Forge]

too bad.
didn't know until you asked.
Don't let it get awkward. Just continue to be friendly and behave as if it were no big deal. Merely looking for some after-hours socializing.
If you continue to act casual and open maybe some time in the future they'll change their mind now that they're aware you're interested in getting to know them better.

[Kathy]

Nah, I'll just make a joke out of it tomorrow. I don't think any damage was done by asking.

It was better to ask than to yearn silently. And while it's out of the way we can continue our friendly relations. Bummer, but maybe it really is better not to date a co-worker.

[Forge]

Kathy, on 22 January 2014 - 07:58 AM, said:

Bummer, but maybe it really is better not to date a co-worker.

that's just TV drama.
it works out more often than not from my observations over the years.

i've only seen a couple bad blow-outs that affected the work place, and in those cases one of the people was already emotionally unstable or a bit off-center before the relationship even began.

Why people choose to get involved with someone else who's mind is out in left field and a co-worker is only known to them. Maybe they think they can change the person, they're desperate, there's a physical attraction that they can't see past, or they're a bit off themselves and just can't notice it. Doesn't matter i suppose and you can never warn them off (somehow you end up being the "bad guy" if you bother trying - better to stand back and watch the china syndrome from the other side of the building when the inevitable happens).

[Kathy]

Apparently, that person already had a bad work-related relationship. Was quite understandable to decline.

[Lunick]

[Hendricks266]

I'm an audio CD

[Hendricks266]

[Ronin]

What a man.

[Fox]

Lunick, on 22 January 2014 - 06:16 PM, said:

Damn Internet gifs, I want pet iguanas, foxes, possums, squirrels, armadillos and crocodiles.

[Lunick]

http://forums.steamp...d.php?t=3219892 I wonder if this is our Blue Lightning

[Sangman]

It is

[Lunick]

[ReaperMan]

Lunick, on 23 January 2014 - 02:44 PM, said:

http://forums.steamp...d.php?t=3219892 I wonder if this is our Blue Lightning

My gawd...... he posted his password.

[Person of Color]

What a retard.

[The Commander]

Ronan, on 23 January 2014 - 12:30 PM, said:

What a man.

If only you knew how they did it.

[Kathy]

"The stunt, is part of a series of Volvo Truck features showing off their precision steering. Anders Vilhelmsson, Volvo Trucks public relations manager, says there were additional safety precautions that are not visible on the film. Van Damme had a safety line and there were platforms on each side of the two truck mirrors, one for each foot".
http://www.usatoday....trucks/4580861/

[Forge]

i've worked a little bit on Volvo trucks. their steering system, brakes, engines, and general safety features make most american trucks look like clunky machines that belong in a pit mine or a logging road instead of on the highway.

for nostalgia reasons i like the Diamond line of trucks though. Those were some durable and well built vehicles.

[Engel220]

Forge, on 24 January 2014 - 08:20 AM, said:

i've worked a little bit on Volvo trucks. their steering system, brakes, engines, and general safety features make most american trucks look like clunky machines that belong in a pit mine or a logging road instead of on the highway.

Without wanting to cause offense, that's how most of Europe sees American-made trucks as well. It's not that they don't can't do the job their built to do, hell, Australians love them to bits (Probably the biggest chunk of US truck company foreign sales is Australia), it's just that by comparison the US-made trucks don't stand up on an engineering scale to Volvo. Even some Euro brands can't beat Volvo over every single aspect of design, and I see more of those on the roads than I do Volvos.

It's the same sort of view on cars as well. Chevrolet started selling cars in the UK and Europe a good few years ago and the only reason most people buy them is either because they paid a low price versus the cost of a car from a bigger Euro brand dealership or were suckered in by the Euro-friendly cosmetics of the cars only to be let down later. Modern US cars mean as much to Euro/UK owners as sand does to an Arab, basically.

(That said, classic US muscle cars get great press abroad, though. Even I would love a classic Dodge Challenger or a Ford Mustang).

[ReaperMan]

Engel220, on 24 January 2014 - 12:28 PM, said:

(That said, classic US muscle cars get great press abroad, though. Even I would love a classic Dodge Challenger or a Ford Mustang).

If you don't like the cheap crap you cant buy our nice crap.... its ours.

[Forge]

in general:

some of the issues between american and european vehicles is the different emission standards. this adds to the cost of an american vehicle

the larger issue is the cost of production. american manufactures have backed themselves in a corner over the last thirty or so years with their labor force.
when you buy european you're paying for quality and engineering, when you buy american you're paying for the wages of the people who assembled it.

[Person of Color]

Ford will finally be selling the Mustang in Europe soon...

...With a Turbo 2.3L.

I don't care that it makes 20 more horsepower than my 2004 V8, it's all wrong. That shit doesn't belong in a muscle car. It doesn't sound right, and it certainly won't drive right. Anyone who's even driven a V8 performance car will know what I'm talking about. Dat powerband.

And yes, I know about the Mustang SVO. That thing was wrong, too. That's why Ford only sold like, three of 'em.

[Person of Color]

Forge, on 24 January 2014 - 01:00 PM, said:

in general:

some of the issues between american and european vehicles is the different emission standards. this adds to the cost of an american vehicle

the larger issue is the cost of production. american manufactures have backed themselves in a corner over the last thirty or so years with their labor force.
when you buy european you're paying for quality and engineering, when you buy american you're paying for the wages of the people who assembled it.

This. It's why American cars used to have such cheap interiors.

[Forge]

Dial V for Viper, on 24 January 2014 - 01:02 PM, said:

Ford will finally be selling the Mustang in Europe soon...

...With a Turbo 2.3L.

those engines have been in mustangs before; in the fox body back in '79 or '80 iirc (before the '84 svo)

along with the six-banger (which sucked even worse)

edit-
found a link:
https://sites.google...-1993/1979-1982

[Inspector Lagomorf]

I didn't think there was a strong sports car market in Europe. Too expensive to drive.

[Forge]

american muscle cars?
when i was stationed in germany back in the mid '90s they were all over me to sell them my '81 camaro

or do you mean european made sports cars? there were alot of them out zipping up and down the autobahn during the time i was there