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  1. Burns

    Car ?'s

    With moving violations (as they are classified in the US), legality only matters with how likely it is to getting caught, plus the fine for the violation. In the states, the chance of getting caught is extremely low and the fine is inconsequential. Although the fine is probably much higher for...
  2. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Pretty sure he meant there are laws requiring a new resident of a state to register their car(s) in that state within X amount of days, which is true. As always, like you mentioned, there are legal hoops that one can jump through to get around such things. ...or you can just keep your car road...
  3. Burns

    Bob Saget is DEAD

    He was great in Entourage. That's the only thing, outside of watching AFV as a kid, that I have seen him in. Dunno how good any of the clips are out of context though:
  4. Burns

    The Book of Boba Fett

    If only I was good at photoshop, so I could try to make a Boba "Dog" Fett the Bounty Hunter mashup. For this show, the less legacy content you know/have consumed, the more enjoyable the show probably is. I didn't consume any of that legacy stuff, so I find it watchable, but it could have been...
  5. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  6. Burns

    The Book of Boba Fett

    That seemed rather silly when watching it, but thinking more on it, what did Boba do in current Cannon to make him a great fighter? In Clone Wars TV series and the prequals he was still a kid. The Clone Wars had some episodes of him under the tutelage of "evil" bounty hunters, but mostly to...
  7. Burns

    Car ?'s

    With costs that high, it looks like it would be beneficial, if you were really into collecting cars (or just want to own two nice, high HP cars), to buy some cheep land in a non-EU country, just to keep the cars registered there. What is that Tax called? Here, the big payment when you initially...
  8. Burns

    Car ?'s

    For the yearly car registration tax, I find paying $120 car tax irritating (when I already payed sales tax), let alone huge yearly $3000 tax to drive to the store. So, if I somehow found myself living in the EU, I would be driving a 2 stroke death machine because paying such a tax would offend...
  9. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Could import many cars from US or UK for cheaper than that. Maybe just not a BMW or Merc. According to the internet search on imports: Germany has a 10% import tax and the EU has a 19% import VAT. So, for example, you could import a new, base model Chevy Corvette to Germany, with taxes paid...
  10. Burns

    Car ?'s

    A cold driver is an alert driver; fuck all the yankees and their remote start car warm up in the morning, I guess! Regardless of it's a abuse potential, it's a problem, as it is written. As I'm sure you already know(the oil industry is probably one of them), a decent amount of businesses have...
  11. Burns

    House of the Dragon

    I'll put 50 on the dragons being albino. The Targaryens are going to be black, and who can resist the image of a giant white dragon being dominated by strong black women...
  12. Burns

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    Afaik, the motherless bite is independent, so you should be able to get a double bite doing that. There is a alchemist (vivi) build that goes full on natural attacks that gets double bite, with motherless and feral mutagen. For most of the game I had trouble landing bites on the Vivi build (w/...
  13. Burns

    Kenshi - A Sandbox RPG

    Last I played, shortly before release, I used a two man team of rogues to sneak a bunch of books, cores, and engi research. I had to babysit the team, the whole way up north, but I only really had trouble with fogmen (hard to avoid their territory from where my base was). The fastest guys could...
  14. Burns

    Woodworking

    Looks like you need to bring up your point of personal privilege, at a meeting, to get some credential based waver in lieu of training put into the rulebook. I only looked at what it would take to use their Jointer and Planer. It looked like one weekend morning, where they turn it on, show how...
  15. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Oct.10, 2020: 1 man, 1 woman, and 2 dogs were on the trail (Black Bear Pass, CO) in the jeep. Male driver gets out to help a stuck vehicle. Jeep e-break gave out. Woman and dogs were ejected as it rolled down the mountain. All lived, but woman suffered severe spinal injuries. She is still in...
  16. Burns

    Blizzard dies and Bobby rides

    Indi game studios should always be around to cater to the niche crowd. I mostly play RPGs or Strategy and I think the last AAA game I have played is Total War: Warhammer 2. Yet, Pathfinder, ATOM RPG, and Encased were all released in the last 6 months with 150+ hours of game time.
  17. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    How many Gov projects come in under budget? Are there any repercussions for knowingly under bidding by large margins, to make it look good, so the politicos you paid off (legally, of course) can get general support? The $10 billion final price was only 3.33 times over budget... So, the price...
  18. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Powered flight is over. Everything working as planned. It will take 30 days to reach Lagrange point 2.
  19. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Liftoff at ~7:20am EST NASA official livestream for James Webb liftoff to start at 6:00am EST: NASASpaceflight channel livestream starting at 5:45am EST: CosmoSapiens channel stream to start at 5:00am EST:
  20. Burns

    Woodworking

    Welp, that looks like a good deal, at least from an uniformed consumer (I know nothing about planers). ...but they already fixed the bug in the system, when you proceed to checkout.
  21. Burns

    Wheel of Time

    The Woman good, men bad aspect was defiantly dialed up to 11 in this episode. Prime wouldn't put up subs for the opening scene, so I had to turn on dubs (audio descriptors) which made this quote even better: "This is just an imperfect overwhelmed woman, trying to remind her old friend he is not...
  22. Burns

    Wheel of Time

    I thought the final episode was better than the previous 4, but that's not saying much. A much higher percent of screen time, at least, had some mindless violence and characters actually doing something [somewhat] interesting (yes, walking around in the woods was more interesting than a whole...
  23. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  24. Burns

    The Northman (2022)

    Looks like it's based on Conan to me, so....fuck yeah! The trailer more or less follows this opening:
  25. Burns

    Avatar 2 (2020)

    Close? Doubtful. 15 years...maybe. Not due to the tech, but due to the suits. Look at how risk adverse Hollywood is. They would rather throw money at shitty remakes that make a 10% return, than risk anything on innovation (that has no track record of the_returns) and that's a huge drag on the...
  26. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    I don't have WH3 currently installed to check, but the big mods like Steel Faith Overhaul usually fix/change these kind of things much faster than CA can/will. Steel Faith tries to stay true to Warhammer lore and underlying game mechanics, but adds more complexity and updates old WH1 factions...
  27. Burns

    King Richard (2021)

    Lets see, I... Don't give a fuck about Tennis Don't give a fuck about Tennis Don't give a fuck about any player of that game, past or present (well, Mansour Bahrami is cool, but no one else...) Don't give a fuck about Will Smith P.S. Americans in general, don't give a fuck about Tennis. For...
  28. Burns

    Blizzard dies and Bobby rides

    Source: Wowhead link
  29. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Somehow road legal and licensed as a limo in Los Angeles (built in Mexico by major limo manufacturer): https://www.autoevolution.com/news/a-boeing-727-jet-limousine-actually-exists-and-its-road-legal-143864.html#agal_6
  30. Burns

    The Witcher

    Standards for "Hollywood hot" are not the same as the standards for women you would have a relationship with. The books, the games, and the show all go out of their way to show that the witches and mages can choose what ever face they want and are supposed to be the pinnacle of beauty (in order...
  31. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Yea, read over that part, oops. Amazing that the MAS wasn't throwing codes with a filter clogged enough to cause noticeable issues.
  32. Burns

    Car ?'s

    You hit the gas, and it takes ~2 seconds to get a response? Sounds like a fuel pump or injector problem. Maybe a computer problem, as injectors or pump should throw codes in newer cars? You could try running a bottle of fuel injector cleaner through a tank of gas. Maybe you will get lucky and...
  33. Burns

    Band of Brothers

    Here is the autist "historian" on Tora! Tora! Tora! accuracy: This channel, which is mostly ancient battle tactics, with some overarching strategy built in, has started a series on WW2 pacific (there are 3 videos preceding these, on the lead up to war): This one is much like the video linked...
  34. Burns

    Band of Brothers

    From an accuracy perspective, Tora! Tora! Tora! If you didn't like the slowness of The Pacific you certainly wont like that movie though. It looks at both sides, and depicts the Japanese preparation VS the American normal daily grind (and mistakes made), ahead of the battle, with only the last...
  35. Burns

    Band of Brothers

    I went into The Pacific expecting Band of Brothers and was sorely disappointed. Many years later, I gave it a second chance and really enjoyed it for what it was. They tried to show the wars impact on more than just a few small battles (the island hoping campaign was more a series of small...
  36. Burns

    Woodworking

    I could imagine how annoying it would be, the farther from a big city you are, for such projects. Basically a whole work day just trying to round up supplies and stressing over whether you remembered/found everything you needed. It's a bit of a drive but at least DFW has at 3+ good lumber yards...
  37. Burns

    Woodworking

    I didn't think HD or Lowes had any quality wood. This would be my first venture into hardwood. Everything I have worked on previously was finished ply and/or MDF. Ply from big box stores is mediocre and has a bunch of voids. I am also going to build 2 bookshelf speakers and a center channel...
  38. Burns

    Woodworking

    For anyone else in the DFW area in the same tool poor boat: In my search I did find an artisan co-op group (like a club) with access to various professional tools for a whole slew of crafts. It looks pretty good for a hobbyist for $30 a month membership. Too bad it's over an hour and a half...
  39. Burns

    Woodworking

    The table saw is the portable kind with outriggers. It's old, but kinda like this: RIDGID 10 in. Pro Jobsite Table Saw with Stand-R4514 - The Home Depot I have watched a few videos on getting around not having a planer or jointer (I can borrow a hand held electric planer from my dad). Have also...
  40. Burns

    Woodworking

    Any advice on how to find milling services around me, and/or does anyone know the rough cost to have boards/top ran through a planer and joiner? One of the wood shops in DFW offers some milling services, but they are pretty far from where I live (also, no cost listed on their website). I am...