OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

[max225]

Nah, you're good. This is obviously an open forum (other than Brad's political rants apparently lol) to express the good and bad in life.

The self employed thing is I don't know if I could , major pros and cons there. Seems like a good way to go if you have the motivation and skills

Apparently cucky liberals get real mad when you point out their BLATANT hypocrisy.

Anywho, yall real fucking sad up in here, what gives?

Yo! You showed up in the middle of a venting sesh.

You should check out some of the madness that’s been happening in the members rides and keep up to date in the 2022 thread. I’m still maintaining that

[SAWCE]

Glad I’m generally able to stay in the mindset that the job is just a means to an end and allows me to do all the things I enjoy outside of those hours. It probably helps a ton that I almost never actually put in a full 8/40 hours and I’m so focused throughout the day on what time it is and when I’m eating my next meal

Yep it's a good way to look at it. In reflecting yesterday and over the weekend, I think I need to focus on being a bit more as far as work goes, do what I need to do, the best I can, let go of the rest.

This is the way. Since you’re slanging audio equipment, if it gets hard for you to keep this perspective, it might help to look at your job as helping other people enjoy their free time in whatever capacity the stuff you’re selling is going to be used. Might feel a little less cog-in-the-wheel.. but like yeah at the end of the day what we’re all doing is completely fucking meaningless and we should all just be tending to plots of land that grows the food we eat, but we’ve come to enjoy our toys and you provide toys for others to enjoy and get rewarded by being able to enjoy other toys.

[golftdibrad1]

Apparently cucky liberals get real mad when you point out their BLATANT hypocrisy.

Anywho, yall real fucking sad up in here, what gives?

Yo! You showed up in the middle of a venting sesh.

You should check out some of the madness that’s been happening in the members rides and keep up to date in the 2022 thread. I’m still maintaining that

will do boss

[golftdibrad1]

Sure, but the manchild is a dipshit and you know it deep in your bones. Besides he gone, done chased himself and everyone off to their private echo chamber.

Yes your house your rules doe. I'll keep my opinions to myself unless directly asked/attacked again.


Anyway, cars. I put a kia engine in my Miata.

Kia engine? Do tell

Breh, i don't recall if i told yall this when i was soft banned for my smooth brain posts, but here is the short short version.

my car had picked up some rod knock and was burning mucho oil. Mild knock, but there.
Miata engines have gotten expensive. and hard to find low miles. Car is old af
Ordered one from england for decent money. container deal. 1k for low miles, still good deal.
container delayed.
plot twist: friend is selling turbo car, wife unit suggests I yolo
Decide to swap engine in the middle of summer in my driveway to help resale of my car.
Now back to square two. I recall rumors of ford gt's and other cars using bp's.. did my research.
Basically longblock is the same, just need to swap over EVERYTHING. Punch out a freeze plug. Plug a dipstichk hole. Cap a coolant outlet after trimming.
got a ford escort gt engine for two fiddy. got it on the stand had 2 dead holes. returned.
got a kia engine for three fiddy from somewhere else, got the bitch stabbed.
Its got some pretty bad HLA noise but is otherwise fine.
*PLOT TWIST* the car i was going to buy spun a rod bearing on the test drive. Like, way worse knock than the longblock i gave away.
This is now my forever car again. HLA noise will clear up or I'll put solid lifters in it and continue to send it.


1.8 DOHC BP 1990-2001 83 85 1839 90-98 Protege, 91-96 Ford Escort GT, 94-01 Miata, Mercury Tracer LTS, 94-97 Kia Sephia GS
https://fixjunk.com/solomiata/solomiata/MX5Engine.html

I will say I won't be doing a driveway swap again anytime soon, especially during peak summer. that was a BITCH.

[Johnny_P]

Kia Sephia uses the same block?

[razr390]

We could all use some therapy, it's a tough and turbulent world we live in. Sorry, it's been a bummer of a weekend for me and I hope I'm not projecting too much negativity on the group.

The corporate grind doesn't help, those middle manager types are being paid to figure out how to make their workers produce more and get paid less. What a fking scam, I'm just happy that I'm self employed and still busy. It's no easy feat, but it at least offers some level of control and independence. It has it's own challenges and obstacles, so there really isn't any one easy route. Just gotta find joy in what you're doing or do it for the paycheck and I guess.

Nah, you're good. This is obviously an open forum (other than Brad's political rants apparently lol) to express the good and bad in life.

The self employed thing is I don't know if I could , major pros and cons there. Seems like a good way to go if you have the motivation and skills

The best way to do it at your level is to provide industry subject matter expert consulting. Using your professional network and leveraging it. Your experience both as a DJ/event support in early career, working at a small family-owned A/V company and now a big boy company can help make you a good well rounded expert that people can pay for advice.

[max225]

Kia engine? Do tell

Breh, i don't recall if i told yall this when i was soft banned for my smooth brain posts, but here is the short short version.

my car had picked up some rod knock and was burning mucho oil. Mild knock, but there.
Miata engines have gotten expensive. and hard to find low miles. Car is old af
Ordered one from england for decent money. container deal. 1k for low miles, still good deal.
container delayed.
plot twist: friend is selling turbo car, wife unit suggests I yolo
Decide to swap engine in the middle of summer in my driveway to help resale of my car.
Now back to square two. I recall rumors of ford gt's and other cars using bp's.. did my research.
Basically longblock is the same, just need to swap over EVERYTHING. Punch out a freeze plug. Plug a dipstichk hole. Cap a coolant outlet after trimming.
got a ford escort gt engine for two fiddy. got it on the stand had 2 dead holes. returned.
got a kia engine for three fiddy from somewhere else, got the bitch stabbed.
Its got some pretty bad HLA noise but is otherwise fine.
*PLOT TWIST* the car i was going to buy spun a rod bearing on the test drive. Like, way worse knock than the longblock i gave away.
This is now my forever car again. HLA noise will clear up or I'll put solid lifters in it and continue to send it.


1.8 DOHC BP 1990-2001 83 85 1839 90-98 Protege, 91-96 Ford Escort GT, 94-01 Miata, Mercury Tracer LTS, 94-97 Kia Sephia GS
https://fixjunk.com/solomiata/solomiata/MX5Engine.html

I will say I won't be doing a driveway swap again anytime soon, especially during peak summer. that was a BITCH.

Those are some epic levels of roadkill revivals.

[D Griff]

Yep it's a good way to look at it. In reflecting yesterday and over the weekend, I think I need to focus on being a bit more as far as work goes, do what I need to do, the best I can, let go of the rest.

I suggest you buy a copy of What Color Is Your Parachute and go through the exercises in the book. It helped me with my career struggles.

I will check it out, just placed the e-book on hold with muh library I do find some comfort in knowing how many people are in the same boat... and it's also kind of depressing at the same time

[D Griff]

Nah, you're good. This is obviously an open forum (other than Brad's political rants apparently lol) to express the good and bad in life.

The self employed thing is I don't know if I could , major pros and cons there. Seems like a good way to go if you have the motivation and skills

The best way to do it at your level is to provide industry subject matter expert consulting. Using your professional network and leveraging it. Your experience both as a DJ/event support in early career, working at a small family-owned A/V company and now a big boy company can help make you a good well rounded expert that people can pay for advice.

Could be a thing for sure but I think it would likely wind up being more work and less pay than this, although maybe a bit more rewarding and interesting.

[D Griff]

Kia engine? Do tell

Breh, i don't recall if i told yall this when i was soft banned for my smooth brain posts, but here is the short short version.

my car had picked up some rod knock and was burning mucho oil. Mild knock, but there.
Miata engines have gotten expensive. and hard to find low miles. Car is old af
Ordered one from england for decent money. container deal. 1k for low miles, still good deal.
container delayed.
plot twist: friend is selling turbo car, wife unit suggests I yolo
Decide to swap engine in the middle of summer in my driveway to help resale of my car.
Now back to square two. I recall rumors of ford gt's and other cars using bp's.. did my research.
Basically longblock is the same, just need to swap over EVERYTHING. Punch out a freeze plug. Plug a dipstichk hole. Cap a coolant outlet after trimming.
got a ford escort gt engine for two fiddy. got it on the stand had 2 dead holes. returned.
got a kia engine for three fiddy from somewhere else, got the bitch stabbed.
Its got some pretty bad HLA noise but is otherwise fine.
*PLOT TWIST* the car i was going to buy spun a rod bearing on the test drive. Like, way worse knock than the longblock i gave away.
This is now my forever car again. HLA noise will clear up or I'll put solid lifters in it and continue to send it.


1.8 DOHC BP 1990-2001 83 85 1839 90-98 Protege, 91-96 Ford Escort GT, 94-01 Miata, Mercury Tracer LTS, 94-97 Kia Sephia GS
https://fixjunk.com/solomiata/solomiata/MX5Engine.html

I will say I won't be doing a driveway swap again anytime soon, especially during peak summer. that was a BITCH.

Kia Sephia... haven't heard that name in a while. Makes me think of the shitty Kia radio ads run here circa 1995.

Go make/revive your garage/build thread

That said, I think I am not the winner anymore, I would just buy a new car at that point :lazy:

[golftdibrad1]

Breh, i don't recall if i told yall this when i was soft banned for my smooth brain posts, but here is the short short version.

my car had picked up some rod knock and was burning mucho oil. Mild knock, but there.
Miata engines have gotten expensive. and hard to find low miles. Car is old af
Ordered one from england for decent money. container deal. 1k for low miles, still good deal.
container delayed.
plot twist: friend is selling turbo car, wife unit suggests I yolo
Decide to swap engine in the middle of summer in my driveway to help resale of my car.
Now back to square two. I recall rumors of ford gt's and other cars using bp's.. did my research.
Basically longblock is the same, just need to swap over EVERYTHING. Punch out a freeze plug. Plug a dipstichk hole. Cap a coolant outlet after trimming.
got a ford escort gt engine for two fiddy. got it on the stand had 2 dead holes. returned.
got a kia engine for three fiddy from somewhere else, got the bitch stabbed.
Its got some pretty bad HLA noise but is otherwise fine.
*PLOT TWIST* the car i was going to buy spun a rod bearing on the test drive. Like, way worse knock than the longblock i gave away.
This is now my forever car again. HLA noise will clear up or I'll put solid lifters in it and continue to send it.


1.8 DOHC BP 1990-2001 83 85 1839 90-98 Protege, 91-96 Ford Escort GT, 94-01 Miata, Mercury Tracer LTS, 94-97 Kia Sephia GS
https://fixjunk.com/solomiata/solomiata/MX5Engine.html

I will say I won't be doing a driveway swap again anytime soon, especially during peak summer. that was a BITCH.

Kia Sephia... haven't heard that name in a while. Makes me think of the shitty Kia radio ads run here circa 1995.

Go make/revive your garage/build thread

That said, I think I am not the winner anymore, I would just buy a new car at that point :lazy:

maybe. not much to post, got a miata, a volt, and a mdx. Oh and a motorbike. I really just maintain them and use them.

Ironically i had not seen a sephia for years and pulled up behind one when i had the engine on the trailer

Trust me, I have considered a newer sports car. I have a few things stopping me on that front, including the fact that the NA and NB chassis miata are the literal benchmark even still for roadsters. Also that money would be better spent other places. My car is nice enough but not too nice to let sit outside, so unlike a newer one I don't feel bad about it getting abused. My style these days. Maybe when the recession gets a head of steam and I can buy a Fiata for 10k cash I'll think about it.

At the end of the day I own 3 vehicles for one person, own 2 outright and am in sight of paying off the third. The smart play is to hold station. I have a fleet and an understanding wife, most people could not get away with this. Im also happy with this fleet. Sometimes i want a little faster bike, or a more reliable sports car, but all in all its going well. Just need to fix a few more things on miata and its good to go for awhile. Hell I dailyed it last week just because I could.

[Desertbreh]

Yep it's a good way to look at it. In reflecting yesterday and over the weekend, I think I need to focus on being a bit more as far as work goes, do what I need to do, the best I can, let go of the rest.

This is the way. Since you’re slanging audio equipment, if it gets hard for you to keep this perspective, it might help to look at your job as helping other people enjoy their free time in whatever capacity the stuff you’re selling is going to be used. Might feel a little less cog-in-the-wheel.. but like yeah at the end of the day what we’re all doing is completely fucking meaningless and we should all just be tending to plots of land that grows the food we eat, but we’ve come to enjoy our toys and you provide toys for others to enjoy and get rewarded by being able to enjoy other toys.

He's not selling arms.

[D Griff]

Yep it's a good way to look at it. In reflecting yesterday and over the weekend, I think I need to focus on being a bit more as far as work goes, do what I need to do, the best I can, let go of the rest.

This is the way. Since you’re slanging audio equipment, if it gets hard for you to keep this perspective, it might help to look at your job as helping other people enjoy their free time in whatever capacity the stuff you’re selling is going to be used. Might feel a little less cog-in-the-wheel.. but like yeah at the end of the day what we’re all doing is completely fucking meaningless and we should all just be tending to plots of land that grows the food we eat, but we’ve come to enjoy our toys and you provide toys for others to enjoy and get rewarded by being able to enjoy other toys.

My business all goes into commercial projects but that is one gratifying thing, when our products go into interesting places on I work on.

[max225]

I am in a meeting where people are going “meetings suck we should have less meetings, lets send out documents” and the counter is… “We have meetings because no one reads the documents”

Corp circle jerk

[Johnny_P]

I am in a meeting where people are going “meetings suck we should have less meetings, lets send out documents” and the counter is… “We have meetings because no one reads the documents”

Corp circle jerk

I have 2,000 unread emails in outlook right now
Emailing documents back and forth is so 1998, brah.

[max225]

Corp circle jerk

I have 2,000 unread emails in outlook right now
Emailing documents back and forth is so 1998, brah.

Sitting in a 2 hr meeting while saying something for 20 seconds is the FUTURE

[Desertbreh]

I have 2,000 unread emails in outlook right now
Emailing documents back and forth is so 1998, brah.

Sitting in a 2 hr meeting while saying something for 20 seconds is the FUTURE

THANK YOU

[SAWCE]

This is the way. Since you’re slanging audio equipment, if it gets hard for you to keep this perspective, it might help to look at your job as helping other people enjoy their free time in whatever capacity the stuff you’re selling is going to be used. Might feel a little less cog-in-the-wheel.. but like yeah at the end of the day what we’re all doing is completely fucking meaningless and we should all just be tending to plots of land that grows the food we eat, but we’ve come to enjoy our toys and you provide toys for others to enjoy and get rewarded by being able to enjoy other toys.

My business all goes into commercial projects but that is one gratifying thing, when our products go into interesting places on I work on.

Yeah but even the commercial projects, at some point there is a consumer that is enjoying the content those bigger entities are pumping out.

[Johnny_P]

I have 2,000 unread emails in outlook right now
Emailing documents back and forth is so 1998, brah.

Sitting in a 2 hr meeting while saying something for 20 seconds is the FUTURE

WFH at least you can wander around your house with no pants on while listening to people jabber instead of being stuck in a conference room

[max225]

Sitting in a 2 hr meeting while saying something for 20 seconds is the FUTURE

WFH at least you can wander around your house with no pants on while listening to people jabber instead of being stuck in a conference room

Stuck in my "office" with camera on... we have a camera on culture... and I can be asked a question at any time... so it is active listening. But yea... no diff than doing same shit in person

[SAWCE]

Most of my meetings are camera on, but luckily they dgaf about apparel and I just wear a t-shirt and shorts all day. DoC just full remote work for us, so next pay period I start going in once per pp, and then next fiscal year in October I’ll start going in 1x/week… we’ll see how bad that actually is and if it’s enough to prompt Michelle and I to move closer to Seattle.

[CaleDeRoo]

This rowing machine is a new addition as of today..

[Desertbreh]

This rowing machine is a new addition as of today..

That's your living room?

[CaleDeRoo]

This rowing machine is a new addition as of today..

That's your living room?

Technically the "dining area", but the island has 4 stools already and we eat on the couch like most people anyways. This freed up lots of garage space moving it all inside.

[Desertbreh]

That's your living room?

Technically the "dining area", but the island has 4 stools already and we eat on the couch like most people anyways. This freed up lots of garage space moving it all inside.

I approve.