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Bruce Heerssen :guillotine: (bruce@darkmoon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 14:46:07 JST

Bruce Heerssen :guillotine:

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Well, that was a fun rabbit hole for a minute. Do you want a milk cow?

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AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 14:48:10 JST

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@Datenegassie 😂 Must be an Arch Linux fan ;-)

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Datenegassie (datenegassie@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 14:48:11 JST

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@ai6yr I'm guessing the seller is a Linux user?

Steve's Place repeated this.

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Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 15:11:48 JST

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Datenegassie

@ai6yr @Datenegassie So I know someone who had a Capri. It got totaled on his way to work one morning, when he drove on a narrow road and met a lady in, I think, a station wagon, heading in the opposite direction. He bought it back from the insurance company.

He took it apart. A p a r t. All of it. 100%. His garage looked like an auto repair and detailing shop.

The frame went to a company called Precision Frame to get it straightened. He had the engine bored and stroked. Added headers and tuned exhaust. Racing suspension. He had the rims widened by cutting them and welding a spacer into the center of each, and then mounted racing tires. He got actual Capri racing fenders for it. All new rubber parts. I forget what tranny it had, but the shifter was, I think, K&K. He got Recaro seats. He painted it violet and purple. It was absolutely gorgeous, a great ride, and was stolen within a week.

His wife also fell for a waiter because she was eating out while he worked on it.

There is a part of me that wishes they got back together, history was repeating itself, and that this photo was posted by her.

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Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 22:51:03 JST

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Datenegassie

@ai6yr @Datenegassie I think he said they found it in a ditch somewhere. He sold it soon after.

He remarried. All's well that the insurance company didn't raise your rates for, I guess. 🤷♂️

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AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 22:51:04 JST

AI6YR Ben

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@steter @Datenegassie Ohhhhhhhhh wow.

On the car (and his wife) being stolen.

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Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:02:37 JST

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@vaurora @ai6yr @Datenegassie The ultimate win-win. 🤣

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Valerie Aurora 🇺🇦 (vaurora@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:02:38 JST

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@ai6yr @steter @Datenegassie I'd say his wife did the same thing: took her life apart and upgraded some parts for the better

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Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:11:25 JST

Steve's Place

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@ai6yr @vaurora @Datenegassie In Norwegian Wood, part of the lyrics are, "I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair." I got set up to date a woman in the LA arts community. I went to her place one night when she had some actors over.

There wasn't a couch.

A frightening number of lit candles, but no couch.

"Yeah, I'm not going to have another lazy musician sleeping on my couch!"

The saying has legs.

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AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:11:26 JST

AI6YR Ben

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@steter @vaurora @Datenegassie There is a (probably sexist) saying around here about watching out when a wife is looking to upgrade the furniture and the couch, as she might decide to ALSO throw out the husband sitting on the couch.

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