You can even hear an original song about a car, from a now-defunct band, featuring yours truly in the studio and on lead guitar!

You can even hear an original song about a car, from a now-defunct band, featuring yours truly in the studio and on lead guitar! (Automobiles)

submitted 5.5 years ago by TheBuddha

I'd kinda forgotten about this, though I've shared it in the guitar thread before.

This band is with us no more, as the two principal members were a couple and Dan's retarded. Some of you will have heard this before, from the FNGT. (Reminder, tomorrow night is the guitar thread night and you still have time to record!)

Anyhow, this is about Dicky who bought himself a Cadillac. At the time, Caddies weren't really known as performance vehicles but were known as status symbols. A lot has changed since then. Today, a Caddy driven by the old man next to you accelerates at about the same rate as gravity.

This is also a good example of what I call 'bar music' or sometimes 'bar blues.' It will make the drunk people wiggle on the dance floor. There's no great philosophical statements made. It's just about Dicky who came into some money and bought a Cadillac. It's based on a true story.

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Also, I'm going to ping @clamhurt_legbeard.

Sometimes, capitalization is important. I love the font choice, but when someone types i8 into a title, it should probably show as lowercase. I'm CSS illiterate, or at least too lazy to load developer tools in Firefox.

First, what are your thoughts regarding this? Second, is it worth the effort to change it, when it's probably never going to be an issue that causes serious confusion?

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

problem solved

as for me being a mod

i only just freed up a mod slot a couple days ago

thats why i had you do my alt for designer lol

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

LOL I had to free one up for this sub too. I'll go ahead and rescind the invite.

It's not like there's anything to moderate. 'Snot like I give a shit enough to delete or ban.

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

lol

i had a free slot

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I'll not be even remotely offended if you someday resign for a useful sub!

My goal is to build the foundations for a good automotive community on Voat. It's actually coming along better than I expected. I'm surprised in a good way.

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

useful

i moderate very few useful subs

im a designer on a couple useful subs and moderator on v/thegunclub

everything else is shitposting lol

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I don't expect this sub to be very useful, though I suppose I could do an 'ask a mechanic' thread, except I'm not actually a mechanic. It's not like someone else is going to step up and do it.

Hmm... Maybe a weekly ask an autotive question thread...

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

my ac clutch wont go

tell me how to make it do go

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Replace it.

See? I'm helpful!

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

inorite

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I've never once had that problem, so I'm not going to pretend I can help. I've replaced a compressor and I've recharged working AC systems.

I drove my tractor!!!

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

it wouldnt let me recharge it

im puzzled

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

What's it doing or, conversely, not doing?

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

i click the refill nozzle on

i push the trigger

the pressure jumps up to like 160psi instantly

instructions say make sure ac compressor clutch is engaged

if not maybe its low on gas so keep refilling it

but it wont go

i havent bought a repair manual yet so im just going off youtube

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I have a stupid question.

Is the car powered on and the AC turned on, and to max, when you try to charge it?

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

Yup. AC set to max with engine running but not actually engaging clutch, while I click the nozzle on and try to put gas in.

Stupid questions often reveal easy answers.

I wish you'd ask a stupid question I didn't think of.

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I suspect it's seized or just plain worn out. Again, I'm not a mechanic.

Do you have a "Pick and Pull?" What vehicle is this on? (Make, model, year, and probably engine size are important.)

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

ya thats what im wondering too

we have a number pick a parts around

its an f150

itll be easy to replace

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Oh, fuck yeah. There will even be a broad range of years that they used that specific setup. You'll have no problem finding a replacement for cheap.

LOL I have a buddy in PCB, FL that owns a Pick N Pull. I've spent all sorts of time there, playing with the equipment and smashing cars in the crusher. I have to do it on the weekends and after hours, 'cause they expect people to be quick. Not me... I enjoy watching 'em get smooshed and just smashing stuff for my own amusement.

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clamhurt_legbeard 5.5 years ago

lol

good stuff man

ive never smashed a car on purpose lol

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Oh, it's awesome. First, I get to smash 'em with a giant tractor type of deal with forks on it, then I put 'em in the crusher.

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

thats not harvestor of sorrow....

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Nope. Had you heard it before? I've shared it a couple of times in the guitar thread. It's kinda rednecky, which you might appreciate. It was even done in a real studio and with a real sorta sound engineer.

I got paid in room and board for coming up and recording on that album, and I got paid in beer. The band had been in MA, but relocated to Maine. I was still living in MA, and came up to do the studio work for two of their albums. I trundled my way back to Cambridge with a trunk full of beer, as I recall. I'm pretty sure my pockets were laden with 'Maine skunk' as well.

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

i had not heard it but yeah was rednecky and very entertaining. production of song was good.

beer and weed is our friend

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

LOL I've done a surprising amount of studio work in exchange for drugs and alcohol.

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

im making reservations for big cedar lodge at branson righr now...woohoo. you wanna meet me there?

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

When? I also have no idea where that is. Chances are, I won't have time.

I also have no idea what is there. What is it?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

5-31 to 6-7. in branson MO.

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

What's there?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

https://www.explorebranson.com/

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

is amusement parks and hillbilly style like blue grass shows.

its the Hillbilly vegas minus gambling and vice.

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Minus the vice? No thanks!

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

i bring my own

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

LOL You gonna get kicked out?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

Nope. is not an option and must be discreet cause muh daughter and the boy going.

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Your daughter is gonna go?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

yeah is the plan

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

It's good that she wants to go, yes?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

Of course is good. it shamez me the way i have not been there

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Maybe you can use this as a start to get her to maybe spend some weekends and stuff like that?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

she already spends the weekends unless im too far.into amphetamine psychosis

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

That has to have changed. You'd told me otherwise, unless I was high and completely invented that in my head.

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

naw ma just dont let her come over due to crazy shit of i am too spun out

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Does your mother have parental rights?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

temporary guardianship

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Do you still also have parental rights?

I'm not sure how the system is there, thus my questions.

I'll also be a bit responding. The sun is out for a few minutes. Well, at the very least it isn't raining.

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

no rights

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I drove my tractor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

we jamming metallica and drinkn beer

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I haven't been able to use my tractor since the wreck. So, that has me stoked! Best day ever!

I ain't even gotta add booze!

Methinks I will chomp a dilly. 8 mg seems adequate.

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

i am on bare minimium opioids as was robbed

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Robbed?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

kinda. cannot speak on it

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

Hmm.. Okay?

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

its not okay but i gotta be sick for a month due to only having 10 mg hydrocodone a day

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

The "okay" was in relation to your not being able to discuss it.

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zyklon_b 5.5 years ago

i will in private some day. too enraging at thr moment.

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TheBuddha 5.5 years ago

I would be livid if someone stole my meds. I need those meds.

Granted, I get more than I need and I may have elected to share a few here and there (I'm not admitting a damned thing in public) but I'd still be livid.