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ClutchDisc
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by ClutchDisc » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:59 pm
InlinePaul wrote: Squint wrote: Sometimes I feel like ClutchDisc and Paul need to just talk face to face. Get some human interaction.
It seems like half of their normal daily conversations occur on SS
It beats clogging up our email inboxes.
Yea and it makes interesting posts like this happen.
Edit: Here we go, another conversation...
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ClutchFork
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by ClutchFork » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:10 pm
Hey Clutchdisc, check out this Neil Young tune:
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theholycow wrote: Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
ClutchDisc
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by ClutchDisc » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:14 pm
That's one of my favorites!
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Squint
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by Squint » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:10 pm
InlinePaul wrote: Squint wrote: Sometimes I feel like ClutchDisc and Paul need to just talk face to face. Get some human interaction.
It seems like half of their normal daily conversations occur on SS
It beats clogging up our email inboxes.
As long as you don't turn on the setting for email notification of responses to threads.
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by ClutchFork » Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:39 pm
Email notification only for forums not often visited.
Here is another great Neil Young performance:
Its amazing. Anybody else and I would not watch this for 2 seconds, but Neil is great, no mater what he does, it is good. Much like Bob Dylan, yet so different.
Here is a Dylan tune I would not listen to for 2 seconds if it were anybody else, but Dylan make it work for me. This is great:
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theholycow wrote: Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
ClutchFork
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by ClutchFork » Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:33 pm
Now here is an absolutely wonderful piece of music:
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theholycow wrote: Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
tankinbeans
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by tankinbeans » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:11 pm
InlinePaul wrote: Squint wrote: Sometimes I feel like ClutchDisc and Paul need to just talk face to face. Get some human interaction.
It seems like half of their normal daily conversations occur on SS
It beats clogging up our email inboxes.
The old lady probably doesn't want to hear about gear ratios, short throws, and new bushings.
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by ClutchFork » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:42 pm
tankinbeans wrote:
The old lady probably doesn't want to hear about gear ratios, short throws, and new bushings.
Neither of the ladies (my wife, and Clutchdisc's sister) want to hear any gearhead talk whatsoever. But funny, they come to us first thing if the car won't start.
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tankinbeans
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by tankinbeans » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:32 pm
Sounds about right. What's her name, ThrottleCable?
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by potownrob » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:56 pm
ClutchFork wrote: ...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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by ClutchFork » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:26 pm
tankinbeans wrote: Sounds about right. What's her name, ThrottleCable?
I suppose if the ladies had any gearhead tendencies they would be members of
ILoveAutomatics.com and would have usernames such as
TorqueConverter
and ElectronicOverdrive
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theholycow wrote: Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
Squint
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by Squint » Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:23 am
InlinePaul wrote: tankinbeans wrote: Sounds about right. What's her name, ThrottleCable?
I suppose if the ladies had any gearhead tendencies they would be members of
ILoveAutomatics.com and would have usernames such as
TorqueConverter
and ElectronicOverdrive
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by Rope-Pusher » Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:45 pm
InlinePaul wrote: Now here is an absolutely wonderful piece of music:
Yanno Beethoven is dead, right?
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by ClutchFork » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:58 pm
Rope-Pusher wrote:
Yanno Beethoven is dead, right?
No! It cannot be. Do you have proof of this? If so, what will become of his music then?
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theholycow wrote: Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
ClutchFork
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by ClutchFork » Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:00 pm
InlinePaul wrote:
Yanno Beethoven is dead, right?
No! It cannot be. Do you have proof of this? If so, what will become of his music then?
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Oh, ha ha ha ha. I get it. You have a typo. You meant to say "Yanno Beethoven is deaf, right?"
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theholycow wrote: Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...