BS: There are a lot of threads on here

Subject: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:09 PM

There are a lot of threads on here that people use just to have a good bitch at other people.

I don't bother much with this site anymore because of this.

Sad isn't it?

Sal

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: pdq
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:14 PM

You are quite right about the people who are addicted to complaining.

Simple fact: watching others bitch is poor entertainment

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:15 PM

Should be some way of stopping the threads that are only waspish.
And all threads on political correctness, and posts about politics.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:20 PM

Pretty much why I'm not here much anymore either, Sal.

Q, there IS, but the PIC don't want to use it.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:21 PM

It happens eventually with any large group of people online, unless those in charge simply don't allow it to.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:22 PM

There are a lot of threads on here that people use just to have a good bitch at other people.

Are we talking about the Good Bitch of the North, or the Good Bitch of the South?

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:23 PM

It's the Wicked Bitch of the West that really gives me the shivers.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: bobad
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:25 PM

There are also some threads of people bitching about people bitching.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:31 PM

And then you have the people who bitch about the people who bitch about other people bitching.... ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: 3refs
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:40 PM

Little Hawk
Let's talk cars then!
Are you taking in any of the Classic Car/Legneds of Rock and Roll show this weekend?

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Peace
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:45 PM

She's real fine my 409
She's real fine my 409
My 409

Well I saved my pennies and I saved my dimes
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
For I knew there would be a time
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
When I would buy a brand new 409
(409, 409)
Giddy up giddy up giddy up 409
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
Giddy up 409
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
Giddy up 409
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
Giddy up 40...

Nothing can catch her
Nothing can touch my 409
409 ooooo
(Giddy up giddy up oooo)
(Giddy up giddy up oooo)
(Giddy up giddy up oooo)
(Giddy up giddy up)

When I take her to the track she really shines
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
She always turns in the fastest times
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
My four speed dual quad posi-traction 409
(409, 409, 409, 409)

Giddy up giddy up giddy up 409
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
Giddy up 409
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
Giddy up 409
(Giddy up giddy up 409)
Giddy up 40...

Nothing can catch her
Nothing can touch my 409
(409 409 409 409)
Giddy up 409
(409 409 409 409)
Giddy up 409
(409 409 409 409)

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: heric
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:51 PM

Crazy bout a Mercury

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: 3refs
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:53 PM

I had a Buick Park Ave that had a 409 in it. Big boat that you could get lost in!

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:02 PM

440 more fun than a 44.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: pdq
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:05 PM

The 409 was definitely a Chevy engine. Not sure how one got in a Buick unless it was a transplant.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: heric
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:13 PM

I think 3refs is in Canada.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:13 PM

I saw the signs for it on Coldwater Road today, 3refs, but I haven't seen the show yet. Where is it located? I'll go down tomorrow and have a look for sure.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Jack Campin
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:18 PM

I had to look that up: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

409 Conflict

The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource. This code is only allowed in situations where it is expected that the user might be able to resolve the conflict and resubmit the request. The response body SHOULD include enough information for the user to recognize the source of the conflict. Ideally, the response entity would include enough information for the user or user agent to fix the problem; however, that might not be possible and is not required.

Conflicts are most likely to occur in response to a PUT request. For example, if versioning were being used and the entity being PUT included changes to a resource which conflict with those made by an earlier (third-party) request, the server might use the 409 response to indicate that it can't complete the request. In this case, the response entity would likely contain a list of the differences between the two versions in a format defined by the response Content-Type.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:21 PM

Will someone show Lemonade Lady the back arrow or the Forum Home button?

If you don't like a thread, stop readin' it, fergoonessakes! If you see a thread started by someone you consider a bitcher, get out of it! If you see a thread title you expect to creating objectionable bitching, don't open it!

And of course if everything on Mudcat is objectionable to you, the solution is obvious!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:37 PM

I find much in this world objectionable. If the world doesn't change to suit my wishes by this time next week, I am going to take my toys and go back to Mars!

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 06:47 PM

"There are a lot of threads on here that people use just to have a good bitch at other people" lemonade lady

Frankly, I hadn't noticed.

all threads on political correctness, and posts about politics. " Q

Oh, please, No! Politics, bitchy or not, are essential.

"There are also some threads of people bitching about people bitching. " bobad

Tell me about it.

And finally: "If you don't like a thread, stop readin' it, fergoonessakes! If you see a thread started by someone you consider a bitcher, get out of it! If you see a thread title you expect to creating objectionable bitching, don't open it!" Uncle _DaveO

Exactly.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: 3refs
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:25 PM

Right now about 100 at Home Depot. Covers the whole downtown Saturday. Expecting 450 cars plus AC/DC tribute band.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: bobad
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:28 PM

"plus AC/DC tribute band."

Good god, I hope they don't emulate that guy with the English schoolboy fetish.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:45 PM

The Chevy 409 was an elegant piece of engineering which led to the very successful "Rat" motors of the late '60's muscle cars. The sound of a solid lifter Rat is one of those unlike any other.

Chevy found themselves with two good small blocks (the 283-327 series) and the 348. The 348 had room to grow however and the guys at Chevy worked it over into the 409. The damn thing weighed just a few pounds more than Chevy's in-line 6 and in its most common build, produced about 400 HP. Running two big Carter Quads it cranked out 425 HP and would pass damn near anything but a gas station.

BTW......I bet that whoever it was that thought Buick used it was thinking of the 403, an Olds engine Buick shared for a few years.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:46 PM

If Mudcat gives you threads that are Lemons, uhhhhh..... go squeeze something? I can't count the threads I don't even bother opening.....and some I close pretty quickly when I see what's in 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:47 PM

What's the definition of "bitching"? A particular variety of complaining about something, but what determines whether a complaint counts as "bitching" or not? What's the distinction between a bitcher and a bitch?...

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: gnu
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:48 PM

We had AC/DC here at the Magnetic Hill Concert Site in Moncton two Thursdays ago. Well over 70k tickets sold. The site is 4km from me. I did not attend. But I witnessed the traffic.

Gonna buy me a Mercury, cruise up and down the road.
Ain't gonna open no threads what add to my heavy load.

Your mileage may vary.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Janie
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:51 PM

....Poppa, squeeze me, squeeze me and then, don't stop 'til I tell you when
Poppa, squeeze me some more, just like you did before....

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Peace
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:51 PM

Q) What's the distinction between a bitcher and a bitch?...
A) What is 'er'?

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:56 PM

One man's meat is another man's poisson!

There is a sufficient number of threads for everyone to find something of interest, while ignoring that which doesn't suit, and enough left over for a good size overcoat.

Don't change Mudcat, sez I. Just be more choosey about which bits you use.

Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: heric
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 12:33 AM

I should have quit you long time ago,
Yeah, long time ago.
Oh yeah, long time ago.
I wouldn't be here, my children,
Down on this killing floor.

I should have quit you, baby, such a long time ago,
I wouldnt be here with all my troubles
Down on this killing floor.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 03:22 AM

Back to cars, I am today taking my spare B234F engine to the redblock guru to be rebuilt and turned into a B234F+T. In that form it should deliver about 250 to 300 crank horsepower which will make the recipient car (a 945) pretty brisk for a 20 year old Volvo.

And car songs

"Dead Man's Curve" - a fuel injected Stingray and a 413

"Jaguar and Thunderbird"

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 04:27 AM

I usually prefer 24 threads per inch or coarser. 32 threads per inch is too fine, and the threads tend to get screwed up and cross-threaded...

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: 3refs
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 04:40 AM

The Buick was a "Bastard". It was an American car that somehow ended up in Canada. I re and re-ed the trans in it, and came across both metric and standard nuts/bolts. It had options not available up here! The previous owner was so meticulous that he even put it in the cars journal when he checked the tire pressure! The car was absolutely mint!!!

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Will Fly
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 04:40 AM

250 to 300 HP for a 20-year old Volvo? Good lord - you'll be flying! I have an old 240 GTE Estate (2.3 litre) from 1987 with just 89000 on the clock. Wallows a bit at speed, but it's in immaculate condition and will probably see me out!

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Gervase
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 05:00 AM

I have HP envy! My Land Rover 90 delivers 68HP tops. That said, it's from 1984 and still going strong (if a little slow on the hills with a livestock trailer on the back).

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: DMcG
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 05:58 AM

You think its bad here. There is a poll on another site I frequent about when it is acceptable for people in a restaurant to have their shirts tucked-in or left untucked. And it is very heated.

Reminds me of the wars in Swift's Brobdignag (sp?) over which end of boiled egg to eat from.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: DMcG
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 06:02 AM

Except it doesn't because that was Lilliput. Ah, me!

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: John Hardly
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 07:37 AM

I once saw a painting of a painting of a painting of a painting. It was a little like looking in mirrors that face each other and thus send repeating images cascading into eternity. And now a bitching thread about bitching threads.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 08:59 AM

It ain't compulsory..........YET!

Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: dwditty
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 11:06 AM

Been here for over 12 years...don't post much lately or ever, for that matter. It has changed over the years, but hasn't everything else?

Ironically, I would classify this very thread as someone starting a thread for the purpose of having a good bitch. Go figure.

dw

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: GUEST,Quokka
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 02:04 PM

Back to AC/DC...I live in a town where Bon Scott grew up,and where he is buried,... they just built a statue of him here, and you should see the crowds around his grave. He was a fine bagpiper you know! In fact I know a few Heavy metal freaks who turned ( or returned) to folk music in their old age. I'm sure if Bon had lived a little longer he would have been a right old folker!

Cheers

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 03:14 PM

I don't know why Buick engines were different from those of other GM products. According to this Wikipedia article, the biggest Buick V8 was a 455. But the cars that had 455-cubic-inch engines were such big boats, that they couldn't go very fast.
Pontiac also had a 455. Oldsmobile had a Rocket 455, but probably its most famous engine was the Rocket 4-4-0 (which was actually 400 cubic inches). The Rocket 88 and Rocket 98 numbers had nothing to do with engine displacement. At 572 cubic inches, it looks like Chevy had the biggest engine, but I gather that this engine was used in trucks. Looks to me like the Cadillac 500 was the biggest GM passenger car engine.
The 428 was the biggest gasoline-powered Ford engine I found. The Chrysler 426 Hemi was a famous engine. And hey, I once was issued a high-powered car as my government vehicle - an American Motors Matador with a 401 V8. It sure was an ugly car, but it had great acceleration.
As far as I can tell, the largest production passenger car engine is the Dodge Viper V10, 510 cubic inches. This page says GM built a 572-cubic-inch crate engine (you had to install it yourself...).

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Amos
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 05:00 PM

According to the mosheen this is thread 122927. Some of them have upwards of 30000 posts (The MOAB) while others have about two. I wonder what the mean is? And is th emachine counting threads reasonably accurately?

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Janie
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 05:14 PM

Says Mudcat threadcount exceeds even the most expensive, dense, Egyptian cotton sheets.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 07:38 PM

Why the heck are you people (peeps?) talkin' on and on about Buicks???? Talk about something more interesting, please! Maybe oatmeal. Or cardboard boxes. Almost anything really would do.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Peace
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 07:53 PM

OK.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Alice
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 08:05 PM

In 1978, I went on a road trip in a 1949 straight eight Buick Super Dynaflow (Blue). From Montana down to Mexico, along the west coast of Mexico and then into Mexico City, down through Oaxaca, the Isthmus, Guatemala, and then El Salvador. That took one month. Then I lived on the coast of El Salvador for two months in an area called Sihuapilapa. Returning through Guatemala to Tikal, then Belize, around the Yucatan to Merida and Chichen Itaza, to Palenque and Veracruz, the east coasts, back across to Mexico City, and to the west coast again, up through Nogales and north to Montana. That's my Buick story. This isn't the same car, but this is a '49 Buick Super Dynaflow.

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 08:08 PM

Arrgh! NO! NO! Please stop.

(Actually, I have to admit that those are pretty cool looking cars...)

Subject: RE: BS: There are a lot of threads on here
From: Peace
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 08:14 PM

It's about cars!