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Do you want to make a pump track or jumps?

small jumps to learn the proper form

Go to track, measure height and width, take picture. Try your best to rough it out.

>>1210014
lolwut

>>1210014
Your outlet is upside down. Flip that sucker the right way up and it should fix the problem. It is also probably what is causing your pictures to post upsidedown also.

>>1210014
Get out your owners manual and set it to the highest power level... or go to walmart and buy a new one for $60.

>>1209892
Got of a pic of little cousin for reference ?
Just to ensure that dress will fit her well...

>>1209906
I think OP meant the favorite doll of her cousin, not his cousin herself.

>>1209906
>>1209918
Still waiting on the cousin pics.

>>1209313
>Besides a home inspection, What else should I look out for myself?

High interest rate or prime/adjustable rates on your mortgage.

>>1209314
Good advice. Get a mortgage with a fixed rate, low interest, no early repayment fee, and put down enough of a down payment so you don't have to pay PMI.

Make at least 1 extra payment worth a year, either as a full extra payment or as a little bit tacked on to each payment throughout the year. That will shave 5 years off a 30-year mortgage.

>>1209313
>My only concern is blood/blood borne pathogens from not being cleaned correctly or at all
Sounds like you have a thing with germs. Don't buy a place with carpet if you can help it. Carpet is nasty unless the people that owned it previously were super clean freaks. Have the house cleaned professionally before you move in. Maybe even painted.

>>1209313
The bank is going to require a home inspection anyway.

The biggest things I look for are:

- How much useful life is left in the roof
- Age of HVAC unit
- Is the neighborhood trending up or down (in 15 years will it still be a safe neighborhood)
- Foot traffic in the area, drive by at different times of the day and different days of the week to see what foot traffic and neighborhood demographics are.

More generally, you need to find out where you local market is in its cycle. Trulia has a "Local Scoop" section that has a real estate market overview, which lists historical pricing trends. It's impossible to predict future prices, but you can estimate where you market is in the cycle.

It's equally important to do an individualized assessment of each neighborhood you intend to buy in. You can go on Zillow and see what houses in the area have been selling for 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and recently.

>>1208825
You have no idea what's going on do you? At least read the fucking voltage man, if you get 14.something from your alternator it's fine. If it only happens with one thing, well wouldnt you suspect that one thing? I'd bet your engine also bogs when you turn the A/C on right?

Go to Jeep forums and Pirate 4x4.

This is neither. Ensure you have a service manual for reference.

Your A/C compressor is locking up which slows the belt down and messes with the alternator.

Damn

If you make the jet engine tho , contact Felony Falcon headquarters
We need that shit

You might want to check out colinfurze

>>1208690

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=diy+jet+engine

>>1208690
Well first you need to buy a turbine and compressor from some korean company, the rest is just relatively minor machining. Unless you have a five axis CNC machine that can work with inconel, you won't be making the turbine and compressor. Everything else will have shit performance and/or be hand grenade.

You could do pulsejets and ramjets though.

Unfortunately, it's probably cheaper just to buy an RC jet engine

>>1208655
Of course, though if you have freezing winter with snow then you may need to supplement with some extra food. Of course it depends on what type of land and plants you have. For instance, goats don't generally eat grass. They eat that after they've eaten everything else.

I worked goat dairy for 3 years, ill tell you this now cows are a fuck ton easier. Goats are cunts, good fucking luck milking them off a herringbone, unless youre willing to drop some mad cash on a rotary shed and some too tier fencing then I suggest you go with cows.

>>1208657
>For instance, goats don't generally eat grass. They eat that after they've eaten everything else.

could i buy a city dump and put a bunch of goats there and have them thrive?

>>1208432
Set something on fire and use it.

stick it in your pants
fire away

The fire extinguisher is a chemical based one, according to some sources they should be avoided since they are poisonious in nature. Can I just rinse it out with regular soap?

Bump. Cool Idea OP, I can't help but what kind of music will you play?

>>1208368
Classic rock, classic metal, blues, early thrash, some non commie punk. Whatever I really felt like

>>1208370
Sweet, sounds like my taste in music more or less, that's what I'd play if I made a station at least. I just looked a bit more into it though, and unless I misunderstood what I read, it sounds like it's rare to hear pirate radio stations unless you're actively trying to, and even then it's hard. Again I know very little on the topic but do you at least have a chance at an audience?

>>1208322
do you subscribe to only internet from the cable company? they encrypted the local channels so you need to subscribe to a cable package and/or get a box from the company

>>1208323
I don't but I have a charge of $0.99 on my bill labeled "TV"

I figure those were the few channels I was able to see.

>>1208323
>>1208324
To clarify, I only subscribe to internet. No cable TV package or phone service.

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here's another pic. I can take more of anything if anyone needs to see more. I really need to be sure of this before I risk my respiratory system.

>>1208092
You already started?
Well your fucked then I guess.
Use a suitable mask if you are worried, ideally a zoot suit and plastic lining on the walls too. Well,I mean ideally get it tested and removed by a certified contractor but I guess you knew that right?

>>1208090
Try to set it on fire.

every fucking noob wants ''the best'' in everything. how about settling for adequate? coz the best soldering iron costs more than you make in a month. Weller WP25 is more than adequate for 99% of users.

>>1207911
That's a fucking brazing iron you idgit.

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>>1207931

Thanks. I need to replace my radio shack piece of shit. Why do people use adjustable soldering irons? Amazon has one for $22 that goes from 300 to 840 degrees. At that price I assume it's poor quality, but if I buy a decent one, what would be the rationale?

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>>1206893
>household repairs
this, absolutely this.

It's outrageous what electricians and plumbers charge for basic shit.

Neighbor had his hot water heater replaced. Cost him $1200. For a $300 water heater.

Electrical's even easier than plumbing (imo, I say that as an electrical engineer), and basic shit like replacing a worn-out outlet costs well over $200. For a fucking $2 part.

2nd is probably small engine repair. Cars (pickups especially) usually need a lift, and more serious tools to work on. Small engines like generators, mowers, dirt bikes, etc .... shop rates for that shit are retardedly expensive, for what you can do with a basic set of hand tools and some bench space.

Small engines, stereo/av/network wiring, drifting into /ck/ territory here but butchering, breadbaking, and homebrew and liqueur-making if that's your jam

sparkies and poopsmiths have an extremely high labor rate and learning either to a journeyman level is quite valuable, and knowing your ass from a hole in the ground enough to replace a fuse or snake a drain will also save you tons, but the hobbyist midrange isn't as useful because for both you're basically buying a sign-off your homeowner's insurance (or your renter's insurance and your landlord) trusts.
i've run into this myself: replaced a toilet valve flapper, paid $50 to have some fat fuck watch me put in the $10 part, slow leak did $20k damage to the floor below that night and it came out of his bond rather than my bank account.

>>1206905
How did you get a leak from a toilet valve flapper?

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Just use paint thinner.

>>1206708
It's an impressively bad way of stripping paint.

>>1206708
Better way of etching concrete