Grand Prix Off-Topic Thread (Closed)

lol. According to our buddy Wylie from Canada they have an illegal problem. Probably a bunch of Americans that can't stand living the U.S. anymore.

BTW - At least the Canadian coins have value. The peso doesn't have any and we get a bunch of them down South. The guy that complains the most about it owns a bunch of vending machines and do it yourself carwashes.

You guys are funny,hang on to those coins our dollars are becoming pretty close in value.

Actually, Michigan's biggest problem is not Canadian coins, but 1 legal immigrant, Jennifer Granholm. If Chuck Manson ran against her for governor in the next election, I still wouldn't vote for her. She's a real piece of work.

Never heard of her Rich. Liberal Democrat? She's probably like the old hag we had in Texas as Governor before G.W.


Speaking of politics Wylie, hows that new Conservative government up in Canada doing? BTW - What exactly is a Conservative in Canada?

Conservatives = Republicans in theory but its all a punch of crap it doesn't mean anything any more, it all stands for crooks as far as I concerned.
This new guy's in bed with Bush so who knows what's going to happen now.
We were better of with the last gov.

Conservatives = Republicans in theory but its all a punch of crap it doesn't mean anything any more, it all stands for crooks as far as I concerned.
This new guy's in bed with Bush so who knows what's going to happen now.
We were better of with the last gov.

The last Canadian I had a chat with was jumping up and down the Conservatives became the majority. I heard they were equivalent to our Libertarians. No one is Canada is right wing enough to be a real Conservative as defined in the U.S. BTW - G.W. Bush doesn't count. Still haven't figured out what he is.....duh!

I wouldn't worry about anything unless they are going to deploy more Canadian troops to Iraq which won't happen. You guys make a bunch selling your wheat and grain to Iraq anyways.

BTW - The Canadian Military Academy won the Sandhurst competition at West Point. My son was amazed as to how they performed even though they had long hair and facial hair, etc. Nothing like beating the British at their own game.

I don't think Bush knows what Bush is. Jennifer Granholm is making decisions and passing bills with no clue as to their impact on our economy. Our manufacturing jobs keep going away, and she has done NOTHING to try to stop it. She is enforcing an old law called the Michigan Use Tax that is basically means we have to pay Michigan sales tax on any purchases outside the state of Michigan where no local tax was collected. If you go on vacation to a state with no sales tax and buy souveniers, LEGALLY we are required to claim that and pay Michigan's 6%. This also applies to e-bay, or any on-line purchases. There was a web-site called e-smoke, where people could buy cigarettes cheap. Granholm seized e-smoke's sales records, and sent bills, including a penalty equalling 100% of the Michigan taxes that were not paid by buying these smokes over the internet. My dad is a heavy smoker, and received a bill for $6,000, which if it wasn't paid in 60 days, would have doubled to $12,000. All this while doing nothing to stop our lottery proceeds, which are supposed to go directly to the schools, from going into the general fund and being misappropriated. WHAT A GAL!

Wow that sounds crazy.

Hey does this site seam really slow lately?

This Granholm gal sounds like a very BAD girl!!!!!

Yes the site has been having problems since Sunday on and off. Down most of yesterday. Igor the head AF Admin. is working on it.

They need to fix it dammit!!! I need my AF fix!!!!!!

Funny how you can get addicted to these forums.

I got my new wheels on the old GP rides like a new car man what a difference I haven't had the chance to take a pic yet but I'll post one soon.
The weather has been so nice here I've been on the bike and haven't drove the GP for a few days.

Conservatives = Republicans in theory but its all a punch of crap it doesn't mean anything any more, it all stands for crooks as far as I concerned.
This new guy's in bed with Bush so who knows what's going to happen now.
We were better of with the last gov.


the way i look at it, by the time they all get up there, there's no difference. they are the same thing eventually- ex pres. bush and ex pres. clinton are best buddies now- go figure.
would hate to have their job though... how do you make everyone happy when no two people think alike. at least we have our forums to vent all our frustrations though...even if they are slow.

hey guys-
has anyone besides me noticed the really cool cars pontiac has been coming out with? that solstice is a hot car, and the g6 is cool too. i saw both at a car show this weekend.
the g6 does look a little rice-ish, so it attracted a lot of that kind of attention. but the solstice, only attacted the babes!

Here is an interesting and neat video one of the GP forum guys sent me (Jeff S.). Talk about re-inventing the wheel. This one is a keeper.

*****56K WARNING*****

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That's a good one Bob. Also, it's good to see everything is up and running smoothly on here again. The site was so slow, I stayed off for a couple of days. It was too frustrating waiting 2-3 minutes for each post. Go forums!!

That's a good one Bob. Also, it's good to see everything is up and running smoothly on here again. The site was so slow, I stayed off for a couple of days. It was too frustrating waiting 2-3 minutes for each post. Go forums!!

I hope so Rich. Its a bummer when the system acts up but hopefully it hangs in there for a while. Happy posting!

Joke of the Day: :lol:


The time has finally come...

Men strike back! ! ! ! !

How many men does it take to open a beer?
None. It should be opened when she brings it.
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Why is a Laundromat! a really bad place to pick up a woman?
Because a woman who can't even afford a washing machine will probably never be able to support you.
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Why do women have smaller feet than men?
It's one of those "evolutionary things" that allows
them to stand closer to the kitchen sink.
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How do you know when a woman is about to say something smart?
When she starts a sentence with "A man once told me."
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How do you fix a woman's watch?
You don't. There is a clock on the oven.
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Why do men fart more than women
Because women can't shut up long enough to
build up the required pressure.
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If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first?
The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in.
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What's worse than a Male Chauvinist Pig?
A woman who won't do what she's told.
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I married a Miss Right.
I just didn't know her first name was Always.
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Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes
a woman's sex drive by 90%.
It's called a Wedding Cake.
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Why do men die before their wives?
They want to.
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Women will never be equal to men until they can
walk down the street with a bald head and a beer
Gut, and still think they are sexy.
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In the beginning, God created the earth and rested.
Then God created Man and rested.
Then God created Woman.
Since then, neither God nor Man has rested.
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Send this to a few good men who need a laugh and
To the select few women who can handle it!

Awesome stuff Bob, all the guys here at work are laughing.

Woman: Would you get married again if I died?
Man: Definitely not!
Woman: Why not -- don't you like being married?
Man: Of course I do.
Woman: Then why wouldn't you remarry?
Man: Okay, I'd get married again.
Woman: You would? (With a hurtful look on her face)
Man: (audible groan)
Woman: Would you sleep with her in our bed?
Man: Where else would we sleep?
Woman: Would you put away my pictures, and replace them with pictures of her?
Man: That would seem like the proper thing to do.
Woman: And would you let her use my golf clubs?
Man: She can't use them -- she's left-handed.
Woman: (silence)
Man: Sh*t.

Wylie, that dude is BUSTED

Good math

ROMANCE MATHEMATICS

Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
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OFFICE ARITHMETIC

Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
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SHOPPING MATH

A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need.
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GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to
understand her at all.
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LONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot
more willing to die.
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PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
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DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
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HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED Old aunts
used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling,
telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same
thing to them at funerals.

man, if that was the math they taught in high school....

School never teaches you the math you really need!

School never teaches you the math you really need!

lol. They teach or force you to take Math like trig and calculus that you will never use in real life unless you are a rocket scientist. All I need is accounting.

I lost interest in Trig when they started talking unreal numbers, :screwy: . I got into a philsophical discussion about the "concept" of unreal numbers with my Trig teacher, she was NOT amused!! :cwm27:

Maude and Claude, both 91, lived in The Villages, in Florida. They met at the singles club meeting and discovered over time that they enjoyed each other's company. After several weeks of meeting for coffee, Claude asked Maude out for dinner and, much to his delight, she accepted. They had a lovely evening. They dined at the most romantic restaurant in town.

Despite his age, they ended up at his place for an after-dinner drink.
Things continued along a natural course and age being no inhibitor, Maude soon joined Claude for a most enjoyable roll in the hay. As they were basking in the glow of the magic moments they'd shared, each was lost for a time in their own thoughts.....

Claude was thinking: "If I'd known she was a virgin, I'd have been gentler."

Maude was thinking: "If I'd known he could still do it, I'd have taken off my pantyhose."

Maude and Claude, both 91, lived in The Villages, in Florida. They met at the singles club meeting and discovered over time that they enjoyed each other's company. After several weeks of meeting for coffee, Claude asked Maude out for dinner and, much to his delight, she accepted. They had a lovely evening. They dined at the most romantic restaurant in town.

Despite his age, they ended up at his place for an after-dinner drink.
Things continued along a natural course and age being no inhibitor, Maude soon joined Claude for a most enjoyable roll in the hay. As they were basking in the glow of the magic moments they'd shared, each was lost for a time in their own thoughts.....

Claude was thinking: "If I'd known she was a virgin, I'd have been gentler."

Maude was thinking: "If I'd known he could still do it, I'd have taken off my pantyhose."

lol. I guess ED pills like Viagra wouldn't have helped that guy out.

Nothing like geriatric love. :lol:

CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD



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I'm driving along at 65 miles an hour (the speed limit), minding my own business,

when outta nowhere there's this big crack in my windshield!!


I swerved right,

and then left,
and it was still right there!!

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There just ain't NO words for this....

OK heres a cartoon you all shuld like.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/cars/trailer2/

OK heres a cartoon you all shuld like.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/cars/trailer2/

We give it a thumbs up. :bigthumb:

Another good Disney/Pixar production.

Nothing like cruising Route 66.

How do you fix your dishwasher when it breaks?
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Slap her on the @$$ and tell her to get back to work!

May all of you have a blessed and wonderful Memorial weekend. Don't forget to thank a veteran or two for your freedoms this weekend. Their sacrifices are why we get an extra day off.

May all of you have a blessed and wonderful Memorial weekend. Don't forget to thank a veteran or two for your freedoms this weekend. Their sacrifices are why we get an extra day off.

Same to you Rich and everyone else including Wylie. It is not just a long weekend and having a barbecue but to remember our Veterans, especially the ones that gave the ultimate sacrifice.


On the contrary, the soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."

General Douglas MacArthur

Hope you all had a good holiday its Fn hot hot hot up here.

Hey richtazz: If your out there can you give me an Idea of what a compressor cost for a Chevy Venture 2002 Van?

Thanx for the PM richtazz

Hope you all had a good holiday its Fn hot hot hot up here.



We hit 102 degrees and it is only May. But it is nice. I still haven't figured out what is better. The heat or cold? At least with the cold you can bundle up and put more stuff on. With the heat you can only take so much clothing off.

The heat and the smog seam to get worse here every year we set a record here yesterday for hottest day in May.
Take a look at this http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/compass/camera/camhome.htm
click on the ones around the 427
At least in the winter I don't need a fridge to keep my beers cold.

We had three straight days here in Flint, MI in the mid-90's, with humidity in the 40-50% range, only two days after highs in the 58-62 range with rain. I don't mind the heat, but give me a chance to get adjusted to it for God's sake.

oh what a boring day! any one else have a sh%ty day? Nothing on TV not much going on in the forum ahh crap.

Don't you hate it when that happens Troy!!

I wish I had a day like that I'd take a nap.
I think I might go and see XmenIII http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/tls/

When all else failes there is always Blockbuster or Hollywood Video or car maintenance.

Checkout the video "Munich" when you all get a chance.

car maintenance, what's that? Drive it until it breaks then ask us how to fix it.

Munich was a good movie. I saw it in the theaters. I should see it again so I can pick up things I miss. I am not a very good visual learner so complicated movies like that require 2-3 viewings for me to completely understand everything and all the messages.

I recently started my patronage with Netflix again. I am a documentary nut and they have a very wide selection. In terms of movies I am trying to get through the 3 hr flick The Longest Day.

I am young at 22 but have a deep appreciation of the older war movies such as A Bridge too Far, McAruthur and Patton. They are much better than the over dramatic, $40 million BS with pyrotechnics and other fake gadgets to keep people's minds occupied.

Speaking of fake gadgets and pure BS, Fast and the Furious III is coming out soon :lol: .

Munich I seen that in Blockincruster tonight but they were all sold out must be good...... Date movie is funny but I like the scary movie ones better.

Troy

I watched these this week:

History of Violence
Stars Viggo Mortensen from Lord of the Rings

Lord of War
Nicholas Cage

Count of Monte Christo
Jim Caviezel - Same guy in Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ

American Pie Band Camp
Lame but boobs galore<----:bigthumb:

What did you think of Lord of War?

It's currently like #30 in my queue but I may bump it up if it was funny enough.

I went to see XmenIII it was a great movie,I thought way better than the other two.

My girl friend wanted to watch Mach of The Penguins now she thinks someone should go to the Antarctic and save the penguins because their freezing to death.
I tried to tell her how crazy that was but she says it should be no problem to go down there and build a big barn where they can stay warm.

A Guy a work keeps telling me how good Lord of War was but I haven't seen that one myself.

What did you think of Lord of War?

It's currently like #30 in my queue but I may bump it up if it was funny enough.

Not bad but I would not have paid to see it at a movie theater.

Is is done in quasi documentary style based on so called actual events. Cage..Yuri Orlov narrates the whole thing from how he first got into the arms business to the end.

BTW - The funny part is watching a bunch of Africans disassemble a 40 ton cargo plane is less than 24 hours right before his eyes while he is handcuffed.

I see Fast and the Furious - Tokyo Drift is coming out Friday. Another laughable ricer movie... :)

I wonder how many times in the opening street race they will shift this time?

I see Fast and the Furious - Tokyo Drift is coming out Friday. Another laughable ricer movie... :)

I wonder how many times in the opening street race they will shift this time?

I'll wait until it comes out on DVD video. But just think of all the ricers that will go to see it nationwide. Get my drift...lol. :lol:

Instead of popcorn, will the theaters offer puffed rice???? :lol:

Instead of popcorn, will the theaters offer puffed rice???? :lol:

Lol. :lol:

Speaking with Japanese accent, Ahhhh sooooo deska!!! .......I thought puffed lice.

I was wondering since alot of you know about engines and all, are any of you familliar with gopeds?? im having some engine trouble with mine and was wondering if anyone here would be knowledgeable about them also. in case nobody knows what they are, heres a pic of one like mine http://www.getaped.com/catalog/images/sport-blue-front.jpg

Ha! Ha! Skateboard on wheels. Cool.

It looks like a typical small two-stroke engine. Do you have to premix the fuel with oil. I have a Honda MX bike and have worked on a lot of bikes since I was 13 y.o. but not a Goped.

What problem are you having?

The cars out there never cease to amaze me. The first one seems like it was a conveniently placed piece of HVAC equipment. The second car just scares me :)

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Ha! Ha! Skateboard on wheels. Cool.

It looks like a typical small two-stroke engine. Do you have to premix the fuel with oil. I have a Honda MX bike and have worked on a lot of bikes since I was 13 y.o. but not a Goped.

What problem are you having?
sorry i diddnt mention before, yeah i premix the gas with oil, just like a weed-wacker of course since its basicly the same engine. i cleaned out the fuel filter on it as best as i could, it was really clogged up with alot of crap. sometimes it wont start and other times it will but if i go to accelerate it just seems like it wants to sputter out, and when i ride it while giving it the gas, it just goes slower then the cruise speed (feels like someone is pulling you back) its direct drive so if i completely stop the engine shuts off. i was considering cleaning out the carburator with some carb cleaner, if not ill jus take it to a local place that works on them near my home, just thought id get kinda an idea of what it could be... maybe something easy that i can fix before spending some money on it. :wink:

Mike, many times, small 2 cycle engine carbs get gunked up with oil, especially after setting. The gas in the carb evaporates, and leaves a big oil booger behind. Try taking the carb off and disassembling it, carefully cleaning all the smal passages with spray carb cleaner, and see what happens. My weed whacker was doing the exact same thing, and cleaning it worked. I wish I'd have taken a picture of the "booger" inside, I was amazed it even sputtered.

Jesse, those pics are hilarious. :cwm27:

sorry i diddnt mention before, yeah i premix the gas with oil, just like a weed-wacker of course since its basicly the same engine. i cleaned out the fuel filter on it as best as i could, it was really clogged up with alot of crap. sometimes it wont start and other times it will but if i go to accelerate it just seems like it wants to sputter out, and when i ride it while giving it the gas, it just goes slower then the cruise speed (feels like someone is pulling you back) its direct drive so if i completely stop the engine shuts off. i was considering cleaning out the carburator with some carb cleaner, if not ill jus take it to a local place that works on them near my home, just thought id get kinda an idea of what it could be... maybe something easy that i can fix before spending some money on it. :wink:


On any two stroke motor it is the same as cars when it comes to fuel or ignition. If your fuel and fuel delivery system is OK then check ignition. The small two strokes use a magneto and coil type ignition system since there is no battery so check the spark at the spark plug. Most two stroke ignition problems are spark plug related so you may need to get a replacement.

yeah, i think ill check/get a new spark plug, and clean the carb. those pics are funny too lol, thanks for the advice :)

Happy Father's Day to all of you fathers out there.

I was expecting something for my Grand Prix or any of the cars but I got house slippers instead. At least they fit and are comfy.