New car: Chargerelli and the Challengiere.

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so here is the situation guys

Ill be traveling in southeast asia for a bit and then heading over to Ireland for a week or so.

I've found myself with up to 5 or 6 days to get from bangkok to dublin, do you guys have any suggestions on some place to go for those days, perferably "on the way" to Ireland.

I'm thinking Madrid or Barcelona would be nice to see, maybe Paris, but i'm open for any other options

The gist: Made by Isaac. Need 4+ point harnesses.
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It'll give you info on the design, testing results, and how to order it. I chose to not throw up ordering instructions on purpose.

The club ought to think of purchasing one or two.

Here is what you can put in your calendar for tentative dates of this semester's events. We'll be working on making these happen on the below dates and hope to stick to this schedule.

Spring 2009

January 26th, Monday - Student Organization Night

January 28th, Wednesday - Convocation Center Cleanup

February 20-22, Weekend - NASA @ VIR

March 22nd, Sunday - SCCA Autocross @ Verona

March 27-29th, Weekend - NASA @ VIR

April 3rd, Friday - Fast and Furious Movie Debut @ Theater

April 4th, Saturday - Spring Motorshow

April 19th, Sunday - G-Force Karting

April 25th OR 26th, Weekend - Scenic Cruise to Charlottesville/ Shop Visit/MM Burn-it-Down Reunion?

There will also be various smaller events planned as we go along like local cruises/hangouts and such.

JMU Schedule

March 7 - 15 - Spring Break

April 11th and 12th - Easter Weekend

May 3 - 9 - Final Exam Week and Graduation

Why not?

A little history about the car. My parents are the original owners, but my mom drove the car the most. The car was bought in Germany and driven there for almost 2 years. YES, it's been on the autobahn, and YES my Dad pegged the speedometer (130+ mph).

Anyways, my parents drove the car until around 1998, when my mom got a new car. From then until 2004 when my older brother started to drive, the car sat in the garage for a couple of years, and then out in the street for a couple more, which is why it has relatively low miles to be a 20 year old car. My brother drove the car for a year, but did nothing to it but wear the clutch down, and I've been driving the car since 2005, slowly working on it.

This model Accord is not a popular platform to modify, but I've always wanted the car and I'm working with what I have. I'm the first to admit that's its not the quickest thing out there (its a Honda), but it is not slow by any means and is SO fun to drive, mostly because of its low curb weight and tight steering feel. Plus its reliable as hell, and i just got 32 mpg on my last tank of gas.

I'm working on a mod list, but for now here's some pics of its "stages" during my 4 years of ownership (well, from the time I bought my first camera). (from oldest to newest)

So I was being lazy today and watched some of it and was pleasantly surprised at the sale prices. Looks like the stratospheric values on old school muscle are finally coming down to within reach of the "regular" enthusiast. Anyone else catch any of the auction?


My personal favorite of the day: 1970 Grabber Blue Boss 429 Mustang

So, the other day my girlfriend is like, "Hey, Matt there is some salt or something on your bumper. I think it may be a scratch." So, I go look at it and there is this giant bumper rash on my bumper. Pretty bad definatley not going to come out with some elbow grease. No note, no door bell.. nothing. I haven't driven my car for at least a week. And it was not there before because I would know if i back up into something. Therefor the suspect could have been from only one spot.... my neighbors house. So, I did a llittle looking around and invetigating. The paint reminance on my bumper was white. So, I look across my driveway towards my neighbors side and I see a white car. Then I look at her bumper and there is a little red scratch on her white car. Hmmmm...... So, I go ring the doorbell. And I ask them about it everyone looks around at each other..."oooohh oooh it wasnt mee no no. " me- "Well there is white paint on my bumper and red paint on a white cars bumper." Ooohh really??? S That's my car...... So, she goes outside and looks at it and is obviously feeling a little guilty as she asked, "how can I fix this" "Can I buy you paint" "I'm sorry". So, I told her I would get a quote on repainting it. and she basically agreed to pay. I then took some pictures of everything.


6 minutes later she rings on my doorbell. I am in the middle of internet poker so.. this is just really something I want to discuss right now. So she comes back and says "when you get the quote can we talk about this? I don't want to give you money and then you fix your car." So, I tell her that basically I'm not going to help her pay for something that she did. And if you give me money to repaint my bumper im going to repaint my bumper.

Next, Day. hahah she brings her boyfriend over I guess to intimadate me? I wasnt home though.

So, basically what would you reccomend I do in this situation? Call the cops? Take her to court?

My laptop got a little infection from "defender review" so I went online and found how to remove it. I deleted the appropriate file but in doing so I had to end tasks from task manager until the program wasn't running. I started ending the "process tree" as well (whatever that is).

The file was in a hidden folder in the Google folder. There was also a file with extension .dll that I deleted because it was created at the same time as the known harmful file.

Since then, I can't open any Office programs and get the message "Operating system not currently configured to run this application".

If I uninstall and reinstall the OS (XP Home) will I need to backup all my files first? Is there something less drastic that may work?

How about a reset button

Kinda sucks...

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So my 8 year old monitor is about to die. It's gotten to where it shakes some of the them, after it's been on for a few hours. Sometimes it's really bad and sometimes it's rather slight, but it's certaintly about to die. Anyone have a flat-screen monitor they don't need and would like to unload for a decent price? Let me know. Thanks!