Big win by the Canucks over San Jose this afternoon

I tucked the front end coming out of a fast turn today on the dirt bike, slid headfirst for twenty feet right into a cholla cactus.

It's funny how speed doesn't always correlate with how hard a crash is going to be.

Brother, I feel your pain, I ran head first into a large cactus (unsure of species, very long spines) when I was about 7-8 riding my atc. I hit some really soft sand and slid right into it. I had spines in my face, neck, chest, arms, abdomen and thighs. It was fairly bad, nothing in eyes or anything major but my family had to take me to the small fire dept. in Lucerne and have one of those guys pull out the spines with pliers. One of my only vivid memories from my pre-10yeaar old childhood.

that's an arm you sick fuck

Somehow, I got glutened. This is going to be a long Sunday.

So my smoke alarm caught fire in my apartment due to a leak in the roof. Fortunately, I was home at the time so it didn't cause any damage, but it doesn't seem like a good situation. When I disconnected the alarm, the ceiling was dripping with black liquid. I'm not sure what it is, smells like burnt wire, but that might be from the electrical fire and it looks like way past its prime motor oil. Decided to take the wife and cats to my parents for the night rather than risk dying in a fire should something else short out. My little kitten is having a ton of fun at my parents place while my older cat holed herself up in the most difficult to access spot in the house (under the bar, which is solid oak and marble and weighs at least 500 lbs)... 10 seconds after getting out of the cage. Fucking cat ...

smoke alarm caught fire? the irony

So my smoke alarm caught fire in my apartment due to a leak in the roof. Fortunately, I was home at the time so it didn't cause any damage, but it doesn't seem like a good situation. When I disconnected the alarm, the ceiling was dripping with black liquid. I'm not sure what it is, smells like burnt wire, but that might be from the electrical fire and it looks like way past its prime motor oil. Decided to take the wife and cats to my parents for the night rather than risk dying in a fire should something else short out. My little kitten is having a ton of fun at my parents place while my older cat holed herself up in the most difficult to access spot in the house (under the bar, which is solid oak and marble and weighs at least 500 lbs)... 10 seconds after getting out of the cage. Fucking cat ...

Atleast you caught it before it caused more damage.

Somehow, I got glutened. This is going to be a long Sunday.

Brother, I feel your pain, I ran head first into a large cactus (unsure of species, very long spines) when I was about 7-8 riding my atc. I hit some really soft sand and slid right into it. I had spines in my face, neck, chest, arms, abdomen and thighs. It was fairly bad, nothing in eyes or anything major but my family had to take me to the small fire dept. in Lucerne and have one of those guys pull out the spines with pliers. One of my only vivid memories from my pre-10yeaar old childhood.

Sounds pretty bad. Nothing got on my neck or head (neck protector, helmet), just on top of my chest protector, and wrist. I have to say it was one of those "okay here I go" and time seems to freeze. Got up and thought to myself "well shit that wasn't bad.", just bent the bars.

Can anyone explain to me the current hard-on for 4th order bandpass enclosures ? Everywhere I look, it's 4th order this, 4th order that ...

Moron's follow morons

Thats not true. I have a mechanic who is always telling why his bose home theater is far better than mine. I have ask him many times why he is such a moron and he claims he is not.

Home theater use very loosely.

Brother, I feel your pain, I ran head first into a large cactus (unsure of species, very long spines) when I was about 7-8 riding my atc. I hit some really soft sand and slid right into it. I had spines in my face, neck, chest, arms, abdomen and thighs. It was fairly bad, nothing in eyes or anything major but my family had to take me to the small fire dept. in Lucerne and have one of those guys pull out the spines with pliers. One of my only vivid memories from my pre-10yeaar old childhood.

Sounds pretty bad. Nothing got on my neck or head (neck protector, helmet), just on top of my chest protector, and wrist. I have to say it was one of those "okay here I go" and time seems to freeze. Got up and thought to myself "well shit that wasn't bad.", just bent the bars.

You guys built a little more character.

RIP Joe Paterno.

Iconic College Football Coach TOP!

So my smoke alarm caught fire in my apartment due to a leak in the roof. Fortunately, I was home at the time so it didn't cause any damage, but it doesn't seem like a good situation. When I disconnected the alarm, the ceiling was dripping with black liquid. I'm not sure what it is, smells like burnt wire, but that might be from the electrical fire and it looks like way past its prime motor oil. Decided to take the wife and cats to my parents for the night rather than risk dying in a fire should something else short out. My little kitten is having a ton of fun at my parents place while my older cat holed herself up in the most difficult to access spot in the house (under the bar, which is solid oak and marble and weighs at least 500 lbs)... 10 seconds after getting out of the cage. Fucking cat ...

Chances are it was the transformer. Many small transformers such as in lighting ballasts and smoke alarms are encased in a semi-solid oil for cooling (these would be very old), or epoxy for vibration and shielding. When they short out, they melt the liquid or epoxy and it oozes out. It also amplifies the foul odor of burnt wire.

Brother, I feel your pain, I ran head first into a large cactus (unsure of species, very long spines) when I was about 7-8 riding my atc. I hit some really soft sand and slid right into it. I had spines in my face, neck, chest, arms, abdomen and thighs. It was fairly bad, nothing in eyes or anything major but my family had to take me to the small fire dept. in Lucerne and have one of those guys pull out the spines with pliers. One of my only vivid memories from my pre-10yeaar old childhood.

Sounds pretty bad. Nothing got on my neck or head (neck protector, helmet), just on top of my chest protector, and wrist. I have to say it was one of those "okay here I go" and time seems to freeze. Got up and thought to myself "well shit that wasn't bad.", just bent the bars.

You guys built a little more character.

On my way to another ride right now.

At work for one last day this week!

Brother, I feel your pain, I ran head first into a large cactus (unsure of species, very long spines) when I was about 7-8 riding my atc. I hit some really soft sand and slid right into it. I had spines in my face, neck, chest, arms, abdomen and thighs. It was fairly bad, nothing in eyes or anything major but my family had to take me to the small fire dept. in Lucerne and have one of those guys pull out the spines with pliers. One of my only vivid memories from my pre-10yeaar old childhood.

Sounds pretty bad. Nothing got on my neck or head (neck protector, helmet), just on top of my chest protector, and wrist. I have to say it was one of those "okay here I go" and time seems to freeze. Got up and thought to myself "well shit that wasn't bad.", just bent the bars.

You guys built a little more character.

On my way to another ride right now.

Lucky, I'm still without a ride, hopefully I'll pick something up in the next 2 weeks.

So my smoke alarm caught fire in my apartment due to a leak in the roof. Fortunately, I was home at the time so it didn't cause any damage, but it doesn't seem like a good situation. When I disconnected the alarm, the ceiling was dripping with black liquid. I'm not sure what it is, smells like burnt wire, but that might be from the electrical fire and it looks like way past its prime motor oil. Decided to take the wife and cats to my parents for the night rather than risk dying in a fire should something else short out. My little kitten is having a ton of fun at my parents place while my older cat holed herself up in the most difficult to access spot in the house (under the bar, which is solid oak and marble and weighs at least 500 lbs)... 10 seconds after getting out of the cage. Fucking cat ...

Chances are it was the transformer. Many small transformers such as in lighting ballasts and smoke alarms are encased in a semi-solid oil for cooling (these would be very old), or epoxy for vibration and shielding. When they short out, they melt the liquid or epoxy and it oozes out. It also amplifies the foul odor of burnt wire.

That might be it, although it's a brand new smoke alarm. They just put it in about 9 months ago and it has a manufacturing date of March 26, 2009. I came back to check on the place today (mostly because I shut off all the breakers and, once I got to my parents', realized I probably shouldn't have shut off the breaker for the fridge ) and the ceiling is still leaking black shit from that spot and it looks like it's starting to soak through other parts of the ceiling several feet away, so I'm not sure if all the black liquid would be from the smoke alarm.

Might not be. Might be tar from the roof or insulation, sewage from a vent, etc. . .

It's going to really piss me off if I get evicted because they have to do renovations. Due to rent control, I'm paying about $150/month less than tenants in similar apartments.

Also noticed part of my ceiling in my storage closet caved in .... FUUUUUCK !!!!!!