Cancer Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Paintball land mines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Power-ups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER When this many teams are playing the same fields over and over a lot of unbroken paint accumulates. So, yes... Those are all paintballs. Some are broken and some aren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER When this many teams are playing the same fields over and over a lot of unbroken paint accumulates. So' date=' yes... Those are all paintballs. Some are broken and some aren't.[/quote'] Presumably it doesn't count if you take a dive onto an "unexploded" paintball. How can you be sure you can tell the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER You can't. At some events the refs will come and push those out of the way when they're in front of the bunkers like that. Other times, I'll tell the ref, "I just slid into a bunch of paint here... Don't call me out for marks I got from it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER You can't. At some events the refs will come and push those out of the way when they're in front of the bunkers like that. Other times, I'll tell the ref, "I just slid into a bunch of paint here... Don't call me out for marks I got from it." Cool. I figured it was something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER We got 36th out of 100 teams. They took the top 32 on. We suck. There is a bright side. If you placed 33rd your agony would be unbearable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Hey, somebody has to suck hind ***. There was a team we played early that we should have mowed over and didn't. My gun was down from the get-go. We endedup with a draw when we should have easily won. Had we won that game, we would have moved on. Stupid mistakes and dodgy play does not make the cut at National Events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Plus: 3-day weekend a hand. Minus: I have to grade exams, and see if I can figure out why my truck won't start. If I can't do the latter, I won't be going many places, since my wife has to do a lot work-related driving around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Does it turn over at least? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Nope. I think it's stalled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Electrical problem of some sort. The starter switch goes "click", the dash lights go on, nothing else happens. I have to borrow my neighbor's charger again (they were gone all weekend) and get the battery charged fully and see if that does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Once you get it started, try checking the alternator output. IIRC, for most cars (at least U.S. ones) it should be around 13 Volts. If the alternator is good and the battery charges doesn't hold the charge, it's either being drained (minor short or a bad alternator), or it has a bad cell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER And if that doesn't work, then it could be a bad starter, which would be... bad. You might check all the fuses too, I've had it happen on my car where I hit a pothole and broke the starter fuse. I kid you not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well, this vehicle has had electrical trouble before. I was having the battery go from full-up to discharged in 48 hours, but it'd hold a charge when you put it on the external charger. We stopped the problem by pulling out the fuse which was the circuit for the radio & dome light, leading me to suspect that there was something goofy in the radio, which I can live without. FWIW, while tracking down that problem, the battery was replaced; they also said the alternator tested good. This was ... about a year ago, IIRC. I fear that there may be a slow short somewhere in the cab. I know there's a leak in it (I can smell the mildew after a hard rain), probably around the old CB antenna mount on top (that was there when I got the truck), since my kids have reported the ceiling upholstery is wet at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Okay, I take back my previous advice. What I recommend you do now is put your truck in a sack and drop it off a bridge into the river. Then go buy a new used truck. That works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The problem with dropping a truck into the river is that it puts off a lot of pollutants. He can probably leave it in the high desert, or donate it to some unsuspecting charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well, swapping for a new vehicle is attractive, except that we're hemorraging money profusely right now with this trip coming up in 2.5 weeks. The truck's a 1994 Ranger, I've had it since 2001, and it's my experience that all Fords end their lives in a miasma of undiagnosable electrical problems (this is having owned three, for 9, 13, and 7.5 years respectively) ... those problems didn't kill either of the previous two vehicles, but it added to the impetus to dump them and get another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I had similar experiences with my 1988 Ford Escort Wagon. When it blew a head gasket 2 years ago, I decided it was time to junk it -- the price of fixing it would have been as much as (or more than) it was worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER There seems to be a helicopter hovering not too far away. That cannot be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Is it black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Can't see it; it's on the other side of the building from me. Now, that way is also the direction of the I-5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I-5? What state are you in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I'm up in Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER :rofl:Do the following: Go to Google and type in "google Chuck Norris" and hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Read the message. Then go back and change the text to "Chuck Norris" and hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button again and take in the facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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