How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
03-27-2019, 11:25 PM
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03-28-2019, 05:51 AM
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Predator sounds can be pretty effective. I was camping in the woods this weekend and heard an unnerving sound inside of 100 yards five times in 30 seconds. It made it difficult to fall asleep not knowing what it was. Took a bit of searching when I got home to figure it out.
The audio from this video freaked out my cat. Kitty not happy.
An added benefit might be annoying or surprising people in the area.
The audio from this video freaked out my cat. Kitty not happy.
An added benefit might be annoying or surprising people in the area.
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03-28-2019, 11:43 AM
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Florida man dies after trying to remove pet pigeon from power line with ‘20-foot aluminum pole’
A Florida man died this weekend while reportedly trying to remove one of his pet pigeons from a power line by using “a 20-foot aluminum pool pole."
Elian Garcia-Rivera, 36, was electrocuted Saturday in West Palm Beach and found unresponsive near a pigeon coop on his property.
“He attempted to get a pigeon off of the power line in his backyard by using a 20-foot aluminum pool pole,” Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Teri Barbera told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Investigators say Garcia was thrown to the ground after the pole touched the power line. He was then taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A Florida man died this weekend while reportedly trying to remove one of his pet pigeons from a power line by using “a 20-foot aluminum pool pole."
Elian Garcia-Rivera, 36, was electrocuted Saturday in West Palm Beach and found unresponsive near a pigeon coop on his property.
“He attempted to get a pigeon off of the power line in his backyard by using a 20-foot aluminum pool pole,” Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Teri Barbera told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Investigators say Garcia was thrown to the ground after the pole touched the power line. He was then taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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04-02-2019, 05:46 PM
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I thought you guys might enjoy this interaction with a scammer. I received a fax this morning trying to order 2 fuel pumps for a range rover, so I figured I would email the address on the fax.
Ill update if they continue to respond.
Ill update if they continue to respond.
Originally Posted by Me
Salutations!
Thank you for fax message. I hope this email finds you well?
We currererently are in possession of QUANTITY ONE (1) of the WGS500051 engine fuel module for fitment on RANGE ROVER SPORT 2005 – 2009.
To supply you with QUANTITY TWO (2) of aforementioned engine fuel modules it is necesasasasary to order one from the manufactututurer; this will take several additional days. This makes you okay, happy?
We accept several forms of payment including Visa, Master Card, Land Rover Discovery, and Visa as well.
Please proceeed with how you would like to do business in the future,
Dan Haylen
Parts Associate
Land Rover Parts Department
Thank you for fax message. I hope this email finds you well?
We currererently are in possession of QUANTITY ONE (1) of the WGS500051 engine fuel module for fitment on RANGE ROVER SPORT 2005 – 2009.
To supply you with QUANTITY TWO (2) of aforementioned engine fuel modules it is necesasasasary to order one from the manufactututurer; this will take several additional days. This makes you okay, happy?
We accept several forms of payment including Visa, Master Card, Land Rover Discovery, and Visa as well.
Please proceeed with how you would like to do business in the future,
Dan Haylen
Parts Associate
Land Rover Parts Department
Originally Posted by Scammer
Hello. Thanks for your email response, I will like to confirm the price for each pump including the total cost for 2pcs of the pumps and how soon can you get them for me
And what details do you need from my credit card so i can email that to you now
Thanks
Hope to hear from you soon
Erick
And what details do you need from my credit card so i can email that to you now
Thanks
Hope to hear from you soon
Erick
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Hola,
The fuel pumps in which you requequested information on as as follows in the following information:
WSG500051 – Normal Price: $1,189.89
Since you are buying quantity TWO (2) of this partiticular item I give you special “Erick Fox” discount bulk price. The total for both is $2,377.78
Do you need to ship these items to where you exist? We have several shipping methods that we get great pleaeasure from utilizing with our businesss.
The first shipping methodology is to use United Service Shipment Retailers (USSR), the cost for using USSR is very low, only $31 and will take 13 to 27 days depending on location.
Another shipping method is through the Subspace Transporter which is much faster but it has very high price, $249 per item.
Dan Haylen
Parts Master
Land Rover Parts Deportment
The fuel pumps in which you requequested information on as as follows in the following information:
WSG500051 – Normal Price: $1,189.89
Since you are buying quantity TWO (2) of this partiticular item I give you special “Erick Fox” discount bulk price. The total for both is $2,377.78
Do you need to ship these items to where you exist? We have several shipping methods that we get great pleaeasure from utilizing with our businesss.
The first shipping methodology is to use United Service Shipment Retailers (USSR), the cost for using USSR is very low, only $31 and will take 13 to 27 days depending on location.
Another shipping method is through the Subspace Transporter which is much faster but it has very high price, $249 per item.
Dan Haylen
Parts Master
Land Rover Parts Deportment
Originally Posted by Scammer
Hello. Thanks for your email response, You are not shipping them out i will arrange for their pick up when you have them in stock and i will like to ask what details do you need from my credit card to run for the charges so i can email them to you
Thanks
Hope to hear from you soon
Erick
Thanks
Hope to hear from you soon
Erick
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Good day Mr. Man,
You may pick up these items if it suits you. I had hoped that you would like my very sensual shipping services, but alas my advances were rejected.
We should have the other fuel pumping machine in stock vererery suddenly. Perhaps next Tuesday? Perhaps another Tuesday?
As for paymenent methods, I have ONE (1) more option available to you. You can make payment with Amazon gift cards. The most convenient is the $50 cards.
I will give you a special deal, only FOURTY SEVEN (47) quantity $50 Amazon Gift Cards for the TWO (2) fuel pumpers.
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Lond Roper Port Doportpmont
You may pick up these items if it suits you. I had hoped that you would like my very sensual shipping services, but alas my advances were rejected.
We should have the other fuel pumping machine in stock vererery suddenly. Perhaps next Tuesday? Perhaps another Tuesday?
As for paymenent methods, I have ONE (1) more option available to you. You can make payment with Amazon gift cards. The most convenient is the $50 cards.
I will give you a special deal, only FOURTY SEVEN (47) quantity $50 Amazon Gift Cards for the TWO (2) fuel pumpers.
Van Halen
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Lond Roper Port Doportpmont
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04-03-2019, 06:52 PM
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Since you work for a dealer, do you have a take on the Discovery Sport? I had a Discovery Sport HSE Luxury for a rental in AZ last month, and considered posting a rant, but figured forum members are not the target market. When I got home, saw that CR gave it a rating of 36, which seemed awfully harsh to me, even though I really disliked it.
I was really shocked that a 2019 car could have such a poorly coordinated engine/transmission combination. On paper, 286hp and a 9-speed tranny sounds promising.
I was really shocked that a 2019 car could have such a poorly coordinated engine/transmission combination. On paper, 286hp and a 9-speed tranny sounds promising.
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04-04-2019, 07:36 AM
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Since you work for a dealer, do you have a take on the Discovery Sport? I had a Discovery Sport HSE Luxury for a rental in AZ last month, and considered posting a rant, but figured forum members are not the target market. When I got home, saw that CR gave it a rating of 36, which seemed awfully harsh to me, even though I really disliked it.
I was really shocked that a 2019 car could have such a poorly coordinated engine/transmission combination. On paper, 286hp and a 9-speed tranny sounds promising.
I was really shocked that a 2019 car could have such a poorly coordinated engine/transmission combination. On paper, 286hp and a 9-speed tranny sounds promising.
Here is one link, but there are many:
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timei...-reliable-cars
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04-04-2019, 09:20 AM
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Since you work for a dealer, do you have a take on the Discovery Sport? I had a Discovery Sport HSE Luxury for a rental in AZ last month, and considered posting a rant, but figured forum members are not the target market. When I got home, saw that CR gave it a rating of 36, which seemed awfully harsh to me, even though I really disliked it.
I was really shocked that a 2019 car could have such a poorly coordinated engine/transmission combination. On paper, 286hp and a 9-speed tranny sounds promising.
I was really shocked that a 2019 car could have such a poorly coordinated engine/transmission combination. On paper, 286hp and a 9-speed tranny sounds promising.
I wouldnt recommend buying one to anybody I like. The quality is shockingly bad and the parts are very expensive.
We also do Jaguar. Sames story there. For the love of god do not buy that "clean" old jag because it seems like a steal at $5k. There is a reason theyre so cheap used, most of the parts are not available and/or crazy money.
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04-04-2019, 02:22 PM
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My neighbor is the sales manager for a Jag dealership. They were bought last year by a group that doesn’t give him demos or a company car, so he had to buy a car for the first time in 20 years. Since he was spending his own money, he bought an Explorer - would never spend his own money on a Jag. Thought that was pretty amusing, although he never tried to sell any of us on Jag.
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04-04-2019, 05:38 PM
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The first X-type they gave me was in Washington DC. Absolutely detested it. It was like Ford Taurus level of awful, which made a lot more sense after learning that it was, in fact, a re-skinned Ford Taurus.
From then on, if I found that I'd been assigned an X-type at the Big Board, I'd actually go into the office and request a downgrade.
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04-04-2019, 10:25 PM
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04-05-2019, 06:17 AM
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Was the Mondeo the S-type?
I bought a beautiful S-type from a coworker for $500. It only had 80k miles. One of the two fuel pumps was bad, three window regulators were bad, the center console was disintegrating, it had two bad ignition coils (3 liter Ford V6), a coolant leak from the octopus that was the plastic/rubber radiator hose assembly, both outer tie rod ends were floppy loose, and I can't recall what else. I repaired and flipped it and made money. As a Toyota owner I was appalled by the build quality and longevity of the components installed by Ford and Jaguar.
I bought a beautiful S-type from a coworker for $500. It only had 80k miles. One of the two fuel pumps was bad, three window regulators were bad, the center console was disintegrating, it had two bad ignition coils (3 liter Ford V6), a coolant leak from the octopus that was the plastic/rubber radiator hose assembly, both outer tie rod ends were floppy loose, and I can't recall what else. I repaired and flipped it and made money. As a Toyota owner I was appalled by the build quality and longevity of the components installed by Ford and Jaguar.
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