@xanthia I had a broken petcock that leaked too much fuel into the cylinders, which then overflowed into the oil reserve. Once the engine warmed up, it spit a mixture of fuel and oil up the breather line onto the top of the hot engine and I was riding napalm. Luckily, I was wearing full gear so I could brake and bail without getting hurt :)
@xanthia California seems like a better fit for a motorcycle fiend! I used to have a '78 Yamaha XS750 Special, but I could only ride it for 4 months of the year.
...also, one time the engine lit on fire while I was riding it down the highway. The switch to fuel injection was a good one.
I'm not saying that #Canada is perfect. There's still a lot of anti-immigrant sentiment, our treatment of Native peoples is appalling (Yes, a lot of us see the irony), white nationalism is growing, and we have our fair share of right-wing conservatives that want to slash social programs in favour of corporate interest.
A lot of folks think that this is because of American influence, but those elements have always been there.
Everyone always asks why #Canadians are so laid back. Well, for 5 months of the year it hurts to breathe. Where I am, daylight starts at about 10:00am and fades by 4:00pm. Our wildlife consists mostly of hormonal killing machines. It's our favourite season!
Once you've established that baseline, who someone shacks up with seems... trivial? #Canada #spring
Today water fell from the sky as a liquid, not a solid. About a dozen people left the offices just to stand in it and laugh!
@areyoutoo @polymerwitch Glacier: You stopped feeding your cat months ago. It's probably fine.
@DarwinsToffees Mute means that you don't see their toots, but they can see yours. Block means that you don't see their posts and they can't see any of yours.
@erikfriesen @Steel_Virgin @eBrnd All it needed was a good night's rest :D
@Zenwood It hasn't been a great week.
If you ever think you can't look up anymore... remember that the Tony's are still a thing and they are INCREDIBLE. #art #humanity #musicalresistance!
Don't be ashamed or afraid if you're not able to process what's happening tonight. We're all fighting for ourselves, and others. Everyone has their limit, and every day hurts or helps people differently.
Just because someone is hurting worse, doesn't mean you aren't hurting. That's the great thing about communities like those that are growing on Mastodon. When you can't handle anymore there is someone who can and will. #selfcare
@brunodias Press WinKey, type "Dis", hit tab 3 times, swear a little
LB: the whole point is NOT that people literally want to be unaware of what's going on in the world / politics.
but when you are feeling depressed, overwhelmed, and out of control because you're so afraid and sad about the world, it's nice to have a place you can go to chill out and take your mind off it, that doesn't throw all those things in your face every 5 seconds. Hence the content warning insistence.
IT'S EASY FOR YOU (one click), and can be invaluable to somebody else's mental health
@phae Chiming in from Canada, I got a really weird look when I told my friend "Take your time getting ready, I'm just tooting over here"
@Qantumentangled I'll pick up the soundtrack then!
@jerry *Fire up the monster truck engine in his office*
"Finally, I can focus!"
@cphuntington97 Sometimes? Sysadmining is like skydiving. "If this works it's going to be awesome...."
@sapadian It's a unicode character, anyone can put it in their name. It's a running joke that Twitter handed out checkmarks for 'verified' like they were medals, and here anyone can have one.
@jerry I destroyed a lot of hearing standing 2' from the speakers at the loudest shows I can find. I think it's the reason my musical tastes have shifted because the growl-metal style is incomprehensible to me. #NoRegrats
It's probably the reason why my go-to "Everything is on fire" album is currently the new DOOM soundtrack! Gimme that double-bass!
