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tweezers74 11-21-2012 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Flieger (Post 7106623)
Because I thought I was smart in high school, then I started the Mechanical Engineering program here, along with my classmates who were also the smart kids at their schools, and found out just how much I have left to learn.

I've been doing well for the past couple years, but I have only had a 3.5 average for the quarter three times, let alone a GPA of 3.5!

Ha ha. Sounds like what I went through in college. When I was in high school, grades came by relatively easy for me. Graduated in the top twenty of a class of 820. Then I moved into the honors dorm. Full of freaking geniuses. Scared the crap out of me. Not used to that. But whatever. I used to joke and say I was the most stupid of the geniuses which wasn't that bad. :) then I found later that life is heck of a lot more than your GPA.

Porsche-poor 11-21-2012 09:09 PM

Man busy day. Lots of pages to read.

Flieger 11-21-2012 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Porsche-poor (Post 7106635)
Man busy day. Lots of pages to read.

Busy day and many pages to read, or busy day because you have many pages to read?

tweezers74 11-21-2012 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Flieger (Post 7106628)
Wow, 3.5 in that. I am impressed.

Meh. I think I just got used to it. The thought of not being able to go to school because of financial reasons scared me more than missing out on anything "fun". My thought was I wouldn't even be able to witness college life if I didn't keep my scholarship. I could have gone to school in town where my parents lived but I wanted to experience all of it. Living on my own. I think it was the right choice for me. I still keep in touch with a lot of my college friends.

Porsche-poor 11-21-2012 09:19 PM

Lots to read.

Noah930 11-21-2012 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Flieger (Post 7106583)
I will admit that I wish I had been more social back in the day,

:confused:

One day you will look back on this statement and realize how stupid it is. And that's putting it nicely.

slodave 11-21-2012 10:03 PM

Haha! Yeah Max, "back in the day" for you, was when you were still in your mother's womb. You can revisit that phrase in a few years. :D

Noah930 11-21-2012 10:14 PM

To put it in race terms, you're somewhere at around the 3rd hour at Sebring, and you've already decided to pack it in. Read about how Penske/Donohue fared there in 1969.

tweezers74 11-21-2012 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Noah930 (Post 7106695)
:confused:

One day you will look back on this statement and realize how stupid it is. And that's putting it nicely.

Be nice. We were all young and stupid once. Sometimes I question if I am old and stupid. ;) Probably. But that's ok. You live and learn.

tweezers74 11-21-2012 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Noah930 (Post 7106710)
To put it in race terms, you're somewhere at around the 3rd hour at Sebring, and you've already decided to pack it in. Read about how Penske/Donohue fared there in 1969.

Better. Like this analogy better.

Noah930 11-21-2012 10:19 PM

Sorry, it should be Daytona in 1969. Don't read about Sebring from that year. It sucked for them.

slodave 11-21-2012 10:21 PM

Alarick, no real damage to your rim. Looks like the threads made some grooves in the holes, but very little metal shavings. I'm just glad it didn't come flying off when I was on the 101. :D

Noah930 11-21-2012 10:22 PM

I'm glad, too. Didn't even think about the wheel until you mentioned it. It's usually a bad thing to be on the highway and see one of your wheels pass you by.

slodave 11-21-2012 10:24 PM

It's amazing how fast a blister forms after hand torquing 5 lug nuts every few hundred feet. :D

Noah930 11-21-2012 10:27 PM

It's amazing how long the line behind you gets when you have to stop your car and hand torque the lug nuts every few hundred feet.

slodave 11-21-2012 10:29 PM

Good one, but no. :D I was on the street when I noticed, stuck to some side roads or the right lane so I could pull over.

slodave 11-21-2012 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tweezers74 (Post 7106627)
Good for you, Dave! :)

Thanks!

Be sure to take notes. :) If you're going to do any wrenching, this is the stuff not to do! But also the answer on how to fix an issue, especially when black gold is involved and it's poised to come rushing out. :D

I explained the procedure on FB, but in short, it helped to have another pair of hands at the ready and a strong thumb to plug the hole.

Flieger 11-21-2012 10:39 PM

Ok, "back in the day" was a poor choice of words. I meant back when the dating/going out thing usually starts. If I had been social back then when everyone was new at it, then I wouldn't feel so awkward now.

slodave 11-21-2012 10:42 PM

Plenty of people start the dating thing in college. I pretty much did. I always got the "friends" thing in HS.

slodave 11-21-2012 10:46 PM

Alarick, have your wife pull up my 15 sec vid on FB of my 911 on headers. :) I should have recorded for a few more.


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