# NYSpeed Off Topic **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/c/nyspeed-automotive/nyspeed-off-topic/6.md?page=534 [Latest](https://forums.speedlife.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.speedlife.net/categories.md) **Page:** 535 --- ## [Price Gouging Vs the Gas Pump](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/price-gouging-vs-the-gas-pump/50688)
**Author:** [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/price-gouging-vs-the-gas-pump/50688 "2008-06-27T13:22:16Z")
Think logically here for a second (half of nyspeed just logged off, oh noez!) A Gas station pays X amount of dollars for 5000 gallons of gas on monday. During the week, sometimes once a day the price goes up 2 or 3 tim… --- ## [Nice. So my wife and I are headed to Norwalk for this weekend's NHRA race...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nice-so-my-wife-and-i-are-headed-to-norwalk-for-this-weekends-nhra-race/50635)
**Author:** [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nice-so-my-wife-and-i-are-headed-to-norwalk-for-this-weekends-nhra-race/50635 "2008-06-27T13:08:24Z")
I’ve got a good friend who works for US Smokeless Tobacco. She just set us up with hospitality passes for the weekend, and we’ll be able to meet Larry Dixon and Don Prudhomme. Kickass. --- ## [M + M u pull it](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-m-u-pull-it/50390)
**Author:** [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-m-u-pull-it/50390 "2008-06-27T12:54:16Z")
anyone been there in the last 3 days? and 90 - 93 integras in the lot? any Ef hatches? --- ## [For Hire: IT guy.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-hire-it-guy/50685)
**Author:** [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-hire-it-guy/50685 "2008-06-27T12:52:08Z")
\[11:01\] TyrannosaurusCuv: hey mr computer nerd i have a computer related question \[11:01\] SkUnKApE 123: shoot \[11:02\] TyrannosaurusCuv: i got a new office so i had to disconnect my computer and get it out of the way \[… --- ## [Global Warming vs. The Winter Olympics](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/global-warming-vs-the-winter-olympics/50697)
**Author:** [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/global-warming-vs-the-winter-olympics/50697 "2008-06-27T12:44:39Z")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VmYakPORA&feature=related It’s good to know nothing needs to change. Searchy Tags: Grass skiing, toasters, bacon, olympics, Wal-mart --- ## [360\* hologram projector, awesome stuff](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/360-hologram-projector-awesome-stuff/50692)
**Author:** [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/360-hologram-projector-awesome-stuff/50692 "2008-06-27T12:18:24Z")
http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MzMzMjYsLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdCwsLDE= very cool --- ## [Anyone want to design me a web page?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-want-to-design-me-a-web-page/50687)
**Author:** [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-want-to-design-me-a-web-page/50687 "2008-06-27T12:05:21Z")
I’m looking to setup a website for my artwork. Nothing really fancy, but I’d like it to look professional too. Maybe some flash content (if possible). I don’t have a whole lot of cash though… I could do logo design or 3… --- ## [Man torches BMW to protest gas prices, police say](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-torches-bmw-to-protest-gas-prices-police-say/50684)
**Author:** [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-torches-bmw-to-protest-gas-prices-police-say/50684 "2008-06-27T10:31:14Z")
BERLIN, Germany (AP) – A German man doused his BMW with gasoline and torched it Friday in protest at skyrocketing fuel costs, police said. The unemployed 30-year-old man drove a black 1995 BMW 3-series sedan onto the la… --- ## [Missed my court date....now what?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/missed-my-court-date-now-what/50671)
**Author:** [@Poprocks704](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poprocks704)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/missed-my-court-date-now-what/50671 "2008-06-27T08:58:27Z")
So on memorial day I got a speeding ticket on the 290. I thought that I had to respond to the ticket by the 28th of June, well I looked at my ticket tonight and realized that it actually said the 24th of June. I got pu… --- ## [Not a bad way to spend a career...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-a-bad-way-to-spend-a-career/50681 "2008-06-27T08:46:49Z")
Drop out of Harvard. Start your own business. Change the world. Make billions. Retire at 52. :tup: Bill Gates is retiring. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/technology/27soft.html --- ## [Bad accident on the 33 last night?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-accident-on-the-33-last-night/50647)
**Author:** [@Static](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Static)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bad-accident-on-the-33-last-night/50647 "2008-06-27T07:29:23Z")
I was coming home from work at about 11:15 last night when on the 33 overpass over the 90 i see a bunch of ambulances, cop cars and one of those construction lights shining down on the scene. Anybody see or know anythin… --- ## [Sony loses over 3 billion on PS3](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-over-3-billion-on-ps3/50675)
**Author:** [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sony-loses-over-3-billion-on-ps3/50675 "2008-06-27T07:15:01Z")
Damn, I never realized they lost that much! Think you paid too much for your Playstation 3? Don’t expect any sympathy from Sony. In the company’s fiscal 2008 annual report, Sony revealed that they’ve now lost roughl… --- ## [Google street view now has most of WNY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-street-view-now-has-most-of-wny/50678)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-street-view-now-has-most-of-wny/50678 "2008-06-27T07:06:06Z")
Didn’t see a thread about this and I didn’t know about it being available in WNY until just now so I figured I’d post it up. Judging by the landscaping stone in my neighbors driveway and my car parked in the middle of my… --- ## [Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban, Upholds Right to Keep and Bear Arms](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/supreme-court-strikes-down-d-c-gun-ban-upholds-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms/50631)
**Author:** [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/supreme-court-strikes-down-d-c-gun-ban-upholds-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms/50631 "2008-06-27T06:44:19Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/26/scotus.guns/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372041,00.html :tup: Originally discussed here: http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47292 I didn’t bump it thoug… --- ## [Jack Davis wins Supreme Court case](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jack-davis-wins-supreme-court-case/50654)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jack-davis-wins-supreme-court-case/50654 "2008-06-27T06:19:48Z")
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j2hPBi7XMqjdc43fq\_YVCxeAUD-gD91HSV0G0 According to McCain Feingold, if a candidate spent millions of his personal fortune on a race, his opponent was allowed a higher donation limit pe… --- ## [Where do I find Decorative Perforated Sheetmetal???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-find-decorative-perforated-sheetmetal/50669)
**Author:** [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-i-find-decorative-perforated-sheetmetal/50669 "2008-06-27T05:23:03Z")
Short Version: Looking for some decorative perforated sheetmetal; something like: http://www.mcnichols.com/products/perforated/decorative/ anywhere local I could find this?? Aluminum or steel… Long Version: I’m in t… --- ## [So you're driving down the Interstate...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-youre-driving-down-the-interstate/50644)
**Author:** [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-youre-driving-down-the-interstate/50644 "2008-06-27T00:16:10Z")
…and you’re following this: \[http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/06/It\_Is\_Eddie.jpg\] Not a photoshop either. It’s real. --- ## [Anyone else catch that lightning storm?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-catch-that-lightning-storm/50674)
**Author:** [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-catch-that-lightning-storm/50674 "2008-06-26T22:09:59Z")
It was pretty impressive. I know nothing about lightning, but it was not moving, had no thunder and went on for about an hour or more. \[http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/jeremypenfold/IMG\_2475.jpg\] \[http://i16.phot… --- ## [Man Vs. Wild Parties](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-vs-wild-parties/50652)
**Author:** [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-vs-wild-parties/50652 "2008-06-26T22:07:05Z")
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1800887 Use the beads as bait. --- ## [WNY Who's MOPAR garage is this??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wny-whos-mopar-garage-is-this/50649)
**Author:** [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wny-whos-mopar-garage-is-this/50649 "2008-06-26T20:36:01Z")
Found this on another forum… they said it’s a garage in Buffalo, NY. Im sure someone on here knows someone, who knows someone who is friends with the cousin of the neighbor of this guys collection… \[http://i40.photobuck… --- ## [vista and blocked startup programs](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-and-blocked-startup-programs/50561)
**Author:** [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vista-and-blocked-startup-programs/50561 "2008-06-26T20:06:57Z")
How do you unblock programs from starting? The driver for my spaceball is setup to start upon windows starting, but every time I get a message saying “windows blocked some programs from starting” and I have to manually a… --- ## [accident on 90](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accident-on-90/50650)
**Author:** [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accident-on-90/50650 "2008-06-26T18:02:43Z")
fyi, big accident on the 90. traffic at a standstill from walden to sheridan. not positive of which direction, but they just mentioned it on S&R. take a different route if heading that way --- ## [how to fight das boooot](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fight-das-boooot/50659)
**Author:** [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-fight-das-boooot/50659 "2008-06-26T16:31:14Z")
dont know how someone missed this gem… its apparently making it to all of the forums out there HOA member pwns parking co after they start egregiously booting/towing his and other residents’ cars http://forums.vwvorte… --- ## [shooting ranges?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-ranges/50622)
**Author:** [@carl5463729](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/carl5463729)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shooting-ranges/50622 "2008-06-26T16:17:41Z")
i am just looking for an open public range, i will be shooting some pistols and rifles tomorrow. i live in lancaster so hopefully not too far. a couple months ago i went to some place out a little past akron but i dont k… --- ## [Road trip from hell](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-trip-from-hell/50636)
**Author:** [@slasky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slasky)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-trip-from-hell/50636 "2008-06-26T15:47:53Z")
My friend sean and I went out to the Shelby dodge nationals in Detroit and were headed home yesterday. It was an awesome event and I will start another thread about it later. I did win the heads up even at the drag str… --- ## [Bro search... vids](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bro-search-vids/50643)
**Author:** [@almostBrett](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/almostBrett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bro-search-vids/50643 "2008-06-26T15:18:17Z")
just some bro search for you. it makes me lmaf everytime i watch it. thought whoever hasnt seen it yet would also enjoy. watch in order. only parts one and two, if you find the others post them up http://youtube.com… --- ## [Guitar Hero now for Mac :tup:](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guitar-hero-now-for-mac-tup/50648)
**Author:** [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/guitar-hero-now-for-mac-tup/50648 "2008-06-26T13:25:54Z")
\[http://www.thegamergene.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/guitar-hero-for-mac.jpg\] --- ## [MS open Licencing](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-open-licencing/50639)
**Author:** [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ms-open-licencing/50639 "2008-06-26T11:33:28Z")
Anyone on here sell this? Looking for prices for an upgrade at work. --- ## [NBC pulled To Catch a Preditor...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nbc-pulled-to-catch-a-preditor/50630)
**Author:** [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nbc-pulled-to-catch-a-preditor/50630 "2008-06-26T10:37:00Z")
\[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/24/la\_et\_chris\_hansen\_st.jpg\] Anyhow, apparently some dude shot himself when he was asked to have a seat over there. The dude’s sister saw dollar signs and … --- ## [rotating skyscraper](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589)
**Author:** [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589 "2008-06-26T10:36:22Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/index.html \[http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/art.dubai.ap.jpg\] very cool idea, but i personally wouldnt feel comfortable being in i… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/nyspeed-automotive/nyspeed-off-topic/6.md?page=533) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/c/nyspeed-automotive/nyspeed-off-topic/6.md?page=535)