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  1. Comment on Fortnite looks to be coming to Nintendo Switch in ~games

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    Recently I moved in with some family in order to pool resources and help each other out. One of the benefits is that I'm sharing space with my teenage nephews who are getting into gaming. we made...

    Recently I moved in with some family in order to pool resources and help each other out. One of the benefits is that I'm sharing space with my teenage nephews who are getting into gaming. we made a gaming room with two big screen TVs, two XBox Ones, two Ps4s, and an assortment of older gen consoles (since we were pooling both of our gaming collections). I'm very much looking forward to Fortnite on the switch, not because i care about it that much, I haven't been into first person shooters in half a decade, but because the switch is portable and we can all play together. Right now we play 2 of us on PS4s and 1 of us on a PC, but hopefully we'll be able to cross platform play on the switch and whatever other combination of consoles we need. Thats the dream, at least, to take it back to the feeling of lan parties from back in the day. We will see how it works out once its released and if theres any cross platform for it.

  2. Comment on Car/motorcycle modifiers, restorers and racers... what do you drive, and what have you done to it? in ~hobbies

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    When i started working on cars (and computers, coincidentally) it felt really daunting, until my step father threw this little bit of wisdom my way: "Think about most mechanics you meet. Some are...

    When i started working on cars (and computers, coincidentally) it felt really daunting, until my step father threw this little bit of wisdom my way: "Think about most mechanics you meet. Some are really smart, and some... not so much. They are just people, not magicians or anything. You are at least as smart as the dumbest decent mechanic, if they can figure it out you can too. its not about being smart enough to do it, its jut about know what to do, and when". Regardless of how true that was, i took it to heart and kind of applied that thinking to everything from building computers to handyman work and my career in finance. I might be rambling a bit since you posted a topic I care deeply about, so sorry for that.
    Why do I modify things? Because I can. The first thing i ever modified car wise was my 1988 Camry Station Waggon radio. I hated the cassette tape deck it came with. bought a new cd player with an Aux Jack (it was 2006) and wired it all up. Its a shame the thing got stolen about 2 months later but it made me realize that I can upgrade the bits i don't like without having to pay for upgrading things i don't care about.

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  3. Comment on Car/motorcycle modifiers, restorers and racers... what do you drive, and what have you done to it? in ~hobbies

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    In the 10 years i have been driving, i've owned over a dozen cars and 4 motorcycles.Not all were "projects" and some invited being modified more than others, like the beater 1971 VW Square-back i...

    In the 10 years i have been driving, i've owned over a dozen cars and 4 motorcycles.Not all were "projects" and some invited being modified more than others, like the beater 1971 VW Square-back i picked up that was already kind of thrashed so i slammed it and murdered it out. Right after i picked up a 1974 Alfa romeo GTV Veloce that i did my best to keep as close to stock as possible. the 1964.5 Mustang coupe was previously a drag racer and was already modified to hell before i blew it up. On my newer cars, it was usually more of a utility thing, like my 17 Tacoma long bed that i turned into a bit of a bug-out camper with an insulated shell and aux power. I also had a brand new 14 genesis coupe r-spec 3.8 that only ever had cosmetic things like wrap and wheels done to it. surprisingly enough my WRX stayed stock for as long as i owned it.
    As far as motorcycles go, my DRZ had functional mods, like a larger gas tank and suspension. My victory hammer S i chopped the rear fairing and did the breathers. Then i moved onto a harley wide glide that slowly turned into a bagger, with a huge fairing, pin-striping, highway bars, bags, sissy bar, the list goes on. Now i have a 2018 low rider and while I've only had it for 10 days (and 800 miles), I'm looking at wrapping it (since im over having a black Harley like everyone else) and doing the seat and a sissy bar (thinking of being really stupid about it and wrapping it in a matte Tiffany blue with a better seat re-upholstered in Louis Vuitton printed leather. because fuck it).

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