Author Archive for risu

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Mister Entitlement

Published on July 9, 2013 in Culture and rant by risu. Closed

Mister Entitlement leans back in his chair, sliding his butt down to the edge of the seat and extending his feet out at 45-degrees and splaying his elbows out to the sides as he flips the imaginary pages on his e-reader, trying to take up as much of the physician’s office waiting room as possible by himself.

“if you call for an appointment, they have a legal obligation to see you,” he grumbles to his significant other (or babysitter – couldn’t really tell which she was).

He has an appointment, so he is entitled to occupy as much territory in the office as he feels is rightfully owed him!

Ass-Hat in a Cup

Published on July 9, 2013 in Culture, rant and SUAR by risu. Closed

What kind of a dick parks his Nissan Altima in front of the Lion Coffee Cafe’s parking garage entrance so nobody can get in?  A guy with a refillable holiday edition Starbucks cup!

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Less Camry

Published on July 9, 2013 in car and SUAR by risu. Closed

The mid-cycle refresh on the current 9th-generation Civic (FB) makes is look a lot less like a 5th-generation Toyota Camry (XV30) from behind.

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Quality is Job… Well…Something

Published on July 9, 2013 in car, rant, Review and SUAR by risu. Closed

Saw a paper-plated brand-new Ford Fusion today.  The vertical alignment of the trunk was 5mm to 8mm off.  The misalignment was clearly visible where the taillight clusters extended from the unibody onto the trunk lid.  It was even more apparent when the lights were turned on and the thin perimeter lights accentuated the offset.

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Get Kitty

Published on July 5, 2013 in Culture, Gear and SUAR by risu. Closed

“The Company” has served Orca and Mojo with the C & D finally, so get your various Kitty-iterations while you can.  I’m somewhat surprised it took this long, but I guess their clientele generally doesn’t move in tactical circles, so it may have gone unnoticed a lot longer (at least longer than the copyright-infringement diecut stickers).

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Cut out the Middleman

Published on July 2, 2013 in SUAR by risu. Closed

Saw a dog in Kalihi yesterday sniffing his OWN butt!

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Backpedaling

Published on June 25, 2013 in bike, rant and Review by risu. Closed

Chris and Root were at the shop and Chris discovered a 27.5″-wheeled bike.  Chris found it more agile than a 29″, and noted that he could controllably wheelie it.  He and I both noted that it was short-ish, but that was more a contemporary geometry thing.  It definitely didn’t have as much of a toe-overlap issue as a 29″.  Root said after riding it around that if nobody told him it wasn’t a 27.5″, he would have just thought it was a 26″, and really, when you look at it next to a 29″, that’s what it looks like.

So essentially, in reaction to the negatives and limitations of 29″, they came up with something that “undoes” those, and essentially ended back where they started.  Unless you just want to have something new or different, what’s the point in getting the compromise when you can get either an industry-standard 26″ or 29″?   I don’t think the 27.5″ was different enough from 26″ that you’d get any really noticable difference.  Go all the way and get 29″ or stay with 26″.

Nationalist Agendas

Published on June 25, 2013 in car, rant and SUAR by risu. Closed

Does everyone with a Genesis Coupe have something to prove?  Guess what?  I don’t care what the numbers say: Your car is still lame.

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Not There Yet

Published on June 25, 2013 in car, rant and SUAR by risu. Closed

Saw a different Genesis Coupe with what may have been some home market emblems and diecut announcing it’s “KDM” heritage.  Oh, so it’s derivitive and two generations in technology behind everyone else?

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Lipstick on a Pig (3)

Published on June 25, 2013 in car, rant and SUAR by risu. Closed

Brembo brakes on a Genesis Coupe?  That’s throwing money away.

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