rejoice in the increased Illstreet traffic. Now if someone would post something that is mildly entertaining and safe for me to view at work, life would be great.

Ask and ye shall receive

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

http://bp1.blogger.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/RqLBjvOfIUI/AAAAAAAABQs/_jQFFg11BTc/s400/BUD.jpg

Ask and ye shall receive

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

http://bp1.blogger.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/RqLBjvOfIUI/AAAAAAAABQs/_jQFFg11BTc/s400/BUD.jpg


That's depressing as hell!

Here I just did this thing that aligns my views with potential 2008 presidential candidates. Not surprisingly I matched up with Fred Thompson.

http://www.politichoice.com/Default.aspx

That's depressing as hell!


lol, oh... You meant entertaining in the comedic sense?

http://www.youdamnkid.com/

http://www.drmcninja.com/

Yeah most of that was pretty depressing.

the embezzlement one was funny

So the new owners are having problems with their rotary purchase? Thats funny.

I like turtles.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/play/710

old but still funny i think.

Aaaaah! Motherland!

I'm le tired.

Purina Diet

I have 2 Labrador Retrievers & I was buying a large bag of Purina at
Wal-Mart and was in line to check out.
A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no,
I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't
because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50
pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out
of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that
it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply
eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is
nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now
enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.
Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition
because I had been poisoned. I told her no; it was because I'd been
sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.
I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so
hard as he staggered out the door.

A guy walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm. "A beer please, and one for the road."

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

Two cannibals are eating a clown One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"

An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.

Purina Diet

I have 2 Labrador Retrievers & I was buying a large bag of Purina at
Wal-Mart and was in line to check out.
A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no,
I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't
because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50
pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out
of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that
it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply
eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is
nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now
enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.
Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition
because I had been poisoned. I told her no; it was because I'd been
sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.
I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so
hard as he staggered out the door.

Hahahahahah! :rofl:

Chris Farley has been reincarnated!!!!

Chris Farley has been reincarnated!!!!

I would seriously not be smiling if that were my kid.

Yay! Time to go home... There is only so much "Robot Chicken" I can tolerate in one day.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/lolcat_this_is_mah_job.jpg
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/govtvorker.jpg

I'm le tired.

So take a nap. ZEN FIRE ZE MEESILES!

http://f0rked.com/flash/v=endoftheworld

http://f0rked.com/flash/v=endoftheworld

http://f0rked.com/flash/v=endoftheworld

its been a pretty long day at work w/o the rx7 club lounge. I tried using other lounges like the one on my paintball forum...but...its just not the same. so i registered here!:peace:

you could all join vwvortex and make fun of VW owners including myself. I'll start.

"Haha. I own a car that breaks more than any rotary ever!"

Looks like Internet Brands does a real good job of fixing shit.

We could always go start shit on RX8club....

I would think RX8Club would be down too...aren't they all on the same server?

something to kill time

http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html

RX8Club is online but fucked up. I posted and it is not refreshing and updating the thread.

i dont think they plan on "upgrading" anything with this takeover. I think until its offical, the service will get super crappy then once they turn it over, they'll de-fuck the website on the old servers, but will think its better just because we will have forgotten how it was,.


until the master BAW comes back...

BAW will rise again to take down the servers!

Meh, 7 club is down so here I am, at the 7 club penile colony.



...i said penile...

with Alain here, perhaps penile is more accurate than penal...

ha oregan trail...

There are some dick fans on this forum.

and females who actually post. Okay, one. Who claims to have balls. But one with a female icon, at least.

Yeah she does have balls, everyone here has been faked out.

7 club still down...lame lame lame.

I wish they'd bring it up read-only... There's a whole buncha shit I was trying to search for at work today.

These Internet Brands people must not know how to run a place.

Hey it's back up!

Hey it's back up!


Fail.

8 club works, with limited function

The PM function still works on 7 club...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q277/Carlton_Banks/1163260942386.jpg

Purina Diet

I have 2 Labrador Retrievers & I was buying a large bag of Purina at
Wal-Mart and was in line to check out.
A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no,
I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't
because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50
pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out
of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that
it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply
eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is
nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now
enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.
Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition
because I had been poisoned. I told her no; it was because I'd been
sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.
I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so
hard as he staggered out the door.


BWHAHAHAHAhAhAHAHAHAHAHAH!

I have 2 Labrador Retrievers & I was buying a large bag of Purina at
Wal-Mart and was in line to check out.
A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no,
I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't
because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50
pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out
of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that
it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply
eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is
nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now
enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.
Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition
because I had been poisoned. I told her no; it was because I'd been
sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.
I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so
hard as he staggered out the door.

Oh gawd that is funny

10:00PM eastern and its still down.

this is not good lol

LOL marcello, nice avatar...I take it 7club doesnt like it.

24 hours and the shit's still down? These Internet Brands guys really know their shit! They must have like A+ certification or something.

so lame....

http://www.theforumlounge.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2184&stc=1&d=1185417308

Seriously, way to suck major balls. No one even explained anything.

A simple pic would suffice.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/116829941689143.jpg

lol.

Wow, there's a whole shit load of people logged on. So I guess there are more losers like us who hang out on these boards. Welcome!

yup, except our spot is down, so we invaded here.

... so we invaded here.
Sorry, you're 2 years too late.

For real.

Sorry, you're 2 years too late.

Heheh... If only I could transfer my post count ePenis size over here.

Why the fuck are you guys up at 4:30 AM on a Thursday?


Klub is on day 2 of being offline now. Good work on their end.

Fuckin 7 club. I shoulda given up on it a long time ago.

Seriously, for that site being people's main occupation, it sure does fuck up quite a bit.

Seriously, for that site being people's main occupation, it sure does fuck up quite a bit.
Yeah, especially now that it's run by a "professional" company, as opposed to someone who likes to take money for subscriptions and not send them out.

Seriously, for that site being people's main occupation, it sure does fuck up quite a bit.

It's a MAIN OCCUPATION?
Like Sole source of income?
Like bread and butter?
Like how Ryan or Jason or whomever pays the mortgage/rent, taxes, utilities, food, and etc?

WTF? I thought it was a side project or something. I thought he had a day job?

Send a fax or get the Trump to do it?

http://filer.livinginperu.com/business/img/YoureFired.jpg
or
http://www.jhallman.com/bttfprops/images/stories/screenshots/sc_faxyellow.jpg

It's a MAIN OCCUPATION?
Like Sole source of income?
Like bread and butter?
Like how Ryan or Jason or whomever pays the mortgage/rent, taxes, utilities, food, and etc?

WTF? I thought it was a side project or something. I thought he had a day job?

Send a fax or get the Trump to do it?




Yup. This is all that they do.

Yeah, especially now that it's run by a "professional" company, as opposed to someone who likes to take money for subscriptions and not send them out.


I know, I think I got a total of 5 copies of that

lol, your count probably isn't that far off. Back when I was Tofuball's roommate, I think he only got a handful of those things in the mail.

It's not just that they stopped sending them out, but back when they actually did get mailed they would always get to you at random times throughout the year. WTF was up with that whole magazine anyway?

lol, your count probably isn't that far off. Back when I was Tofuball's roommate, I think he only got a handful of those things in the mail.

It's not just that they stopped sending them out, but back when they actually did get mailed they would always get to you at random times throughout the year. WTF was up with that whole magazine anyway?


I don't know, it was really a bad idea to begin with. Consider that everyone who subscribed was a member of the forum, and pretty much got all of the same updates and info off the forum that they printed in the magazine. You're right too, I remember I would get one after a months time, and then 3 months later one might show up, and then one came like 3 weeks after that. It made little sense.

I want to go take a dump on Internet Brands face right now.

Yeah, way to completely drop the ball

Its probably taking them two days to upload all the new banner ads, spyware, and adware to the system. I had a feeling Mark05 worked for those dumb asses.

Their office is like 45 min away from me, I should go shit on some chests.

At least ask them to announce what the hell they are doing. I'm fucking bored!

go to chipotle first.

Two things do not make sense to me, but then again, I really shouldn't care. First off, why would IB come in and buy the Klub and not change it to suit their needs. Apparently some one at IB has blown enough smoke up Jason's ass to make him believe that the Klub won't change. IB certainly has a different (corporate) agenda when it comes to the future of the 7 club.
Second, if they do change it, they are going to lose all of us as long-time members who are the key to their success.
I'm anxious to see what kind of smoke and mirror pony show they come up with to suck us back in and make us happy. Remember, a club is just a name without members.

Chipotle kicks ass

Its probably taking them two days to upload all the new banner ads, spyware, and adware to the system. I had a feeling Mark05 worked for those dumb asses.

You mean the guy that cheated on his girlfriend with her friend, the skanky cheerleader and got pissed because she dumped his ass?

At least ask them to announce what the hell they are doing. I'm fucking bored!
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/excuse_me.jpg

Two things do not make sense to me, but then again, I really shouldn't care. First off, why would IB come in and buy the Klub and not change it to suit their needs. Apparently some one at IB has blown enough smoke up Jason's ass to make him believe that the Klub won't change. IB certainly has a different (corporate) agenda when it comes to the future of the 7 club.
Second, if they do change it, they are going to lose all of us as long-time members who are the key to their success.
I'm anxious to see what kind of smoke and mirror pony show they come up with to suck us back in and make us happy. Remember, a club is just a name without members.


Well, these guys own Audiworld, Corvette Forums, LS1 Tech, F150 Online, Mustang Forums, Harley Davidson Forums, Club Lexus, etc. I just question how exactly these sites fit into their business model. What exactly is their value proposition to consumers? The CEO used to work as a consultant for McKinsey, and coincidentally so did my corporate strategies professor, so I am not going to question whether or not he knows what he is doing seeing as how that is probably the best consulting firm in the world. I personally just don't see how it all fits together, or how 7club adds any sort of value to their portfolio aside from limited advertising dollars.

Take a look at their officers and board of directors, pretty impressive:

http://internetbrands.com/ib/management

"Did you hear that Mr. Hat?" "I sure did Mr. Garrison...what a retard. Heh heh heh heh."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/Tsunami_Bomb/Humor/111.jpg

You mean the guy that cheated on his girlfriend with her friend, the skanky cheerleader and got pissed because she dumped his ass?
That's one of the new site owners?

That's one of the new site owners?

I think he washes their cars and does IT when he is done.

Day 2.................Internet brands = FAIL

i have a theory;


the started backing up the old threads onto their new servers. thinking that they could still run the site while backing everything up they decide to discontinue use of the old servers.

then they backed up the BAW thread...

Haha, it looks like the guys trolling the boards were just low level administrators, especially judging by the looks of their management team.

I sent IB Ryan a pm asking what was going on and it it looks like he wrote back, except the new PM doesn't actually show up so I can't say what the hell is happening.

lol

sounds like the bit off more than they can chew...


IB: " we want the lounge!"

RX7CLUB : "you cant handle the lounge!!!!!"

Open the BAW, and open the gates to hell.
*cue heavy metal music*
:asthanos:

It's weird, I found a link directly to a thread on the 7 club and I was able to open it fine. I just can't get anywhere when I actually go through the site the normal way.

:scratch:

So.........From my thread about Manntis and the changes that are starting to take place.

What were they saying again??? Nothing has changed.....steady drum beat from one mod to the next....no changes, no changes, no changes

I guess they were right and I (as far as Icemark and Casper are concerned) am just a paranoid psycho. Maybe they have a point.

Seriously, is there a point to having that forum?

Divide the forum up into multiple forums:

1st gen specific: www.mazspeed.com
2nd gen specific: www.teamfc3s.org
3rd gen specific: Take it to a mechanic or the dealer.
RX-8 specific: eBay the drivetrain. Who cares about the rest
3 specific: econobox.net
Lounge: here

Internet Brands gets pwned with $0 revenue. Ryan/Jason laugh all the way to the bank.

It seems only fitting as I don't know what Internet Brands is doing, but clearly:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/kirinpoopy/1119855325566.jpg

AND:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j252/Tofuball/SuperFun/81abb5d6.jpg

Leave the rx7 club...that'd be tough :(

Dude, no offense to the people there, but TeamFC3S is pretty bad.

Leave the rx7 club...that'd be tough :(

not really.

Take a look at their officers and board of directors, pretty impressive:

http://internetbrands.com/ib/management


It's common in the business world to pay semi-celebrity businesspersons to sit on your board to give your company some prestige. Odds are Penske has not been to a single board meeting, but cashes a hefty annual cheque for being a "director"

True, but the guy that started it and sits as CEO looks to be pretty big time.

sweet, the 7club is back up :D

Ryan wrote back and said he has been on all week, didn't know that there was a problem.

to me, this smacks of the second dotcom wave. Build an internet presence, convince investors that a presence somehow magically equals profits ("Google bought Youtube - eyes have value!") and go public, reaping short-term gains on your own shares. The fact that they're filing to launch an IPO seems to indicate this strategy is in play.

And once the IPO has played out.....sell your stocks and damn the forums you now control.

to me, this smacks of the second dotcom wave. Build an internet presence, convince investors that a presence somehow magically equals profits ("Google bought Youtube - eyes have value!") and go public, reaping short-term gains on your own shares. The fact that they're filing to launch an IPO seems to indicate this strategy is in play.


Oh yeah! It's going to happen again. Grossly over valued companies that have no real tangible assets. You'd think people learned their lesson.

when have people learned their lesson?

Not in a LONG time, I'd say...

“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”
-George Santayana

Dude, no offense to the people there, but TeamFC3S is pretty bad.

its a good forum just not a lot of action...the same goes with nopistons

Not in a LONG time, I'd say...

“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”
-George Santayana

See also: Coalition in Afghanistan / Russians in Afghanistan / Brits in Afghanistan... etc.

See also: Coalition in Afghanistan / Russians in Afghanistan / Brits in Afghanistan... etc.

http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/iseewhatyoudidthere-42075.jpg

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
and go to your gawd like a soldier.
~ kipling

The brits experienced a rapid "victory" in Afghanistan, then faced a long war of occupation that was one of the resource-draining things that brought down their empire.

The Soviets experienced a rapid "victory" in Afghanistan, then faced a long war of occupation that was one of the resource-draining things that brought down their empire.

The Coalition experienced a rapid "victory" in Afghanistan... perceive the pattern?

Oh, I did... I just thought the picture was relevant to your statement :D

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
and go to your gawd like a soldier.
~ kipling

The brits experienced a rapid "victory" in Afghanistan, then faced a long war of occupation that was one of the resource-draining things that brought down their empire.

The Soviets experienced a rapid "victory" in Afghanistan, then faced a long war of occupation that was one of the resource-draining things that brought down their empire.

The Coalition experienced a rapid "victory" in Afghanistan... perceive the pattern?

But long drawn out wars have always been good for our economy.

foreign wars, yes. For the most part - as in those directly benefiting from (Haliburton, anyone?). But the example I cited were not good for the national economies of those involved.

Wars on a nation's own soil are another matter. After the economic and manpower drain of Afghanistan (and some skirmishes in Africa), the two world wars caused Britain to shrivel from an Empire where the sun never set to one deep in darkness; an almost irrelevant island nation.

hrmm. When the club is down, people flood in here to say what a POS it is. Then it comes back online, and no new posts here for 2 hours. Fair weather friends?

Facts is facts, traffic here sucks and there isn't enough fresh targets for ridicule to keep me entertained.

hrmm. When the club is down, people flood in here to say what a POS it is. Then it comes back online, and no new posts here for 2 hours. Fair weather friends?

Just following the crowd.

There is a reason I've only got two posts over at MazSpeed and had to have the password and login info e-mailed to my new address versus the several thousand posts (Post 2001 crash... Prior to, I had a thousand as well.)

More traffic leads to more info in tech sections and more entertainment when it comes to off topic shit.

However, I'm starting a migration to the "indie" sites listed above, as I don't like the thought of the forum going down after IB goes under.

I'm not being defensive, you're being defensive!

dang. Didn't work.

I'm getting a 504 Timeout error. Anyone else getting it?
I think the shit's down again.

EDIT:

Nevermind. DB failures all around (7 club, 8 club, 3 club)

Response clock started at quarter to 7 on the 2nd of August... I really hope I don't have to put a year in... :p

I'm getting a 504 Timeout error. Anyone else getting it?
I think the shit's down again.

EDIT:

Nevermind. DB failures all around (7 club, 8 club, 3 club)

Response clock started at quarter to 7 on the 2nd of August... I really hope I don't have to put a year in... :p

Typically not up that early?

DB always goes down then.

The only section there worth looking at is the other engine conversions forum. As RX7s age, people keep abandoning their rotaries in greater numbers. The idea of putting something worthwhile in the engine bay is no longer an affront to rotary worshippers across the land, as even they have popped a few and know what it's like to see their freshly waxed chassis on jackstands.

The only rotary I've ever "popped" was due to a coolant hose failure on the highway. That exception notwithstanding, I've not had a 12A or 13B-EGI blow an apex seal, lose oil, or otherwise go kerblewy.

I have! But I have my replacement.

ive never blown a rotary on any of my cars yet, but i have had way more problems with a few of my piston cars.

I've blown up a 13B before

I hydrolocked mine by going through a flooded road a little bit too fast.

Damn. I blew an Apex seal while coming out of a corner at about 8500 RPM in 2nd gear.

not me! tip top
Wait, you still have your fd?

Just face it: 1.3 litres is damn small for something that is supposed to be a fast car. Who wants to mess with all that extra plumbing, gauges, tuning, and fear of cops when Real American Muscle is readily available, affordable, smog legal, and a lot more fun to drive? Now you don't have to settle for the American chassis too, you can combine the best parts of RX7s and Muscle Cars. It's like genetic engineering of automotive technology. All cool cars are underpowered or too expensive for anyone other than jimlab or 2ndgenRichGuy.

:D

Just face it: 1.3 litres is damn small for something that is supposed to be a fast car. Who wants to mess with all that extra plumbing, gauges, tuning, and fear of cops when Real American Muscle is readily available, affordable, smog legal, and a lot more fun to drive?

And lopey, unbalanced, unsophisticated...

If you really want piston power, put in a flat crank V8 or even a 2.2l turbo.

I blew a muffler bearing on the highway once...

Clearly you had a blinker fluid leak that cause danger to the manifold.

Lopey? Unbalanced? Get off the urban legend wagon, dude. V8 RX7s dominate autocrosses and shame all rotary powered RX7s whenever they are tested back to back with an equal driver in each car.

Lopey? Unbalanced? Get off the urban legend wagon, dude. V8 RX7s dominate autocrosses and shame all rotary powered RX7s whenever they are tested back to back with an equal driver in each car.

So who's arguing rotary v. V8? I said Detroit V8s are lopey and unbalanced compared to flat crank V8s. And they are. Fucking read before commenting.

Fucking chill out dude, I didn't mean to step on a nerve.