Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
My hope for humanity grew a bit today. Woman in her mid-30s came in with her 10yr old kid, had 2 flat tires and thought it would take hours to do. I asked her if she wanted to learn how, and we spent the next half-hour replacing both tires using equipment they could get at a normal tool shop.
Kudos to you for teaching people your trade.
Oh, I think of it more as life skills. If more people knew how to change/rotate their own tires or do oil changes, we'd see less stories about catalytic converters being stolen and cars breaking down extremely fast. If someone can do those tiny maintenence things and put rain-x on their windows every 6 months, they should realistically only need to see a mechanic once a year.