What's your favourite thing about Oppo?

by "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
Published 02/13/2017 at 13:48

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We are all on here for reasons, and love it here. Why do you love Oppo?

I like the fact that there is every thing on here: old Japanese tin, some high dollar sports cars, German sports cars, etc. No matter the car we all get along great.

Replies (47)

"random001" (random001)
02/13/2017 at 13:50, STARS: 1

You, alright?! I love it because of you!

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
02/13/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 0

The present lack of Jukes

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
02/13/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 0

Oppo seems rather negative lately, I don’t like that.

"area man" (hurrburgring)
02/13/2017 at 13:53, STARS: 1

I love your unabashed Juke enthusiasm!

"CB" (jrcb)
02/13/2017 at 13:54, STARS: 0

Not the quality of content, that’s for sure.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/13/2017 at 13:54, STARS: 1

NO

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/13/2017 at 13:55, STARS: 4

Absolutely nothing. I hate all of you. TheHondaBro > Oppo

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
02/13/2017 at 13:56, STARS: 0

You knew what you were getting into.

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
02/13/2017 at 13:56, STARS: 8

Banning people

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
02/13/2017 at 13:57, STARS: 1

I like how friendly and normal everyone is here. And the dog pictures.

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
02/13/2017 at 13:57, STARS: 2

Wait, no Kinja. I like Kinja. It’s the only reason I keep coming back here, despite all of the Oppos here.

"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
02/13/2017 at 13:58, STARS: 0

Appreciation for all vehicles in one way or another in spite of different tastes.

‘69 Camaro? Cool.

Fiat 500? Cool.

ZX-12R? Cool.

Concorde? Cool.

M26 Pershing? Cool.

"random001" (random001)
02/13/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 0

I even love that you love the Juke, despite me hating the Juke. It’s all good!

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
02/13/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 1

#JustModThings

"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
02/13/2017 at 14:00, STARS: 6

I seriously appreciate the “be excellent to each other” attitude, both here and in the Facebook group. Even when people disagree there’s (usually) some respect, or someone will step up and call out the disrespectful person. I’m fairly conflict-averse to begin with and I’ve left a LOT of forums centered around other hobbies because of members who spent their lives trolling others or just generally being selfish assholes.

TL;DR: I love you guys!

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/13/2017 at 14:00, STARS: 0

You guys are perfectly cool with my crazy car and personal quirks. And Oppo is in many ways, the Genesis of the new me, so you’re going to be with me until death!!!

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
02/13/2017 at 14:00, STARS: 1

Those meds must be working well.

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/13/2017 at 14:08, STARS: 2

“normal”

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
02/13/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 0

The sound track.

"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
02/13/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 0

Car enthusiasts sharing their lives, car-related or not.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2017 at 14:13, STARS: 0

Hi

"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2017 at 14:14, STARS: 1

We love everyone too. Except that smobgirl.

Just kidding <3

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/13/2017 at 14:16, STARS: 0

Hi

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
02/13/2017 at 14:19, STARS: 0

Everything. People are great, content is 90% great, but the 10% I don’t care for I know other people enjoy. I just enjoy being here. Kinda wish it was a real place.

"itschrome" (itschrome)
02/13/2017 at 14:21, STARS: 1

10 white gelatine sheets

1 carrot

600 g white fish fillet (e.g. monkfish, ling or cod fillet)

1 jar (400 ml) fish stock

1 egg white (M)

1/2 jar (200 ml) lobster stock

125 ml dry white wine

100 g North Sea shrimp

100 g crabmeat (available in the refrigerated section of your supermarket)

1-2 tbsp aniseed schnapps

Salt and pepper

A few splashes of lemon juice

A few sprigs of dill

Summer is on its way, and everyone wants something cold for those hot days. Aspic dishes are positively ideal for light and refreshing summer cuisine. Whether prepared with a bit of spice as a meat or fish entrée or as a vegetable dish, whether served classy or made on a low budget, these jellied delicacies captivate through their wide spectrum of flavour. Moreover, aspic dishes are decorative, simple to make and will keep quite well. Aspic dishes are all-rounders in the kitchen and always good for a very special taste experience.

A well-loved kitchen classic - and that as early as the 19th century

Sweet jellies and spicy aspic dishes were already an established part of aristocratic cuisine as early as the 19th century. To ensure that what was sure to tantalize the taste buds would be a feast for the eyes as well, puddings and cakes were served in a - today unimaginable - diversity of shapes and sizes.
Things became even more extravagant with the luxury dining of the late 19th century. Contemporary courtly and upper middle-class culinary practices dictated the use of different moulds for such dishes as “Sweet Aspic from Danziger Goldwasser” or “Partridges in Aspic”. The sugary or salty elements - meat, vegetables, fruit - appeared to be virtually floating through the clear mixture.

A few tips to keep in mind

Fancy savoury aspics should be prepared with defatted broths since very fatty broths make a cloudy aspic.

Practical for their preparation are stainless steel square baking tins or tureens, because aspics are easiest to remove from these types of moulds. If you briefly dip the mould into hot water, it will warm up the mould, melting the aspic along the edges. This makes it possible to demould the aspic effortlessly. When using other types of materials it is advisable to line the mould with plastic wrap, which makes it easier to lift the aspic out of the mould later.

When the aspic is to be prepared in a square baking tin so that it can later be cut into slices and served, the blade of the (sharp) knife should be dipped into hot water. This ensures that the aspic can be cut through without any difficulty and keeps it from sticking to the knife.

Lots of success in giving it a try!

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Soak gelatine in plenty of cold water.

Peel, clean and cut carrot into thin slices. Cook in salt water for approx. 8 minutes. Then strain, rinse with cold water and drain well.

Rinse fish fillet and slice into bite-sized pieces. Bring fish stock to a boil and add fish pieces. Simmer for approx. 4-5 minutes on a low heat until tender. Remove fish pieces from stock using a skimmer.

To clarify the fish stock, bring fish stock to a boil and mix in egg white, again bringing the stock to a boil. Skim off froth. Add lobster stock and white wine to the fish stock, bring to a boil once and season with salt, pepper, aniseed schnapps and lemon juice. Drain gelatine and dissolve in the hot fish stock.

Rinse a 1.5-2 litre fish mould with cold water. Add layers of fish, sliced carrot, shrimp and crabmeat as well as dill sprigs. Pour fish stock into the mould. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours until the liquid has set.

Serve with fried potatoes.

Tip: Should you not have a suitable mould, you can also use an approx. 24 cm Savarin or rice ring mould.

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15 minutes + cooling time

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Calories: 192

Joules: 803

Protein: 33.1 g

Fat: 5.6 g

Carbohydrates: 2 g

"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2017 at 14:23, STARS: 0

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/13/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 0

I like to think of Oppositelock as an informal version of Jalopnik. I know that Oppo’s more than that, being “officially” off-topic and all, but however you look at it, it’s great that we’re able to have a wider variety of discussions here. Otherwise, we might be limited to the FP’s 20 or so posts per day, or using the search function to join in stale conversations.

Kinja’s a pretty cool platform for the most part, and it’s nice to be able to create & share posts and have conversations without being subjected to the nightmare that some other comment sections have a habit of becoming *coughyoutubecough*.

Oh, and the Rule of Excellence is pretty great, too.

"TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy" (thebimmerguy)
02/13/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 2

I love how everyone is accepted as long as they are nice/follow the rules. We mostly get along and we all share the same passion, cars. Also we can talk about anything we want (though less politics would be nice.) And lastly, we all help and support each other. Overall, the community is really nice here.

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/13/2017 at 14:26, STARS: 0

"In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you" (hoontheangelsing)
02/13/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0

Fishpost

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
02/13/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0

Dank memes.

"In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you" (hoontheangelsing)
02/13/2017 at 14:28, STARS: 1

I don’t know of any ludicrous speeding tickets so I can’t participate in today’s QOTD, but it did remind me of my favorite SR-71 story.

This is an expanded excerpt from Brian Schul ’s book Sled Driver : Flying the World’s Fastest Jet. (which happens to be out of print and ludicrously expensive now, I wish I had bought a copy when I could have afforded it).

There were a lot of things we couldn’t do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. People often asked us if, because of this fact, it was fun to fly the jet. Fun would not be the first word I would use to describe flying this plane. Intense, maybe. Even cerebral. But there was one day in our Sled experience when we would have to say that it was pure fun to be the fastest guys out there, at least for a moment.

It occurred when Walt and I were flying our final training sortie. We needed 100 hours in the jet to complete our training and attain Mission Ready status. Somewhere over Colorado we had passed the century mark. We had made the turn in Arizona and the jet was performing flawlessly. My gauges were wired in the front seat and we were starting to feel pretty good about ourselves, not only because we would soon be flying real missions but because we had gained a great deal of confidence in the plane in the past ten months. Ripping across the barren deserts 80,000 feet below us, I could already see the coast of California from the Arizona border. I was, finally, after many humbling months of simulators and study, ahead of the jet.

I was beginning to feel a bit sorry for Walter in the back seat. There he was, with no really good view of the incredible sights before us, tasked with monitoring four different radios. This was good practice for him for when we began flying real missions, when a priority transmission from headquarters could be vital. It had been difficult, too, for me to relinquish control of the radios, as during my entire flying career I had controlled my own transmissions. But it was part of the division of duties in this plane and I had adjusted to it. I still insisted on talking on the radio while we were on the ground, however. Walt was so good at many things, but he couldn’t match my expertise at sounding smooth on the radios, a skill that had been honed sharply with years in fighter squadrons where the slightest radio miscue was grounds for beheading. He understood that and allowed me that luxury.

Just to get a sense of what Walt had to contend with, I pulled the radio toggle switches and monitored the frequencies along with him. The predominant radio chatter was from Los Angeles Center, far below us, controlling daily traffic in their sector. While they had us on their scope (albeit briefly), we were in uncontrolled airspace and normally would not talk to them unless we needed to descend into their airspace.

We listened as the shaky voice of a lone Cessna pilot asked Center for a readout of his ground speed. Center replied: “November Charlie 175, I’m showing you at ninety knots on the ground.”

Now the thing to understand about Center controllers, was that whether they were talking to a rookie pilot in a Cessna, or to Air Force One, they always spoke in the exact same, calm, deep, professional, tone that made one feel important. I referred to it as the “ Houston Center voice.” I have always felt that after years of seeing documentaries on this country’s space program and listening to the calm and distinct voice of the Houston controllers, that all other controllers since then wanted to sound like that, and that they basically did. And it didn’t matter what sector of the country we would be flying in, it always seemed like the same guy was talking. Over the years that tone of voice had become somewhat of a comforting sound to pilots everywhere. Conversely, over the years, pilots always wanted to ensure that, when transmitting, they sounded like Chuck Yeager, or at least like John Wayne. Better to die than sound bad on the radios.

Just moments after the Cessna’s inquiry, a Twin Beech piped up on frequency, in a rather superior tone, asking for his ground speed. “I have you at one hundred and twenty-five knots of ground speed.” Boy, I thought, the Beechcraft really must think he is dazzling his Cessna brethren. Then out of the blue, a navy F-18 pilot out of NAS Lemoore came up on frequency. You knew right away it was a Navy jock because he sounded very cool on the radios. “Center, Dusty 52 ground speed check”. Before Center could reply, I’m thinking to myself, hey, Dusty 52 has a ground speed indicator in that million-dollar cockpit, so why is he asking Center for a readout? Then I got it, ol’ Dusty here is making sure that every bug smasher from Mount Whitney to the Mojave knows what true speed is. He’s the fastest dude in the valley today, and he just wants everyone to know how much fun he is having in his new Hornet. And the reply, always with that same, calm, voice, with more distinct alliteration than emotion: “Dusty 52, Center, we have you at 620 on the ground.”

And I thought to myself, is this a ripe situation, or what? As my hand instinctively reached for the mic button, I had to remind myself that Walt was in control of the radios. Still, I thought, it must be done - in mere seconds we’ll be out of the sector and the opportunity will be lost. That Hornet must die, and die now. I thought about all of our Sim training and how important it was that we developed well as a crew and knew that to jump in on the radios now would destroy the integrity of all that we had worked toward becoming. I was torn.

Somewhere, 13 miles above Arizona, there was a pilot screaming inside his space helmet. Then, I heard it. The click of the mic button from the back seat. That was the very moment that I knew Walter and I had become a crew. Very professionally, and with no emotion, Walter spoke: “Los Angeles Center, Aspen 20, can you give us a ground speed check?” There was no hesitation, and the replay came as if was an everyday request. “Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground.”

I think it was the forty-two knots that I liked the best, so accurate and proud was Center to deliver that information without hesitation, and you just knew he was smiling. But the precise point at which I knew that Walt and I were going to be really good friends for a long time was when he keyed the mic once again to say, in his most fighter-pilot-like voice: “Ah, Center, much thanks, we’re showing closer to nineteen hundred on the money.”

For a moment Walter was a god. And we finally heard a little crack in the armor of the Houston Center voice, when L.A.came back with, “Roger that Aspen, Your equipment is probably more accurate than ours. You boys have a good one.”

It all had lasted for just moments, but in that short, memorable sprint across the southwest, the Navy had been flamed, all mortal airplanes on freq were forced to bow before the King of Speed, and more importantly, Walter and I had crossed the threshold of being a crew. A fine day’s work. We never heard another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast.

For just one day, it truly was fun being the fastest guys out there.

"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2017 at 14:28, STARS: 0

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
02/13/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 2

1) car interests are usually a secondary thing for most people on here. Most people have some other type of profession that is their primary knowledge.

2) because of that variety, no matter how fucked you are and what it is that is fucking you over, OPPO has the answer. 

3) we know all the coolest cars.

"Monkey B" (monkeyb)
02/13/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 0

a place with like minded people talking about things...more diverse than specific auto forums.

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/13/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 2

Instructions unclear: accidentally bought an MG B.

"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
02/13/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 0

I’m just here for the cash

"andthelike" (andthelike)
02/13/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 0

Thinking about this is actually how I came up with my username. I was thinking about how much I like Oppositelock for all the commenters and the like, and thought that it would be a good username.

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
02/13/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 0

Mutual respect.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
02/13/2017 at 15:05, STARS: 1

"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 0

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
02/13/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 0

I was going to say this

"No Prius Needed" (nopriusneeded)
02/13/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 0

The texture.

"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
02/13/2017 at 15:25, STARS: 1

That’s why you read OppositeBlog .

"itschrome" (itschrome)
02/13/2017 at 16:44, STARS: 0

Actually thats the best possible outcome by following the instructions. Congratulations, you are now a nonlinear, gender neutral who can identify as a toaster.

"Tim Stewart - Scooter Overlord" (xmodfreak91)
02/13/2017 at 20:26, STARS: 0

I love the variety of content, lack of agenda or direction and the cohesiveness of the community. Also the humor. Oppo has mad funnies

"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
02/13/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 0

I really appreciate the genuinely pleasant community. Everyone is generally kind and accepting, and even when disagreements do break out about one topic *coughcoughpoliticscough* we can set it aside and appreciate a stale Lambo joke or horrific dad pun.