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2 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

Got teach those ladies, mine knows how to hook up the Generator when the power goes out, she even put new Calipers, rotors, and brake pads on her truck couple years ago.

she is good at a lot of things , but i'm not riding in anything she did brakes on

11 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

I meant shut off the breaker.

i got ya. not sure she would know 

5 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

Circuit breaker or fuse box.

you would hope the breaker would trip , but if the stove was using the power and just kept getting hotter it could have lit the surroundings without ever shorting enough

well that's bullshit. i had a 99 kenmore flat top , knobs on back panel, digital display. literally got rid of it monday. i am re doing my kitchen , and had moved the range a few times. i come home a few weeks ago, old lady said she baked a cake , and it was fucked up, like wrong temp. she tried to shut it off and it lit both elements, and was over 500f ! she pulled it out and was lucky enough to unplug it. we thought it was from me moving it. so they are full of shit with the dates . we were buying new anyway so it was good timing but if the connector was too hard to get apart i may not have a house. beware even if yours is older

15 hours ago, Deephaven said:

Yes, metro.  Instant you hit CT it gets nice, it's funny.

i go mtb in the litchfield hills. that is pretty nice. the norbrook brewery is cool

https://www.norbrookfarm.com/

On 5/10/2024 at 9:28 PM, Deephaven said:

Go wolves!

Was in CT briefly yesterday.  So nice compared to NJ or NY

you must mean nyc. upstate ny blows ct out of the water

we have some deadly hiking trails that don't have to be deadly. unprepared hikers make the rescue team risk their own lives. one local lost some toes to frostbite saving someone that had fallen in the water. the cliffs here sometimes 1 foot to your side but most are in a few feet. they are saving people in flipflops, no water in the heat of summer, pets, falling and broken bones. last year the water came up and 15 had to be rope rescued back across. no reason to die but it happens. one young girl fell to her death late in the day. too dark for the rescue team , so a few of them camped with her till morning so the animals didn't tear her body up. about halfway through the video you can see some of spots

Tesla have patented their system, named a 'battery management system' (BMS), which also helps keep the battery warm when the temperature outside drops. The Model S uses a pump-based coolant, which uses a water-glycol coolant.

1 hour ago, steve from amherst said:

Monday will be 8 weeks for me. Some cravings suck. others just seam to pass quick.

Gave up the chantix after week 3 . Shit kept me awake all night. Mind going evil places.

 

Good for you man, best decision you have made . I know a guy who bought a new truck, quit smoking. Not brand new but a lot newer. My buddy did Chantix and it worked, but his wife stressed him in to smoking again. He also took ambien for sleep, that he said was evil 

and yes i smoked 4 packs of second hand a day growing up

1 hour ago, XCR1250 said:

Smoking killed almost my whole family, I never smoked and glad I didn't.

right there with ya don. i am the only active non smoker in my family. i have lost most of them. my brother died in july, smoked till he couldn't reach for it. my mom just passed easter sunday. what an awful fucking habit. congrats to those that quit, and for those still at it, do whatever it takes to give them up. 

little johnny gonna get his first piece of ass a lot sooner with girls going camping

2 hours ago, Steve753 said:

Hopefully the chicken is the only thing that's extra crispy.

but it may be finger lickin' good for her!

so hard to make real money. paint is ridiculous. they try to give 150.00 to paint a bedside in red. hold up jack, that doesn't cover the red , let alone the primer, clear, sand paper, power for the booth, gun cleaner, tape, paper , wax, rags , etc. we have an adjuster actually look at the vehicle maybe one out of 50. no joke. now it's "send us some pictures and an estimate" . then they miss the headlight or something that was clearly broken and asked for. now i have to do a supplement because they can't be bothered to do their job. 

what we need is all the body shops to stick together. as it stands if i refuse the 55.00 hourly rate they call joe's body shop and he takes it. if we all stuck together and said no they would have to step up. now they have their own "authorized" shops they try to force them to. in ny state you go where you want to

2 hours ago, J. Jackson said:

In our area ins co's are paying $65/hr for labor and minimal markup on parts. How can you hire good techs?

my argument exactly. they try 50.00 an hour. i ask them , how much do you think a start to finish body man makes? is there any money for the house? " well that's the going rate in your area" bullshit. my rate is 135.00. where else do you see someone choose how much they pay? try that with your insurance premiums

i scored a good one yesterday. i have been looking for an extra kayak to have on hand. feel bad out there killing it and my buddy doesn't have a kayak. marketplace was loaded and one in my town stuck out , no response. i was browsing in the  morning and found it . wilderness systems tsunami 140 , with a rudder. about a half hour away for 550.00. i messaged him, he popped right back, i knew exactly where his house is. i took a buddy just in case. i pull up he's waiting. the boat is a 2020 , he used it 5 times. sweet seat, rudder, 2 hatches, 2 mesh bags on the deck. then he gave me a pump, paddle float, anchor with rope, life jacket, cockpit cover, deck bag , and a carbon paddle. like my buddy said i bought the accessories. the boat without the rudder looks like 1699.00 , rudder is 341.00 on amazon. i got a smokin deal and it's all like new. nice young kid with too many irons in the fire. i'm gonna try it , and maybe switch from my tandem 145t , let my buddy use it. this thing i got today is beautiful. paddle is 349.00 , weighs 26 ounces. thursday it's on !

https://www.confluenceoutdoor.com/en-us/products/tsunami-140-day-touring-kayak/9720408179

https://oklahomakayak.com/products/aqua-bound-tango-fiberglass-2-piece-straight-shaft-paddle?variant=41915802812571

i went on a 12 hour marathon to jeffries. i brought home 20lbs of cod filets. got my money's worth. it was a bachelor party. those guys were drinking and eating. they said in every picture i was fishing. first mate just hung out bullshitting. after a few minutes he asked if i was good . yup. i caught most of what was in the coolers but we split it up. he fileted on the way back. i had to drive back to ny when i hit land so i had no booze. those guys hit land , and were fucked. i left 9pm, they were done. so much for the bachelor party. i had to drink coffee to make the drive home. up early , 12 hours on the boat, then driving home in the dark. i'm a champ behind the wheel, but i'm sleeping by the first stop sign as a passenger . unless i have doubt in your driving...

bodywork is an art. it takes time to become a good all around body man. but caring is from a young age. leaving shit loose and no concern is just lazy people, and no one checking the quality of the repair is more of the same. i deal with a ton of insurance companies . progressive sucks. i have pretty much thrown them out. refusal to pay for legitimate supplement with all the documents. a lot of times it comes down to the individual adjuster. just like extended warranty , some guys are eager to help, others act like it's their own money

local kid bought weed that somehow had fentanyl in it. almost died, they thought he crashed his quad because that's how they found him. in a ditch unresponsive. there are some that became addicted to pain killers after surgery . i was eating percocet like candy on and off for 11 months. 13mm kidney stone stuck in my ureter , took 7 tries with the laser to get it out. 8th time to fix the damage it did to my ureter. i would have a procedure , being in unbearable pain, eat a perc and breathe for few hours. i could feel it after just a few days when i stopped , my body wanted it and it made me feel like i had the flu. i powered through but many didn't. it made me not want to take them but i'm talking pain that on a 1-10 scale is 13. shit needs to be handled with care , plus i am fully aware what happens from that by watching so many others. including personal friends. oh and the worst thing is drinking along with pain meds. don't do that , watched my brother in law get where he could chew 20 hydros in 18 hours and a case of beer. he loved the mix. shit killed him though

we have the striper rush in the hudson river. busy is an understatement. they are getting some monsters. local guy here caught a 17lb brown. i ididn't believe it till i saw it. holy shit

they spawners? we get the big ones usually now. dinner is gonna be good for those boys

season is young but stripers are running as well as herring. smallmouths i think are still coming but they hit last night. many more trips to come

i'm gonna start a fishing thread in the ce to keep the bike thread alive

1 minute ago, XCR1250 said:

Folks taking Fentanyl do it to themselves, no one is forcing them to take that crap that will kill them.

no but they are taxing the system big time. it's in other drugs as well, people have no idea.