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Chain her to the stove!

Duh. 12 X 2 = 24.

Don't let models fool you. That XBL motor will be far more linear than the modeling will show you. That explains the odd modeling as I didn't know it was a XBL design. I am assuming it is a newer Maelstrom. The original Adire Maelstroms were conventional motors, basically big ass Shivas, but anything with the Maelstrom moniker over the past 5-7 years are XBL based.

Asus dark night. Or whatever the current version is. Mine is the original and has higher penetration through problem walls etc but slightly slower speed. That is the absolute best. Bar none hands down. I'll second that. I have one as well and it totally kicks ass.

Don't let models fool you. That XBL motor will be far more linear than the modeling will show you.

My Nemess fucking rocks. There is a Nemesis Copper clone that is out there... I want it for work.

Vape porn, finally... Atmomixani Nemesis Vape Pit Edition with Footoon Aqua rebuildable atomizer head. The Nemmy is in shorty mode, and the head is very big. The Nemesis in this mode is super tiny but heavy. Nemmy in shorty mode and the eVic in long mode. The Aqua head is a tad larger than the Russian head. Nemmy in full size (18650 mode) and the eVic in 18650 mode. New toys and old... Nimbus dripping atty, Nemmy and Aqua, my old eVic and Russian 91%, and my Kayfun clone. Nemmy with topless Nimbus rolling cloud... Nemmy and Nimbus rolling. Sorry, but getting a real Nemesis is a pretty big deal in the advanced vaping community, so I am pretty excited.

Got my Nemesis and Aqua today. OMFG is it a sexy pair. I mean, super sexy. I also got some mid sized batteries. The Nemesis has several tubes for different batteries. The mid sized batteries got red hot and shut down when I paired them with my Aqua. My Aqua is a very low load, and the battery couldn't handle it. My big and small batteries are fine though. My Nemesis with the big battery is the same size as my eVic with the small battery, with the small battery it is downright tiny. It hits like a hammer. I tried several tanks with the Nemesis, and without any modulation the flavor is different, and better. It is smoother and there seems to be more flavor nuances with my juices. But the Nemesis is a pain in the ass. There are so many adjustments. Adjustable firing pins, adjustable positive pin, adjustable trigger travel. Whenever I swap batteries I have to adjust everything. Whenever I swap tanks I have to adjust everything. I have several 18650s (big batteries, the part number indicates it's size; 18MM in diameter, and 650MM tall) some with top buttons and some with flat tops, 2 18490s (mid sized 18mm dia, 490mm tall) both with buttons, and 3 18350s, 2 with buttons and one without. I think I am just going to buy all one brand and all with buttons so I shouldn't have to adjust when swapping batteries. I also think I am going to stick with 1 tank on it, so I don't have to adjust it. I like the Aqua, but it is a 21mm tank, and the Nemmy is a 22mm tube, not really noticeable, but I know it. The Aqua is a motherfucker to build too. Tiny ass dual coils are tough to get into the terminal posts. I am going to grab some smaller wire and hope it is easier to build. But I am going to grab a few other tanks to work with. They are just so fucking expensive that I don't want to keep buying them. The Russian is $95, the Kayfun Lite is $100, the Aqua is $175, I have all 3... I also want to try a Squape and a Taifun GT, each is another $150. Plus I want to play with drippers. I bought a Nimbus and also want to try a Cyclone, and a Trident. A local vape shop has a genuine Trident for $125, which is super cheap, and the Cyclone is somewhat more affordable. The Nimbus is a PITS to build. It is dual coil, but it uses 3 posts so it is easier to build from that perspective, but it uses tiny holes instead of screw posts, and the deck is so tiny and hard to build on. /end rant. Pics? Tomorrow... I am going to bed now.

My youngest will be 16 in February. My oldest is 28.

yeah. lsd sucks in the snow.

Which Protank? 1, 2, or 3? I have a 2 and 3 and like the 2 better. I was frying coils in my PT3 every 2 days or so. But the PT2 is solid. Very nice. Not trying to bury your thunder... But I have amazing vape mail coming tomorrow. I am super stoked. I have a Nemesis arriving, an Aqua Atomizer, a Kayfun clone which is similar to my Russian, and a few batteries. The Nemesis is a HUGE deal. They build them only 2 or 3 times a year and if you are lucky, you can snag one within a few hour window. There are currently (after this run) less than 1000 built in total, not just this run. It's a big deal. That's what you get for running Korean. If it was Chinese built you wouldn't fry ur coils. Smokin all that dirty power is bad for you. Everything I have is Chinese and US built... not Korean. I authenticated my eVic and Kangers. Both were authentic... Remember, eVic is Joyetech, and Joyetech started the eCig as we know it. They are Chinese. The eVic also uses buffering so as not to spike their PWM VV/VW chips, similar to a Provari. Now my Greek mod coming tomorrow... did I mention how fucking stoked I am?

Which Protank? 1, 2, or 3? I have a 2 and 3 and like the 2 better. I was frying coils in my PT3 every 2 days or so. But the PT2 is solid. Very nice. Not trying to bury your thunder... But I have amazing vape mail coming tomorrow. I am super stoked. I have a Nemesis arriving, an Aqua Atomizer, a Kayfun clone which is similar to my Russian, and a few batteries. The Nemesis is a HUGE deal. They build them only 2 or 3 times a year and if you are lucky, you can snag one within a few hour window. There are currently (after this run) less than 1000 built in total, not just this run. It's a big deal.

Been drinking a lot of high gravity stouts lately. Figured I would share some of my opinions on the best, and worst, I have tried over the last 2 or 3 weeks. First, I hate IPAs... No, I really hate IPAs. Ales just suck, no matter how you color them... although admittedly I occasionally enjoy a cherry wheat when it is hot out and I am feeling a little foo-foo. I am a big fan of lagers in the summer, but during the winter I like a heavy stout. Not a porter, not a bock, I like a stout. I have recently ventured out into chocolate stouts. I have become a big fan of them... HUGE fan. I have always liked heavy milk stouts and double stouts, but the chocolates are amazing. I have also tried some bourbon stouts as well. I am going to share them in the order I would buy them, cost and price considered. In at least one case (Dragon's Milk) I have placed it lower on the scale just because it is so fucking expensive, and IMO not worth the money. I will rate them from 1-100 after my input on them, based solely on flavor not price. Southern Tier Brewery's Choklate is fucking amazing. Far and away my favorite beer of all time. It is really heavy, has an extreme bitter chocolate flavor, and enormous alcohol content. The head is darker than any I have ever seen, and it tastes like bitter bakers chocolate. Interestingly, you don't taste alcohol at all. It is extremely filing, and will flat out get you fucked up. I grabbed one on tap at lunch one afternoon and inhaled it in ~10 minutes. I ordered a second and about half way through it I realized I was pretty well buzzed. It is labeled at 10% alcohol, but it hit me like a fuckin' hammer. It is spendy; on tap we paid $8 for 12 ounces, and in the store I only found it in 22s at $9 apiece. I drank 3 one night after work, and split one with a co-worker... I should not have driven home. I am hesitant to give anything 100, and I have vasilated on my rating while writing the rest of my reviews out, but I simply cannot give 100 to anything I am not in love with. So I give Choklate 100. Brooklyn Brewery's Black Chocolate stout still sits near the top of my list. Choklate edges it out overall, and I feel that the Choklate is even worth the extra money, but since Choklate is so damn hard to find, Brooklyn is an easy "hell yeah". Brooklyn is not as heavy as the Choklate, but it is still very full. The alcohol flavor and aroma is really strong, and it is also a 10% brew, but I think it is an honest 10%. Chocolate flavor is slightly sweet and really nicely balanced with bitter stout. I pay $9-10 for a 4 pack. This is a brilliant stout. If the alcohol flavor and aroma were a bit less, this would score higher. It is no a knock on this beer, it is incredible, but it could use a little more balance. 97 Southern Tier again visits my top 3 list with their Double (2X) Milk Stout. I like a nice milk stout, but I usually feel like something is missing. This milk stout is everything a milk stout should be. The texture is very full and creamy, and the texture carries out into the flavor. The bitter is well balanced by the creamy flavor into an easy to drink stout. Don't get me wrong, it is not your run of the mill Guinness, it is a real solid stout, but it is easy to drink. At $8 for a 6 pack, this 9% stout is definitely the most affordable, high quality stout I have had my hands on it a long time... maybe ever. This is easy. It is everything it should have been, and more than I expected. It is brilliant, and scores a 96. Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout steps in softly at number 4. I say this because I like the listed #5 better, but the pricepoint makes SS a winner. This is the only beer that is an import on my list, and deservedly so. Obviously the foreign market has not gravitated to high gravity beers, nor have they gravitated to really heavy, bitter stouts. This stout is light on the pallete, with a decent, almost light chocolate flavor. Nothing is overpowering about this beer, it is extremely well balanced and extremely easy to drink. I had to add this to this list for those of you who like Guinness. It has a much nicer flavor, and a similar alcohol content (only 5% for this brew), and it is a tad more expensive, but it is not outside the realm of the more mainstream stouts in any way. I prefer a heavier, more rich beer. But I don't want to take away from a well balanced, more "mainstream" style mid gravity stout. 94 Dragon's Milk had me so fucking stoked to try, but it was a disappointment. Overall it is sitting firmly in my top 5 stouts right now, but the implication of what it was really made me expect more. It is a bourbon barrel stout... How fucking exciting is that for a fanatic of high end bourbons like me? The bartender who turned me on to the Choklate tried to get me to try the Dragon's Milk as well, claiming the DM actually had a bourbon flavor, not just the typical undertones of a bourbon barrel stout. So I snagged some, cringing at the price of $18 for a fucking 4 pack. Yeah, that was not a misprint... at 10% it is strong, but the buzz felt dirty compared to the Southern Tier and Brooklyn chocolate stouts. The bourbon flavor is an undertone, it was not terribly strong. It was well balanced, actually, but I was hoping for more. The alcohol aroma is pretty strong, but the flavor is really well buried beneath the other flavors. I really do like this beer, but it is expensive. 96. Now for the bad... I also tried Hi Wire's Chocolate stout. I hate to judge this as a bad beer, because to be honest I had tried several really good beers that day. I had a couple Choklate's at lunch, than a couple ST Milks, and a Dragon's Milk before trying this. To me it was very flat, and almost had a hint of an IPA as well. NOt my favorite, but my pallate may have been a bit heavy due to the other stouts I had tried that day. I'll give it a 65. Fuck Bell's. They make, from what I understand, a great IPA. They are known for their IPAs. Their Kalamazoo Double Stout, is an IPA. It was fucking atrocious. I hate to say this, but I spent ~$10 for a 6 pack, and dumped 1/2 of one on the ground it was so bad. I gave the rest of the 6 pack away, it was horrible. The 100 rating on the price tab was fucking bullshit. It should have been -100 Anyone interested in these beers can ask for a picture to see if you can find them locally. A group of us tend to try different beers, and I have been sharing with friends, so most are stored on my phone as I have texted my beer drinking buddies..

My GN used to do that. It would snap the input shaft inside the torque converter and rip the pump all to pieces. I still don't understand how a hardened input shaft would twist, but it looked like a screw. I had to go through the trans about 5 times in 2 years, so I decided to reduce the boost and go with a smaller turbo.

My shop just went paperless and wireless. We are implementing a system that allows everyone to communicate with tablets. We got 10 Nexus 7s and all tie into our server at the shop. All work orders are transferred to the tablet, we can scan the vehicle and it will be sent to the service writers and we can send any other necessary services as well as estimates through the system as well. We can also view all history on the vehicle to help us determine preventative maintenance needs based on times and mileage and we can directly email and text customers with any information and further questions we may have. It is actually more progressive than even the dealership I worked at. Pretty cool shit. I predict problems.

Did you check Silestone? Yes $65-$89 a square foot. Damn you Aaron! Took the wife over and guess what she picked out! I think you called her and told you. Silestone Coffee Brown 24 sq ft $1800.96 and $310.00 to cut the sink hole. Silestone is nice. Zero maintenance required. Most natural stones have to be sealed annually and can/will stain. Not Silestone, however. Keep your sink cut out. It makes for a nice portable work station.

Preach it brother! However, that does help disclose that we are fucking old.

I WANT!!!

FWIW I should be able to do a 20 hour job in ~ 10-12 hours with my skill set,

Fuck Volkswagen. It took me ~25 hours to do a 20 hour job. 2004 1.8 Turbo Jetta, Turbocharger, Timing belt; cam and crank seals, valve cover gasket, Spark plugs, oil pan gasket, axle, axle seal, hub, bearing, PCV valve assembly, vent pipes, breather tube, air filter, oil change... The turbo paid 6.5 hours and took me 8.5. Just a total nightmare.

If they were smart they would have set up a camera and fined their ass for stealing federal property "If" being the key word. They were too stoned to think of that.

Hell yeah! I want her working in the stall next to me!

LOL! I bet this fuckin' head weighs more than the soldering iron. I can't put this thing down. I have a massive nicotine buzz going, but it tastes so damn good. I'm vaping Highbrow Vapor's cinnamon at 18mg of nic and it is amazing.

Giddy as a little girl. I got my Russian 91% today and went right to building it. I wrapped my coil at 1.4ohms and used cotton for the wick. It is fucking amazing. Huge clouds, huge flavor, a solid yet smooth throat hit. Without a doubt it is well worth the $100 I spent on it. By far the best $100 I spent on vape gear.

He's got one. It's called a snow shovel.