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I haven't been. Compared to Travail it was....?It isn't as good, but Travail is closed atm

Had dinner at Victory 44. Good tasting menu tonight...included sweat breads, tongue, blood sausage

And the slow build up to "holy shit I gotta shift"

Funny you ask because I got to thinking about it because the W (first itme I can use that) is wanting to get matching luggage (because girls love that shit). It got me wondering about getting luggage for work. I have a 17" humongous work laptop that I have to carry with me and I currently just have a huge work backpack I carry it with. My work laptop weighs atleast 8 pounds alone (before charger, etc.) and the last time I used it I carried my personal laptop as well and it was uncomfortable with all that and some extra stuff. Currently for personal trips I have no problem just carrying my personal backpack with my iapd, but for work (or longer trips) I would bring the carry on as well since I really can't store nice clothes in my personal backpack and it could do the heavy lifting for the laptop. As far as honeymoon packing, it will be hilarious. Her clothes are at least half the material as mine (probably more like a third) and she always packs 2x as much as I do But that's what the ladies do, no big deal to me. Matching luggage is as stupid as matching knives. Buy the tool for the purpose you have, the rest is a serious waste of cash. Ok, maybe a set of knives is dumber. Pans too btw.

No, more seriously. My wife and I honeymooned in Chile. We were gone 16 nights and stayed in 14 different places. We each left MN with a single backpack that we brought as carry on luggage. Nothing checked, no extra bags. We had to pack clothes for 95 deg days and 20 deg days. Evaluating how you will wear what you will wear and how to minimize it is key. Then afterwards you ask yourself the what if and then weigh if it is worth carrying. My wife should have had one more light layer and didn't. I'm a bit more warm blooded than her. Most important thing you can bring on vacation is a good pair of shoes. In particular if you jump multiple time zones. The absolute ONLY way to deal with jet lag is to get on the meal and sleep schedule for where you are going starting three hours before you get on the plane and walking outside. I normally jaunt a good 8-10mi of exploring after a long flight. It feels great and really helps you absorb yourself in the culture pronto.

Where are you going, for how long and why? And if this is not for work but for the honeymoon, good luck doing anything but throwing all practical packing sense out the window.

I usually carry an ethernet cable and of course now have the dongles for ethernet and monitors. About to buy an extra power supply for my pc too. That used to live in my travel bag, but I've been either too lazy or cheap to source one for the Asus. The factory 65w is teeny so I like keeping it packed

My 20" IS my laptop case. On trips where I check and bring a garment I have the little thinktank bag: http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/urban-disguise-40-v2.aspx *actually mine is slightly smaller, called an Airport Check in and requires you disassemble your SLR to carry it. For the 3 day I use this one: http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/urban-disguise-60-v2.aspx The 20: http://www.briggs-riley.com/category/productDetail.aspx?id=Fuse-20-inch-Carry-On-Computer-Upright_VBU420C&sec=business And I know that is about $800 worth of bags, but now you also know how I can carry a DSLR wherever I go too.

Pre-requisite for me in a bag of any sort is a zippered pocket for my car key. I've only carried my "car key" for more than 10 years. Just happy now it finally doesn't need a chain and can stay in my pocket.

Money clip is usually full to. I don't spend because its in my pocket and sometimes when you travel cash is king.

You'd understand my style if you saw my wallet. It holds 4 credit cards, my license, health insurance card, and my fishing license. Outside of the money clip, it's full.

Forgot to add, I carry almost nothing. If you don't use everything you brought and need everything you use you failed at packing. The exemption to this is a pain killer and a swimsuit. Hot Tubs are absolutely a great stop when traveling.

Slip on shoes for the airport. I have black stealth puma driftcat waiting shoes. At a distance these could be dress shoes and are Euro gay dress shoes in the rest of the world. I leave customers and BAM comfy shoes. Normally a set of dress shoes live in my bag as well. And they take half of it up. I have my fivefingers and a pair of running shorts/shirt in my closet ready to add. Otherwise it is just: per day dress shirt underwear socks minimum: 2 pairs of pants, 3rd gets added for trips longer than 6 working days per trip one casual outfit I wear a sport coat for a jacket when I can get away with it. Makes packing my casual clothes easier as new pants, shoes and I feel great. Dress shirts that fit are as comfy as t shirts. Packing jeans sucks as they are huge and heavy. I have a set of fake poly ones for that

I have a separate dop kit in my suitcase already packed: toothbrush, electric razor (I hate carrying blades and use them at home), shampoo & gel in SCREWtop nalgene bottles, screw top toothpaste, floss, 4 advil, folding brush, and in the winter carmex. soap/paste/gel in a ziptop bag in case my TSA pre-check gets a random flag. This also is duplicated and lives in my suitcase: belt, nylon swim trunks, phone charger, green tea (airplane hot beverages SUCK), extra business cards, a few pens, earphones, USB car charger adapter, 2$ of quarters, usb stick I use a little bag to carry the above making it seconds to transfer bags.

I pack carry on. Smallest bag possible. For a less than 3 day trip I pack in a ThinkTank Laptop bag with backpack straps. For > 3 days I pack in a 20" (international carry, American 22"s will not make it in Europe and some of Asia). My 20 is a Briggs & Riley. Holds less than some but is laid out PERFECT. Lifetime guarantee is bombproof as well. If I travel for more than a week and need 2+ suit coats I travel in a Samsonsite hard sided garment bag. If you have to check bags a Garment bag is the bomb. Can pack and unpack in 3 minutes. I just haven't found a 20" version of one that works for shit.

He is referring to using a program like WinISD

I've had some gas like that today too.

The F150 5.4 I did had a 2 piece plug from the factory. Here is what my fil had in his http://www.summitracing.com/parts/acf-sp515/overview/make/ford/model/f-150 Those are for the 3 valve head. The truck you did was 2004 or newer correct? Matt has 2 valve heads. Hell even the 3 valve heads are the same. You can interchange them all actually. That's what the modular engine design was all about. Actually the design was about rapid low cost changes on the production line which by default of course means many common parts.

The hubs are worth more than that. I have had terrible luck with Mavic, but they are French so that is expected. And really, if they don't do what you need lacing your own on those hubs more than saved you what you paid. The cassette is worth $25, geared better for road use too compared to mine and it has very little use. Honestly, I think they are better than the Ridiga's which I have now: typical simple front and double Zac19 rear, both with Shimano RM40 hubs. And these have not needed truing since I trued them. Do you have a dislike for a lot of french things too? Well outside of cookware french shit is usually fragile like their ego's

You NEED a chinois. Allows you to pulverize the contents and get the good shit out. My connection sucks atm, but I can link you the best one if you like.

SWEET. You used a period. ONE period. No one will read that mess...

Ha, posted in the wrong thread

I can just imagine. K2 I was curious if they did as I would guess....which is to design a sub with huge (claimed) excursion, and then set the T/S in such a manor that it's only useful in ported enclosures which sort of nullifies the entire necessity of huge excursion limits. I'll reserve the rest of my comments until after seeing the T/S. Ha, the reservation isn't founded, otherwise they T/S would have already been posted. Anyone who ever orders anything as a pre-order without full disclosure of specifications is getting screwed and misled. I'll bet money the driver is going to be absolutely effed.

I wouldn't cut that shit out