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[Penguin4x4 1,761]

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[Adrian_D 520]

Sean, any chance you can ship the LPG's quick ? I just ordered a pair of SLS8's, Fountek FR89's and TB W3's for a friend's install and all we need are teh LPG's

If I hadn't already sold them I could. Sorry.

I should have asked earlier...we'll just use my old ones

[///M5 2,833]

SHCOOL

[Adrian_D 520]

Massive fail, saw that on yahoo a few minutes ago...

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

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[Julian 641]

My CO is my Recruiter.

But damn. i hate waiting, how was basic?

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

When you tell your husband to call the black colored pug in to the house make sure he knows to call him by name and not to shout "Get back in the house blackie" while the African American couple next door are having a family BBQ.

[Tmax98 3]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

[cheese20323 13]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

FORD My 250 never gave me problems is good truck just not on gas

[Tmax98 3]

dem beats, was it you who suggested ~1g protein per pound of body weight for lifting? you sure that's right? based on what I saw at the store that equates to a ~1,200 calorie 64 ounce shake

I've always heard that much protein...

I've heard that much as well, but I've also read that .6 to .9x body weight in protein is good enough also. Though I'm really not sure how much I intake. Let's see.

Cereal- 5g

16 oz. milk in the cereal- 16g

hard boiled egg- 6g

1/4 lb deli meat in lunch sandwich- ~22g

cheese on sandwich- 5g

Fruit & nut bar- 8g

protein shake w. milk- 30g

supper meat- ~40g

miscellaneous protein in other supper ingredients- 5g

That gets me to about 137g. I weigh 190, so that's a multiple of 0.72. Not bad. Could probably get a bit more.

Let me preface everything that I say here is that it's under the assumption that someone is a pretty active person who does a moderate amount of resistance training. By that I'm saying you lift-to-failure(or extremely cose) your muscles with concentric and eccentric resistance several times a week.

Well, I say 1 gram per pound of "desired" body weight is the optimal starting point. so if you want to be 200 lbs, then 200 grams of protein per day. That would only be 800 kcal. Then thing is unless you're staving yourself from carbs to some degree the protein will be used for muscle building and maintenance. So.... the kcal don't really equate to energy or actual kcal the way you would normally count them. If you want to be 250 then 250 grams of protein or 1000 kcal. Again though, it's not like it will be burned for energy unless you put yourself into a a state where you're body needs it through some form of specific starvation.

Best bet is to consume no more than 50 grams of protein in one sitting, and then wait ~2.5 hours to eat more. So if you're eating to be 250 then I would suggest 6 meals of 41.xxx grams spaced evenly over the day.

Lost of guys I know need less, most guys I have helped are at 1 gram or more. I also don't know too many guys who could be 250 pounds lean.

Just make sure you drink lots of water.

You'd have to be fairly tall or fairly bulky for 250 lean; I'm 6'0" 243 (no, that is not bulk, unfortunately; BF%++) and I'm barely fitting into my 36 pants and XL t-shirts

Right now I've just started mixing a pint of milk with two scoops of protein powder...stuff...following each lifting session, ~65g all told. I only lift 3 times a week so I probably won't see much in the way of results for a while...we'll see

Eh 5'10 210 and 20% BF...........38 jeans and xl shirts (when I left AZ)............Goal is to be back down around 33" jeans and about 10% bf or so when I redeploy. I think with good diet, exercise and sleep I can do it.

Plus I walk damn near everywhere, and 110* or higher in long sleeves, pants, boos and t-shirt is no joke.

Also, if you really, REALLY wanna sweat, go take a shit at about 2 pm in a porta shitter in this heat. Talk about sweat ur fuckin ass off. Feels like u just got done showering.

J

Agreed done that a couple of times with the job. On new construction sites, u should see all the trash that is written on those prot a can walls

Lemme put it this way.............Took a shit around 3 pm today. Was in there for under 10 minutes............Walked out looking like I just got out of the shower. By this I mean face DRENCHED, hair SOAKED, shirt COMPLETELY soaked through. So yea its not fun. Especially when todays the high was 125*

man i drop and go. hopefully im only in there for 3 minutes tops!

is been mid to upper 90s here but we got all the humidity u want!

[Tmax98 3]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

FORD My 250 never gave me problems is good truck just not on gas

thats the one thing i want some decent gas mileage.

but with a truck i know its a losing battle

[Godsmack 361]

dem beats, was it you who suggested ~1g protein per pound of body weight for lifting? you sure that's right? based on what I saw at the store that equates to a ~1,200 calorie 64 ounce shake

I've always heard that much protein...

I've heard that much as well, but I've also read that .6 to .9x body weight in protein is good enough also. Though I'm really not sure how much I intake. Let's see.

Cereal- 5g

16 oz. milk in the cereal- 16g

hard boiled egg- 6g

1/4 lb deli meat in lunch sandwich- ~22g

cheese on sandwich- 5g

Fruit & nut bar- 8g

protein shake w. milk- 30g

supper meat- ~40g

miscellaneous protein in other supper ingredients- 5g

That gets me to about 137g. I weigh 190, so that's a multiple of 0.72. Not bad. Could probably get a bit more.

Let me preface everything that I say here is that it's under the assumption that someone is a pretty active person who does a moderate amount of resistance training. By that I'm saying you lift-to-failure(or extremely cose) your muscles with concentric and eccentric resistance several times a week.

Well, I say 1 gram per pound of "desired" body weight is the optimal starting point. so if you want to be 200 lbs, then 200 grams of protein per day. That would only be 800 kcal. Then thing is unless you're staving yourself from carbs to some degree the protein will be used for muscle building and maintenance. So.... the kcal don't really equate to energy or actual kcal the way you would normally count them. If you want to be 250 then 250 grams of protein or 1000 kcal. Again though, it's not like it will be burned for energy unless you put yourself into a a state where you're body needs it through some form of specific starvation.

Best bet is to consume no more than 50 grams of protein in one sitting, and then wait ~2.5 hours to eat more. So if you're eating to be 250 then I would suggest 6 meals of 41.xxx grams spaced evenly over the day.

Lost of guys I know need less, most guys I have helped are at 1 gram or more. I also don't know too many guys who could be 250 pounds lean.

Just make sure you drink lots of water.

You'd have to be fairly tall or fairly bulky for 250 lean; I'm 6'0" 243 (no, that is not bulk, unfortunately; BF%++) and I'm barely fitting into my 36 pants and XL t-shirts

Right now I've just started mixing a pint of milk with two scoops of protein powder...stuff...following each lifting session, ~65g all told. I only lift 3 times a week so I probably won't see much in the way of results for a while...we'll see

Eh 5'10 210 and 20% BF...........38 jeans and xl shirts (when I left AZ)............Goal is to be back down around 33" jeans and about 10% bf or so when I redeploy. I think with good diet, exercise and sleep I can do it.

Plus I walk damn near everywhere, and 110* or higher in long sleeves, pants, boos and t-shirt is no joke.

Also, if you really, REALLY wanna sweat, go take a shit at about 2 pm in a porta shitter in this heat. Talk about sweat ur fuckin ass off. Feels like u just got done showering.

J

Agreed done that a couple of times with the job. On new construction sites, u should see all the trash that is written on those prot a can walls

Lemme put it this way.............Took a shit around 3 pm today. Was in there for under 10 minutes............Walked out looking like I just got out of the shower. By this I mean face DRENCHED, hair SOAKED, shirt COMPLETELY soaked through. So yea its not fun. Especially when todays the high was 125*

man i drop and go. hopefully im only in there for 3 minutes tops!

is been mid to upper 90s here but we got all the humidity u want!

Dude I try to but DFAC food kinda binds ya up........The protein shakes KINDA help but not enough.

J

[Godsmack 361]

My CO is my Recruiter.

But damn. i hate waiting, how was basic?

Dude something isnt right here. Unless you are going to OCS or something there of an officer shouldnt even talk to you about recruiting. Again I ask, I am correct and you DID go to MEPS? IF so you SHOULD have a copy of your contract.

J

[Godsmack 361]

Fucked up zoomies T0P

[///M5 2,833]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

And I'd run like hell from the Nissan. The Tacoma may be fine, but it is undersized, underpowered, and looks like a girls truck in stock form IMO.

[///M5 2,833]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

FORD My 250 never gave me problems is good truck just not on gas

thats the one thing i want some decent gas mileage.

but with a truck i know its a losing battle

Perhaps you should focus on low cost of ownership and not gas mileage. It will send you back the American way.

[dem beats 1,223]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

FORD My 250 never gave me problems is good truck just not on gas

thats the one thing i want some decent gas mileage.

but with a truck i know its a losing battle

A good friend of mine gets 21 MPG in his f-350 and he DRIVES hard. No stoplight racing but hauls on the highway and tows at least 2 times a week. Sure it's deisel but that's 6 more MPG than I get in the expedition.

[dem beats 1,223]

Sean maybe reinfoced the best point. If you need it fixed, which you will... you will want american.

I think the only ok Asain truck that's ok is the tacoma, and only if you want to truck it out to be a super light mud/sand/rock toy.

If I could redesign my car situation I would have a 4 door 350 or something similar. I can't see myself in anything but ford, but I don't know anything about the GMC super duty or what ever they call them.

There is one at the local dealership(suicide doors not true Screw) with a V plow for 20. It's over priced but also been there a while....

The turbo 6L scares me a bit though.

[dem beats 1,223]

.....check engine light came on!

Could the check engine light come on from filling up with premium? I need to plug the tuner in. I've just been so busy every dang evening and day off.

I don't care how crappy I feel tomorrow I'm going to just chew pain meds and get all my stuff done.

[topgun 262]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

FORD My 250 never gave me problems is good truck just not on gas

thats the one thing i want some decent gas mileage.

but with a truck i know its a losing battle

If you want half way decent mileage with a truck, you had better get a diesel. If you don't need to pull anything and hardly actually hit payload capacity, don't bother getting a 3/4 ton or bigger just because you can...

[topgun 262]

.....check engine light came on!

Could the check engine light come on from filling up with premium? I need to plug the tuner in. I've just been so busy every dang evening and day off.

I don't care how crappy I feel tomorrow I'm going to just chew pain meds and get all my stuff done.

It shouldn't. What engine do you have that you need premium?

[topgun 262]

on the vehicle note

in the next year or 2 I plan on buying a Tacoma Crew Cab Long bed

probably be around the 08' model or so

I still got alot more research to do, I did do a lil that's when I found out that the nissan frontier doesn't have a crew cab long bed anymore. Am i correct in my findings?

Why a mini man truck? If you're looking for some kind of dune hopping thingy I guess it might make sense.

Buy your flavor of american well made and low cost to fix pick 'em ups :coughFORDcough:. If there is something the US knows how to do it's make a GD pickup truck.

I dunno man. I will look into it but i doubt i will go full size, i just really don't know right now. I plan to make the purchase probably in ~2 years or so.

Just looking at my options. The only thing i have to pull right now is my lil 16' john boat, that also needs to be fixed as well...

FORD My 250 never gave me problems is good truck just not on gas

thats the one thing i want some decent gas mileage.

but with a truck i know its a losing battle

A good friend of mine gets 21 MPG in his f-350 and he DRIVES hard. No stoplight racing but hauls on the highway and tows at least 2 times a week. Sure it's deisel but that's 6 more MPG than I get in the expedition.

Yay for diesel, it is probably chipped as well?