Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[Godsmack 361]

All this talk of firearms is making me want to blow shit up. Is always a good stress reliever. http://youtu.be/HxPbBCtsxFY

That was a damn good day. Honestly, one of the best vacations I ever went on.

J

You remember shooting this vid obviously! Its been too long J. Time for another round brother. When you coming to get your other sleeve done?

When money allows. I need to go to AZ with the girl to see her family and I am trying to find a way to swing a 3 or 4 day stop out there in the plans as well. Getting back to work or going back to school will help free up some cash to do such ventures.

J

[Adrian_D 520]

Thank you for the good thoughts about the dog. Hopefully we can find a way to ease her pain. She wanted to jump out of the car yesterday when we got home from the vet

[ssh 924]

 

[ssh 924]

[topgun 262]

Some girl is getting a field sobriety test at 1pm on a Friday afternoon and looks to be failing.  

 

 

Its homecoming week on campus.  

[dem beats 1,223]

......what did I just watch????

[dem beats 1,223]

Some girl is getting a field sobriety test at 1pm on a Friday afternoon and looks to be failing.

Its homecoming week on campus.

You get her digits hommie?

[ssh 924]

......what did I just watch????

A musical or cop on cop violence? I don't know what's better

[MKader17 332]

I love all things smartwool.

:-)

Sean probably has better recommendations, or at least something better priced. I know they can get crazy with cost.

Just to be a negative Nancy, I really don't like smart wool socks. They seem to wear out quickly to me.

Is there a general care tip for wool to make them last longer?

wear shoes, stop walking around in your stockings.

but they are soooooo comfortable. I do that in the winter.

[MKader17 332]

I would love some real wool dress socks, but can't find any in my size. Wear a 15 sock as my foot is rather low volume for its length.

I started buying Darn Tough and I love them. Price is high to me but they've been worth it.

[Impious 1,476]

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Worth listening to until he starts screaming.

This. I actually REALLY dig the music, but can't stand singers that do nothing but scream. I can never understand them either. If that had a lead singer who actually sung I'd have looked into buying their album

[sandt38 448]

 

 

I love all things smartwool.

:-)

Sean probably has better recommendations, or at least something better priced. I know they can get crazy with cost.

Just to be a negative Nancy, I really don't like smart wool socks. They seem to wear out quickly to me.

Is there a general care tip for wool to make them last longer?

 

wear shoes, stop walking around in your stockings.

 

 

Werd.

 

Smartwools last me forever.

[dem beats 1,223]

Me too.... But nothing like those plastic birks

[dem beats 1,223]

450% to budget today, or so...

Needed that.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Snowdrift Vanilla Porter's got some big brass ones...wow

[sandt38 448]

I am getting a chance to play with an AR&D machine next week. This is a $90K machine that is used to rebuild hybrid batteries. I am anxious to see how it is worth so much money while I am doing the same thing with $3,000. Apparently this machine is successful with the Honda IMA stick battery, while I have found the IMAs to be nearly worthless to rebuild.

 

I also just got a Nissan Altima Hybrid in today that needs a battery rebuild. It is my first Nissan, but it is not my first Nissan... The inverter looked oddly familiar, so I yanked the cover off it and saw a Toyota sticker in it. Upon further investigation I realized it is just a Camry hybrid set up. Overall it feels a lot different. The vehicle stays in EV Mode (electric only run mode) way more than a Prius or Camry hybrid. I like the brakes a lot better, too. They feel much more natural, with a hydro/mechanical brake working though the first 1/2 of the pedal use, and the feeling of a regen braking feel beyond that.I find the Toyota hybrid braking with hard regen from initial pedal movement feels overly agressive, almost like they grab, but with a somewhat spongy pedal. Hydro/mechanical braking comes on only at hard/panic stops. Sure, it is a more solid feel, but it feels extremely non-linear in the Toyotas. It has great power, with a hefty battery boost on hard acceleration and passing mode. It is just a 2.5 liter, but it feels like a stout V6 on off the line acceleration and a small V8 in passing mode. But it is a fucking Nissan. Nissans have really sucked a fat dick over the past decade and a half.

 

Honestly, I think my favorite overall hybrid is the Altima. But, the battery is relatively youthful for a rebuild, at just a cunt hair under 100K. I typically see Prius batterys bad at 180K and Camrys at ~250K. I assume it has to do with regenerative braking being so off, but with a tiny sample of 1, compared to a few dozen Prius and about 4 Camrys, it is hard to say overall.

 

Finally, I am a bit irritated with my Snap-On dealer. His price on the Fluke TI95 was fantastic, at only $1800, but I am entering week 3 since my order and I have yet to posess this awesome thermal imager.

[sandt38 448]

Oh yeah, to add insult to injury, I dropped my laptop last night. This was the final straw for this heavily abused Asus Win7 rig. I broke the screen and it refuses to boot up. I bought another Asus today, I5, 500GB drive with 4GB of RAM and a touch screen for a solid price (under $500, no shit). But fuck this Windows 8.1 shit. I amgetting a legit Win 7 copy tomorrow for it, so I can run my programmer and get over this clunky, bullshit OS. Fuck Win8, but goddamn I love an Asus rig.

[dem beats 1,223]

Windows 8.1 isn't all bad. I still rock 7 on the home PC though. It requires more hardware to run it, but my hardware is ok I think.

[sandt38 448]

Oh, bonus time. 2 days ago my favorite beer shop got in Southern Teir Chocolat. Buy this beer, it is fucking amazing. I grabbed a case for $102. Bottles are $9.99 a pop. He snagged 15 cases. God Bless America.

[sandt38 448]

Windows 8.1 isn't all bad. I still rock 7 on the home PC though. It requires more hardware to run it, but my hardware is ok I think.

 

I am not a fan. As a tnkerer, I go into a lot of shit I likely shouldn't. IMO it is very hard to navigate, compared to previous windows versions. Plus, if I wanted a fucking tablet, I would have bought a tablet. Please give me a PC based GUI, not a god damn cell phone gui... thanks!

[sandt38 448]

Oh, check this out Matt. Woodford is having a special limited run bourbon about to be released in just a couple weeks. I hope to be able to offer a review, provided I can gram myself a slice of that whiskey heaven.

[dem beats 1,223]

Oh, check this out Matt. Woodford is having a special limited run bourbon about to be released in just a couple weeks. I hope to be able to offer a review, provided I can gram myself a slice of that whiskey heaven.

Do you know the name so I can order some?

I'm not drinking currently but a half a finger with a cigar won't kill me every once and a while.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[altoncustomtech 773]

WOW!  You wouldn't find that printed anywhere these days.

[sandt38 448]

 

Oh, check this out Matt. Woodford is having a special limited run bourbon about to be released in just a couple weeks. I hope to be able to offer a review, provided I can gram myself a slice of that whiskey heaven.

Do you know the name so I can order some?

I'm not drinking currently but a half a finger with a cigar won't kill me every once and a while.

 

 

Sonoma-Cutrer Pinot Noir Finish