And The Snark Goes On

[The Warrior]

Unless there are no carpets and/or flooring, how the hell can they inspect the foundation? If they can't see it, I call bullshit on that. Never even heard of that here. Big scam here on home sales is the bullshit "roof inspection". They do that to scam a new roof.

If the floor is bare and the foundation is all cracked, they may be right. But they have to see it to know.
Oh, and I don't mean check cracking.... I mean splits in the concrete.

Is a stem wall, or monolithic foundation? That has a bearing as well.

Doc

The house has a basement. The inspector claimed all walls needed repairs. Like I said, funny how the inspector they paid for just 3 years ago said nothing about the foundation, otherwise my son wouldn't have purchased it. I was reading an article I found last night, where an inspector inspected a home, and claimed a whole wall needed the siding replaced, that there was water damage to it, etc. The sellers were surprised, and had a contractor come look at it. He said there was 2 pieces that needed replaced, but there wasn't water damage, it looked like whoever sided it had dropped a few pieces, and the corners hit the ground.

 

[Doc_Savage]

I've got a Fenix E01 on my keychain. It's been there for a couple of years and never given me any trouble at all. Not really very bright but enough for close work.

I have one also... Probably been there gettin on about 10 years. It's almost all silver. Most of the black coating is gone now. For the money it was well worth it, and I had it before all of these new high powered minis. I use the hell out of that thing.

Doc

 

[Doc_Savage]

The house has a basement. The inspector claimed all walls needed repairs. Like I said, funny how the inspector they paid for just 3 years ago said nothing about the foundation, otherwise my son wouldn't have purchased it. I was reading an article I found last night, where an inspector inspected a home, and claimed a whole wall needed the siding replaced, that there was water damage to it, etc. The sellers were surprised, and had a contractor come look at it. He said there was 2 pieces that needed replaced, but there wasn't water damage, it looked like whoever sided it had dropped a few pieces, and the corners hit the ground.

Basements aren't done around these parts much.... Too much water. Still, sounds like BS to me. Block walls? If there is water intrusion, seems like a good seal would be all you need. But I'm not a contractor, and have zero experience with basements.

Doc

 

[worldwood]

wow thems some ruff looking hombres there i tell ya ruff hate bump into these too in the woods!!! j/k

Man... And that was our best "beauty" shot too...

 

[Guyon]

I've got all three. I'll get some pix after work!

Pack whore.

 

[worldwood]

Basements aren't done around these parts much.... Too much water. Still, sounds like BS to me. Block walls? If there is water intrusion, seems like a good seal would be all you need. But I'm not a contractor, and have zero experience with basements.

Doc

Our basement "floods" every time there is a decent rain. They have tried to reduce it... didnt help though. Anything touching the floor gets wet.

Growing up i only knew of 1 person with a basement.. And they had to haul in dirt and built the ground up before building the house in order to have the basement.

 

[Murphnuge]

Pack whore.

Pot, quit calling me black.

Sincerely,

Mr. Kettle

 

[mountainmist]

I love fenix.

The PD35 2014 version can be had less than 70 shipped and is 960 lumens on 1 rechargeable 18650 bat, still not a huge flashlight either. Thats the one i want ..... Not out yet but releases next week!!

The E11, E12, E15 can all be found from 25-30 bucks and are 115-170 lumens.. Still quite a bit more output than the Stylus pro. And all 3 are great size for EDC.

I have a PD35 and it's the best thing! My Mom got it for Christmas for me, awesome light. You won't be disappointed.

I'll have to look in to Fenix, I haven't really given them much thought, usually i think of them as large bulky tactical lights and weapon lights

Yeah, look into Fenix they have lots of options.

In other news: I went outside in the rain we've been having hand built a small fire with my Yuma, the knife worked great.

 

[Guyon]

Well guys I guess it's time to admit defeat, my flashlight is gone , tore apart the house looking and can't find it so I guess it's time to get a new edc light so what do you guys like? I've been looking at the streamlight micro stream but on the other hand I wouldn't mind just getting another stylus pro

Thorny sold me on this one at Blade. Nice little AAA light.

 

[worldwood]

I have a PD35 and it's the best thing! My Mom got it for Christmas for me, awesome light. You won't be disappointed.

Yea man they look like sweet lights!! I have been looking into the PD35s for a little bit now, I almost ordered one a little bit back but then i seen they were making an improved version of that model so i figured id wait on that.



Speaking of rain, Neko loves the stuff. We got hit with a thunderstorm last night and Neko cried to get outside in it. Then he just sat down and relaxed in the rain with a huge smile on his face. Silly dog. He has been doing that every time it rains lately. I have known lots of dogs who love water, had a few myself... But never seen a dog that loves thunderstorms LOL.. Lightening and thunder doesnt seem to phase him either way. He just keeps on smiling.

 

[TBL]

I have been wanting to get a new light for a little while but I just can't find what im looking for. I want a light that takes a single AA but produces 200+ lumin. I found one once but it was a little bulky and pricy. My Duracell edc tac light seems to suffice for now. 3 x AAA 250 lumin.

 

[worldwood]

I have been wanting to get a new light for a little while but I just can't find what im looking for. I want a light that takes a single AA but produces 200+ lumin. I found one once but it was a little bulky and pricy. My Duracell edc tac light seems to suffice for now. 3 x AAA 250 lumin.

Check out the JETBeam RRT-0 (550 lumens) or JETBeam PA10 (650 lumens), both run on a single AA, but im not sure how accurate those output ratings are. Those ratings are probably with rechargeable 14500 bats, but im not for certain.

 

[Chameleonbear]

It needed a second post because it looks amazing!

Morning folks.

Morning! I don't think I posted the "finished" picture where I was basting it with a sweet BBQ sauce mixed with mustard and choula chipotle sauce... it caramelized onto the bacon, and OH MY GAH!

Mornin'

Once again, I believe I've ended up on the weird part of youtube. Its amazing how fast things can go downhill on there.

That isn't even the bad site to do that on, try it on xtremetube and sweet Jesus that is a BAD rabbit hole Dorothy!

Pack whore.

Pot, quit calling me black.

Sincerely,

Mr. Kettle

Nice snark interchange! Had me guffaw while at the doctor's office!

Thorny sold me on this one at Blade. Nice little AAA light.

He tried to sell me that one too, that bastard!

 

[TBL]

Check out the JETBeam RRT-0 (550 lumens) or JETBeam PA10 (650 lumens), both run on a single AA, but im not sure how accurate those output ratings are. Those ratings are probably with rechargeable 14500 bats, but im not for certain.

Sweet! Thanks for the suggestions. I was just checking over the general EDC thread and they were talking about Jetbeam BA10's. Looks like I have some research to do!

 

[555]

Busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest

 

[Chameleonbear]

Morning Nickels! Don't see you around these parts to often.

 

[555]

Morning Nickels! Don't see you around these parts to often.

Last year my ISP equipment bit the dust, changed to a faster service and is still too slow to get around like, I would like to. Just to get into a profile to send or answer messages can take 30 to 45 seconds to open. Oddly, BFC is one of the top slowest sites I go to.

I'd move to town, but who will feed the groundhog, bear and the other varmints?

 

[TBL]

Morning! I don't think I posted the "finished" picture where I was basting it with a sweet BBQ sauce mixed with mustard and choula chipotle sauce... it caramelized onto the bacon, and OH MY GAH! !

I just had a foodgasm at my desk here at work.

 

[james terrio]

Nickles!?! Good Lord, they'll let anyone in here

Speaking of flashlights, at the campsite we had a while ago someone left behind a Tasco XR5. It works, it's bright enough for me and best of all it was free It's only rated at 250 lumen from what I looked up... not sure why everyone wants 600 or 1000... WTF are you guys doing, signaling the aliens?

Also expecting the Terrio kitchen knife from the pass around, didnt get tracking info but its coming from about an hour drive away so im expecting it soon!! Excited to try it out. The other reviews were great. Im sure mine will be as well. Ill put it threw cutting up 40 pounds of chicken leg quarters on Sunday

Mmmmmm chicken!

I have a few trout in the freezer and we scouted out another place to fish last night. So we're going fishing Saturday and hopefully get a couple more... gonna fire up the smoker and try smoking some fish. My biggest question... which end do you light?

 

[TBL]

not sure why everyone wants 600 or 1000... WTF are you guys doing, signaling aliens?:

Yes, aliens from Uranus