Snark Wars: Episode Vll The Snark Awakens (Bladite's the guy in the mask...)

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Captain Airyca said:
I have had one on my wishlist for ages. I love that you can make a discreet case for it. Even if it's just for carrying it to/from your car so your neighbors don't know.
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the tavor, and other small bullpups fit in a backpack not unlike a violin case, completely harmless looking

people might ask "what's that"?

"oh, it is the instrument i play for violince" :D

lol
 
Chameleonbear said:
Oh, there will be pictures! LOTS of pictures! I think one of my first meals will be steak with loaded mashed potatoes. Will probably have to do chicken for my mom, and maybe pork for my dad. Nice part about sous vide is that I can do all of that at the same damn time so I don't need to get 3 different meals cooking!
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ah, the Joule. looks interesting.

the anova can be had now, which is what i've had a few years

those vac chamber ones look lovely. soon

check out keller's "under pressure"

also modernist cuisine at home

pictures of sous vide food are amazingly rich

and the flavor :D
 
I watched a 26 min YT Star Wars review on Awakens. So I know everything that happened. Now I can certainly wait for the.....eh, who am I kidding, I'll never see it now, it's spoiled. [emoji1]
 
bigghoss said:
I would like to get a 10/22 takedown, but I'm not bothering to buy anymore rimfire guns until I can stroll into a store that sells ammo and buy a brick of .22lr at a reasonable price without having to fight anyone for it.
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a three way take down would be awesome

.22LR ammo is readily available in bulk.

accumatch is pretty good value. nice stuff.

cci blocks are spendy, but it's cci. so, you know. consistent.
 
Tuesday night I got home around 2030. When I went to leave the next day around noon, my 2006 Prius would not start at all. The dash indicator lights would light up, but not go out. Car was dead. Opened the hood to check on things and found this::

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Either a red rat or a squirrel got under the hood and chewed the hell out of my main wiring harness. There was red fur on the glue trap I had under the hood.

Called my insurance agent. She told me that I was covered under my comprehensive insurance non-collision damage section, and that I had towing insurance on my policy and to have it towed to a Toyota dealer and a claims adjuster would check it out.

I had a brain fart this afternoon when I left, forgetting my cell phone that was plugged in charging. Well, I got home, I checked and found I had a message from the insurance adjuster saying that he was turning the case over to the home office because the estimated cost of repairs ($6150) exceeded the value of my car ($5200). There was also a message from the claims department saying that the amount of damage was enough that they were going to declare my car a total loss. I probably won't hear anything til Monday now.

This is gonna suck. I know by the KBB and everything that my 9 year old Prius with 179K on it isn't worth much from their view point, but it ran, still got nearly 50 mpg, was still on the original set of brakes (and passed brake inspections every time), didn't leak any fluids, etc,,,, and other than routine maintenance, the only repairs ever were to replace the L & R head lights and the break lights. 4K miles ago, the dealership said I needed to think about replacing the hoses and serpentine belt. Would have been about $400 having them do it or about $150 if I did it. Glad I hadn't spent any money on that yet.
 
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how much for an honest shoppe to buy a new harness?
 
NCSlice said:
Alright fellow brother!
I saw it at badass electricians on facebook. This screen shot is from a few months ago. They only had hoodies at the time. I'd rather have a tee. Been a while since I checked it out but there's all kinds of crazy home wiring pics, gnarly international injuries(death), and funny stuff all geared towards the electrician of course.
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I'll check it out. I'm industrial maintenance. Never did any residential.
 
Bladite said:
the tavor, and other small bullpups fit in a backpack not unlike a violin case, completely harmless looking

people might ask "what's that"?

"oh, it is the instrument i play for violince" :D

lol
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I do like bullpups in general but they do have some downsides as well. Everything is a compromise. Supposed to be a new version of the Tavor coming soon with a different mag release to prevent accidentally dropping the mag. The Tavor is the most appealing and has the most aftermarket support. The new Kel-tech RDB looks promising but Kel-Tech has a problem with QC on production guns, mainly new models. I wish they'd scale back and get that squared away before trying to bring new, and admittedly very cool, products to market.
 
bigghoss said:
I do like bullpups in general but they do have some downsides as well. Everything is a compromise. Supposed to be a new version of the Tavor coming soon with a different mag release to prevent accidentally dropping the mag. The Tavor is the most appealing and has the most aftermarket support. The new Kel-tech RDB looks promising but Kel-Tech has a problem with QC on production guns, mainly new models. I wish they'd scale back and get that squared away before trying to bring new, and admittedly very cool, products to market.
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not many downsides at all :)

none?

two stage trigger. 1 minute trigger pack swaps. match to infantry and back.

best of class optic possibles (full length low axis rail). amazing ergos. balanced. wow.

i lurve it.

now, i WANTED to love a lot of others, but they had issues: esp with magazines.

the tavor loves all mags.

maint is super easy. 1 pin to drop everything inside.

potential to convert to 9mm, though honestly, i'd either buy one that way, or get a different platform (MPX pistol with tactial wrist stock)

well, there is "tavor face"... $35 fixes that.

yeah, the RDB is interesting. the pre-cursor was also interesting.

now, the bullpup shotgun - 24+1 shorty shells - THAT is VERY interesting. mmm. yeah.

CMR-30 is also c'est amusent.

anyway. shoot what you got, buy what you love :D

acurracy international AW artic warfare sniper system anyone? starts at $6000
 
Biggest downside is with clearing malfunctions. I'd have to look at the Tavor closer but often on bulpups the chamber is buried in the stock and hard to access if there's a jam. Also the Tavor ejects out the side so switching shoulders on-the-fly to shoot from the off side is no bueno. Reloading takes more practice to get smooth but that's something that can be trained around.

The compactness and balance are huge advantages though. I'm waiting to see what else comes to market before I invest more in a firearm than I did in my pickup. The Tavor is a good gun though, get one if it appeals to you.
 
re: bullpups
I've never fired one, but I like high energy rounds to exit the muzzle quite a bit further from my face.
Also, I like iron sights, but I recognize that's a character flaw. ;)
 
1066vik said:
translation: there was an article about a rich B-er chick who spent half her inheritance on blow until daddy threatened to cut her off. She made him spend a boatload on expensive rehab and is now married, with spawn and a really expensive imported hunting dog named after a french philosopher -- this is why "real" people don't live in Toronto.

considering the city's prior mayor, I am not overly surprised Toronto is trying to make drug abuse trendy for those who can afford it. ;)
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Best synopsis ever!

TMHunt said:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Oh man, Sorry to laugh at your situation Gus, I feal your pain, honestly I do. American housing is cheap compared to what you have to deal with, but talk about health care, that's where the U.S. and Canada get back on even keel....... As far as your little drug induced butterfly, well, money talks, the only thing I can do to ease that pain is tell you that someday, daddies money won't be there and she will be exposed for what she is. Happens every time, sooner or later, this world or the next.
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You got a point!

cbwoods67 said:
Wow. Never really thought of welding like that. Makes me feel much more important.:D
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Glad I could help!
 
Dang Zzy, sorry to hear it.

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