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Tarspin wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:11 pm
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I'd be worried that I'd step out of that thing with the head of a fly.
There's no way you'd be able to coordinate walking like a human with only a fly brain controlling all dat. Chances are you'd fall to the floor and twitch (if even that).
But......but......I saw it done in a movie :doe:



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Netgear Orbi RBK50 ordered. Price dropped to $237 on Amazon. I couldn't afford not to buy it.

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Gberg2119 wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:37 pm Netgear Orbi RBK50 ordered. Price dropped to $237 on Amazon. I couldn't afford not to buy it.

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I just bought the Velop 3 pack for $339, was $499 leading up to the sale.

Coming in on Wed and I will see this weekend how well they work.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:06 pm
Gberg2119 wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:37 pm Netgear Orbi RBK50 ordered. Price dropped to $237 on Amazon. I couldn't afford not to buy it.

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I just bought the Velop 3 pack for $339, was $499 leading up to the sale.

Coming in on Wed and I will see this weekend how well they work.
Nice. I saw the velop for $339 but that still seems like a lot to me.

I won't have the Orbi for at least a few weeks but that $237 price must've been a mistake. It jumped back up to $279 already and it's totally sold out.
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Gberg2119 wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:11 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:06 pm

I just bought the Velop 3 pack for $339, was $499 leading up to the sale.

Coming in on Wed and I will see this weekend how well they work.
Nice. I saw the velop for $339 but that still seems like a lot to me.

I won't have the Orbi for at least a few weeks but that $237 price must've been a mistake. It jumped back up to $279 already and it's totally sold out.
So, I got the Velop setup and I'm pretty happy so far.

Simple to setup and I can assign my own LAN address and tightly control access of devices and priority. Has all the features I want like using a VPN and DDNS provider at the gateway as well as advanced port forwarding.

This unit also has far better performance with regards to buffer bloat and seems to have much better latency speeds. Overall transfer up/down is about the same, but WIfi devices score higher on the speedtests.

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Bufferbloat on the expensive Asus was always a "C".

The antennas in these provide a very strong signal. I can actually get almost full strength in the garage at the sprinkler controller with only the one setup, but adding the other 2 covers my whole house and yard in strong signal.
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Gberg2119 wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:11 pm

Nice. I saw the velop for $339 but that still seems like a lot to me.

I won't have the Orbi for at least a few weeks but that $237 price must've been a mistake. It jumped back up to $279 already and it's totally sold out.
So, I got the Velop setup and I'm pretty happy so far.

Simple to setup and I can assign my own LAN address and tightly control access of devices and priority. Has all the features I want like using a VPN and DDNS provider at the gateway as well as advanced port forwarding.

This unit also has far better performance with regards to buffer bloat and seems to have much better latency speeds. Overall transfer up/down is about the same, but WIfi devices score higher on the speedtests.

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Bufferbloat on the expensive Asus was always a "C".

The antennas in these provide a very strong signal. I can actually get almost full strength in the garage at the sprinkler controller with only the one setup, but adding the other 2 covers my whole house and yard in strong signal.
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I can't wait to get my Orbi. Should have it on Friday.
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Another ammo shipment arrived today.

1,000 rounds of Federal XM80 7.62x51
1,000 rounds of Federal AE9 9MM
3,000 rounds of CCI 36 gr HP Mini-Mag .22LR
3,000 rounds of CCI 40 gr RN 1200 FPS .22LR
40 rounds of Winchester PDX1 Defender 180 gr 40 S&W
40 rounds of Winchester Train & Defend 230 gr .45 ACP
40 rounds of Speer Gold Dot 180 gr 40 S&W
40 rounds of Speed Gold Dot 230 gr .45 ACP
40 rounds of Hornady Critical Duty 220 gr .45 ACP+P
40 rounds of Hornady Critical Duty 175 gr .40 S&W

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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:47 pm Oh, I bought this the other day.. I've wanted an electric one for some time since the drill/driver and impact are sometimes too bulky and sometimes I don't want to use air.

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First impressions are pretty good with this one. Will see over time if it holds up.
Late to the game here but I have the Milwaukee M12 drill and impact and they're pretty damn good. Batteries last a good amount of time and charge rather quickly. Drill has enough ass to drill into concrete so that's not bad.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:28 pm Another ammo shipment arrived today.

1,000 rounds of Federal XM80 7.62x51
1,000 rounds of Federal AE9 9MM
3,000 rounds of CCI 36 gr HP Mini-Mag .22LR
3,000 rounds of CCI 40 gr RN 1200 FPS .22LR
40 rounds of Winchester PDX1 Defender 180 gr 40 S&W
40 rounds of Winchester Train & Defend 230 gr .45 ACP
40 rounds of Speer Gold Dot 180 gr 40 S&W
40 rounds of Speed Gold Dot 230 gr .45 ACP
40 rounds of Hornady Critical Duty 220 gr .45 ACP+P
40 rounds of Hornady Critical Duty 175 gr .40 S&W

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If my name was Rudy or Crang, yesterday would have been the best day of my life.

Gf and and I had two individual phone plans with AT&T, we're paying like $310 total, knew we could do better. My kid has an iphone 5 whose battery was dying, was going to get her something better for Christmas, was going to give her by Iphone 6S+ and upgrade. GF needed a new phone, her Samsung was shitting the bed. So we walk into the AT&T store at 11:00 a.m. We took a 2.5 hour lunch.....and left the store at 6:30 p.m.

For $30 less than we are collectively paying now per month, and additional $800 in credits, we have unlimited talk/data and text on an Iphone X for me, a Samsung 8+ for her, they gave me an Iphone 8 for free for the kiddo, with unlimited errthang, they gave us an Ipad for free with tri unlimited, and..........wait for it Brad and :millennial: nation.....a free Apple WATCH. :fullretard: :dafuq: am I gonna do with that.

Anyway, plenty of useless junk was acquired, and total bill was reduced, :notbad: I guess. 7 hours to make all that shit happen doe. :dillerman:
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Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:44 pm If my name was Rudy or Crang, yesterday would have been the best day of my life.

Gf and and I had two individual phone plans with AT&T, we're paying like $310 total, knew we could do better. My kid has an iphone 5 whose battery was dying, was going to get her something better for Christmas, was going to give her by Iphone 6S+ and upgrade. GF needed a new phone, her Samsung was shitting the bed. So we walk into the AT&T store at 11:00 a.m. We took a 2.5 hour lunch.....and left the store at 6:30 p.m.

For $30 less than we are collectively paying now per month, and additional $800 in credits, we have unlimited talk/data and text on an Iphone X for me, a Samsung 8+ for her, they gave me an Iphone 8 for free for the kiddo, with unlimited errthang, they gave us an Ipad for free with tri unlimited, and..........wait for it Brad and :millennial: nation.....a free Apple WATCH. :fullretard: :dafuq: am I gonna do with that.

Anyway, plenty of useless junk was acquired, and total bill was reduced, :notbad: I guess. 7 hours to make all that shit happen doe. :dillerman:
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not bad :dill: ing :doe:
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In much more exciting news, I ordered the Quickjack BL5000, stoked about that.

https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-syst ... -lift.html
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:47 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:44 pm If my name was Rudy or Crang, yesterday would have been the best day of my life.

Gf and and I had two individual phone plans with AT&T, we're paying like $310 total, knew we could do better. My kid has an iphone 5 whose battery was dying, was going to get her something better for Christmas, was going to give her by Iphone 6S+ and upgrade. GF needed a new phone, her Samsung was shitting the bed. So we walk into the AT&T store at 11:00 a.m. We took a 2.5 hour lunch.....and left the store at 6:30 p.m.

For $30 less than we are collectively paying now per month, and additional $800 in credits, we have unlimited talk/data and text on an Iphone X for me, a Samsung 8+ for her, they gave me an Iphone 8 for free for the kiddo, with unlimited errthang, they gave us an Ipad for free with tri unlimited, and..........wait for it Brad and :millennial: nation.....a free Apple WATCH. :fullretard: :dafuq: am I gonna do with that.

Anyway, plenty of useless junk was acquired, and total bill was reduced, :notbad: I guess. 7 hours to make all that shit happen doe. :dillerman:
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not bad :dill: ing :doe:
There was a lot of drinking going on during lunch. Pretty painful.
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:48 pm In much more exciting news, I ordered the Quickjack BL5000, stoked about that.

https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-syst ... -lift.html
http://www.quickjack.com/why-quickjack/ ... ana-flood/

I'm a fan of their products.
Been thinking about ordering myself the 5000lb version.
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If anybody wants a Mophie battery case for an Apple Plus sized phone, it's yours.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:48 pm In much more exciting news, I ordered the Quickjack BL5000, stoked about that.

https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-syst ... -lift.html

:fuckyeah: :fuckyeah: :fuckyeah: :fuckyeah: :fuckyeah:
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not bad :dill: ing :doe:
There was a lot of drinking going on during lunch. Pretty painful.
dude i about had a fucking aneurysm at our last dealings with at&t. We got the wife and iShit 8. did the 23.xx dollars a month thing.
:fax: "no other changes to plan right, so new cost is old bill +23.xx dollars right?"
Costco :derp: yes

signing paperwork said first months estimated bill was 160 :wtf: :rage: I almost walked out of deal. I had names and id's written down. I said if my bill comes in at 160, im coming in and returning this phone and charging back every transaction, and i'm not sighing anything that says 160 fucking dollar bill on it. They assured me it wouldn't be that much.

For once they were right and it was wasted :rage:

That said, i'm never not buying a phone unlocked and in fucking cash again, ever.
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Melon wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:52 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:48 pm In much more exciting news, I ordered the Quickjack BL5000, stoked about that.

https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-syst ... -lift.html
http://www.quickjack.com/why-quickjack/ ... ana-flood/

I'm a fan of their products.
Been thinking about ordering myself the 5000lb version.
I thought about going for the 7000, but they are 20 lbs heavier each that the 5000 and Waxer talked me out of it. The Brahhoe is 5K, and I doubt I'll replace it with an even more ridiculous truk, so I should be good.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:58 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:48 pm In much more exciting news, I ordered the Quickjack BL5000, stoked about that.

https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-syst ... -lift.html

:fuckyeah: :fuckyeah: :fuckyeah: :fuckyeah: :fuckyeah:
Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:49 pm

There was a lot of drinking going on during lunch. Pretty painful.
dude i about had a fucking aneurysm at our last dealings with at&t. We got the wife and iShit 8. did the 23.xx dollars a month thing.
:fax: "no other changes to plan right, so new cost is old bill +23.xx dollars right?"
Costco :derp: yes

signing paperwork said first months estimated bill was 160 :wtf: :rage: I almost walked out of deal. I had names and id's written down. I said if my bill comes in at 160, im coming in and returning this phone and charging back every transaction, and i'm not sighing anything that says 160 fucking dollar bill on it. They assured me it wouldn't be that much.

For once they were right and it was wasted :rage:

That said, i'm never not buying a phone unlocked and in fucking cash again, ever.
It's a racket for sure.
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:48 pm In much more exciting news, I ordered the Quickjack BL5000, stoked about that.

https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-syst ... -lift.html
:fuckyeah:
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Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:00 pm
Melon wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:52 pm

http://www.quickjack.com/why-quickjack/ ... ana-flood/

I'm a fan of their products.
Been thinking about ordering myself the 5000lb version.
I thought about going for the 7000, but they are 20 lbs heavier each that the 5000 and Waxer talked me out of it. The Brahhoe is 5K, and I doubt I'll replace it with an even more ridiculous truk, so I should be good.
They underrate them, you'll be good.
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Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:00 pm

I thought about going for the 7000, but they are 20 lbs heavier each that the 5000 and Waxer talked me out of it. The Brahhoe is 5K, and I doubt I'll replace it with an even more ridiculous truk, so I should be good.
They underrate them, you'll be good.
Yup. There's always a factor of safety designed into things.. especially in things that lift or have the potential to kill people if not used as described. The actual rating is for the hydraulic motor's power, not the frame itself. I got the 5,000 because I lift my crew cab with it and it weighs about 5,100. The motor is likely rated to push 5,500-6,000 but they engineer it to do that and "safely" raise 5K. The frame assembly can actually hold something like 16,000 pounds.
They ran tests on it's structural integrity with a juiced up hydraulic motor (because the 7k can't lift 20K pounds)... And it passed with flying colors. It's on their youtube page somewhere.
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This thing is worth its weight in gold. I went up and down multiple times this weekend doing my pulley job, and it's a backsaver. I can get the car up in the air to get under it, and then 30 seconds later drop it down so I can do something from the top and not have to get on a damn step stool to reach in.
Easily the best major purchase for my garage I've bought by a landslide.



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Replaced my vintage 2001-era cable modem with a supposedly better newer SB6141, DOCSIS 3.0 and all that jazz... speeds haven't changed.

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We pay for 60/5 Mbps at $60/mo.
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troyguitar wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:06 pm Replaced my vintage 2001-era cable modem with a supposedly better newer SB6141, DOCSIS 3.0 and all that jazz... speeds haven't changed.

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We pay for 60/5 Mbps at $60/mo.
I had this happen when I upgraded to a 6141. I called Comcast, told them I’d upgraded and had them basically turn me off and back on again. After I did that I went from 20 to 100+
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I finally got my Orbi setup this past weekend and everything about it is better than the Comcast router. Speeds are excellent and consistent across all devices. No more dropping signals which was a frequent occurrence with the Comcast wifi.

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Desertbreh wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:44 pm If my name was Rudy or Crang, yesterday would have been the best day of my life.

Gf and and I had two individual phone plans with AT&T, we're paying like $310 total, knew we could do better. My kid has an iphone 5 whose battery was dying, was going to get her something better for Christmas, was going to give her by Iphone 6S+ and upgrade. GF needed a new phone, her Samsung was shitting the bed. So we walk into the AT&T store at 11:00 a.m. We took a 2.5 hour lunch.....and left the store at 6:30 p.m.

For $30 less than we are collectively paying now per month, and additional $800 in credits, we have unlimited talk/data and text on an Iphone X for me, a Samsung 8+ for her, they gave me an Iphone 8 for free for the kiddo, with unlimited errthang, they gave us an Ipad for free with tri unlimited, and..........wait for it Brad and :millennial: nation.....a free Apple WATCH. :fullretard: :dafuq: am I gonna do with that.

Anyway, plenty of useless junk was acquired, and total bill was reduced, :notbad: I guess. 7 hours to make all that shit happen doe. :dillerman:
:notbad:

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