OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

[Melon2.0]

I think I’ll get a new iTrude in the next few weeks as I’m moving over to the company plan. I don’t like having two phones so may as well let work pay for everything.

I told the wife to get a new one as well before the Trump price increases hit. She’s been wanting one and has had her current since 2020 or 2021 so YOLO.

Totes man, let the company float the bill. I'd use whatever if the company was paying for it.

[MexicanYarisTK]

fellas. Currently sitting at the gate for iceland.

[MexicanYarisTK]

I think I’ll get a new iTrude in the next few weeks as I’m moving over to the company plan. I don’t like having two phones so may as well let work pay for everything.

I told the wife to get a new one as well before the Trump price increases hit. She’s been wanting one and has had her current since 2020 or 2021 so YOLO.

At&t is doing a free trade in for iphone 16 pro, i has the 13 and so far most reliable and longest iphone i owned ill see after i get back from iceland. Bought before i got the accord too. It occasionally hits sos sometimes which i cant use data, text or phone calls usually in a low service area, but comes back to life. Other times i had to turn off the phone completely, especially in the middle of doing something

[wap]

fellas. Currently sitting at the gate for iceland.

In4pics

[D Griff]

I think I’ll get a new iTrude in the next few weeks as I’m moving over to the company plan. I don’t like having two phones so may as well let work pay for everything.

I told the wife to get a new one as well before the Trump price increases hit. She’s been wanting one and has had her current since 2020 or 2021 so YOLO.

At&t is doing a free trade in for iphone 16 pro, i has the 13 and so far most reliable and longest iphone i owned ill see after i get back from iceland. Bought before i got the accord too. It occasionally hits sos sometimes which i cant use data, text or phone calls usually in a low service area, but comes back to life. Other times i had to turn off the phone completely, especially in the middle of doing something

In4 Iceland pics as well.

I currently have an iPhone 12 mini and it’s completely fine. I would just keep using it but I have to get a new plan with ATT for work so may as well upgrade I guess. I’m slightly disappointed I can’t get a small one again, they no longer make minis.

[MexicanYarisTK]

At&t is doing a free trade in for iphone 16 pro, i has the 13 and so far most reliable and longest iphone i owned ill see after i get back from iceland. Bought before i got the accord too. It occasionally hits sos sometimes which i cant use data, text or phone calls usually in a low service area, but comes back to life. Other times i had to turn off the phone completely, especially in the middle of doing something

In4 Iceland pics as well.

I currently have an iPhone 12 mini and it’s completely fine. I would just keep using it but I have to get a new plan with ATT for work so may as well upgrade I guess. I’m slightly disappointed I can’t get a small one again, they no longer make minis.

Jinmy secured. Now having breakfast and heading to blue lagoon

[Melon2.0]

Jimny!

[D Griff]

In4 Iceland pics as well.

I currently have an iPhone 12 mini and it’s completely fine. I would just keep using it but I have to get a new plan with ATT for work so may as well upgrade I guess. I’m slightly disappointed I can’t get a small one again, they no longer make minis.

Jinmy secured. Now having breakfast and heading to blue lagoon

How is the weather? What's on the itinerary aside from the Blue Lagoon?

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Jinmy secured. Now having breakfast and heading to blue lagoon

How is the weather? What's on the itinerary aside from the Blue Lagoon?

You doing the Golden Circle, Northern Lights, something else?

[D Griff]

I can't recommend the entire ring road enough, although I'd save it for summer I think. Our Iceland round one was maybe me favorite trip ever. though I have a lot of favorites.

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I can't recommend the entire ring road enough, although I'd save it for summer I think. Our Iceland round one was maybe me favorite trip ever. though I have a lot of favorites.

I've heard is an experience. 5/7 would love to some day.

[MexicanYarisTK]

How is the weather? What's on the itinerary aside from the Blue Lagoon?

You doing the Golden Circle, Northern Lights, something else?

Part of that, visiting some falls, and northwest peninsula. Near the airport area is ridiculously windy, probably the worst I've experienced. At the blue lagoon lot, i simply touched the handle and I almost thought it was not gonna close again. Just spend the night in Vik, for how cold the weather was, I was able to walk out with just a tshirt for a few mins.

Jimny is basically an suv miata. It is not dfd linebacker approved. It does not feel gutless from an initial launch, i managed to do a little drift while getting out of a parking lot due to sand. On 5th gear just cruising, I basically cover part of the AC unit controls with my knee to be a little more comfortable otherwise the hard plastic trim that discomfort my knee after a while. They have a cage divider behind me, which Suzuki has to do because they wanted to ax the 2 doors as emission regutions (same reason axing manual gti) but cargo vans are exempt, therefore they would only continue to sell them in cargo :poverty: spec. Speaking of which old school head unit, it took us a while to figure out bluetooth (being laggy)
Ill send more pics at the end of the trip

For now this is the view of the hotel I spend the night, roughly 15 mins outside of vik

[MexicanYarisTK]

I can't recommend the entire ring road enough, although I'd save it for summer I think. Our Iceland round one was maybe me favorite trip ever. though I have a lot of favorites.

Im doing that for the next trip. We were gonna hike the volcano yesterday, but it was way too windy it froze my tooth off. Very likely doing that next trip in a van.

[D Griff]

You doing the Golden Circle, Northern Lights, something else?

Part of that, visiting some falls, and northwest peninsula. Near the airport area is ridiculously windy, probably the worst I've experienced. At the blue lagoon lot, i simply touched the handle and I almost thought it was not gonna close again. Just spend the night in Vik, for how cold the weather was, I was able to walk out with just a tshirt for a few mins.

Jimny is basically an suv miata. It is not dfd linebacker approved. It does not feel gutless from an initial launch, i managed to do a little drift while getting out of a parking lot due to sand. On 5th gear just cruising, I basically cover part of the AC unit controls with my knee to be a little more comfortable otherwise the hard plastic trim that discomfort my knee after a while. They have a cage divider behind me, which Suzuki has to do because they wanted to ax the 2 doors as emission regutions (same reason axing manual gti) but cargo vans are exempt, therefore they would only continue to sell them in cargo :poverty: spec. Speaking of which old school head unit, it took us a while to figure out bluetooth (being laggy)
Ill send more pics at the end of the trip

For now this is the view of the hotel I spend the night, roughly 15 mins outside of vik

Vik is a cute town, we stayed there last time. Kind of although it sounds like with the wind it might be brutal.

What did you think of the Blue Lagoon? At the risk of being a debbie downer, I thought that was one of the worst tourist traps I've ever experienced and was totally :disgut: at blowing $250 on it

Hopefully you enjoyed it more! I'm also just not really a spa kinda guy, I'd rather hike or bike.

[max225]

You doing the Golden Circle, Northern Lights, something else?

Part of that, visiting some falls, and northwest peninsula. Near the airport area is ridiculously windy, probably the worst I've experienced. At the blue lagoon lot, i simply touched the handle and I almost thought it was not gonna close again. Just spend the night in Vik, for how cold the weather was, I was able to walk out with just a tshirt for a few mins.

Jimny is basically an suv miata. It is not dfd linebacker approved. It does not feel gutless from an initial launch, i managed to do a little drift while getting out of a parking lot due to sand. On 5th gear just cruising, I basically cover part of the AC unit controls with my knee to be a little more comfortable otherwise the hard plastic trim that discomfort my knee after a while. They have a cage divider behind me, which Suzuki has to do because they wanted to ax the 2 doors as emission regutions (same reason axing manual gti) but cargo vans are exempt, therefore they would only continue to sell them in cargo :poverty: spec. Speaking of which old school head unit, it took us a while to figure out bluetooth (being laggy)
Ill send more pics at the end of the trip

For now this is the view of the hotel I spend the night, roughly 15 mins outside of vik

Reminds me of Prometheus one of my favorite movies.

[Melon2.0]

Hol up...

What did you think of Covenant, or Romulus?

[Johnny_P]

Aliens was the best. Hands down. Terrifying and super suspenseful.

[max225]

Hol up...

What did you think of Covenant, or Romulus?

Here is my lineup. (Like the corvette gen rating)

Aliens<Alien<Prometheus<<<<<<Alien 3<Covenant

I need to refresh my mind on resurrection and I haven’t seen Romulus … since I became a cuck and I don’t get much time to see humans suffer on a giant tv … family friendly life

Imo there is a big gap between Prometheus and the ones I rated lower but I may need to refresh my memory.

I was really mixed on Covenant because it seemed really for the first 1/2 as imo the plot of them being completely unaware of the danger seemed unrealistic. I really liked the David(s) and found Assbenders performance oscar worthy. And I also found the ending to be icky dark … in line with the plot of course but it gave me the fucking creeps

[Melon2.0]

Alien 3 and Resurrections are definitely the oddball outliers, I enjoyed them but, they're weird as fuck.
I enjoyed Covenant, but it bridges this weird gap between the philosophical world of Prometheus and the B-horror of Alien and Aliens. Does it do it well? Eh, sort of.
The ending with David and the endless "Specimens" to experiment on was a nice touch.
Alien and Aliens it's a B-horror vibe, classics.

Prometheus was a bit off-putting at first, I had to watch YouTube explanations to fully understand it's message. It's grown on me a lot, and I really enjoyed it.
I'd love to see more expounding on this theme but, I get it wasn't received well.

I'd say Aliens>Alien>>>>Prometheus>Romulus/Covenant>>>>>>>>Alien Resurrections>>>Alien 3

Also, R.I.P. H. R. Giger

[Johnny_P]

Alien 3 was really strange

[wap]

Aliens was the best. Hands down. Terrifying and super suspenseful.

So much

One of the best action/suspense/horror/syfi films ever made.

[Melon2.0]

The best part of Alien 3 was that it was David Fincher's break into the director role, and he's given us some amazing movies.

[MexicanYarisTK]

Part of that, visiting some falls, and northwest peninsula. Near the airport area is ridiculously windy, probably the worst I've experienced. At the blue lagoon lot, i simply touched the handle and I almost thought it was not gonna close again. Just spend the night in Vik, for how cold the weather was, I was able to walk out with just a tshirt for a few mins.

Jimny is basically an suv miata. It is not dfd linebacker approved. It does not feel gutless from an initial launch, i managed to do a little drift while getting out of a parking lot due to sand. On 5th gear just cruising, I basically cover part of the AC unit controls with my knee to be a little more comfortable otherwise the hard plastic trim that discomfort my knee after a while. They have a cage divider behind me, which Suzuki has to do because they wanted to ax the 2 doors as emission regutions (same reason axing manual gti) but cargo vans are exempt, therefore they would only continue to sell them in cargo :poverty: spec. Speaking of which old school head unit, it took us a while to figure out bluetooth (being laggy)
Ill send more pics at the end of the trip

For now this is the view of the hotel I spend the night, roughly 15 mins outside of vik

Vik is a cute town, we stayed there last time. Kind of although it sounds like with the wind it might be brutal.

What did you think of the Blue Lagoon? At the risk of being a debbie downer, I thought that was one of the worst tourist traps I've ever experienced and was totally :disgut: at blowing $250 on it

Hopefully you enjoyed it more! I'm also just not really a spa kinda guy, I'd rather hike or bike.

The lagoon was certainly an experience for sure that I enjoyed, but I feel like I may find something cheaper that isn't that much extra. Based on what fled said, it gets crowded. This time, I only saw like 2 tour buses as we were heading to the parking lot and it's seems like theres much less people there than I was expecting, I mean granted we arrived before we opened and there was already about 20-30 people in front of us. I'm also not too on board with much touristy stuff. My biggest concern outside of the cost was night club levels of crowdedness, the worst was when I was changing back and one dad with 2 kids taking their sweet ass time even after dad demanded to hurry up before I get a chance to open my locker. Also, the upgrades that I found was a little absurd as well, especially when you can take a towel back to dry up and it's just bathrobes and a second round of drinks for free, I'd rather pay for my second drink instead of paying more thank you very much. called me cheap on that until I pointed out in short upgrades are a scam.

I am so staying in Vik next time for sure. There was a black crust pizza joint that I've been seeing on socials, and boy was it crowded. We had to wait in line and it probably took 10 minutes. Luckily it was 2 of us and we had family that they had to wait for their accommodation for their party. We both didn't get to finish our pizza even though we were starving to death, so we had 6 slices left total and 4 slices was my breakfast and lunch today they're still good. On the way to Vik we stopped by the volcano that was recently erupted near the KEF airport, then Seljalandsfoss which was awesome. Today after we went to the most southern point in Iceland (with a nice hillclimb that was lowkey fun in the jimny) then vik, while on the road to Reyjkavik we stopped by in Gullfoss, Geysir, Pingfellir (though we didn't spend much time, will go back on Thursday). Now spending the remainder nights in Reyjkavik near that Iconic church. Tomorrow were mostly spending time in the long peninsula north of the capital (before the leaf looking ones), including Kirkjufell where Game of Thrones took place.

Also in Vik, they do group of 6 people for glacier tours (I looked up beforehand). My impulsive thoughts wants me to go back there after my plans on thursday, but it would be kinda silly I have ton of pics and its not even halfway to my trip....yet

[golftdibrad1]

1500 dollars of tests (plus almost another 1k at the primary vet last month) looking for answers as to why hes such a pukey bastard, and the answer is



The next thing to try according to them is 4.70 /lb prescription dog food. Like, FFS I can get chickhen for that.

[D Griff]

1500 dollars of tests (plus almost another 1k at the primary vet last month) looking for answers as to why hes such a pukey bastard, and the answer is



The next thing to try according to them is 4.70 /lb prescription dog food. Like, FFS I can get chickhen for that.

Couple things that help with our dog (he puked pretty often like 1-2X/week and now very rarely):
1. Allergy pill, just a generic Zyrtec each morning, costs pennies
2. No chicken, evidently a lot of dogs are allergic or sensitive to it. We switched to a salmon based Purina Pro Plan and it's been good.
3. No feeding or ice after strenuous activity, he looooves ice after a run but will puke if he doesn't cool down first.