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capnamerca

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  1. I know this is a massively subjective subject. What are some good albums that are just full of good fucking songs? I don't want to talk about best "concept" albums (Hi Tommy), or best albums where certain songs "prop up" other songs (looking at you, the whole beatles anthology). I'm curious about albums you can throw on, sing most of the words, and just let it fly without having to track down the "next" button. I'll start, with a few obvious ones. Pearl Jam - Ten. Adele - 21. The Black Crowes - Shake your Moneymaker. Metallica - Black (argument to be made that it's not "old" metallica ... that's not for here) What else? What have I missed?
  2. This isn't hard. Don't count on any LEO to do the right thing, ever. The situation itself is dangerous - don't talk to cops, demand your lawyer at all times, etc. Don't ever EXPECT them to do the right thing, because evidence shows that oftentimes they don't, and the outcomes when they don't are NEVER in your favor. The EV is so incredibly negative that you have to start on the far rail. That said, when they DO the right thing, it's incumbent on us to notice it, to celebrate it, to nourish it in hopes that it propagates. One day, we might be able to change our position on point 1, above.
  3. I ended up not needing it, as the charging is fast enough to complete overnight so I can put the cable away if I'm working in the garage during the day. However, I was going to explore something like this - https://www.amazon.com/Key-Bak-Pro-ToolMate-herramientas-certificado/dp/B077GJ1HS9/ref=pd_bxgy_2/144-8386895-3575355?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B077GJ1HS9&pd_rd_r=50495c1a-3208-4b71-8d7b-211b22b9552a&pd_rd_w=C4eFY&pd_rd_wg=WwsQg&pf_rd_p=ce6c479b-ef53-49a6-845b-bbbf35c28dd3&pf_rd_r=Q97D8HJAD86GGC3F6PRS&psc=1&refRID=Q97D8HJAD86GGC3F6PRS.
  4. That middle Panny is stunning. I have a very well documented bias towards simplicity, so my choice there matches the pattern, but man that thing is pretty. Panny's exude quality.
  5. For $400 (monitor still extra) I'll include a Crucial M550 (512GB) SSD (no OS). This is a great little turnkey box, small form factor, runs cool and quiet, and very gaming-capable.
  6. Moving to a macbook pro, selling my old desktop. AMD Ryzen 2300 ASRock mini-itx "ryzen ready" motherboard (Fatal1ty B450) 16GB DDR4 ram (matched timing for Ryzen) 750w Corsair PSU (overpowered so the fans literally never come on) PowerColor R570 Radeon 4GB graphics card (will play most games at decent frame rates, and anything from ~2018 or so on very high resolutions with no issues) No hard drive, no operating system I can also include a 24" Dell Ultrasharp monitor if you need/want one. This machine runs almost 100% silently, and runs cool (I've had it in a desk drawer). Would make a great first gaming machine for your kids, or even a really solid home theater PC (HTPC). $350 for the computer. $75 for the monitor. I can send you links to each of these parts on newegg if you want more specifics.
  7. And Robison and Derrick Johnson. '06 Texas if Vince had stayed would have been the best team in the history of college football, right? I can't even comprehend the destruction we would have wrought.
  8. Nice of Rahm to take off his fitbit for his wedding ... wait.
  9. My buddy using the S20 is always w/in ~2 yards of my rangefinder. I was impressed.
  10. I was gifted the Approach S62 (Garmin). This fucking thing is like a supercomputer ... they're trying to compete in about six different areas with it. Golf, fitness/steps, health/sleep monitoring, general style (app marketplace, custom watch faces, etc). It's incredibly comfortable, and can apparently do it's thing on the golf course w/o your phone nearby which is nice. I used it for three holes this last weekend and it got confused about what hole we were on and I couldn't fix it, so I took it off (and then felt the urge to yell "get off my lawn!" at the cart kid). I can't see how a range finder takes too long - it's in a specific pocket in my bag, I can shoot the flag first thing as I get to my ball (when walking), and then go about my normal routine. Buddy has the approach S20, which just does golf stuff. He loves it.
  11. Depends on the game ... for a heads up match, you use the differential. The 5 would be getting 4 shots from the 9, one each on the 1-2-3-4 handicap holes. For any sort of points game, or a "Net Flight" tournament, everyone gets their full allotment of shots (or whatever percentage was agreed to), and then you tally up the points/scores at the end.
  12. Relatedly, I think Christina Kim is doing a really good job. Really good insight from a players mentality, and has a good feel for the mic. She still talks too much, but I think this is only her second week on the broadcast? She'll continue to improve.
  13. Because craigslist is home to the worst scum and villany in the galaxy.
  14. I can never tell if people on this website are being sarcastic or not ...
  15. Yeah I totally get that. We went through several design cycles when we were building - the front of our hour faces SSW, so the afternoon sun is BRUTAL (pretty decent for our solar panels tho). I also appreciate your expertise here. Project has already been killed. The research phase shows that I don't really have enough room for the golf sim. A bummer sure, but I'd rather know now than after we invest a bunch of money and time.
  16. This is unfinished above-garage space. The house envelope is sprayed (and vented). Not sure why you're coming at this so negatively, but ok.
  17. ... and I say this with love ... fuck you. Goddammit, a FP and Ant, on the goddamned shelf?
  18. The whole house is spray, and appropriately conditioned. We had good AC and insulation subs when we built.
  19. Well, the plan was to spray before finishing it out, to basically turn the entire unfinished attic into the new house envelope. When we built, the insulation contractor said "if we spray, the you won't put in a ridge vent ... if we batt, then we'll put in a ridge vent". That said, I finally got around to hard-core space calculations, and the space isn't big enough for the golf simulator I want to build. I've got room to swing a club, yeah, but not to space back from the screen AND include seating and such that the wife wants. So we're most likely going to leave it as-is for now. Possibility of making it into a home theater in the future, but not going to do that for now since the living room setup is perfectly adequate for that.
  20. I've got some serious grand plans :). I'll share pics and progress here, for sure. I don't have a background in anything official, but my family is littered with craftsmen. My grandfather and uncle built houses for ~30 years. Dad and several uncles are hobbyist handymen, haven't met a project they can't tackle. I've had that same attitude taught to me growing up - we rarely outsourced a project, always did it ourselves. Electrical work, construction work, flooring/tile, plumbing, etc. I'm a little more careful than dad (thus some of these planning questions); dad will sometimes just jump in and start cutting. But I'll tell you this - his eye is AMAZING. We'll start something and I"ll have no idea what the endgame is, and when it's done it looks like a professional tradesman did the work. I learn something new every day from him, and we've been doing projects like this together for 30 years.
  21. Agreed 100pct. I'm still working out plans, drawings, etc. Goal is to be able to review, probably even chalk-line out, the full structural plan with someone when they come out. Appreciate all the insight and brainstorming on this thread.
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