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  1. Bro, seriously. It's almost hard to fathom. Without NIL we would still be wandering the desert and getting our asses kicked in the SEC. Now that we can get payers and landed the top class this year, shits about to get even more real. 
     
    It really makes me wonder if we would have landed Arch without NIL. Hell, even Banks, Williams, and Campbell. know he (Arch) doesn't need it, but he wants to win. Now we can deliver that. All these 5* WR's, damn good to great TE's, 
    Our defense has gotten better every season, made the semis 2 years in a row, so with all those new toys for Sark,PK,Nansen,and Hazleton to work with, we will almost certainly making the layoffs and we'll for sure reach the mpu t as I'm top at some point in less than 5 years,imo. 

    Do you have this in English?
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    • Grays are out, and were never my preference even when they were in. 
    • Not enough room for a freestanding tub (but I tried!). 
    • Want a microwave that could double as conventional oven as well, preferably under counter unit to free up space for pantry space.
    • Clarify on the "except for badass range? I'm reading as go bigger on the range?
    Thanks for all input.
    I will have some time to sit down and lay out some options this week while freezing... assuming the power stays on.

    Yeah - look here:

    https://www.bluestarcooking.com/cooking/ranges/
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  2. I have been asking some of these same question on the Real Estate thread, but figured a more diversified set of eyes here.  I am completely remodeling my Dad's lake house on Lake Belton, and there is some insurance money from a ground floor flood, and a brush from a tornado for new roof.  So there is some seed money to start which is awesome.  I have a couple general remodeling questions and more specific kitchen design ones.
    But I am at the point where I am trying to decide what appliances I am going to install to make sure everything fits with the cabinets, electrical, plumbing etc.  Anyhow right now the appliances are a 30 inch cooktop, and a 27 in double oven on an opposing wall, in a U shaped kitchen.  The problem is right now there is no built-in microwave.  They used to be on the counter 30 years ago...Normally I would just swap out or cut down the cabinet above the range and replace the vent hood with a microwave hood.  But with the 10 foot ceiling heights I wanted to do a large vent hood for aesthetics.  Plus designer and realtor both thought that was that a built in vent would look better than the traditional microhood.  The good news is that I have two 240 supply sources to work with (I think).
    Right now the only appliance I would deem worthy of the remodel would be a Kitchenaid Dishwasher in white, which I could reskin as stainless for  
    1) Hardwoods and Tile in baths/laundry vs Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP) throughout. -  What is your opinion here.  House is pier and beam and I have picked out some Hickory engineered with lengths as long as 7 feet. I have a bias towards hardwoods, but is it an unfair bias?  We will be at the upper end of range in area because of waterfront.  And since I am saving on some of the labor, and a ton on the doors and cabinets, so right now my flooring budget is $6.75 a foot for all flooring except in baths, before installation.  What is your opinion on value, resale, personal bias on natural wood vs LVP?
    2) There are 2-1/2 baths but no tub.  Realtors suggest converting one shower to tub, to increase appeal to families.  I tend to agree and plan to convert a shower into a tub/shower enclosure.  The bathrooms needed remodeling and since the the bath conversion is on a pier and beam subfloor I can more easily move plumbing.  So yes on conversion to tub/shower enclosure?
    3) How important is a second oven and built in microwave to you?  The personal cook/ entertainer in me sort of thinks you need two ovens, just for the big Christmas and Thanksgiving events. We have a double oven range, and a convection microwave hood effectively giving us three possible ovens to use.  We use the small oven probably 90+% of the time.  
    4) Range vs cooktop and double ovens.  I am leaning toward replacing the cooktop with a range, as I think. ranges simply look better.  I am toying with really going big here, but that's another question.  My thought is that if I replace the cooktop with a range I am freeing up built in space for a microwave/ oven combo to replace the existing double ovens. 
    5) Microwave hood, versus built in or stainless steel hood?   What appeals most to you?
    6) How important is a pantry? 
    7) Would the eye candy of a professional style larger 36 range negate having a second oven?  If you have a built in micro-convection oven as well?  In other words would not having the second conventional oven play into a purchase decision.
    How important do you deem the quality of appliances in a home?  How big of a difference do you see between say Kitchenaid (since I have a washer) versus a more professional style range like Thor? 
    I will probably be pushed the more conventional route by my father and sister.  Is that's the case I will go with a double oven range, built in hood, and built in microwave(where double ovens now exist). It will be a great improvement in appearance no matter with all new cabinets and countertops, but since I am gutting it, I like toying with different potential ideas.  The only bad thing abotu my 36" range idea is not many options in electric only 36 inch widths.  That's where I thought about the Thor stuff popped up from.  Cost between a 30" double oven Kitchenaid versus Thor as depicted below?
    Anyhow there are where my musings have brought me thus far on appliances.  It will likely be different after the weekend.
     
     
     
    m_letterbox_ffffff_100480.webpkstainless-steel-kitchenaid-built-in-microwaves-kmbs104ess-64_1000.jpgbuilt in microwave along with double oven VERSUS
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    Hardwoods all the way. Stay away from grays.
    Yes to a tub 100%. Look at freestanding.
    Pimp out a pantry - work from there. Wire it. You have to have a pantry - a range and badass pantry is more valuable than a cooktop with double oven and no pantry. I would look hard at the extra wide range with double oven/ warming drawer/etc. do not build this kitchen around a fucking microwave.
    Kitchen aid is fine if this is a sub 700k-800k place. Except for a badass range.
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  3. I have been trying to find a Winchester Safari Express in .375 H&H. I have read they are still in production, but no one actually has one in stock. Anyone have any insight on what is going on? 

    Reds indoor range has a brand new 2004 model (yes been there 20 years) rifle that I thought was in 375 H&H. I am not positive and also not positive on brand. Might give them a call - it’s for sale but they have never lowered the price. Just sits there. But brand new - worth a shot.
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  4. Eagle peak sucks massive donkey dick. All those guys there are fucking complete assholes. All of them. I’ll never step foot in that place again.

    Try lonestar range and academy on 183n by Florence.

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  5. For some reason I thought Juan had another year left. Who was the genius that played him in 5 games his first year burning his redshirt..

    Steve Sarkisian , Head Football Coach, The University of Texas.

    Now we get to use the school this year on someone new. We weren’t going to see a huge leap in performance from Juan - he is what he is.
  6. Probably a copy of what Walther does with their triggers or it's very, very close

    It’s a walther trigger last time I checked. Canik parts are interchangeable. Master shooter locally (shoots walther) order Canik springs for his gun to get the Canik pro trigger feel. I showed him the trigger one day at the shop and he was smitten.
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  7. The triggers are other worldly good. How the hell such an affordable pistol can have such a trigger blows my mind. I very much want one so I can disassemble it and see how they work. 

    Walther trigger.
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    I dislike them - just dont like the way they feel.

    But they’re fantastic shooting guns. Accurate and reliable. But there is so much more out there.

    What is the purpose?

    Meta pro variant for the win if you buy one.
  9. I wish federal would spend this bandwidth on grendel ammo and not another cartridge. They did this shit during Covid with thirty super carry which was a fucking dud.

    The PRC line is legit. This doesn’t appear to be.

    I’ll be at shot if you want me to stop by their booth and get some answers.

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