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  1. On 10/22/2018 at 11:16 AM, drt said:

    If you do go airless, X5 would be my rec.  I have one of the handheld graco that has the paint cup, and cleaning is a fucking pain.  So much so that basically everything that isn't a big job I just roll or brush.  But the big jobs require refilling the cup constantly.  Go big or go home.

    The X5 is currently $224 at Home Depot and on Amazon and the X7 is $292 if any body has an airless paint sprayer on their Christmas list.

  2. My son built this one this summer for a gaming computer.  He seems pleased with it.

     

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.99 @ Amazon) 
    Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($128.98 @ Newegg Business) 
    Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($154.99) 
    Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($119.89 @ OutletPC) 
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition Gaming 
    Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
    Power Supply: Corsair - Enthusiast 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99) 
    Total: $1583.82
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-28 13:18 EST-0500

  3. I tip when I'm on a personal trip, vacation, whatever.  Usu. $5 per night, but that's somewhat flexible.
    Not on any business trip though.  I don't get reimbursed for tips as a general rule, so I'm usually not for paying personal cash for company time.


    So no tips on meals, bar tabs, the doorman or baggage clerks too?

    Your company seems like it sucks.
  4. I was a sophomore in high school and wanted a wind surfer but we ended up with a Holder 12 monohull by Hobie cat.  I sailed the shit out of that thing, break the mast and tearing the sail on two different occasions.  In a good wind, you could get it up on plane and hang ass out over the side.   A buddy in school ended up with a Hobie 18 senior year and that consumed most of our sailing time after that.

     

    Op hasn't came back to thread but if he is in the Houston area, there are 3 or 4 sailing schools in the Clear Lake/Galveston area.

  5. 13 hours ago, GottaB said:

    Fuck me.  I go to movies during the day so I don't have to sit next to anyone.  I also go to reserved seating theaters because USUALLY people understand the unwritten rule: in a mostly empty theater, you do not select seats next to anyone else.  You get your own arm rest and you don't have to hear them chewing popcorn and drinking soda or smell their gas.

    Situation: I went to see overlord for the first show of the day.  Theater has 8 rows and 14 seats in each row.  I bought my ticket 10 minutes before the show started so most of the people going are already there or have already purchased tickets.  I chose the 4th row with two seats between me and the only other people on my row.  5 seats to my right are empty.  The row behind me only has 1 person on it.  

    As the credits are about half way done, two people walk in and where do they sit: BETWEEN ME AND THE PEOPLE TO MY LEFT.  Not only are they now invading my arm rest, they are invading the guy who like me assumed he would have his own arm rest.   

    The theater is 75% empty or more and this cock knocker gets a choice at the box office of where to sit, sees two spaces and thinks, "yeah, that is where I have to be".

    I have never been so upset I couldn't muster up a fart.  

    My takeaway is you are that guy that goes to the movies alone. By yourself. Just you. 

  6. 2 hours ago, UnivTex34 said:

    Timely thread bump is timely. Headed to PINS this weekend, gonna camp 2 nights. Any tips for someone who has never camped on the beach before? I got some really heavy duty sand anchors from Amazon for the canopy, hoping those will hold in the wind.

    Take an industrial size bottle of talcum powder  and a thin LS shirt and lounge pants to sleep in.  Once you are out of the blowing sand/wind, apply power liberally all over and put on the long clothes.  The powder will cause any sand to release from your sticky skin.  

    I've also seen a small tub or wade pull to step into and wash sand off of your feet before entering a trailer if you are bringing one of them  

  7. Chicken and pizza are buy 25% more than you think you will need food. Because cold pizza chicken is great the next morning. Especially if you are eating it in your garage while drinking a cold beer after mowing the lawn.

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  8. 31 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

    enjoyed having a cordless oscillating multi-tool at home... cutting up furniture and vines and shit all overgrown on my fence

    This is a fantastic price for 2 5A 20Vmax batteries and a charger.  If you have a 20vmax jgrinder, you really need these.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M08HTVS/?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=toolguyd-20

     

    via  https://toolguyd.com/hot-deal-dewalt-20v-max-5ah-battery-2-pack-charger/

     

  9. On 10/22/2018 at 11:16 AM, drt said:

    If you do go airless, X5 would be my rec.  I have one of the handheld graco that has the paint cup, and cleaning is a fucking pain.  So much so that basically everything that isn't a big job I just roll or brush.  But the big jobs require refilling the cup constantly.  Go big or go home.

     

    Anybody got experience using an airless sprayer with oil based and dealing with the clean up?  I've got some 20' containers and a building that need painting and I would like to use enamel but I'm not sure about the cleanup.

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