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BHMCruiser

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  1. Just to double down, a bull bar (like ARB) and a grille guard are not the same thing. The latter are affectionately known as "damage multipliers" in the Land Cruiser community. They do not provide any real protection or benefit and tend to get scraped up - at best - and can really mess up your truck with very minor contact. The bull bar is a structural improvement that does provide protection. It's also heavy. You're better off with no grill guard at all. Just my two cents as somebody who's gone both routes.

    And the ARB product is awesome.

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  2. On 11/17/2023 at 9:00 PM, GoPokes83 said:


    “Here’s the link, please order these” doesn’t seem that out of line of a request for someone with decades of govt purchasing experience. But you’re 100% right, when she said she was buying in the upper level because of the kid and there were good deals I ASS-umed she meant directly above where I asked her to purchase or at least in the same proximity as there were (Still are I’m sure) tons of seats available on the visitors side. Oh well, just another ankle roll along the trail to marital bliss.

    Still your fault. My wife is objectively brilliant and purchasing tickets for anything instantly renders her borderline retarded. I don't know if it's like how women can't read maps, but she never gets good seats. She bought NCAA tournament floor level seats....behind the backboard. 

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  3. 20 minutes ago, texasdago said:

    Correct and the city is full of amazing sites and gems that are completely ignored by the masses... and that's where we spend our time.  As someone who has been to Rome over a dozen times to visit family, etc., I still haven't been to the Vatican Museums.  I'll live.  I still haven't been to Franklin, either.  

    Dude the Vatican museums are worth the hassle. Especially if you do a scavi tour and have a guide for the museum but otherwise I agree there's more to Rome than the usual stuff. 

  4. 3 hours ago, texasdago said:

    Can confirm from first-hand reports of a friend of mine that went to visit family.  Said it was really crowded.  I think Rome is stuck in that mode now, as well.  Used to be you could go in the spring or winter months and it was "relatively" chill.  Sorry for my family in Rome but we just don't go back there.  They may be celebrating that, though.

    A friend of mine was visiting Rome with his family over the summer and said it was just a total crush. It was kind of driving his wife batty so he asked me what he should do and I told him to stop trying to visit every museum and tourist attraction and just try to hit some local neighborhood spots like Romans do and sent him to spend a day wandering around Trastevere. It really improved his experience. 

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  5. 21 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    There may be nothing more excruciating to do with my wife than to help her pick out paint colors. I would rather be stuck in all day traffic that's not moving and I have to piss really badly than have to pick another f'ing paint color for this f'ing bathroom. JUST FUCKING PICK ONE!

    Anyone else think they make us help them so they can blame us later if it doesn't work out the way that's in their diseased female heads? I swear this whole process is just a trap she lays for me. 

    We recently renovated some bathrooms. I went through this same excruciating process (including her making the painters paint three different times) and finally just took the book, flipped it open to a good color, pointed and said "this is the color we want." My wife got mad at how little I cared and now everybody who visits talks about how amazing the bathroom color is and she visibly steams. 

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  6. 34 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

    I actually really, really like her family. But they don't know how to just hang out and relax. They make an itinerary for everything. And micromanage stuff like kids birthday parties. You know "We going to cut the cake at 3:12"

    My mother-in-law is a self-righteous, judgmental, opinionated, self-centered butthole, but makes up for that by also being profoundly stupid. 

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  7. On 10/20/2023 at 3:11 PM, Jameslaw121 said:

    Today, my wife figured out one of my in-law strategies.

    About once a month I take a half day on Friday. On those days I'll usually go have lunch with my wife, BIL & FIL.

    Driving back from lunch:

    Her "I love that you spend time with my family. They really like you. And I like that you do that you make an effort to invite them."

    Me "Oh yeah. I like your dad and BIL."

    Her "My mom was wondering if we had plans this weekend."

    ME "I mean we were with your family today. I kinda wanted to relax  and watch football and baseball this weekend."

    Her "Oh okay. We can do stuff with the kids"

    about 20 minutes later

    Her "Wait a sec. Do you do these lunches so that you can get the brownie points for spending time with my family. Without having to spend time with my mom & sister?"

     

     

     

     

     

    I would do literally anything to avoid spending time with my mother-in-law. If I had this conversation with my wife and she figured it out while I was driving, I would Toonces the Driving Cat it because life would be over anyway.

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