If I had one of those it would just show how people drive like idiots when they get around me.

True. I feel like people deliberately drive like shit around me.

To be fair, roundabouts are stupid.

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agree with Buehler.....Roundabout are f-ing stupid. Any that they are building here are also too small.

Minnesotans cannot merge or do 4 way stops anyway-roundabouts make them worse.....

I hate roundabouts myself with a passion. Want to know why Sates, Cities and Counties love them. Its cheaper to build them than signalize a intersection and maintain it. Also and maybe even more reason they love them is it takes all liability off them and puts it on you the driver.

Apparently they're much better in terms of crashes. You don't have t-bones and head-ons with roundabouts. So that's an advantage. I agree, though; it stresses me out to drive through one because I figure someone's going to appear out of nowhere and take me out.

I went through one last year that was far and away the biggest one I've ever seen. The middle of it was just open field, and I swear it probably had three or four acres of land in there. You could barely see the cars on the far side.

I can understand roundabouts, when they're used properly, But, there is one I know of on a federal high-way no less, that I just :shake:.

Its on 75 highway just north of Lyndon Ks south of Topeka

There is a big ass one in Long Beach CA. Flowed well. Made more sense than the little ones.

Interesting topic!!

We have two lane roundabouts, 35 all total where I live. They have signs at the entrance to let you know what each lane can do. Basically you treat it like a 4-way stop.

Two lanes approach, the right lane can go to the first or second exit. The left lane can go to the second or third exit. If everyone did this, there would never be a problem. However, those who don't know how to read signs, new people. They'll get in the right lane and want to go to the third exit, so they'll drive real slow all the way around the outside lane, not knowing they may get t-boned by a car on the inside lane at the second exit, and it will be their fault. Just remember, a 4-way stop, you wouldn't turn left from the right lane.

Here's one, some have a bypass lane for those going straight and no need to enter the roundabout. We also have 73,000 privately owned golf carts. The Villages is 153,000 people now in an area of 32 square miles. Most golf cart paths will cross the entrance roads just before the roundabout, so you have this to navigate as well. For a community with the average age of 70, it's fun to drive here.

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Just arrived today.

Camera - Fuji X-Cams - Use them at work daily, use them for fun occasionally. X-Pro-1 and X-E1 bodies, smattering of lenses. They are digital cameras, but they function much more like old school film cameras. Love them.

Camera Bags - Billingham, England. Enough Said.

Binoculars - I use Canon Image Stabilizing Binoculars every day at work, and they are WONDERFUL. If you don't need that, I love the Redfield Bincoculars I purchased a few years ago, wonderful optical clarity.

Wristwatch - Tudor Black Bay Steel - Fantastic wristwatch. COSC Chronometer rated, In-House Movement, Excellent Bracelet. It's a daily tool, not cheap, but has served me very well for the last few years. I recently started a thread on the Omega Speedmaster my wife purchased for me for our 11th Anniversary. I love that watch, I have been wearing it ever since I got it, but the Tudor is a great do it all tool watch.

Wallet - Maxpedition Spartan. Legit.

Firearms - The new Smith and Wesson 586 Classic is a very nice revolver. It has the "Hillary Hole", but the bluing and action are still very good. I am also partial to my HK USP 9. As far as scopes, I have owned Leupold, Nightforce, Bushnell and SWFA. I have bought and sold stuff, but my current stuff is sporting Leupold and SWFA optics.

Fishing Rods - Fenwick. You can get a great rod for around $100.00.

Fishing Reels - Shimano Calcutta. Enough Said.

Wrenches - SK. You can still buy SK stuff online, and their long pattern wrenches are fantastic and comfortable to use, without the Snap On Price.

Ratchets - Cornwell USA. EXTREMELY UNDERRATED!

Pocket Knives - Spyderco. I have a few Benchmade's and Kershaw's. I still love my Spyderco the best. For fixed blade knives, I love my Randall's.

I’ve been reading the title of this thread wrong for a long time. I never opened it because I thought it was a crazy concept to pay for a “podcast” when there are so many free ones out there.

I have the Andis Masters clippers and this purple set of guards. Love the gaurds as they're well made and sturdy with really strong magnets.

When I was a kid my dad would take to the barber and get a buzz cut. After I got out of the Army in '72, I've been cutting my own hair and for the most part, it's not that difficult. Of course in the 70's and 80's long hair was the style. Nowadays I keep it normal length and I've never had to use the professional style trimmers. I found by doing a small amount of touch-up every few days, it stays about the same and a beard and mustache trimmer is all you need. My latest is this Remington I bought at Walmart for about $30 probably 7 years ago. I leave it plugged it, it's rechargeable.

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"Meater"


I didn't buy it, got it for Fathers day and left it in the drawer ignored for almost two months.

I already had a meat temp system for smoking that I have had at least 10 years and didn't see the value in this "meater" just like new dual systme my wife gave me for Christmas that I have ignored, still.

I decided to try "meater" on my ribeye steaks a week ago, amazing. Wife's med rare was perfect and so was my medium. Had ribeyes again tonight, same result, perfection.

No guesswork in steak perfection any longer!

In case anyone's in the market for one of these, you can get a BOGO free on Amazon by "chatting" with their bot on Facebook to get a code. I grabbed one on Bowser's recommendation and have been thrilled with it.

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Glad it worked out for you!

I said it earlier in this thread, but if any of you work off hours jobs, this mask is just the best to help get some sleep when the sun is up. Very comfortable and gives you total blackout. And no, I do not work for Manta, lol.

What else do you guys got? Anything cool we can't live without?

Anyone purchase the lawnmower manscaper shaver that i see advertised on youtube all the time? Seems like a group of people that regularly shaves their balls.

I got the crisplid for the instant pot, didn't want to take up the real estate for an airfryer in addition to all my gadgets so this works well.

https://mealthy.com/products/mealthy-crisplid

The flesh light. It does it’s job and doesn’t still blame you for shit that happened two years ago.

Shower mount for my fleshlight

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The most awesome wireless surround shit I've ever owned.

I have this one (DDJ-1000SRT). Incredible instrument.

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Greatest thing I have ever got for myself?






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We've been using grocery delivery, and there have been substitutions on occasion. I ordered a brownie mix, and they substituted this gluten free mix. I don't need gluten free stuff, but whatever.

We baked the brownies, and they may be the best food that has ever touched my mouth. We've since ordered them two more times and they're on our permanent list. My wife loves them as well.

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This is a pretty specific thing, but we're all locked down and bored, and I enjoyed the eff out of it this past weekend.

A while back, I bought a couple of graters, Cuisipro Accutec.

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I use the coarse grater pretty regular for cheese, but never really used the fine much.

Decided to make scratch carrot cake, and the coarse grinder was great for grinding fresh carrot. Did a pound in about 2 minutes. But the fine really shone, grinding fresh nutmeg from nut, and fresh cinnamon from bark.

I love carrot cake, but have always been intimidated by how rich and complex it looked, like I would try to make it and make a total mess without a great result. But this could not have been easier, nearly as easy as a box mix.

Not recently, right?

Nope, Momma would murder me if I did that to her.

glutino brownie mix is good. we use it a lot.

I was wondering how you were still alive

We got the Ninja Foodi and it's essentially an instant pot with a crisper.

Frozen chicken wings from start to finish that end w/ nice crisp skin in about 10 minutes. Damn nice when I feel like going home for lunch. Makes really good breakfast potatoes/casseroles as well.

Spaghetti is surprisingly good in it, just using the basic instapot features on it. Have only had 1 real miss and that was the mac and cheese recipe it came with. Tried a different one as well and ultimately there's just no benefit to be found there. It makes veggies a little softer than I prefer so I just roast them instead.

Ultimately you combine that guy with my Breville toaster oven and a single-station induction top I got for tailgates and I can pretty much cook anything without using my stove/top at all. If that thing went out on me, I could do a full thanksgiving dinner without batting an eye.

The wife and I have been looking at those at Sam's Club they are big but it would eliminate a Cuisinart electric pressure cooker that has been rock solid and a Gormia 6 qt air fryer that is so so. Every air fryer I have had the Teflon coated basket starts peeling and is not worth replacing. The Ninjas are 30 dollars off now at Sams. 160 for the Foodi tendercrisp 6.5 qt or 170 or Foodi roast grill bake. I can also get the Foodi deluxe XL 8 qt with a 20% off coupon for 190 at Bed Bath Beyond. Only the BBB has to be shipped because they are closed nationwide afraid of the rona.

Which one you rocking I just wonder if the Deluxe xl is worth it honestly.

I was looking for a new weed trimmer and saw this electric one from Ryobi:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...2080/206451828

I thought **** it, it uses the same batteries as the one for my drill and Miter Saw so I'll try it out. This little thing is awesome! Lighter than my old gas power craftsman. Trimmed and edged just as well as it did too on a battery!

That's the one we got; did the same thing with the 20% off coupon at BBB. Then we used our Discover Card money to purchase gift-cards that are something like pay $20 and get $25 when you use your cash-back rewards to purchase them. So at that point you can 'double dip' the discount because one of them is coming from Discover and being loaded onto gift cards, the other from BBB via the coupon.

We have 3 kids so we got the big one just to be safe. Honestly, sometimes it's still a little on the small side. The problem is that the round shape just doesn't yield as much usable surface area for some things. Works great for casseroles and such but you can crowd it pretty quickly if you're trying anything bigger.

I just didn't know what I'd need to I wasn't gonna risk ending up with a useless appliance to save $100. I got the biggest we could get to give the whole idea as good a chance to succeed as possible.

They make a trim nailer now that's actually pretty damn good. I saw a carpenter using one and without having to lug the compressor/hose around, he was just flying through trim work.

I haven't had an excuse to buy one, but man I'm looking for a reason.

God dammit don't tell me that!

I'm fully bought into the 40V Ryobi ecosystem at this point - lawn mower, weed eater, hedge trimmer, and leaf blower. It's super convenient to have them all use the same battery so that if you forget to charge one up, you have plenty of spares. I have a small yard, so the mower gets through 2-3 mows per charge. Probably the best thing is no gas, oil, winterizing, etc.

Callaway X tours 4-pw True Temper-dynamic golds s.

Weber Performer. Charcoal grill with all the extra goodies. Really helped take my grilling game to the next level. Might buy a 26" and build a table around it next time, 22" just doesn't do the trick anymore. :thumb:


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Thanks that's good info I was looking for.

1. Honeywell black 3 speed desk fan for about $15 at Walmart. I use it everyday

2. Alpine Swiss light brown card holder for my credit cards, discount supermarket cards, license, business cards, some photos and receipts/lottery tickets. I NEVER have carried money in a wallet, always in my front left pocket and car keys in the right.

3. My Timberland Kiaweh boat shoes. Wear them about 4-5 days a week.

4. My worn out black gym/duffel bag I bought in 2008 to hold all the towels that I sold during the Obama/McCain POTUS rallies. Bag has been incredible and while it only has a short time left I have used it several thousand times since 2008 for a variety of items.

5. A 6" trifold Mallaird memory mattress for guests at $149. Nothing has ever held up like this and it's as soft and in the same shape when I bought it. I had to sleep on it for 6 months when my mattress wore out and I was moving. Beats stupid air mattresses by miles and miles.

6. My Kansas City Chiefs gear; red NFL polo with logo, a red basic KC baseball cap, my Super Bowl Champs T shirt and my wall hanging in my office of a bottle cap that says KC Chiefs est 1960.

If you own your own home eventually you will have stuck kitchen sink drains this is more than worth the money if you don't want to pay the plumber 150 bucks to free it up. It's saved my ass many a time.

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I have the ryobi 40V wish Id gone with the 18V as it would have been plenty and lighter. Ryobi makes some good stuff the work lights I surprisingly get good use out of.

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Ryobi is fine stuff until you really need to work it hard. I have a Ryobi ratchet driver that I used for years here and there then I went to Texas to build a deck with a buddy of mine. We spent a couple days flying through it to knock it out while I was down there and by the third day the motor was smoking and bit holder had blown the spring so anytime I raised the driver the bit fell out.

Viable justification for buying a dewalt duo kit when I got home and I kept the driver for times when my dewalt batteries die mid-project and I need a placeholder for an hour or so while waiting for my batteries to charge back up (I like having both my ratched driver and my regular driver loaded and ready so I'm not switching back and forth; should just invest in some drill/drive attachments - but when you're firing through pilot holes and screws, you can suck both those batteries dry pretty fast). But ultimately I just asked too much of it.

They're also a little more haphazard in their design. The ratchet, for instance, tries bit 'jumps' when it's ratcheting instead of the smaller, faster jumps on the Dewalt and Milwaukee I have. So it's less precise and more prone to tear out. It's also bulky as hell; just a big tool so it doesn't fit into some tighter spaces. You can tell where they saved money in their design - it's just not as thoughtful or robust.

I burned up a reciprocating saw the same way - tried to do a little too much tree work with it and it just gave up the ghost.

They are affordable and viable consumer grade tools, but they become throwaways if you work them like a contractor.

whoa...that's what i need to use to find what's down the shitter in the grandkids bathroom. it's not completely stopped up, but it doesn't really flush worth a damn. needs a plunger every once in a while. i think they tossed a sock or something down there a couple months ago and never said anything.
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Side note regarding that 18v One-touch line. You can find some really reasonable knock-off battery packs that work with them online.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VBS31GK...NsaWNrPXRydWU=

$60 for a pair of the 5.0 Ah high capacity batteries when the Ryobi branded ones will cost you $145 for a pair of 4.0 Ah ones. Now the former is probably a little overrated but it's still at least the equal of the latter when all is said and done and costs less than 1/2 as much.

I Have a shitload of chargers everywhere in all my machines. This is the best cable tie I’ve found. You roll it up tight on the wire, it Velcro’s to itself then when you’re ready to Roll up the cable it Velcro’s to the backside too. Good quality velcro and build quality. and 50 of the bastards for $8 is where it’s at. I’ve tried a bunch of different shit and this is where I ended up to keep charger cables (and any other cables) tied up.

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Also my buddy kiped me a QI charging pack. Which is well and good but what really use it for is in lieu of a charger cord at night. It’s so much easier to get it on the charger in the dark when all you have to do is hit the block rather than find the cord that invariably falls behind the nightstand or under the bed. :cuss:

It works well as a mobile charger sure but it really shines as a nighttime charger. I see there are QI alarm clocks and whatnot which is the direction I will go when this shits out down the road.

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Any battery-powered lawn care product by Ego, I think I've got them all.

And this mat and net (especially with golf courses shut down recently)
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Bought this 2 months ago and haven’t went out for coffee since. Can’t recommend a Delonghi enough.

This is what I got and it’s a lazy mans espresso machine, but it’s a good price and well worth the investment.

De'Longhi ESAM3300 Magnifica Super Automatic Espresso & Coffee Machine https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000N2YKQ0..._ue1HFbE7PMQ3T

a Puffy Lux mattress. Has been a Godsend for my back and shoulder pain.

Are you gay or something?

Sorry, but this is the best coffee-maker on the market today:
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Kind of expensive for a Stanley, but makes consistently great coffee, if you can boil water, and wait ten minutes.

Got these today for $35 with free shipping from Puma. Rockin!

I would not have figured you for that. Hmm.

Real men drink espresso.

It's like the craft beer of coffee.

Craft beer drinkers are gay, dude. So gay.

I bought one of these for my PA setup.

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For the price, can't be beat. Bluetooth enabled, works great for my daughter's gigs.

And then I got this. It supposed AptX low latency so I can use my bluetooth noise cancelling headphones to play games on my TV without any delay.

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Craft beers are the closest you'll get to the European originals.

American beer is piss water. Do you live in a double wide?

You'll have to excuse him, he's part way through his "whiskey Wednesday"

Hey now, let's not get all beer snobby lol

I'm not really a beer snob so much as spoiled. Lived in Germany, can't drink American beer. It tastes terrible.

Can you tell me please.. how do I pick the lighter beers? What are they called? By lighter I mean not the bitter heavy beers.
I have moved to Oregon that is of course a micro brew crazy town. I've randomly bought the wrong stuff. So thick I almost gag from swallowing it.

Oh, then you haven't tried Huber or Texas Pearl. Gotta have those before discounting American beers altogether . . .

Good beer is always going to have flavor. A pale ale or pilsner is on the lighter side but if you're used to American beer, they're still going to taste bitter, especially the high hops varieties.

Those are CRAFT beers, dumbass. :D

EDIT: When I say "American" beer, I mean Bud and Coors and that crap.

I'm sure he means mass produced like budweiser etc.
Not rarer stuff

My friends are IPA this and IPA that...

I'm lazy when it comes to coffee, so I went with the Nespresso Vertuo rather than a "real" espresso machine. Love having it at home, though.

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I have nothing against flavor. But I got a beer that was beyond bitter and thick. I couldn't finish, like I was a kid eating a vegetable I hated

That look like a Raider fan drinking something someone left in his baby mommas fridge. No proper glassware or nothing.

I can assure you no "hipsters" are drinking lagers. We're drinking IPAs, pastry stouts, and fruited sours and we love memes

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Actually, the Vertuo makes a damn good espresso for an automatic. Seriously.

Ha ha. I had that pic queued up next.

Looks like a Oregon barber shop