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re: 2026 Firearm Deals Thread

Posted by Mark Makers on 8/4/26 at 11:24 am to
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thought I lost these in a boating accident but some things never die. I've met a lot of folks IRL from this board


Some folks would probably scold me for it...but I had a small box of about 30 of these left over from when I organized a koozie order years ago. That was about the time of the 2016 flood, hard to believe it's been 10 years and that I have held onto those things for that long. Finally decided to take them out of storage and trash them a couple weeks ago. RIP.
I'm sure i'm in the minority but i've been in Albany over 10 years now, Hammond being where we frequent for shopping, dinner, etc. I love it. Way less crowded than the Mandeville/Covington area. Is it as nice? No. Is it more hood in alot of areas? Also yes. I love the downtown area though, all the good local restaurants, the farmer's market. It ain't a bad place to live. Easy drive to the airport, easy drive to the nearby big cities (BR/NOLA). Real easy drive to Mandeville/Covington area. I'd imagine Ponchatoula has a similar feel, with a little more to offer in town than Albany has.
Do you have school age children? If so, I probably wouldn't put my kids in Ponchatoula public schools. Springfield/Albany/Holden worth looking at for nearby public schools
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It shows there is still a liberal faction rooted in there that if left unchecked will continue to grow in that over 2,000 delegates voted against it.


There is a portion of that 2,000 that voted against it because they felt it was unnecessary, that the restrictions were already in place. That it was fixing a problem that didn't exist. They still are against women being pastors just like the 6,000 that voted yes.

re: Dollywood

Posted by Mark Makers on 4/13/26 at 1:03 pm to
Went this past November with my wife and 5-year-old daughter. We bought the 2 day passes since the second day is cheaper when purchased together, but we knew we may just eat that second day expense if we felt like one day at the park was enough. We went during the week, crowds were low, pretty much walked onto any ride we wanted. Despite all of that, we were still glad we had purchased the 2-day pass and went a second day to finish seeing everything. I feel like 1.5 days is perfect. We only went to one of the shows, might could have made it a full 2 days if we hit a few more of those.

I'll throw this one in for all the parents of young children...

"six sevennnnnn" :banghead:
The Wifi seems to work fine on our phones for everything else though.

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If you have an upstairs neighbor, their Wifi may be broadcasting with channels that are too close to yours or conflicting.


Could this cause Wifi calling to not work but internet/texting/etc to work fine on our phones? Quick speed test on my phone shows 25.9 mbps download and 27.2 mbps upload.
Building was completed in 2009 according to Google Earth.

About the same quantity of windows around all sides of the building.

Our company is on the first floor of a smaller 2-story wood framed office building. The cell service is great outside and absolute shite inside. We have tried a lower end self-installed cell booster with no luck, our IT has also tried installing something to increase the Wifi signal throughout the building so that we could use Wifi calling, both have not hardly helped.

We really like this office/building location but are on the verge of wanting to move locations just so we can have better cell service. Any opinions on what we should try? Are there local companies on the Northshore that might specialize in installing some sort of cell boosting equipment that can help us with this problem?

re: Pigeon Forge / Dollywood

Posted by Mark Makers on 3/9/26 at 11:01 am to
We were there during fall leaf change last year, opted to avoid Cade's Cove due to fear of traffic and how long it would take us to get through it with a 5 year old. We did the Roaring Fork Motor Trail instead, enjoyed it so much that we did it 2 mornings in a row.

Another vote for Anakeesta with kids also.
Tampa to Disney World, was about 1.5 hours. I had flown into Tampa for work. My wife and my daughter were in Disney World on a girl's trip. They were scheduled to start the drive home that morning. The people that my wife and daughter had ridden with came down with the stomach bug. My daughter's preschool graduation was the very next day and we didn't want her to miss it. She also had never flown before. I Uber'd from Tampa to Orlando, picked them up, Ubered to airport, and booked all 3 of us flights home.

When the Uber driver arrived and saw the destination was Orlando, he said he was down to bring me but wanted to cancel it on the Uber app and asked me to pay him cash instead :lol:
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I threw a lot of t-shirts and socks this year.


I caught a pair of socks at Endymion and it's one of the few things I brought home with me and actually plan to keep. :lol:

re: ARC raiders

Posted by Mark Makers on 2/18/26 at 7:13 am to
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LMAO. I'm ready to get past expedition. I've made the decision to just do it, but losing 65 blueprints is going to suck. Just ready to rip off the bandaid and start building back up. A friend is going to mule a couple blueprints and guns for me, so it helps a little.


I decided not to do it as I am newer to the game, however the two guys I play with are doing it and think i'm the BP storage until Expedition is over. Probably taking up 25-30 slots in my stash right now, can't wait til that shite is over so I can have my stash back :lol:

re: Speed Queen questions

Posted by Mark Makers on 2/11/26 at 11:53 am to
We have the 700 series washer and dryer and love them so far. Had some initial concerns with getting the 700 series with the added electronics over the 500 series, mainly with reliability. The local speed queen dealer gave us a lot of reassurance that they don't see a noticable difference in the amount of 700 series that are brought in for repairs vs. the 500.

re: ARC raiders

Posted by Mark Makers on 1/26/26 at 4:18 pm to
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Tryouts tonight for the bubba-yawn-murdah squad


I aint ready to introduce those sweaty PVP lobbies into my algorithm yet :lol: coming soon though!

re: ARC raiders

Posted by Mark Makers on 1/26/26 at 1:06 pm to
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To top it off they really nailed the Arc’s. They piss me the frick off and that’s a great thing. Shitty bots ruin immersion but these Arcs feel alive and have to be taken seriously.


I hadn't really thought that one through until you said it but you are absolutely right.

re: ARC raiders

Posted by Mark Makers on 1/26/26 at 8:14 am to
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I clipped all our pvp moments and uploaded em so you can rewatch them lol


Good shite! I just got this game a week ago and am hooked. Had to watch these clips to see if you had any videos of me getting clapped :lol:

re: Deer Processing

Posted by Mark Makers on 1/5/26 at 1:14 pm to
Fitz Lee Specialty Meats & Wildgame Processing - Independence, LA

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