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re: What is the funniest text ever sent to you that was meant for someone else?

Posted by Planetarium on 5/8/26 at 6:16 am to Perfect Circle

Sent my brother in law a congratulations text after the birth of his first born. Brother in law and I aren’t real close or good friends, so he never bothered to tell me he got a different number. So here I am texting some poor dude who thinks he fathered a kid he has no idea about.

re: Ever done something that you’ve regretted later?

Posted by Planetarium on 5/6/26 at 8:00 pm to SecGamer

There isn’t enough bandwidth here to list half of my regrets.

re: Choice of Silencer

Posted by Planetarium on 5/4/26 at 8:28 pm to CeauxPilot

On a gas gun you need to make a a few decisions. Either;
A. Get an adjustable gas block.
Or
B. Play with buffer weights.
Or
C. Switch to a piston setup.

Each has pros and cons

Also, to mitigate gas in your face either buy a purpose built charging handle or (if you’re handy with a dremel) drill a port out the side of your changing handle and build a dam of black silicon around the top of the charging handle, like the picture in the link below.

Drilled Charging Handle

re: Choice of Silencer

Posted by Planetarium on 5/3/26 at 5:09 pm to CeauxPilot

SilencerCo Omega

re: Passing Lanes in Texas Don't Seem to Work Well

Posted by Planetarium on 5/2/26 at 9:14 pm to chinhoyang

It’s not just Texas with that exact problem.

re: Bring Us Your Favorite 2021 and Beyond Memes

Posted by Planetarium on 4/28/26 at 8:02 pm to dblwall

The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations”

re: Sears

Posted by Planetarium on 4/19/26 at 8:00 pm to Nole Man

Their tools were top of the line back in the day. Quality, made in the USA. Then they off shored production and quality turned to shite, just pure junk.
Got to the point if I broke something, the warranty replacement would go in a box, then get sold off as new on EBay. Take the money and buy something decent.

re: Is Moose good eating?

Posted by Planetarium on 4/1/26 at 8:34 pm to highcotton2

Friend moved to eastern Ontario Canada. Said the hard thing about moose hunting isn’t finding them, it’s getting them out of the water to harvest them.

re: First daily carry pistol

Posted by Planetarium on 4/1/26 at 8:31 pm to Kvothe

If it’s ultimately going to be your wife’s pistol, take her shopping and have HER pick out what feels good in her hand.

It’s substantially easier to teach someone to shoot what fits them vs. force something like a square peg in a round hole.

re: Quadruple amputee cornhole player shoots & kills passenger while driving

Posted by Planetarium on 3/23/26 at 11:18 am to Shexter

I have questions.

1. How?

re: America’s 10 Sexiest Accents, Ranked From Most to Least Sexy

Posted by Planetarium on 3/11/26 at 8:56 pm to nicholastiger

quote:

I’ll slap ya momma

I ment no disrespect, just that someone from Bedford, IN and someone from Sioux Falls, SD sound far different.

re: America’s 10 Sexiest Accents, Ranked From Most to Least Sexy

Posted by Planetarium on 3/11/26 at 7:35 pm to WestSideTiger

How is Indiana considered neutral?

They’ve got more of an accent than half the list.

re: What is your worst fear?

Posted by Planetarium on 3/9/26 at 12:40 pm to Jmcc64

quote:
the observation bubble at Willis tower,

BTDT, didn’t bother me a bit.

However, climbing an extension ladder 15’ off the ground gives me cold sweats.

re: What was your first real job in high school? Like where you had to clock in, etc.

Posted by Planetarium on 3/9/26 at 12:30 pm to LSUguy2023

Hardware store

re: What is the worst you've ever been focked over by your job/boss/employer?

Posted by Planetarium on 3/8/26 at 10:08 pm to JumpingTheShark

quote:
JumpingTheShark

Sounds remarkably illegal unless yall signed something that said this without reading it

I’m suppose it was buried in fine print somewhere. But at no time in the interview or new hire process was it physically, verbally mentioned.

Like I said, lies and deceit ran the place. That was just the beginning.

re: What is the worst you've ever been focked over by your job/boss/employer?

Posted by Planetarium on 3/8/26 at 8:32 pm to Chastains

Started at a new company along with 4 other guys. Couple of weeks into work, on the first pay day, one of the other new guys grabbed me and said we’re only getting paid 80% of what we thought, and showed me his check. I get my check, sure enough, only 80%. We talked to the other 3 guys, same thing.

We march into the office and ask WTF, get told it’s company policy that new hires start at 80%, increasing by 5% every 6 months. I was about to politely ask, “So I’m not going to make what I thought I was for 2 YEARS?” But one of the other guys beat me to it, in a much rougher fashion. Yes was the answer. The shite hit the fan, yelling, screaming, threats, ect. 3 of the other guys quit very loudly and walk out the door.

Manager tells me and the other guy to hang tight, he’s going to call the boss. Comes back, says they’ll bump us up to 90% today and 100% in 6 months if we stay. Better than nothing we figured, so we stayed. Both of us found different jobs within a couple months, place was nothing but lies and deception.

re: I saw a tow truck tow an AWD/ft4x4 today and wondered. Are they responsible for damage?

Posted by Planetarium on 2/14/26 at 7:10 pm to Redbone

quote:
I'm not sure why people think that a drivetrain spinning for a few miles to a lot will burn them up.

They are made to spin as we go down the highway.

Just put the vehicle in neutral.

Christ, where do I begin with this mess of ignorance.

Towing an all time all wheel drive vehicle with 2 tires spinning and 2 tires not spinning WILL CAUSE MAJOR CATASTROPHIC DRIVETRAIN DAMAGE.

Towing a rear wheel drive vehicle with the transmission in neutral, engine not running WILL 100% CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE due to lack of lube. The transmission is only lubed when the input shaft is turning, not the output shaft.

re: Best fast food Burger, Fries and Drink

Posted by Planetarium on 2/8/26 at 9:36 am to labguy

quote:
I don’t understand how anyone likes 5 Guys fries. They are consistently the worse fries I’ve ever eaten. Limp, greasy, soggy just terrible. I don’t see anything to like about them.

Agreed.

Their burgers are the bomb tho.

Food and Drink

re: How long does the OT usually keep a vehicle?

Posted by Planetarium on 2/1/26 at 12:11 pm to Hangover Haven

Up here the salt and calcium chloride they dump on the roads in the winter means the body rots to the point of structural instability before the rest of the mechanical systems wear out. Wife’s car is 12 years old, mine is 10. They’re both showing signs of rust.

15 years is about the limit unless you REALLY stay on top of washing the underside of the vehicle.

re: You’ll never guess what MN AG Kieth Ellison said in regards to protesting and firearms

Posted by Planetarium on 1/26/26 at 1:39 pm to Robin Masters

quote:
Why you bringing up old shite

You’re right, it is old.

It’s also dripping with irony.

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