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You looking to save money? Or are you trying to make sure they include everything done the right way in their quote?

A few questions off the top....

Does your price include the following:

Wire welded mesh (if it's going to be used for a patio)
#3 rebar (if used for parking)
Demo and removal/dispose of existing concrete
How much excavation/compacted fill are you including.
Thickness of concrete (4" for a patio, 5" for a parking area)

Don't let them talk you into just compacting the soil that's there. The shite is sinking for a reason

Also don't let them talk you into using fiber reinforced in lieu of mesh/rebar. It's not as good. It's just way easier for them if they don't have to install reinforcement.

Your going to pay some money on this. That is not a small amount of work. 30k given the scope is about what I'd expect.
What happens legally in this instance if the homeowner starts shooting?

No warrant, wrong house, entering unlawfully, at night.

I'm shooting. Not saying that it won't most likely end badly for me, but would I go to jail if I survive?
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I’ve seen the following things here:

Scimitar oryx
Waterbuck
Fallow
Axis
Black Buck
Nilgai
Some type of ram


Wild! Your grandfather was either very smart or very lucky. That property can make memories for multiple lifetimes.
Man, everytime you post with pics I get pumped. That piece y'all have is absolutely wild. The back story makes it even better.

I don't remember off hand, do y'all ever take any nilgai?
Mounted a piece of plywood in the garage.

Mounted heavy duty power strip connected via smart power monitor to plywood.

Screwed my 3 chargers for my power tools to the plywood, added a couple USB pd chargers, and built a little shelf under it to hold anything that didn't have a keyhole mount.

All my batteries, chargers, in one spot taking up about 2'x2'. It's stupid simple. Yet very effective.

Even got it setup to turn off when no one is home, don't need a battery fire.

re: 2025 Trail Camera Photos

Posted by baseballmind1212 on 10/13/25 at 8:15 pm to
Rize, you ever look for help with the javis and hogs?

I've been known to shoot the shite out of some hogs and javis.

Just don't put me in front of those exotics. I'll start shaking so bad I'll fall out the stand.
Depending on the size of your house...

You could easily get a big portable tri fuel (Duramax sells a 15kw) with a short ft start on your AC unit and run your whole house.

You would probably need to cycle your pool pump to be sure not to kick it on at the same time as another high amperage device.

You are paying for convenience with the whole home generator.

You can get 90% of the results for 50% of the cost.

re: Hearing protection?

Posted by baseballmind1212 on 9/28/25 at 8:40 pm to
Axil gs 2.0 ear buds is what I have.

Used a set of walkers active ear muffs, but they would always bump against the gun when looked down the scope. Would break the seal and end up with my right ear ringing.

I hear better/more detail with both options than I do with standard ear plugs.

re: Garage storage

Posted by baseballmind1212 on 9/26/25 at 3:51 pm to
Diy'd this setup for a "floating" shelf on 3 walls.

Used threaded rod in lieu of the vertical wood supports, unistrut at the ceiling.

Probably my #1 favorite diy project due to is use. I was able to triple my garage storage with under 300$. Went from parking no cars in the garage to 2 cars comfortably in an afternoon.

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Never.

I'm young into my gun journey. Plan on buying one a year.

I have the basics, 12g, deer rifle (7mag), and carry pistol. My next 3 years will be an AR, a lever action in 45/70, and a . 22lr.

I have a bad habit of buying something for a reasonable amount of money, then obsessing too much modding it. My 7mag is in an MDT chassis, cerakoted, with a can. I obsessed over learning how to shoot to 1000 yards over the last two years. It's been fun as hell.
Wife said my desire to go hunting will be the demise of our marriage.

Still going.
If walls are open and existing is copper...

Don't hesitate to install a copper to pex Tee yourself.

It sounds like you have done quite a bit of diy. Soldering copper is almost dummy proof. If you are nervous, grab a piece of 3/4 inch, flux, solder, torch and a couple fittings and practice for an hour. Remember, you apply flux and heat where you want the solder to go.

Pex is even more dummy proof. Use pex-b and crimp rings. Can buy a manual crimp tool from home Depot for ~60 dollars. Don't use the pinch rings, use the real crimp rings.

You can buy all the materials and tools for what it would cost you to bring a plumber out to install a tee and faucet connection. Everything add/rework I do in my house, I convert to pex. It's just too easy to work with and parts are too easy to get. It's also more resilient than cpvc and cheaper than copper.
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downloaded the language packs for my ultra 25 a few months back. I can call someone and it will translate from 2 different language. Say a Spanish speaking person calls me it will translate what I say to them in Spanish and them to me in English


This.

I have a fold 7 and the different ways that you can use the translating tools on it are a game changer for me.


Also as another poster sai it is an absolute productivity beast.
Discount tire


Pay the 25$ warranty for each tire.

Mysteriously get nails in the sidewalls every 6-months/1 year. Get brand new replacement tire of equal or lesser value.

Rinse, repeat.
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Especially with the confusion over some of the laws here.


I never realized this was a thing.

Then I had to experience it first hand with a 16 week miscarriage. Hospital wouldn't take possession of fetal remains after a miscarriage. Made my wife and I sit there and wait for 3 hours for an ME to show up and take possession.

Then had the balls to send us a bill a few weeks later for an "abortion".

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so I told her to just call you, that you wouldn't charge her."


My wife does this, but with home repair/remodel/engine stuff for her family.

She's is one of 5 girls, only one other is married. We live 5 hours away, yet she still signs my arse up to do home improvement/repair for the old maids. Nothing like having to bring tools to family Christmas, cuz you can bet your arse I'll be under a hood or on a roof the day after the family party.
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There are places where you can't take guns (Whole Foods, court, government buildings, parades etc). So sometimes you are faced with the choice of leaving it in your vehicle, not carrying or breaking the law.


Is it breaking the law if you don't get caught?

the hood rats don't respect the no guns sign on the door of the gas station/Walmart/movie theater.

Why should I?
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deal with this stuff a lot. MOST people would be well served with a manual transfer switch and a portable generator with a proper backfeed cord setup. That's about $3000 if you go retarded fancy with it, and is perfectly serviceable for the rare extended outage event


This is the way. While all my neighbors were spending 15-30k on whole home backups, I spent 4k for a 50amp plug, 13kw electric start tri-fuel, some poly gas tubing, feeder wires, and a soft start.
My generator is all the way at the back of my property, so I don't have to listen to it run, all I have to do to start it is flip a breaker and hit the start button on the remote.

Some of the joneses around me had to take out loans for their setup. Wild.
Every callaway LSU shirt over ever had was fantastic. They are my go to Xmas/birthday request.

Would never pay 120$ for a polo shirt myself though.
I was a big Dewalt guy for a long time.

Recently switched to milwaukee at work and it is night and day.

Milwaukee has better tech, more tools available, and they usually take part in better sales.

All my work stuff is m18 and gets abused. Never had any issues, my personal tools at home are M12. The m12 tools are cheaper and will do anything an average homeowner wants to do.