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jbgleason
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...treadmill budgeted for the control room. I checked, and less than 10 miles have been logged on it in the last year. Fat, worthless fricks
I thought we were going to make it through one post without this shite but NOOOOOO!!!! You couldn't do it.
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re: Am I right to question the cost of a change order for electrical work in a kitchen remodel
Posted by jbgleason on 10/15/26 at 11:30 am to StringedInstruments
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He said the broken wire was a difficult repair and not something that was a quick fix like he was led to believe.
When he saw the mess that was left behind the sheetrock, he said it needed to be addressed before anything else happened in the kitchen.
I had this very scenario in a 1970's house kitchen that I remodeled. I had a electrician sub give me a quote on some additional last minute work and told him I felt his price was high. I got a really legit answer. He said that in older houses he isn't ever really sure what he will get into once the job starts and he would be crazy to bid low and then lose money every time something unforseen happens. The guy (very nicely) said that he was in business and had to protect himself and that I was welcome to start calling around to find someone I didn't know to come and bid the job. He was right. I paid. It was very Free Market and I respect that.
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it has been very wishy-washy lately.
I feel like Trump just says provocative shite to fire people up. Which is insane for a President to do if I am being frank. But he consistently says some really radical stuff that doesn't ever come to fruition. Which means he backs off of it or his people manage to shut it down. Based on what I know about him, I don't think it is his people doing it.
re: Netflix made their own adaptation of The Bodyguard…
Posted by jbgleason on 10/15/26 at 9:40 am to RollTide1987
Why???
re: Perkins Road homeowner comes home from work to huge utility pole in front of house.
Posted by jbgleason on 10/14/26 at 5:47 pm to CatfishJohn
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I'd be curious if anything can be done under Title II of the ADA for accessibility because they put that thing right in the middle of the sidewalk. I know major constructions have to take into consideration bringing curb ramps and sidewalks up to ADA code when they do work.
Clever.
ADA is the bane of my existence sometimes at work
I could see him filing an ADA and them saying "Well, OK. We are now rerouting the entire sidewalk through the middle of the front yard using Eminent Domain. Here is your check for $2600 to cover the $30,000 worth of your property. Thanks for bringing that sidewalk issue to our attention."
Doug then goes out and builds a killdozer.
re: Driver Fitting - Strata to GTS3
Posted by jbgleason on 10/14/26 at 12:38 pm to geauxturbo
Don't worry. As soon as your irons come on line your driver will immediately forget that you have ever hit it before.
Legit FAFO.
Dude went old school Soprano's with the pistol whip and shoot in the arse retaliation.
Dude went old school Soprano's with the pistol whip and shoot in the arse retaliation.
re: Bill Murray A Course Called Ireland Oct 25 Paramount
Posted by jbgleason on 10/13/26 at 3:37 pm to AirbusDawg
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I just returned from Ireland on a two week golf trip.
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Among the courses we played were, Castlerock, Port Stewart, Port Salon, Ballyliffin, Nairn and Portnoo, County Sligo, Donegal, Rosapenna, Enniscrone, Carne and Conamarra.
What are the chances we can talk you into sitting down and doing a review with photos and post it on here? I am working towards an Ireland trip in the next two years. I definitely want to do the west coast and hop around but I don't think I will be as ambitious as your itinerary. Would really like to cherry pick from yours though.
re: It's funny seeing the calibers used in James Bond novels.
Posted by jbgleason on 10/13/26 at 3:19 pm to prplhze2000
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the "experts" such as the armorer and Scaramanga calling a .32 a "stopper"
It's the European / UK thing as well. They don't look at firearms/calibers the way we do here in the U.S.
I met some cops from Bern, Switzerland years ago and we ended up talking about sidearms. Those dudes were carrying .380's on duty and were shocked when learning that American cops carried .357 magnums and 12 gauge shotguns.
One of the guys laughed at all of us and related that he worked in a rural community and his police department had two pistols they shared. But they kept them at the station and had to get a supervisor to unlock the box they were kept in if they wanted to take one on patrol.
re: Does any other manufacturer get the kid glove treatment like Ferrari?
Posted by jbgleason on 10/13/26 at 3:11 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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every review by a "journalist" or publication is paid for and edited by the company making the product and every "user" review you find on reddit etc is probably just plain fake and written by AI.
And that is why I don't do it anymore. When I was writing, it took me a good month to put together a full article. I would receive the gun, take it apart and examine it top to bottom for manufacturing quality/tool marks/type of construction (milled, cast, mim, etc) and then I would clean and photograph it in a studio set up. Then I would handle it off and on for a week or so to get a feel for it. Then a couple of range sessions to test function, accuracy, overall "feel" of the firearm, etc. Along with some outdoor and action photos. Then and only then would I sit down with my notes and put together the article. For all this, I was making around $1,500 for a feature article and $750 for shorter one page "new product" reviews and non-firearms product pieces. Like I said, it was a side gig.
Nowdays, the articles are largely generated through AI writers, photos taken with a cell phone and websites pay authors between $75 and $100 an article. For that amount of money, you can't tell me that they are doing any real review of the product. I have talked to guys in the business who say they will maybe shoot 50 rounds through a gun if they happen to be going to the range that week. If not, they just write it up as if they actually shot it.
It's all about paid advertising and writing / publishing as many articles as you can. "Journalism" is dead.
re: Austin - Live WWII-era grenades found in Texas estate sale boxes
Posted by jbgleason on 10/13/26 at 2:53 pm to ChewyDante
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Not sure what the long piece in the middle is
That's a storage/transport container for a pop flare. Metal ends, heavy cardboard sections. The line around the middle is the seam where it comes apart in half.
I know because I have one sitting in my safe with some important papers rolled up inside it.
re: Who is using this parking lot by the airport?
Posted by jbgleason on 10/13/26 at 2:36 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Taxi drivers
They had this same scenario last year out in LosAngeles County Sheriff's Department. Three EOD techs picked up a box of grenades from a storage unit and were at the bomb disposal range to get rid of them. No one knows, or isn't saying, exactly what happened but one of the grenades detonated and killed them. Turned into a big mess politically as well when it was determined one of the techs had some other unauthorized stuff at his house.
I know some EOD guys and they will tell you that old ordnance is by far the most dangerous.
I know some EOD guys and they will tell you that old ordnance is by far the most dangerous.
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Last summer, a grenade exploded at an L.A. County Sheriff’s Department training facility, killing three bomb squad detectives. Now, the L.A. County district attorney’s office is considering whether to file criminal charges in their deaths.
The sheriff’s arson and explosives unit retrieved two abandoned grenades from the garage of a Santa Monica apartment complex on July 17. The explosives were then moved to the Biscailuz Center Training Academy in L.A., where one of the grenades detonated the next day, killing Dets. Victor Lemus, Joshua Kelley-Eklund and William Osborn and marking the department’s deadliest incident in more than 150 years.
re: Does any other manufacturer get the kid glove treatment like Ferrari?
Posted by jbgleason on 10/13/26 at 11:35 am to weagle1999
Many many moons ago I was a writer for a national newsstand publication in the firearms category.
I wrote a legitimate and balanced review of a new handgun. It was a Heckler and Koch pistol.
Although a perfectly serviceable product, it had a few shortcomings which I pointed out in the article. My editor, under pressure from the magazine owner, sent them a pre-publication copy of my article. They sent back an edited version removing all mention of the issues I identified. My editor leaned on me to change my article. I refused. They threatened to pull all future advertising and “blackball” us in the industry. I stood my ground since it was a side gig and I could afford to be fired.
When the magazine hit the newsstand, I learned that the editor had brought in another writer last minute to write a glowing review of how this was the finest pistol since John Browning designed the 1911. They then cut my article down and put it after his review as a Point - Counter Point type pairing. With mine being shorter, and with no pictures, in essence rendering it moot. I was also banned by the manufacturer from any future press releases, new product review offerings or manufacturer events. Their PR person put a pic of me out to their sales staff at the next SHOT show to keep me out of their booth.
I would imagine Ferrari is very much like that.
I wrote a legitimate and balanced review of a new handgun. It was a Heckler and Koch pistol.
Although a perfectly serviceable product, it had a few shortcomings which I pointed out in the article. My editor, under pressure from the magazine owner, sent them a pre-publication copy of my article. They sent back an edited version removing all mention of the issues I identified. My editor leaned on me to change my article. I refused. They threatened to pull all future advertising and “blackball” us in the industry. I stood my ground since it was a side gig and I could afford to be fired.
When the magazine hit the newsstand, I learned that the editor had brought in another writer last minute to write a glowing review of how this was the finest pistol since John Browning designed the 1911. They then cut my article down and put it after his review as a Point - Counter Point type pairing. With mine being shorter, and with no pictures, in essence rendering it moot. I was also banned by the manufacturer from any future press releases, new product review offerings or manufacturer events. Their PR person put a pic of me out to their sales staff at the next SHOT show to keep me out of their booth.
I would imagine Ferrari is very much like that.
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taken the flight after extensive hours on set,
Let me translate this for you. “She took an Ambien and drank three vodkas. Even though everyone knows this is a sure fire way to do some crazy shite.”
re: Now CFA is going to crap
Posted by jbgleason on 10/12/26 at 8:35 am to F1y0n7h3W4LL
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hate all drive-thru fast food joints.
You know why? Because they frick you at the drive thru!!!
re: What Full Metal Jacket’s Gunny sees every day in Hell…
Posted by jbgleason on 10/11/26 at 3:53 pm to RollTide1987
I met R Lee Ermey twice. He was a damn funny guy.
First time, we saw him at an event and my buddy runs over, hands me his phone and asks Ermey “can you yell at me while I do push ups?” (This guy was kind of a douche as I later found out) Ermey says “no, my contract says I can’t do that but I can strangle you…” Guy I am with barely gets “what?!?” Out of his mouth and Ermey grabs him by the throat. I got a great photo of it.
Second time was at SHOT show. We are walking past a long line of people waiting in an aisle. My friend says “I wonder what these people are waiting on?” I say “I don’t know but there better be free blow jobs at the end of a line this long if you want me to wait in it…” As I say that, we are passing the end of the line at the Glock booth and Ermey is signing autographs. He heard my comment, jumped up from the table and came over to us and said “now that’s funny shite” and palmed me a USMC challenge coin. I have it on my wall.
First time, we saw him at an event and my buddy runs over, hands me his phone and asks Ermey “can you yell at me while I do push ups?” (This guy was kind of a douche as I later found out) Ermey says “no, my contract says I can’t do that but I can strangle you…” Guy I am with barely gets “what?!?” Out of his mouth and Ermey grabs him by the throat. I got a great photo of it.
Second time was at SHOT show. We are walking past a long line of people waiting in an aisle. My friend says “I wonder what these people are waiting on?” I say “I don’t know but there better be free blow jobs at the end of a line this long if you want me to wait in it…” As I say that, we are passing the end of the line at the Glock booth and Ermey is signing autographs. He heard my comment, jumped up from the table and came over to us and said “now that’s funny shite” and palmed me a USMC challenge coin. I have it on my wall.
re: What’s it like Living in Iowa?
Posted by jbgleason on 10/11/26 at 6:40 am to turnpiketiger
I flew into DesMoines in Dec for work once. Got into hotel late and came downstairs the next morning. Asked lady at desk what was the temperature outside?
“It’s 9. But it’s going to get cold later.”
It got well into the negative digits that day with a roaring wind. frick that place.
“It’s 9. But it’s going to get cold later.”
It got well into the negative digits that day with a roaring wind. frick that place.
Yeah. If they were aware of her severe allergy and weren’t more cautious that’s on them. You can’t count on the whole world to look out for you.
re: Round Two: Daisy Duke vs Daisy Duke
Posted by jbgleason on 10/10/26 at 9:01 am to BoomerandSooner
I was on set and five feet away from Jessica. She is probably the most stunning female I have ever seen in person. Hard to describe but the pictures and video don’t do her justice.
Forget the score on that hole.
Tell the kid to learn from the experience because there will be thousands of more holes and tournaments. The big lesson here is, "I scored a 9 - what's the next hole look like?"
The REAL teaching moment here is for the parent. If you really want your kid to succeed at a high level, you better chill out. Because stuff like this is exactly what causes kids to burn out and drop out of a sport. I know because it happened to me at that age. This may be life and death to an adult but, to a kid, it has to be fun. Put too much pressure on them and they will take the most reasonable way out of that pressure. They will quit playing.
Tell the kid to learn from the experience because there will be thousands of more holes and tournaments. The big lesson here is, "I scored a 9 - what's the next hole look like?"
The REAL teaching moment here is for the parent. If you really want your kid to succeed at a high level, you better chill out. Because stuff like this is exactly what causes kids to burn out and drop out of a sport. I know because it happened to me at that age. This may be life and death to an adult but, to a kid, it has to be fun. Put too much pressure on them and they will take the most reasonable way out of that pressure. They will quit playing.
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