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That's without towing, the gas numbers are God awful towing.



Lot better than they used to be, plus not loaded with exhaust aftertreatement systems that wipe away any conceivable cost savings diesels used to have.
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We already know, conclusively, that harsher punishments do not deter crime.


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A signed commission by the POTUS, from 90 years ago


I have the one for my great-grandfather when he commissioned as a calvary lieutenant out of West Point. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt.

re: Car Audio on the Northshore

Posted by Clames on 12/25/25 at 9:31 am to
I had two Kicker CompVR 10's with a RF Punch 500, in a regular cab S-10..:lol: Blaupunkt receiver too. I still have the "wing" covers for the amp, mounted it under the seat so the covers had to be removed to fit. Think I could sell them now for almost what the whole amp cost in 1997.

re: Doorbell chime

Posted by Clames on 12/24/25 at 12:10 pm to
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They're cheap. Just replace it.



This but do spend a little more to one with a high enough VA to run doorbell cameras or modern electronic doorbell chimes if you have them.
Women are process thinkers, men are solution/goal-oriented thinkers. Things make a lot of sense when you understand and view interactions this way. Most women can't do gap analysis to arrive at a solution to a given problem, they want a process and the process itself becomes more important than solving the original issue.

re: Early dismissal….

Posted by Clames on 12/22/25 at 10:22 am to
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but just approved an email to go out letting employees know (with management approval) they can leave at 2:00pm tomorrow.


You mean you approve of an email you got from your boss allowing you to close up your kiosk early for Christmas. Guess they figure there will be virtually no sales of cellphone covers until after the 25th.
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determined to stop the rise of the antidemocratic right, that radicalism is exactly the group’s appeal.


Few things less democratic than Socialism.
Had one in the house when I was a kid in the 1980's, could hear it running clear across the house.

re: Aluminum Welder

Posted by Clames on 12/20/25 at 6:41 pm to
HF has a new AC/DC multi-proccess welder coming out. I have a Titanium Unlimited 200, really looking hard at this new 210 AC/DC version.

re: Portable Air Compressor

Posted by Clames on 12/20/25 at 10:09 am to
Not anything decent will plug into a 12V lighter port, decent ones require clamping directly to the battery. I have a Milwaukee M12 inflator I keep in my daily driver, has worked great for several years and I run it on a XC5.0 or 6.0 M12 battery, enough to top off truck tires multiple times without issue. The M12 inflator is $99 tool only, batteries aren't cheap but you can get a two pack of XC3.0's right now for $80 at Home Depot. So $140 per car for a solid tire inflator setup, throw the battery on the charger every few months or so just to keep it happy.

re: .308 Ruger American Gen 2

Posted by Clames on 12/19/25 at 5:38 pm to
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I wanted a 16” barrel 308. Went cheap and bought the ruger.


Should have gotten a GSR, 16" or 18" Ruger M77 platform that can take AICS mags.
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Technically I don't.



You are also painfully ignorant of what it takes to gather evidence and build a case to even attempt bringing people to trial. This stuff could take years to develop yet some of you think this stuff should be prosecuted blindly.
Life is what you put into it, more are millionaires by owning trailer parks than are doctors and engineers.
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This place loves jury nullification, so I’m sure everyone will be fine with that.


RelentlessRetardation clearly projecting.
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There are going to be a BUNCH of disgruntled former kids in a decade wondering where the hell these "amazing" jobs are. Hell, even right to this day its tough to get on as an apprentice for an electrician. Every kid that didn't go to college is trying to be a sparky.


There's going to be a bunch of digruntled dentists graduating with hundreds of thousands of dollars of student debt and finding out they'll have to slave themselves to corporate practices or setup their own little shop and do nothing but drill, fill, bill for 10 years to get out of all the accrued debt, interest, and trying to live their lives with the luxuries they imagined they would have. My fiancée teaches at the local dental school, $400k+ of debt with still more years to go is not uncommon amongst the current D2's and D3's.


Many won't make it.
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The only dumbasses in this thread suggesting trades for American youths are boomers who simply have no clue about anything anymore genuinely too far removed to understand where the trades are.



You are definitely the dumbass here if this is your take.