Recent content by pantygnome

The goal should be a net zero...don't owe, don't pay. Not necessarily realistic, but I got close for a few years...I think feds owed us 300-ish. But we took some investment losses, which we keep rolling over and get a little more back from the feds than normal. Once those are rolled off it will...

For the prices they've dropped to, the CZ P10c should be on everyone's short list. $300-ish for a reliable, G19-sized pistol, with arguably better ergonomics.

Someone here said the XG2 hasnt been changed (or at least not yet) That has been my experience as I hunted for some this week. All of the XG2s I found at my 2 local Walmarts have the "old" pinkish, wire mesh type media. The date codes are from 2023 as well. Kinda makes me curious if they are...

Very handy and even fun! Can attach to a rail, or to the bottom of a mag...comes with a small section of picatinny that you double-side-tape on if your pistol doesn't have a rail.

My first new car was a factory ordered Neon R/T. I fought the dealer on price for 2 weeks...over? A $205 "Advertising fee". "Why do I need to advertise your business? That's a business expense on you" We eventually came to an "agreement" where I got a few oil changes for free, offsetting...

Ripped off with prejudice ASAP. I havent had a bad enough experience to do it right in front of the salesperson before I drive the vehicle home. Yet.

How much was the solar project? I do see there are places online that will sell you a kit to install yourself (or hire an electrician, not a solar company), but its still not an inexpensive endeavor.

Decent SSDs are pretty cheap lately. I got a somewhat OK brand name 2TB for 100.00 from Amazon just over a month ago. Id go with 256 or 512GB from a good name (Samsung if you can swing it) RAM can be expensive depending on what your motherboard requires. My PC was old, so I had to suck it up...

Schaffers at $13-ish per quart. Im sure its good and all, but I can do 2 oil changes with the "cheap stuff" and still be saving money.

100%. Its funny how even just 5 or 10 years ago, it was always "college college college", now I tell people my son wants to be a plumber and they practically start applauding. Ridiculously proud of him for standing up and saying college isn't what he wants to do, no matter how many people he...

My kitchen is full of LG appliances, we slowly had to replace what was there and went LG for the oven, dishwasher, fridge and microwave. If my washer/dryer ever needed replacing, Id be going with LG as well. I firmly believe 99% of appliances are a crapshoot. One of my in-laws has **** luck...

Best jobs are the ones you can leave at work. No "projects", no "due dates", etc. Go to work, make pizzas, go home. Go to work, plumb some stuff, go home (my son has said he wants to be a plumber instead of going to college) etc.

After our first year of 100% WFH my boss talked to all of us together and thanked everyone...our production had actually stayed the same and/or gone up (depending on the metric) To me, its a give and take - I may step away at 2PM to grab something from the grocery store, etc. But I will also be...

The wheel bearing on my 2001 Infiniti went kaput while I was on a long trip. The bearing itself was $50, the labor to replace it was 300-ish. Had I been able to get the hub w/bearing, the labor would have been half the cost. This is like how ball joints are becoming "no longer...

WFH 100% since "2 weeks to flatten the curve" Ive worked from home before, but not on a regular basis. Im a software developer with a laptop...I can do my job pretty much anywhere. I always found it odd that "face time" was a big deal for my company, considering the only people that ever saw me...