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UncleJoseph

And the answer to "why" is: the internet. Their margins in these stores are much better if they just shoot for the fat center of the bell curve, the 90 percent of unsophisticated, lazy, or desperate people who will just grab whatever off the shelf and buy it. There's no benefit in stockin...

UncleJoseph

There used to be a lot of problems with people going and getting demos of stuff, and then turning around and snagging it on Amazon for 20% off, too. The retailers wisely said "fuck that guy" and quit caring, since he was costing them money. That's an excellent point. I worked in retali sh...

UncleJoseph

I hate big box retailers. Places like Best Buy used to have sound rooms and video rooms with at least some specialty equipment that wasn't available at every Walmart. However, I've noticed in the last 10 years or so, the big box retailers have dropped so many of their product lines. They now just of...

UncleJoseph

Well a few weeks ago I broke down and ordered a Ceton InfiniTV PCI-E tv tuner card for my computer. Our cable provider only offers a 2-tuner card, which, oddly, is always having recording conflicts (I probably should watch less TV). In addition to expense, our company's DVR is old Motorla tech. I'm ...

UncleJoseph

Looks like that thing cleaned up to almost new! I don't think I would have been able to diagnose that problem in the first place.

UncleJoseph

While I've been a gin martini guy for several years now (7+), absinthe has recently been displacing my more regular martinis. Absinthe is very expensive by comparison, but I've really been enjoying it. I have to limit myself to no more than 2 drinks, however, because I simply will not stop until it'...

UncleJoseph

Got my water filter a few days ago. I also opted to add two of the Berkey Sport water bottles for my go-bags. These bottles have weighted filters at the bottom of the drinking straw that will filter your water as you drink. So you can simply fill up with whatever water you have along the way, and ju...

UncleJoseph

Got my 90,000-mile interval service yesterday... it's what the dealership calls the "Major Service" on my Tundra, plus a factory recall service on my window switches. My major service included the replacement of all filters and fluids (except brake fluid) such as differentials, transfer ca...

UncleJoseph

My new home is on a community well. Because of water hardness, we had to install a water softener. In addition, we have to filter our drinking water. Right now, the only filter we have is on the fridge, and it comes out freezing cold, but rather slowly. When you want cold water, it's great. When you...

UncleJoseph

In auto mode, pull up to a stop with a long straight ahead. Turn off the stereo. Give the car moderate to heavy acceleration. • Does it keep the same rev count, more or less, throughout the acceleration, no matter the speed? No. It revs a lot like a normal automatic. Slightly different, but very cl...

UncleJoseph

<whisper mode>Dude, you just said it's a living, breathing document that needs to change with the times. ;) <wm> I should've fleshed that out a bit more before I posted. What I /think/ people mean by "living, breathing document," is that they believe it should be readily, continually evol...

UncleJoseph

We don't need police to protect us or patrol our neighborhoods or any of that. We can do that by ourselves. We'll likely have a lot more Trayvon Martins, but we can do it ourselves. I would argue that not everyone can do it themselves. Further, very few people want to do it themselves. Isn't the wh...

UncleJoseph

That's weird. It must just pick a set of points on the "cone" and call them gears, and let you manually jump to them. I think the CVT is the most interesting transmission going; I wish they were more durable, so they could withstand off roading and high-torque electric applications, but t...

UncleJoseph

I didn't realize those came with CVTs ; does hers have one? I'm interested in what they feel like to drive. Yes, it has the CVT. I haven't driven it yet, but my wife likes it. I've ridden in it with her, and it is very smooth...it should be, with no normal gears. What really fries my brain is that ...

UncleJoseph

My wife's lease on her Honda CR-V was going to be up in March. She's been wanting to get back into a regular car, but we now live out in the country with spotty road conditions in winter. So, I had a sort of requirement that whatever car she'll be getting into will have all-wheel drive. Audi is out ...

UncleJoseph

I am what you might call a "constitutionalist." Some folks feel that the constitution should be a "living, breathing" document that changes to be more consistent with the times. Afterall, it was written before things like cars, televisions and nuclear arms were ever thought of. M...

UncleJoseph

Do you feel like the police are nothing more than a group of armed thugs protecting the interests of the elite? I have been called every name in the book. Pig, racist, Nazi, thug, you name it. When I get called names like this, I am always shocked because I know that I am none of these things. Most ...

UncleJoseph

Since I am home from work ill today, I thought I'd start a few new threads...why not start with the most controversial: Gun Control! Although I'm bringing this to the table from the point of view of a U.S. citizen, and because of recent current events that have happened here, I'm also interested in ...

UncleJoseph

Very saddened to hear about this. My wife and I will keep Evie and the rest of your family in our thoughts.

UncleJoseph

Hrm. Now I want to put a Suzuki Hayabusa engine [and sequential gearbox] in my Cherokee. What a dreadful idea. The power-to-weight ratio of these engines is insane. I don't know if the reason they can make so much power in such a small, light package is due to how the engine is stressed. But it wou...

UncleJoseph

Belt tensioniorulley broke. As in sheared completely the fuck off. Why would you make it outta plastic?! Sometimes it's better to have one thing break than another, if something /is/ going to break. For example, in my old clothes washer there was a plastic coupling that connected the transmission t...

UncleJoseph

Oy vey. What a pile of bullshit. I've been hearing a lot of this nonsense lately, and a lot of it boils down to this nonsensical tripe: "Being a woman requires always being on defense." No, it doesn't. Living your life as if you're constantly a prospective victim makes you look for perpet...

UncleJoseph

Samsung 830 128GB SSD Thoughts? Speaking from my own limited experience with my 90 GB SSD, they tend to fill up very quickly. Windows 7/8 takes up a huge amount of space, as does Office 2010. I don't use my drive for any real storage, so with Windows, Office, Nero Platinum and 1-2 games, my drive i...

UncleJoseph

Good, man! That's awesome. Glad you finally got out of that neighborhood and I hope the rest works as planned. :) We hope so too! Nice! How do you have the light and pressure switch mounted on the carbine? With the Magpul kit? And how do you like the Trijicon so far? I have the rail clips that the ...

UncleJoseph

Wait. You're moving? Yeah, my wife and I found a program that allowed us to rent out our current home in da 'hood and build a new home in a nice neighborhood. We just moved in on Sunday. It was a long, expensive process to get the old home up to code for the city and, and I'm still fighting with th...

UncleJoseph

Yeah. I was hanging out with some friends in Idaho last weekend, one of which is a pretty serious hunter and we were talking about how cheap the 700s are getting now. Which model did you get? They have those ones with the triangular ported barrels now. Not sure how to feel about that. Remington 700...

UncleJoseph

Well I broke down on Friday and picked up a Remington 700 .308 heavy barrel. I've been looking at getting a hunting rifle for a while and was looking at the Thompson Center Dimension. After driving an hour and a half to be able to see one in person, I was less than impressed. On my way back home, I ...

UncleJoseph

So... I finally ought to have the Grendel put together by the end of next week, shooting to be done as weather permits. Good to hear. Seems very strange that it has taken so damn long for the parts you wanted, and that they seemed so casual about fulfilling your order. I finally received my Trijico...

UncleJoseph

Glad to hear you're getting most of your parts, anyway...sucks you still have to wait for the barrel.

UncleJoseph

Yeah. Alexander Arms is dicking around on my order. I'm not very happy with them. I had a similar experience while waiting for many of my custom corvair parts for my airplane engine. The only source of said parts knew that my airframe was not completed, so he prioritized other people's orders ahead...

UncleJoseph

Crazy Elf wrote:I quite liked the voice, actually. It helped steer Bane away from being a cliché, which he certainly had the potential to do. I'm not the only fan either.

His voice was totally Ross...

UncleJoseph

Oh my god. I'm not sure I'll be able to watch without dying of laughter . Is this what happened to Heath Ledger? They gave him a preview of Deckard Bane? "Shtay a while, and I'll shoot you before throwing you out of a plane!" It was pretty hard not to laugh. I can't believe the version I ...

UncleJoseph

What kills me is that I'm actually tempted to go see it again with a more critical eye, to see if there was much that I missed or perhaps my mood was wrong to watch it the first time. I almost can't believe my own opinion of this farce.

UncleJoseph

I saw TDKR last weekend during my too-short week off work. At very nearly 3 hours, it is a commitment to watch this film. I loved Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. My love for Dark Knight was not as strong as the first film in the trilogy, but I'm all about main character origin stories. Anyway...w...

UncleJoseph

FWIW, Botach Tactical is having a sale on optics. I'll get to use the ACOG I ordered in about six months. I keep meaning to check their site every time I place an order for something, but it keeps slipping my mind. Thanks for the reminder! I've been looking at the Meprolight Mepro21 as a possible c...

UncleJoseph

Got the IWC Mount-n-Slot with a QD swivel in the mail today...well made stuff. I opted for the front mount only for now, since my Specter Gear sling can mount to the MOE buttstock without one. However, I imagine I'll get the rear mount for it too at some point. I have everything for my M4 now except...

UncleJoseph

...I opted to wait for the hard use bolt (which is SAE 9310 and ionbond plated instead of 8620 and blued; due to how much of the bolt face needs to be relieved for the Grendel case head, a standard material bolt seems to me a lot more prone to breakage and I've seen 5.56mm bolts snap lugs before). ...

UncleJoseph

Also, have any of you gun guys tried FrogLube CLP ? I have been messing around with it, and I don't think I'll ever use anything else again. It is awesome. A buddy of mine and I have been comparing it to things like Gunzilla and it is far superior. Worth the your time to try. A great primer on how t...

UncleJoseph

Ray, I'm intrigued by your 6.5mm Grendel project. I am also intrigued by the .300 AAC Blackout. I have my M4 almost complete (waiting on the optic). Aside from a Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm and a 12 gauge tactical, my next planned firearm is an accurized AR-15/10 platform for precision shooting (...

UncleJoseph

Not counting dining out or alcohol purchases, we rarely go over $350/month. Holy shit! That's less that $6 a day, per person, and less than $2 per meal! That's fantastic. We're nowhere near that. The caveat here is that we dine out far more than we should. But still, we just don't spend that much o...

UncleJoseph

I have an old 2D maglite that doesn't work at all anymore. I've tried switching out the bulb, with no success. I'm thinking it's something in the switch, since everything else looks intact, and there is very little wear and tear on the light (it has been dropped a few times). Might be the right time...

UncleJoseph

[quote="Pdyx"...but we always climb up towards $700, unless we're really careful, and we never seem to make it under $500.[/quote] That seems really, really high for 2 people. Are you buying particularly expensive foods like steak & seafood a lot? Or spending a lot of premium coffee or...

UncleJoseph

Has anyone ever ordered anything from Botach? I have heard mixed reviews. There are a couple of trustworthy YouTube channels (Sootch00 or Equip2Endure,I think) that give props to Botach Tactical all the time. Both of them have great channels, and do tons of gun & gear reviews, and I believe Bot...

UncleJoseph

I've been thinking about the "blessing vs. curse" concept of our modern technology, especially as it relates to the workplace. In my own work setting, we have become VERY dependent upon new technology. Our employees are expected to do more and more work since technology supposedly increase...

UncleJoseph

I dunno, that TK15 looks pretty good! 5 output modes, 337 lumens max, aluminum body... I like the fact that there's a separate switch to select the mode you want and the tailcap just turns the light on and off. I don't think you're going to beat that for $80. But yeah, you could still get two Polyt...

UncleJoseph

I've often thought the tactical lights were way over-priced...good to know there are some cheaper options out there that still perform well. Surefire and Pelican lights are prohibitively expensive, IMO. I started exploring Fenix, and have been pretty impressed. I recommended one of our SWAT guys che...

UncleJoseph

I've taken 2 international vacations to the Caribbean. My wife enjoys tropical, beach-type vacations that are all about relaxing, imbibing and general partying. My personal flavor of vacation is more about learning about the world I live in. I prefer vacations that offer lessons in history or advent...

UncleJoseph

Is it entirely wrong to wish my mother was dead? Like, I see her and she is not the woman I have known all myllife. She is husk. Soi oes this make me the worst person to think tha maybe it woul be better if she died? I suspect this feeling is more rooted in not wanting to see her suffer, and realiz...

UncleJoseph

Great pics, Ray. Thank you. I won't be using a vertical foregrip, but I am tempted to buy one of each of the accessory rails to fine tune the setup. Right now, I only have the 5-slot rail coming for side-mounting the light. They're cheap enough, so I'm not worried about purchasing the others.

UncleJoseph

I have one of these and it's great. Attaches to the mounting slot of the MOE handguard. It'll mount behind you light with room to spare, if that's how you're doing it. This guy also makes a rear QD mount for the MOE stock if you can't get the CTR stock instead. From what I can tell on the site, the...

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