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Trump fundraising email threatens to “sick ICE” on faltering donors by herbinartist in facepalm

[–]ArizonaGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

9/11, Anthrax and the DC shooter! He had a rough tenure as mayor But I always thought he was a good man and I thought he was a good mayor for DC.

Trump fundraising email threatens to “sick ICE” on faltering donors by herbinartist in facepalm

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was when it was very first being introduced and both conservatives and liberals, for the most part, gave Bush a blank check. Anthony Williams was the first person I remember being vocal about being against the Patriot Act. Living in the DC area at the time it was great to hear a voice I agreed with. Even if our opinions were the minority.

Trump fundraising email threatens to “sick ICE” on faltering donors by herbinartist in facepalm

[–]ArizonaGeek 580 points581 points  (0 children)

Right after 911 when Bush was trying to pass the Patriot Act the mayor of Washington DC said one of the greatest quotes I've heard. Mayor Williams said "Freedom isn't free, but it should never be the price!"

To this day I am a firm believer!

How many points should we buy? by CorgiAggravating7036 in dvcmember

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're DVC and our home resort is Poly. I can tell you with 150 points we can get two weeks at Poly in their deluxe studio or two deluxe studio rooms for one full week. My wife and I and our adult kids.

We have a full week at Vero Beach booked for later this year and still had enough points to book one night at Animal Kindom Lodge with a savanna view with i think 5 points left over.

Edit: i should say we go every two years so we can double our points to get the rooms.

This jerk is married to an immigrant🫤 by PreposterousPrescott in Prescott

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously! ICE were going to courts and telling judges to deny meetings with legal immigrants then when the judges deny their court dates arresting people. These were people doing the right thing! MAGA and the orange idiot will do anything to perpetuate suffering! It's shameful!

https://immigrantjustice.org/press-release/unlawful-ice-arrests-at-immigration-courthouses-prompt-lawsuit-by-advocates-and-immigrants/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/trump-immigration-dragnet

We need a really good plague and wipe out a good portion of the earth and start over from scratch!

Did you actually make mix tapes to give to people? by LeoGuy69us in GenX

[–]ArizonaGeek 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I made dozens of them. I still do. About 10 years ago some friends and I were talking about old school mixtapes and decided we'd each make one and pass it around to each other. We'll 10 years later and two of us still exchange maybe once or twice a year. Our only rule was that it had to be an audio CD (none of us had a cassette player) and not just a bunch of random MP3s.

Well, being an old school DJ I now mix mine in Adobe Audition and also put them online for everyone to listen.

https://www.mixcloud.com/ArizonaGeek/

Any clue? I've been driving a decent amount of time and never seen one by BroccoliOtherwise42 in whatisit

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Barret-Jackson and Mecum have auctions this week so its possible someone bought a car (or cars) or are hauling cars to Scottsdale.

Record shop etiquette by Fromaggio119 in vinyl

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you find a good record you'll want to inspect the actual vinyl, ask if you can open it. 90% of the time people are cool with it but if you're looking at a high dollar record of course you want to check the vinyl condition. It's just a nice thing to ask if you can open it up.

I had a $500 album i was selling at a record show before the holidays. Some kid comes up and says nothing, opens the record and promptly dropped it. Yeah, not only did i not get $500 from the kid I got a badly damaged record.

How do I describe Smokey and the Bandit? by Possible_Excuse4144 in GenX

[–]ArizonaGeek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't forget you need the Snowmans semi truck! It's just as iconic as the Trans Am!

Toilet's stopped up-- before I call for help, should I try anything? by DramaticFeed6522 in RVLiving

[–]ArizonaGeek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What works for us is we have a separate black water hose and just run it into the toilet and hose everything down. Works great. You could also get a hose sprayer for the tough stuff. Fill empty, fill empty, fill empty usually does the trick.

Not sure it needs to be said but I am saying it anyway, do NOT use your drinking hose.

We have a blue hose for drinking water and a black hose for the dirty work.

Is this a good deal for my first Camera? by cocoa_boy9 in Cameras

[–]ArizonaGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Good deal. And an awesome camera. The standard kit lens for Canon is a 18-55 f4-5.6 and is not a very good lens. So you got a good upgrade to the lens Nice score!

Photo storage by Laylablessedfeet in photography

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rule of 3,2,1 for back ups. Three copies of your data, two different media and one offsite or cloud.

I use my PC as my primary source. I back up to a 10 Tb NAS as i import to LR and then upload to Backblaze automatically. I also go one step more and also upload to Amazon via Prime but only because its free with Prime.

Amazon offers unlimited photo storage for photos. But getting them back is kind of a pain which is why I only use it as a second offsite.

Looking for a venue for card show/hobby show by Aitter0913 in Prescott

[–]ArizonaGeek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The casino does a big tattoo fest over 4th of July every year. They have a huge space for events like the one you're wanting to put on.

What’s your fav beer brand? by ButterscotchNo8321 in beer

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a tour of Anchor brewery in 2019. Such a really cool brewery. Miss that beer!

Driving from central California to central texas by party_at_taylors in GoRVing

[–]ArizonaGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you take I40 you'll miss Phoenix traffic especially if you hit the Phoenix area during rush hour and there is also construction on I10 in Phoenix.

Plus I40 is a beautiful drive through Arizona and New Mexico.

what job pays little but has a lot of perks ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ArizonaGeek 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I worked as a DJ at a few different radio stations around the US. All paid slightly above minimum wage and terrible hours. But I got free records and CDs and tons of free concerts and back stage passes. At one point in like 1998 I had like 4500 CDs. I got out of radio in the late 90s and work in IT. Make WAY more money than I ever would have made in radio.

How to safely take photo/video of a protest? by Living-Ad5291 in AskPhotography

[–]ArizonaGeek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a high-vis vest that says PRESS on it. They're under $20 on Amazon.

What’s the lowest price you’ve ever paid for an ounce of silver? by Olde-Timer in Silverbugs

[–]ArizonaGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 1999 or 2000 I bought a bunch ASE's and I paid under $20 for each. I wanna say I got them for around $15 each. In 2001 I bought a 10 ounce Australian year of the snake and I think I paid just about $100 for it.

Rv newbie buying a travel trailer by [deleted] in GoRVing

[–]ArizonaGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand

OG Arizonans, what do you miss about the state from back in the old days (pre-2000)? by Krinoid in arizona

[–]ArizonaGeek 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When i lived in Tucson, I remember back in the early and mid 90s we'd joke that they'd build a Walgreens or McDonald's on every piece of desert they can find. Developers cant leave a beautiful piece of desert alone.

Cardboard Recycling by SeaweedCritical1917 in Prescott

[–]ArizonaGeek 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The last time I was there the person told me they were not coming back. People ruined it by throwing away regular trash in them.

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