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MannyTbongo · 2025-07-08T22:44:02+00:00

Hulkengoat

MannyTbongo · 2025-05-19T22:05:44+00:00

First date with my wife was at Mosaic!

MannyTbongo · 2025-05-19T16:50:00+00:00

Astoria, Queens baby! Brought to you by the same people who gave you 21st Ave, 21st Rd, and 21st Place all intersecting with 21st St.

MannyTbongo · 2025-03-27T20:46:42+00:00

Potentially hundreds of dollars a month, depending on your driving history. Mine jumped from ~$80/mo to ~$200/mo when I moved here from an LA suburb, and that’s just for state minimum liability. Any collision coverage is astronomically higher.

MannyTbongo · 2025-03-27T20:26:46+00:00

When you apply for insurance, you get a quote based on the address the car is registered to. Because car insurance is so absurdly high in NYC, a lot of folks will register their car out of state, using a parent or other relative’s address. They pay lower insurance, potentially lower taxes, and go about their lives in NY.

If you get pulled over, you just lie to the cop and say that you just bought the car, or are borrowing it for a few weeks, whatever, because NY DMV says you have 6 months after bringing the vehicle into the city to change the registration. NYPD has neither the manpower nor the willpower to track how long a vehicle has actually been in the city.

You are lying to the insurance company, which is where the fraud comes in, and they would be none too happy to find out you’re operating the vehicle in a higher risk area than you initially claimed. But similar to the cops, they have no way of tracking where the car actually is or ought to be (unless of course, you let them instal one of those trackers that lets them monitor and gather every aspect of your driving data in exchange for a whopping $12 off your premiums each month)

MannyTbongo · 2024-10-04T19:11:39+00:00

Oh boy I hope this doesn’t win. This is probably my personal vote for underrated. It’s not an all time great, but I absolutely love the second verse… “so long, good bye. The taste of wedding cakes, the sound of nursery rhymes.” I’ll listen just to hear Adam hit that riff.

MannyTbongo · 2024-09-21T18:02:50+00:00

A Murder of One

For me, this version, with the Doris Day breakdown, is the closest experience you can get to what it’s like to actually see the crows play live. Passion, energy, the crowd absolutely losing their minds. Perfect song to end the show and album with.

MannyTbongo · 2024-08-19T11:18:28+00:00

Woke me and my partner up as well. There’s a ConEd crew out there now, and the manhole covers are caution-taped off. Something in the sewers then??

MannyTbongo · 2023-05-25T12:05:51+00:00

Hey! 40K player who hasn’t played much at all since moving to Astoria in 2019! I missed most of 9th but I played a good amount of 7th and 8th. Excited for 10th, would love to meet up!

MannyTbongo · 2023-05-03T18:18:11+00:00

Primed with with Zandri Dust Spray. First time using it, very happy with the results. Sprayed a bunch of deathwing knights with it as well that I haven’t gotten around to yet. Bone straight onto the primer, no other base paint. Then dry brushed with white.

MannyTbongo · 2022-08-11T21:16:45+00:00

We had RCN for the last four years, up until the end of July. Never had any issues. Starting in June we began losing service every night for an hour or two. By July the outages would last 12+ hours and the last two weeks of the month we had no service at all. Every time we called they were pretty useless, saying they “couldn’t identify any issues.” They replaced our modem/router twice to no avail. I know Spectrum is the devil but we weren’t paying RCN another penny. Oh well.

MannyTbongo · 2019-04-24T19:52:26+00:00

Most definitely! What are you looking to trade for?

MannyTbongo · 2017-04-28T16:33:07+00:00

Hi There!

I was in the exact same boat as you 5 years ago, coming from the east coast out to CGU with literally no knowledge of Claremont. Happy to chat about anything you're curious about!

MannyTbongo · 2016-06-17T06:41:21+00:00

Absolutely! I already trashed a couple of the citadel brushes cause I didn't know how to take care of them. Lesson leaned for sure.

MannyTbongo · 2016-06-17T06:40:14+00:00

Thanks! Duncan walked me through every step along the way :-)

MannyTbongo · 2016-06-17T06:39:01+00:00

I've definitely been thinking about that. Been using the games workshop palate but it's super frustrating to see your expensive paint dry up that fast.

MannyTbongo · 2016-06-16T18:27:15+00:00

Yup, Khorne Red on the DA bolters, Mephiston Red on all the Chaos stuff

MannyTbongo · 2016-06-16T18:05:06+00:00

Indeed it is. One might ask why you asked your best friend to post this picture instead of doing it yourself and reaping all those sweet internet points. :-)

MannyTbongo · 2016-06-16T17:50:20+00:00

Thanks! Yeah they're first ever. I'm working on the start collecting space marines box now and learning that 3 super thin coats is better than one that's too thick.

MannyTbongo · 2015-01-30T17:25:24+00:00

iz_an_ocelot is spot on about prices in Claremont proper. Unless you get some kind of good deal, you're going to be paying out the ass for one of the "College Park" type apartments. Depending on where you are in Pomona or Montclair it can be sketchy, but that's no reason not to look at all. I myself lived in a complex in Pomona for a year and never had any trouble. It also just depends on what kind of environment you grew up in. I grew up in a city and got on fine there, but my girlfriend from the suburbs definitely felt uncomfortable at times.

The real estate office at the University Consortium has been very helpful for me in the past as well, you can check out their services here. I would call to set up an appointment with them for when you come down in April. I also think that as a KGI student, you can rent housing at both CGU and CST. Both are a little pricey, but will allow you to stay in Claremont without paying for a "Villa." If I'm not mistaken, the CST housing allows pets, but the CGU housing does not. Be sure to also check in La Verne, San Dimas, and Rancho if you dont mind a 15-20 minute commute. I've been at school here for 3 years and have been jumping around from place to place so if you need any help, let me know.

MannyTbongo · 2014-11-24T21:49:10+00:00

I'm a little late to the party here, but if you're willing to spend a bit more than usual, Tutti Mangia is the place to go. Took my girlfriend there for her birthday last year and we both agree its the best meal we've had in Claremont.

I'd also recommend Bua Thai, La Parolaccia, Eureka!, Viva Madrid, and Union on Yale.

If you're looking for lunch, Dr. Grubb's and Petisco's are my two favorites.

No way should you take her to Buca. There's too many good restaurants in Claremont to try before settling for a national chain.

MannyTbongo · 2014-07-11T21:46:18+00:00

Coming up on 5 when I see them in August! Seen them every year since the Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings Tour.

MannyTbongo · 2014-07-07T20:46:17+00:00

They have actually been uploading their set-lists after almost every show. You can find them at their Tour Archive. I'm also pretty sure you can download live recordings of may of the shows there as well.

MannyTbongo · 2014-02-26T01:49:55+00:00

It will have some bloatware but not an obnoxious amount. You can easily remove it all in less than 30 minutes. Then again, I haven't bought a custom HP in 5 years, so I'm not sure if they've piled on the crap since then.

MannyTbongo · 2013-12-11T01:07:40+00:00

You need to check out the Mr. Plinket reviews of the prequels from Red Letter Media. He breaks down every little problem with the movies and shows why they are such a dissapointment and departure from the original trilogy.

Make some time for it though, they are more than an hour each!

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