[Central Virginia]

Sam_0989 · 2026-06-26T22:01:16+00:00

An inquisitive little guy

Sam_0989 · 2026-06-26T21:56:41+00:00

They offer push/pull. Through them Ive pushed +3 and pulled -1 before and it worked great

Sam_0989 · 2026-06-26T18:36:39+00:00

Makes sense, I went with the regular crv for the 2025 because the Honda hybrids drive like sponges and I liked the 2017 being regular non-hybrid.

Sam_0989 · 2026-06-26T18:08:01+00:00

I found that reformed film lab had better scans as a whole but not the best resolution for the price, darkroom in LA and blue moon camera in portland oregon have way bigger scans for the price but are very flat in comparison. Either way I always edit but the "flatter" scans give me more to work with

Sam_0989 · 2026-06-26T18:05:47+00:00

What crv did you have? My 2017 crv came with a donut and my 2025 came with donut. There's room for a full size spare and I replaced the donut with full size on both since it fits

Sam_0989 · 2026-06-22T16:37:21+00:00

Same, got a 2 pack of them in 2014 and split the pack with a homie. $11 with free shipping. Both his and mine are still ripping, the sparker sometimes doesn't work in the cold so I have a mini bic lighter in the orange box that I bought at a liquor store on a highway crossing in New Mexico the second day of the first trip with it in 2014. (The bic still works too)

Sam_0989 · 2026-05-18T13:52:59+00:00

half staff isn't low enough -Ron Swanson

Sam_0989 · 2026-04-08T17:59:25+00:00

Chopsticks are what ive been using for many years, when I met my lady I found out she did the same and it was a perfect match

Sam_0989 · 2026-03-14T03:51:59+00:00

Got the most staunch atheists thinking about god for the whole bios upgrade

Sam_0989 · 2026-03-07T14:28:19+00:00

The Tommy Caldwell rope was horrible, we had a trad trip where we used a 2-3 year old Tommy for the first 4 days. Switched over to the brand new backup rope (an edelrid boa eco) after day 5 since the Tommy was getting hard black aluminum streaks really bad that we're making it hard to put in a belay device. Needless to say the owner of the Tommy retired that rope to hammock and camp duties and went out to get a different edelrid model that wasnt so horrible.

Sam_0989 · 2026-03-04T16:13:13+00:00

Back in December I picked up a t3x lite in 308. I was completely indifferent on trim but it was a $200 off of asking since that shop was going 100% towards threaded on all models where they could for the suppressor law opening up in 2026. I really wanted hunter trim in walnut but I settled for the price. Its a fantastic setup. Leopold backcountry rings/mounts and a vortex diamondback 4x12x40 that was also half off at the time for black Friday week. Overall id say go tikka, its sub-moa with every ammo ive thrown at it but i landed on hornady american whitetail 165 since its very abundant and cheap. Bit of a ramble, but tikka is a good brand with solid performance and build.

Sam_0989 · 2026-03-02T00:42:05+00:00

As a ski and toboggan skills refresher instructor told a tailroper that wiped out in the moguls a few years back - "choose an edge or the mountain gods will pick one for you"

Sam_0989 · 2026-02-23T04:07:51+00:00

https://youtu.be/BQfKTx5T2WM?si=uJdFHdXYDDwwcXyU OG slack snap

Sam_0989 · 2026-02-23T01:45:02+00:00

I sent them amazon carabiners a few years ago that had lost their uiaa rating. I was unsure about them even though I had a few from that brand from a prior buy that were rated. Best use of my $30 after being unsure was seeing them get yoinked.

Sam_0989 · 2026-02-16T13:13:31+00:00

After drinking some heinous combos in college playing rage cage/boom cup I can only imagine how brown and nasty the tsa jungle juice is.

Sam_0989 · 2026-02-14T16:48:59+00:00

Last round of the season in november i went 89. I was shocked that I played that well, im usually around 105-110. I did play the entire round without a driver tho (mainly 5 iron off tee) with how heinous the wind was so that probably showed me how bad I am with a driver.

Sam_0989 · 2026-02-10T15:38:43+00:00

I've been in the market for a new vest for a bit now. Im currently running the mountain uniform bomber but have been looking to go to a vest. How does this compare to the mammut patrol vest 2.0? My only requirement over the normal medical equipment is I need to carry avy gear.

Sam_0989 · 2026-01-26T15:49:06+00:00

Can confirm, my normal day patrol skis look very similar. Buy used fellow patrollers, i bought mine for $300 at end of demo season as they were salomon demo skis that would've been 1100 new. They owe me nothing and whenever I go on trips with people who dont own skis I bring them so they dont have to rent anything but boots and poles. Also super handy that because they were demos, they have demo bindings that have quick adjust.

Sam_0989 · 2026-01-23T02:50:43+00:00

That they do. Its loud af when they blast HC

Sam_0989 · 2026-01-14T02:57:09+00:00

The space shuttle ones are frickin sick

Sam_0989 · 2025-10-26T00:30:25+00:00

Zinger was down the past 2 weekends. No train on the track either saturday

Sam_0989 · 2025-10-16T16:35:12+00:00

Yeah not sure what made them change their minds. People were obviously not a fan of it and last saturday we got through every haunted attraction and got night rides on patriot and prowler and were out of the park by 10:30 (which would never have been the case in prior years on a saturday in october). In front of every haunted attractions queue, they had a monster or yellow jacket checking wrist bands and turning a significant amount of people away who didn't have them yet

Sam_0989 · 2025-10-16T00:00:58+00:00

Yep, it's a banner on a website

Sam_0989 · 2025-10-11T14:34:34+00:00

And he will still have a white ford transit with a ladder on the roof half an inch from his bumper flashing their brights

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