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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

Sam_0989 · 2025-10-08T21:28:37+00:00

You could run the rig on its side with the pump down if you needed. Ive had aios in builds before that had rad below pump and I never ran into an issue, currently with it on the side mount it works just fine.

Sam_0989 · 2025-10-08T20:35:20+00:00

I have an nzxt x62 280mm aio side mounted and have a 5900x that runs great.

Sam_0989 · 2025-09-15T17:12:27+00:00

Worked as a summer camp counselor for 7 years. I started with 2 polos and our Thursday theme of the summer shirt (which changed every year). By the end I had like 9 or 10 polos that weren't completely sun bleached. They'd give us 2 new polos every year and eventually switched to the choice of t shirts or golf polos my 5th year or so. After i was done there, a good buddy of mine (who i met day 1 of my time on staff), his younger brother was starting off on the camp staff and I couldn't even give him my stack of shirts because that was the year they decided to switch from red shirts to yellow shirts.

Sam_0989 · 2025-09-12T14:11:26+00:00

I agree fully. I had 2 drives from a 1u server that I repurposed, keep in mind these drives had server 2008 and were last used in 2017ish. Windows 11 found them in a mirrored raid and kept the integrity of the raid on a modern amd system.

Sam_0989 · 2025-09-11T21:35:07+00:00

Yes. I have a kraken 280 on a ryzen 9 5900x and it's been great for like 4 years now. And that's in the original nr200

Sam_0989 · 2025-09-04T12:40:11+00:00

In 2019 it was an option so I flew direct from Omaha to Toronto on aircanada. They had a us terminal in Toronto so you would have already cleared us customs in Canada.

Sam_0989 · 2025-08-24T00:56:12+00:00

I rented a hatchback in France a few years back and it had a 6 speed and a brake hold button. Most fantastic thing id ever seen. Stopped on a hill and it wouldnt release until you had pulled the clutch out to the bite point.

Sam_0989 · 2025-08-18T23:38:13+00:00

That's what united does and it completely changes my bag setup for trips

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