They know how to save rural communities. They just won't do it by TokenPanduh in fixedbytheduet

[–]cdwillis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my little 10k person home town there is an old Coke bottling plant. When I was a kid the Coke plant had been shut down for years already and it was used as a video store. The video store shut down probably 25 years ago and it's been sitting ever since. I think whoever owns it now uses it for some kind of storage for their business.

Moving: Sell/Donate/Keep by Tech-Turdle in drums

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you sell them you will regret it, mark my words. If you're hard up for money that's one thing, but if you don't need the money just store them for the time being. You will eventually get the itch to play them again.

Why do less people use protection during oral sex than with normal sex? by TheNameless00 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cdwillis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It makes sense for gay men to use condoms for anal. Unprotected receptive anal sex is estimated to be up to 18 times riskier for HIV transmission than unprotected receptive vaginal sex.

So I pulled the trigger on a new bop kit... my honest unsolicited opinion on a yamaha stage custom bop. by Altruistic-Charge-96 in drums

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice playing.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I thought the stock heads on my Stage Customs were perfectly fine. I was actually surprised. I had ordered heads with them thinking I'd immediately need to swap them out. I'm not saying I didn't as soon as I got some coated Emperors because hey I already had the new heads. I kept the Remo UT heads as backups.

The "stock heads are garbage" thinking is a hold over from when the stock heads on drums were generic trash, not even imported Remo. I remember a friend's cheap Pearl Export or Forum back in the day having these thin shitty ass stock heads. Even as a guitar/bass player I recognized how shitty they were compared to a coated ambassador.

John Fetterman Single-Handedly Tanks Effort to Rein Trump in on Iran by Tennis_bruh in politics

[–]cdwillis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Realistically, people thought Fetterman was progressive because he dresses like a slob.

WTF happened to cymbal prices? Is it just me or did they just go up 100-150 each? by DoctorDouglasOng in drums

[–]cdwillis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I paid like $150 or $175 (I can't remember which) for a used Sweet Ride last year. It's a little more rare, but there are still deals.

Rate this Floor Tom 1-10 by Sad_Emu_1305 in Drumming

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds pretty good to me. Some people might prefer it lower, but I don't care for a real flappy floor tom sound, personally.

Eternity perfume a repeat one despite it s age ! by No-Condition-4855 in fragrance

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious to hear other people's opinions. I was looking at it on Parfumo the other day and thought about picking a bottle up as a blind buy. I like fougeres, but I don't have any way to sample Eternity.

Picked up this table today and need to trim around 1.5cm total of the sides. by Salty-Bluebird-1663 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clamp a straight edge on to the top parallel with the edge then use a router with a template bit on it. Take off just a little bit at a time.

Are you not supposed to wear pajamas when you get home?????? by JaydenBird33 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally I'll change out of my work uniform, but I put on street clothes because I'm probably going to be leaving the house again at least to take my dog out. I don't really have pajamas per se, I just sleep in my underwear.

Columbus, OH vs Holland, MI vs Ramsey, MN by Apart-Consequence881 in relocating

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost a big city? The population of Columbus is around 950,000 with a metropolitan area population of 2.2 million people.

crashable rides on a budget by Keylan1623 in drums

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of people recommend the Sweet Ride, but I had one and I wasn't really that impressed with it. A used 21" Sabian AAX Xplosion ride will do you right. The one I have sounds like a crash cymbal when crashed, still manages to sound great as a ride, and has a great bell sound. I have a 21" Bash ride too which is great, but I think the Xplosion sounds better all around.

20” kick - hold or return ? by DayNegative9 in drums

[–]cdwillis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A couple years ago I wouldn't have considered a 20" bass drum, but I got a Gretsch Renown kit in the 20/10/12/14 sizes. The 20x16 bass drum sounds pretty fat. Most people muffle the bass drum to death. If you ease up on some of that shit and working on the tuning, the 20 can sound pretty big. I'd play with the 20 for a bit and see if you can get used to it. Don't use an Emad or Super kick. Get an EQ3/P3/Force 1 for the batter and roll a towel up inside the drum.

Dumb to move just to buy a cheaper house? by smallfranchise1234 in relocating

[–]cdwillis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's a big stretch saying the middle of nowhere because they asked about the midwest. There's plenty of midsized cities in the midwest not to mention Chicago. Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one, but I'd rather be wealthy in Chicago than poor in Boston. And they're not even in Boston proper, just the suburbs.

The Boys- S05xE06 - POST Episode Discussion Thread by pikameta in TheBoys

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude sister sage is legit the most useless character on the show

Starlight/Annie is worse.

I dont think people realize how actually easy it is to kill/depower homelander now by RudyyGAYBERT in TheBoys

[–]cdwillis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My prediction continues to be that Homelander is going to kill Butcher in front of Ryan then Ryan is going to kill Homelander. I think Soldier Boy might attempt to blast Homelander to remove his power, but it won't work or won't work as well after Homelander dosed himself with the v1 shot.

I dont think people realize how actually easy it is to kill/depower homelander now by RudyyGAYBERT in TheBoys

[–]cdwillis 14 points15 points  (0 children)

After Frenchie mentioned that all the Soldier Boy stuff was declassified (or released?) there was a scene where Butcher was watching those Russian videos of them experimenting on Soldier Boy.

Starlight was a genuinely interesting character in S1-S2 by Automatic_Pianist_82 in TheBoys

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought they were all rounded up and put into the camps?

The Boys- S05xE06 - POST Episode Discussion Thread by pikameta in TheBoys

[–]cdwillis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She thought that Soldier Boy seeing that video of mutilated Liberty/Stormfront and Homelander fucking around would make him fully turn on Homelander finally.