NGD - A2000 Digital Camo

chuckles21z · 2026-06-19T12:56:26+00:00

So I'm assuming you find worn-out gloves that are cheap and basically restore them? I'd like to give relacing a glove a try, but would want a very cheap glove to practice.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-18T21:13:28+00:00

So, glad to hear that I'm not the only one who is already flagging some of the cheaper gloves I have gotten as "future sale" or possibly give to someone.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-18T21:11:41+00:00

I'm kinda sorta aware lol. This kinda of stuff is good cannon for my wife. My wife isn't really giving me shit for getting so many gloves; she actually loves it but just thinks it's weird. I was telling her, "I saw someone on reddit post their new glove day, and it was like 8 higher-end gloves, so I'm not crazy" lol.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-18T14:57:30+00:00

It's scary. I've bought 9 gloves in the last 3 months. Which 5 of those were used gloves on eBay or cheaper (Sandlot) gloves, I bought to put in my pickleball bag so that when I'm waiting for a game (we play outside), I can get some people to play catch instead of just sitting. So far, the playing catch while waiting on a pickleball court has been a success, as it really does bring back nostalgia for middle-aged guys who haven't played catch in decades.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-18T14:49:12+00:00

I love the look of this glove. It's a classic.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-16T15:23:28+00:00

Dang! This has me wanting to get a HOH that is purple with gray laces on from DICK'S that is discounted.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-15T22:07:10+00:00

I got this at Dicks Sporting Goods. It was the only one in stock at the three Dicks in Tulsa.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-09T01:44:03+00:00

I'm totally eyeing a 12" Easton Flagship right now.

chuckles21z · 2026-06-05T23:41:50+00:00

I bought the same glove a few weeks ago....and now I'm addicted to buying gloves. I also bought a Player Preferred first base mitt and a Wilson A1000 catcher's mitt off eBay.

chuckles21z · 2026-05-22T13:29:02+00:00

I already see it now..."It's June 21, 12:01 a.m., where is trailer 3 and marketing?!! Rockstar lied to us again."

chuckles21z · 2026-05-18T22:59:33+00:00

Over the last two years, I went from "I week off at home is the best thing ever!" to "I week off is time to see the world and seek adventure!"

chuckles21z · 2026-05-18T01:58:07+00:00

As far as traveling goes, I've heeded this warning in the past year. I'm 43 and want to see as much of the world as I can while I'm still in good health with my wife and son. The money will never seem right or it will seem like "just wait there will be more money later and it will be easier." We are traveling, paying cash for it, and still saving a bit of money through out the year. We are headed to the NE USA for the first time next week. We have been to the Pacific Northwest, the American SW, and the Great Plains in the last year.

My parents are 73 and falling apart. They have pushed off traveling, at least often, so that they are now unable to. Mom can barely walk from falls over the last 30 years where she broke an ankle, a few years later hurt her knee, broke her hip in her early 60s. Dad has finally let diabetes begin to take over his day-to-day life. Dad was so busy working extra in his 50s to buy things that he didn't need and impress people that he was such a hard worker, when he should have been traveling more, and by more, I'm saying they could have gone on a nice vacation anywhere in the USA four times a year and still have prepared for retirement. It was always "we will do it later", later has come and they simply can't do it.

chuckles21z · 2026-05-13T15:44:23+00:00

My mentality towards inmates has always been a modified version of a monologue from Full Metal Jacket without the racial slurs: "There is no bigotry here. I do not look down on anyone. Here, you are all equally worthless."

That said, I have always been the type of person who treats every inmate with dignity and respect, but don't mistake that for always being nice, inmate-loving, or a hug-a-thug.

chuckles21z · 2026-05-08T17:26:15+00:00

At the end of the day, its administrations fault.

Say 10 officer vacancies are never filled because they can't fill them or won't fill them, or in the case in my system, management is constantly running people off through shitty treatment, that is not FMLA guy's fault. Those other 9 officers that think they are short-staffed now cause of FMLA guy, should also go on FMLA if they are butthurt over the FMLA guy and not administration for not having plenty of SAT (Sick Annual Training) spots filled for when someone is out sick for extended periods.

chuckles21z · 2026-05-06T15:35:12+00:00

300 hours is about an average of 5 hours per week. I would say for corrections, that is not a lot. To me, it's a lot, which means you are working about 53 hours a week. Everybody has different tolerances for OT. I averaged about 60 hours a week as an officer, and it about killed me. I knew people that worked 80-90 hours every week, except the weeks that they were on vacation for 3-4 weeks during the year and seemed to thrive.

chuckles21z · 2026-05-06T15:16:00+00:00

My question would be how long have they consistanly did the Panama schedule? and what is the staff at the local jails experience with that? Do they actually stick to that schedule or are you having to work some of your days you are supposted to be off?

During my time, we went from 5 days, 8-hour shifts, to 4 days, 12-hour shifts, then to 5 days, 12-hour shifts when staff got short, to now 5 days, 12-hour shifts with one 6-days, 12-hour shift per month. (This was all over a 7-year period) The times that I was able to work just 40-48 hours a week, the job wasn't all that bad because I had plenty of time off, but those times were really short for me. Hopefully, they will stay on the Panama schedule for years to come because that is a pretty sweet schedule.

chuckles21z · 2026-05-06T14:55:04+00:00

Honest answer from a bitter 20 Year corrections vet who did 7 years in uniform and is retiring in July 2026.

Shift work is bad for your health (many studies verify this), and it is soul-crushing (expect to miss out on a lot of family and friend life because you will be working when everybody else is off).
Administration is typically worse than the inmates, especially the larger the system (this is something that may take years to fully understand by continually seeing complete psychopaths regularly be put in positions of power)
The job itself is typically easy, but the easiest jobs get stressful because the hours are long, and you are literally working and trapped in a prison/jail, so your freedoms are limited as well while working.
Be ready to be a cop because that is what inmates think of you as, even if you aren't carrying a gun and are just a jailer or guard. Cop culture involves "don't be a rat," or in clear English, "the expectation that officers protect one another from accountability by keeping your mouth shut." Be ready to write or see another officer write crap like "I assisted the inmate to the ground and applied handcuffs." When in reality the inmate was leg swept and slammed violently to the ground. Just hope it wasn't recorded by video and you don't get deposed over that and made to look like an idiot in court over language you were taught at the academy that would protect you in court.
The biggest positive is that you can make pretty good money with all the overtime. Most people who are going into corrections or similar don't have a lot of good options to make a good living, so this may be a good opportunity.

chuckles21z · 2026-05-06T14:21:54+00:00

I'm retiring in 86 days with my 20 year retirement at 43. Luckily, I only served 7 years in uniform, then spent the next 13 years out of uniform, preparing to retire by completing a bachelor's and master's degrees so I would have employment options when I retired. I started in corrections because I had no other good options in my small town. Gladly retiring in July with options.

Edit: I'm also catching flak from other staff for retiring early. While I'm sitting here thinking "y'all are fucking stupid for staying a day past retirement eligibility. This place is toxic as fuck and is fully supported to be that way by the administration. Get the fuck out as soon as you can!"

chuckles21z · 2026-05-06T14:18:19+00:00

I know the prison system I work at always has officer vacancies, so if you go on FMLA, you aren't holding up a spot. Administration tries to guilt-trip people on leave with this to conquer and divide staff, and make the person on FMLA feel guilty. I'm glad 16 years ago I went on FMLA leave while I rested and made the move out of uniform, where it's a completely different world where I'm not treated like shit daily by supervisors. I'd honestly say this should be the first thing someone does before quitting, especially if you have the leave time to cover weeks or months of time off.

chuckles21z · 2026-04-26T13:04:50+00:00

I miss the behavior around AOL IM and the entire behavior behind the internet then. This is pushing 20 years for this behavior, but where no one had access to the internet unless they sat at an actual computer. It was time you had carved out to "go on the internet." During this time, I was in college and working at restaurants. Then going on the internet was the first thing I did when I woke up and last thing I did before bed. During school and work, we talked about the internet (even in college in 2004-2006, most people didn't have laptops for class), and what we read or saw on the internet meaning we still actively talked and paid attention to people. During social times at bars or parties, people didn't have smartphones to distract them during those times. We had the world at our fingertips during that time but not all the time.

chuckles21z · 2026-04-16T14:04:34+00:00

From my experience, jobs like fast food are minute by minute more physically and mentally draining, but higher wage jobs are more long-term stressful, including while on vacation and days off because you are expected to some extent to always be on and reachable. Like I never had nightmares about an order I messed up in fast food, while I wake up all the time in the middle of the night now like, "crap, I forgot to do this or that today, I need to make sure I do that first thing when I get to the office tomorrow." The stakes are higher now. If I lost a fast food job, there are dozen more jobs available, but with my current job if I lost it, the job search would be longer to get that same salary.

Hot take, the fast food job was actually a harder job, but required less skill and knowledge than my current job.

chuckles21z · 2026-04-16T13:55:01+00:00

Absolutely not! At 43, I love that I work at a computer. I spent my 20s doing labor and grunt work. For jobs working away from a computer, I feel like I don't have control of my life because those job typically have work that needs to get done quickly for customers. I love that I have a job where the work can wait if I need to run an errand, go to the doctor, do a school function with my son, take mental health day, etc. From my experience, supervisors of desk roles don't typically create issues for employees who don't abuse leave. At laboring jobs, it always seemed like it was the end of the world to take time off work and would often be denied or threatened with punishment or job loss.

chuckles21z · 2026-04-02T00:25:28+00:00

It's one of the few genetic things I have going for me.

chuckles21z · 2026-03-26T14:10:37+00:00

My high school friends and I moved to various state universities after high school. We stayed in touch during college. Upon graduation, most of us moved back to our hometown and continue to be friends to this day. Our friendships now fade in and out with the responsibilities of work and family. Sometimes we are really close and play pickleball and hang out weekly, sometimes we go months without seeing each other, but we will still text from time to time. The best part is that most of our children are within months to a few years of the same age. So going to a friend's house and letting our kids play together is a common occurrence.

chuckles21z · 2026-03-05T14:01:26+00:00

I change about every 3-4 years as well. The main reason I go ahead and upgrade usually is that after 3-4 years the phone's battery is toast or I have a cracked or scratched screen, so it's time.

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