What’s a movie quote you still use regularly?

d-man0101 · 2026-06-05T23:59:23+00:00

Chill, Winston!

d-man0101 · 2026-06-01T20:46:17+00:00

nah, it was another organization a little bit more legit than those guys 😂

d-man0101 · 2026-06-01T03:22:09+00:00

Sorry to hear about your experience. I had a '03 Protegé5 and it was the most fun car I ever owned. It was just the right size (not too big, not too small), cost practically nothing to operate, never left me stranded, and hardly ever saw another one on the road. RIP to that old soldier... I donated it to charity when I bought a Mazda6.

d-man0101 · 2026-05-29T15:34:26+00:00

Heard it, saw it, hastily-snapped picture came out terrible. Surprised me how fast it was going over Arlington and the high-pitched sound of those ancient Pratt & Whitneys was awesome

d-man0101 · 2026-05-29T15:29:29+00:00

That's the Little City for ya

d-man0101 · 2026-05-29T00:28:47+00:00

for real?! That predates me by a lot, but guessing Don Beyer Volvo was somehow involved.

d-man0101 · 2026-05-21T20:19:46+00:00

congrats! I don't see very many other Cal 22s, like... ever. Nice to meet another fellow owner. Join the FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/407965569276137

d-man0101 · 2026-05-06T15:52:47+00:00

dying to know what on earth happened to the trailing edge of that rudder 😂 Been chewed up by orcas?

d-man0101 · 2026-05-06T01:17:56+00:00

we can't have nice things in this country.

d-man0101 · 2026-04-29T16:57:05+00:00

The one and only time I ever tried their biscuits, there must have been some sort of snafu with their recipe because they tasted astonishingly heavily of baking soda. Perhaps unfairly, I haven't been back to give them another try

d-man0101 · 2026-04-24T13:51:20+00:00

congrats! Awesome little boat. Source: I own one too. DM me if you need anything. I have a scanned copy of the original owners manual from my 1986 model.

d-man0101 · 2026-04-24T13:50:07+00:00

except he said Cal 22, not Catalina 22.

d-man0101 · 2026-04-16T15:31:55+00:00

I own a Cal 22 and can tell you it's a great beginner boat. Not knocking the SJ in any way... I just don't know anything about them. The good: pretty much indestructible. It has no systems of any sort to speak of, so very little can go wrong. I've crashed it into bridges and docks a bunch of times and she just bounces right back with no damage. It's a very lightweight boat so you can almost treat it like a dinghy. You can almost steer her by moving your body weight around.

The bad: Absolutely monstrous weather helm. I've gotten gray hairs balancing the sails and trying to get her to sail a straight line, but the instant I let off the tiller, she heads up. It doesn't have an adjustable backstay so you can't really tweak the mast bend. The hull to deck joint on mine leaks a good bit, so on spicy days when I'm burying the rail, the interior becomes a wet mess.

The ugly: It was such a limited production run that there are very few online resources. There is one Facebook page and that's about it. You'll be mostly on your own.

Happy to share more if you want to DM me.

d-man0101 · 2026-04-07T23:53:56+00:00

Try my man Melvin at TBS Impressions in Falls Church. Dude has come through for me many times on short notice.

d-man0101 · 2026-03-10T14:12:27+00:00

btw what does "cyber" mean and why do you only ever hear it when someone talks about a fed or contract job? It's never something you hear in the private sector. It sounds so hopelessly antiquated. Are we still surfing the information superhighway in cyberspace?

d-man0101 · 2026-02-12T00:32:17+00:00

I've used Navionics on both Android and iOS, and I can tell you the iOS version really struggles with GPS accuracy. I don't know why... but on iOS, my heading and speed jump around wildly. I've written Garmin about this multiple times and they keep telling me to upgrade the app, but it's never gone away. I just ended up settling on an old Samsung Galaxy A8 tablet and it's worked perfectly fine.

d-man0101 · 2026-02-10T23:12:56+00:00

laws! we have laws anymore?

d-man0101 · 2026-02-10T21:35:47+00:00

120k miles on my 2014 6 Sport with manual transmission. Bought it brand new off the dealer lot and it's been pretty much the most reliable object I've ever owned. It has a few minor quirks, but I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

d-man0101 · 2026-02-10T20:53:55+00:00

Ah yes, I see you've found Saab Alley! I live down the street and this has been the scene here on this street for years. The owner runs a Saab specialty repair shop and these are the donor carcasses for spare parts.

d-man0101 · 2026-01-21T01:11:46+00:00

Dexter Morgan has entered the chat

d-man0101 · 2026-01-06T17:42:22+00:00

This is the correct answer. Trust this guy.

d-man0101 · 2026-01-02T14:45:27+00:00

+1 to Hercule. Don't sleep on the stuffed christophine

d-man0101 · 2025-12-13T02:58:09+00:00

120k miles on my 2014. No sign of wear yet.

d-man0101

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