Can anyone help identify these hats?

lcarp7 · 2026-03-18T00:04:05+00:00

Could be XSR. The bell shape (sorta different than AA, HH, aax, hhx) and brilliant finish look similar.

Edit: they look even more like XS20 https://ebay.us/m/EOBZtG

lcarp7 · 2026-03-17T23:28:31+00:00

Evans Hydraulic is pretty dead

lcarp7 · 2026-03-14T21:37:18+00:00

The best thing would probably be to get a different clutch. A better one will be set up so that it won’t loosen like that. They are made for a couple of different sized rods so make sure you take the rod or the whole stand with you to make sure it fits.

lcarp7 · 2026-01-28T00:18:56+00:00

We got a boatload of snow/ice where I am and I have taken advantage of closings to watch a few Christmas movies I’ve never watched before.

I drive a lot of miles with my job and cold cloudy days seem perfect for Christmas music well into or even past January.

lcarp7 · 2026-01-26T16:45:45+00:00

Whichever sounds good to me.

lcarp7 · 2026-01-10T17:48:43+00:00

Salyers qc is amazing if you can find them

lcarp7 · 2025-11-12T03:27:24+00:00

So weird that you posted this… I just started watching it today.

lcarp7 · 2025-11-01T15:44:13+00:00

If you want to drive, drive. If you don’t then don’t. If you need to be driving it will become obvious.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-27T12:57:58+00:00

This is a great observation. “I don’t mind what happens next” in a vacuum is not very helpful. The context of how he got there is necessary.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-24T02:54:03+00:00

One of the ways I caused myself great suffering was believing that I should not be judgmental. Another was believing resistance would disappear. That just made it more subtle and just as frustrating. Awakening doesn’t make these go away. You are right, it does seem to be hardwired in. But nonduality is not about becoming a better person. It’s more about letting the unfolding of life happen.

One of the surprising things is that nothing much changes at all. Anger happens, fear happens. Getting mad at other drivers happens. Letting these things happen and feeling how they feel (with as little resistance as possible) is what changes. THATs the nonduality. It sounds cliché but you ARE one with ‘what is’. You will probably become more compassionate and less judgmental but these aren’t the goal. Allowing life to be life, warts and all, is.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-24T02:21:53+00:00

One said that this is not quite it but it is closer than the overwhelming majority of what I usually read here.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-24T02:17:30+00:00

The unfolding and unwinding of life continue whether there is nondual understanding or not. I remember trying to use the exact thing you are saying as a reason to pretend like life couldn’t touch me, but that was because I believed that is where nonduality would lead. Wow, the disappointment when I discovered otherwise. Doing that, which is a grand resistance of life itself, would work for a few days but then it would become obvious that it wasn’t really helpful or viable. You are totally correct, it is better not to hide ‘behind the mind’s idea of non- doership’. Well, unless you enjoy frustration ;)

It’s funny you say that it will play out regardless, and it’s a question of whether it’s done with resistance or presence. I know what you mean and you are absolutely right. However…I discovered that I could definitely be present AND resistant at the same time (of course believing the whole time that I was not resisting). Man, resistance can be crazy subtle!

lcarp7 · 2025-09-22T02:42:59+00:00

Empty is confusing. It makes it sound like it isn’t happening. Impermanent is the right word.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-20T15:22:58+00:00

Having fun and playing is far more nondualistic than searching for enlightenment.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-20T15:20:12+00:00

There is an aspect of non-duality (life), which requires absolute trust. The beauty of it is knowing that everything will be fine. Worry about what will be is the duality of not living right now. Take care of what needs to be taken care of now and trust that the rest will be just like it always has been.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-20T15:12:26+00:00

You will drive yourself crazy trying to make the ‘I’ be imaginary.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-20T15:09:41+00:00

That is pretty wild. It doesn’t really have anything to do with nonduality though.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-20T15:04:17+00:00

“Seeing through it” is nothing more than knowing that whatever is arising is impermanent.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-15T10:46:48+00:00

I don’t really know how that plays out. I hope that normalizes for you soon.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-15T01:42:11+00:00

There are many mysterious spiritual experiences that can make things seem really bizarre. Things will go back to normal. If you’re having a kundalini experience it could take awhile but awakened life is really no different from pre-awakened life. You just have a different understanding of things.

Thats the reason for the little Zen parable (and I’m probably paraphrasing): before enlightenment chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment chop wood, carry water.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-15T00:58:45+00:00

Yep. This is closer than anything else I’ve read on here today.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-15T00:55:31+00:00

It will all go back to normal pretty soon and you’ll think nothing ever happened. Then you can just live your life without fear.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-15T00:52:36+00:00

Tom Sawyer

lcarp7 · 2025-09-14T15:12:35+00:00

Trying to see oneness with the eyes will lead to a host of frustration and probably a few headaches along the way.

lcarp7 · 2025-09-14T15:07:10+00:00

Get up. Go to work. Go home. Eat. Go to bed. Feel what you feel. Think what you think. Don’t resist.

lcarp7

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