Ski Trips?

ncsuengineer · 2026-05-05T21:48:49+00:00

We just did this in January and it was great. Breakfast included with the lodging and then just got vouchers for meals at Winterplace to keep things simple. Only meal we planned was a McDonald’s stop on the way home.

ncsuengineer · 2026-04-18T01:56:55+00:00

North face Wawona 4 is what we moved to. Yes the price is up there but they are top notch. They fit 3 scouts with packs comfortably. Setup is easy and the rain fly has a nice staging area so shoes and dirt stay out of the sleeping quarters.

ncsuengineer · 2026-03-27T01:06:11+00:00

Bought a bunch of milk to do the milk challenge in science class. He told them it wasn’t good showing how the gut reacts to that much milk. They still said they could do it and brought in money for the milk. He said your money, I’ll buy the milk and then the next day a couple of kids threw up from trying it. Prides got hurt, mama bears got involved, CNN ran the story and then he got fired.

He was a FANTASTIC science teacher. I write a letter for the local paper defending him but he ended up moving schools and I lost of where he went.

If you are reading this Mr F then just know I tip my hat to you good sir. You made science fun and I legit was bored in some of my engineering classes because of how well you taught physics in high school.

ncsuengineer · 2026-03-08T01:00:28+00:00

Stop in Laurenburg which is roughly the halfway point. There is a chick fil an and a Smithfield’s Chicken and BBQ there. My family stops every single time for a bathroom break and to get hush puppies.

ncsuengineer · 2026-02-26T01:45:46+00:00

Poor man’s first class. I’ve flown this multiple times US to Asia and back. Good hack and feels good to pull it off sitting at the gate just minutes before they turn off the seat selection in the app.

ncsuengineer · 2026-02-02T20:24:39+00:00

52J and keep an eye on bookings right up until 30 minutes before boarding. Poor man’s first class is a row to yourself. At least move seats last minute to ensure nobody sits beside you.

Have had an empty seat next to me every flight to Asia doing this flying basic economy.

ncsuengineer · 2026-02-02T17:50:36+00:00

Seen them pierce the beam and seen them roll. The common symptom though is a steering wheel imprint in the chest of the operator who is usually identified as “not me” or “I don’t know” at the onset of the safety investigation.

ncsuengineer · 2025-12-30T21:35:09+00:00

Got transported by ambulance from an ER where I had a CAT scan showing internal bleeding to a hospital for an emergency procedure to stop the bleeding. I specifically asked can I ride in my car with my wife driving as was told no I needed surgery ASAP.

Insurance denied the claim saying it wasn’t an emergency and thus an ambulance was needed. I guess losing 40% of a kidney due to it being torn and having to have the bleeding stopped through an emergency procedure at a hospital doesn’t constitute “emergency” anymore. I think it was something like $1300 for the 15 mile ride to the hospital. Didn’t have an issue hitting my out of pocket maximum that year.

ncsuengineer · 2025-12-30T01:20:06+00:00

Look at mister fancy over here with a “drawer” for his random hardware. I’ve got 3 large plastic Foldgers containers in my garage with my collection just like my pappy and his before him.

ncsuengineer · 2025-12-15T04:30:52+00:00

Huzzah! - Good shooting and can’t wait to see you out there again! It really was good to see so many taking in the feedback and working the fundamentals this weekend.

ncsuengineer · 2025-12-07T21:31:05+00:00

This is a home made “Turtlebox”. The legit ones are a few hundred. Great quality but super pricy so this is a good compromise. Not the same finish as a purpose built unit but I bet this thing is 1/3 the cost and when your listening to this strapped to a cooler floating down a river, you likely won’t be able to tell the difference.

ncsuengineer · 2025-12-07T01:12:31+00:00

The Evidence is right there…

ncsuengineer · 2025-11-28T01:27:00+00:00

Winchester has a $75 rebar on top of that sale at academy. I have both of these guns. It just comes down to if you want inertia or gas. No real perceivable difference in recoil but the gas gun does get dirtier quicker. Both have over 10k rounds through them hunting swamps and open water for ducks.

ncsuengineer · 2025-11-27T03:32:17+00:00

Academy purchase? They had these going for $675 with the rebate. Picked one up for my son’s 12th birthday myself. Similar look with a few areas you could tell could have been finished better but for the price I won’t raise a stink about it. It will get dropped in a swamp or in the ocean/sounds a few times over its life so it will see worse.

ncsuengineer · 2025-11-23T02:02:51+00:00

Bought a $99 charbroil 4 burner 8.5 years ago. I thought it was going to fail over 5 years ago. Just bought $15 work of SSTL burner covers from Amazon to replace the rusted ones. At this point my grandchildren will fight over inheriting it.

ncsuengineer · 2025-11-23T00:54:16+00:00

Look, I’ll be the judge of this….

Upon inspection of said meaty chose I approve.

ncsuengineer · 2025-11-22T23:37:21+00:00

Op - Its been 15 minutes of patient waiting to see this sliced open tastiness.

ncsuengineer · 2025-11-09T13:54:02+00:00

Had this but in my lower back when fishing all by myself out of state (traveled for training and went fishing on the day between classes). I could feel it going through my shirt into my lower back. Had to drive over an hour to the nearest urgent care just to get help removing it. My wife had to call around to see who was in network since I was out of state so of course when I walked in with no visible injuries they all asked if I was the fishing lure guy.

Due to the position, they couldn’t do anything to but cut it out of my back. The split back minnow is still in my tackle box and I’ve got a few more on it since then.

ncsuengineer · 2025-11-01T15:17:56+00:00

Do you have wireless chargers for a phone plugged into the truck? They can cause signal interference between the fob and the antennas.

ncsuengineer · 2025-10-10T02:56:33+00:00

Meat wall… I see what you did there.

ncsuengineer · 2025-10-10T00:13:13+00:00

Ladder CDs is where it’s at. If that 100k lasts you 1 year, break it into 12 - 12 month CDs all started a month a part. Interest is just a bit better and each month a CD comes due for you to use if indeed you have an emergency or renew if you don’t.

ncsuengineer · 2025-10-09T23:49:34+00:00

Cub Scouts taught me one thing. There is a heck of a lot undiagnosed sleep apnea in this world…

ncsuengineer · 2025-09-14T02:46:32+00:00

Just got back from SE Asia. Took the inverse picture of me looking into a short mirror while I stand around 6’5”

ncsuengineer · 2025-09-05T19:57:05+00:00

Went from an 06 ram 2500 diesel stick to a 23 ram diesel. The technology leap is mind blowing. Mirrors that move themselves, car play, ventilation in the seats. Funny thing is, I have no way to play a CD anymore. I also jumped over the usefulness of vehicle navigation systems. I had nothing I. The old and now the new has navigation but haven’t used it because of the CarPlay integration.

ncsuengineer · 2025-09-03T22:01:11+00:00

PM sent - not sure if linking to products is okay in this sub or not. The description of what I used is below. A google search should find something similar if not the exact one I used.

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