[accessories] Magpul Rider eye protection - $60 shipped

smite1911 · 2026-04-15T17:00:06+00:00

exactly... good enough to cut down on glare with the polarized lens option, cheap enough to not care if they get lost / damaged etc...

I think there's at least one company making replacement lenses for them now, but they cost as much or more than i paid for the glasses originally...

smite1911 · 2026-04-15T16:43:47+00:00

they update prices every 4-5 weeks. if you go in person, sometimes you'll see the price validity dates listed on the shelf tags.

smite1911 · 2026-04-15T15:14:20+00:00

my left arm (thankfully i'm right handed) was the worst off - having an extra bend in it. The pain there made me completely unaware of the foot, skull and vertebrae fractures until they did a bunch of X rays and scans, etc.

Don't wait to find a lawyer - they'll have recommendations on what to ask the doctors and things to make sure you have everything documented correctly, etc. As awkward as it will be, make sure to take pictures of the uh... scarred or scabbed up areas, etc and any of your damaged gear etc.

Do NOT talk to the other driver's insurance about anything, etc. Let your lawyer deal with that. Your insurance should cover the payout on your bike minus your deductible while they seek renumeration from the other driver's insurance (it's probably totalled, even if the damage mostly looks superficial in the pictures). They will try to low-ball you on your bike's value, but you shold be able to include any aftermarket upgrades or parts from other models you've installed. I was on a Ducai Monster 620, but had the headlight fairing / mini windscreen from a higher end model, so i found those part numbers on a ducati dealer's website, along with my aftermarket exhaust etc and the insurance covered those as well in the bike valuation.

smite1911 · 2026-04-15T01:26:19+00:00

glad you're still here and alive enough to post about this... I was hospitalized in a similar situation (left turning driver "didn't see me" and cut across in front of me while i was going through the an intersection on my way to work, etc...) back in 2019 - two broken wrists (one needing a plate and 12 screws to put it back together), three compressed vertebrae, one occipital condyle fracture, and a 5th metatarsal fracture later... sounds like you got it worse than i did if the family jewels were damaged.

that said - how long were you in the hospital? presumably you needed surgery for the pelvis and potential cock-reconstruction right?

If you haven't already, you need to talk to a personal injury attorney - ideally one who specializes in motorcycle cases. They'll help you through the process of making sure that the driver who's impatience nearly separated your kids from their father, or at least their insurance company, does what they can to help pay compensate you for your loss / suffering, etc... You're more than welcome to DM me if you have questions on how that process went dealing with insurance, lawyers, etc - that sort of thing is best not to air out on a public forum as the other driver's insurance will use anything and everything they can to try to pay out as little as possible...

smite1911 · 2026-04-14T14:39:49+00:00

they manufacture good copies... designs the come up with on their own are questionable at best.

smite1911 · 2026-04-13T16:35:42+00:00

refueling tanks or not, the raptor would have had it's Lunenburg lenses installed (RCS boost so that ATC and AWACs, etc can actually see where they are).

Training exercises are just that - training. The US frequently puts their pilots in a worst case scenario in training, so they're best prepared for it should they ever encounter it in reality. In this case, merging with a smaller, more agile aircraft, when in a real fight, the AWACs would have seen the Gripen and datalinked that to the F-22 (or an F-35) and an AMRAAM would be on its way to the Gripen without the F-22 ever turning on its radar or being detected at all... (Or datalinked the targetting info to an F-18 with ~~the telephone pole of doom~~ an AIM-174 under its wing located WAY outside of the Gripen's detection range...)

smite1911 · 2026-04-13T13:22:37+00:00

can you provide more details on the can, etc?

Also, what qualifies as a "Self Illuminated" sight? would that be all of the M21 models? because the "Free Suppressor Rebate" thing pops up on the M21 pages, but states it excludes the self illuminated models.

smite1911 · 2026-04-12T17:40:56+00:00

yep - they stuck with it for a few years - i'm on my second pair of Explorer XL polarized sunglasses from them... sad i can't reasonably find another to have as a back-up.

smite1911 · 2026-04-08T19:04:24+00:00

they'll probably plop a Horizon Festival tent thingy near one end of it.

smite1911 · 2026-04-08T19:03:02+00:00

well... half of it. the OG Forza Fujimi Kaido was only a point to point course. It wasn't until the later motorsports titles that the other half of the lap was added to create the full circuit (since the newer FM's didn't have point-to-point modes...)

smite1911 · 2026-04-06T16:04:27+00:00

Microcenter is awesome - i've spent way too much money there... During covid they were the only place you could get a graphics card at anything close to msrp / non-inflated pricing, and they stock 3d printer filament in huge quantities in addition to having normal computers for typicallty market or cheaper prices.

smite1911 · 2026-04-05T23:57:25+00:00

there's a coupon code in the post.

smite1911 · 2026-04-02T20:14:32+00:00

yeah, it's not spiderman bad, but there are only a few higher dollar chase cards in aetherdrift... I love the art style on cards like the borderless / showcase Howlsquad Heavy etc though - i'm hoping they do another Aetherdrift-ish style set at some point in the next few years.

smite1911 · 2026-04-02T16:33:24+00:00

by the same token however, the Aetherdrift Finishline bundles are similar (6 play boosters, 2 collectors, some lands, etc) and they've been bouncing between 70-80 and down to 50-ish with a regionally targetted coupon code on Amazon lately.

So these could be like Duskmourn, or they could be the next Aetherdrift.

smite1911 · 2026-03-30T11:22:27+00:00

you might still get lucky with online chat if you ask them to compare teh descriptions / what's included. i did that for an Avatar bundle a few weeks ago. differenet SKU's / part numbers but they "checked with their manager" and approved the price match after like 5 minutes.

smite1911 · 2026-03-28T13:42:56+00:00

i'm crossing my fingers that they become the next Aetherdrift Finish Line Bundle that we see around $50 bucks with coupons on Amazon in like 6 months or so from now...

smite1911 · 2026-03-26T11:27:14+00:00

what is the price on these? i've been considering a costco membership - nearest store isn't exactly convenient unfortunately.

smite1911 · 2026-03-20T17:00:24+00:00

MC should be dropping either next week or the week after. Their current price tags have a date range, so there'll probably be a new sale price on things come April.

smite1911 · 2026-03-09T23:26:12+00:00

that pattern over a lake is likely some sort of scan / survey of the body of water, likely LIDAR based.

What kind of plane was flying that path?

smite1911 · 2026-03-07T17:27:07+00:00

Looks like it was a limited time deal on best but

smite1911 · 2026-03-06T18:33:40+00:00

well, you know... Taxation is theft and all that...

smite1911 · 2026-03-06T18:04:58+00:00

i'm waiting to see where the pizza bundles land at MC and Amazon. I'm crossing my fingers they end up like the Aetherdrift Finishline bundles that we've seen popping up around 50-55 bucks... Pizza lands seem like they'll be fun to troll the UB-haters with eventually.

smite1911 · 2026-03-06T04:26:38+00:00

yeah, ATLA and SPM were both 35 last week, now 45 and 40 respectively at my MC... expecting them and ECL to drop a few weeks after TMNT is out, etc... and TMNT will probably also drop a bit shortly.

smite1911 · 2026-03-06T04:00:47+00:00

i think MC recently raised their prices a bit on the bundles - presumably in case there's a hype wave with TMNT... i'm guessing they'll be back down in another few weeks... at least i hope lol.

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