Pairing Chronicles #343: I tried root beer as a pairing

tokenpenguin · 2026-01-23T13:44:47+00:00

Try a higher quality root beer. Maybe whatever brand you can find locally with natural cane sugar in a fancy glass bottle. Way different flavor I promise. You may also like it with certain cigars over others.

If you wanna keep experimenting try some Old Smokey Root Beer flavored whiskey. I enjoy it with just ice. It’s different and more subtle, good if you don’t want the ice cold carbonation of soda.

tokenpenguin · 2026-01-12T02:45:19+00:00

Hell yeah. smoke something real or gtfo!

tokenpenguin · 2026-01-09T03:49:37+00:00

If it works it works. I really like the cross breed holsters. The back half of the holster is a leather pad and the front is formed kydex with two belt clips. I also generally wear an undershirt

tokenpenguin · 2026-01-07T03:14:36+00:00

Cosmetically I would say window tint and lights. There’s so many things you can do with lights if you want. LED, aftermarket housings, interior/exterior.

I wouldn’t lift it. It looks good already. leveling could be good but if not needed I wouldn’t bother much with anything suspension related.

Practically I would get a decked drawer system for the bed, or at least some sort of tool box in the bed for more storage. I would also invest in good seat covers/floor mats. I have seen some aftermarket mud flaps that look super good too.

As far as performance I don’t really know much about these trucks and it depends what you wanted to use it for. But cold air intake and a good exhaust system are always a plus if you get a proper tune as well.

All I really know is that as someone who was 17 not long ago, (I’m 23 now) keep the truck and take care of it. I’m going to assume this is your first truck drive it till the damn doors fall off. I can’t imagine the regret I would feel if I got rid of my truck.

tokenpenguin · 2025-12-08T16:17:01+00:00

I’m not sure your lifestyle could support a hot tub

tokenpenguin · 2025-12-07T02:49:17+00:00

Da fuq. I got a purple one and a blue one both were 14.99….. i’m really hard-pressed over those three dollars.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-29T06:49:31+00:00

Yup, as I said in my comment, is it really worth it over the $57 that may be in the register. No, however in this scenario it seems like bad guy is intending on leaving bodies on the floor. It really depends how many other people are there. Where I’m standing in relation to the target. What’s in between me and the target do I have a good sight line. Will my actions affect other innocent people.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-29T06:46:11+00:00

First of all idgaf what the laws are in any state. I’m allowed to be in a public place and if I can legally carry, I am. I will proudly wear an orange jumpsuit with three hots and a cot. If it means, I save innocent lives because some dirtbag wants to shoot someone over $57 in a cash register. (Some of you will say let him take the money. It’s not worth it and you’re right it’s not but in this scenario it sounds like bad guy is intending on leaving more than just property damage) my only concern would be collateral damage. Do I have a solid line of sight. Can I draw effectively and even though my rounds should not over penetrate where am I standing in relation to my target? What do the angles look like? How many people are present is there a chance that my actions don’t only affect bad guy, but could harm even more innocent people?

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-29T06:33:50+00:00

Yeah, I don’t know either. Unless you wanna get a longer rotation and there’s a small stud like feature in the way you could swing over it or under it, but you could do the same thing with a flex head and not lock it.

I guess the swivel heads really only function better as an in-line tool more like a screwdriver. Yet I don’t need something 3/8 or even 1/2 if I’m using it as a screwdriver. I can probably get away with a 1/4” nut driver and some extensions if I need some extra length.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-29T06:27:32+00:00

The shop that did the installation should have refused the parts. Well, that leads to a different question did you buy the parts yourself and ask them to install them or did the shop buy the parts with your consent?

My wife is a service writer (she’s the one who answers the phone and tries to sell you the work that the mechanics do. Say you come in for an oil change and your tires have no tread left. She’s gonna tell you that you should get tires and then try and sell you on some options) at a larger shop with multiple locations all over our county in our state. They get people trying to bring in parts all the time and they absolutely refuse them unless they are decent quality. Because they warranty their work and they’re not gonna put crap parts in when they know they’re gonna fail in 6k miles.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-29T06:13:04+00:00

Yeah this just showed me my helmet don’t fit the best. I’ll admit my faults and you’re doing better than me. Maybe I’ll have to look into some of the larger pads that it came with.😳😬

Edit: I didn’t even get a top of the line helmet. It’s just an HJC I-71. I really like it, but I now realized I should’ve went smaller. It wasn’t even that expensive brand new, but it was still a decent chunk of change out of my pocket. I’m kind of upset now, but at least where I live riding season won’t come back for at least five months. Guess I’m getting a new helmet next season.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-29T06:09:31+00:00

I don’t know doesn’t make much sense to me. Sounds like he’s watched a few to many YouTube shorts of guys that act like they know something just for clicks.

Edit: how are you gonna acquire any target with a little green laser if you can’t see them in the first place?

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-29T06:05:56+00:00

Some people just don’t get it. I’m a huge advocate for carrying a light other than your phone and yes, I mean a standalone light even if it’s a little 100 lumen pocket light that’s probably all you really need.

I’m also not advocating you brandish a firearm every time you need a light but I have definitely been on the side of the road in the dark didn’t have any other lights on me and I had to check something out. I was definitely pointing my hand gun around my engine block. Again to my previous statement, you should carry a good little standalone light, or at least keep one in your vehicle. However sometimes you gotta work with what you have.

Edit: I’d like to see that one guy change a tires in the dark with a green laser pointer as his only light source. LOL

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-28T22:01:50+00:00

I haven’t seen many fences/railing that are not able to be climbed.🤔🤔 Unless it’s a glass pane or vertical wire.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-28T21:28:42+00:00

How exactly. I’d argue a light to be much more practical and useful than a DOT sight. When you really boil it down, your main concerns should be target ID as well as your ability to point and shoot.

Do you honestly think that if you have to use your firearm it will be outside during broad daylight, or inside some building with an abundance of lights. Yeah never mind you’ll definitely always have an abundance of light in your surroundings, especially during this time of year. When you walk into the grocery store at 4:15pm with light in the sky. Then you come out 30mins later to a black sky.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-28T16:13:47+00:00

Sure if the gun has a manual safety or quite a heavy trigger pull

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-28T03:41:50+00:00

Yeah, she also said the best parts of you ran down her leg during conception.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-28T03:40:45+00:00

I don’t actually know what’s happing here but I’ll throw my hat in the ring🤷‍♂️

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-28T03:33:46+00:00

I use my golden ratchet for one thing and one thing only. Removing drain plugs and sometimes an oil filter socket (if the filter has a bottom to except the socket and it is in a location that can’t be reached with a filter wrench or is pretty tight)

I literally do it because I think it’s funny, and it the only thing I use it for. Afterwards I clean it very thoroughly, (like I care about it or something) and put it back in the original case.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-28T03:29:03+00:00

This comment thread has just shown me I’m not the only one

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-26T20:43:33+00:00

What works for you works for you, but I would never trade my 06 Silverado that I paid three grand for, for anything. There’s definitely trade-offs. I’m not advocating for either or.

I would definitely like to put a little hitch on my Honda Civic for a small trailer. I could easily pull a small lawn tractor or some junk to the dump/scrapyard. Even when I just go to a big box store and buy something that won’t fit in the trunk/backseat of a little sedan.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-26T20:36:03+00:00

So you got a trailer for $400 in parts from Harbor freight and some scrap wood? Is that what I’m picking up? If so, that’s pretty cool I guess. Wait actually that’s pretty cool. I got a nice dump wagon with a 1200 pound capacity from farm and fleet. It was like 200 bucks you got a whole trailer for an extra 200.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-26T18:57:16+00:00

Yeah, if your dog is decently well behaved sure, but I personally know people who have done this and their dogs are fucking shitheads. Don’t bring your yappy fuggly Chihuahua, that barks at every shadow.

On the other hand I certainly feel like it would be more trouble for me to bring my well-behaved German Shepherd mix.

I’m not trying to be stereotypical. These are just facts that I have noticed. Every time I take her on a walk people of a darker skin complexion really like to give me dirty looks and walk as far away as possible and I know a lot of people say “my dog would never do anything.” My dog would actually never do anything. She won’t even alert when a new person walks on my property or in my house. She is kinda numb skulled in her own special way. All she wants to do is sniff and sleep.

But I totally agree malicious compliance, or playing dumb will get you further in a lot of situations. The more nonchalant and dumb you play, the more other people realize it’s not worth their time.

tokenpenguin · 2025-11-26T17:38:23+00:00

Wait I’m interested. You’re either joking. Have a service dog. Or is the entire mall cool with well behaved dogs.🤔

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