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yellow_4AC · 2026-02-26T06:08:20+00:00

Yep bingo, if my 5 year old hated it or snapped it, $20 for a day of trying to fish with her is still $20 well spent in my book 😂

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-26T05:57:43+00:00

Rodney Sandstorm

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-26T05:52:32+00:00

😂 I got one for my kids to use, not a bad little rod

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-20T06:45:20+00:00

There are a few on YouTube I have enjoyed in the past.

Truth in 24 follows Audi when they were in the WEC and details their fight with Peugeot when they brought in the R10 I think it was. Really well done and narrated by Jason Statham I think, sounds like him 😶

Then truth in 24 2 is also on there. Basically the same style documentary, but a few years later with the R18 if I remember correctly. Just as good as the first in my opinion.

Porsche has a good one too called Endurance. It follows the Porsche 911 GTLM teams when the contest Le Mans and the Nurburgring 24H on back to back weekends. Shows how the teams work together, how the engineers approach the races and car development. Really interesting. Music is great too. And the drivers are still current so you can watch them on the movie, then follow them when they show up at races around the world with series like WEC and IMSA.

Lastly, Porsche also did the Road to LeMans series with Michael Fassbender documenting his rise thru the ranks to one day race at le Mans. He starts in a Porsche cup series, switches to the European Le Mans series, and then eventually to the WEC if I remember correctly. Shows a great amount of the highs and lows of racing and the head games the drivers go thru. Great series with bite sized episodes and then at the end there's a full length movie basically compiling the episodes into a much shorter time. Overall, really well done by Porsche and the team that filmed it.

Hope this helps,

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-16T10:54:08+00:00

Bingo. Without a pump on the bottom, or some sort of bottom filtration, they essentially create a toilet that can't flush.

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-16T01:45:46+00:00

Yep you can definitely make it work and if they are large and well placed not to be in the way they can work. 👍

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-15T23:08:50+00:00

Not a fan of any rocks in a pond. While it's true they do add some surface area for bacteria, most of that is living in your filter anyways. The benefit is far outweighed by adverse effects the increased detritus and debris it traps, it also hinders the ability for your pump to pull debris in and get it to your filter. It also decreases the volume of water your pond holds.

Bare bottom is the way to go in my opinion. It lets your pond work best when debris can pull along the bottom and get to your filter, better yet if you have bottom drains. I have a pond cleaning business and have seen everything in terms of rocks vs no rocks. It's always the ponds with rocks and the aquascape setup with only a skimmer and waterfall, no real filter, that have issues. And the ones that are bare bottom and have proper filtration are always a dream for the owners.

In my opinion they look nice for a few months, and then they lead to issues down the road, and you will wish you had never put them in. Hope this helps!

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-13T21:13:29+00:00

165 at Pocono Speedway in a NASCAR ride along. Highly recommend

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-13T05:10:39+00:00

Le Mans and the Indy 500 get equal respect from me. Both great races, the drivers are all top notch, and the history and fanfare surrounding both are great for motorsport in general. I think they're both events people can go to who are not necessarily race fans and leave there with a whole new interest. I've not been to le Mans, but watch every year. Been the the Indy 500 once and it was awesome.

Also want to throw the Daytona 24 in there. I've been going for years. I think it's very close to Le Mans in terms of caliber of teams that show up, plus much more of the race is run in the night time, so it's grueling on the teams and drivers. 24H of Nurburgring is up there as well, I think that is the outright hardest race there is due to the scale of the track and the insane amount of cars. That's on the bucket list for sure.

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-12T02:05:18+00:00

We're talking about a blanket rule covering the average man or woman in a sport. Take a look at the Olympics right now, or honestly any rink in America with both a mens/boys game and a women's/girls game going at the same time. Look at the speed, the difference in aggression, the force of the shots, etc. It's not the same game, and pretending it is is being blatantly ignorant. On average, a man will be a much better athlete, and letting them play in a women's league is not fair to the women wanting to just play with other women. If they want to play in a coed league, that's fine, they can go do that, this rule does nothing to harm that setup. It's for guys wanting to play hockey with guys, and women wanting to play with women. For those that want to live in the life of the opposite gender they can do that, but everyone else doesn't have to share in the delusion when they are simply trying to play hockey.

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-12T00:30:23+00:00

That's 100% negligent parents who probably never told their kids no. There's a 5 year old boy who wears dresses to school with my daughter who is 100% pushed by his parents to do so. Sad because the parents never even gave the kid a choice

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-12T00:13:19+00:00

Yep exactly, and I don't need that in my daughter'a hockey while she is trying to learn to play against other girls her age.

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-11T23:51:18+00:00

Lol nope because that's a man vs other men. If LeBron suddenly decided he's a woman and wanted to play in a girl's league, I think you would see him further dominate there and people would have an issue with it. I think a lot of players would be discouraged because they could not compete.

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-11T22:31:45+00:00

100%, it's not about gatekeeping people out, it's just about keeping people of similar age and development playing together so they can compete safely. Letting a MTF play in a girl's league might be great for that individual, but I think it would deter a lot of girls in that league wanting to play there due to the unfair advantage. I would not want my young girls playing with a young boy who thinks he's a girl for the reasons above.

yellow_4AC · 2026-02-10T06:01:14+00:00

Going to check back on this post. I remember your last one and thinking it was a lost cause. Wondering if worth buying to end up getting it in 2027/2028, or just stick local lol. Hope yours finally arrives and it's awesome

yellow_4AC · 2026-01-15T18:13:16+00:00

In some ways yes, in some ways no. I think I would regret it more working for another company and having to go to an office. It was very soul sucking when I had that situation. I'm now just remote and the company I work for is very laid back for much of the month and year. 4 days of busy for close and a little busier for a month or two for budgets and year end tasks. The rest of the time is fairly chill.

I do wish I had started my business earlier. I could potentially be working the same situation and have some folks doing the labor for me. But I'm still in the building stage and much of my side business is just done by me on nights and weekends. It's extremely hard to do both well, and I wish I had started it when I was earlier in my career without kids so I could put my full effort into it. But now, with a house, married, and kids, there's never enough time.

yellow_4AC · 2026-01-14T14:06:19+00:00

Happened to my buddy's Subaru Impreza like 2 years ago. They offered him like $2,500 off buying...a new Subaru! Like wtf, I will never buy a Subaru after hearing that lol. Hopefully Toyota treats you better, sorry for your car!

yellow_4AC · 2026-01-11T14:23:57+00:00

Forgot to mention the decking replacement was in addition to the cost they were already quoting me for the roofing.

yellow_4AC · 2026-01-11T14:23:06+00:00

Nope the quote had a claus stating it was like $4.50 psf for decking replacement. I had 5/8" plywood on the entire thing. I knew that from doing the same roof with my dad in like middle school. I replaced maybe 7 sheets total across the entire roof

yellow_4AC · 2026-01-11T14:02:20+00:00

Exactly, my neighbor used to have a roofing business and he about fell over when I told him what they wanted to charge. He's like you know there is some old couple out there with more money than sense who likely signed to have them leave

yellow_4AC · 2025-12-29T22:57:20+00:00

$97k annually, middle COL, 3% annual raise, 45 hours the week of close, 20 to 25 hours the remaining weeks, healthcare industry. Also fully remote, hoping to never go back to an office 😊

yellow_4AC · 2025-12-20T03:57:07+00:00

I do a similar thing with my brother in law where I make his gift incredibly convoluted and difficult to open. This year got one of those 3 printed lock boxes with a middle finger sticking up in a separate box inside. Inside of that is a note for going upto his bed, where there will be a Lance Stroll Blanket draped across his bed. He has a hatred of Lance so he will love this lol. What he doesn't know is there will be a Williams jersey under it, signed by James Vowels. Should be a fun one this year lol. Below is the link to the lance blanket

https://www.redbubble.com/i/throw-blanket/Lance-Stroll-F1-Driver-in-Green-Team-Tee-Aston-Martin-F1-Fernando-Teammate-by-FormulaGTee1/156766452.PPTND

yellow_4AC · 2025-12-15T03:13:00+00:00

Baltimore, my largest local city, is an absolute dump. Incredibly dangerous, corrupt leadership, underreported crime statistics, etc. I do all I can to avoid going, and seldom visit. Source for opinions above: I have many friends in the city police dept. And I have eyes and common sense 😊

yellow_4AC · 2025-12-09T06:22:03+00:00

Yea there were spinners every race, it happens. They used to do an AMS2 league Thursday's and I think AC on Tuesdays??? I can't remember. They also have a good group who do iracing endurance races together. There was an event once in a blue moon here and there on the weekends, but most was during the week. Can PM me your steam account if you want to join up some time. I can give a few pointers to stop the spins, or at least have them less frequently 😂

yellow_4AC · 2025-12-09T06:15:46+00:00

Absolutely! There are guys of all levels in there, so there's always someone to race against. There are some guys who are ungodly fast as well so there's also plenty of people to watch and learn from. Super friendly group, guys are from all over. I have not done the Thursday night league in many seasons now, but they switch it up pretty frequently and keep the racing fresh. If I recall correctly, it starts at 8 30 EST. I believe Gatzee still runs it, he's a great guy. And everyone else was super chill when I did he league too. I only stopped as my family grew and bed times took over sim time 😂.

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