Everything posted by MexicanDragon
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Electric toothbrushes
Shelly, TheSweetHome and TheWirecutter are fantastic sites. I used to do tons of research on things (a hobby, because I'm often bored,) and the things I had researched greatly, I checked out the thoughts of TSH/TWC. What I found lined up rather well with what they had, and their reasonings for their choices are fairly sound. With some of the electronic stuff, they had people who I'd trusted reviews of for years, so it seems like they get good people. FWIW, I have an Oral-B 5000 (a more expensive version of what they recommend) and I dig it. it's 150$ in stores, but my dentist had it for 100$, with 67% more heads, toothpaste, floss, and mouthwash, and a 20$ rebate. Since I have tax on amazon, and none of this, it wound up being 25$ more than the entry level one, with some bonus stuff that gets used. My rec? If you like the sensitive head for your Oral-B, get a 1000 and some sensitive heads for it. If you didn't love it, give the Sonicare a shot. Also, you can probably keep your old Oral-B around and use it to clean grout/around small things in the kitchen/bathroom. If you did that and went with the new Oral-B, you could still keep using old brush heads for cleaning (I'm sure you'd be fine just soaking them in some alcohol to sanitize them, right?) **BRENT**
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The Official Head-Case Photography Thread.
Shelly, I have a buddy who was just talking about needing a PnS camera. The S95 would possibly be of interest if you were looking to unload it. **BRENT**
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Deals
http://www.elusivedisc.com/Esoteric/products/1967/&utm_source=email&utm_medium=special 50% or more off Esoteric SACDs and box sets. **BRENT**
- Get your game on!
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Deals
Just get both and let us know how they are. **BRENT**
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HC Bike/Cycling Thread
Sweet! Done. Check out my ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/617781438/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US 95* with 102* ReelFeel. Brutal. **BRENT**
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2016 - Which windows laptop to get
I'm sure they know they need this, but a quad core i7 processor, 16-32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD (256GB minimum, 512-1TB), GTX 970m graphics or higher (probably GTX 980m unless they're going to wait for the probably-much-better GTX 1070m or 1080m,) or the workstation graphics which I don't deal with at all so have no comment on, other than get 4-8GB RAM version The Origin EON15-X Pro (the professional/non-gaming line from where Nate recommended) has desktop processors. The i7-6700k is the processor that Jeff and Chris have in their gaming desktops, if that tells you anything about how powerful it is. M.2 SSDs are super small (2 postage stamp sized, and about half the height of your usual SSD,) so those can be super light, but these aren't quite svelte machines. It'll be smaller than Dusty's, though. **BRENT**
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And now what did you do TODAY?
Woke up to breakfast and a Father's Day gift. Then hanging out before visiting dad's grave with mom. Steak dinner, followed up by playing catch with the kids until it was too dark to see. 3 hours hanging out with Zoë (Xavier wanted to spend the night at my mom's because she has a super comfy chair he wants to sleep in,) and now time for a nap before two days of training at work I have to go in early for. Fairly solid day. **BRENT**
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HC NBA Ballers
Sorry @TMoney, I had a biscuit today for Father's Day. I didn't choose it, it was chosen for me. I try to only use my powers towards Chris, but doesn't always work out. **BRENT**
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The Live Music Thread
Here Come The Mummies **BRENT**
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And now what did you do TODAY?
1) That's dumb 2) it was 6 hours round trip 3) isn't 12 hours for you a round trip to the grocery store? **BRENT**
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And now what did you do TODAY?
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The Live Music Thread
Panic! At The Disco with a falsetto masterclass. 2 sets of Ety Plugs paled in comparison to parking, but Zoë's having a blast. 3 hours to get 120 miles. Thanks, Atlanta. Hope the trip home is a little quicker. 9 In The Afternoon. Why they played this at 8:25, the world may never know. **BRENT**
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And now what did you do TODAY?
Zoe was at the last Weezer show I went to... in utero. It's fitting. **BRENT**
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And now what did you do TODAY?
Went to work early so I can leave early and take Zoe and her friend to see Panic! At The Disco and Weezer. Should be fun, except for the 4-5 hours on the road. **BRENT**
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Get your game on!
Too bad you weren't the first one here to experience it... **BRENT**
- CanLanta 2016 - 5/21/16
- CanLanta 2016 - 5/21/16
- Hearing Protection Recommendations needed
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RIP someone or another
Knucks, I'm so sorry to hear. Al, I didn't even hear about the Indiana fucktard. Fuck that guy. Aside, Zoe is going to a candlelight vigil for Orlando with her mom tonight. She just went through all her clothes and found her Apple Pride shirt I was able to get her at the SF Pride Parade last year; it made me think of our crew last year. Have you talked to your friends that we hung out with then, Steve? **BRENT**
- Hearing Protection Recommendations needed
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Hearing Protection Recommendations needed
I'm taking Zoe and her friend to the Panic! At The Disco/Weezer concert (while I am attending the Weezer/PATD concert). I want to get some earplugs for everyone. I can handle the Ety ones, but not sure if they could. Are there any good "musician" or "concert" ear plugs you guys recommend? Are the ER-20s still worth getting, or would I want something better? (Zoe and her friend won't use them much, but I could use them at band rehearsal/other concerts, so I could go with something a little more long term.) Oh, and referably something I can get locally or through Amazon, so I can have them here before Thursday's show. Thanks. **BRENT**
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Get your game on!
Have a good lunch? **BRENT**
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Get your game on!
I don't enjoy T$ agreeing with me, because it's more amusing when he's wrong, but the seated experience of the Rift has been great. I gave it back to my buddy today and going back to racing without it is going to suck. Chris, just get both. **BRENT**
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HC Bike/Cycling Thread
Wednesday after-work ride with Xavier. https://www.strava.com/activities/603267440 **BRENT**