Did you order through Costco? 

6 hours ago, swt61 said:

Getting a used tire as I type this. Ordered two more Michelin tires for the front. Rear Michelins are still in good condition. Will get those mounted Saturday. 

I guess you got your money's worth out of the previous tires!

Be glad you had a spare. A lot of new vehicles don't have one.

I went out and bought real tires and rims for both my cars.

Getting caught 200 miles from home with a flat at night with

nothing but one of those little portable inflators sucks. 

More the weekend, but we got a fatty mass surgically removed from the doggo, but 2 nights in of course she rips out the stitches AND her drain tube (and most likely ate it lol) requiring her to go back in and get stapled but as you can see she is doing well 🤣

 

16 hours ago, Voltron said:

Did you order through Costco? 

No, but now that I'm safe again, I'm going to compare cost. $395 at Cain's. I believe Costco was $700 for 4 tires.

Tire rack dot com also a good source to check.

Thankfully there is so much price transparency in tires that it’s hard to rip people off anymore, at least on price. The rip off would be up-selling on features you don’t need.

Edited July 1, 20251 yr by TMoney

Took a ride in a Jaaaag from the future, to solve the last mile problem.

Spent the 4th up in Maine, our condo association had a mini-parade of kids and golf carts (~ a dozen carts, several made up quite well); also a pic of my next-door neighbor Michelle and her two - used to have 4 - Samoyeds, beautiful pups!

Also visited one of Karen and my favorite places, Cape Porpoise....sat and contemplated life a bit there.

 

Sending a hug your way @skullguise.

Figured i'd finally go through my tubes, sort them out a bit. Too many to catalogue properly in one go (which is why i never bothered)

Was never quite meant to become the hoard it is, but.. left Luxman with crates worth of stuff, left ML with yet more crates, then isn't life funny when none are what you "wanted" for your then current system a few years later, so there you go buying more when they were still crazy cheap.

Then you buy yet some more, because what if, right? You haven't got everything. And, yeah

Sorted four 24"x16"x16" crates full of NOS tubes. I'd say 6-7 more to go; some other time. It's 23:28 and i'm spent.

(actually 60x40x40 in cents, but i figure that's close enough?)

So far am going with input/output/rec, US-EU/RU. It's gonna take some time.

 

One of many things i miss dearly? Proper packing cartons. Yes, really. Nothing decent in EU. ECT/load-rated? Don't even ask, they'll think you're so funny.

Not sure they know what this is down here:

 

Visited the spiritual successor to Fry's in the Bay Area 

It did not disappoint

3 minutes ago, Grahame said:

Visited the spiritual successor to Fry's in the Bay Area 

It did not disappoint

Did you see Jay and/or his Two Centz?

30 minutes ago, MexicanDragon said:

Did you see Jay and/or his Two Centz?

No, as I believe he is SoCal, not NorCal, and His MicroCenter is Tustin, apparently

Edited July 20, 2025Jul 20 by Grahame

3 hours ago, Grahame said:

No, as I believe he is SoCal, not NorCal, and His MicroCenter is Tustin, apparently

 

Bought a Macbook Air, being the only Mac without fans, so ideal for my fourier analysis.

I should at this point say again, as the original one, already on my desk, has been shall we say appropriated? Yeah. And just because of that, this time i went for the 32GB RAM, 1TB disk version. Now for the 6 weeks wait. I did say again, did i not.

Since i'm paying for everything 'round here, why shouldn't i be back on my slow ass backup Windows laptop you're probably thinking? Quite so!

 

Saw a t-shirt with "Bank of Dad" printed on the front once, too young to get it back then

Paid a lot of money for a condo. 

Final closing paperwork tomorrow.

Son and his GF will do some painting and maybe minor work, then move in ~mid-August.

Thinking/hoping a ring is next!!

 

 

Congrat, Todd.  You’re a heck of a dad for doing this for your kid.

Amazing. Congrats to the happy couple and thank you, dad!

3 hours ago, skullguise said:

Paid a lot of money for a condo. 

Final closing paperwork tomorrow.

Son and his GF will do some painting and maybe minor work, then move in ~mid-August.

Thinking/hoping a ring is next!!

 

 

I may or may not have shed a tear for how much ❤️ I'm feeling at this. Well played, mi amigo de cerveza... well played.

11 hours ago, skullguise said:

Paid a lot of money for a condo.

 

And i complained about an extra Macbook.. I get it, i get it..

Am not cheap, lol

Next up on "doing good shit for family" agenda: just gifted Karen's car (2018 Toyota RAV4) to my nephew and niece.

Came up in a conversation last night that my brother was helping the kids look for a car.  I asked what they were interested in, and based on his reply offered it up.  Filled out the title paperwork and tax exemption for gift (though depending on blue book value I may have to pay a bit for being over the gift threshold).  Kids came by and grabbed it today.

The payback is "future considerations," but after chatting a bit my brother will get me a pair of Ardbeg 25 bottles he recently scrounged up at work.  Yum!

18 hours ago, skullguise said:

Next up on "doing good shit for family" agenda: just gifted Karen's car (2018 Toyota RAV4) to my nephew and niece.

Came up in a conversation last night that my brother was helping the kids look for a car.  I asked what they were interested in, and based on his reply offered it up.  Filled out the title paperwork and tax exemption for gift (though depending on blue book value I may have to pay a bit for being over the gift threshold).  Kids came by and grabbed it today.

The payback is "future considerations," but after chatting a bit my brother will get me a pair of Ardbeg 25 bottles he recently scrounged up at work.  Yum!

Brother came up this morning on his way to his place in NH.  Dropped off 2 bottles of Ardbeg 25, plus additional surprises!  The Ardbeg 25's come in a lovely Russian Doll type box set, the inner box has a nice metal design on it.  The top of that inner box looks to click open and close on a hinged cover.

The Smokiverse is another limited edition, this was an open bottle from a sampling day that one of his clients had.  Looking forward to trying it, there's only a tiny bit left.

 

Edited July 27, 2025Jul 27 by skullguise

Invited to a Birthday Party by a friend who works in Film trade / Craft Services.

Some of their Call Sheets

The Birthday Call Sheet

There was Craft Services food 

Complete with an Oyster Shucking Station, and assistant in training 

With some smooth grooves (yatch rock?) drifting on the breeze

They know their stuff.

Tasty. Approved

EDIT:

Hey Kids,

Let's put on a show!

EDIT 2:

And there was cake

Of course there was cake.

 

Edited August 3, 2025Aug 3 by Grahame

Robo jaaaag time again.

This time it's for the Pointer s

Sisters at Stern Grove

Became reacquainted with an old friend.

(Wednesday) helped my son and GF move into their new condo (movers did the heaviest stuff).

They're working with the same designer who helped Karen and me with our bathroom remodels.  Very nice, and she sent me a wonderful note about Andrew.  Made a parent's heart swell, it did!