Stoney's Luv Shack

[Love to grow]

Hell yeah Dude that machine is perfect for those sneakers!
By agitator I mean how some washers have a tall plastic mixer thing in the center that can be taken out on some machines but was built in and permanent on older machines.
Yeah that, warm to hot water, and a good powder detergent with oxy is even better and they'll come out looking great.
If you can stop the machine before it goes into a high speed final spin, even better to prevent any warping or twisting from the force then just air dry. Put on your feet wet if they need reshaping then let dry.

That's cool your goretex has held up like that man!
I actually wear out my shoes from the inside out. They can look great from the outside but I have some messed up protruding Achilles that wear out the back insole fast.
I wear out socks faster than normal too, always getting a premature hole on the back of my heel. I found Puma socks hold up for me better than most, even Nike and Puma adds comfort.
Once the fabric breaks on the inside the whole shoe is pretty much done since it will tear up the back of my heels well beyond blisters.
I've had glue fail on old pairs too. I think a lot of shoe glue has something like a seven year time limit as well. Some vintage sneakers cant be worn because of that

Freebird Bomb Pop FTW!!!!

The black ones I haven’t worn yet the white ones only when it’s not raining but I use this stuff on all my new sneakers it works awesome u can literally just hose mud off em I have my daily wearers that are stuffed to don’t worry haven’t cleaned em in over a year mow lawns and all sorts in em also the yellow exit soap cleans em up brand new to its good stuff

 

[Love to grow]

That was a reply to Stoney sorry accidently taggged bandit

 

[Stoneyluv]

Hell yeah Dude that machine is perfect for those sneakers!
By agitator I mean how some washers have a tall plastic mixer thing in the center that can be taken out on some machines but was built in and permanent on older machines.
Yeah that, warm to hot water, and a good powder detergent with oxy is even better and they'll come out looking great.
If you can stop the machine before it goes into a high speed final spin, even better to prevent any warping or twisting from the force then just air dry. Put on your feet wet if they need reshaping then let dry.

That's cool your goretex has held up like that man!
I actually wear out my shoes from the inside out. They can look great from the outside but I have some messed up protruding Achilles that wear out the back insole fast.
I wear out socks faster than normal too, always getting a premature hole on the back of my heel. I found Puma socks hold up for me better than most, even Nike and Puma adds comfort.
Once the fabric breaks on the inside the whole shoe is pretty much done since it will tear up the back of my heels well beyond blisters.
I've had glue fail on old pairs too. I think a lot of shoe glue has something like a seven year time limit as well. Some vintage sneakers cant be worn because of that

Freebird Bomb Pop FTW!!!!

sweet man, thanks for the tips!! i know i have some oxy powder in our laundry room, not something i need to use often with my well water so i always have that on hand. don't have any powdered detergent though, don't think its too much of a biggie though. up until now i have been cleaning them with my car cleaners.. i have a good fabric cleaner and then use my leather clean and conditioner on the suede parts.. that leather stuff makes the white on the back of the air's pop man!!!!! i might pre wash them a little with that fabric clean and a brush and then put them in the washing machine. i'll probably wash the pegasus in there too.. i just looked it up and i bought those in april of last year so this is the second full summer and heading into the second winter. that gortex did hold up better than i ever thought it would, we had quite a few wet days here this year!! i've never used soap on them yet and have only rinsed them off a few times.. they prolly need a solo first washing before i even put them in the machine!!

thats gotta suck wearing out footwear like that, they don't ever put extra material in that section at all.. most of the time mine separate at the sole and sometimes i can glue them and sometimes it's just to far gone to repair. i have two nice pair of boots i bought right before this whole sneaker adventure so i still have them looking all shiny. i should try to wear them more this winter and save my sneakers a bit.

i think our machine has a mode to not run the spin cycle.. now how to find it will be another story!!! haha took me like twenty minutes the other week trying to figure out the steam function on the dryer!!!! hahaha

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so i feel like i've been living under a rock but i did not realize it had been that many years since charlotte ran the oval and not the roval... saw it in trivia today and was like wow really?? thats makes it even more exciting to me this week!!!! such an awesome track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i got mixed up in the schedule and thought next week was dega but there is phoenix in between... still like half the chase left yet and so much can happen!!!!

looks like the football game and the o series race starts around the same time on saturday!!!

The black ones I haven’t worn yet the white ones only when it’s not raining but I use this stuff on all my new sneakers it works awesome u can literally just hose mud off em I have my daily wearers that are stuffed to don’t worry haven’t cleaned em in over a year mow lawns and all sorts in em also the yellow exit soap cleans em up brand new to its good stuffView attachment 136553View attachment 136554

cool thanks man, i knew they had different sprays out there but i had no clue as to whats good and whats not. i had a can of stuff many years ago that worked pretty good but couldn't remember the brand or anything.

i'll get some of that and coat them down good after i wash them.. might just get an extra year of dryness from them!!!

 

[Bandit420]

sweet man, thanks for the tips!! i know i have some oxy powder in our laundry room, not something i need to use often with my well water so i always have that on hand. don't have any powdered detergent though, don't think its too much of a biggie though. up until now i have been cleaning them with my car cleaners.. i have a good fabric cleaner and then use my leather clean and conditioner on the suede parts.. that leather stuff makes the white on the back of the air's pop man!!!!! i might pre wash them a little with that fabric clean and a brush and then put them in the washing machine. i'll probably wash the pegasus in there too.. i just looked it up and i bought those in april of last year so this is the second full summer and heading into the second winter. that gortex did hold up better than i ever thought it would, we had quite a few wet days here this year!! i've never used soap on them yet and have only rinsed them off a few times.. they prolly need a solo first washing before i even put them in the machine!!

thats gotta suck wearing out footwear like that, they don't ever put extra material in that section at all.. most of the time mine separate at the sole and sometimes i can glue them and sometimes it's just to far gone to repair. i have two nice pair of boots i bought right before this whole sneaker adventure so i still have them looking all shiny. i should try to wear them more this winter and save my sneakers a bit.

i think our machine has a mode to not run the spin cycle.. now how to find it will be another story!!! haha took me like twenty minutes the other week trying to figure out the steam function on the dryer!!!! hahaha

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so i feel like i've been living under a rock but i did not realize it had been that many years since charlotte ran the oval and not the roval... saw it in trivia today and was like wow really?? thats makes it even more exciting to me this week!!!! such an awesome track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i got mixed up in the schedule and thought next week was dega but there is phoenix in between... still like half the chase left yet and so much can happen!!!!

looks like the football game and the o series race starts around the same time on saturday!!!



cool thanks man, i knew they had different sprays out there but i had no clue as to whats good and whats not. i had a can of stuff many years ago that worked pretty good but couldn't remember the brand or anything.

i'll get some of that and coat them down good after i wash them.. might just get an extra year of dryness from them!!!

That's why we all have road course aces in the pool this week!!!

I was like WTF? No way I'd pick Zillich on an intermediate!!! Then I saw other RC picks and realized we all thought it was the Roval.
This week sounds really cool to be in that area with so much home cooking and open houses. I'm guessing all family of everybody in race shop will be there this weekend.
Trucksin an hour but I gotta DVR then watch later after some work. Thank goodness for mobile check ins!

BTW...some Freaky inspiration.
The fern stuff is spot on both in leaves but also how they stay low to the ground. After flip, they get their legs.
Yours there, flipped now, will probably finish at about knee high. The longer the veg and more sprawl the more you can expect it to climb vertical after flip

 

[Stoneyluv]

That's why we all have road course aces in the pool this week!!!

I was like WTF? No way I'd pick Zillich on an intermediate!!! Then I saw other RC picks and realized we all thought it was the Roval.
This week sounds really cool to be in that area with so much home cooking and open houses. I'm guessing all family of everybody in race shop will be there this weekend.
Trucksin an hour but I gotta DVR then watch later after some work. Thank goodness for mobile check ins!

BTW...some Freaky inspiration.
The fern stuff is spot on both in leaves but also how they stay low to the ground. After flip, they get their legs.
Yours there, flipped now, will probably finish at about knee high. The longer the veg and more sprawl the more you can expect it to climb vertical after flip

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hahaha man i was so confused when i looked at the pool sheet... i was like wait up did i say the wrong thing again and this week really is the roval and not an oval?!?!?! oh well go SVG!!!!! hahahahaha
i'm still a bit confused and hope to have it figured out by sunday!!! hahaha.... bender time!!! hahaha

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a little freaky friday action!!!!!!!!!!! you were in m head just now and i had already snapped a few pics to post and then saw your reply.. perfect timing!!!!!!!!

gettin freaky with it!!!!









gonna take some cuttings next week and see if i can't clone her!!!!! still reminds me of the curly parsley i have for dinner!!!! hahaha

 

[Stoneyluv]

had a tree fall out back last night.. so glad it fell away from my shed!!!! it was eaten up pretty good... poplar i think, maybe birch...



but get this, some of it fell right in my fire pit!!!! haha burn er where she lays!!! glad it came down safe and i didn't have to cut it down.. i hate felling punky trees... you can see a good 3-4 inches of soft punk all the way around!!!





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went to cut down and harvest my outdoor golden goat and was too late.. should have done it last week when i said. powdery mold all down her back side where the sun doesn't hit much.. i chopped the main cola that looked fine and scrapped the rest.... i'll get one good squish out of her and have a couple dabs i hope!!!

 

[Bandit420]

That tree will recycle itself into compost and biochar!
Looks like you're having some fun with the Freak and really that's what matter most with something like that.

Yeah, shit happens growing outdoors man. Weed can grow almost anywhere but but very few climates get harvest clean. Around here, outdoor tastes pretty bad after all the crap that blows around unless it gets washed. I feel like indoor is for consumable and outdoor is just for making seeds with my weather.
Seems like coastal mountains and high desert is optimal and everything else, just hope for the best.

Didn't expect to be buying diecasts this morning but there I was. Not a typo either. Diecasts as in plural.
I wanted the bomb pop livery but even better now since it's winner and this is the first checkers or wreckers car in a few years. I think Chastain's wall ride was the last and I have it too

 

[Stoneyluv]

That tree will recycle itself into compost and biochar!
Looks like you're having some fun with the Freak and really that's what matter most with something like that.

Yeah, shit happens growing outdoors man. Weed can grow almost anywhere but but very few climates get harvest clean. Around here, outdoor tastes pretty bad after all the crap that blows around unless it gets washed. I feel like indoor is for consumable and outdoor is just for making seeds with my weather.
Seems like coastal mountains and high desert is optimal and everything else, just hope for the best.

Didn't expect to be buying diecasts this morning but there I was. Not a typo either. Diecasts as in plural.
I wanted the bomb pop livery but even better now since it's winner and this is the first checkers or wreckers car in a few years. I think Chastain's wall ride was the last and I have it too

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i had a good feeling you'd be getting that bomb pop diecast!!!!

seemed like clean air was victor in that one.. whoever was in traffic felt different to them. not sure any team at all was able to make a clean and dirty air set up.. seemed like it was one or the other. i wonder if the weather had anything to do with it, no rubber on the track at all, but O series seemed to be the same way, get clean air and look out!!! either way it was great to see some racing on the original track and i look forward to seeing what they do from here. it's gettin kinda old, it could use a state of the art laser refinish!!!

points are tight.. even with this new chase cofig i still think its gonna come down to four drivers at the last race. this week is pretty important i would think.. last week to really grind. i'm just not look forward to this dega race,, anything can happen to anybody and skill is just tossed right out the window, luck is the only thing that matters there... and martisville and miami are both very technical tracks... gonna get interesting for sure!!!

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fast frames today was the very far left answer.. daniel suarez first cup win.

 

[Stoneyluv]

we're set to get our first freeze of the season tonight.. tonight and tomorrow night will be under 32. i guess my veggie garden is done.... i'm hoping the poly keeps it warm enough but i highly doubt it. gonna strip the maters left and that will be it. cucumbers quit like two weeks ago so nothing i can do there. it was a small garden but to me it was totally worth it and i will be doing another next year!!

today i pulled the pond filters out and drained/cleaned them for next year then i stowed the away in the basement, put away some other summer stuff too.. got out some winter stuff and still need to remove the battery from the lawn mower and bring it inside. iguess my last mow was my last mow!!! yippee!!!!!! put one mow on the old motor and five mows on the new motor, won't even have to change the oil!!!

pulled my generator out of its spot to test out and i forgot to plug the battery tender in and it's pretty low, not dead so thats good.. i'll let it trickle charge for a couple days it should be fine. need to start that up and the dodge and put some fresh gas in for the winter..

today in front of my grow doors laying the light i saw this little baby.... i was like where's your momma at? haha



years ago one night i went to move a plant and a snake shot out of it and down my arm and across the floor and never saw it again... that'll wake ya up let me tell ya!!!!!!!!

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forgot to mention i did a change out on veggers a couple days ago.. been going about every two weeks on the change out.. not really topping off or anything either, just check the ph every couple days .. some days its a little high and some it's not.. not really a chore or a hassle at all so i probably won't change anything. i did prep up two blue tubes and fittings to make level sight tubes for filling and topping off but it would only really benefit me if i have all the sites filled. for now i just slip out the front cup and reach in and pull a sample of water out and thats it..

this was like two days ago....



i'm going to bail on those cuttings and try again.. they all rotted on the ends so my water isn't too cold.. i think i need to take a look at my fundamentals on how i actually prep the cuttings, something in my gut tells me this isn't a hardware or environment problem and more of a me problem.. i'll try again!!

 

[Bandit420]

we're set to get our first freeze of the season tonight.. tonight and tomorrow night will be under 32. i guess my veggie garden is done.... i'm hoping the poly keeps it warm enough but i highly doubt it. gonna strip the maters left and that will be it. cucumbers quit like two weeks ago so nothing i can do there. it was a small garden but to me it was totally worth it and i will be doing another next year!!

today i pulled the pond filters out and drained/cleaned them for next year then i stowed the away in the basement, put away some other summer stuff too.. got out some winter stuff and still need to remove the battery from the lawn mower and bring it inside. iguess my last mow was my last mow!!! yippee!!!!!! put one mow on the old motor and five mows on the new motor, won't even have to change the oil!!!

pulled my generator out of its spot to test out and i forgot to plug the battery tender in and it's pretty low, not dead so thats good.. i'll let it trickle charge for a couple days it should be fine. need to start that up and the dodge and put some fresh gas in for the winter..

today in front of my grow doors laying the light i saw this little baby.... i was like where's your momma at? haha

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years ago one night i went to move a plant and a snake shot out of it and down my arm and across the floor and never saw it again... that'll wake ya up let me tell ya!!!!!!!!

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forgot to mention i did a change out on veggers a couple days ago.. been going about every two weeks on the change out.. not really topping off or anything either, just check the ph every couple days .. some days its a little high and some it's not.. not really a chore or a hassle at all so i probably won't change anything. i did prep up two blue tubes and fittings to make level sight tubes for filling and topping off but it would only really benefit me if i have all the sites filled. for now i just slip out the front cup and reach in and pull a sample of water out and thats it..

this was like two days ago....

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i'm going to bail on those cuttings and try again.. they all rotted on the ends so my water isn't too cold.. i think i need to take a look at my fundamentals on how i actually prep the cuttings, something in my gut tells me this isn't a hardware or environment problem and more of a me problem.. i'll try again!!

We dipped down in the 50s the past few nights and yesterday saw a Texas Spiny Lizard basking in a sunny spot once the sun warmed things up again. It looked grumpy AF. Big year here for those guys. I saw dozens in my yards over the Summer. Those and anoles and tiny snakes but nothing big. Bug and worm eaters.

Phoenix man! The track where they don't really race on the track

Brisket running an alternative livery this weekend too but not as good as the bomb pop or the Wix or even the Mobil 1 and Zep for that matter.
So my TV has been acting up for a while with a pulsing dim and bright thing going on. For the most part, unnoticeable but could get bad. It can fuck up most horror movies too. Last week, enough shit piled on one after the other and it decided to do it just enough for me to say enough is enough and headed off to costco for a 75" 4K ultra upgrade




When that cloner is reliable for ya is that what's in store for the freak? More little freaks?
I wanted to pack my sex reversal kit in your box but it got pushed out for the kicks. That and a sparkling freebird didn't make the trip lol.
Lemme know if ya need because I'm not sure I can use it. Lots of timing is involved and I'm still trying to wrap my head around males and collecting their pollen...Haven;t even got to feminizing yet.

 

[Stoneyluv]

We dipped down in the 50s the past few nights and yesterday saw a Texas Spiny Lizard basking in a sunny spot once the sun warmed things up again. It looked grumpy AF. Big year here for those guys. I saw dozens in my yards over the Summer. Those and anoles and tiny snakes but nothing big. Bug and worm eaters.

Phoenix man! The track where they don't really race on the track

Brisket running an alternative livery this weekend too but not as good as the bomb pop or the Wix or even the Mobil 1 and Zep for that matter.
So my TV has been acting up for a while with a pulsing dim and bright thing going on. For the most part, unnoticeable but could get bad. It can fuck up most horror movies too. Last week, enough shit piled on one after the other and it decided to do it just enough for me to say enough is enough and headed off to costco for a 75" 4K ultra upgrade

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When that cloner is reliable for ya is that what's in store for the freak? More little freaks?
I wanted to pack my sex reversal kit in your box but it got pushed out for the kicks. That and a sparkling freebird didn't make the trip lol.
Lemme know if ya need because I'm not sure I can use it. Lots of timing is involved and I'm still trying to wrap my head around males and collecting their pollen...Haven;t even got to feminizing yet.

badass new tv man!!!! you need that today with all these different paint schemes i can't tell who is who!!! hahaha
rough start for the 5.. no stage points.. lap down.. not good.

really nice to get that O series check in bonus yesterday!!

raiders game about to start.. hosting buffalo on cbs..

 

[Bandit420]

badass new tv man!!!! you need that today with all these different paint schemes i can't tell who is who!!! hahaha
rough start for the 5.. no stage points.. lap down.. not good.

really nice to get that O series check in bonus yesterday!!

raiders game about to start.. hosting buffalo on cbs..

Thanks man. Even the sound is better since now it's fed thru the HDMI and not optical.
Looks like the Raiders had the same kind of heartbreaker loss my horns did. So yeah I know how it is and being back to hating our teams and football for at least one more week.

Today's FF answer is Ryan Blaney's burnout to grab that 20 burger. OCTOBERRACING in the promo box is another 10 on the side!
I'm at 12,135 right now thanks to the weekend bonus

 

[Stoneyluv]

Thanks man. Even the sound is better since now it's fed thru the HDMI and not optical.
Looks like the Raiders had the same kind of heartbreaker loss my horns did. So yeah I know how it is and being back to hating our teams and football for at least one more week.

Today's FF answer is Ryan Blaney's burnout to grab that 20 burger. OCTOBERRACING in the promo box is another 10 on the side!
I'm at 12,135 right now thanks to the weekend bonus

our one tv has a bad pixel or group of pixels.. it has a bright spot all the time!! the spot changes color and all that works but it's just brighter. when i first noticed it i went tv shopping and picked a few out and thought well when it goes i'll pick one of these.. well man it's been well over a year now and still the same size!!! if it does go bad i'm gonna have to shop all over again it's been so long!!! hahaha

i notice it more when the background is plain and light colored.. when there is something there or it's darker i barely even notice it. sometimes horizon scenes have two suns!! haha



raiders hung in there but just not enough, same with the horns... WVU was the only winner i rooted for over the weekend. they're 4-3 right now, just one division win.

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thanks so much for those codes!!! thats at least 20 i wouldn't have had.. i'm right there with ya brother!!



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i cleaned my cloner out and refilled it. that in itself might have been the issue, it worked fine for the trop cherry clones and then i never changed the water or anything and just put in the chocolope cuttings. they all rotted the tips in the water.. pathogen? dirty water?.. i dumped it out, cleaned it and refilled. i then used a clean and sharp razor to take the cuttings versus my dirty ol scissors like last always. clean cuts and i dipped them. i don't normally do that with aero because whats the point?? but i did it this time anyway.. cloning gel for about five minutes then a quick dip in great white. the cloner water has GW in it too.. i think i tool six of them.. i marked it on the calendar so fingers crossed and the plan has been to try the fruity freak right after these!!! two weeks has now come and gone on that plan so the freaks cuttings are a little stronger now so there's that!!!

i plan to check everything out later tonight.. my neighbor is about to stop up to help me put some holes in the ground to build a new chicken run for this winter. the one i have now won't last another snow storm so i've been slowly building a new one and i need to get seven posts cemented in the ground yet. it's gonna be like fifteen times or more bigger than what they have now... gonna be a chicken palace!! i'm making the doorway wide enough that i can get my fourwheeler inside if i need to do any cleanup or maintain down the road.. it's something like 25 foot by 45 foot big... plenty of room for seven birds!!!

 

[Bandit420]

our one tv has a bad pixel or group of pixels.. it has a bright spot all the time!! the spot changes color and all that works but it's just brighter. when i first noticed it i went tv shopping and picked a few out and thought well when it goes i'll pick one of these.. well man it's been well over a year now and still the same size!!! if it does go bad i'm gonna have to shop all over again it's been so long!!! hahaha

i notice it more when the background is plain and light colored.. when there is something there or it's darker i barely even notice it. sometimes horizon scenes have two suns!! haha

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raiders hung in there but just not enough, same with the horns... WVU was the only winner i rooted for over the weekend. they're 4-3 right now, just one division win.

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thanks so much for those codes!!! thats at least 20 i wouldn't have had.. i'm right there with ya brother!!

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i cleaned my cloner out and refilled it. that in itself might have been the issue, it worked fine for the trop cherry clones and then i never changed the water or anything and just put in the chocolope cuttings. they all rotted the tips in the water.. pathogen? dirty water?.. i dumped it out, cleaned it and refilled. i then used a clean and sharp razor to take the cuttings versus my dirty ol scissors like last always. clean cuts and i dipped them. i don't normally do that with aero because whats the point?? but i did it this time anyway.. cloning gel for about five minutes then a quick dip in great white. the cloner water has GW in it too.. i think i tool six of them.. i marked it on the calendar so fingers crossed and the plan has been to try the fruity freak right after these!!! two weeks has now come and gone on that plan so the freaks cuttings are a little stronger now so there's that!!!

i plan to check everything out later tonight.. my neighbor is about to stop up to help me put some holes in the ground to build a new chicken run for this winter. the one i have now won't last another snow storm so i've been slowly building a new one and i need to get seven posts cemented in the ground yet. it's gonna be like fifteen times or more bigger than what they have now... gonna be a chicken palace!! i'm making the doorway wide enough that i can get my fourwheeler inside if i need to do any cleanup or maintain down the road.. it's something like 25 foot by 45 foot big... plenty of room for seven birds!!!

Got another for ya worth 25
26MPDV

Elliott has opted out of the most popular driver vote so everybody can vote for Busch

https://www.nascar.com/mostpopulardriver/

I made a donation to NASCAR foundation yesterday to seal the deal and get me over 15K points. It was looking like I'd be short by a few so just to be sure.

That is a chicken palace! You say 7 now but it'll be 17 soon and you'll be selling eggs.

I'm really happy with our new TV. Racing looks great on it!
I was skeptical because it's a samsung and the price was so low but I'm at the point now where I have no brand loyalty and just get the best I can for what can pay at that time because I'll probably be replacing it in 5 years anyways.
Nothing seems to last no matter the brand or where it's made anymore. My old one was a Vizio and I'm not even sure that's a brand now. There's a new one called TCL so maybe that's Vizio today IDK. There was TCL, LG, Samsung, and Sony. Sony was out of my price range by a ton and LG has always been garbage for me so it was TCL or Samsung and I got the sammy.
This tv is amazing picture quality but who knows how long it lasts. I'm betting at least 3 but maybe as long as 7. I pretty much see every appliance and electronic toy the same with a short lifespan. Surprised my home computer has lasted getting close to 10 years.

 

[Stoneyluv]

Got another for ya worth 25
26MPDV

Elliott has opted out of the most popular driver vote so everybody can vote for Busch

https://www.nascar.com/mostpopulardriver/

I made a donation to NASCAR foundation yesterday to seal the deal and get me over 15K points. It was looking like I'd be short by a few so just to be sure.

That is a chicken palace! You say 7 now but it'll be 17 soon and you'll be selling eggs.

I'm really happy with our new TV. Racing looks great on it!
I was skeptical because it's a samsung and the price was so low but I'm at the point now where I have no brand loyalty and just get the best I can for what can pay at that time because I'll probably be replacing it in 5 years anyways.
Nothing seems to last no matter the brand or where it's made anymore. My old one was a Vizio and I'm not even sure that's a brand now. There's a new one called TCL so maybe that's Vizio today IDK. There was TCL, LG, Samsung, and Sony. Sony was out of my price range by a ton and LG has always been garbage for me so it was TCL or Samsung and I got the sammy.
This tv is amazing picture quality but who knows how long it lasts. I'm betting at least 3 but maybe as long as 7. I pretty much see every appliance and electronic toy the same with a short lifespan. Surprised my home computer has lasted getting close to 10 years.

very cool man, thanks!!!! i just voted now!!!
rushed and got home just in time for the race.. and checkin!! i haven't agreed to terms on that third party yet for the app so i have been checking in all via desktop the past couple weeks. just checked in early!! all set till tomorrow.

i've been swamped with overtime and next week and the week after are already booked so i need to get in any time i can on this new chicken run. it's been like an hour or two every night when the sun goes down i get some more done.

it is way overdue and i gotta get that thing done before winter cuz the old run won't last.. i got all seven poles leveled up and ready for cement. my neighbor has a pallet of it left from his last project so he is giving me the cement mix for free, i already bought the wire screen for the outside.. and the border of it is these panels my buddy found at a job site that they were throwing in the dumpsters.. some kind of panels with galvanized roofing panels bonded to dense foam.. they interlock to each other and make an awesome base for the chickens, nothing will be able to dig under this stuff.. more free!! i just had to cut them and screw them together and bury them in a ditch. i have the pieces cut already for the front i just left em out for now so i didn't have to keep stepping over them. the two poles in the front will be the door way.



these metal panels should last forever!!! and most of the posts are cedar... i put a shot of seal in a can on the bottoms just for extra protection..



they currently just have the long skinny run attached to the garage.. now they'll have all this space to hang out in when i'm not home!! they're pumped as you can see... hahaha





even got the old dodge out and running for the winter.. gas was a few years old and wouldn't even start on it's own anymore.. i ran out what was in there, i tried siphoning, no luck. thought about taking the filler tube off the tank and siphon but its a short bed, ya gotta take off the wheel and wheel well to access the filler neck.. fuck that.. thanks dodge!! your engineers are fuckin wonderful!! so i just drove it around the property and ran the last 1/4 tank out.. put good fresh in and some cleaner and now we're right back at it again!! starts on her own and everything again!!!



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new HESS truck alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i guess it;s a garbage truck with a four wheeler inside that has a snow plow on it... yeah like this exists.. i bet dodge drew it up!!! hahahahahahaha




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so about a year ago or more my mom was really having a hard time with her tv and navigating all the apps and installing them. this was right when i cancelled directv and got youtube tv and she was all confused. she had an older samsung at the time. so i bought her a new 4k and did some research on the softwares and hands down everyone said google tv had the best and easiest software to navigate.. well that was the year google tv closed and stop making them, google had bought out TCL earlier that year and moved their software over to it... i bought her that TCL and she has loved it ever since.. never has a problem with anything and easy to find all her shows and i've said for a while now that is the brand i will look at first the next time i go shopping for one.. not married to any brand but that software and home screen are really nice on the TCL's. plus with my old ass vision fading the picture isn't my highest priority like it once was. seems like 8k never took off and we'll be here at 4k for a while yet.

my first hdtv was sony, then an LG, then samsung for the next three only because of price. my old 4k samsung i have in the office is a 57" and i only paid $325 delivered from wish.com years ago... thats the one with the dot in it!! haha if i replace this one before it breaks i'll put it out in the garage. i have the 42" LG out there now.

t's amazing how cheaply delivered a new tv is!!! i see all kinds of ads now if you buy a new tv they'll deliver it/hang it/ and remove the old tv!! just like a mattress!!! haha