Bandit on a Safari and I'm Hunting Unicorns

[BlueCollarBob]

We found ours at one of the supermarkets. $2.50 iirc. First time I’d seen mint offered.

I plan to use it for drinks and smoothies. Think it would go well in Chi Tea as well. Need a few rains to get rid of the Safer’s soap now.

But mostly I just pluck a leaf off or brush my fingers across it to get the smell. Really enjoy it while I sit and smoke.

Was this apearmint? I don’t browse from my phone much and lost rack of who posted what, lol. I bought a box of random plants from a lady at the farmers market who was clearing out some inventory on the cheap. There was some spearmint in there. I planted it, but haven’t even looked into how to make use it.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Was this apearmint? I don’t browse from my phone much and lost rack of who posted what, lol. I bought a box of random plants from a lady at the farmers market who was clearing out some inventory on the cheap. There was some spearmint in there. I planted it, but haven’t even looked into how to make use it.

For me yes, spearmint. I don’t care for peppermint. I love chocolate but things like After Eight are a last resort and only if I need a chocolate fix.

Drinks mostly. I’ll be planting it at the front door. Partly easy access partly I like the smell. Family used it for lamb but I didn’t eat lamb then.

Strawberry rhubarb is another I’d like to find. Ours was huge and thick so might not have been strawberry. We had white and purple Lilac I’d like to get but prices are nuts and I’m not sure where I’d put them.

 

[BlueCollarBob]

Strawberry rhubarb pie is a good memory from my childhood. I’ll bet the last bite I took was 40 years ago.

 

[Pipecarver]

Hey, did you say there were celebrity cannabis shops in Vegas? As in Willy Nelson, Mike Tyson? I'd love to get a hold of both. I'd like to grow me some Willy and Mike. It looks like I'll be renting a car after all. Transportation to and from the airport costs as much as renting a car.

I see Sixt has cars at $21/day or its about $50 in a cab to the hotels down town...each way. Even if we don't use it everyday its still a deal. I could get a convert Mustang again but no deals there, $100/day plus now.last time it was like $150 for our 1 week trip.

I like getting out into the Desert for a day or two. Maybe head out to the airbase, last time there we had a stealth bomber fly over us while driving into Vegas. We had a convertible Mustang and it was going in for a landing right over my head, so cool, wife was saying pay attention to the road, I'm like fk you that's a stealth airplane above me, you watch the road...

I've lost interest in my grow aft a fk up and all seeded plants so I'm focusing on out trip, its been a while.I see no reason to change hotels, after everything I've seen so far there's no red flags other than noise.

 

[doublej]

You guys safe down there?

Heard there's some water problems down there .

Hopefully the areas can recover.....

Safe bud?

 

[Bandit420]

i hope the rain holds off for tomorrow, i'd love to see that race in the dry!! it's lookin sunny and dry right now for the youngins'!!!

realized today that i left 22 fan points on the shelf! i forgot to get my fantasy lineup in for two weeks.. totally forgot all about it! got it this week.

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wow man, your cat is big!!!! haha i bought a watermelon yesterday too!! haha

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nice score on the crab meal, not as terrible as i paid thats for sure. you should be set up for a spell now!!

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"tailgate" tested!!!!! hahahahaha

The rain was kind this year to wait until at least the VL celebration at the end.
Still glad I only did the first street race and caught these others on TV.
I love RC but Chicago has run it's course pardon the pun. It's the SVG show and I get bored with the same guy winning all the time. Plus at 19 laps to go my guy was in the lead only to finish 20 something so yeah, fuck Chicago hahahaha!

Man that sucks about the fantasy because there's a streak points grab next week at 20 worth 200 points. Then a 30 streak worth 300 and the perfect season streak on fantasy will be 500. Fantasy is what's keeping my hopes alive for getting the garage experience next year.
I missed the Clash and Duels and will not get the perfect season for Cup. Just now got the Cup 20x bonus this week when I shoulda got it two weeks ago.
I've left a potential 626 points on the table missing those check ins. 63 twice on the check ins for 126 then the perfect season 500 bonus.
I'm relying on perfection in everything else and the fan shop monthly buys to help make up for it.
I do believe there's still a road to get to 15000 for me but I could also come up short and only get to around 12000. I need every bonus I can get and maybe hit a couple nice scores on powerball. Today I'm only at 7118 and we're only a little past half way thru the season so I'll be cutting it close.

It's getting bad when an online photo of someone's soil mix gets me excited .

I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like when you nail the landrace. FWIW, you should see the yellow ass LSD I have in a grow bag outside. It was an extra that a buddy wanted for his yard. Tragedy struck when he had a close family member fall ill and eventually pass. The plant started out good, but I didn't set it up to last this long in a bag. I gave it some epsom salts last night and it will get compost tea this evening, but I don't really know what it needs. Things have settled down for my buddy, now. If it turns around, I'll ask if he still wants it. If not, I'm going to chuck it.

The mystery holiday smoke looks wonderful. You description of it started off nice, but not sure whether you the window cleaner terps or not .

The VGs look great, as usual. I don't know anything about the properties of what you're printing with. Just wondering if it's something that might sorta "relax" into and hold it's proper form, if you heated it in the oven and and let it cool with the warped piece laying flat on top of it's partner?

Love the cat

Dude! Sweet find on the crab meal and thanks for sharing the link. I've hated paying for the 5lb boxes and anything I've come across online hasn't had the free shipping. I ordered a bag that says will arrive Wednesday .

In early Summer, I found a nice bulk supply place (after @stonemason recommended searching for "horticulture warehouse") a couple hours away, but they were out of the big bags of crab meal, at the time. Pricing on their 5lb boxes beat the heck out of what I'm finding, but I really wanted the 40lb at $41.50. Assuming shelf life is okay to store crab meal, kelp meal, and some other stuff over the Winter, I'll probably be making another trip when I have a big enough order to make the drive worth it.

If I was closer, the 5lb sale is great, compared to what I'm used to. Heck, even their regular price...:
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This is what they sell in 40lbs for $41.50. They also sell 1 ton totes of the stuff:
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To me, it looks similar to Down to Earth, but I'm just looking at percentages. I could be overlooking something that I don't, understand, yet:
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Thanks for all the kind words Bob!

I sure do hope my sprouts love that soil mix I did for them.

Crab meal for me has usually had the same effects no matter the NPK. It usually goes +/- a point or two on the nitrogen depending on where it was sourced and what else is in it.
Like Neptune's Harvest is one of the more potent because it also has lobster shell in it. Some may also have shrimp or other shellfish waste in there.
How course and fine it is will decide how well it works in being a tea or soil amendment but overall I feel like they're all about the same from brand to brand.

Strawberry rhubarb pie is a good memory from my childhood. I’ll bet the last bite I took was 40 years ago.

That pie is my sole ambitious goal when I restart my berry tower.

Hey, did you say there were celebrity cannabis shops in Vegas? As in Willy Nelson, Mike Tyson? I'd love to get a hold of both. I'd like to grow me some Willy and Mike. It looks like I'll be renting a car after all. Transportation to and from the airport costs as much as renting a car.

I see Sixt has cars at $21/day or its about $50 in a cab to the hotels down town...each way. Even if we don't use it everyday its still a deal. I could get a convert Mustang again but no deals there, $100/day plus now.last time it was like $150 for our 1 week trip.

I like getting out into the Desert for a day or two. Maybe head out to the airbase, last time there we had a stealth bomber fly over us while driving into Vegas. We had a convertible Mustang and it was going in for a landing right over my head, so cool, wife was saying pay attention to the road, I'm like fk you that's a stealth airplane above me, you watch the road...

I've lost interest in my grow aft a fk up and all seeded plants so I'm focusing on out trip, its been a while.I see no reason to change hotels, after everything I've seen so far there's no red flags other than noise.

Yep I forgot...You won't be able to buy seeds or clones in Vegas and I don't think you can even see a garden. It's not like Colorado in those regards but even in Colorado I cannot buy seeds or clones because I'm not a resident but I can tour gardens and see the commercial operations in action.
In Nevada those grows are out in the desert inside armed compounds.
Vegas is 100% about consumption and not for home grower types so there's nothing for the home grower really.
No seeds, no mega hydroshop or any of that. In fact the commercial growers out there are not even into breeding so what they're growing is very mainstream and usually sourced from seed banks like Crop King, Growers Choice, Ethos, Fast Buds, and probably any other big cannabis operation that feeds the industry it's genetics.

The celebrity stuff is just branding. Like seeing Pepsi on a store shelf so you don't need to go to the Pepsi factory to buy it.
It's in most dispos and best selection for those will be in the touristy dispos.

It's really best IMO to understand that it's only a brand. For example in Vegas, anything you get branded Redwood Cultivation is the same quality as Willie Reserve. That farm is the same farm where the Willie Nelson brand weed is grown. It's from the same grow but say 100 plants from 500 get the Willie Nelson brand and labeled "Red Headed Stranger" as the strain name. Then it's sold for $40/gram.
Those other 400 plants will keep their original name. Lets call that strain Lemon OG, and it will sell for $10/gram. Same weed from the same farm but it gets a celebrity endorsement on the label. It drives up cost but Willie gets a cut and you get a better than average stash jar for a souvenir.
The other side to it is that it varies from state to state. So even though the brand is the same, Willie's Reserve Red Headed Stranger strain is different in each state it's available.

I'm probably a bit different when it comes to car and hotels in Vegas.
When it comes to rooms I always get one with a view. Our room is the reset home base so we do spend some time in it to recharge before the next adventure and in that I like to sit in the cool air with a great view of Vegas below.
For cars, I go for speed! I damn near rented a Lamborghini for a few hours on my last visit. But at the airport I drove away in a brand new convertible Mustang and promptly headed out to the desert for some 100MPH+ fun running that Pony!

You guys safe down there?

Heard there's some water problems down there .

Hopefully the areas can recover.....

Safe bud?

Thanks Buddy!
Yeah we're good here but still very wet. I'm on a hill and have addressed drainage so it runs off and away fast from me but there's other parts of the city wrecked pretty bad.
Not far West of us is really bad and is what's making national headlines. Nightmarish really so it's all hands on deck to make sure those people get the help they need.
Motherfuckers from all sides of politics and shit trying to insert their conspiracy shit making it worse. Some assholes saying this is all fake on social media. It's times like these I see the best and absolute worst in people. I just wish that if people online are not here then shut the fuck up or offer help. Not in any mood for the people who became gawd damn weather and flooding experts in the last 72 hours and their shit because they read something on fucking facebook and nextdoor. And motherfuckers with drones, big fuck you to those dorks too.
Sorry man but this shit makes me a little ranty and it happens every time our weather gets crazy around here with all the transplants not having lived here for more than a minute.

 

[Pipecarver]

Hey thanks for that info, I could get a Ferrari about $600 for 2 hrs, same from a Mclaren or Lamborghini a Rolls for $600 -10 hrs If I remember right. Lots of hot cars but I just need transportation.I'd be concerned about what the insurance costs would be for full coverage on a Ferrari. My cards handle regular insurance but super cars wouldn't be included. I'd need full coverage 100% replacement...then I could have some fun...lol

I wouldn't mind a view room but I don't care as long as clean and quiet. The Plaza has options of front or back and we've all seen the front as in Fremont street, might be interesting but my special request will be up as high as they can get us if we face the front. I don't want 3-4-5-6-7-8th floor get me up there.

 

[doublej]

Pat McAfee....yes or no?....I used to watch all the time when I was drinking

 

[doublej]

Pat McAfee....yes or no?....I used to watch all the time when I was drinking

 

[Bandit420]

Hey thanks for that info, I could get a Ferrari about $600 for 2 hrs, same from a Mclaren or Lamborghini a Rolls for $600 -10 hrs If I remember right. Lots of hot cars but I just need transportation.I'd be concerned about what the insurance costs would be for full coverage on a Ferrari. My cards handle regular insurance but super cars wouldn't be included. I'd need full coverage 100% replacement...then I could have some fun...lol

I wouldn't mind a view room but I don't care as long as clean and quiet. The Plaza has options of front or back and we've all seen the front as in Fremont street, might be interesting but my special request will be up as high as they can get us if we face the front. I don't want 3-4-5-6-7-8th floor get me up there.

Have you looked into Rio?
I've always wanted to get a room there on one of the upper floors facing the strip.

Yeah...this thing I'm in brother, ol Pat's made his way around our building a few times and kissed our asses, schmoozing it up and shit.
Then he unleashed this last November and we aint forgetting it

Yeah that sumbitch wants to go there? Call us "show ponies"? Brag up blue collar out there at fucking A&M and it's all handed to us here??
Yeah nobody but a few put in what we put in and they aint working like we do out there that's for sure.

Scoreboard Pat. Score-fucking-board. He 's fucking lucky too because that game was an absolute ass whipping. 17-7 was the nice guy score. That fucker coulda been 35-3 if they didn't get so much help to keep them close

 

[BlueCollarBob]

Pat McAfee....yes or no?....I used to watch all the time when I was drinking

I'm a WVU fan. What did I miss that brought him up, lol? We loved having Pat. Entertaining as can be and a heck of a leg. Those were some fun years for us. We also loved Johnny Dingle and Scooter Berry:



Right now, I'm still tore up over Huggins going out the way he did. And I still can't believe DickRod was even allowed back into the state. I want our boys to win, but my deep well of disgust for that POS is making it hard to imagine seeing him on the sideline. I might have to go old school and listen to the games, lol.

 

[Pipecarver]

Have you looked into Rio?
I've always wanted to get a room there on one of the upper floors facing the strip.



Yeah...this thing I'm in brother, ol Pat's made his way around our building a few times and kissed our asses, schmoozing it up and shit.
Then he unleashed this last November and we aint forgetting it

Yeah that sumbitch wants to go there? Call us "show ponies"? Brag up blue collar out there at fucking A&M and it's all handed to us here??
Yeah nobody but a few put in what we put in and they aint working like we do out there that's for sure.

Scoreboard Pat. Score-fucking-board. He 's fucking lucky too because that game was an absolute ass whipping. 17-7 was the nice guy score. That fucker coulda been 35-3 if they didn't get so much help to keep them close

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Were looking at Laughlin now for 2 of 4 days, straight from airport to Laughlin maybe the Aquarius or Bill Laughlins. I'm checking out the deals. We can stay there in nicer room facing the river at $68'/night Plaza is $77. We've been there on a day trip and liked it, a bit more laid back than the rat race of Vegas, hot as fk, something I saw last night said 10-15f above Vegas temps. We'll adjust our res at the Plaza for just 2 nights.

 

[Bandit420]

I'm a WVU fan. What did I miss that brought him up, lol? We loved having Pat. Entertaining as can be and a heck of a leg. Those were some fun years for us. We also loved Johnny Dingle and Scooter Berry:

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Right now, I'm still tore up over Huggins going out the way he did. And I still can't believe DickRod was even allowed back into the state. I want our boys to win, but my deep well of disgust for that POS is making it hard to imagine seeing him on the sideline. I might have to go old school and listen to the games, lol.

I like your old coach a ton. When he was fired I had a feeling he would be on the Texas sideline 2025 and sure enough, we got him here now. A little young and inexperienced but being on this staff now will season him up to be much better at his next stop. WVU just got him too early and wasn't patient enough to let him grow on the job.
It's funny when we get a guy like that or the old TCU head coach etc. We get the debriefing and all the details of those programs.
And yep, Brown has some stories hahaha! Tales from the recruiting trails are always fun stories and when a coach leads with one about the aunt of a player locking herself in the coaches basement I knew he'd be a fun one to listen to.
We often see crazy, greedy, entitled, and extremely unhinged behavior from family of athletes so that dishing and gossip can be fun because we can be talking about a superstar stud football player then quickly go to.."Yeah he's special for sure! Have you met his aunt?" Then we all know a crazy story is coming in hot.

I think no matter the era, WVU will operate in the grey. Probably gonna be some funny money deals here before the NIL laws are set in stone and we have a salary cap. Texas Tech is the one doing the most there. They just beat us, Bama, and Ohio State for an olineman with a $5 million/3year guaranteed contract to play for Tech.
So that's what WVU will need to do as well as collect the talent scraps left over by the SEC and Big10.
Rich Rod can recruit that and is also savvy enough to know how to work the new money game to be competitive.
Maybe with some luck, find a way into the playoff the same way ASU did last year. No reason why they cannot compete very well in the Big12 but from the money side Tech is trying to fill the void left by Texas and OU and they're doing it with insane money to players. You'll have to get past Tech for anything and they're not gonna be the ez win they have been in the past.
They even invested a million into a softball pitcher this season and she got them to the championship series only to get beat by us who've been building towards that for 3 seasons.

Were looking at Laughlin now for 2 of 4 days, straight from airport to Laughlin maybe the Aquarius or Bill Laughlins. I'm checking out the deals. We can stay there in nicer room facing the river at $68'/night Plaza is $77. We've been there on a day trip and liked it, a bit more laid back than the rat race of Vegas, hot as fk, something I saw last night said 10-15f above Vegas temps. We'll adjust our res at the Plaza for just 2 nights.

August will be brutal with the heat.
Good thing though is that's the dead period for the most part so it won't be nearly as crowded as it is during Winter and Spring months.

 

[Pipecarver]

I like your old coach a ton. When he was fired I had a feeling he would be on the Texas sideline 2025 and sure enough, we got him here now. A little young and inexperienced but being on this staff now will season him up to be much better at his next stop. WVU just got him too early and wasn't patient enough to let him grow on the job.
It's funny when we get a guy like that or the old TCU head coach etc. We get the debriefing and all the details of those programs.
And yep, Brown has some stories hahaha! Tales from the recruiting trails are always fun stories and when a coach leads with one about the aunt of a player locking herself in the coaches basement I knew he'd be a fun one to listen to.
We often see crazy, greedy, entitled, and extremely unhinged behavior from family of athletes so that dishing and gossip can be fun because we can be talking about a superstar stud football player then quickly go to.."Yeah he's special for sure! Have you met his aunt?" Then we all know a crazy story is coming in hot.

I think no matter the era, WVU will operate in the grey. Probably gonna be some funny money deals here before the NIL laws are set in stone and we have a salary cap. Texas Tech is the one doing the most there. They just beat us, Bama, and Ohio State for an olineman with a $5 million/3year guaranteed contract to play for Tech.
So that's what WVU will need to do as well as collect the talent scraps left over by the SEC and Big10.
Rich Rod can recruit that and is also savvy enough to know how to work the new money game to be competitive.
Maybe with some luck, find a way into the playoff the same way ASU did last year. No reason why they cannot compete very well in the Big12 but from the money side Tech is trying to fill the void left by Texas and OU and they're doing it with insane money to players. You'll have to get past Tech for anything and they're not gonna be the ez win they have been in the past.
They even invested a million into a softball pitcher this season and she got them to the championship series only to get beat by us who've been building towards that for 3 seasons.



August will be brutal with the heat.
Good thing though is that's the dead period for the most part so it won't be nearly as crowded as it is during Winter and Spring months.

Have you ever been to Nova Scotia? I can use all the heat they can give me, 124 f is as hot as its been for us while there July4th one year, 2-3-4 days its exotic to us, I like the mirages at the gas stations when its hot like that, The gas fumes I guess it is causes a mirage effect, Then there's the girls all dressed down in their summer gear, & ice cold Bud???....when its hot as fk....all candy to us soggy east coasters. Although when we leave here it'll most likely be 90f at 95% and we'll fly into 100f at 20% ....its not the heat...lol...its the humidity....lol

The $18 dollar off happy our beer scared me off all 4 nights. After looking at prices and convert to Cdn $18=24 without tip...for a fkin beer???? I don't mind 2 nights we can have fun but 4 nights is just a bit too much in all that chaos, me thinks.

 

[Stoneyluv]

The rain was kind this year to wait until at least the VL celebration at the end.
Still glad I only did the first street race and caught these others on TV.
I love RC but Chicago has run it's course pardon the pun. It's the SVG show and I get bored with the same guy winning all the time. Plus at 19 laps to go my guy was in the lead only to finish 20 something so yeah, fuck Chicago hahahaha!

yeah i don't really share my opinion much about road courses because it always starts debates or arguments. i feel there should be two in a season.. and i don't give a rats ass which two. just my opinion!!! none of these road course specialists will ever win a championship so why does it even matter. what is SVG like 27th or something in the standings.. yeah like he deserves a shot. i mean yea he won two races more than most but he'll be knocked out in the first round of the playoffs so again why does it even matter. it doesn't to me at all. just being honest.

Man that sucks about the fantasy because there's a streak points grab next week at 20 worth 200 points. Then a 30 streak worth 300 and the perfect season streak on fantasy will be 500. Fantasy is what's keeping my hopes alive for getting the garage experience next year.

ah man that sucks i wasn't aware there was a perfect season bonus. i guess its better to know now this year before i try to make a real run at it next year. but honestly i'll probably slip up again next year too though. haha

 

[Bandit420]

Have you ever been to Nova Scotia? I can use all the heat they can give me, 124 f is as hot as its been for us while there July4th one year, 2-3-4 days its exotic to us, I like the mirages at the gas stations when its hot like that, The gas fumes I guess it is causes a mirage effect, Then there's the girls all dressed down in their summer gear, & ice cold Bud???....when its hot as fk....all candy to us soggy east coasters. Although when we leave here it'll most likely be 90f at 95% and we'll fly into 100f at 20% ....its not the heat...lol...its the humidity....lol

The $18 dollar off happy our beer scared me off all 4 nights. After looking at prices and convert to Cdn $18=24 without tip...for a fkin beer???? I don't mind 2 nights we can have fun but 4 nights is just a bit too much in all that chaos, me thinks.

Yep I don't mind the heat but others do so that's why the crowds thin out in July and August out there.

The best deals really on everything will be downtown on Freemont. Most casinos in that area are still pouring the freebies and offering bottled beer for free and often. If you're not playing then $3 beer and $4 mixed drinks. Happy hours can have beer as low as 50 cents on Freemont.
That's probably why there so many passed out drunks in that area but yeah man you can get hammered on Freemont for less than $20.

yeah i don't really share my opinion much about road courses because it always starts debates or arguments. i feel there should be two in a season.. and i don't give a rats ass which two. just my opinion!!! none of these road course specialists will ever win a championship so why does it even matter. what is SVG like 27th or something in the standings.. yeah like he deserves a shot. i mean yea he won two races more than most but he'll be knocked out in the first round of the playoffs so again why does it even matter. it doesn't to me at all. just being honest.



ah man that sucks i wasn't aware there was a perfect season bonus. i guess its better to know now this year before i try to make a real run at it next year. but honestly i'll probably slip up again next year too though. haha

I'm leaning the same way but with 3 and no more than 4 RC's. I think 3 is the sweet spot.
Yeah SVG is up to 27 but was at 32 last week. Two wins and still way below the cut line so yeah no matter how they spin it, he's terrible on ovals and has never raced his way into a good finish but got them out of attrition.
On the other side, if the playoffs started this month he's taking a spot from the 8, 43, or 2 and I can't really say any of those cars have done much better than the 88 this year.
If the entire field was better I think it would be a greater issue other than KFB getting some hurt feelings like Buescher last year crying about Burton getting in.
But those 5-7 guys at the top with a legit shot at the cup aint getting taken out by the guy at or below the cut line and definitely not a rc ace..

I missed a ton of points my first two seasons collecting. All I really wanted was some merch but then last season I saw they had garage experiences at COTA and also made it to where you could use this seasons points on a race next season after they update the catalog later on so that put me on a mission to get every point I can to see if it's possible to get that many for an experience.
I was super skeptical but now I'm starting to see yeah it's hard and you have to do almost everything but it's possible.
I'm giving it my all this year because IDK if I can do it again and if I get that garage experience, may not want to collect again like this other than casually.
Been a damn good month of July so far though



Still waiting on the catalog to update but I'm thinking that won't happen until the 2026 schedule comes out. Maybe late August/early September?
Then we get until December 31st to cash them in and I think between the last race and Dec31 there were a few hundred points to be had for various things in there so I'm hoping I'm at or very near 15000 by the time Phoenix gets here.



Welp, tomorrow I take that next step towards being an old man and will go in for an eye exam and get some prescription glasses made.
It's time. Been using readers and relying on them too much so gonna go ahead and address the peepers like I did my ears.
Kinda getting the 50,000 mile overhaul so I can keep up with these damn kids at least one more season! I know I've got about 5 more before retirement but for now it's one season at a time.

Weird Summer. I'll have had the biggest watermelon in my life and the smallest thanks to this little black diamond on the vine if the squirrels don't get to it.
Doesn't seem to wanna get bigger than a baseball.



It has some pals




My tomatoes want to clones themselves as they crash out. So there's that




New crop on the way. Some are no-gos.
IDK what they are. I just know they stink when they bloom




It bugs me so much that I can grow sativas but I can't grow Vietnamese sativas? WTF is up with that???



Freaks are doing well. They like rain! Thinking about getting out the ol clone machine and having at it

 

[Pipecarver]

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Yep I don't mind the heat but others do so that's why the crowds thin out in July and August out there.

The best deals really on everything will be downtown on Freemont. Most casinos in that area are still pouring the freebies and offering bottled beer for free and often. If you're not playing then $3 beer and $4 mixed drinks. Happy hours can have beer as low as 50 cents on Freemont.
That's probably why there so many passed out drunks in that area but yeah man you can get hammered on Freemont for less than $20.




I'm leaning the same way but with 3 and no more than 4 RC's. I think 3 is the sweet spot.
Yeah SVG is up to 27 but was at 32 last week. Two wins and still way below the cut line so yeah no matter how they spin it, he's terrible on ovals and has never raced his way into a good finish but got them out of attrition.
On the other side, if the playoffs started this month he's taking a spot from the 8, 43, or 2 and I can't really say any of those cars have done much better than the 88 this year.
If the entire field was better I think it would be a greater issue other than KFB getting some hurt feelings like Buescher last year crying about Burton getting in.
But those 5-7 guys at the top with a legit shot at the cup aint getting taken out by the guy at or below the cut line and definitely not a rc ace..

I missed a ton of points my first two seasons collecting. All I really wanted was some merch but then last season I saw they had garage experiences at COTA and also made it to where you could use this seasons points on a race next season after they update the catalog later on so that put me on a mission to get every point I can to see if it's possible to get that many for an experience.
I was super skeptical but now I'm starting to see yeah it's hard and you have to do almost everything but it's possible.
I'm giving it my all this year because IDK if I can do it again and if I get that garage experience, may not want to collect again like this other than casually.
Been a damn good month of July so far though

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Still waiting on the catalog to update but I'm thinking that won't happen until the 2026 schedule comes out. Maybe late August/early September?
Then we get until December 31st to cash them in and I think between the last race and Dec31 there were a few hundred points to be had for various things in there so I'm hoping I'm at or very near 15000 by the time Phoenix gets here.



Welp, tomorrow I take that next step towards being an old man and will go in for an eye exam and get some prescription glasses made.
It's time. Been using readers and relying on them too much so gonna go ahead and address the peepers like I did my ears.
Kinda getting the 50,000 mile overhaul so I can keep up with these damn kids at least one more season! I know I've got about 5 more before retirement but for now it's one season at a time.

Weird Summer. I'll have had the biggest watermelon in my life and the smallest thanks to this little black diamond on the vine if the squirrels don't get to it.
Doesn't seem to wanna get bigger than a baseball.

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It has some pals

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My tomatoes want to clones themselves as they crash out. So there's that

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New crop on the way. Some are no-gos.
IDK what they are. I just know they stink when they bloom

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It bugs me so much that I can grow sativas but I can't grow Vietnamese sativas? WTF is up with that???

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Freaks are doing well. They like rain! Thinking about getting out the ol clone machine and having at it

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Hey, So Vegas again....I've been hovering car rentals and each week at Sixt the prices drop but reserve in advance and pay double., triple & more If I want a small car in 1 month $42/day if I want that small car tomorrow $22/ day. If I want a Mustang, $93 in advance....... $26 tomorrow.......If this is the case I'll just wait and be driving a Mustang again.......A Standard????? Fk ya baby I'll be doing donuts in the desert On a dark Desert Highway......Wife says grow up...fk that I like my age just fine thanks anyways dear.

 

[doublej]

I'm a WVU fan. What did I miss that brought him up, lol? We loved having Pat. Entertaining as can be and a heck of a leg. Those were some fun years for us. We also loved Johnny Dingle and Scooter Berry:

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Right now, I'm still tore up over Huggins going out the way he did. And I still can't believe DickRod was even allowed back into the state. I want our boys to win, but my deep well of disgust for that POS is making it hard to imagine seeing him on the sideline. I might have to go old school and listen to the games, lol.

You didn't miss anything buddy...I was sitting here cae up on my phone, I used to watch his show a lot, and I was curious if Bandit had a option opinion opinion opinion opinion...some people don't some people do...I don't anymore cuz I don't do old habits.


Dumbass.....spellit

 

[Bandit420]

Hey, So Vegas again....I've been hovering car rentals and each week at Sixt the prices drop but reserve in advance and pay double., triple & more If I want a small car in 1 month $42/day if I want that small car tomorrow $22/ day. If I want a Mustang, $93 in advance....... $26 tomorrow.......If this is the case I'll just wait and be driving a Mustang again.......A Standard????? Fk ya baby I'll be doing donuts in the desert On a dark Desert Highway......Wife says grow up...fk that I like my age just fine thanks anyways dear.View attachment 107897View attachment 107898

My first choice would be the Mustang. Next, I'd go for the Mustang. And my third choice would be ez...Mustang

You didn't miss anything buddy...I was sitting here cae up on my phone, I used to watch his show a lot, and I was curious if Bandit had a option opinion opinion opinion opinion...some people don't some people do...I don't anymore cuz I don't do old habits.


Dumbass.....spellit

Now that Texas is back at the top of college football, we've kept receipts and will continue keeping them. A decade of losing and mediocrity has pissed us off and now we're collecting scalps. The haters will hate because that's what they do. But two faced mutherfuckers like Pat are on the shitlist. It's best he keeps our name out of his mouth for the time being. Pick against us all he wants, that's fine. Call us those names, we'll make a fucking example out of his picks and never allow him back in our building.
We play Ohio State the first game of the season. It will get all the attention from the whole world in and out of sports and all the pregame shows will be there. Pat will have an opportunity there when he makes his picks again. I'm sure he'll be a dooshbag about it but we'll see if he learned his lesson about putting bulletin board material out there.



It's finally here





A short story about how NASCAR fan rewards and William Byron helped me get one over on my wife.

Last year I got a really cool water bottle in the Sugar Bowl swag kit. Not really thinking, I just gave it to my wife and never thought about it again.
Later I realized it was an Ice Shaker bottle with a built in bluetooth speaker! I kinda fucked up giving it to her.



So these things keep ice for like 30 hours and I wanted it back to use while I was at work but didn't want to take it back unless I had another to offer. + she kinda keeps bowl game stuff as mementos or whatever so it had a little more meaning to her than me.
FFWD to Willie B winning the Daytona 500 twice, getting an Ice Shaker made to commemorate it, and that Ice Shaker going on clearance sale so I could buy it and get 50 more points in fan rewards for it.
Now I've got my freebie bottle for the truck, the speaker bottle for my work, and my wife gets a #24 bottle for her work desk and we both have long lasting ice cold beverages for work

 

[Beachwalker]

Hey, So Vegas again....I've been hovering car rentals and each week at Sixt the prices drop but reserve in advance and pay double., triple & more If I want a small car in 1 month $42/day if I want that small car tomorrow $22/ day. If I want a Mustang, $93 in advance....... $26 tomorrow.......If this is the case I'll just wait and be driving a Mustang again.......A Standard????? Fk ya baby I'll be doing donuts in the desert On a dark Desert Highway......Wife says grow up...fk that I like my age just fine thanks anyways dear.View attachment 107897View attachment 107898

I would go with the Jeep only because I'm considering buying one, but for fun absolutely the Mustang! (Or maybe the beamer convertible) I haven't driven a standard in decades but I've owned quite a few of them in the past

 

[doublej]

My first choice would be the Mustang. Next, I'd go for the Mustang. And my third choice would be ez...Mustang



Now that Texas is back at the top of college football, we've kept receipts and will continue keeping them. A decade of losing and mediocrity has pissed us off and now we're collecting scalps. The haters will hate because that's what they do. But two faced mutherfuckers like Pat are on the shitlist. It's best he keeps our name out of his mouth for the time being. Pick against us all he wants, that's fine. Call us those names, we'll make a fucking example out of his picks and never allow him back in our building.
We play Ohio State the first game of the season. It will get all the attention from the whole world in and out of sports and all the pregame shows will be there. Pat will have an opportunity there when he makes his picks again. I'm sure he'll be a dooshbag about it but we'll see if he learned his lesson about putting bulletin board material out there.



It's finally here

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A short story about how NASCAR fan rewards and William Byron helped me get one over on my wife.

Last year I got a really cool water bottle in the Sugar Bowl swag kit. Not really thinking, I just gave it to my wife and never thought about it again.
Later I realized it was an Ice Shaker bottle with a built in bluetooth speaker! I kinda fucked up giving it to her.

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So these things keep ice for like 30 hours and I wanted it back to use while I was at work but didn't want to take it back unless I had another to offer. + she kinda keeps bowl game stuff as mementos or whatever so it had a little more meaning to her than me.
FFWD to Willie B winning the Daytona 500 twice, getting an Ice Shaker made to commemorate it, and that Ice Shaker going on clearance sale so I could buy it and get 50 more points in fan rewards for it.
Now I've got my freebie bottle for the truck, the speaker bottle for my work, and my wife gets a #24 bottle for her work desk and we both have long lasting ice cold beverages for work

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Right on brother that's pretty cool story....good ending even if it's a one over...small victory in that department is all I ask ..kinda ...




I don't really have an opinion other than what he's doing on utube. and not even now other than I'll see something to do with him!.....that is all....

 

[doublej]

That 88 kid is pretty good!!!..like him...

 

[doublej]

Oh yeah....... sorry buddy I spaced it out ...."HAPPY AI DAY "...!!!¡¡!!!!!¡¡¡¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bandit420]

That 88 kid is pretty good!!!..like him...

He'll be in Cup next year! #99 at Trackhouse
He's lethal on road courses but overall I like that kid Jesse Love coming up at RCR.

Oh yeah....... sorry buddy I spaced it out ...."HAPPY AI DAY "...!!!¡¡!!!!!¡¡¡¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah...that shit's overrated. Cool yes, but it aint making weed any better.

@Pipecarver ,
check out what I found in the back of my weed fridge...





It was chopped 1/2/2023 and I bought it in June of 2023. Finally getting around to smoking this 1/8th in 2025

 

[doublej]

He'll be in Cup next year! #99 at Trackhouse
He's lethal on road courses but overall I like that kid Jesse Love coming up at RCR.



Yeah...that shit's overrated. Cool yes, but it aint making weed any better.

@Pipecarver ,
check out what I found in the back of my weed fridge...

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It was chopped 1/2/2023 and I bought it in June of 2023. Finally getting around to smoking this 1/8th in 2025

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That Justin love kid is good, I watch him, seems to be able to just throw the cars around. He might be hard on the equipment, or the equipment it's up to handle his style.
Be fun to watch!

 

[Pipecarver]

He'll be in Cup next year! #99 at Trackhouse
He's lethal on road courses but overall I like that kid Jesse Love coming up at RCR.



Yeah...that shit's overrated. Cool yes, but it aint making weed any better.

@Pipecarver ,
check out what I found in the back of my weed fridge...

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It was chopped 1/2/2023 and I bought it in June of 2023. Finally getting around to smoking this 1/8th in 2025

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You gots you some Willy lol,,,,,,I'd love to smoke some Willy.

I've discovered disposable vapes, I was wondering how I'd be able to smoke while being down there. I pictured chopping,rolling and smoking, leaving smoke smell & weed in the room afterwards. a $50 disposable vape is pretty discrete with no lingering scent..I bought a liquid diamond disposable 1gram $50 lasted 2 days. A bit pricey so I went grey market with a Heisenberg dual flavour disposable $60. - 6gram, not as nice and smooth as the Diamond but hits hard and 2 puffs I'm done

 

[Bandit420]

That Justin love kid is good, I watch him, seems to be able to just throw the cars around. He might be hard on the equipment, or the equipment it's up to handle his style.
Be fun to watch!

More often than not there's better racing at the Xfinity level. There's still the haves and have nots but even the haves don't tolerate wrecked cars every week.
One guy who I cant stand at that level is Sam Mayer because all he does is wreck cars and take people out.

You gots you some Willy lol,,,,,,I'd love to smoke some Willy.

I've discovered disposable vapes, I was wondering how I'd be able to smoke while being down there. I pictured chopping,rolling and smoking, leaving smoke smell & weed in the room afterwards. a $50 disposable vape is pretty discrete with no lingering scent..I bought a liquid diamond disposable 1gram $50 lasted 2 days. A bit pricey so I went grey market with a Heisenberg dual flavour disposable $60. - 6gram, not as nice and smooth as the Diamond but hits hard and 2 puffs I'm done

All I smoked in Vegas were disposable vapes and a preroll. I opened a 1g vape on a two day trip as soon as a got it and it went empty on my way to the airport. Everything else I bought got shipped home to enjoy later.
The two brands I enjoyed the most in disposables were Stiizy and Rove.
There was another I can't remember exclusive to the store Cookies On The Strip where I bought a cart of Strawberry Cough.
The brand was written in cursive and I swear to this day that cart is still the most potent cart I've ever enjoyed. It was a monster 2g and that thing lasted me a month toking on it while walking my dogs each morning.
While in hotel rooms you may want to get a Smoke Buddy to blow into. I use one even with vapes. Not too concerned about setting off a smoke alarm, it's a cleaning fee where they get you if they smell anything out of the ordinary.

 

[Bandit420]

Just a minor upgrade to the Hideout's water closet and environment control



When it all fired up and came online working like a champ I was all




Gotta get on tinkercad today and make up a shelf for the bottle of pH down.
Also built a UV + carbon filter tank stirrer and stuck it down in the bottom of the barrel to work with the pH doser keeping everything clean and proper.
The AI is humming too, nailing down the environment control after a few adjustments.

 

[Pipecarver]

More often than not there's better racing at the Xfinity level. There's still the haves and have nots but even the haves don't tolerate wrecked cars every week.
One guy who I cant stand at that level is Sam Mayer because all he does is wreck cars and take people out.



All I smoked in Vegas were disposable vapes and a preroll. I opened a 1g vape on a two day trip as soon as a got it and it went empty on my way to the airport. Everything else I bought got shipped home to enjoy later.
The two brands I enjoyed the most in disposables were Stiizy and Rove.
There was another I can't remember exclusive to the store Cookies On The Strip where I bought a cart of Strawberry Cough.
The brand was written in cursive and I swear to this day that cart is still the most potent cart I've ever enjoyed. It was a monster 2g and that thing lasted me a month toking on it while walking my dogs each morning.
While in hotel rooms you may want to get a Smoke Buddy to blow into. I use one even with vapes. Not too concerned about setting off a smoke alarm, it's a cleaning fee where they get you if they smell anything out of the ordinary.

I've googled cannabis dispos and there's one right across the street from where we'll be in Laughlin open 24/7 on the main street through town. I've seen the ads on a few web sites but I've not seen an ad for anything over 1 gram, lots below .8g seems popular. I've seen some of the the Stiizy vapes I'll look for them when I get there. I\ll also need some gummy's for my wife as sleep aids, otherwise she's restless and up peeing 2-3-4 times. 2 of her home made gummy's and she sleeps great and she's all fun and giggly at bed time...

 

[Bandit420]

Automated pH
Hopefully this little ebay find makes my life ez...
Target is 6.8 for soil/organics
50 gallons at 9.9pH to start
Pen probe test then manually trigger 1st dose for 10 seconds w/ uncut pH down. Calibrate doser probe. Verify accuracy with pen probe. Rest doser probe in storage solution overnight. Circulate water tank continuously overnight then add doser probe the following morning.
Mix pH down 1 part to 3 parts tap water for the pump to draw from. Mix up at least a 12oz supply.
Set dosing for 5 seconds and mixing time for 20 minutes to maintain
Set mixing pump to run 2 minutes every 15 minutes.
Set pH deadband to 0.2
Water tank is also aerated and filtered with UV and carbon 24/7. Make sure those are on and plugged in.
Saving this post so I have a base line for reference

https://imgur.com/a/T1oG4Y8

Old business first...Kept the polys indoors.
Planet of the Grape is the best with rank aroma of over ripe bananas and baby shit








New business locked and loaded but also added 3x GTH and 2X Heart Stompers today




More in the bullpen getting dropped tonight




Vietnamese 3 way moved outdoors so I could do the remodel after I saw pistils on the outdoor ladies this weekend.
Will be circling back to this cut and grow it by itself and do a ton better. She's hard AF to grow but her skunk aroma is elite. This is the shit you smell growing from a 100 yards away



Super Fun Haze tossin pistils at waist high




Supafreak 3 way in a luv tub