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Yeah I have never been in the "gotta have the greatest and latest" group, I can wait a year or two until the prices come down and smile knowing I've saved a lot of money. After my teen years I've rarely gone to see a movie, I can wait until it's on TV for free. ;)

I've never owned a new car, never wanted one, to me it's a waste of money, but then again I worked on new cars for a living so that probably has a lot to do with it. I have had a lot of really nice cars, hot rods, but I also always had daily drivers, beaters and kept the nice cars for "me time", not for driving back and forth to work or in the winter.

I use to buy a lot of cars that came in the shop for big repairs and the customers wouldn't want to put that much money in them or trade in's the dealership was going to send to the auction. I'd repair them at home and either keep them for myself or flip them and make some money, did a LOT of that over the years. I always looked for cars that had a really nice body, paint and interior, the mechanical stuff I can fix. Over my life I've saved a TON of money buying used cars that needed repairs rather then buying new cars and never ever felt I've missed out on a thing. Only twice did I ever take out a vehicle loan and that was early on before I started twisting wrenches, the rest were paid for with cash.
 

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Just found this gem, spread it far and wide!

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My sister sometimes text me if she could borrow my car, since it holds more than hers and sometimes hers isn't all that reliable. I can't think of a time I said no yet.

Anyway yesterday morning I went to the grocery store and came home. I unloaded about half of the groceries and put those away. Then I went outside to get the rest of the groceries and my car was just gone. Suddenly my phone chimes and I got a text message from my sister asking if she can borrow the car. Luckily none of those groceries left didn't need to be kept cold or frozen. :lol:
 

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On another note, Lowes has changed some of it's stock of lighting, mostly LED bulbs and they have deeply discounted the old stock to get rid of it. I got some great deals in the last week buying both online and in the stores. I picked up four nice 48 inch LED shop light bulbs that work in T8 fluorescent fixtures for $9, shipping was free. I then bought a pair of these to put the bulbs in, they work great. Shop Lithonia Lighting 1233 RE Linear Shop Light (Common: 4-ft; Actual: 5.5-in x 48-in) at Lowes.com

I also bought a bunch of these for $2.90 each,
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They are top of the line LED bulbs and not cheap, nice bright & white light. 12 volt, 700 lumens each and only draw 9 watts, about 900 mah, I have three of them lighting my flag at night, it looks incredible, like professional lighting! They are not listed online at Lowes anymore but some of the stores have them, this is the same bulb at Sears Welcome to Sears.com I put them in fixtures like these, I pulled the halogen bulbs that come with them and put the LEDs in, I also got the fixtures on closeout for $6 each.

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One note on the online order, it was a bit of a hassle, I placed the order online, got an email the next day saying the shipping was delayed and I would have to call customer service to OK the delay or the order would be canceled, this happen twice. On the second call the guy told me they look at the closest store to where I live, if they show some in stock the order goes to them to fill but he said because there is such a mess with the closeout stock in the stores, some may already be sold out or the store may not want to mess with looking for them to fill a $9 order, it then gets kicked to the next closest store and the process repeats. He told me he would note I wanted them and then they wouldn't make me keep calling to OK it but he said it could take a while to get them IF they found a store that would fill the order, I got them a week later, it was worth the wait. ;)
 
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Copytrans will add/delete music from an iPhone and is free (they do have some apps that cost which will manage other things). You drag the music from a folder in File Explorer over into the CopyTrans window, it'll index it, hit "Update" and a few minutes later (depending on how much you add/delete), it's done.
 

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I'm sure we joked about this in the past, here in our thread :)
Well, Here it is! An overly complicated piece of electronics to avoid a simple Squeeze :D

SXmini X Class Auto Squonker | The Future of Squonking Technology?

This is the new SXmini X Class Auto-Squonker powered by YiHi SX620J chipset. It’s a 200W, dual 18650 squonk mod with “Elecronic Spray Atomizer Control Technology”. What it does is wets the cotton automaticallyevery time you hit the fire button according to the wattage you’re vaping at.
Another way to activate the ESS (electronic squonk system) is by pushing the joystick up. The stills are from a video published at the YiHi SXmini Mod and Chip FB Group. There’s no date of release yet. The mod is still in prototype phase.



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I'm sure we joked about this in the past, here in our thread :)
Well, Here it is! An overly complicated piece of electronics to avoid a simple Squeeze :D

SXmini X Class Auto Squonker | The Future of Squonking Technology?
That reminds me of the Vandy Vape Pulse X RDA. Which has two faucets to juice up the coils. Except it is manual controlled without the fancy electronics.

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