Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

Lol. Knew somebody remembered.




Harbor freight in my experience is good for 2 things. Cheap screwdrivers and stuff for the truck/garage/loan to neighbors that you're probably gonna lose anyway (but buy 1 good $20 version for you. Like a Klein 7in1 from Lowes that has 2phillips, 2flat, 1/4 and 3/8 nut driver and a RUBBER insulated handle and guard it with your life) and also tools you are only gonna use for 1 job and if its still working afterwards and you get to keep it thats just bonus...like a big jack or corded angle grinder, maybe a bakers scaffold. These things are all made in China though and will break after a job or 2. Those are the only things I have ever used HF for anyway. I actually keep 2 great $20 screwdrivers...1 in my vehicle and 1 in my electrical pouch at the house. I wouldn't let anyone borrow either of them though because they will lose your bits and half of them are odd sizes you cant replace due to the "2 different nut drivers" capability.

I've had decent luck with packages of HF drill bits with the hex base for battery operated drills. I tend to lose bits before they are to dull to work, so the cheap ones work well for me. I've only broken one of those bits and it was small and at the other house where the walls are 1 inch thick 6 in wide oak boards - the house was built in 1918. Those walls are tough. HF also has or had a nice assortment of sockets - combination metric and standard - the black kind for use with either air tools or ratchets. I've bought a few of those sets for me and the kids and never had a complaint.

When I bought my compressor years ago, I got some good sockets and air gun and then added a set of cheaper sockets and a side angle drill and wrench (non impact) from HF. Those worked fine, but I don't use tools daily like you, and most stuff I do doesn't fall into the heavy duty category since I quit working on my cars.

Most of my better hand tools are Craftsman from back in the times before the name was sold. At a point in time, you find out that almost most tools start becoming more indestructible than you. Got a lesson yesterday that I can't slide a king mattress with topper off the bed and stand it up by myself anymore.
 
I've had decent luck with packages of HF drill bits with the hex base for battery operated drills. I tend to lose bits before they are to dull to work, so the cheap ones work well for me. I've only broken one of those bits and it was small and at the other house where the walls are 1 inch thick 6 in wide oak boards - the house was built in 1918. Those walls are tough. HF also has or had a nice assortment of sockets - combination metric and standard - the black kind for use with either air tools or ratchets. I've bought a few of those sets for me and the kids and never had a complaint.

When I bought my compressor years ago, I got some good sockets and air gun and then added a set of cheaper sockets and a side angle drill and wrench (non impact) from HF. Those worked fine, but I don't use tools daily like you, and most stuff I do doesn't fall into the heavy duty category since I quit working on my cars.

Most of my better hand tools are Craftsman from back in the times before the name was sold. At a point in time, you find out that almost most tools start becoming more indestructible than you. Got a lesson yesterday that I can't slide a king mattress with topper off the bed and stand it up by myself anymore.
When I worked at Sears warehouse, they brought in 3 big boxes on pallets of returned Craftsman tools that had broken..If it EVER broke, you got a new one. That was a great concept and made the name.

Like I said, let me know if you guys need a hand.
 
They are on their game today.

Is Marcus secretly watching?

Its the only possible that explanation

At least Marcus can watch a full game during the tournaments

I hate Kentucky...

I actually never got to watch the game at all yesterday, i had to work yesterday all day.... so I am either absolved because i didnt watch the 2nd half or its all my fault for not watching the 1st lol.

Since its kentucky at TBA i am gonna go with this one being on the team. Since the same dudes minus Knecht let them come in here and beat our asses last year....totally ruining the day when Chris Loftons jersey got retired for Petes sake. Ron Slay and the older players are still super pissed about that, he was talking about it Thursday on Hookers show. Slay is a great dude though and as big of a supporter of this years team and Knecht for SEC and natl POY as anyone could ever be. He pointed out a fact that few people would ever think, the center from Purdue with stupid stats is good but will be lucky to even get drafted. Hes dominant inside but a lumbering Shaq type player who never meets anyone like him in college. The NBA doesnt want centers like that anymore either...they want guys like Joker etc who can run the floor and shoot open jumpers and 3s when they get em. So he will probably beat out Knecht for natl POY bc of his gaudy stats...but be lucky to make an NBA roster. Knecht is projecting as a top 15/lottery pick and will likely have a good career in the league as a wing player. Thats Slays take anyway. GO VOLS
 
Also.

Dune 2 is great. Straight up. The 1st movie was pretty good, covers the 1st 4 or 5 chapters of the book. The 2nd movie picks up directly from the scene at the end of the 1st movie and is badazz. Saw it with my daughter yesterday. Better than any Starwars movie in the last 20 years easily IMO. 2hrs45minutes of action. I actually cant stand the actor Chalamet that plays the main character and it was still a great movie.

Protips for those who didnt read the book(s) to help it make more sense:

1. Its in the future so aircraft etc have great weapons, but infantry and 1 on 1 battle takes place with blades. This is because the electric/magnetic personal shields they can wear stop any projectile moving very fast so guns simply dont work for shooting men. Blades move slow enough to get thru the shields. Those shields cant be used in the desert though because their frequency summons sandworms.

2. This movie all takes place on the same planet except for a couple scenes where the Emperor is on his ship. Its a desert planet. Water is so scarce that it is worth more than gold, Spice (a hallucinogen mined on this planet) or anything else. To the desert people (Fremen) it is also sacred/holy. The Fremens entire culture is about honor, water, and the Messiah. They are fearless of death, and will always fight to the death over honor/disrespect. They have waited thousands of years for Messiah and are much like Jews in that way.
 
I was reviewing my tax documents that my accountant sent to me. My daughter asked if I could tell her what I was doing. I said sure. I go through it all with her. At the end she says “Well why don't we have more money then.” And I stared a hole through her soul. She then said “never mind.” Then we both laughed. But I wasn't joking.
 
I was reviewing my tax documents that my accountant sent to me. My daughter asked if I could tell her what I was doing. I said sure. I go through it all with her. At the end she says “Well why don't we have more money then.” And I stared a hole through her soul. She then said “never mind.” Then we both laughed. But I wasn't joking.

Yeah kids dont get it.

"You made over $100k this year? We're rich!"

No...WE made over 100k this year. WE are barely middle class. Welcome to inflation. If you want to know why, see my next post in the Senate thread.
 
Yeah kids dont get it.

"You made over $100k this year? We're rich!"

No...WE made over 100k this year. WE are barely middle class. Welcome to inflation. If you want to know why, see my next post in another thread.

I remember back in '83 or '84 dude that used to work for my dad on the farm came by to see us. He had been working for a glass shop for the past year or so and dad was trying to get him to come back, he told my dad he made almost $25k that year (we couldn't pay that) and I just about fell over thinking Mikey was rich. I'll never forget that.
 
Non political post. This "social media influencer" stepped in it big time this weekend saying country girls were unfeminine and American men deserved better.

I'm not sure she was ready for the response she got...

How could a gay woman possibly know what American men deserve?
 
For those that didnt see that coaching abomination by Harper for the ladies vs no1 SC...heres how it went down:

1. Ladies rally from 20+ down to lead by 2pts with 2secs on clock.

2. UT player fouled. Game over right:? Nope. Misses both. Up2. Vols had foul to give so Harper tells them to foul on missed FT. TERRIBLE CALL. Gives SC ball at halfcourt instead of opposite baseline with 1.5 secs left and SC having ZERO timeouts. Thats so very dumb all by itself.

3. On the inbounds, Harper has them double SCs best shooter...puts a girl right in front of the inbounds passer (wasted player..there isn't enough time for them to pass the ball back to her with only 1.5secs and shoot) sets a Vol big in the lane all by herself and another player shading to the lane on the backside. So out of 5 Vol players...only the 2 doubling best SC shooter are doing anything at all that matters, and SC has 3 girls wide open to shoot the 3 from the perimeter.

4. Of course, wide open SC player banks in a 3 to win in regulation.

She was already fired after this season...but this coaching was so obviously terrible that even if she was barely safe this year, this game should cost her the job. Telling her girls to foul on the 2nd freethrow alone is a fireable offense...because it shows that she simply isnt smart enough to coach ball. SC had no timeouts and SHOULD have had to bring the ball 64 feet from the other baseline and launch a prayer from halfcourt. That should have been the worst possible outcome. Kelly threw away that huge advantage. Then she called the worst defense possible and left everyone on the other team except their best shooter wide open on the perimeter.

Yes...the player who missed both freethrows should have made at least 1. She choked. No doubt. But we were still up by 2 against the no1 team in the country with 2seconds on a clock that should have run from the nanosecond the SC player grabbed the rebound under our basket. Horrible coaching. I like her as a person, and wish her the best as a VFL but that was embarrassing to UT and LadyVols basketball in particular. Thankfully Pat wasnt here to see that it would have infuriated her.
 
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For those that didnt see that coaching abomination by Harper for the ladies vs no1 SC...heres how it went down:

1. Ladies rally from 20+ down to lead by 2pts with 2secs on clock.

2. UT player fouled. Game over right:? Nope. Misses both. Up2. Vols had foul to give so Harper tells them to foul on missed FT. TERRIBLE CALL. Gives SC ball at halfcourt instead of opposite baseline with 1.5 secs left and SC having ZERO timeouts. Thats so very dumb all by itself.

3. On the inbounds, Harper has them double SCs best shooter...puts a girl right in front of the inbounds passer (wasted player..there isn't enough time for them to pass the ball back to her with only 1.5secs and shoot) sets a Vol big in the lane all by herself and another player shading to the lane on the backside. So out of 5 Vol players...only the 2 doubling best SC shooter are doing anything at all that matters, and SC has 3 girls wide open to shoot the 3 from the perimeter.

4. Of course, wide open SC player banks in a 3 to win in regulation.

She was already fired after this season...but this coaching was so obviously terrible that even if she was barely safe this year, this game should cost her the job. Telling her girls to foul on the 2nd freethrow alone is a fireable offense...because it shows that she simply isnt smart enough to coach ball. SC had no timeouts and SHOULD have had to bring the ball 64 feet from the other baseline and launch a prayer from halfcourt. That should have been the worst possible outcome. Kelly threw away that huge advantage. Then she called the worst defense possible and left everyone on the other team except their best shooter wide open on the perimeter.

Yes...the player who missed both freethrows should have made at least 1. She choked. No doubt. But we were still up by 2 against the no1 team in the country with 2seconds on a clock that should have run from the nanosecond the SC player grabbed the rebound under our basket. Horrible coaching. I like her as a person, and wish her the best as a VFL but that was embarrassing to UT and LadyVols basketball in particular. Thankfully Pat wasnt here to see that it would have infuriated her.
Any ideas who they are targeting for HC for LVs?
 
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Any ideas who they are targeting for HC for LVs?

Nope and there doesnt seem to be much press out there about the LV team. With football on the rise, mens Bball doing great, baseball on a 15 game win streak at 16-1 i think for the season its kinda like the press just ignores them because they have been mediocre since Pat. Which i get...Danny White has done an amazing job as AD, even Plowman got great press for taking on the NCAA and making the whole of UT look good nationally ...its kinda like the LVs being really average is just something that isnt discussed a whole lot. Guess we will see what happens after the season.
 
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Nope and there doesnt seem to be much press out there about the LV team. With football on the rise, mens Bball doing great, baseball on a 15 game win streak at 16-1 i think for the season its kinda like the press just ignores them because they have been mediocre since Pat. Which i get...Danny White has done an amazing job as AD, even Plowman got great press for taking on the NCAA and making the whole of UT look good nationally ...its kinda like the LVs being really average is just something that isnt discussed a whole lot. Guess we will see what happens after the season.

It is women's basketball after all.
 
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Yeah the batcrap crazy ones like that are drawn to me like a bugzapper man. Always have been. In my experience they are either really good in the sack or zero effort whatsoever with nothing in between. Probably because they have serious mental health issues. Bipolar and Borderline can be dangerous to a brother.
 
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