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TotalLossBrain posted:cool sword It's an epee, scrub.  The one I bought, as configured with competition-legal blade and a one-piece guard plus the shape of handle that I like to use, is about $150 USD. You can get a complete competition weapon with a lower quality blade for less than $100, and a junky practice/childrens' weapon for about 40 bucks. At the upper end of competition equipment, you are looking at $200 for just the blade alone. Because they're basically just a steel rod with a handle that has a relatively decent chance of breaking/needing replacement, they're not terribly expensive as far as sporting equipment goes - most competitions won't even let you in the door unless you have one primary weapon and at least one spare, all of which have to conform to the rules. (the money really starts racking up when you're buying the clothing though.) As for dying: that is why we wear specially designed silly beekeeper outfits rated at 800 newtons (about 180lbs) of point puncture resistance, and why the ends of the weapons terminate in a blunt cylinder rather than a pointy sticky bit. People have very, very rarely died from fencing since they stopped doing it with actual sharp weapons, ie. within the last century, pretty much. However if a blade were to snap/break and impale someone they would run a risk of being pretty seriously injured. strangemusic has a new favorite as of 21:25 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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I knew it was an epee bc I watch fencing during the Olympics 
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:I won't receive the back speakers until next Monday and I'll leave them plugged in (to power) since I happen to have outlets in convenient places. Last time I bought home theatre you still had to use wires for back speakers. Update: everything sounds incredible and worked together seamlessly. I must've listened to this 20 times in a row: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TOlN9dLpi8 Talking about new surround set up, Samsung HW-K650 with two Radiant 360 R1 speakers.
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Josh Lyman posted:I knew it was an epee bc I watch fencing during the Olympics There are dozens of us! Dozens!
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Update: everything sounds incredible and worked together seamlessly. I must've listened to this 20 times in a row: My only Surround Sound test file is the bungie thing from some Halo game I think.
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:Update: everything sounds incredible and worked together seamlessly. I must've listened to this 20 times in a row: Lucky you..... How do you have it set up? I am running everything through my xbox one and it is causing massive lip sync lissues... I have tried optical cable from xbox to sound bar... Hdmi cable to sound bar then hdmi cable (ARC) to tv... And HDMI to TV with Optical cable from TV to sound bar. Blue tooth from TV to sound bar works great, but there is a limitation with the Bluetooth that won't let you ground the rear speakers with the front speakers while the input is bluetooth.
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Steelers Color Rush Jersey, AB#84. New couch for my butt 
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Leased a 2016 Mazda6 Sport. It's pretty cool I guess.
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Coolnezzz posted:Leased a 2016 Mazda6 Sport. It's pretty cool I guess. Thread is purchases jeez. nice car
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H110Hawk posted:Thread is purchases jeez. So only people that pay cash for cars then? A lease is just a shittier loan.
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rotaryfun posted:So only people that pay cash for cars then? A lease is just a shittier loan.
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Leasing is still financing, it just has a built in buyback from the car dealer. It's no different than getting an outright loan from a mechanical standpoint.
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TraderStav posted:Leasing is still financing, it just has a built in buyback from the car dealer. It's no different than getting an outright loan from a mechanical standpoint. I disagree, leasing is very different, for the fact alone that the car is owned by whoever is giving you the lease.
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A displayport to HDMI cable because my current laptop was made for that brief period when a displayport instead of HDMI in a laptop was considered a good idea, and because Kodi doesn't have Chromecast integration: And an amplified HD antenna so I can watch OTA football in my basement TV without resorting to low quality streams: 
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SEKCobra posted:I disagree, leasing is very different, for the fact alone that the car is owned by whoever is giving you the lease. How is that different from getting a loan from a bank? They still hold the title.
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SEKCobra posted:I disagree, leasing is very different, for the fact alone that the car is owned by whoever is giving you the lease. Not according to US and international accounting standards and tax laws! The short version is basically, no matter what the dealer tells you, if the length of the lease is a substantial portion of the useful life of the car or if the value of your lease payments is a substantial portion of the value of the car or if you can buy the car cheap at the end of the lease, then it is finance lease, which as far as accounting, financing and taxation is concerned, is basically a purchase with a loan. Okay enough boring accounting chat. Bought: one of these:  a second one of these:  one of these:  and pre-ordered this:   ^^^^With a loan, you still maintain ownership of the car, but it is usually used as collateral for the loan, i.e. if you default, they take your car. It's still your car, but you've agreed that they can take it if you don't pay. Shanghaied has a new favorite as of 21:59 on Sep 13, 2016 |
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fyallm posted:Lucky you..... How do you have it set up? This is your TV doing a bunch of frame interpolation/smoothing/upsampling or something. If you can, set your TV to game mode. (also post in the home theatre thread for more info/help)
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I bought the 5(?) Resident Evil Blu-Ray collection because it was only $28 and I love terrible movies. ...and I had a couple drinks.
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EoRaptor posted:This is your TV doing a bunch of frame interpolation/smoothing/upsampling or something. If you can, set your TV to game mode. I tried that as well, no go. In bluetooth settings there are lots of options for lip sync and delays but not outside that. grrr
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Inzombiac posted:I bought the 5(?) Resident Evil Blu-Ray collection because it was only $28 and I love terrible movies. Crap, I need to get the last one that came out yet. (Gotta catch them all). I will never *not* enjoy RE and Underworld movies.
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Inzombiac posted:I bought the 5(?) Resident Evil Blu-Ray collection because it was only $28 and I love terrible movies. I may or may not need a link to this. Edit: I plan to start drinking in an hour.
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Amazon. I don't have the link on hand but it is there.
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Inzombiac posted:Amazon. I don't have the link on hand but it is there. I am now drunk and you are a failure. Like those people who didn't get my leasing joke.
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H110Hawk posted:I am now drunk and you are a failure. Like those people who didn't get my leasing joke. Come over. I'm watching Civil War tonight and you can wear my Spider-Man pajamas.
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Tantalus posted:How is that different from getting a loan from a bank? They still hold the title. It's pratically very different. You aren't really allowed to do work on a leased car, and often there are required service intervals + which garage you have to use as well as other restrictions in a lease agreement.# And of course it's usually way more expensive than a normal loan.
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fyallm posted:Lucky you..... How do you have it set up? I had some lip sync issues too but I kept fiddling with things and eventually I got surround for tv/ps4 and no lip sync issues by luck more than anything. I used the Samsung multiroom link + optical going from tv to receiver + hdmi to ps4. Not even sure why this works, just glad it does.
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Just be aware that pink peppercorns are related to cashews, not pepper, and can trigger tree nut allergies. That said, I'm probably going to order this pack o' meats, it sounds fantastic. Also, that Wagyu bresaola!
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Oddhair posted:Just be aware that pink peppercorns are related to cashews, not pepper, and can trigger tree nut allergies.  Wow that is kind of amazing actually. Also, finocchiona is the greatest.
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I just bought one of those pocket cell phone battery charger thingies for  off Amazon because eh, gently caress it
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Oddhair posted:Just be aware that pink peppercorns are related to cashews, not pepper, and can trigger tree nut allergies. That said, I'm probably going to order this pack o' meats, it sounds fantastic. Also, that Wagyu bresaola!  holy poo poo I did not know this. Thank you goon sir for that. Are they usually listed on ingredients as a type of nut?
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Trip report: the New Balance 990 running shoes that I ordered last week are every bit as awesome as Previous Shoe Chat made them out to be. Comfy as hell right out of the box, and will be perfect after a week or two of break-in. My work days consist largely of pounding around on a giant concrete aircraft hangar floor, and these shoes are better than anything I've tried in the last 5 years. Thank you, every person that recommended them, however many months ago.
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 x500You add a packet of this to some water and then it tastes exactly like you just squeezed a lemon wedge in there
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Got myself a new shelf at IKEA.  
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Wanamingo posted:
The lime is fantastic too. Grapefruit and orange are decent. Ordered a four pack last time they got mentioned
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Just bought a Ozark Trail 20oz tumbler to start drinking more water while at work... The walmart next to me was sold out of them for like 100 miles, and the walmart at the place I am traveling to was sold out of the 30oz and only had the 20oz... Now to test and see if it really is the same as the Yeti.
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fyallm posted:Just bought a Ozark Trail 20oz tumbler to start drinking more water while at work... The walmart next to me was sold out of them for like 100 miles, and the walmart at the place I am traveling to was sold out of the 30oz and only had the 20oz... I think all of those are made in the same factory in China. The only difference I've seen in a few of them are the lids. They all work great as far as I've seen.
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The latest thing I purchased was a ring. She said yes!
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fyallm posted:Just bought a Ozark Trail 20oz tumbler to start drinking more water while at work... The walmart next to me was sold out of them for like 100 miles, and the walmart at the place I am traveling to was sold out of the 30oz and only had the 20oz... I bought a couple and they work as well as the RTIC and Yeti brand ones I have and at a fraction of the cost. You won't be disappointed.
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"Oatmeal chocolate chip Quest bars" taste exactly like "cinnamon chocolate chip Quest bars" with pretty much zero discernible oat. Not bad, per se, but not like oatmeal or granola in the slightest.
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