New Think Tank Retrospective 10 camera bag to hold all my new Fuji gear. XT3 camera, and now 4 lenses.
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I would have bought the Ryzen 9 had it not been on back order for a week or so!LOL! I KNEW you'd do this. Should have gone for the 3900X, though.I'll keep sowing the seeds of doubt here.
Not saying you have to buy the Toyota part, but the cheap no name brand/eBay light bulbs are generally crap. Definitely go aftermarket, but brand name would be better.
For $11 a piece (delivered) in a car I intend to sell before the end of the year I’m willing to take a chance. The Phillips ones were still 16x the price of these.
Beware, ordering Ricin 9 will get you a visit from the FBI and maybe the Bulgarian Secret Police.
These are the risks I have to take when living on the edge of life.
Bought this off @SandboxGeneral for my wife. She was rockin a 2012 MacBook Air for 7 years. A much needed upgrade!
Feather dusters at dawn? I thought duels were illegal?
Based on this post
You might want to give the hard drive a wipe!
It's a wonderful machine and I'm sure you'll get at least another 7 years of use with this new one.
Does it get uncomfortable to carry this?New Think Tank Retrospective 10 camera bag to hold all my new Fuji gear. XT3 camera, and now 4 lenses.
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I don’t usually carry it around while I’m out taking photos. It’s more for transporting all the gear.
Like I said, there is a middle ground. I'd rather spend $100 on quality aftermarket lights and be pretty much worry free than dealing with lights intermittently working, getting pulled over, less safety etc.
Anak Ko, LP - Limited Edition 180-Gram Red & Orange Galaxy Mix + Zine
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And if I intended to keep the car I'd agree with you - but then I'd also probably want to replace the ballast too, because blowing a $100 bulb due to an old faulty ballast hurts a lot more than blowing an $11 bulb because of the ballast.
So then I have to actually find a place that sells ballast. My research tells me that the price Toyota quoted us [/includes/] the ballast, and that the bulb itself is "only" about $100 anyway - so at that point we're in the territory of supposing I can find ballast's significantly cheaper than the "genuine" ones Toyota sell, without compromising on quality. When I looked online, there were several places selling OSAM and Philips brand Xenons for about ~$100 a bulb. Not as many had ballasts.
Just as some people here are happy to buy a cheaper USB3+SATA SSD, because they don't need/care about the better performance of a TB3+NVMe SSD, and others are happy to build franken-Mac computers because they're happy to tinker and save some cash, and are less concerned that it's not officially supported by the software - I'm happy to spend $22 on a pair of bulbs, try - and confirm - that they work OK, and if necessary replace them again in a few months.
People have different priorities, and even different context. I specifically said I'm planning to sell the car before the end of the year. At this rate, even if the cheap bulbs are complete ****, I could replace them both, twice a month for the rest of the year, and STILL come out better cost wise.
Technically not a purchase I guess, because it's basically "rented" and the cost is covered by the service fee, but our new fibre service (200/200 Mbps up/down) has an ONT that is so big we can use it to replace one of the walls of the house in a pinch.
AirPort Extreme included for size comparison, and because 6 years later, it's still a better router than the **** ISPs provide.
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AirPort Extreme included for size comparison, and because 6 years later, it's still a better router than the **** ISPs provide.
finally got the countertop in. Also got an instant hot water tap for my wife and daughter to make tea.
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