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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

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I have had that happen to me. I was fucking dumbfounded.
It's to do with workplace health and safety for the ground crew on the maximum weight of the luggage they can "safely" handle when tossing them between the conveyor belt/luggage cart/loading ramp. But don't worry too much, TSA will be sure to lighten your luggage of the more expensive items during random searches :unsure:
 
Funny thing is. If you pay an extra fee they take the bag no problem.
So I am not sure about the claim of baggage handlers safety.
It's to do with workplace health and safety for the ground crew on the maximum weight of the luggage they can "safely" handle when tossing them between the conveyor belt/luggage cart/loading ramp. But don't worry too much, TSA will be sure to lighten your luggage of the more expensive items during random searches :unsure:
If you are a disabled veteran several of the airlines waiver the fee for heavy bags
 

About 20 years ago, We departed for Indiana at midnight on New Year's morning. Around Montgomery, I saw snow beginning to accumulate. Around B'Ham there was about an inch on the ground. Two truckers tangled coming off an overpass and blocked the lanes. I found low lock and drove through the median. Couple exits later local PD made everyone exit the interstate and told us it would reopen as soon as the sand trucks covered the overpasses. We found some breakfast and took our time. Back to the on-ramp, nope still closed, but I noticed a steady stream of vehicles headed south. I asked the cop and he ignored me.

Turned around, drove to highway 31 and headed north. A few miles later took an on-ramp and didn't look back. I figure AL and logic don't mix.

Counted over 100 accidents before the TN line...including one car perfectly balanced on a guard rail.
 
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About 20 years ago, We departed for Indiana at midnight on New Year's morning. Around Montgomery, I saw snow beginning to accumulate. Around B'Ham there was about an inch on the ground. Two truckers tangled coming off an overpass and blocked the lanes. I found low lock and drove through the median. Couple exits later local PD made everyone exit the interstate and told us it would reopen as soon as the sand trucks covered the overpasses. We found some breakfast and took our time. Back to the on-ramp, nope still closed, but I noticed a steady stream of vehicles headed south. I asked the cop and he ignored me.

Turned around, drove to highway 31 and headed north. A few miles later took an on-ramp and didn't look back. I figure AL and logic don't mix.

Counted over 100 accidents before the TN line...including one car perfectly balanced on a guard rail.
The wife and I went on our honeymoon during “the blizzard of ‘93”

Went to Boone first, then Gatlinburg....on our new Honda Accord.

I’ve never seen snow like that in NC since. 321 into Boone looked like a hallway with snow 6’-8’ piled on each side.

We survived....and still have Hondas although AWD now LOL
 
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I ordered a set of Bilstein 5100 shocks and a steering stabilizer for my Super Duty. Anyone have them?

Not freeloading.

Moon was awesome that evening.


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Not sure what model they are, but I used a Bilstein Lifts leveling kit on my 2004 GMC 1500 and am really impressed with how they handle on and off road. It is my beater hunting/fishing, don't care if I scratch it truck. I put some 285 General Grabbers on it and am going places without the 4wd engaged that I couldn't before.
 
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About a week ago, I installed a Senville mini-split (from Amazon) in our house here in the hills. This is a small house, under 700 feet, and isn’t particularly well insulated. It is temporary until we build our retirement home. We just sold/closed our old house.

The unit is highly rated on Amazon and it is very user install friendly. It is 19 seer and the energy sticker shows it to be very energy efficient. Supposed to heat down to 5* and it has been in the 20s several nights since. Zero issues, just works.

I am completely blown away! It is almost silent yet heats and cools amazingly well. What is this wizardry!

It has a remote and a few different modes but I simply set it on auto and to the temp I want and let it switch from heat to cool as it needs to during 24 hrs.

All I needed was a vacuum pump and a set of gauges, it comes pre-charged with refrigerant. I did it in about 4 hours but now that I have done one I could do it much faster.

I bought the line cover kit for outside and I mounted the compressor on a hanging bracket I built under my porch.

All for about the price of a nice window unit 🤭

Mini-splits are the future, I plan to put them in our new house.


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A friend bought a Mr. Cool unit for a small rental. The indoor unit gave him some problems a year and a half later. He called them and they sent him an entire new system. The old circuit board was obsolete. Pretty impressed.
 
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