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roo_ster

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Things that are a good value
« Reply #50 on: May 01, 2006, 07:13:02 AM »
Redwing Boots
Quality, comfy, re-soleable

Carhartt Jackets
Tough & look better as they age

Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) brand outdoors gear
Great quality at 75% the cost of name brand gear

Smith & Wesson 1911
Best made & most reliable 1911.

Beretta quick-open lightweight knives
Light, slick, sharp

Quality cowboy boots
One pair will last a lifetime for a city boy, assuming care & re-soleing.

Allen Edmund shoes
Absolutely the most comfy formal, leather-soled shoes.  

Used S&W revolvers

Surefire flash
Not just the best, but start at just ~$35

Ed's Red Bore Cleaner

Mobil 1 Oil
When used on old milsurp guns

Nissan Pickups
Toyota reliability at much less cost

Motorola Timeport Cell phone
Follow-on to Star-Tac. I abused that poor thing for three years.

Army GI wool/cotton/nylon blend socks (black)

Fedora Linux (or other distro)

Audi 4000
I owned two of 'em, way back when.  If you could fix niggling electrical stuff, the mechanicals would last a LONG time.

Milton's multi-grain bread
We call it "yummy bread" at our house

Pork loin bought from Costco
As cheap as chicken
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« Reply #51 on: May 01, 2006, 08:18:52 AM »
.99 cents per pound pork roast cooked over hickory......about 1/3 the cost you'd pay at a BBQ place, and you can cook it your way

Lee reloading kits.....produce the same quality at 1/2 or 1/3 the price of competitors

Honda vehicles and engines

Surefire lights

Dorcy lights at Wal Mart.  Inexpensive, but pretty well made for the money.

Rocky boots

New Balance shoes

Duluth Trading Company t-shirts

Stanley tools

police trade in SW model 10's

police trade in remington 870's/SW pump guns



That's about all I can htink of right now....
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« Reply #52 on: May 01, 2006, 07:15:54 PM »
The 99¢ Only store.
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« Reply #53 on: May 01, 2006, 07:42:48 PM »
You're right about that, DocZinn.  There's one a few blocks away.  Love that place.
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« Reply #54 on: May 01, 2006, 08:42:15 PM »
Every time I go, I ask myself why I don't go more often. Simply amazing the things you can find.

I delivered ice cream to all the 99 Cents Only stores in LA and the surrounding area for a while, and not a week passed without me taking home something that I happened to see as I walked through the aisles.
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« Reply #55 on: May 01, 2006, 08:53:10 PM »
The one near me has Cat 5 and usb cables.
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« Reply #56 on: May 01, 2006, 10:39:23 PM »
+1 for Allen Edmonds shoes.  They're wonderful!

Tentative +1 for Ecco shoes.  I just bought a pair, and so far they're treating me very well.

The 3 LED, Ultra Brightness, 1 AAA Matterhorn flashlight from Peak LED solutions.  A must-have.  (It really likes being loaded with a lithium AAA, but a normal AAA will work just fine in a pinch.)

Demeyere Apollo cookware.

Shun's santuko knife.

+1 for Powermatic table saws.  I have the 64A with a Forrest WW II blade.  Sweet!  (Edited to add:  But if I were to buy a table saw today, I would give VERY serious consideration to the SawStop saw.  It just might save your fingers.)

The Weber Genesis Silver grill.
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« Reply #57 on: May 02, 2006, 06:31:58 AM »
My Directorate of Civilian Marksmanship M-1 Garand

Fender Heavy Metal Stratocasters, especially those with just a humbucker on the bridge & no other pickups, equipped with Kahler SPyder trems and autolatch - I have 3 - my main one has survived a car wreck - can't kill 'em.

Fender M-80 solid state amsp - can't kill 'em.

Gibson Les Paul Studio model - all the sound, none of the frills, 1/3 the $$$.

Peavy Rockmaster preamp and TubeFX preamp - still rockin'

Peavy 4 X 12 guitar cabinets - the regular ones, not the 5150.  Super bang for the buck, indestructible.

Sam's choice colas and gourmet sanck crackers, esp chipolte cheddar and ssalsa sour cream.

late '80s early 90's S-10/Sonoma -  tough little truck - my step daughter couldn't kill it...cost me a case of beer...

mid '80s full size GMC/Chevy pickup/suburban/blazer - tough, easy to work on.

any well-made 18' twin axle flatbed trailer, esp withramps and a dove tail.

my Dan Wesson 1911

Mossber 500 shotguns

Swedish Mausers

Harbor Freight dial calipurs

A GOOD set of allen wrenches

Craftsman cordless drill, sawzall, circular saw, stapler combo pack

Titanium coated, or even better, cobalt steel drill bits - with "drill doctor"
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