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I bet they could find a worse location for display...then it could collect dust even quicker...

The crown molding....the corner overlays...aren't just as the corners. Very cool. Covering breaks in trim or simply decorative?

Wow. Well done. That's a monster fireplace. Dining room: Hardwood or Laminate? Awesome crown molding, BTW.

FWIW, I wanna say I saw 4.0 batts on sale at HD today for $80-$90...

Part Duex... Still NSFW...

That suuuuucks.

This is what I'm referring too... The only thing I can attribute it to is the LED swap.

Would I be treading into ban territory? Linky: http://professional-power-tool-guide.com/power-tool-forum/index.php?/topic/6741-dewalt-build-in-the-usa-disassembled-in-canada/#entry69974 Thanks.

So, watching another of his vids where he's doing some tune-up action on his wife's Mazda, when I spot this in the background...I'm sure set there totally by accident... LOLOLOLOL I think I just found a new avatar. Exit question: Can I use this as an avatar? I'm unawares as to the forums "rules", and there doesn't seem to be an obsenity filter of any sort.

Popcorn ceiling?

I'm sooooo chomping at the bit to pull the trigger on an M18 Fuel...I have the 12V corded...but corded tools are such a pain...right....RIGHT?!?

After the revelation of infidelity and his game started to go to shit, Bill Simmons was of the opinion that part of Tiger's awesomeness was tied to his infidelity...golf if such a head-game, and if he's also worried about setting up meet-ups with ladies that aren't his wife, that puts him in a different headspace constantly, thus, becoming necessary to his game, thus making him a great golfer. It's a fun theory, IMAO.

From what little I know of youtube, it's a world in and of itself...kinda like here, but dumb. People "know" each other and they fight and some become "famous" and some get paid...it's still dumb... "Hey 'Lil Johnny, what do you wanna be when you grow-up?" "I WANNA BE FAMOUS ON THE INNERNETS!!1!" Anywho...I've watched some of his older videos and he's a legit inventor/engineer and he's soliciting funds in order to move forward with his projects, which is pretty cool. Heck, he's having people send him tools to do teardowns...that's pretty impressive in itself...but then he's giving those tools away to youtube-people, which is pretty rad.

Gosh. I'm still reading this as updating firmware...like the brushless motors being "updatable".... I love tech, I really do...but sometimes, I'm just like "if it ain't broke..."

Umm.... Ok. Yeah. For a second I thought this was really going off the rails LOL

Wait...so it's mesh-glass-mesh? Was it sold as a kit or or separate OR were you working with pre-existing fireplace-stuff?

*phew* You had me worried for a second...seriously, how am I gonna tinker in the garage during the Zombie Apocalypse if solar's not gonna power my gear?!

Am I the only one who can't not associate the "One Key" with Lord of the Rings?!? So dumb. lol

Are those two mesh fronts or 1 glass and 1 mesh? Great job, BTW.

I guess this is why a lot of my threads revolve around tool companies themselves...which ones are good and why? Are they good because they're good or are they good because we're told they're good. Are they bad because of poor craftsman ship OR are they bad because, "whelp, brand X is just better". Tools are expensive. Cash is finite. Trying to make the best "investment" possible. Ideally, one "x-brand" hand/power tool to last me to the end of days...now I know that that's somewhat unrealistic, but I'm just trying to figure it out. I guess it all started when I "needed" a drill at 11:30pm on a Saturday night...headed to Teh Walmart...a drill's a drill, right?!? BOOM! $50 Bostitch and I was able to hang a curtain rod...but now that I "need/want" more tools, I'm trying to roll with as much knowledge as possible. To quote Spike Lee/NIKE: Don't. Believe. The Hype.

Rought estimate, I've swapped out 45 bulbs thus far...probably another 12 or so to go. Can't guage the differential in cost, just the "energy consumption" graph/numbers showing year-to-year-month-to-month consumption.

Whoa. Like updating the firmware on a Blu-ray player. Weird. That's the only thing that I can wrap my head around in so far as any sort of weird wifi link connected to tools...."Whelp, according to my app connected via wifi though the router in my Milwaukee toolbox, it looks like the battery in Bob's M18 drill is about to die..." Wireless charging maybe...but I thought they already tried that with cellphones? The 7 clues that Milwaukee allowed toolguyd to share... The redudant use of "jobsite" leads me to believe that, like the 9aH battery they're to release, this whole set-up is gonna be super-hardcore-pro-contractor-grade, DIY'er need not apply.

Just a heads-up. I'm not a prime person, and I've heard Amazon's tool-pricing ain't all that, but I figured somebody might be able to find something. Linky: http://www.amazon.com/primeday

Tech/R&D? Marketing? Shareholders? American-made vs Foreign-made tools.... If they're comparable in price, yet one is supposedly made on the cheap, where is that extra cash ending-up? Are we paying for more advanced tech and research and development of tech? Are we paying for marketing blitzs allowing companies the ability to advertise during the Super Bowl? Are we paying the shareholders of said company? Random thoughts about the Global Economy relative to the "uneveness" of the playing field given different tax structures and labor laws globally. [/ramblings]

So. Many. Batteries. Niiiiice. What the what?! TIA's got the ban hammer? They allow cameras at the event, what did they think was gonna happen?!? And at that point it free press...AND you can gauge the reaction to said press. Weird.