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Grumman aluminum canoes
Ugly Stick fishing rods
Moosehead beer The 1980's called and they want their stuff back.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
"Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!"
Biden didn't win the election.
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Campfire Ranger
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Ping golf clubs.
Your option's? Ping putters Bullseye putters Browning Belgian Auto 5 Diesel Light Duty trucks
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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Had a set of 275/60-20 Michelin Defenders on my 2015 Ram. Air pressures were maintained, no alignment wear, rotations every 6K miles and the tread wore evenly across the tread width of each tire. After nearly 41,000 miles I had 4/32 of tread depth remaining on all four. Replaced them in March with a set of Hankook DynaPro HTs before going on my long trip at the end of April...The Michelin Defenders are rated at 70K miles. Maybe I could have gotten 50K miles out of them. But with only 4/32nds of tread depth remaining, a 3400 mile round tripper would have better road assurances with a new set of tires.
My neighbor has a 2018 Ford Expedition with the same OE Hankook DynaPro HTs. 78K miles plus on his with good tread depth still remaining. Pretty darn good. So thought I'd give them a try. They are very quiet as the Michelins were, though not quite as supple over the bumps and lane change tits as the Michelin were using the same air pressure but only by a small margin of notice.
My Michelin Defenders were very quiet, were very supple over bumps and supple over the lane change tits as well. But the lack of mileage life was disappointing. Got quite a good discount on the Hankooks after the pre-mature wear credit adjustments from the Michelins were applied.
If you go read the tire reviews such as on Tire Rack, few received their 70K miles or better from the Michelin Defenders.
Love the name "Michelin" though! My dad put 80k on a set of E rated Michelins on a Tahoe. We bought our 4Runner from the original owner with 81,500 miles. It still had the Michelins that came from the factory on it. I replaced them immediately with Michelins and got 76k. Replaced those with Michelins. I know it happens sometimes but in our experience the defenders have been great. Now the LTX AT on my Tundra? Different story. 60k mile tire and they’re pretty much done at 45k. As for the other stuff... Honda small engines Toyota vehicles Browning anything...”The Best There Is” 
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
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Grumman aluminum canoes
Ugly Stick fishing rods
Moosehead beer The 1980's called and they want their stuff back. But I'm stuck in the 70's. Bought my Grumman in 1973. Sold it in '03 for more than I paid for it.
"No good deed shall go unpunished!"
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Campfire Kahuna
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Joined: Sep 2011
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Baker, my wife. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/36ssGbs.jpg)
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I thought that the idea was that you could never go wrong as long as you bought the most expensive thing available, as in "You get what you pay for".
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I thought that the idea was that you could never go wrong as long as you bought the most expensive thing available, as in "You get what you pay for". I dunno that that's true anymore either. Lotsa people pay lots of money extra for that green paint on new John Deere's, and they are not the USA made bullet proof brand they were in the decades prior. Another example I ran across fairly recently is when I was shopping for a Compact Track Loader... First one I looked at was a Takeuchi because I wanted the most powerful machine made. It's listed at 112hp... Swell!  That's what I need! Cash Price: Tad over $74k...  Then I got to looking and saw the New Holland C245 actually with 90hp was far more powerful as far as what it would lift and do. Quite a bit more powerful. And over $12k cheaper! And made in the USA-Kansas. Got the New Holland!
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Campfire Outfitter
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My railroad approved Seiko was in the shop 3 times for a battery. While there once I had the out of rotation face reclocked. Another time in I thought for a battery but it had a hit hard enough to bend the hands together & stop things.
The last time it stopped I didn't think it was due a battery but it was 33 years old. Thanked it & put it in the drawer. Of course it was replaced with a Seiko.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I sure miss those things.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Campfire Ranger
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Honda Rancher ATVs
Labrador Retrievers
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80's Browning USA made Kangaroo Featherweight Hunting Boots.
"Maybe we're all happy."
"Go to the sporting goods store. From the files, obtain form 4473. These will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership."
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Campfire Regular
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Real Chips Ahoy cookies, Underwood Devil meat products, Little Debbie nutty butty bars and Charmin TP.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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AL Mlb, the Yankees, sadly.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Ranger
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What surprises me it the use of "the best"...most of what I own is "good enough".
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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Campfire Regular
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When you must, Trojan Naturalamb Luxury.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Caterpillar construction equipment..
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Outfitter
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Everyone has missed the obvious best choices: Toyota 4runner Glocks Tikkas Tacos...there are no bad ones. Yorkshire women. These must be the best because they are what I prefer.  mike r
Don't wish it were easier
Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that.
Craig Douglas ECQC
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Weller bourbon. Can't get pappy anymore.
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