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  1. I use silica beads for humidity control. Almost set and forget. Oasis units are nice, but pricey and have drawbacks if something goes wrong. A good friend lost the contents of his bottom shelf of his Bob Staebell humidor to mold because his drain tube became unclipped. I think my 25 lbs of beads cost about $60. With beads, you mist them occasionally and that's it. They just learn what RH% to stay at. I used unsealed, really porous teracotta tiles for the floor so I can wet that if need to help get the rH up as well.

    As for getting started, forget what everyone tells you and just truy as many as you can. Yeah, Cohibas are great but they're freaking pricey. Lots of good stuff like La Gloria Cubana, Bolivar and El Rey del Mundo for less but it's very subjective. Buy singles and fivers to start, and buya MUCH, MUCH bigger humidor than you think you'll need becauase if you buy a box it will fill most desktops. You guys are lucky; getting Cubans into the US is crazy easy; my mules both live in the US; it's easier to have cigars shipped to them, and they re-send gifts to me, than it is to get them into Canada :shrug:

    If you want verified sources shoot me a message. Lots out there despite all the fake ones.

    -Kev

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    1) Pls bear with me; I've never used Photobucket before

    2) I'm SO happy it's almost done! Just waiting for the finishing touch for the glass door- hopefully next week.

    My son "helped" me turn an unused corner into a 100ft^3 humidor right after finishing out basement over the winter. I'm NOT a finishing carpoenter, spo please don't point out the deficiencies- I know what they are but I'm functional 1st so it's good for me.

  3. 1999. New '98 Sunfire with 2- 12's flush mounted into the trunk floor/wheel well with a false floor covered in factory match carpet, Infinity 6.5's in custom kicks, amp under each seat, factory HU.

    They tried to pop the luck but couldn't, so they broke the drivers window. Popped the trunk open, couldn't find anything, took my CDs and the sunroof switch which cost me $15 to replace from the dealer. The windw and lock were another $300. I was pissed at the cost but proud that they didn't find my gear and all that work wss worth it :woot:

  4. What Kandi said. Should be one ring, not two.

    Ot, Just changed my oil yesterday. Full synthetic ftw. Cars never run better.

    Ahhhhhh- thanks guys! Have never seen an o-ring stick to the adaptor plate before either; will check for that going forward.

    I wouldn;t waste synthetic on this P.O.S. disposable Dodge. It gets whatever brand name oil is cheapest at Wal-Mart.

    We both hate the van and and can't wait until our daughter doesn't need her stroller so we can get something a little rmsaller & nicer, or it craters, whichever comes first.

    My Nissan on the other hand, has had syn. oil since 5000km and purrs like a kitten at 208,000km of daily beatings. I LOVE that car :yahoo:

  5. So I changed the oil in the wife's 08 Grand Caravan late Saturday night. When I started it after re-filling with new oil I heard a "pop" so I shut it off and found the contents of her oil pan dribbling down my driveway. I quickly got it back up on the ramps and when I unscrewed the oil filter, both o-rings fell into the oil catch bin, completely free of the filter body.

    WTF?

    I've never seen this before- not sure if I under/over-tightened the filter or if it's a shoddy Dodge product?

    -Factory Dodge filter from dealer

    -tightened as tight as possible by hand

    -Pre-filled filter with oil and lubed o-ring with fresh oil to make seal

    -Filled engine with correct amount of correct viscosity oil

    Any help/opinions for future? I've probably changed oil 100 times (literally) and have never had a problem like this before.

    Thanks!

  6. I'm sortof embarrased to say IMO Colt is one of the better 40's.

    I'm an Olde English boy at heart, but Colt's got it on taste.

    (Yeah, they have 40's for sale in our igloos up here)

  7. Like the tune, but not the vid.

    I'm sure his parents are proud that he showed off their develoepd basement tothe world, but it doesn't scream 'baller' to me. ( I know the song is supposed to be abot a nerd so the theme fits, but his lyrics were all about growing his net worth ($20?) and getting chicks etc)

  8. Not a 'tune' per se, but have you guys tried the 'stampede' track from the Lion King soundtrack? It's very musical, then the stampede cuts in and shakes yer nuts.

    It's an amazing demo "song".

    *disclaimer I'm not gay. An old gf of mine was really into Disny and wanted to hear this crap (the soundtrack) on the way home from the mall and I still vividly remember)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-42ek85G4

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