Your Most Recent Purchase(pics required!)

[_Will_]

Must have been a 4 wheeled fever, I too picked up a vehicle. Traded in my 2010 impala with 237k miles and picked up a 2016 QX50 with 28,XXX miles.

[jointbeaker]

I ate there a few weeks ago. 👍

Jeff mentioned that you were in the cabins just down the driveway from us.

Small world.

[hooligan998]

Now that I can post pics, here's the newest fit me. A little face lift for the new KTM, crash bars.

[Schmitty]

Wanted a pellet grill/smoker to replace my aging, falling apart gas grill but I couldn't talk myself into spending the cash on a good one, so for my birthday/our anniversary (a few days apart) last month my wife surprised me and bought me the one I wanted. A friend swore by his and cooks just about every meal on it, so after seeing it and sampling some food from it and her seeing the lust in my eyes she told herself I needed one. A Rec Teq RT-700 (the 'Bull'). It was a bit more $ than I could have talked myself into but this thing is an absolute tank, with a 6 year warrant on EVERYTHING and the customer service is top notch. I've already cooked everything from various kinds of chicken, various kinds of pork, burgers and brats/dogs, briskets, homemade pizzas and even breads and desserts...who needs an oven!!!

[bradd]

Looks good! I got a pellet smoker in March and have used the heck out of it.

[Rabeet]

I got the same grill that bradd did. On the same day! And not on purpose.

We love ours too.

Yours looks great. Enjoy!

[Schmitty]

Looks good! I got a pellet smoker in March and have used the heck out of it.

I did look at the one you have after you told me about it, but I admit I fell in love with this one and that was it...I had eyes for no other.

[hooligan998]

I love my Pit Boss pellet smoker so much I got rid of my gas grill and electric smoke. It's all I use now.

[Racer Boy]

I bought this 2010 Cayman S on Bring A Trailer, and drove it up from San Diego to Seattle this weekend.

The pictures are from the BAT website.

[1slimfizz]

I bought this 2010 Cayman S on Bring A Trailer, and drove it up from San Diego to Seattle this weekend.

The pictures are from the BAT website.

BaT is my favorite waste of time. I've bid on a couple lower $$ car, but unattainable dream cars float by every week. Love the quirky exotics and crazy builds, as well.

[bplaxton]

+1 love BAT great time waster

[Torchsport]

New 2021 Yamaha Sidewinder. Let's see if pics work.

[grommet]

Mentor Graphics Xpedition

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I'm in the process of starting a service bureau company doing PCB design work. I've been doing this kind of work as an employee/contractor for almost 20 years. A large defense contractor has been trying to hire me for the past 4 years, and we finally agreed that the best way to do this is for me to form a company and work as subcontractor for them. I've now gotten the company in place, gotten approval from the State Department for work on non-classified defense technology. This software is what this company and many other big tech companies use as their primary electronics design software tool.

The first job has been won, the work done, and the first invoice delivered today. It was a small, get-to-know-you kind of project. I got it done a month before their initial projected schedule. My work MO has always been light and fast (same way I like my motorcycles). I have been developing add-on software to work with the Mentor Graphics CAD tool for about 10 years now, which has increased my efficiency a lot.

I'll be looking for more customers. I need 3 or 4 good ones to keep the workload steady. I have a number of contacts from previous jobs at Honeywell, Raytheon, and BAE Systems I'll be getting in touch with.

[Neanderthal]

Great news Patrick!

[reubswinks]

New 2021 Yamaha Sidewinder. Let's see if pics work.

That will be a riot on the trails no doubt.