Tundras live: Dad jokes not allowed and IPA drinkers shunned and hair metal kicks ass

beaches & gettin' on a boat.



and apparently on special occasions - such as protesting the EPA.

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/XCU5TkIfMS0?si=e9y0mRD6oVvJ_eA2

 

@LarryDangerfield

https://youtube.com/shorts/yayuWM_W5Yk?si=Pu7vTwCZwocsBU-K

 

Protest a regulated industry you say? I'll sign up for that.

 

We're waiting for the photo of @LarryDangerfield. Crocs, socks and a white claw. Nothing else matters.

 

Scroll up; about every 100 pages or so you'll find renditions of this

 

I know this post is old news in the land of "Tundras Live" but I thought I'd share anyway.

Quick back story: I'm now in my 40s and a full-time desk jockey. My only exercise is dirt biking (single track/ hard enduro) & drumming. Over the past year, I've definitely felt the effects of a mostly sedentary lifestyle and poor diet, have certainly felt less "manly" and recently had my T checked - it's on the low end of normal (or so I'm told). I'm now making life changes as living and feeling like this SUCKS.

Although Mrs. PolishedTRD has always joked that I have ridiculous grip strength, I had to know where I stand. I need a win, haha. So after seeing this post, I bought the 167 & 195 lb Captains of Crush grippers.

In my right hand is the #1.5 167lb & in my left is the #2 195lb. This is a screen shot of a vid the Mrs. took of me squeezing both. I have a little ways to go with the right, but FWIW, I am predominantly right handed, and still on the mend from a broken distal phalanx and fractured metacarpal in the 4th finger of my right hand.

 

nice!

kudos.

it's a small club, and you're in it.

 

I have genuine empathy for you.


however...I hear the rehab hurts worse.

keep up the good spirits.

 

slight sidebar....

one of the "tricks" to grippers is doing a similar movement with the other hand.

say you are closing the gripper with your right, you should be making a tight fist with the other, or closing a lighter gripper.

...something about how the brain turns on muscular engagement.




wearing flip flops does not interfere with the aforementioned movement. you just end up looking goofy

 

The flip flop debate is sort of funny. 25 yrs, 10-16 hr days in Danners, in the desert, as soon as I go off work, boots in locker, flip flops on. No crocks, ever. Now in VA, flip flops occasionally in summer, always around the house for little outdoor things. Cold days, socks and flips to check the mailbox.
Vacation time, flips all day, unless I’m doing a LOT of walking.

 

That's not an everyday occurrence?

 

There is no debate about flip flops. @nobodyintexas has an opinion about them. And I honestly agree with most of his opinions but he's wrong on this one. There is nothing more manly than cutting metal with a grinder in flip flops. It's man shit all day everyday.

 

No.

 

I can see where the masculinity & stupidity streams are crossing.

however....

 

Question for the hive:

When/How do you think car prices will come down?

80k F150 King Ranch is not sustainable.
113k LX600 is not sustainable.


something has to give.

what cracks first?


and will be bailing out a bunch of folks that don't need bailing out?

 

Haha. Unfortunately those streams are commonly crossed with me. You just have to stand in the right spot to keep your toes from getting lit up. Eye protection is where I draw the line though.

 

I've been asking myself this question for the last 3 years and car/truck prices only seem to be going one way. And with the amount of new cars and trucks I see on the roads I'm thinking the amount of debt someone will take on these days is beyond my comprehension.

 

Ad blocker seems to work for me. I also refuse to pay for tv so I'll deal with ads if I have to. I'm only on YT to watch a few mechanics do their thing or watch some kayak vids anyhow. I'm on here more than any other electronic device.

 

What add blocker? I've been intending to run one for years, but I never do.

 

A tease while you wait.

 

Have you ever been a tourist in VA Beach?

 

So much wrong with this picture.