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Would you carry a second table for outside, or make the dinette table removable?

My wife and I are looking at used camper vans for weekend trips, and the one at the top of our list has a small fixed dinette. It’s enough for two people inside, but we’d probably cook and eat outdoors whenever the weather allows. All though I already have a musso d7 table for my daughter. She didn’t take it to school, so it has been folded up in our spare room ever since. Now, I am wondering if it could become the extra table for the van instead of buying another piece of camping gear. I wouldn’t put a hot stove directly on it as that would mostly be for food prep, plates and occasionally a laptop. The two things giving me pause are the small casters on gravel and finding a secure place for it while driving. The alternative would be making the existing dinette top removable and adding folding legs, but taking the inside table apart every time we eat outdoors also sounds annoying. For those who usually eat outside, which setup became less trouble after a few trips?

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Pulled it home yesterday, now what to do??

So I pulled this to home yesterday after about 3 months of shopping around and now I'm just sitting in the truck staring at it like, ok now what 31BHS on a 2024 3500HD, the driveway has never felt smaller lol.

And my wife is already talking about a spring trip to the coast and I'm over here at midnight Googling "how to back up a fifth wheel". We own a small piece of land in southeast GA so for now this is just a weekend rig, but I keep wondering if I went too big. Truck handles it fine but every time I walk past it I get this weird imposter feeling like I'm gonna find out I can't actually drive the thing.

Anyone else get that first-month anxiety? Real talk, what should I be checking before the first real trip? I know tire pressure and slides, but I keep reading horror stories and I don't wanna be the guy posting "help, my ceiling is leaking" in three weeks.

Oh and the house battery situation has me completely lost. Dealer said the one it came with is basically junk and I'd want to swap it before any real trip. I have no clue what people actually run in these lithium, AGM, something else? Everyone online says something different and I don't wanna drop a grand on the wrong thing

u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 8 days ago

Finally switched to a minimalist wallet after years of carrying a bulky one

I’ve been using a traditional bifold wallet for years, but recently decided to switch to something slimmer.

I’ve been using the Lorzor Tactical Wallet for a while now, and the biggest difference is how much space it saves. I usually only carry a few cards and some cash, so my pocket doesn’t feel bulky anymore.

I really like the pop-up card access design. It’s much easier to grab the card I need instead of digging through multiple slots. The leather also feels great and has begun to develop its own character with use, while still retaining that classic wallet feel.

Even though it’s slim, it can still hold up to 10 cards. I’m still getting used to carrying less stuff every day, but so far it has been a great minimalist wallet for daily use.

u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 15 days ago

Five national team shirts in one Seattle living room

Tried to get one photo of all five match shirts before kickoff. It lasted about ten seconds before everyone started arguing over which kit looked best. The match had already started on the Hisense behind us, so nobody was willing to stand there for a second attempt.

u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 19 days ago

My lunch break accidentally turned into 30 minutes of World Cup at Rockefeller

Walked past Rockefeller planning to grab food and get back to work. Then I saw the giant screens and somehow ended up standing there with a bunch of other people watching the match.

That’s probably the most NYC part of it half the crowd looked like they had somewhere else to be, but nobody was actually leaving when the game got interesting.

Not a bad place to lose a lunch break, honestly.

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u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 1 month ago

How's hisense tv? Saw it everywhere at the world cup

Since the world cup started, I feel like I can’t stop noticing hisense everywhere, actually at the france vs morocco match, and the Hisense branding was all over the place. Stadium boards, big screens, fan areas, everything. After seeing it that much in person, I started wondering if their TVs are actually worth checking out.

u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 1 month ago

All the teams for the World Cup semifinals are now set

I'm really looking forward to both matches, Mbappé vs Yamar, and the other one England vs Argentina. But this year, I'm betting on France to win the championship.

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u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 1 month ago

Argentina won by 3-1, it really did not feel like a 3-1

Argentina are in the semi-final, but Switzerland made them work for basically every minute of it.

Mac Allister scored early, Ndoye dragged Switzerland back into it, and then the whole match flipped on the Embolo review. Paredes’ yellow was taken away, Embolo got booked for simulation, and because it was his second, Switzerland were down to ten.

You can think the replay got it right and still admit that is a massive call to make in a quarter-final.

The Swiss kept hanging around anyway. Argentina only pulled away in extra time.

So yeah, 3-1 on the scoreboard. Not remotely a calm 3-1

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u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 1 month ago

We gave fans 1 minute to pick between Mbappé or Haaland, Zidane or Iniesta and then asked them about Hisense.

You know those impossible debates that never end? Mbappé vs Haaland. Zidane vs Iniesta. Neymar vs De Bruyne.

We took them to the streets before the Round of 32. One minute. Five pairs. No thinking, just picking.

u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 1 month ago

Spain vs Belgium feels like a trap game for both sides

Spain have not conceded yet and they just beat Portugal, so yeah, they should feel good. But Belgium are suddenly annoying again.

They put four past the US, De Bruyne might actually be back involved, and Doku is the kind of player who can make a clean Spanish game turn messy really fast.

Spain are still the better football team. More control, more rhythm, more ways to hurt you. But this is the first time in a while where Belgium don’t feel like some faded golden-generation story.

They feel like a team that knows this might be one last big swing with a few of these names.

If Spain control the first 20, maybe normal.

If Belgium find space early, this gets weird.

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u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 1 month ago

Switzerland finally escaped the last-16 curse, and Colombia will hate how it happened

Switzerland-Colombia somehow turned into 120 minutes of waiting for one mistake, then penalties did all the damage.

0-0, not exactly a classic, but not dead either. Colombia had the crowd, had the noise, and hit the bar through Lucumí. Switzerland were missing Manzambi and still just refused to go away.

Then the shootout got very Swiss in the weirdest way. Akanji misses, it looks like the door is open, then Kobel makes the save, Davinson Sánchez hits the bar, and Vargas just ends it.

First Swiss World Cup quarter-final since 1954 is wild. For Colombia, that one is going to hurt because it never felt like they were worse. They just lost the most brutal version of an even game.

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u/RemarkableCaptain318 — 1 month ago