Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

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I guess I misunderstood him , he just got back to me and said he’s on target to paint tomorrow and have it all reassembled by this Friday. The rental is mine until he’s done. That Rogue is a joke, it corners horrible. The first time I took off from a start and took a sharp right it fell flat on its side in the front and almost felt like it was trying to roll on me. Terrible handling. But I’m not complaining, it’s free for me. :)
 

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What hair I had…I still have after round 3 of chemo. It’s not falling out. Nor am I feeling ill at all. 100% of my energy, no nausea, nothing adverse except a tiny bit of tinnitus that is hopefully temporary. I wouldn’t mind losing my chest hair, etc. but that doesn’t look like it’s happening, I read that if it hasn’t happened by now, it probably wont. Every round of chemo, I can feel a tiny bit of uneasiness right after the 3 days of infusions but then nothing for the next 2 weeks. Then the cycle starts over. I’ve been walking 4 miles a day now- 2 miles at 6:30 AM in the dark and freezing, then a mile at noon and a mile after dinner. I’ve honestly never felt better in my life, and I’m on a hard-core chemo regimen of Cisplatin plus Etopisode so I must be doing something right! I am definitely eating right. I bought a complete new kitchen suite with a new induction range with built-in air fryer and I have discovered cooking healthy. Most of my groceries were in boxes before, now there might be one box( brownies) in the whole cart otherwise it’s all made from scratch including sauces etc. And I splurged on a 98” Samsung TV as well as a new Denon 13.2 surround system with 6 Klipsch Dolby Atmos tower speakers that fire the second set on each up and off the ceiling without having to run wires into the actual ceiling. The Denon is the flagship model that’s still made in Japan, in a plant where that’s the only thing they make. It’s nice. A new Fluent turntable rounds it out. I figured if not now, then when? The TV upgrade is super nice too. Man it was a bear to hang, and it’s 1/8” out of level but it will have too stay that way for now. :) And if you notice a dent in the side of the new fridge freezer door- that is being handled by Best Buy. They have now sent no less that 4 new refrigerators to my house besides the original. and every one had the same defect so they are now ordering doors until they find one that isn’t fu*ked up.
I was looking at maybe a bigger tv I have a 85 that now has a defect, how do you like the 98? the one 98" (sony I think) here is $5000 so I might have to wait until I pay more of christmas off. I think my loud music knocked some of the led's out of whack inside the screen so I have a small halo on the screen but it's only visible in certain screen colors like white.
 
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I was looking at maybe a bigger tv I have a 85 that now has a defect, how do you like the 98? the one 98" (sony I think) here is $5000 so I might have to wait until I pay more of christmas off. I think my loud music knocked some of the led's out of whack inside the screen so I have a small halo on the screen but it's only visible in certain screen colors like white.
I absolutely love mine. It’s a Samsung like my others have been, always liked their TV’s. Mine was an 85 also. The 98 seems way bigger. I got mine for 50% off on Amazon, $2000. I think they were having a hard time selling them due to poor reviews on Amazon’s website which turned out to be from damaged deliveries from their 3rd party large item delivery service, not a reflection of the TV itself. Other sites had great reviews on the TV itself. I figured I’d take a chance on delivery. It came on a pallet, on time, and the dudes weren’t exactly careful but I was there to watch and assist. My neighbor and I hung it on my wall. It’s kinda cool that the people on TV are as tall as I am in closeups. :happy107:
 

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I absolutely love mine. It’s a Samsung like my others have been, always liked their TV’s. Mine was an 85 also. The 98 seems way bigger. I got mine for 50% off on Amazon, $2000. I think they were having a hard time selling them due to poor reviews on Amazon’s website which turned out to be from damaged deliveries from their 3rd party large item delivery service, not a reflection of the TV itself. Other sites had great reviews on the TV itself. I figured I’d take a chance on delivery. It came on a pallet, on time, and the dudes weren’t exactly careful but I was there to watch and assist. My neighbor and I hung it on my wall. It’s kinda cool that the people on TV are as tall as I am in closeups. :happy107:
what is the model number? I would prefer to not mount it if possible I do have a large glass stand, some of them have 2 feet and some have a center wide single foot
 

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Funny story--my neighbors told their house. They got rid of everything so they could start fresh. He gave me a 75" Samsung smart TV. Looked great. I have a Vizio 40", so i was just gonna replace it. I had everything plugged into the Sansung, it was all booted up. Picture looked great--then it slipped off the entertainment stand--which was too small for it--and broke the screen. I literally laughed. Picked it up and threw it in the garbage. Nice.
 
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what is the model number? I would prefer to not mount it if possible I do have a large glass stand, some of them have 2 feet and some have a center wide single foot
It’s a DU9000. I see they are on sale elsewhere for the same price now. A couple months ago they were $3800-4000.
 
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Funny story--my neighbors told their house. They got rid of everything so they could start fresh. He gave me a 75" Samsung smart TV. Looked great. I have a Vizio 40", so i was just gonna replace it. I had everything plugged into the Sansung, it was all booted up. Picture looked great--then it slipped off the entertainment stand--which was too small for it--and broke the screen. I literally laughed. Picked it up and threw it in the garbage. Nice.
They’re easy to fix. Everything just plugs in. I replaced the main board in my 65” because the display went out. Cost me $65 and took 20 minutes. Screens are probably cheap too. It’s the labor cost that makes it expensive but there’s not much troubleshooting to do any more, it’s just one board and the screen.
 

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