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I love Saab's but i always wonder, seeing they went bust and don't exist anymore, won't spare parts become rare and expensive? Or you have to have everything mailed over from Sweden as there you see them all the time. Great car though 👍 If i would be a rich car collector i would add a 900 Turbo in no time.

Didnt some company buy them after they went bust?
 
I love Saab's but i always wonder, seeing they went bust and don't exist anymore, won't spare parts become rare and expensive? Or you have to have everything mailed over from Sweden as there you see them all the time. Great car though 👍 If i would be a rich car collector i would add a 900 Turbo in no time.

There are quite a few Saab specialists up and running, Simply Saab, neo brothers for example, both will service them and neo brothers have quite a large warehouse full of brand new genuine Saab parts and some used parts. They aren't too expensive either from what I've seen.
 
And i spoiled myself again...

Need some backround lighting for my desk :P

shopping
 
Yet another Racing Rivals car, the Nissan GTR, however I also bought some new songs off iTunes.
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Nothing but some damn good metal music.
 
I love Saab's but i always wonder, seeing they went bust and don't exist anymore, won't spare parts become rare and expensive? Or you have to have everything mailed over from Sweden as there you see them all the time. Great car though 👍 If i would be a rich car collector i would add a 900 Turbo in no time.

Saab Automobile Parts AB was created to ensure OE Saab parts are continued to be made and available.
 
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Mini but mighty! :D


Dude f yeah.


Part of me wants to save all year for one, but IDK if I can go that long without a camera. Thinking of picking up a used A6000 this summer instead. :/

Also I assume you're going to be using adapters so a review of those would be nice, because if I can get the money for an A7 that's the route I'll be going vs all e mounts like I did with my NEX-5.
 
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Also I assume you're going to be using adapters so a review of those would be nice, because if I can get the money for an A7 that's the route I'll be going vs all e mounts like I did with my NEX-5.
Rest assured that even the most cheap adapters (like the $5 FOTGA ones I got) do their jobs well enough.

In fact, you should start there: look for a really cheap MF lens (whatever brand) and get the respective adapter. Your 5N is good enough to clear any doubts you have or for any kind of tests you want to make beforehand (like practicing your MF skills with peaking and magnification).
 
Two new carry-on suitcases.

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$25 each way to check a bag or $100 for new suitcases? Hmm...
 
Rest assured that even the most cheap adapters (like the $5 FOTGA ones I got) do their jobs well enough.

In fact, you should start there: look for a really cheap MF lens (whatever brand) and get the respective adapter. Your 5N is good enough to clear any doubts you have or for any kind of tests you want to make beforehand (like practicing your MF skills with peaking and magnification).

The nex5 is no more, but I started using only manual focus earlier this year so I was ready to get an adapter
 
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Two new carry-on suitcases.

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$25 each way to check a bag or $100 for new suitcases? Hmm...
Not finding a note from your TSA: priceless.

Personally, because of the medical stuff I carry I will always carry on, even if it will be gate checked.
 
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For my old Galaxy Exhilarate. Even though I'm using the LG G3, I'm thinking of using the Galaxy as a remote/music streamer. The battery I have in it is 2 years old and I can already see it losing cycles
 
Not finding a note from your TSA: priceless.

Personally, because of the medical stuff I carry I will always carry on, even if it will be gate checked.
My wife always carries my son's medications (three different vials of inhaled meds and a bottle of his enzyme) in her purse so she knows she's getting stopped so I take his Vest so we can divide and conquer. More times than not the Vest gets pulled and they have to wipe it with a swab but this last time coming back from Orlando it went right through and since we counted out exactly how much of the inhaled meds he'd need, we didn't get stopped for anything.

For our very first flight out of Minneapolis after getting the Vest, the flight attendant wanted to take it because it was too large to go in the overhead. My wife looked at her and said "This is a $17,000 piece of medical equipment. It's not leaving my sight." We fit it in the overhead just fine.

After getting searched for 95% of the flights we've taken in the last few years, it's going to be strange flying without the kids and, presumably, going straight through security.
 
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since we counted out exactly how much of the inhaled meds he'd need, we didn't get stopped for anything.
After snow and ice caused a 24-hour delay on our way home from Hawaii I always have extra pills in my bag.
 
I bought one of these about two months ago, thinking a color other than black would be easy to spot in the bag return. It's held up well physically, but looks repulsive after two flights. Should've just gone with black.
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I would've preferred to have an AKG but this one was 50€ and I'm not that much of an audiophile. Funny tho, I can definitely hear a difference compared to my Sennheiser CX275S earplugs...not to the advantage of the Marshall Major Black tho. Crazy if you think about it.
 
Bunch of random R/C car related items and some screen protectors for my PS Vita:
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The random package of magnets are actually for some 1/18 stuff I had been meaning to do lol. I plan on adding magnets to some of my diecasts as hood/door latches, such as on my Kyosho Ferrari 575M GTC. Will post pics of the mod later though...
 
Synology DS215J 2-bay NAS with 2 x 3TB (RAID 1).
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Networking this at home and using it to centralise and store our ever increasing HD movie and music collections thus freeing up the space on our laptops and iPads. Most of our media is stored in cloud storage, but this is just more convenient and faster plus it frees up my laptop when uploading large files to the cloud.
 
Networking this at home and using it to centralise and store our ever increasing HD movie and music collections thus freeing up the space on our laptops and iPads. Most of our media is stored in cloud storage, but this is just more convenient and faster plus it frees up my laptop when uploading large files to the cloud.

👍 Be interested in how you find it. Was just looking into a similar WD cloud drive the other day.
 
👍 Be interested in how you find it. Was just looking into a similar WD cloud drive the other day.
I let you know. I've set up far more sophisticated NAS systems at work so this should be a doddle (in theory).
 
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