Reviews: September 2006 Archives

One of the sponsors of my paintball team is the local store Special Ops . This is a great company up in North Salt Lake that creates some amazing equipment, as well as sponsors the excellent SPPL League .

Well, they've gotten into the TV world with a new show they are filming, mostly here in Utah, Armchair Commandos . Check it out. It's a reality-tv style show that pits two diametrically opposed groups of people (in the preview, Rednecks vs. Punk Rockers) in various scenario style paintball games, for a cash prize towards charity.

The players are new to paintball, showing that anybody can play, and have a lot of fun. I you have an idea for a group, go ahead and suggest away to them. Check the video link for some teaser footage. And who knows, maybe someday you or I will be in the show (right now, our team just gets to 'assist')
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What is it about tires that makes them seem to reach out and grab on to any available road hazard? In my case this week it was some nice screws in the road. This is something that seems to be a somewhat regular occurrence for me, if somebody drops a screw/bolt/nail/sharp pointy anything in the road, one of my tires will find it. So yesterday morning I had to stop by the tire store to see if they could repair my tire.

Problem is, my tires are really bald. End of Life. But I need them to last another month or two so I can afford to fix my stupid brakes that are also toast first.

So I drop off the tire, well expecting that they aren't going to be able to fix it, and I'm going to have to shell out money I don't really have right now to get new tires. The serviceman tells me it'll be 25 minutes, and goes to work on my vehicle.

Once they tell me it's done (20 minutes, w00t!) they inform me that my tire couldn't be repaired, holes were too close, and had split between them. So I was moderately confused, since he said they had fixed my tire.

"Oh, we had a used tire of the exact same style we took off a car recently, so I put that on." Ok, so a new tire, just used. So I asked how much the new tire was, grateful that it would cost less, and only needed the one. "Oh, no charge, just come back when you do replace your tires."

Yes, this is why I shop at Discount Tires Co.