Businesses and products you’d recommend?

[Old School]

What businesses and products would you recommend to others?

Are there any particular devices, or brands, that you think are excellent?

[Spiritof96]

In Lexington AIC roofing replaced my gutters a few years ago. They were great to work with. When it comes time for a new roof, I'll use them again.

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund VTSAX never disappoints (unless you hate money). Low expense ratios, "This is the way".

Bravo Company (BCM) rifles are great.

The Moccamaster coffee maker with the insulated aluminum carafe is grotesquely expensive, but I have not once regretted the purchase.

Someone gave me an Amish table once. I wouldn't want to pay for it, but it would be worth it over a lifetime of hard use.

[Old School]

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund VTSAX never disappoints (unless you hate money). Low expense ratios, "This is the way".

This is the way.

Bravo Company (BCM) rifles are great.

How do you feel about Glocks?

[Spiritof96]

How do you feel about Glocks?

I grew up hating them. (1911 household)

I also grew up loving HK. (still do)But after carrying, shooting, and competing with a host of different options in various sizes and makes (1911, USP, P7, M&P, PPK) I have begrudgingly come around to accept that Glocks are darn near ideal for my needs.

I switched to a G19 for CCW for several years, retired the M&P Shield for a G43X, and switched to a G17 for competition fun. I now LOVE the 43x and G17.

In short, I like all guns. If I were in law enforcement, going to war, or buying a handgun for defensive purposes, I would choose a Glock over other options.

[George]

+1 on the Moccamaster. If you’re a daily coffee drinker, it’s an honest to God quality of life improvement. You’d never know it just by looking at the thing, but the results are almost too good to be true.

[George]

Pretty much anything by Stihl.

On my second Cub Cadet mower and can’t think of a reason I’d choose something else.

And I guess I’ve become a Milwaukee man where power tools are concerned, though I’ve yet to adopt the full battery system and am open to other suggestions before I fully commit. Do it quickly, though, if you’re gonna: I need a thing or two and am going to buy soon.

[Old School]

I grew up hating them. (1911 household)

I also grew up loving HK. (still do)But after carrying, shooting, and competing with a host of different options in various sizes and makes (1911, USP, P7, M&P, PPK) I have begrudgingly come around to accept that Glocks are darn near ideal for my needs.

I switched to a G19 for CCW for several years, retired the M&P Shield for a G43X, and switched to a G17 for competition fun. I now LOVE the 43x and G17.

In short, I like all guns. If I were in law enforcement, going to war, or buying a handgun for defensive purposes, I would choose a Glock over other options.

I think I get all of that. Is there an interesting story behind the 1911 history?

What led you to the 19 for carry instead of the 23, 26, or 27? (Compact vs. subcompact, and caliber, basically?) Maybe comfort with a larger frame from the 1911, or the benefit of a larger frame in firing vs. benefit of a smaller frame to conceal? Just a preference or familiarity with that caliber?

[Joneslab]

A general recommendation for men: wear a nice, modestly priced watch.

There are several companies that produce very nice, pretty inexpensive watches. And I'm not talking Rolex and the heavy hitters. The ones I own are all around $200 and you can buy them on Amazon.

Diesel is probably the best brand I personally own, but be careful about the "Mr. Daddy": it's as big as a clock. MVMT is also a good brand.

I get all kinds of comments about my watches. And I don't own too many, just enough to rotate a couple times a week. (I usually rotate between three of them, all under $200.)

[Spiritof96]

I think I get all of that. Is there an interesting story behind the 1911 history?

Nothing other than my older male family members were familiar with it from their time in service and I inherited one that became my first carry gun.

What led you to the 19 for carry instead of the 23, 26, or 27? (Compact vs. subcompact, and caliber, basically?) Maybe comfort with a larger frame from the 1911, or the benefit of a larger frame in firing vs. benefit of a smaller frame to conceal? Just a preference or familiarity with that caliber?

I had already moved from .45 to .40 to 9mm for all of the commonly stated advantages, but also because I was shooting more and more and 9mm represented significant cost savings in practice ammo. Over the years, I found that for CCW the slide length and grip length were less important to me than slide width. So there wasn't really an advantage in the 26 over the 19 for me. I would still like to have a 26 just because.

These days I almost always carry the 43X as it's very thin without becoming difficult to shoot well.

[Spiritof96]

Pretty much anything by Stihl.

On my second Cub Cadet mower and can’t think of a reason I’d choose something else.

And I guess I’ve become a Milwaukee man where power tools are concerned, though I’ve yet to adopt the full battery system and am open to other suggestions before I fully commit. Do it quickly, though, if you’re gonna: I need a thing or two and am going to buy soon.

We have a lot of tools in my building that are Dewalt. It looks like our facilities guy is committed to that ecosystem. I've used the drill a few times and it is far better than my crappy craftsman drill from 20 years ago.

I bought a Honda push mower more recently. Love it.