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@Schnitzel Downward Cycle: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (Catalyst Book 1) https://a.co/d/hlNfPLm Escaping The Dead: A Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Novel: Book 1 https://a.co/d/2yM7gKh This series was epic: The Purge of Babylon: A Novel of Survival (Purge of Babylon, Book 1) https://a.co/d/9XzPf8P

@Schnitzelcheck these out… Unleashed: A post-apocalyptic thriller (V Plague Book 1) https://a.co/d/489Y0XK Zombie Road: Convoy of Carnage https://a.co/d/5syuYKE

Haven’t read that one. Wish I could remember the series I recently finished. Feel like I’ve read most the Amazon books in this genre so they start to blur together. Definitely a big fan of all the Dirk Patton series as well as all the Zombie Road books.

oh damn dude, maybe we should start a book club? Zombie / PA / SHTF books are my thing. Especially the poorly edited, straight to Kindle fan fiction ones. Those feel like a purer expression of a concept in my opinion. Kinda like seeing the sketches and under painting studies for an oil painting. My current Kindle library LOL…

Which did you get? Any complaints about it? Do you have a wife or girlfriend and if so, did they complain about it? Get the feeling my wife wouldn’t be into it.

Ah, got it. Yeah, not possible on a $12 tee. Honestly it was tough adding that and the neck labels on a $40 tee. Between labels and sewing, both add it up to about $3 worth of cost before you get to actually printing anything, let alone the blank itself. The core 12ozProphet tees have entirely new branding, including a fun new neck label solution I’m pretty excited about, as well as a new second trim.

oh damn…. I’m super stingy with my Audible credits but have Spotify premium. Never realized they had book on there and they happened to have the one I just shared, along with another that’s been on my list. Downloaded both. Thanks for the heads up!

Is much of a pain in the ass I find VPN’s to be, I’m seriously thinking of switching to using one full time. Not so much because of Porn Hub, but because what this represents. Taking to @Kults who’s up in Canada, half the shit I send him on the news is blocked up there. So fucked.

Looks like the developers are now saying Q4 2024 on the stable release. Freakin bummer, though traffic is always higher during the cold months of the year. New website is all but done. Just waiting on finalizing new product since a lot of the primary images are supposed to be highlights of new product. Anyhow, still working on all that.

Ran a small batch of these to test ideas. I’m not a big baseball hat guy so not sure what to think but @psm026 definitely is, so he’s been encouraging this project.

https://www.bulkammo.com/1000-rounds-of-223-ammo-by-pmc-55gr-fmjbt Been buying from these people for ages. Think the last case I bought was right when COVID just hit, but before the rush to stock up. This was $299 regular price. I remember when these cases were $230 on sale in the years before that. This last couple years have been insane in every regard.

random dump assortment of recent stuff.

No, but wireless sleep headphones are like $15 on Amazon. I have two sets just to be sure I’m not assed out when I wake up in the middle of the night. When I do, I alternate between binaural beats, mindfulness apps and self help / positivity type audio books. Really helps, but likewise been kinda stressing over prolonged use of blue tooth and cellular so close to my head.

probably because most people in a hotel are either very relaxed (vacation) or focused (work) as well as a change of scenery. I think in general people don’t sleep due to anxiety in many instances, especially the context of this thread. Anxiety is often a byproduct of not living in the moment… It’s your mind stuck in something in the past or in the future. Staying in hotels lend itself to living / focusing on the present.

Haven’t read this one but came very highly recommended by someone I trust. Probably next on my list. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph https://a.co/d/2fVOf4W

Seems a good many of you are listening to books versus reading them. Just curious if you are using the Audible platform / service for that? I have a membership but finding it kinda pricey at $15 or so a month, which gets you one credit, good for one book. I use the shit out of prime and though similar in that you get a bunch of free options in addition to paid ones, seems the free ones on audible kinda suck. Anyhow, just curious.

not sure what you mean either. Can you explain?

White is cheaper. Black and heather are usually the same.

The blanks on the 12 series is actually the same blank 12ozProphet tees were always printed on. It's a classic fit and fabric and pretty much the blank that every skate brand and most street wear brands on the planet have used up until recently. There's a lot of indie brands out now and some of them have gained in popularity, like Shakawear and Los Angeles Apparel. Personally those fit too loose in my opinion and the fabric isn't much better since they're a similar heavyweight, 100% cotton, open yarn knit. We worked on a 100% custom blank... Custom pattern we developed, different type of construction on the collar join and most obviously, far, far better fabric - ultra heavyweight, 100% brushed Pima cotton that is post processed with an enzyme wash to make it extra smooth and soft. Unfortunately, the MOQ on that program is way too high for anything I can do for 12ozProphet anytime soon and we're still looking for an client opportunity via 12ozCollective to sell through enough to hit MOQ, so for now I sourced out what I feel is the best quality open market blank available for the regular 12ozProphet tees. It's still heavy weight, though not as heavy and is also 100% Pima cotton. It's noticeably different and entirely better in my opinion but is also like 2.5x the cost of the blank on the 12 series tees. That said, though a much cheaper blank, the tees we print the 12 series on are known to be long lasting and get softer with time. They don't toque or distort the way a lot of other blanks do and overall fit is a little on the loose side, but still just a classic tee fit, which is why it was used by so many brands. Also benefits from a much wider color range than most blanks, though I'm pretty sure that program will only ever be black and maybe white tees since the idea behind is to keep it very manageable so I can keep it at $12. The main 12ozProphet tees will feature a lot more ambitious concepts and production techniques. They'll also be made available for a longer window of time (supposed to be anyways, but hard to know how popular that program or individual releases will be). The themes and designs will be more ambitious and sophisticated and will also likely one released in a wider assortment of colors. They will be significantly more expensive (the original 12ozProphet tees were in the $40 - $50 range), but I plan to build enough into them that I expect people to view them with just as much value as the 12 series stuff, just on an entirely different level. The idea with the regular 12ozProphet program is to start making the high-end streetwear brands look like they're phoning things home (which IMO, they largely are). By the way, where the heck is @glorydays and @Mercer these days?

For those that have received them… What did you think? Assuming you agree it’s $12 well spent, but curious about specific feedback.

Funny thing is that as they diminish octane, they also diminish gas mileage and performance in addition to gumming up engines. Ethanol is a scam perpetuated by how powerful the lobbying group is behind Big Ag and corn growers, which is a massively GMO crop. Reality is that if you're truly concerned about the environment, the two most important factors come down to quality top soil and pollination and has very little to do with carbon emissions. Don't even get me started on the whole cow fart lies. Off topic, but people should really be screaming about how Big Ag is destroying top soil and polluting waterways rather the bullshit they feed you about going vegan to save the earth.

I'll take a picture next time, but definitely higher than most of these. Regular unleaded is landing about $3.49 which is close to double of where we were at pre-covid.

Tees and banners are gone. Sticker packs still available.