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Thanks for all the input - you can look at those coverage maps until your blue in the face, but getting a good survey from the DDR Peeps always works the best for most things like this - so we signed up for Verizon today, got their family plan 1400, plus the Air-Card, and my company gets 22% discount with them so it all worked out well. They just announced as of Sunday the 15th, that if your on a 1400 min plan, you can also add 10 phone numbers for peeps with any service and that all calls to / from them are unlimited and free also.... Thanks again to all the DDR Peeps for the updates. SP2 Mike

Old School Style - So your not part of it, get your buddies to wait for his little A$$, and use baseball bats just on his knees and fingers, garanteed, less than 3 min of time, no knees, or hands for 8-12 weeks, will give him the lesson taught back in the days when you got caught with sticky fingers - especially around vegas.....

Ok boy and girls, I'm dropping Sprint Cell Service for a mulitude of reasons but mainly because they are more expensive and their service sucks in the Lake Mead Rec Area on the lake and they at best spotty at the Big D. I've had problems with them while riding the back areas near searchlight and into and around Bullhead at Lake Mojave. So, I do spend alot of time traveling the USA, and International, but 60% of my travel is between here in Vegas and the LA area. Just looking for some input on remotes locations and our local Sand Box at Dumont and up North in Utah as well. SP2 Mike

Sprint Blackberry 8330 Curve as modem for the laptop worked great North of #9, good speed. SP2

Hey we were by ourselves North of Bathroom Nine by about 1/2 mile. I need to get some kind of "Special Flag" like the DDR Prez has to make the place more visable. SP2

Thanks Pete - Got got back late last night, 6 full days a the big D was just great. Somehow lost camera on one of the last rides so had to use cell phone. Thanks for posting this for me. Virgin sand since Monday, and had the whole place to ourselves basicly. Hope to see you all soon, SP2

Pete I think your just getting to "OLD" and your eye sight is obstructed with and . Yeah we put in an extra case of beer and was waiting for you guys for Superbowl....great times, Cold Beers and Shots, sorry you could not find us for sure. Ron over at Loose Screw had the socket I was looking for, turned out to be a 7/32 not metric......anyway, sorry we didnt get to hook up more, but maybe next time. Good seeing Nick and meeting Vegas Style and Chris and Chad as well. Getting ready to hit the dunes going to the North Pole this morning and then maybe the south pole - Depends on if we can find them without getting lost, you know how us "OLD" guys are.... PS2

Hey Pete, We'll be the usual spot, maybe a little further to the east, and it looks like we'll be on our own this year, all the rest of the crew is down for repairs....and I just put a new 26" Plasma in the front, so we'll be doing the game on a smaller scale, but still in "HD". Come on by and have a beer. SP2

X4 - As I manage a fairly large team, I went through a 4 hour meeting on Monday with my senior executives and now must let 19 people go this coming Friday. These people are not bad performers, and most of them have been with the company for 10 years plus, but I'll bet each one of them on Friday would have taken a 20% pay cut as opposed to not having a job. I've got friends over at Techicolor in Burbank that just let 85 people go last week, and plans are to cut another 50, so any job at this point is better than nothing. SP2 Mike

:?: Well maybe next year Cheese..... If anyone is going we'll be out by the east end dunes. SP2 Mike

Just wondering if anyone was planning to make a trip out on Super Bowl Weekend to the big D? We should be pulling in around 8pm friday night and staying until Tuesday morning. SP2

So Jason, we know now what you had for Thanksgiving....a little of this some of that :hungry: and before you know it, both of yeah are :hug: and then :porn: and now congrats my friend...... SP2

Congrats Jay - Very nice ride SP2 Mike

Dave - unreal, I can't believe somebody would have done this. As mentioned earlier, it's likely somebody who travels your neighborhood and knows your comings and goings. I've posted your trailer and car PICs with my buddies at the Lake Mead National Park Service, so anyone trying to test drive in the Recreational Area and seen will get nailed. Hope you guys get your trailer and car back soon. SP2 Mike

Hey it's snowing here in Boulder City, and I'm about a mile off the lake.....just starting to stick on the roofs. It's 38 here..... :xmasgrinch: SP2 Mike

I think we should just pack up our $hit and come home - let the A$$holes throw shoes at the Taliban, and see where that $hit get him then....... SP2

Yep, I've got the 800 Outlander Max XT and it's about as heavy as they come...and with the stock tires aired down a little, it goes up Comp and any other hill at the "D". Geezzz, Paddles and 4 wheel drive would turn me into a sand plow..... Like everyone has already said, Super Bowl is typically excellent out there, except for last year, it was like Sand Storm of the Century.....60mph plus winds. SP2 Mike

Finally got out for a meet and greet and caught up with Randog, White Rhino and Woody. Good to meet you guys. Thanks Pete for the intro's, and for pointing out Paul's Rhino so I could drop the beer in his front seat. Hope to make it out again real soon and to meet more of the DDR peeps.... We didnt get there until Friday morning, but setup and hit the sand, second ride out, one of our guys from the Navy on his bike ran off a razor, and landed in the backside flat, put himself into the bars pretty hard. Looks like broken nose, collar bone and some really bruised ribs...left his chest protector at camp....bet he wont do that again....ouch. Only saw the one life flight go out Friday evening, so I guess in that respect the weekend was quite. Seemed extremely quite at night and about half the normal crowd... Didnt make it over to White Rhino's to check out his new rig, but we went by it several times....nice hardware for sure, I'll have to get a rain check on the cold beer....and tour later. The guy flying in the parasail came over the camp about 15 feet above the trailers too many times, couple more Teq shots and he might have been mistaken for a giant fly for our 12 gauge fly swatter. ...dont mind the flying but not so close to the kids and rigs, like all things it can stall......anyway it was cool to watch him over the dunes. Forgot the camera so no pics this trip. I'm looking to put up the wifes Can-Am Outlander Max XT 4x4 (2006) for sale as she wants a Rhino, so looks like I'll be in the market once we sell this one. SP2 Mike

These are in your future dude - I do mine every 20K and the set will cost you about $120, plus about an hour of your time. The one on top (super easy) the one under the drivers door.....what a Pain, but prepare to get fuel all over you.....but it beats the dealer costs of over $250 to change it. I use a modified oil filter wrench for the bottom one, and it takes about 20 minutes. SP2 Mike

Machine Gun Mode - too funny

Lets see, first beer , ok, now was that connect A to C, or C to B or ok, second beer , now unhook F, but only after sliding G, and , another , now lets go back inside and flip switch UP or DOWN, :bert: , :dumbass: , I"m staying home......

Yep, I remember those party till 4am days.......now its "Shut the hell up" I'm trying to sleep after 1am......

Damn Paul - That's just excellent, it's getting more difficult to stay middle class around here..... Dont forget we've got to hook-up so I can pass off the Case of Cold ones.....SP2 Mike

Congrats Paul on your new family addition - Looks like another Duner in the family for sure. SP2 Mike

Just confimed - We'll be there with our crew Friday thru Sunday, hope to hook up with the rest of you DDR Sand Freaks....for sure. White Rhino (Paul) we need to hook-up so I can get that Case of Cold ones to you that I owe..... SP2 Mike