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Hard stop for me when they pulled corn pudding from the menu a while back. It's just really expensive bbq these days. And not great bbq at that.

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Yes, once my generation started having kids, we all pretty quickly concluded there were simply too many people. We did a name draw for a few years so that everyone bought and received only 1 gift. Life schedules being how they are, that only lasted a few years because it became impossible to get everyone in the same place at the same time to exchange them. Mailing cards is easier and not a financial burden for anyone. Our gifts are the time we spend together.

I'm there too. The excessive consumerism is very stressful. Add to that the inherent family stresses and it gets hard sometimes. Both mine and my wife's family are big, way too big to get gifts for everyone. We dropped back to gifts for immediate family and just cards for everyone else. We haven't seen most of my mom's in person family in 25 years even though they're 3-4 hrs away. Like Jamie, I try to keep the reason for the season at the front of my mind. Easier said than done, but it helps. I'm a music person so I like that too, though largely not the mainstream stuff. Working retail in high school cured me of that. A few good Christmas movies help too. Die Hard, A Christmas Story, and of course... The Ref.

So the top players think they've got a high enough stock price that one more opportunity to shine won't wag the needle. The flip side is that gives the backup a chance to showcase, but also means bowl games outside of the playoffs are largely meaningless for the school. Gotta go to at least 12 teams in the playoffs. Every round on consecutive weekends, whole thing done by Jan 1.

Look at all the players opting out of bowl games now. That was unheard of 10 years ago and speaks to the (lack of) loyalty and commitment to the school.

Very sad. The "business" used to be educating students. The big sports schools have transitioned to focusing on entertaining sports fans on the weekends. To me, it's becoming a choice.... do you want an education or sports titles? I know they all claim to be excellent educational institutions, but the bigger they get, the easier it gets to slip through the cracks. I don't blame the athletes for wanting their piece of the pie, but the implementation of that will be very messy.

The transfer portal and NIL will change it forever. The days of commitment and loyalty are quickly ending. The players are inevitably moving to mercenary status, just like the pros.

Just keep it clean. The only slam fires I've ever heard of were either filthy or Bubba'd.

Just like the SKS itself, you can't kill it.

And now its magically fixed. I restarted my phone the other day but that didn't fix it at that moment.

I primarily browse on my phone... android, chrome. Starting maybe yesterday, I can't do anything other than view and "like" posts. I can't reply, quote, etc. I've shut down chrome, deleted the TGO cookies, and restarted, and logged back in to no effect. The "accept cookies" button shows up when I visit the site now, but hitting accept has no effect, it pops right back up repeatedly. The 3 horizontal bars in the top right to access the notifications, profile, etc., doesn't respond either. I'm not sure what else to try, suggestions?

True, but I also wonder how much additional credit card debit was accrued as a result. Short term economic gain, long term economic loss. Big live shows have gotten really expensive in the last few years.

Look mom, a pair of boots and a purse just walked in!

The Daisy powerline models at the big box store are perfectly fine for a kid. Plenty accurate. You can move up to competition rifles that'll put 5 shots in the same hole. The 4H teams use the Daisy 499 and 599.

Statistically, you're correct. Much more likely to die in a car wreck, from medical malpractice, or a long list of other things before we get to being shot. Talk with your clergy about the type of folks who they interact with regularly. I'd be really surprised if there's no one who's imbalanced to the point of being a little frightening. Ask them how many couples they're counseling. My previous pastor had some pretty wild stories (no names of course) about folks he tried to help over the years. Crazy people do crazy things. Churches are becoming more common targets. I'm not that hyper vigilant wannabe cop wearing my 511 pants, 9 line hat, and a fishing vest to church. But to Greg's point, I'm not gonna just lay down either. If I've got skills that can defend others, I don’t want to be asked to explain why I didn't try.

Ignorance is bliss. Reality is scary. If you stay willfully ignorant of the scary, it can't get you. Our church of 500-ish people and about 5 acres employs a single off duty cop for services and events. He sits in his car most of the time, walks around inside occasionally. Nice guy, but its just security theater.

I'll take it.

This is Shadow, aka the galloping goober. 100lbs of dumb. He'll be 4 on Valentines day. His dad is a black lab and mom is a boutique big terrier. Their owners (friends from kids' school) didn't think mom was old enough yet and went on vacation. He has 12 siblings.

Do they still have inventory? Stories were that CMP had mostly dried up, which was the reason why prices jumped 50% or more in the last few years.

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They winter at the Hiawassee wildlife refuge near Cleveland.

Photog bags are like bugout bags and hiking packs. People get one that's way too big then think they need to fill it up. It ends up so dang heavy that you're exhausted after the first mile. Depends a lot on what you plan to do, but a body, 2 lenses, flash, and pocket or two for cards batteries, and tools is probably enough.

I've used those cerakote kits from Walmart on both cars. For best results, sand it first. I wet sand with 400, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, then plastic polish with a drill buffing pad. Takes maybe 20 minutes per light by hand. Then I use the chemical wipe kit. And I still see some oxidation removed with the wipe. If you don't sand first, they'll re-glaze over in less than a year. That's what happened with my wife's car anyway. After sanding, it's been several years and they're still clear.

Find a used one or build it from parts. Get a fully assembled upper and build the rest. Took me an hour for my first rifle, and that includes 3 tries to get the trigger right. There's really nothing that can't be fixed or changed to suit your fancy.